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 Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:45 am
 Lust took a deep breath and stood outside her Grandmothers temple cuddling Aella against her, looking at the feather that she held in her hands that Aella had lost from her wings, deciding to summong Ag after she had spoken to her father and then looked at her daughter "dearest, this is where I first got you and this is a place I never wanted to come back to, I may have become a mother here but after what happened at my Grandmothers party this year I just am not exactly thrilled to be back here but, thankfully, at least nothing bad will happen so it is safe for us to enter" she said to the cutie in her arms that was happily looking at at her, softly yawning "and you, my darling, are tired I see, well it won't be long till we get to go home" she said as she started up the steps that led up to the entrance of the temple.
After a few moments she reached the top and stood there, looking in, feeling like she shouldn't even be here, it was silly, this was where many Pae came to call upon the Gods, it was normal and natural to be here and yet she felt nothing but being afraid, she looked down at the necklace which was the reason she came to this place and took a deep breath and took a step inside, looking around the place and noticed several different areas for each of the different Gods and Erotes of her Grandmothers retinue. Lust made her way over to Himeros' area and picked up a stick of incense and lit it and knelt down in front of it, eyes closed, head bowed and softly prayed Lord Himeros, please, grant me an audience with you she stayed where she was, cuddling Aella and waited, hoping, after all the stuff shes said to him, he would come to her, not that she wouldn't understand if he didn't but still, she did have a lot of apologizing to do.
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:12 pm
 The chime sounded in the back of his mind, and the God of Lust lazily looked up with half-lidded eyes. Really? A summons? Well, this was interesting...or could be possibly. A ghost of a smile crossed his face, wondering which of a couple recent acquaintances might be calling for his company. He'd been in a bit of a sour mood as of late, so perhaps this would lift his spirits.
Rather than the pomp and circumstance of some of his siblings, Himeros' entrance to the temple was more subtle. The wisps of smoke rose from the incense, swirling about the altar, before the Erote seemed to step from behind a curtain, settling on top of the towering altar in a relaxed pose, one arm propped on his knee. His smile faded quickly, however, when his gaze alighted on just who had summoned him.
"Oh. You." He didn't bother to hide the disappointment in his voice. His eyes glanced towards the altar and he added, half under his breath, "...and not even any chocolates." What a waste of time. Though, he supposed he technically had a responsibility now that she'd summoned him here. What was with the fat little bird? Was that part of her offering? No, thanks, he preferred chocolates and fine wines.
With a slightly melodramatic sigh and roll of his eyes, he leaned back against the wall, choosing to remain where he was, near the ceiling and looking down at her. "Alright, fine, you got me here. Now what did you want?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:36 pm
Lust took a deep breath before opening her eyes and standing up, looking up at him "forgive me for summoning you, I understand exactly why I am not the Pae you were probably wishing to see and I apologise for not bring something else besides just burning the incense but I do wish to apologize greatly for a start, how I treated you growing up, how I spoke to you even as an adult, it was horrible and cruel of me and completely wrong of me to do so" she said sincerely to him "but please, is there any way I can make it up to you? I know that I might have a long way to go before I even remotely get back into your good graces but I would like to try, if you would please grant me that at least. I don't wish to have a falling out with any God, especially not you, and I guess, having been brought up by my father who, I admit, has influenced my opinion of you, I just don't want to have this animosity between us and so I beg of you, please, let me try and make it up to you" she asked, hoping there may be a small bit of compassion left in his heart where she was concerned, if she was going to start making amends (and he would let her) then she was going to have to get his opinion on the matter first, that was, if even after todays meeting he would even want to look at her again let along speak to her. Aella watched the happenings before jumping out of her mothers arms and walked up to the statue and looked it over before looking up at Himeros "Uncle Himmi!" She said happily, grinning up at him.Lust quickly reached out and grabbed the child and brought her back to her "I'm sorry, I have been teaching her about the Gods and Erotes, I said that I was part of the God family and she now thinks several of you guys are aunts and uncles, I have tried to put her straight but you know what kids are like..." she said with a sigh, knowing how badly that reflected on her given how she was.
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:19 pm
Himeros' gaze had wandered to his fingernails at some point while she was speaking. Was that a hangnail? Ugh, have to take care of that before it tore. Wait, she was still talking? Was that all one sentence? He was starting to wonder if she was going to take a breath. By the time she stopped, he was staring at her like the most fascinating bug had just crawled past his face while lounging in the shade.
"Wow, you can talk a lot," he said bluntly. 'Without actually saying much, he thought to himself.
"Apparently something else you get from your aunt," he muttered, leaning on his knee with a frown. In attempting to process the babble that had just come from her mouth, he got the idea that she wanted to apologize for basically her whole life. Well, good then.
"So, you and your 'loving' aunt who taught you so well," he started, nearly choking on the sarcasm, "who seem to have made it a life's hobby of trying to make my life a living hell, are no longer amused with your pastime? Is that it? Or just afraid of more divine retribution? 'Cause, I'm pretty sure it's not concern for me that just suddenly brought this about," he snapped with venom seeping into his voice. He didn't care that she was some ignorant half-mortal, probably poisoned by her aunt's words, and unable to help how she'd turned out. All he cared was the hell they'd put him through no matter where he'd gone for years. This sounded like it was all about her, but what about him? He could barely leave Dolandor for a time without being harassed by some member of her little conglomerate 'family.' He still hadn't figured out what the hell Aglaia had to do with the whole thing, nor why she felt she had to get involved, or even why she'd become so hateful since shacking up with the mortals on the Isle.
That was another issue for another day.
"Why the sudden change of heart?" he insisted, honestly curious what would bring this about all of a sudden, after hating him her entire life. He wasn't the most threatening of deities by reputation, he knew, so it wasn't fear of him. "What could possibly have caused this sudden interest in mending bridges and getting back in my good graces?" he pushed, never implying one way or another the likelihood of doing so.
Then the bird thing decided to interrupt. Himeros raised an eyebrow at the exchange. It could talk? Well, so could parrots, he supposed. But Lust's explanation nearly sent his eyebrows into hiding beneath his taenia.
With a frown, he shook his head. "Look, I know you got some things from me that maybe you should have had explained to you," he said dryly, looking from her to the bird thing. "I know there are urges as you get older and mature. But in the future, perhaps you should be more careful about just what you sleep with, hmm?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:40 pm
Lust just shrank down a little, she knew it, he wasn't happy with her, not that she could blame him of course, she sighed "I guess it is a family thing" she said as she continued yet rolled her eyes at his sarcasm "you just sounded like you didn't really care what brought this on so why are you asking about my change of heart?" She challenged the God but shook her head "my apologies" she said sincerely to him "why I am doing this is because..." she looked down at the necklace and then straight onto the child beside her before looking up at him "but if you really want to know it is because I have realized how lonely life is without family. You don't care about what happens down here so you wouldn't of heard that Tafari has ended up being thrown in Laisidhiel's prison and I understand he is in there for a reason but that doesn't mean I don't miss him greatly and whilst I know I am an adult and shouldn't pine over my father like this I do sometimes, I miss being able to talk to him, go for walks with him and just basically hang out and have a nice picnic lunch down on the beach or whatever and it made me think of what would happen if this little one beside me didn't have me.
Which means I started to also think about what crap I had put you through and realized that maybe it was time I asked for your forgiveness" she said to him as sincerely as she could, it was a little bit of a lie as to how she came to be standing in front of him but everything she said it was a long time coming, she should of said and done this ages ago and though it is under false pretences as to why she was here she still meant everything she said. "Growing up I just had Aunt Ag and my father tell me about the one night stand my father had with Ag's brother and from that I formed a wrong opinion of you and for many seasons I went with it but now, having basically lost all my family except for this little one" she said as she bent down and picked the child up and cuddled her "I have realized the error of my ways and realized that I had a wrong that I had to write.
I am not saying that I want us to be best friends because I know that will never happen but what I do want is to try and make amends with you at least, I just want to be able to talk to you like I do Aunt Ag, no I am not expecting girly chats or anything I just mean that we can be at least some what civil at least with each other if not build on maybe a friendship? I just don't want to lose anymore family, you have your mother and your siblings and I feel all alone in this world now that my fathers been placed in jail" She said as a lone tear feel from her eye. "I don't want to go on like this, I don't want to be alone anymore, not that this will technically give me a close family but it might help a little to know not every family member I have doesn't want to speak to me and this little one can only fill the void so much but I know I have family out there and yet the ones that are not stuck in jail either hates me or wishes to remain on Dolandor with little to no contact to the outside world, the world she actually loves" she said as bit back any more tears that were begging to fall from her eyes "So yes, I understand you don't like me but I am not exactly liking myself right now, if anything, I hate myself for what I have said and done to you and it is why I am here, it is why I want to try and make amends for the cruel things I have said.
Though one other thing I want to also try and make better is the fact that not once did I care about your feelings through all of this, I was always told by Aunt Ag that it was an ugly trait to not care for someones feelings and that I should never do it and whilst, at the time, I agreed with her and she was that way toward you I shouldn't of followed her, if she had some sort of sibling problem with you I shouldn't of followed suit and for that I am terribly sorry also" she said as she gave Aella some of her hair to play with.
Lust paused for a few moments and let the previous explination sink in a little, relieved she had it off her chest before she looked a little questionably at the God as he went on with the next part, looking between her and him and finally getting the connection her eyes went wide and she shook her head "wh..what?! No...nonononononono!" She said blushing "she is my ADOPTED daughter, I went to Grandmothers party this year and several of us ended up being given an egg to take home with us, I thought it was just a decorative egg but instead this little creature came out of it. I don't really know what she is, you are going to have to question Grandmother about this, I just accepted the responsibility of raising the cutie, I gave up sleeping with every Pae I saw once I learnt from my past mistake by sleeping with an adult when I was a teenager so this little one is officially not mine in any biological way whatsoever.
Though speaking of the party, how are you and the others?" She asked, concerned about them all after what Eris did to every one of her family members, not just Ag, was horrible.((*Giggling fit in progress* I just love how Lust is 'officially' the bird f***er XD))
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:37 pm
Himeros' eyes narrowed at her thin excuses. Best way to catch a liar: watch their eyes. As if it couldn't have been timed any more perfectly, as she prepared to give her reasoning, her eyes darted down to the necklace hanging around her throat. The deity's eyes narrowed suspiciously, noting once more the odd feeling he got looking at the piece of jewelry.
It was ornate, delicate metalwork. Not like anything normally seen on the Isle, except for a rare piece now and again from a special source. The Isle's residents simply didn't have the means to make such things. So...where did it come from?
And why would she look at it so suspiciously, her eyes darting away almost immediately as if out of guilt or nervousness...but not quite fast enough for the deity not to see it.
He was so wrapped up in this new mystery, he almost missed the best part. Wait...the stuck-up Faun got himself thrown in prison? Ha! Couldn't say he'd expected that, but it was an oddly amusing thought nonetheless. "What in Tartarus did he do to piss off the Faun?" he heard himself ask, barely able to mask his amusement.
He felt like he was watching a one-act soap opera unfold. Was he supposed to take this seriously? Or be amused? He wasn't sure. He just continued to watch in puzzlement as she went on and on about being alone. She spent her whole life bitching and moaning about not having the perfect little storybook family, instead of appreciating what she had, which was more than most. And now she was alone, having lost it all instead. The irony was rich.
The fat little chick apparently had nothing else to say about the matter. Well, at least people wouldn't be blaming him for her doing anything like that he'd been pleased to hear regarding her explanation for the bird. Then, he picked up on something else in her rambling explanation that caught his attention. "Wait, wait, wait, back up!" he interrupted, waving both hands palm up to cut her off. "You did WHAT?!?" Alright, maybe a kid of his might end up being a bit more promiscuous than the average Pae...but when they reached adulthood and were mature enough to handle such things. He narrowed his eyes at her. "You were doing what...as a kid? That...that's just...ugh," he couldn't help the look of revulsion that crossed his face. Even as a God of Lust, he had his limits. Adults only. Leave the kids alone, that's just wrong. He wasn't sure whether to be more sickened at his offspring, or whatever sad adult would consider...
He suppressed a shiver, already imagining the consequences. He didn't even wanna' learn exactly what she'd 'learned' in her lesson or how. He just put his hands over his face and grumbled, "I can just see how I'm going to get blamed for this too..."
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:42 pm
Lust sighed "of course you would find entertainment in others sorrows" she said with a roll of her eyes "as for what he did I am not even going to tell you, if you find it so amusing go seek out the answer for yourself, I am not going to give you more satisfaction to find entertainment in mine or my fathers sorrow" she said, a little angrily at the other, sure she was rude to him given what she has said to him in the past and TRYING at least to make up for it but is it not hypocritical of him to find entertainment in this? Then again, maybe she should let him, after all the crap shes put him through. Lust shook her head to clear it, no, she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing "but then, if I recall, you Gods don't like to bother yourselves with mortal affairs so it is another reason I am not going to tell you, least not have me give you reason to break your own rules" she said as she took a deep breath and let it out, this wasn't going exactly as she planned but then at least he is still here, that has to count for something right?
Lust sighed "considering I was basically called a slut by that Spartan...Kleta? Yeah, I am amazed she hasn't written out a scroll on how much of a slut I am, true that she was under mind control but still, I am amazed she hasn't made sure I wasn't the disgusting laughing stock of the whole mountain, so how you missed out on this? Especially when you are the son of Venus who, at some point, would of at least mentioned it to you since you are my father if Kleta did not." She said as she looked down at Aella who had finally dozed off to sleep, kissing her forehead she looked back at her father "I was a slutty teenager, slept with many, power got taken off me and now, as an adult, I have not only learnt my lesson but I also don't go around sleeping with whoever I see and so yes, because I slept with an adult, I had my power revoked.
Anyway, this is all old news and it wasn't like I was a toddler who had sex with an adult I was at least a teenager, a teen who could give consent regardless if it was right or wrong, not that it is a excuse but more of an explanation more then anything" she said, not that doing what she did was really an explanation it was a lame one at best but still... "I'm sorry" she said meekly, knowing this wouldn't reflect well on him, the look on his face proved it "I was an idiot, I know better now, I know I should have never been like that I got carried away, Aunt Ag said that I could try it once and afterwards I just liked it too much" she said shaking her head. "Don't worry though, the guy who I slept with is actually rethinking his outlook on what Gods are really like, he was scared a lot" she said, deciding to keep the fact that she actually DID care more for this guy as more then just some random fling and more then a friend, she thought that didn't really need to be mentioned.
Lust said nothing more, how could she tell him that this wasn't his fault? If she DID have a mother out there then this REALLY wasn't his fault but how could she try and reassure him? She couldn't, not without mentioning what she could not and, in the end, he was right, he would be blamed for this and it was all her fault so she did the only thing she could think of. "You know, you could just disown me..." she trailed off, hating what she just said but hey, at least he would wash his hands of her right? And besides, if she DID have a mother out there then technically he wasn't any family to him anyway right? Which means that maybe it would be best to just disown her now, at least then he would be rid of her, the one who he seemed to hate, it would be far easier and more pleasurable for him in general if he did.
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:29 pm
"Others' sorrows? No, of course not," responded the God, leering down from his perch. "Yours? Eh, maybe. I thought I'd give it a try since you seemed to enjoy it so. How's it feel on the other side? Not so great, eh?" Frowning, he leaned over, resting his hand on one knee. "Honestly, I really don't care what he did, so keep it to yourself for all I care. You can call me asking 'being polite.' I'm sure my imagination can come up with much more entertaining answers for what he did anyway, considering. You like that game too, don't you? Making up 'truths' about Pae you barely know?" He cocked his head at her. Yeah, he was being cruel. And?
"I do believe that was your aunt Phaenna, actually," he sat back, continuing in a calmer tone of voice. Almost bored. "Funny, you insult your family, and that's okay, but not if they do the same in return. Interesting. Anyway, I'd be more afraid of what she can do in her normal state of mind, instead of what she said while mind controlled. If only you knew what I was thinking at the time," he trailed off in a darker tone that matched his thoughts.
Wait, what if he had it all wrong?!? ...what if she was simply daft?!? Certainly was starting to look that way, and Himeros almost fell off his perch laughing at this latest revelation. "That's what you think that was about? That's why you think your blessing was taken away? Are you completely daft?" More laughing, as the deity took a moment to hold his stomach and guffaw. Oh heavens, maybe this trip would be worth it after all. "You silly child," he shook his head. "What you did was sick, but not why you were punished. Besides, are you fully grown as a teenager? No, therefore, not grown up, but a child. Aglaia should know better as well, but...if you knew the truth about your aunt well...I look like a saint compared to her. Though I'm thinking she might need to have her head examined if this keeps up," he rolled his eyes.
"Let's get back to the point here, shall we?" he asked, flaring his wings to drop down in front of her with barely a rustle. He was suddenly there, right in her face, towering over her with eyes alight, not with his usual playful passion, but with something darker, angrier, and more violent burning behind them. "Do you not realize why you lost your blessing? No one cares if you sleep around with whoever or whatever you want, though honestly, that's just more than a little gross. That aside. You don't earn divine punishment for being 'loose'. You lost your blessing because you didn't appreciate it. You abused your power for your own means, then made declarations about not even wanting it in the first place! You called it a curse, rather than a blessing, and you brought shame to your deity heritage by constantly cursing those you call your 'family' in the next breath!" He was gaining momentum now, growing louder as he picked up speed. "I've heard you've told everyone how happy you are since this so-called 'curse' was removed! So, why aren't you happy? Why keep complaining and whining about what was done to you if it's what you wanted all along? Taking away your blessing was a good idea. Wish I could take credit for it. Maybe I could disown you. Can't say I haven't considered it. But maybe, I won't. Maybe, it's better you feel the shame that you still have family out there, but they want nothing to do with you because you've driven them away with your constant hatred."
The Erote's chest was heaving, his fists tightly held at his sides, shaking with potential energy that even as angry as he was, he dared not release. At least, not in the direction he was facing at the moment. With something like a savage growl, he turned and slammed his fist into the wall of the temple so that it shook. He left it there, leaning his weight on it as if he'd spent his fury for the moment, a series of fractures spider-webbing the surface beneath his fist.
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:32 am
"I NEVER actually LAUGHED at you" she growled at the God "I said many things to you, yes, but I NEVER laughed at you or anything remotely like it, there is a difference between being just a total jackass, which I was, and being one where you are sitting back and laugh at others misfortunes which is what YOU are wanting to do!" Lust said as she held the child in her arms closely, looking down to see if she was alright but thankfully she was still sleeping. "Then fine, come up with more entertaining answers, doesn't worry me" she said as she rolled her eyes and just took it "fine, do your worst to me dad" she said, heavily emphasized on the word 'dad' "play the same game I did, that isn't maturity that is petty! You are a God and yet you care to play the same CHILDISH game I have been, then fine, play it, if anything this just shows that you are immature, you shouldn't be sinking to my level, you should be rising above it! But I guess thats another inherited trait I got from you after all!" She said, starting to get angry at the male now.
Lust said nothing about the next line as she knew she had insulted her Deity family BUT she was going to say one thing on the matter "yes, I have insulted the Gods but I have ALSO spoken them as being a thing that is GOOD! Not to mention I have also only ever wanted to PROTECT you! I am a Demi God, my loyalties STILL like with you, I might be part Faun but if anything, I would swear fealty to you lot then the Fauns any day, so yes, you may be able to look after yourself and though I may, at times, speak poorly of you I STILL would side with you any day whether you like it or not!" She said, taking a deep breath and looked away to try and calm herself down. Looking back at the God "and I don't really care!" she said, still a bit angry at the other "I learnt to live WITHOUT my power, I leant that it is better for me to do the old fashioned thing by SPEAKING to others instead of just using my power to my advantage, I actually am happier WITHOUT that power, so hey, didn't bother me in the end it was taken, I accepted it, learnt from it and grew up WITHOUT it and seriously, regardless the reason I lost it I still LEARNT my lesson from it which is what my Grandmother WANTED me to do!"
Lust looked back moments later and was still trying to calm herself down a bit more though part of her just wanted to slap him but decided it was better not to and so stepped back several steps so she wasn't quite as tempted "there are MANY different ways of being happy, I am happy that I have friends, I am happy that I have a daughter, I am happy I have a beautiful island I can call home BUT I am also happy that I don't have my power HOWEVER I am NOT happy that my father is locked up, so there are just as many ways to be happy as there is to be upset, just because I am happy one way doesn't mean I will be happy another. So no, I did NOT come here to complain how upset I am that my father is in jail, I am NOT happy I have hurt you! I cam here to APOLOGIZE! I mentioned my father because I thought it best to at least give you a little understanding why maybe it was a bad idea to carry on like I have been and try and change my ways but you know what? I am starting to think that maybe I should disown you since obviously you won't do it and it would be A LOT better then this!"
She screamed at him,she too would of had balled fists if it wasn't for the child in her arms who had now woken up and had started to cry at all the shouting "shhh little one, it's alright" she said as she turned and started to walk away from the scene, walking over to the other side of the temple just so she could calm down her daughter, back to Himeros, right now, her daughter was more important then him "I think I know what to do" she said as she walked over to her Aunts statue and placed the feather down in front of it "please, Aunt Ag, please come and see me" she spoke out, looking up at the statue.Ag had just finished putting her hair up at home when she was summoned, having been near by in her place she came walking into the temple moments later when she had gotten the summons and walked over to her statue and smiled at Lust "Lust! Sweetie! Hi!" she said as she smiled at her niece "are you well?" She asked as Lust shook her head, noticing the tears welling up in her eyes. "Whats wrong sweetheart?" She asked as she smiled down at the child in her arms."I know I shouldn't ask this of you but can you please take her somewhere else?" She asked as tears started to fall from her eyes "we will talk later, please, just take her and go, I should finish the screaming match I am having with your brother" she gestured over to the God whos fist was punched into the wall "and she should be somewhere that isn't here" she said as she kissed her daughter and smiled sombrely at her aunt "I will be fine, don't worry, whatever happens to me just take care of her, her names Aella" she said as her aunt and kissed her cheek and wiped around some tears, not that it helped.Ag smiled sadly as she looked from Lust to her brother and back to Lust "alright" she said as she gave Lust a quick hug, picked up the feather and walked out of the temple.Lust watched her Aunt go and walked to the other side of the temple, the furtherest she could get from the God and just stood there, back towards him and she trying to control her tear flow, she hated this, yes she brought it onto herself but couldn't they just talk like adults? They could play the games all they wanted but in the end they were both just going to get nowhere with nothing actually accomplished and now both of them were angry and upset and she hated it.
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:48 am
Himeros could swear his brain was trying to beat itself free from inside his skull. His free hand lifted to massage his throbbing temple as he struggled to reign in the dark thoughts fighting to break loose. No, this is what he spent his whole life fighting, frustration and fury at all of existence; it was the hand he was dealt, he'd accepted that long ago...so why did this child prove so effective in tearing down the brick-and-mortar that kept those thoughts at bay all these years? The worst part was that she didn't even realize what she was doing.
His thoughts were interrupted by the sudden, inexplicable arrival of the Grace of Beauty herself. Himeros aimed a glare at her from beneath his arm that she didn't see, so preoccupied with the Faun and her chubby, squalling bird. Like a pet. Is that why she was so fascinated by this mortal? Why then did she leap at her beck and call, smiling like a fool? Shameful. Which one really was the pet? "Oh, what a good little doggie," he muttered to himself as she departed.
He didn't even know where to start replying to her. He didn't know what in Tartarus she was even talking about half the time. He still hadn't decided whether she was an imbecile, or just insane. But, she had said some things that he couldn't help but address, even if he suspected that what he said wouldn't get through anyway. "It's okay to say horrible things about people, as long as you also say good things, cause that just nullifies the bad, right? What sort of weird little world do you live in down here with the mortals?" he asked, turning slowly from the wall now that they were alone. "You can't possibly have learned your lesson, if you didn't even understand the reason for your punishment in the first place. Do you still not understand? Mother took your abilities away because you were a bad reflection on me! You were making ME look bad! If I'm as horrible as you say, then what does that say about you?"
His flaring anger was fading, though he was far from 'at ease' at this point. He settled for a simmering glare at the child before proceeding. "I'm not even sure what you're talking about half the time. What's this about 'swearing fealty to the Deity over the Faun', anyway? I'll tell ya', other than you and pops, I don't really have a problem with the Faun. Some of them are really nice...friendly folks," his mind wandered for a moment to his dance partner from the festivities, but he shook it off before losing his stride. "Why in the world would you imply that you had to take sides with us against them?" What a strange child.
"Besides, I'm not talking about what you've said here today. I really don't care what you complain to me about and I certainly wasn't talking about your pops in prison. I'm talking about down here, on the Isle, what you tell other Pae. Do you think we don't listen?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. She had to be able to put that much together right? His mother obviously paid attention. "For all the things your aunt supposedly taught you, do you even understand how the world works? Good grief, I swear, the first words out of your mouth when meeting someone new are predictably along the lines of 'hey, let me tell you about my promiscuous history and all the Pae I've slept with, oh, but I don't do that anymore, cause the deity got angry and punished me, hey, can I tell you about all my personal baggage with my family?'" He made the most ridiculous expression at this point, grinning and blinking wide eyes at an invisible figure in the air, then dropped it suddenly to give her a deadpan stare instead. "It's a wonder folks don't go screaming for the hills."
He sighed, shaking his head, quieter now. "Good grief, child, censor yourself. There is such a thing as too much information. No one else talks or behaves like that! It freaks Pae out!" Suddenly serious, he aimed a frown at her. "If you don't want to end up alone because you've driven everyone away, learn when to keep your damn mouth shut." Was that advice? Of a personal nature? Could have been.
The Erote seemed worn, as if his earlier explosion had spent some of the growing energy fighting to break loose. He shook his head, backing away again to take a seat on a stone bench against the wall. He propped his elbows on his knees and dropped his head into his hands. It was some time before he started speaking again in a much lower voice, though it echoed softly off the walls of the altar.
"Lust. Though you've accused me of otherwise, I do love you, in the way that any father must love an offspring. I don't show it like the ones in your fairy tales, apparently, but it's who and what I am. That doesn't make it any less true. If you had been more grateful, kinder...more respectful, I could have blessed you with all the gifts of the gods, including powers, but not limited to just that. However, you called your blessing a curse and you smeared my name all over the Isle to anyone who would listen to you. Your 'curse' was removed and I kept away so that you wouldn't need to worry about me tainting your life. What more do you possibly want?" He turned cobalt eyes upward at this, expression questioning, but otherwise enigmatic.
His expression turned sad as another thought crossed his mind, and he murmured half to himself, dropping his eyes to the floor, "I've apparently got another daughter out there whom I've never even met. Maybe she's happier with her life for not knowing I exist at all."
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 3:16 pm
Lust dried her tears as best she could and forced herself to stop crying as it really wasn't getting her anywhere "my point with that"she said as she turned around and faced the God "is that EVERYONE has their good and bad points and usually it is by personal opinion, just because I don't like something about you doesn't mean that someone else won't find it attractive and thus, whilst I have had my complaints about you I DO still like you. A Pae doesn't HAVE to like everything about another Pae to like them and so whilst I have had my complaints about you lot that doesn't mean I wish you all to go rot in the Underworld for all eternity and besides, you say 'live in down here with the mortals' as if it is a bad thing, if you haven't realized father I AM part mortal, I don't have another home, this IS my home, so if I didn't live down here where else am I meant to live? I am not allowed to live with you Gods so this is home, these mortals are a part of me no matter if you like them and this Isle or not and they are actually nice Pae, I made two friends just the other day, rather nice Pae as well, this is home, I have to get on with the mortals here or else I am going to be loathed and right now I am more then alright with just being hated."
Lust walked over closer to the God "believe me, I have hated myself ever since I did what I did, I can't turn back the clock and tell myself not to do what what I did, I do admit that I was only thinking about myself, I was only wanting to fix the smaller problem then the bigger one which was making you look bad but that was also because I wasn't looking at the bigger picture, all I cared about was making Grandmother happy again and not caring about you. So whilst I did learn that sleeping with every guy wasn't good I didn't really care about you which is why I didn't much think about you when I was realizing that sleeping with a bunch of Pae was a bad thing and maybe rethought what I was doing there it would be fine, I am sorry Father but given what I was saying and doing to you you were not exactly in my thought patterns much if at all and why I am here now to try and fix what has been going on between us, IF that can ever actually happen."
"As for the whole fealty thing my father, before he was sent to prison, wanted me to swear fealty to the tree, to the Fauns, there was talk of a ceremony and powers and all of this being handed out to those who swear fealty and at the time I was thinking that maybe he was right, maybe I should swear fealty to the Faun, they, at least my father anyway, have been more family to me then what the Gods have been. But now that he is in jail and I have started to think about things a little differently, there is one Goddess who is is part Faun and so maybe, being among you lot and swearing Fealty to you will be better. Anyway, the reason I said it was because I was making a point, if I TRULY hated you I wouldn't want to be anywhere near you lot let alone swear fealty to you, I know I did a terrible thing by saying and doing what I have done and without actually calling upon the whole of Venus' Retinue and having them stand here while I try my hardest to apologize and ask for their forgiveness I thought I would start with you, if I ever end up needing the others I will apologize to them but right now you are more important."
Lust Sighed "I told ONE guy of my history, ONE friggen guy! and if you haven't noticed, I haven't actually MET anyone else! Well, there WAS Mr Toity, and in a way, had to know sorta, but other then those two times I havent exactly told anyone else and remember, I DID make two new friends!" She said as she turned around and glared at him "so, TWO guys does NOT make it the entire isle! Not to mention the first guy, Axl, is the guy I actually DO care about, yes, there, you heard it from me first, I actually like the adult I slept with as a teenager! Always have, how I went about it was wrong, I shouldn't of slept with him but I DID actually like him before we ended up in bed together, call it Lust at first sight just that it grew from there. Alright so yes, he didn't need to know my history BUT is it not best to let him know now? Is it not better to be truthful? Sooner or later hes going to ask how many guys I have been with and what am I going to say? 'Im sorry baby but daddy will smite me if I open my mouth so that will remain a secret' sorry, I don't believe on building relationships on lies and secrets, alright so that MAY have been able to remain a secret for a little longer but still, I was and still am new to this relationship thing, give me a break!" She said as she sat down next to him.
"Keep mouth shut, got it" she said seriously and sighed "the thing is, father" she said as she turned to him and "I never wanted everything you could have given me, trinkets and powers and whatever else you could have bestowed on me wasn't what I truly wanted, I don't want those things and I don't need them, the only thing I ever wanted was to have a relationship with you. I know, blown it now, but the gifts of the Gods mean nothing to me, I am happy living a normal life down here, all I ever wanted from you is your attention and your love but I guess one, sort of, isn't bad I just know I won't ever be able to get the relationship I wanted but yes, my fault" she said with a sad sigh, looking down at the ground for a little bit before continuing.
"Smearing your name was horrible and I truly wish I could take it back and believe me, if there was any way of fixing it I would do whatever it took but I know, blown it" she said as she looked at him "and believe me, you haven't tainted my life, I might have liked not having your blessing but I don't regret having you as a father, I know it sounded like I did but no matter how much I have smeared your name over the Isle not once have I ever said I hated having you as a father nor has it ever been a regret of mine, I have a lot of ground to make up IF I ever can but no matter what I have said I do appreciate what I have even if I have wished, at times, not to be part of the Gods." She said as she smiled a little "and you know who made me see this? It was Abby, she and I may not have gotten along and there are times she and I still have our arguments, but she made me realize that being related to the Gods and, more specifically you, is something I should be pleased about and proud of and you know, I am, don't get me wrong, I know I will be forever be in the Gods bad books but I am proud to be what I am which means that yes, as much as I have bitched about you I am proud and pleased to be your daughter even though you are far from pleased or proud to be my father.
Don't worry" she rushed on "I wouldn't want me as a daughter either" she said as she looked back at him and placed a hand on his shoulder "why not go looking for her? She can't be any worse then what I am, heck, if anything, I can pretty much see her being the perfect daughter compared to me and it is never too late to try and make up for not being there, I may have blown whatever relationship we could of had together but why not try and see if you can build one with her?" She said, just hoping that he can get at least one relationship with one of his children, she may have destroyed whatever chance they could have had but he deserved some happiness in his life after the crap she put him through and if he could somehow build a relationship with this other daughter maybe it would be good for them both.
As much as she liked the idea of having a sister she didn't bother getting excited about possibly meeting her one day, look at how great she and the god have turned out, their relationship is non existent so she couldnt see her sister wanting anything to do with her after all this time and once she hears that shes been bad mouthing her father and the Gods she will probably not want anything to do with her at all and she was certain she just would hate knowing how cruel she had been toward him and the Gods and she wouldn't blame her at all.
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:24 pm
It was both justifying and frustrating to be proven right, in this case. She hadn't understood a single word he'd just said. She'd either ignored it completely, or twisted it into something so far out there, the Erote wasn't even sure what she was talking about or where she was pulling it from. Space maybe. Giving into temptation, Himeros rolled his eyes and smacked his palm against his forehead.
"You...really don't get it, do you?" he asked, sounded honestly bewildered by the thought. He'd never met anyone like this before. By the gods, were all his spawn doomed to be defective? He hoped not. Though, he'd not heard anything about the other one, so either she was good and behaving, or at least smart enough not to get caught doing something stupid. Either was more encouraging than dealing with this one.
"The deity don't care who you sleep with or how many. That's not the point. Mother only cares that you insulted her precious son, so she took it out on you in the kindest way possible. Geez, in the old days, we'd just smite people for saying anything bad about us and go on our way. Ah, those were the days," he murmured wistfully.
"Anyway, forget it," he muttered, shrugging off her hand and standing up. "Ignore my advice. Deal with your fellow mortals however you want to. I'm sure you know best." He eyed the necklace once more, suspiciously. "Looks like you've already got yourself a sugar daddy with connections anyway. Or a...what would that be...'sugar momma' instead? I dunno. Who is it? Must have some connections off-Isle to get bling like that," he quipped, scanning the piece of jewelry with an expert eye. He was half-musing to himself at this point, honestly, far more curious as to where she got such a thing and who would have given it to her...and why...over anything she could possibly ramble anymore about herself.
"Tell me, what'd you have to promise to get something like that? Promise yourself to someone? Promise to do something for them? Wonder where it came from...the Isle's certainly never seen anything like that before..." He tilted his head curiously, no longer even seeing the wearer of the necklace, only the golden, gilded trinket. What could this fool have gotten herself wrapped up in? Some time ago, he might have actually considered caring enough to warn her of suspiciously ostentatious gifts. There was a story somewhere...had something to do with a horse, if he remembered right. Either way, hadn't ended well. And apparently, her aunt hadn't actually taught her anything useful in her life like...common sense, or how the world worked, or how to behave when dealing with other people.
Ah well, perhaps it might make for an entertaining show at least?
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:54 pm
Doing as the God said she decided to ignore she said as she placed her hands clasped on her lap, legs crossed at the ankles and tucked under her a little and sat up straight "yes, I have a sugar daddy, his name is Mr Hole and lives inside a cave, he was nice enough to 'give' it to me" she said as she rolled her eyes "I found it, went cave exploring one day when I was bored and found it in a box that was practically falling apart inside a hole deep in the cave, pulled it out and this was inside it, no idea how long it was there for but considering the cobwebs that were on it and the dirty state it was in I decided to take it and clean it up since it obviously had been there long enough and probably forgotten about and hence why I am now wearing it. If it had been there for a while something tells me no one really cared about looking for it so why can't I take it as my own? Don't get me wrong, if someone asks for it back I will gladly give it to them if they have proof but if I don't wear it how am I meant to give it back to them? No one will know I have it so hence why it is around my neck "so no promises were made to get it I just simply found it, that is all" she said, curious now a little as to why how he knew of it, never seen anything like this before? Surely that couldn't be true...could it?
"May I ask, how do you know about this piece?" She asked, looking up at him, wondering if she could maybe get an answer out of him as to where it came from, that is, if he did know about its origins of course "I have been curious as to where it may have come from but given we don't exactly have any books on the Isle it is hard to even try and find out where it came from and even if we did have books who knows they would even help" she said, hoping her father would, at least, give her this bit of information if he could.
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:13 pm
Really? She just gave that answer to the God of Lust? No, you know what? Too easy, he was going to ignore that completely.
The second answer she gave was too quick, and too full of holes. Nope, not of the Mr. kind either. She found it in a cave? What cave? Where? There weren't a lot of random caves just scattered through the forest. Especially deep or unexplored ones. What kind of idiot just went wandering into a strange cave and picking up random things they found in holes? Well...
That aside, he could answer her questions just as dumbly as she could his. "How did I know about it? Um...you're wearing it around your neck," he answered bluntly, raising one eyebrow. Wow. Unless she was asking what he knew about it, which was nothing, which is why he was asking obviously. "I said nothing like that comes from any Pae on the Isle. They don't have the means to make anything so delicate with metal, not yet. As for what I know about that in particular? Nothing, that's why I asked you," he shot back, choosing not to share the uneasy feeling he got from looking at the gilded piece. Something about that thing gave him the shivers.
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:32 pm
Nafretiti Doing as the God said she decided to ignore she said as she placed her hands clasped on her lap, legs crossed at the ankles and tucked under her a little and sat up straight "yes, I have a sugar daddy, his name is Mr Hole and lives inside a cave, he was nice enough to 'give' it to me" she said as she rolled her eyes "I found it, went cave exploring one day when I was bored and found it in a box that was practically falling apart inside a hole deep in the cave, pulled it out and this was inside it, no idea how long it was there for but considering the cobwebs that were on it and the dirty state it was in I decided to take it and clean it up since it obviously had been there long enough and probably forgotten about and hence why I am now wearing it. If it had been there for a while something tells me no one really cared about looking for it so why can't I take it as my own? Don't get me wrong, if someone asks for it back I will gladly give it to them if they have proof but if I don't wear it how am I meant to give it back to them? No one will know I have it so hence why it is around my neck "so no promises were made to get it I just simply found it, that is all" she said, curious now a little as to why how he knew of it, never seen anything like this before? Surely that couldn't be true...could it?
"May I ask, how do you know about this piece?" She asked, looking up at him, wondering if she could maybe get an answer out of him as to where it came from, that is, if he did know about its origins of course "I have been curious as to where it may have come from but given we don't exactly have any books on the Isle it is hard to even try and find out where it came from and even if we did have books who knows they would even help" she said, hoping her father would, at least, give her this bit of information if he could.
Second part of the Curse has been fulfilled. Lust was not supposed to talk of the necklace, and there was enough truth in what she spoke, that it triggered the curse.
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