STARS&SECRETS

Nyx goddess of the night ──── ❝ I love the silent hour of night . . . for blissful dreams may then arise ❞ ──── ( dependant rp blog for thegods-rpg )

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opulchra​

open. loc. near the shores

  he gave a small wave to the person who seated him, an open area though the cafe was rather picky with sitting placement apparently. a slight huff can out as he sat down, lifting his sunglasses to the top of his head he couldn’t find himself to look at the menu quite yet. gazing over to the ocean on the other side of the sand. he wanted to be swallowed by it, athens as exciting as it was felt rather… frightening, like on the brink of something that wasn’t – shouldn’t be bothered. 

   with that ambrose smirked, nothing was out of his reach, if it ends him so be it. turning from the alluring water his eyes scanned the outside seating, another lonesome fellow sitting as he was. no food on their table he gave a little nod to them. “dare to dine with a stranger?”

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────   the shore was calming,   intoxicating  almost.   it was somewhere that nyx could go to be alone with her thoughts,    nothing but the sound of the waves bothering her.  she was looking at the waves when the man had beckoned her over with a dare.  she turned her head to face the stranger ...   no,   he wasn’t a stranger. nyx recognised his face.  narcissus.   however,  he did not recognise her,  likely having succumbed to the curse.   another god who’d forgotten themselves,    how grateful nyx was to have remembered.   

‘ well i was enjoying the peace  &  quiet ...  ’    she raised an eyebrow,   weighing her options.  she couldn’t stand idle conversations,    but she was ever so curious to know more about the mortals who stood in the place of gods.    she gestured to the chair opposite,   having no intention of moving,   ‘ but if you want to join me, you can. ’

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psyche-in-love​

“is this seat open?” anastasia pointed to the bar stool next to them, promptly taking it for herself. “seems like it took forever to even find an open spot around here.”

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────  nyx had been in a world of her own when a familiar face woke her from her daydream.  it was the wide eyed, ex-mortal she had spoken to at the gala.  how at home she seemed in this place,   nyx was  almost  jealous.  she gestured to the seat beside her,   ‘ please, sit.   i could do with the company. ’    

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rageunturned​

at the reveal, Chason did tense up. yeah, it was really hard to trust anyone related to cops. they shrugged it off quickly, though, but it was clear that Chason was wary of the other woman.

maybe that would explain the strange familiarity they felt towards her. probably saw her on TV, another poor unfortunate soul suffering at the hand of the authorities. they hadn’t kept up with the news in a while.

“i’d say, maybe start with your name first, then maybe i’ll let you question me further,” they were very firm in their words, and maybe their naivety took the best of them for too long, they revealed a little bit too much of themselves to someone who could and most likely wouldn’t hesitate to use it at them.

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────  she sensed his immediate mistrust  &  didn’t really blame him.   a strange woman approaching you,   asking all sorts of personal questions?  she probably should have introduced herself first.   she was just so accustomed to people knowing who she was.  in olympus, nyx needed no introduction ... so much was different here.

‘ my apologies,   how rude of me not to formally introduce myself. ’   she smiled, trying to get chaos   the stranger  to open up to her,   she could tell from his tone he was getting frustrated with her questioning,   but she needed to know more, so she held out her hand for him to shake,  ‘ i’m detective nora black.  who are you? ’

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rageunturned​

they felt as though this woman somehow knew them, in some form of way, and it was something Chason found very peculiar. then again, she seemed like the controlling type, just from her stance alone. maybe it was rude to assume, but at the same time they could tell she was also perhaps overanalyzing them.

“it’s fine,” they reassured her, accompanied by a shrug of their shoulders, bringing their hands together to lightly tap the back of their fingers against their palm as a sign of i genuinely can’t be arsed to care and then their hands fell back to their sides, their thumbs hooking to their pickets. 

they then shifted their weight from one leg to the other. “i work at a fashion company, had to clean up and finish some seams, it’s not quick work.” they finally answered. “i don’t know about any strange things happening, though. life’s been pretty normal.”

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────    life’s been pretty normal,    nyx fought the urge to scoff ,  not wanting to confuse this chaos impersonator anymore than she already was.   normal  was not a word she would use to describe the past few weeks.   in fact,  she didn’t know how to describe it.  for the first time in eternity,   nyx was completely out of her depth by the entire situation,   not that she was about to admit it. 

‘ how  fascinating,   it must be a very rewarding job. ’   she covered her own confusion with a genuine smile.   she wanted to know how long chaos had been here,  what they’d remembered,  what their life was like now.   perhaps she just needed a different approach ...  ‘ i’m a detective,  so forgive me for being so  inquisitive.   it’s a force of habit. ’  

nyx loosened up,   trying not to be so formal.    people tended not to trust police around here &  considering some of the men she had to work with,   she didn’t blame them.   ‘ are you sure you haven’t seen any  strange  people lurking around late at night  or  heard any strange noises?  it would really help my enquiries. ’

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thehoundof​

        Nyx remembered which meant she was ten times easier to deal with than any of the other Gods. Cerberus’ reverence didn’t solely extend to Hades, it was simply her allegiance that laid with him, so dealing with Gods when she wanted to respect and admire them was difficult when most of them were acting like mortal idiots. All she wanted to do was shake them like ‘remember who you are!’ but Hades had told her she was not allowed to do this. It wasn’t as simple at first, after the curse had happened, because only Hades, Persephone and Hecate knew what she looked like but once Nyx made it clear who she was it was easy enough for Cerberus to make proper introduction.

            Not that she’d exactly wanted to considering the path Nyx had taken, observing the badge held out to her now. Like Hades it seemed the Gods who remembered all felt compelled into mortal career paths that gave them the falsest hint at power - did they really think so lowly of themselves that they’d done this? Weakened themselves to mortal structures? “How terrifying,” Cerberus responded, exhaling hard. In a way it was, but it was nowhere near as horrifying as the true Nyx power could wield and that was more what Cerberus intended to point out.

        Still she withdrew her actions, stepping back from the man who groaned on the ground. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Cerberus answered. “This man fell, I think anyone here would tell you that, Officer Nora.”

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────  nyx fought the urge to roll her eyes at cerebus’ comment.  she knew how the other gods might judge her choice to take on a mortal career,    but she didn’t do it out of some misguided attempt at clinging to whatever power she could,    it was her duty.    for centuries,  nyx had guarded the night  &  that was not about to change.  she knew that the metal badge was  worthless compared to her real power,   but it was something ... 

this night was not the first that she had been called to the club  ( she doubted it would be the last either  )   it seemed to be a magnet for trouble.   when she learned of the clubs owner,  it didn’t take her much deduction for nyx to realise who was behind the mask of this mortal woman.   wherever hades was,  cerberus was never far behind.    she had to admit though,  she certainly preferred this form to her previous canine look,  it was a lot more visually appealing.  

‘ is that so ... ’   nyx raised an eyebrow, not believing for one moment this was an accident.  why did people think they could take her for a fool?   she was much too old to believe such nonsense.    she turned to the man on the ground,  ' perhaps you should give me your name  &  i can make sure you get home safe to your wife. ’  as was to be expected,   the man scurried away in an instant.  mortals were so precitable.  satisfied,  nyx turned back to cerberus with a scowl,    ‘ making friends, i see.   honestly,  would it kill you to play nice? ’

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gorgonofstone​

Medusa’s smile held right up until Nyx touched her hair, talking of looking for snakes. “Don’t touch me,” she said, taking a step back as she pushed the goddess’s hand away. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” The lie was up, but Medusa wasn’t about to be helpful about it. The goddess was mortal, for now, she couldn’t hurt Medusa, couldn’t curse her. And if this curse were to break? Medusa would likely be sent back to the Underworld where she had been for thousands of years. Nyx didn’t scare her.

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────  the touch of the hair had been nyx’s way of getting a reaction   &  it had worked.  if there were any doubt in her mind,  it would have vanished as soon as medusa pushed her hand away.    ‘ relax!  i just wanted to be sure. ’    she took a step back,  softening her expression.  she understood why medusa would want to keep her identity a secret.   the gods had  not  been kind to her.   honestly,   why so many of her fellow gods felt the need to prove themselves through murder was beyond her.   was being a god not enough that you had to assert your dominance in any way necessary?    ‘ i understand why you would want to hide your identity,   so your secret is safe with me. ’

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gorgonofstone​

Maddie smiled with a nod. “No worries at all. Mistakes happen.” She wasn’t entirely sure she believed Nyx, but she wasn’t going to question it. She wanted the gods to go away, to leave her alone. Even the goddess of darkness, though she held only residual anger for her. Only the anger that she held for all the gods, rather than the specifics. “Can I help you?”

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────   ‘ indeed they do. ’   nyx smiled,   never having been one to make mistakes,  though even she would admit that some of her children had not turned out quite as she’d hoped. regardless,  she did not appreciate being taken for a fool.  she failed to believe  that, even in human form,   medusa would be so  polite.   the fact that she thought she could lie to her so easily made nyx more determined to call her out. 

‘ you may be able to help me,   you see,  i’m looking for snake ... ’  she stepped forwards, reaching a finger out to stroke a strand of medusa’s hair,  ‘ you haven’t seen any around here,  have you? ’

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rageunturned​

they watched the woman with a certain curiosity. based on her looks alone, they couldn’t deny her woman of the night kind of aesthetic she was pulling off. alas a stranger she was and they weren’t about to dig too far into that, it wasn’t safe, strangers were never safe.

“just walking home from work, had to take a detour ‘cuz Clinton Hill is under construction,” they explained. “plus, it rained pretty hard, took cover.”

and they look at the woman expecting her to move out of the way. maybe it was rude of them to do so, but they felt like the woman was about to interogate them about their entire life and they did not have the energy for that

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────  the response was not what nyx was hoping for.   she wanted them to realise who she was,   then together perhaps they could find a way to reclaim their previous lives.  unfortunately, the fates had other ideas.   their response only confirmed nyx’s worse suspicions.  such a shame... chaos was one of the few people who she might   in certain circumstances   consider a  friend.  now,  the person she knew was gone,  replaced by a feeble imitation of their former self.

nyx raised an eyebrow,   curious as to what mortal life chaos had been cursed to live,   ‘ it’s a little late to be finishing work.  what line of work are you in? ’   was that too forwards a question?   nyx wasn’t used to worrying about such things.   in olympus,  if she asked a question, people answered.   she had to remind herself it wasn’t so in the mortal world,   she had no such influence. 

‘ sorry,  i don’t mean to be so candid. ’  she said apologetically,  trying to be as warm  &  friendly as she possibly could,  ‘ there’s just been a lot of  strange  goings-on  happening lately,  so i suppose i’m a little on edge. ’

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rageunturned​

it’s a quiet night, the street is as empty as it can be and their steps echo  — 1 - 2 - 3, 1 - 2 - 3  — the water splashing under their feet after the long period of rain.

but this was the moment after the rain, the silence that still lingers and the sound of droplets hitting the pavement was but a fading memory. and memory was something Chason was never quite good at. memories always seemed to slip from them so easily, sometimes replaced with horrid terrors of pure darkness and screams and pain and —

they take a deep breath and continue on their aimless journey through the streets for a while.

when they finally stumble upon another person, they stare at them for a moment.

“can i pass?” they ask. “it’s a little late to block the road like that.”

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────  the street was empty,   the mortals tucked away in their beds.  nyx on the other hand,  was not.   the one thing she had not been able to do since being here was sleep.  the night was constantly calling her  &  she couldn’t not respond.  

she had been walking in the middle of the road when a familiar face stopped her in her tracks.  it had felt like an  eternity  since she had seen her oldest friend.  she almost didn’t recognise them as they came face-to-face.  they certainly did not recognise her, which became apparent as they spoke.  nyx almost felt a twinge of  sadness  that someone she had known for so long had so quickly forgotten who she was.  but it was no fault of chaos’.  this was the world they were now living in. 

‘ it’s a little late to be wandering the streets. ’   she narrowed her eyes,  putting her feelings to the back of her mind,   ‘ tell me,  what brings you here tonight? ’

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gorgonofstone​

“You recognise me? I mean, that’s very flattering, do you follow me on Insta? Or did we meet on a shoot? I can’t say I recognise you, I’m sorry.” Medusa was lying. She recognised the former immortal, but she would not say so. Plenty of them had forgotten their past lives, and while she was cursed to remember rather than forget, it made for an excellent cover story.

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────   despite her immense age,   nyx was not one to forget a face.  so yes,   she recognised the gorgon sister  immediately.   who could forget someone as  monstrous as medusa?   nyx’s question had come from a place of shock.   for as far as she was aware,  this particular monster had been slain.   the mortal world was growing more peculiar by the day.  but for now,  she would play along with medusa’s game,   ‘  i  must  have you confused with someone else.  how foolish of me,   i do apologise. ’

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thehoundof​

I Need A Gangster || Ceberus&Open

         Cerberus’ fist collided with a man’s face outside of Hades club. From the wet stains on his knees she had obviously dragged him out of the place and was now keeping him on the cobbled sidewalk to work over. It wasn’t exactly good for business for her to be doing this but this wasn’t a work issue, this was an idiot guy who thought he could be grabbing people’s wallets in the club - obviously unaware of the kind of person who owned it. “you don’t fucking come back here,” Cerberus said, knocking him in the face again and feeling blood on her knuckles from the mortal bones in his face caving in. 

          Only when he collapsed to the ground did Cerberus look up, catching a collective of people looking at her, some waiting to get in and other’s passing by. “Do you want something? Got an opinion?” she asked to no specific person.

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────   despite everything that had happened,   nyx was still comforted by the night.  whilst it didn’t offer her the   power   it once did,   she often found herself wandering the streets of the mortal world,  looking up at the moon.  what a creature of habit she was.   part of it was out of her respect for her duties.  she might not have been able to hold the power of night in her hands any more,  but she could still protect the mortals whilst she lived amongst them.  

hearing an altercation,   nyx was quick to inspect the situation.   much to her surprise,  she came face to face with someone she quickly recognised.   cerberus,    hades’  ever-so-loyal  lap dog.   yes,    she knew her face well,   having spent a lot of time in the underworld.  nyx’s look of recognition quickly turned to one of horror as she watched the mortal man being beaten. her first instinct was to confront cerberus as though they were still in olympus.  but there were mortals around,   nyx had to be  smarter  than that.

‘ i do have an opinion actually. i also have this ... ’   she spoke sternly as she reached into her jacket pocket to pull out her police badge.  she stepped between the two, glaring at cerberus  ‘now i think this man has learned his lesson,   don’t you? ’ 

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THEGODSRP TASK;    AFTER THE GALA  /  NYX 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 ...  

────  The night was black,  starless.  In the middle of the forest lay Nyx, hidden by a layer of fog. Her dark hair merged into the dirt as her pale, nude body sat exposed. She was still, hauntingly so. It was as though she were a corpse, frozen in position by the cruel effects of rigor mortis ... until the sounds of distant campers woke her from her slumber.

Her dark eyes opened suddenly, looking up at the empty sky above.  She knew this sky...she had seen this sky in her mind just a few minutes ago. Or was it hours? Time had escaped her,  so had her clothes, she noted as she sat up. Confused, she looked around. No longer was she surrounded by scores of other gods, instead she was alone, with nothing but trees for company. If the situation were different, she would have been grateful to be somewhere else, but this place was unfamiliar. 

Slowly, Nyx stood up. Her body felt weak, struggling to hold itself up. She looked to the night for strength as she always did, but it did not respond.  Angered, she lifted her hand to the sky, but there was something different. The tips of her fingers, which were usually tinted black, were as pale as the rest of her body. She looked at them, betrayed by her own power. This had never happened before. Suddenly, Nyx began to panic. She was in a strange place, powerless and alone. 

Then, came another sound, laughter. Like a moth to a flame, Nyx followed it. She walked through the trees, arms across her chest. Then she saw an orange light, like that of a flame. As she got closer, the image became clear.  A few yards away were a few humans. They were gathered around a campfire telling ghost stories. Suddenly it all made sense to Nyx. She was in the mortal world.

She turned away quickly, hiding behind a tree. This was all wrong. Nyx did not belong in the mortal world, yet here she was. She tried to think back to the previous night, trying to remember anything.  Closing her eyes, she thought back. She had been speaking to Eros, when she got a premonition. She had left the Gala, taking to the skies to inspect the stars and then....and then... The stars fell, and with them, fell Nyx. She had tried to desperately to grab hold of them, but they were out of reach. Then, everything had gone dark. 

Her premonition had been right. She had known that something bad was coming and this was it. But there were still so many questions in her mind...How had this happened? Where were the other gods? How would they reverse it? But most importantly,  How was she to do her job and guard the night like this?  She needed answers, and she wasn’t going to get them standing around. So, she waited for the humans to fall asleep and took some clothes, before heading into the city to get the answers she so desperately craved. 

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love-and-eros​

There was so much about Nyx that had suddenly interested Eros in this moment. She didn’t know the goddess well, with her being much older and more eternal than she could ever dream of becoming, but it seemed to have come at a steep cost to her. The things Eros spoke of almost seemed foreign to her and she had to wonder if anyone has ever broached this subject with her before.

“Yes for the most part. The carnal energy here has both boosted my own godly powers and have made me smile personally.” Her mother’s words from earlier struck her though. Perhaps something was a little off, something beyond the normal negative energies she could sense. She shook her head. “It is a beautiful night.”

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────   if there was one thing nyx did understand,   it was energy.   unlike eros,  she didn’t harness it from the emotions of other,   but from the  night sky  &  the stars within in.   so eros’ compliment of the night brought the slightest of smiles to nyx’s face ... but it didn’t last long.  for the mention of night,  induced a strange vision in her mind.   a starless night sky.

' it is ... ’   her words trailed off,   concern written on her face.  for visions of an empty night sky were rare  &  usually   not good.    ‘  strange.   something doesn’t feel right. ’ she looked up at eros,  wondering if she too had sensed it.  it had been so long since nyx had any sort of premonition.  she shook her head,   not wanting to worry eros,   ‘on second thought, i think i might just have had one too many glasses of whiskey.  please,  excuse me. ’   nyx stood up from the bar  &  walked away,   not even glancing back at eros for a second.  

she wished it was just the whiskey,  but deep down,  she knew what she saw.  something bad was coming. 

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thriveonconflict​

“I don’t do… poetry.” Ares said bluntly, a mildly confused frown marring his forehead.

“You are way too sensitive, then. I don’t remember the goddess of night and darkness being so easily offended. Perhaps silence is a better option from here on?” Ares shrugged, giving up on divining what could possibly irritate the goddess’ fragile sensibilities. 

Suspicious of how he’ll be treated now, he wasn’t too keen on giving her a chance to pry into his personal affairs. “I am not angry. We would not be talking like this if I were angry.”

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────  what a surprise!  honestly,   nyx didn’t even want to imagine what poetry written by ares might entail.   there was enough  morbidity  in the world as it was.   there was little point in responding to his remark however,   as it appeared he didn’t understand sarcasm.   nyx couldn’t even imagine that,   sarcasm was her oxygen.

‘ i assure you  sensitivity is not my issue.  your tone is disrespectful  &  i wont tolerate it ’   the previous softness in her expression was replaced with tension  as  her eyes grew darker.    nyx asked very little of the other gods.   she never bothered them,   never got involved with their frivolous disputes.  in return,  all she asked for was  respect.   lucky for ares, the atmosphere of the night had put her in a generous mood.  instead of raking him over the coals,  she offered him one final smile.   ‘fortunately,   you’ve caught me in a good mood.  so i’ll let you off with a warning.  but the next time we see each other,   i  might  not be so forgiving.’

with one final sip of her drink,  nyx offered ares one final smirk,   ‘ enjoy the rest of your evening!’   then,   she disappeared back into the crowd. 

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psyche-in-love​

“oh i doubt that. our souls are eternal. if your body crumbled to dust, your soul would find another way to keep living on. the world can’t live without the night,” she mused, noticing how nyx deflected her question but she didn’t push it. 

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────     ‘ is that what mortals believe happens after death?  it’s charming.  makes death seem a little less frightening i suppose. ’   she couldn’t pretend to understand mortals,  despite watching them from the night sky all this time.   but psyche’s comment didn’t sit right with her.  ‘  there’s no need to lie.    the night is something many mortals fear,   i doubt they would be too sad if i were to vanish. ’    

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egontheterror​

phobos lips turned up in a smirk as he looked at the goddess of night. “then we will walk out of here together when the time is right.” his eyes slid across the room before landing on the nymph zeus had brought as a date rather than his own wife. “if you would excuse me for a moment,” he smiled, mischief on his mind as he made his way over to the nymph. he simply asked her how she was enjoying her evening before placing a hand on her shoulder and shocking her with worst fears. the nymph started to scream as phobos calmly walked back to the goddess of night. “the music was getting a little dull this evening, don’t you think?”

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────  well,   phobos was certainly brave,  nyx thought to herself,  or stupid to attempt to meddle with zeus.   bravery  &  stupidity were often intertwined.  but it did have the desired effect of livening the evening up.  seeing zeus rattled was an obvious bonus as well.  for despite their mild-friendship,  even nyx knew she needed knocking down from her pedestal occasionally.  there was something about the way phobos just casually wandered back over to her that was just the icing on the cake,  so for the first time that night,  nyx cracked a genuine smile.   ‘ i must say,   i’m impressed.  i do enjoy a good bit of chaos. ’   after all,  she was born of it.  ‘ any more tricks up your sleeve? ’

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hades-returns​

Hades had grown weary of the bustling Gods and the music that was slightly too loud for his liking, and had sought some salvation on the balcony. It was so long since he’d been to Olympus; he’d forgotten how exquisite the view was. It could all be his, he thought, but his sister would not be easy to defeat. He needed more time to prepare. Even with the fates in his favour, there was a chance he could lose and then everything would be lost. 

So lost in thought, he did not notice that Nyx was standing next to him until she spoke. ‘I don’t know how much fun I could have in the place like this.’ He retorted, the irony of the situation heavy in his voice. Hades was not invited to events in Olympus; it just wasn’t done. He was supposed to stay in his underground prison and look after the souls there. ‘I wasn’t aware you partied that much.’

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────    the god of the underworld had a  commanding  presence,   not unlike nyx herself,  so nyx should have realised he was stood beside her prior to his words.   it just so happened he had caught her off-guard tonight,   a rare occurrence.     ‘ i’m sure you’d still find a way - likely at the expense of others. ’   she challenged him with a disapproving look.  nyx was certain hades must have had at-least one violent thought thus far,   that seemed on brand for him.

he was,  unfortunately,   right about nyx’s party-going ways,   or lack thereof.  she too,  usually kept to tartarus,  in the depths of the underworld. but even she couldn’t escape mandatory events.  ‘ ah yes,   i’m a real party-animal.  i’m thinking of taking to the dance-floor next  & swinging from the chandeliers. ’  she said sarcastically,   her voice monotone.  realising her glass was empty,   she gestured to a waited to fetch her another,  sending them scurrying away in fear,    ‘  believe me,  if i didn’t have to be here,  i wouldn’t.  i hate making small talk with other gods,   it’s just so tedious . ’