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Persephone » C. Anne Bennet ([info]_persephone) wrote in [info]greek_swim,
@ 2009-12-05 21:47:00


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Entry tags:complete, hermes, persephone

Hermes/McKale and Persephone/Anne
Who: Hermes/McKale and Persephone/Anne
What: Hermes has been sort of stalking her, waiting for a moment when she's away from Hades A not-so-chance encounter
Where: A smoothie shop near the University of Athens
When: Afternoonish
Rating: PG; angsty? A little
Status: Complete

It was a little chilly out -- by Athenian standards, at least -- a slight breeze blowing as Anne -- no, Persephone -- made her way through the droves of people in the University's vicinity. She had to get work done, had to grade papers, and the revelations of the reality of things had done little in way of her productivity. It had been a relief to discover what lay behind the journals, behind the dreams and visions, but to find that there was more added just another piece to an already complex puzzle.

Added to that was the fact that this particular puzzle had been taking up quite a bit of her time. There were, after all, things -- people and situations -- she would rather not have to face at the moment, without any sort of morbidly imperial majestic front to hide behind -- her mother first and foremost among them. But she needed to get work done, needed to focus, and knew that going home and seeing Hades would lead to accomplishment of next to nothing of the work she needed to do, as tempting as the idea was.

Entering a quaint little café, she had to suppress the urge to look around as she pushed her large sunglasses up, using them as a headband. That strange feeling of familiarity was back, that feeling she had had for quite sometime. It was almost as if someone was near, but no, no one would be around; how many times had she looked? It was just another feeling of déjà vu. She ordered a smoothie -- pomegranate, which she'd been particularly craving lately -- and a greens and grain wrap. She paid, grabbed her items, and sat a booth, placing a pile of papers in front of her, sipping on her drink, absently going through one paper, a pen in hand, making marks here and there.


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[info]_hermes
2009-12-06 05:01 am UTC (link)
Hermes had been following her for days. If asked he could not have told you why, he had her phone number he could have called her. But he also knew that since she had found her husband they had almost been inseparable. Did they do anything else but have sex? Hermes would have put money down on ‘no’. and she was always with him, or at class. Or traveling between two. He just wanted a moment with her, alone, with out the questioning glance of Hades

So actually he could tell you why he was following her, not to mention that it just felt natural.

When she stopped into her favorite café he waited thinking she would be out and on her way home. When she didn’t leave he poked his head inside and found her sitting with a mass of papers, this would be what he was waiting for. Ordering an espresso, he slipped soundlessly into the booth across from her with a cheery smile on his face as he sipped his hot caffeine. “Hey pretty lady.” He almost cooed with a smirk.

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-06 05:24 am UTC (link)
Persephone nearly choked on her smoothie, having been quite into a paragraph about, well, Hermes. Ironic. The surprise was only barely shown for a fraction of a moment, her dark eyes widening for just a second as she swallowed the icy fruit concoction. She placed the paper down in front of her.

"Pretty? Thanks. You're still stealthy as ever, I see," she said, grinning broadly at him. She had to stop herself from adding something to the effect of "If I were mortal, I would have been scared to Tartarus!" She'd said it so many times before. He always managed to scare her, always managed to appear almost out of thin air. Kore threw her hands up. "How do you do that?" she exclaimed.

She paused. Did he know? There were several ways to find out, of course -- she opted for the most direct route she could conceive.

"Hermes?" she asked pointedly, her voice lowered just slightly, figuring that was the best way to ask..

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-06 05:38 am UTC (link)
Hermes blue eyes twinkled in that knowing look he always had. “Quite.” He said with a smile, while replying to both things she had said. “You have quite the itinerary,” he mused “hard girl to catch alone, but this mortal life has left me with time to spare to try to catch you alone.” Words of a song started to enter his mind, Glee, was not a good way to spend his Wednesday nights. It always left his singing whatever songs had been showcased that week.

Notching his name on the paper she was holding he snatched it from her hand, his eyes quickly scanning the page “You see, my myths never leave a very positive impression unless you read between the lines.”

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-06 06:43 am UTC (link)
She quirked a brow at him.

"And how would you know the particulars of my itinerary?" she inquired, again, pointedly, though the grin never left her face.

Her eyes did not leave his as he read over the paper, and she continued to sip her drink.

"Never said it was an 'A' paper," she said, smirking. "You've got far from the worst wrap, but, I have to say, I can't imagine where the people at Disney got the idea for your particular animated character," she added. "The hair did not do you justice," she remarked.

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-06 10:01 pm UTC (link)
Hermes sipped his drink “It’s my job,” he said with a shrug “to know everyone’s coming and goings, besides, It just seemed to easy to call you. And I didn’t really want your husband’s jealous glower while I talked to you. Also, I wanted to know if you would notice.” He smirked at her “and that answer was no.”

“See but I should have a perfect wrap, seeing as I delivered the stories, I guess there is no accounting for human error. And I bet iris messed some up on purpose, she was always jealous of me…” Hermes shrugged “I stopped listing to the story of that movie once I discovered that they where calling him Hercules and everyone else by their Greek name. That and mommy-dearest was nice to him. I liked the muses though,” he, ironically, mused “even if they cut out a few.”

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-06 10:47 pm UTC (link)
"Nice to see you like your job. Jealous glower?" she quirked a brow at him, but continued to sip her smoothie, which was rather good, very pomegranatey. "Did I ever notice? Did anyone ever notice? You're just too stealthy -- what can I say? Hide-and-seek games were never terribly fair with you, fun as they were" she joked, still sipping.

"You do have better hair. I mean, I would be green with wicked envy, too," she said, smirking at him, reaching forward and tousling his hair playfully, an almost instinctive gesture that evoked memories. He might have been stealthy, but she could still tousle his hair! She chuckled at the thought. "I still want to know what the hell that thing was on my head. The Muses were good, though. I suspect mummy-dearest might not have been terribly amused with it. The inconsistencies were--" she pointed at the paper in front of him, "horrible for education," she added. "Let's not mention how many times I've had to address Hades' fire hair."

"So, besides following me around -- what else have you been up to?" she asked.

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-08 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Hermes smiled “Oh come on! You can’t tell me you have not noticed over …forever… that no man can get near you with out being sneered at. He is a very jealous creature. And I just didn’t want to deal with that.” He said with a chuckle before she put her hand into his hair and tousled it. He frowned slightly pulling away like he always did. It was habit at this point. He fluffed his own hair back where she had tussled it.

He thought about her question before smiling “I had a nice talk with Anteors about the irony of me almost being the last to find out, I met my son. And he’s good. A little skinny, but good. But I’m trying to take care of that.” He smiled “managing networking websites and stealing stuff.” He added with a chuckle “you know; same old same old.”

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-09 01:53 am UTC (link)
[ooc: LMAO @ your icon!!!]

"Sneered at? Mmm... maybe," she said, a giggle escaping her as she watched him pull away. Old habits, it seemed, were nigh unshakable. "It could be worse, though. I mean, he did make Pirithous stay seated in front of a feast like... oh, forever." After she had turned that silly little nymph into a plant. She placed her drink down at the thought, a frown flitting across her features for just a fraction of a moment. Perhaps she was jealous, too. Nah! Her? Never. Not a chance.

One look back at Hermes and a smile easily found its way back to her lips.

"I can appreciate the irony. I was actually in denial for a while -- thought I had completely lost my mind. Checked into a, ahem, facility, where I ran into Hades. I was going to tell you when I found out, but you know I've been rather occupied," she recounted. His mention of Pan got her attention; she could remember one of the last times she'd seen him, journeyed into the Underworld on his quest to save the wilderness.

"He's a great kid," she said, grinning at him, "chip off the old block." And Hermes, despite whatever trickery he was known for, all the stealing and sly scoundrelesque things attributed to him, was a great father, she thought -- a great man, a great person, a great friend. How he'd spent his time came as little surprise, in contrast with him being among the last to discover the truth of things.

"Not surprising you'd be involved in things like that, actually," she remarked. And, in truth, it wasn't -- it was exactly the sort of thing anyone who'd known him previously should have pictured.

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-09 08:22 am UTC (link)
(i like to pretend that this icon is them :P)

Hermes watched her expression falter for just a second; he could guess what she was thinking of but said nothing. He knew to well how proud the dark queen could be. “How lucky you must be to not be on the receiving end of his darker dispositions.” He said with a smirk fingers running over his mug.

“Yeah, I know. You gave me quite a fright. Didn’t even know why at the time. I remembered your name from your journal, found where you lived and worked,” he looked up at her a small smirk “Seems so silly now.” He tried to brush it off as so, but he knew it still bothered him. And now with everything in perspective he felt like he had lost her to Hades all over again.

“Yeah, he’s a good one. Had a hard life this time around. But I think he’s better now that he knows the truth.” He chuckled “Also might not hurt I gave him a debit card and told him money was a non-issue.”

“And you, a philology and classics lecturer at the University of Athens! Whose neighbor tell me you have the best garden this side of Greece.” He boasted.


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[info]_persephone
2009-12-09 09:18 am UTC (link)
[LOL! Well, it could be! Must... resist... urge... to upload more SW icons because the hair is very, very similar, under the lighting conditions, you know... Persephone: stop confusing me, Alyss!!!]

They were all guilty of pride, though, in one way or another, or so she tried to justify. Despite immortality, they were just as flawed as mortals, in some respects. It was like a pleasant little game they all played, pretending not to be, pretending they were damned well entitled to everything. And she and Hermes had something of a game going, one where he knew what she was thinking, and she knew he knew what she was thinking, but neither said a thing of it. They kept it up quite well, and it worked quite well, most of the time. Until she said something, or he said something, and then it was no use pretending anymore.

"We could say Eros' arrows work in mysterious ways, but that aside, I've seen what happens, and I wouldn't want to get in his way when he's mad," she said, shaking her head. "If I'm not mistaken, the last one to get the full wrath was Zeus, and we all know how that ended," she remarked, sipping her smoothie again. She was silent for a moment. Hermes. She'd snuck down there to see him, when the cards had fallen as they had, when the whole war was over and those who'd stood by Zeus had been imprisoned in Tartarus.

"Well, life without a credit limit is the way to go, if one must be a mortal," she said, with a chuckle. "You're a great dad, Hermes," she added, and not that it was the first time she'd said it.

"Something about the classics, ever since I was little -- besides, I had to study the language -- it's what my dreams were in -- I was borderline obsessed." She beamed with pride when he mentioned her garden, however. It was her pride and joy, the one thing she always felt she had control over. The flowers never thought she was crazy, always listened when she told them stories from her dreams -- they were like -- well, her children, almost. "Thanks. I like to think my gardening's not half bad -- I'm sure mother could do better, but I try my best, really." Now, if only she could do something about those poor planters Hades had laying about. Almost finished with her smoothie, she made a mental note to get another on her way out.

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-09 09:34 am UTC (link)
( lol true dat!
Alyss: pfft! You know you like it, shush! Besides, you know I can’t help it :P)

Oh yes, Hermes was not about to say he himself did not suffer from the curse of pride. But he didn’t have to flaunt it about either. That way he looked at his pride was the least of his sins.

At the mention of Hades final anger Hermes could not hide his frown. In the messengers mind there were always things best left unsaid. He didn’t want to think of the battle or of her visits to him in Tartrus, his confining cell where he could not move at all. “Well, it ended better for some then others.” He uttered in an uncharacteristically dark manner for the trickster god. He did not hold Hades or Persephone accountable for what had happened during the war, but he did not want to be remained of the dark confining pit he never thought he would escape.

Almost as flipping a switch Hermes face brightened. “I always wanted to travel, see everything I could. When I was 15 I forged my first ID and hoped on a flight to Vegas and never turned back.” He smiled “Never an honest days work in my life.” He chuckled.

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-10 07:29 pm UTC (link)
[couldn't help myself *facepalm*
LMAO. so dramatic!]

"Hasn't ended yet," she said, her voice quiet as she finished her smoothie. Yes, certain things were best left unsaid -- the problem was, the line between things best left unsaid and things just said around Hermes was sometimes blurred, at best, and really frequently distorted. She hadn't seen him look so dark in... well, a very long time. If ever. Her hand reached for his, an almost instinctive gesture, familiar and sudden, her own way of saying I'm sorry.

"Fifteen? Nice. Just tell me you weren't the one piloting that plane," she half-joked, though she wouldn't have put it past him. No, really, it was a legitimate line of inquiry. "You weren't, right?" she asked, after a second.

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-11 12:55 am UTC (link)
[LAMO! WIN!]

Hermes returned her hand hold squeezing her hand gently in return as if to say no hard feelings. and truly there were no hard feelings, but there where something’s the herald god did not like to think about, top of that list would be his time in the pit, the only other on the list would be when realizing he had lost Kore forever.

At her question she smirked “not much for the flying, my life has been more like Leonardo Dicaprio in ‘Catch me if you Can.’ Actually it was a major inspiration, only I don’t intend to get caught. Though become best friends with Tom Hanks would not be bad.” He mused.

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-11 02:15 am UTC (link)
[Hope you were amused ;) ]

She could remember holding his hand, a faded memory, squeezing it as they walked through the fields, sun over its zenith in the sky, a game where she did more seeking than hiding recently concluded. But there was more to it than that, not that she had fully appreciated what that meant at that moment in time.

"You have flown them, though," she said, raising a brow at him pointedly, though any attempt at seriousness was quickly lost as she cracked a grin. "Like he did in the movie. What else? Been a doctor? An attorney?" she asked. "Made millions, I'm sure, from what you said earlier," she added. "So do tell," she grinned.

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-11 10:02 pm UTC (link)
Hermes cracked a grin “One or twice,” he said with a smirk his blue eyes twinkling with mirth “Also haven’t imposture to many people, but I did it a few times just to see if I could. Mostly I’m a pilot, so I can travel, and then I steal. Fraudulent checks mostly but that gets harder everyday because of the technology. Also you can make a lot of money if you pan handle and you can play the guitar well.” He said with a smirk “then the rest of my time is spent talking to people who run networking websites and help them make them better since they where really my idea anyway.”

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-13 05:40 am UTC (link)
"Just once or twice, hm?" she teased. She smirked, playing with her straw. "I'm totally jealous of the flying; I must admit," she said. "Looks like you've led quite an interesting life. Sounds like fun." And she could definitely see it -- the plan flying, the check-cashing, the guitar-playing. It was just so very him. "What would we do without facebook?" She gasped. "It would be epic tragedy. Can't believe we ever existed without it."

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-13 11:26 pm UTC (link)
Hermes finished off his espresso “yeah, once or twice,” he paused “You know if you want I could take you flying.” He said with a small wink “And it has been interesting, for the most part, there are long stretches of me doing nothing but I think that’s usual.” He smiled at her looking down at his glass for a moment before looking up “Yes, its quite addicting, twitter as well, just the constant flow of information is astounding. And its fast, fast enough to make a communication god jealous.” He added with a smirk

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-14 05:29 am UTC (link)
"Really?" her dark eyes lit up, excitedly, and she practically bounced in her seat. "That would be great!" She had to hold herself back from physically jumping over the table to hug him -- because really, with all the papers on the table, it would have made a right mess.

"Twitter cracks me up," she said, giggling, navigating to a screen on her iPhone, "especially this one,1" she added, handing the phone for him to see.

"I need another smoothie. Want another espresso?" she asked, getting up.

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-14 07:58 am UTC (link)
Hermes chuckled “Yes really, would I lie to you?” He said with amusement “I can call the airport and set it up…. But you will have to call me Captain Michaels, ‘cuz that’s what it says on my pilot’s license.”

Reaching for her IPhone he smiled “that’s pretty damn great, I am a fan of ‘Texts from last night’ its not on twitter but there is an IPhone app for it, its pretty damn funny.” He shook his head at her offer “No, I’m good on my caffeine intake for today.”

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-16 12:53 am UTC (link)
"Sounds great; thank you so much, Captain Michaels," she said, grinning at him, "O Captain! My Captain!" Because really, she couldn't help herself.

"That site's great! There's an app for that?" she shook her head. There was an app for damned near everything, according to Apple and the powers that be at Cupertino. Perhaps their stock might be something to look into.

She hurried off and returned with a smoothie -- pomegranate and apple this time -- sipping it. "Sorry -- smoothies here are so good," she said.

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-18 03:05 am UTC (link)
Hermes smiled and shook his head “Yep, there is an app for that.” He said with a smirk “So I’ll set up our flight, I’ll send you a text when I have a time and plane booked.” He watched her drink her smoothie “No need to apologize, they are very good.” He smiled softly “So your good?” he asked a little more serious this time “Everything is good, with everything?”

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-20 07:25 am UTC (link)
"That'd be fantastic! Epic! Thanks so much." She sipped the smoothie, relishing in the taste -- the pomegranate and apple really did come together nicely. It was strange, she'd never been much one for apples -- the pomegranates, yes, though perhaps she had been craving them more, if she stopped to think on it, but not apples. The guy behind the counter had given her a curious look when she'd ordered it. 'Not your usual pom, Dr. Bee? That's a combination I've never made before...' he'd said.

"Yeah. I mean, all in all. Can't really complain." She paused, pensive for a moment. "Been feeling a little under the weather the past few days, but there's something going around -- usually is, this time of year," she said, shrugging it off easily. "Nothing a smoothie can't fix. And talking to you -- I missed you a lot. Why? How about you?" she asked. "Are you good?"

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-20 10:22 am UTC (link)
“I’m good, just worrying about you.” he paused smiled “You know, business as usual.” He added with a small shrug, and it was the truth. He was always worried about her “You know, its just weird to have an extended talk with you this time of year.” he added with another small smile. “I’ve missed you too you know.” He added earnestly “Always felt like I was missing something until I met you, even when you where just Anne and I was McKale. I knew then. Knew it in my gut that you where going to change my life, that I needed you in my life.” He reached across the table and took her small hand in his giving it a gentle squeeze. “Somethings will never changer I guess.”

So many things he wanted to say, to tell her but he knew he could never tell her. Because he could never hurt her like that. And telling her he knew would only hurt her, and he could never hurt her. yes, this was one message that would never be spoken and he would be the only one to ever really know the truth. And he would happily carry it deep within his own heart if only to save hers.

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-21 06:11 am UTC (link)
Always, it seemed. And while, with anyone else, she would have been annoyed, would have narrowed her eyes and insisted that she didn't need to be worried about, that she was quite capable of managing things, that she was independent -- her mother had heard it a fair few times, spanning the spectrum between calm and annoyed and angry -- but with Hermes, it was different. So many things were different.

"It's weird, but only in the most pleasant of ways," she said, squeezing his hand in return. And it was. The truth of the matter was, she missed him each year when she saw so little of him below. It was different when they'd talk above, beneath the sun, when she'd take a flower, and tap his nose with it, laughing. The corner of her lip tugged up as she looked at him, a smile forming. "I know exactly what you mean. You changed my life then, Herm, and you've changed it now, again."

The closest she had ever come, in those days so long ago, before the abduction, before Hades, before the six seeds that split her world in two -- the closest she'd ever come to feeling genuine affection, a real attraction to anyone had been with Hermes. He was the first person in her life that made her question that notion of long-preserved virginity, the quaint honor of undefiled, immaculate maidenhood. But she'd never admit it, any of it, not to him, not to anyone, not if she was thrashed to within an inch of her life. That had been Kore, she had reasoned, and Kore was gone.

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[info]_hermes
2009-12-21 09:00 am UTC (link)
Hermes smiled his phone buzzing on his hip, but he ignored it, it only for a moment longer. “Well its good to see you in good health and spirits.” He looked to the mass of her work, and to the cell phone which was buzzing quietly at his hips again. A look of longing crossed his face for only a moment before it was gone forever from his happy face “It would seem I have kept you to long from your work, and ultimately your husband. I think it might be time to take my leave for the moment.” He smiled at her “But I will call you soon when I have that flight set up my Dear Persephone.” Because the truth was, he had to get away from her and focus on something else for a time to get the sad thoughts from his head and diving in to work was always his chosen method of escape.

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[info]_persephone
2009-12-21 09:34 am UTC (link)
"And it's great to see you, as well." The look did not go unnoticed, even as Persephone sipped the smoothie, nodding. Her brows furrowed, only slightly, as for just a moment a hesitant look crossed her dark features. A smile easily slid into its place, quickly covering it up to match that which graced the Messenger God's lips.

She did not comment on the keeping from, though she normally would have. The words were at her lips, ready: Oh, please! We're catching up! Making up for lost time! or Too long? When have we spent too much time together, Herm? But they did not come so easily this time.

"I look forward to it," she said, "and to seeing you again." She retracted her hand from his, and leaned forward, placing a kiss on his cheek. "Take care, and don't be a stranger," she added, before leaning back in her seat and scribbling a mark on the paper that had mentioned Hermes. One down... just a few more to go. Right.

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