[greek swim]

Who: Ares and Hades
What: Ares tries to recruit Hades to his cause, but Hades thinks his plan is just going to fizzle out like all the others before
Where: The Underworld
When: After Zeus makes the announcement and after he has recruited Eris, Deimos, Phobos, Aphrodite, Eros, Anteros and Hebe
Rating: T
Status: Complete

( One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a war but instead puts it off to his disadvantage. )

Who: Hades and Kore Persephone
What: Post-abduction conversation takes an unexpected turn -- now everything has changed. Everything.
Where: The Underworld
When: Shortly after the Abduction, sometime between the Bronze and Heroic Ages
Rating: R
Status: Complete

( But dearest Persephone, know that if you chose me by Styx I swear I will forsake any other woman for you, that I would love you with the ferocity that Ares loves war or Artemis loves the hunt, I would love you with the passion Apollo loves his songs or Hephaestus his metal working, I would love you with the intensity that Poseidon loves the ocean or that Zeus loves himself... )

Who: Hades and Kore
What: A coincidental run-in, right before Hades goes to petition Zeus for one of his daughters
Where: Olympus
When: Morningish, sometime between the Bronze and Heroic Ages
Rating: PG
Status: Complete

( And after all Zeus did owe him this. It was only fair that he had a Queen for his domain as well; because, after all, the underworld was not the hoping singles scene one might expect... )