Video | Two (can be as bad as one)

[pummelgranite]

[ This time there's no movement in the background. She's reclining on what seems to be a throne of flowering greenery, and a smattering of animal bones. ]



Head count, who's dead? No, wait, actually- who's died.



Also, anyone got any spare human skulls you're looking to move? I'll take other skulls too if they look cool enough, or whatever.

Comments

[abandon_hope]

I don't know. And ... no. No one can do that. Not on purpose.

[ He moves to sit on one of the tombstones. Mr. Skeleton sits as well, crosslegged. ]

[pummelgranite]

[ She'll just lean on a tree. ]


Right . . .



Smoke?

[abandon_hope]

[ Nico shakes his head. ]

Seen way too many dead smokers.

[pummelgranite]

Yeah, yeah. Plenty of other reasons not to start.


[ Snaps to light. like u do, if ur her. ]


I won't say "it's not as cool as it looks," or anything though.

[abandon_hope]

[ Huh. He's mildly impressed. ]

I dunno. Never seemed particularly cool to me. [ A beat. ] Guess it doesn't matter either way. Half-bloods usually don't live long enough to care.

[pummelgranite]

[ displeasure (but not surprise) pulls her expression tight again ]


How long? Two years?

[abandon_hope]

... No, not like that. Teenagers are old, though. And if you hit twenty, you're ancient.

Why'd you say two years?

[pummelgranite]

[ ssssssmooooooke ]



That's how long we get. Guess some shit's about the same.

[abandon_hope]

That's how long - but you said you were Persephone. Not a half-blood.

[pummelgranite]

I told you, it's complicated. Just because you're immortal doesn't mean you live forever.

[abandon_hope]

I know that. But two years isn't much.

[pummelgranite]

Uh huh. It's pretty much bullshit.

[abandon_hope]

Why?

[pummelgranite]

Boring topic. Let's talk about something else.

[abandon_hope]

Like what?

[pummelgranite]

Like are there seriously just immortal gods fucking around a knocking people up? Your world must be nuts.

[abandon_hope]

... Well. Yeah. To both.

Zeus is a dick.

[pummelgranite]

No shit.

[ Is this a question or a comment? Its hard to tell. ]

[abandon_hope]

Not all the gods have a ton of children. Hades only has me. And Pluto only has Hazel.

[pummelgranite]

Have they heard of condoms?

[abandon_hope]

I don't think they care.

[pummelgranite]

[ Is that what she'd be like? With enough power and time?


Well, probably, she concludes. Given that she's basically a huge unlikable asshole, that trend of huge unlikable assholeness would likely continue into perpetuity. ]


Huh.

[abandon_hope]

Are you really that surprised?

[pummelgranite]

I guess not. I don't care about much, and we're definitely all assholes.

[abandon_hope]

... Little bit. Yeah.

But Father isn't so bad.