[greek swim]

Who: Ares and Persephone
What: Ares attempts to recruit Persephone, and get her to convince Hades to support him, too
Where: Fields of Enna
When: At some point during the summer months, after his attempt to recruit Hades proved less than successful, after he's gathered Eris, Aphrodite, his sons, Hebe, Poseidon, and more.
Rating: PG-13 thus far (neck-grabbing, hair-pulling, and Ares suggesting that Sephy sex Hades up to get him to go along with his little coup)
Status: Complete

( But perhaps you could convince him. Women can be very convincing when they want to... If you side with me, and get Hades to, when this is all over, I will set you free, give you whatever you like. )

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... )

Who: Artemis and Persephone
What: Artemis takes the new queen of the dead on a hunt
Where: The forest.
When: Evening. The summer after Persephone’s first winter away
Rating: PG-13; what? Hunting can be bloody!
Status: Complete

( The woods were made for the hunters of dreams... )