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    “Hermes,” Hades interrupts, taking his seat between Hermes and Nyx. He considers the blanket before them, the assorted odds and ends—a child’s sword, a length of ivy brought here who knows how, a small pile of emeralds, a laurel crown not so unlike Hades own that raises a number of questions, a vial of—

    “Is that blood?” Hades asks.

    “No idea,” Hermes says brightly. “Hypnos picked everything out.”

    —blood, why did he allow Hypnos to arrange this?

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    17 Feb 2021

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    “A gift, an incentive to gain Zagreus’s affections, for the longer you dawdle, the greater the pain will become.”

    Aphrodite gives Hypnos a ‘gift,’ which is just a fancy way of saying ‘curse.’

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    14 Feb 2021

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    Sleep lacked for nothing. He had a fulfilling job, a kind but strict boss, a soft bed waiting for him on his days off, at least one friend in the form of the realm’s rebellious prince, a friendly relationship with the realm’s most beautiful and commanding fury, and a brother who cared enough to visit once in a while. Realistically, he had everything he could ask for. Yet, as he thickened the lines of a bat he had just sketched into the decorative border he was constructing, his mind drifted to the last dream he had traveled in. The warmth of the fire and the loving gaze of the mother as she looked upon her sons.

    He remembered the mortal mother’s eyes and his heart ached. He tried to imagine Thanatos laughing with him, but the image left him empty.

    At the end of his shift a strange voice called out to him, beckoning him to the elder sigil in the back of the administrative chamber. Perhaps his extended family could help him find what was missing.

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    10 Feb 2021

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    Red and Blue completed each other.

    That wasn’t always the case, but it certainly was now.

    Red-and-Blue, Blue-and-Red. Parts of a whole.

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    08 Feb 2021

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    “We never dance here,” Green says, voice strangled. They’re not even on the dance floor.

    Red just tilts his head, still waiting, and Green feels like he’s drowning.

     

    or, after years of running away from an arranged marriage with who used to be his best friend, green finally decides to try.

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