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 Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:29 pm
Arwa began to describe Sage and Markus to Artemis,
"Well, Aunty Sage is my Mum's Friend, and Uncle Markus is my friend."
Hermes thought that this was an extremely vague way of describing the two people, so he asked the faun,
"What do they look like, Arwa?"
"Well, my Aunty Sage has Green hair. She's nice. She lets me play with her magical toys made of light." Arwa then described Markus, "My Uncle Markus is big and grumpy. He's also very funny."
Hermes still thought that it was a pretty vague description.
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:43 pm
Artemis shook her head. "When you said your Aunty Sage lets you play with her magical toys made of light what do you mean by that? Can you tell us what some of the toys look like?" She didn't remember any of the people having toys but for all she knew they could have been hidden at the time she had met the travelers.
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:06 pm
"Well, you can see my Aunty Sage's Toys, but you can't touch them... I don't know why you can't touch them though." Arwa said, a little disappointed about that.
"Sounds like an illusion, Artemis." Hermes said, though he started to hear whispers in his ears, the prayers of people silently echoing in his ears. It was a sensation like being tickled in the ear canal with a feather.
"What's a nillushon?" Arwa asked, eager to find out.
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:51 pm
Artemis chuckled at the Faun's eagerness. "Illusions. It means you can see them and you can think they're real but they really aren't. It sounds like your Aunt can make people see things that aren't there. That can be a very powerful ability. Does she use it often and if so how long can she keep it up and does using it wear her out? Also can your aunt do anything else or can she only create illusions? Either way your Aunt is a powerful woman and not someone to be taken lightly."
She then glanced at Hermes to see if he was with them again yet.
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:23 pm
"Well she doesn't like using them for long." Arwa said, lowly. Though he found the curiousity of the two gods interesting, Arwa missed the company of his mother and 'family'.
Hermes smiled from the corner of his mouth that was facing Artemis, a sign that it was indeed the women that he had been supposed to watch over.
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:06 pm
Artemis nodded her head. "Then they must either wear her out quickly or she has been using some rather strong ones recently both of which are very reasonable."
She then glanced at Hermes. They needed to get this Faun back to his family from the way he talked about them they were sure to be worrying about him and it was never good to keep a child away from it's mother for long. She'd seen what happened with both mortal and immortal mothers when they were separated from their children unwillingly and it wasn't pretty.
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 2:29 pm
How do we get the kid back to his mother without it looking like we kidnapped him, Artemis? Hermes asked, concerned about loss of face as much as Artemis was concerned about the welfare of the faun.
An idea striking him, Hermes excused himself for a minute from the company of Artemis and the faun. It took only seconds to completely disorder Aphrodite's well ordered chambers for the shiniest mirror he could find, Hermes returned, taking a few short minutes fun to cast bright reflections of light onto the world below with the mirror just for a laugh before returning to the waiting pair.
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:52 pm
Artemis raised an eyebrow when Hermes returned. I take it you have come up with a plan or an idea? If not we can honestly say we merely stumbled upon the faun with no clue how he got to be on Olympus if necessary I can take him back and explain or we can both go and I will do the talking.
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:54 pm
My idea is worth messing up Aphrodite's BedQuarters. Hermes chuckled.
"Artemis, can you fetch your brother? I'll need him to do some Scrying for us."
Meanwhile, in Troy, the consequences of Hermes' minute of fun had felt like an hour of torture to Delilah. The beams of light had shone directly onto her, almost exposing her to the eyes of the soldiers, who in the dark of night, had felt that the gods were giving them a hint to the location of the escaped Harpy.
Barely able to stop herself from shaking, Delilah sighed loudly when the spotlight was off her. She hoped that somehow, the locators 'pinpoint' function would kick in, allowing the group to track her, but prayed that the function would be delayed- she did not want the Trojans to get their hands on the group, or her beloved Arwa.
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:02 pm
Artemis nodded her head. This should be interesting. I'll go locate my brother and drag him over here.
Sage sighed. There was no sign of Delilah or Arwa yet and that was unlike either of them. She could always try to locate Delilah the way they would have in the future but that was risky here as the technology hadn't been created yet and it might not even work.
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:05 am
As Hermes waited with the faun for Artemis to return with Apollo, he asked little Arwa if he had any brothers or sisters, and felt a tad envious when Arwa replied that he had none.
"I've got lots of them," Hermes said with an slightly exasperated sigh, "Sometimes, I really wish I hadn't."
Arwa put a hand on Hermes' shoulder, and as if to comfort the messenger god, said, "Don't worry, it'll all get better."
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:23 am
Mandeep had been scouring the city in his psychic form, when as he was about to peer into a house to find the unusual presence, a bright long beam of light had shone through him. Taking long minutes to recompose his mental abilities, he began to mentally track the source of the light as he was sure that it belonged to the strange presence that he had noticed.
Zeus had been at an all time low since the news of the Trojan victory. How could they lose? Maybe I am losing my touch. Maybe I didn't push them hard enough. He quickly decided to go on a walk to clear his head. Perhaps he might have a few drinks later in the day.
Not too long into his walk, Zeus saw his son, Hermes with an unfamiliar young faun blatantly too young to be an eromenos.
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:49 am
"Dad, it's not what it looks like." Hermes cringed mentally after he had said that. Those words were bound to incriminate him! "Dad, this is Arwa. Somehow, he got onto Olympus, I don't know exactly how, but he did." He introduced the faun with a hand gesture.
Arwa was scared of this new god. He decided to hide behind Hermes, a god that was less scary than this new one.
Looking behind him, Hermes said to the faun,
"Arwa, this is Lord Zeus, King of the gods. He's my father."
"He's your dad?" Said Arwa, peeking out from behind Hermes' back. He then said quieter in some type of awe, "He's scary."
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:28 pm
Artemis sighed as she came back over dragging Apollo with her. Her brother was a bit grumpy but in a lot better mood than he had been earlier. Her eyes widened slightly when she saw her father with Hermes and Arwa. "That's not good." She muttered.
Apollo glanced in the direction she was looking then raised an eyebrow at her. "You think?"
Artemis quickly shoved her elbow into his side. "Be quiet Apollo. At least until we know what kind of mood father is in." She then dragged him over. "Hello Father, Hermes, Arwa. I see you've met our father Arwa, this is my twin brother Apollo." She told the Faun while gesturing to Apollo trying to get the fauns attention away from Zeus and calm the little one down.
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Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 2:32 pm
"Before I make any assumptions, I am going to give you the benefit of doubt." Zeus began, preparing himself for any plausible answer. "Can anyone here present, tell me what is going on?"
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