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First addition to the Hermes News Thread Posted

Posted when: Sun. February 28, 2010

Posted where: The Hermes News Thread, Page One

Details: Features first issue of Olympian News, first News from the Grapevine, Interview with Akherontis.

News Flash

Posted when: Saturday March 6, 2010

Posted where: The Hermes New Thread, page 5

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This has to do with the Underworld again! Apparently, there is a play out there now called HadesTown, about Orpheus. I heard about it on the radio. Anyway, I did a search on the internets, and this is what I've found so far.

HadesTown clips

HadesTown song - The Wall

Interview with the maker of HadesTown, Anais Mitchell

If you guys find anything else on this, do post! smile

More on Hadestown. smile

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I like the version of the music they played here better. smile

Click here! biggrin

Story by Mnemosyne Moneta; Insanity in Hades

Posting started when: Sun Mar 28, 2010

Posted where:Ask Ares thread, page 136

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"Hades, I'm home!"Persephone exclaimed. She wore her usual gray dress that she wore. Her face was emotionless, she wasn't really overjoyed with the fact that she had to return to her husband. She looked around, where was he? She walked up to Charon, the ferryman. "Where's Hades?"she asked him. With a ghastly finger, he pointed to a darker area of Hades' palace. She went inside, to see Hades talking to an ice statue... of herself!

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Hades turned around to find his wife, Persephone, staring wide at the ice sculpture. It was dressed, and had not melted for the Underworld was cold and bleak for most of the summertime. A small patch of flowers were around her feet. She shone, the dim light from the upper light still around her. The upper world shine would soon die down, fall was apon us now that 'Sephie was back to her prison cell, Hades. "Uh, honey. Some site person told me I should take up a hobby.."he said, trying to not sound foolish. "A site? Do you even know that person?"she asked him, hands on her hips. She enjoyed these moments when she was still in control of the marriage. The King of the Underworld stood up, and returned to his emotionless look. "Anyways, I think I did quite well. You're figures are quite well."he commented, touching the ice statue's cheek. The Iron Maiden rolled her eyes. "You exaggerated some.. features of mine."she said, but sighed. Spinning on her heel, she walked towards the front of the castle, where Thanatos and Hypnos were waiting. "Call Zeus, I think there's something wrong with Hades."she ordered them, giving a slight glance back.

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The next day...

"Zeus!"she cried as the king of gods left the castle, headed for the Elysian fields. "You must be able to do something at the least!"she exclaimed, grabbing his toga. He brushed her off. "He's doomed. As I walked in, he'd already done Leuce and Minthe, and was starting to do my wife. My my, he cannot handle proportions well!"he told her, shaking his head. Persephone sighed, and looked back at the castle. "I cannot stay with a crazed lunatic for six months!"she said. From the castle's doors, there started a humming of a song from the musical 'Cats', a low key voice echoing through the Underworld. She basked her immortal head in shame. "I will bring Dionysus, then we shall see what has happened to him. But remember, he is not allowed on Olympus. My dear, just, don't make him do anything stupid, okay?"he said, and disappeared in a crackle of lightning. She sighed and entered the castle once more, where Thanatos was flying above Hades as he made a ice sculpture of Ganymede. "I can do this, I hope."she said softly, and walked up to her husband. The servants of the Underworld stood at attention behind her. Persephone touched his shoulder. "Um, honey? Want to take a stroll through Tarturus with me?"she asked. He shook his head. "I need to get his beautiful features just right."he replied, shoving her off.

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"I can't believe we're doing this."Thanatos said, flapping his wings up higher. They were exiting the Underworld to go see the island of Naxos, Dionysus. They weren't so happy about it, but it was better than babysitting that maniac, Hades. Persephone sort of locked herself up in her garden. Hypnos shrugged, flying up beside him. "Feels sort of weird to escape that place."he told his brother, allowing the shrill cold fall wind blast at him. "Ah, that's the ticket. When's Boreas coming again?"Thanatos asked, and flew up with the current. Exiting the underworld, they flew over the oceans, staring down at the cities. Thanatos loved visiting them, touching mortals then killing them. He wasn't morbid, but he was the god of death. "So, Naxos. I wonder what it will be like, visiting the drunkard."the sleep god asked. "He'll like you, though."Thanatos whispered, and flew down to touch the water, creating a dense fog around the two gods. "Why?"Hypnos asked him. "You married his daughter, right?"Thanatos asked him back, rendering the god silent. They flew for a few more minutes, until the island of Naxos came into view. They landed, folded their wings, and looked around. A fair, slim maiden walked up. She looked much like Persephone during the summer. She wore a beautiful smile. "Dionysus has been expecting you. He's in a meeting with some crazed Manaeds at the moment, but he'll soon be done."she said. "Come to the castle, I am Ariadne." She turned around and started to walk. The two gods shrugged, and followed.

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A day later, the god of wine exited to the front of the castle where the sleepy god of sleep was looking drowsily at a vine that was growing. Odd, it's fall and it isn't dieing, yet.he thought, but looked up as the cheery god smiled at the two Underworld ones. "Ariadne said you were here. Come in, there is wine and ambrosia waiting for you two!"he said, and led the two to a large room filled with Manaeds, carrying thyrsos, and purple cushions. A table sat in the middle, with a throne made of intertwined vines and grapes sitting on one end, two small chairs that looked like foot stools on the other. Dionysus sat in his throne, and awaited for the two minor gods to speak. "Hades has gone insane."Thanatos said, hoping that wouldn't lead to much discussion. "What made him mad, then?"Dionysus asked, taking a goblet of wine and taking a few sips, before eating a grape from his throne, which grew back. "Ice sculpting, it's sort of become an obsessive hobby."Hypnos said, taking a small piece of ambrosia. "Hypnos! How is my daughter, Pasithea?"he asked. Thanatos shot Hypnos a confused look. "Good, she's been a ghastly wife..."he answered. "But we need to see what we can do to make Hades sane once more."he said, bringing him back to the point. "Well, I can't really do much. He's a higher up god than me, I need permission from Olympus. We'll have a meeting, and then I'll see what I can do."he said, and clapped his hands. Ariadne appeared, catching a few stares by the Manaeds, and brought them back to the beaches of Naxos. "I will send Hermes to tell you the answer of the Olympus' counsel. Hopefully he can keep his place til then."she said, and handed them a goblet of wine before allowing them fly off. "That didn't really help us much. I hate these rules, sometimes."the god of death said, headed back to Atlas and then after the Underworld. "If only we could quit our jobs..."Hypnos said, and sighed. They flew past the mountains, before appearing at the doors of hell. "The Maiden's going to love this news."he said, and walked through, feeding Cerberus some cake as they walked by.

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"Come on, Olympians! Settle!"he said, this voice like a large boom of thunder. The god sighed, and settled down into his throne of gold, his eagle on his right arm. Beside him was his wife, Hera, looking away. Another mistress, Callisto that time. He sighed, and looked around the gods. Poseidon was sitting farthest away, where Zeus preferred. The closest was Hephaestus, the god of forgery and fire, who was working on a new sword. Beside Hera was Athena, sowing together a cloth that could be read like a map. There was Demeter beside her, eating a juicy apple in her right hand. Then there was Aphrodite, making the boys melt, and Artemis rolling her eyes, silver bow in hand. That was all the female Olympians. Then beside Hephaestus, there was Hermes, talking to his pal, Dionysus. The two seemed into a good conversation about parties. Then Ares was polishing his sword, staring at Aphrodite with a drunken smile. Beside him was Apollo, playing his lyre. After was Poseidon, the farther off the better. Eurus was flying up, with Ganymede serving drinks, and Herakles and H e b e(Can't spell her real name without the **s) socializing in the corner.

"I said settle!"he ordered, shushing the Olympians up. He sighed, and gave his wife a stare before addressing the rest. "It has come to our attention that Hades has gone insane. If he doesn't get cured soon, we'll need someone else to take up his position."Zeus said, looking around the group. "And what about Persephone? Will she have to go to the mad house with him?" Demeter asked, throwing the apple at Ganymede when he came around with nectar. "Demeter, I think she'll have to stay in the Underworld. That was the rule, was it not?"Poseidon said, twirling some water through his fingers. Apollo stopped playing his lyre and made a weird grunting noise. "It's impossible to think when you're beside Ares. His body odor is just... ew!"he said, shoving his laurels down to block the stench. Ares rolled his eyes. "It's worse when you've got that constant banging coming from Hephaestus!"he shot at Hephaestus, who instantly stopped hammering to shoot him an evil stare. "Shut it. At least I'm not the more hated one!"he shot back. "At least I wasn't thrown off Olympus!"Ares said back, grabbing his spear.

"Control Yourselves!"Zeus bellowed, grabbing his lightning bolts and pointing them at the two brothers. "If this is about Aphrodite, I don't consider it a good enough excuse."he said, sitting back down. "Now, I think it would be wise to get the madness out of him, if you still want him to control the Underworld."Athena said, her owl happily sitting on her shoulder. "Daddy's girl. She's just trying to make dad proud."Ares told Hermes, who had just came back from sending a parcel to Eris. Athena rolled her eyes and waited for Zeus to answer. "I don't really trust Hades with the Underworld, anymore. It has simply ruined his and Persephone's marriage."Hera said, shooting a look at her son Ares and her other son,Hephaestus, before sighing. "It seems reversible, I could just get it out of him. If you like, Hera.."Dionysus said, tapping his finger on a vine. She stood up. "Make it so. I'm leaving. Artemis, ready to attack Callisto for me?"she asked with a smile. Artemis jumped up. "I was born to!"she said, and snapped her fingers where her chariot appeared, then disappeared as the two goddesses left. "That was wei- Oh wait, another message!"Hermes said, disappearing. Zeus shook his head. "Ya, well. I need to go help some guy with some race and apples, so I need to go. Tata!"Aphrodite said, leaving in a cloud of pink mist. Demeter went into tears, and the other gods left, all but Dionysus.

"It's okay! I'll make Hades sane again, auntie Demeter!"Dionysus said with a cute smile. Demeter shook her head. "It's not that, it's the fact that Hades has done nothing for her!"she said, but disappeared with a small smile.

(That's how I guessed the gods would be on a daily meeting))

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Hm. Next part of the series, what are we on? Oh right, Hades.

Hades stared at his next ice sculpture. It was probably his best. It was a harpy, jumping at him, claws ready for the kill. He didn't know why it was so good, after all he was sure he could do an ice sculpture of Persephone any day, but yet he could do a creature he had scarcely seen in his life. He grunted, and ran a hand through his deep black hair. He thumped his head on the desk, and all the ice sculptures fell to the floor, breaking into a million pieces. In the corner, taking the shape of a small field mouse, ghost of course, a goddess chuckled. She scurried up to him, bit his sandal-ed toe. Hades sat upright, staring at the darkness of the Underworld. The goddess scurried away, a smile pasted on her face. Hades took a new block of ice, where he didn't start at the feet, but rather and columns. He continued to some knees, and the pale, white faced look of his brother, Zeus. Then onto Hera wearing her armor, staring deep at him. Olympus was barely standing up. The friendlier gods like Pan and Demeter hid into one corner, staring blankly.
"Hades, stop!"Persephone begged. She hit his immortal shoulder countless of times. She was crying, now. Above the two, Thanatos and Hypnos were looking around, before finding a field mouse. Dangling it by the hair, it soon changed into a woman. She had her arms crossed. "Sister, I suggest you go explain this to Lady Persephone."Hypnos said, dropping down to the floor. Thanatos followed, folding his wings. "UGH, PERSEPHONE?"Thanatos asked, pointing to their sister. Persephone turned, looked at the woman, then turned back to Hades, where she found a small bite mark trying to heal on his toe. She shook her head, it all made sense! She shook his head violently. "Wake up! Wake up! It's all just a stupid god's fun! Wake up!"she sobbed, putting her head to his shoulder. She sniffed, looking at the black robe that he wore as her tears hit it. "Ugh.. Can we go?"Hypnos asked, not trying to be impolite. She shooed them off. She stared at the blank eyes of him.
"Wake up! Do you know what will happen if you don't realize what you're doing?"she asked him. Dionysus had come, but it hadn't really helped the god. He was more insane, you could say. She hit his face, and pulled up another chair. "Uncle!"she slapped his face once more. His face moved, but his eyes held nothing in it. "Husband!"she asked, her eyes looking around hysterically. Was she going insane, too? She sighed, grabbed his face. She was going to her last result. She kissed him......

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Sitting, arms crossed along his chest, Thanatos was whistling. The doors of the golden palace has been closed, and Hypnos had gone to do his usual job, putting people to sleep. He was supposed to go with him, until Cerberus decided that he was hungry. Because there was no more cake, delivered by Hermes straight from Psyche's oven, he had to go get some meat for the three headed dog. And that was the worst things to do. Try feeding three hungry dog heads at the time! He sighed, shook his blank gray hair, a tint darker than his pale, white face. The god opened up his wings, and flew to the doors as they opened slowly, a creak filling Hades. Persephone walked out, carrying a stumbling Hades on her arm. He had a confused smile on his face, like a boy that got a girl to go on a date with him. Thanatos bowed to his masters. "PERSEPHONE, YOU DID IT?"he asked her. She shook her head slightly, but bore a smile. "He's healing, he'll be able to control the Underworld once more."she said, and pinched his cheek. She giggled softly. "Uhhhhghhhhhh......."Hades mumbled, his eyes staring around hysterically. She smiled, "Tell Olympus."she ordered, and spun on her heel, dragging Hades with her.

"DO I HAVE TO?"he asked, and sighed. As he was exiting the world, Hypnos appeared. "I'll do it."he said, and pushed his brother into the Underworld, then flew up to the mount.

Paparazzi photos

Posted when: Thurs. April 1, 2010

Posted where: The Hermes News Thread page 34

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