forum Old Gods Reboot (Large group wanted!)

Started October 07, 2019 by @FanfictionFanatic-The-Elder group

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Zeus, for one thing, was blunt. Which meant that even though the woman before her had casually dismissed her, Zeus kept on staring. She knew her from somewhere. Gazing raking over the woman's appearance, Zeus figured that maybe she had seen her at the museum during an event. The woman's snazzy pant suit certainly screamed money. Yes, that had to be it. Right?

And yet, some part of her was wildly annoyed at the woman. The very fact that she was breathing in Zeus' vicinity seemed to be an insult. Jezz, hate at first sight much? She thought to herself, brushing a white lock of hair out of her face. Only then did she look away, her arms crossing across her chest.

After a few more moments of standing tersely, Zeus' voice rang out. "Hey–Do I know you?"

Hades did not look behind her, the woman annoyed her. "I do not know nor care. You may have seen me around the business world." She rolled her eyes and moved up the line, ordering her coffee and than ordering double.

Zeus snorted elegantly, rolling her electric blue eyes. "Obviously. No one else would have such a stick up their ass." She muttered, mood plummeting further. Why the hell was this woman's presence bothering her so much? Must have been enemies in a past life or something.

Eventually, Artemis was able to get out of bed and back on her feet. She managed to get cleaned up and dressed before going for a run to the nearest coffee shop. She really couldn't function this early without caffeine, but adrenaline and ”Queen of swords” playing in her ears would help in the meantime. Aside from the annoyingly bright sun, it felt like a nice morning, cool and crisp. Once inside the shop, she paused her music and waited in line, noticing couple of women ahead of her that seemed very familiar.

Zeus snorted elegantly, rolling her electric blue eyes. "Obviously. No one else would have such a stick up their ass." She muttered, mood plummeting further. Why the hell was this woman's presence bothering her so much? Must have been enemies in a past life or something.

Hades raised an eyebrow and took her coffee, sipping it. "How about you shut you fucking mouth before a nice chat turns into a death match?" He grumbled, looks like she really needed her coffee, gods.

Poseidon shook her head. "No I did go to a party but I would remember you. I'm Poseidon."

(Just a question, would they actually know each other as the gods or think of the other as a human with the gods name

"Nice to meet you, I suppose." He pulled his hand back and slipped it into the pocket of his pants, looking around. "You felt the same thing, correct? I'm not going insane?"

Zeus' face stayed stone still, although her eyes flashed dangerously. "Oh dear–I think I'd like to tango with you one day, doll face." She purred, stepping around the woman to retrieve her own fix. Oddly, if felt like they'd had this fight before.

Poseidon nodded. "Yeah. This is King by the way." She said, gesturing to the pup hiding behind her leg, looking at Dionysus with a curious expression. "You come by the beach often?" She asked

He shrugged. "From time to time. Not a daily occurrence, but I'd say about once a week. Some fuckin' magnificent sunsets."
Dionysus, seeming to be oblivious to how weird it is, took a long drink from the wine once again before offering it to Poseidon. "Want some?"

"Maybe that's why you look familiar. I live by the beach and often spend time there." She waved a hand at his wine offering and pointed to her bag. "I have a water bottle in here, but thank you. I normally only have wine at night." She grinned

"Wine is much too tasty to limit to the night," he said, returning the grin. "Where are you going now? I'd like to continue this conversation after I actually get a full outfit on."
He looked down at his bare chest and shoeless feet.

Poseidon laughed "you remind me of a person I knew, he too enjoyed wine very much. I think you would be friends." She grinned and gestured over her shoulder at the coffee shop. "I was planning on getting a cup there. They have great food, you're welcome to tag along." She smiled

"Give me about 20 minutes," he said, giving her a nod before walking off towards an apartment builting, the bottle to his lips again.

She smiled and leaned against a tree, looking down at King who was chasing his own tail at the moment.

Zeus' face stayed stone still, although her eyes flashed dangerously. "Oh dear–I think I'd like to tango with you one day, doll face." She purred, stepping around the woman to retrieve her own fix. Oddly, if felt like they'd had this fight before.

"You make me laugh, it would be like a lighting strike against someone six feet under," Hades raised another eyebrow in response, sipping from her cup and rolling her eyes.

”Oh, for the love of…” Artemis groaned. ”Will you two stop flirting with each other and just order your coffee? Not everyone wants to see that.” she finally snapped at the two oddly familiar women. She almost wished it was still acceptable to carry her bow in public, but sadly all she was ”legally” allowed to have on her right now was the small clip of pepper spray.

Hades turned to the other woman. "We already did, it seems you are just unobservant." She hummed, turning on her heel and walking to a table. She pulled out her laptop swiftly and logged in, she liked the atmosphere of this room, so she would do some work here.

Artemis poorly held back a very wolfish growl. ”I’m very observant. It's just hard to concentrate through the testosterone you're both giving off.” she muttered angrily before finally placing her order for two coffees and the strongest espresso they had.

Zeus peeked over her shoulder at the new angry lady. Honestly, there must be something in the air that morning that had them all a little testy, but absurdly this made the young woman smile. She winked a blue eye at the woman, pretty face open and flirtatious. "Jealous, honey? There's plenty of me to go around I assure you."

Artemis turned in shock to the flirty woman, she had almost forgotten she was still standing there, and managed to bark out a short harsh laugh. ”Not even if the world depended on it. And the fact that you put yourself out there so blatantly is an even louder ’No’. Honestly, do you have no restraint?” she asked incredulously, though the words almost felt familiar. ”Does no one value chastity anymore?”

Hardly fazed by the insult, Zeus smirked. "Oh please. Don't be droll." She teased over the rim of her coffee mug. A fat donut in her other hand. She moved around the little shop, ignoring the eyes of the other patrons on her generous form. The next words out of her mouth were easy and light, despite the odd sense of deja vu passing through her. "Have a little fun once in awhile. It won't kill you."

”Oh, Rhea help me.” Artemis sighed under her breath. ”It’s not droll. It's virtuous. And one I will live by even if the pits of Tarta-” she barely caught herself as her voice started to gain volume. ”I mean the pits of the earth were to swallow me whole.” she finished at a more controlled tone, though her eyes were as sharp as daggers.

Zeus took a bit of her donut, with a casual shrug, eyes alit with something that looked sinful. "Your loss, sweetheart." With a final smirk, she scooped up her phone and started to scroll through a form of social media, completely dismissing the woman before her.

She smiled and leaned against a tree, looking down at King who was chasing his own tail at the moment.

He emerged from the building wearing his typical clothing of a white tank top under an aviator jacket, with a pair of frayed and faded jeans and simple sneakers. Dionysus's right hand was in his pocket, while the left still clutched the bottle of wine.

Artemis didn't even bother to hide her shudder of disgust as the other woman left. ”Trust me, I'm not losing anything.” she said to no one really before she drank her espresso like a shot of Jack then grabbing her other two coffees and sat down at an empty table, kicking her feet on top of it.

"You should hide that bottle. We could get kicked out of the store." She said once he came back. Poseidon clipped King's leash back on her waist and started walking towards the shop.

"Fine, fine," he mumbled, slipping the bottle into his other pocket. It didn't even make a bulge in the material, almost like he just dropped it in a bottomless pit.