the blood of the stars

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+erebirthofspring

"And your name would be…?"

"My name is Cadence Tremaine."

#//no that's okay love ;)#erebirthofspring #v: huntress of the skies

"Hail, Miss Tremaine, and well met. What brings you to Olympus, then? Has Chiron arranged another of those demigod tours?"

+ladywildbeast

"And- do you know that he has returned? As the champion of a spirit named Horme."

"He’s…returned? As the champion o’ a spirit? …Named Horme? Who’s she, though? I’ve never heard o’ her. Like her name was mentioned a few times, yes, but still. I ain’t never heard o’ her, m’lady."

#louellenthenosestealer #v: huntress of the skies

"I am not surprised. Not many have. Horme is the spirit, or daimon, of impulse or effort to do something; of energy, in short."

"But the thing that concerns me is that, in the context of war, hormê is a violent movement- an assault or attack. And with this war coming on..." She stops, realizing some of what the demigod had said.

"Your friend never spoke of any of this?"

"Hello, is anyone there?"

"H-Hello Aunt Artemis," Ailiana whispered. She wanted to smile to the goddess — show how much the daughter of Apollo was glad to...

+abnormalxxpoet, darkroseoftheshadow

"Uugh, I swear I'm --" Ailiana stopped herself before anything came out that could give the demigod an epic sunburn or some form of plague. Thank the gods she has managed to constantly stay on Apollo's good side. "--My father and I don't have many similarities, intelligence included." There. Now her too-big-of-an-ego father will take that as a compliment. Ha.

"My name is Ailiana," she repeated. "Eliana means daughter of the Sun, and the Ai for the E was a little twist."

#abnormalxxpoet #v: huntress of the skies

Artemis smiled a little. Smart wording, that was, although she wondered: did the girl have something against her father? "I am glad of it."

Eliana. Clever. "Daughter of the sun," she repeated. "Well met, Ailiana."

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+askincognitofred

"Really, Apollo? Must you be so immature?"

"And that haiku is completely untrue. I would never plead for help, much less yours."

"Hey — hey. Little sis. When have you ever known me to be immature?

Besides, you did plead for my help, remember? When you asked me to give Percy Jackson and his little demigod friends a ride? That was totally pleading.”

askincognitofred-blog-deactivat

"All right, first of all- I don’t know how many times I’ve said this- I am not your little sister. We are the same age.”

"And second of all- that was not pleading. I very well could have taken them there myself, I just didn’t see the need to when you could.”

"Yeah, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t come out first. Little sis.”

"See, that’s what you say, but you were totally at my mercy back there. It’s a good thing I swooped down there to the rescue. Your girls weren’t too pleased, though. I should’ve told them a limerick or something to cheer ‘em up.”

#askincognitofred #v: huntress of the skies

"Apollo, you know that's not true. I helped Mother give birth to you. You just can't stand being the younger twin."

"Oh, spare me. My girls, as you say, and I are not damsels in distress for you to save on your frankly ridiculous chariot. And it's a good thing that you didn't; your limericks would no doubt make them feel worse."

myssinee

Apollo: If Percy doesn’t want you, I’ll be happy to take his place Nico: ……

I just think The Child of Hades would be cute with the sun god. Imagine Apollo lighting up Nico’s world. I’m probably going to make more sloppy doodles.

maxchildofapollo

DAD !!! X_x gods… Sorry Nico, he has moments…

#hah #xD #;little brother

"Good gods, Apollo, stop being an idiot and leave the poor demigod alone."

"Hello, is anyone there?"

"H-Hello Aunt Artemis," Ailiana whispered. She wanted to smile to the goddess — show how much the daughter of Apollo was glad to finally meet her — but Ailiana couldn’t help staring. "I’m sorry. Did I startle you?"

"No, absolutely not. Excuse me- have we met?"

+abnormalxxpoet, darkroseoftheshadow

"Well, no." Ailiana shrugged. "But my dad is Apollo, and I thought maybe he mentioned me or something.... I've just...I have been thrilled to finally meet you."

#artemis is collecting nieces wherever she goes xD #abnormalxxpoet #v: huntress of the skies

"Oh, your father is Apollo?" That explained things. "Then, young niece, it is a pleasure to meet you too. I hope you're less of an idiot than your father."

"What did you say your name was?"

+ladywildbeast

"Then I suppose we’ll meet again, Miss Hewitt. Though I would like to ask you a question first- do you know a demigod named Castor?”

"Why yes, I do. He’s ‘Lux’ twin brother. ‘Lux as in Pollux d’Vino as in the son o’ Dionysus as in—" Ahem. "—never mind. But yeah, I knew him. He died a few years ago. Drew Tanaka, of Aphrodite, was distraught."

#louellenthenosestealer #v: huntress of the skies

"And- do you know that he has returned? As the champion of a spirit named Horme."

+castordvino

Loyalty, Artemis thought. Loyalty is a good thing in a demigod, and so is bravery and self-sacrifice. She made a mental note to watch this Castor boy closer.

"I will be waiting, then." She paused. "I suppose I’d better do some research of my own. Did Horme say anything else? Any other gods that are taking champions?"

castordvino

"Aphrodite, she said," Castor replied, "Hecate and Nemesis. That’s all she knew. She’s…very energetic, as her name implies.” Read: she’s such a spaz he got tired of listening to her.

#castordvino #v: huntress of the skies

Hecate and Nemesis- Artemis wasn't surprised at those. They were goddesses who liked being on the winning side. But Aphrodite? One of the twelve gods of Olympus?

"Dear gods, Aphrodite?" she murmured.

dailyclarke

#//lEATHER JACKET?!?!#face #;fashion

+ladywildbeast

"No, demigod, my thanks are yours.”

"And believe me, I don’t say that often."

"Then I shall treasure yer thanks, m’lady."

"I am most grateful," She admitted as an afterthought.

#louellenthenosestealer #v: huntress of the skies

"Then I suppose we'll meet again, Miss Hewitt. Though I would like to ask you a question first- do you know a demigod named Castor?"

+abnormalxxpoet, darkroseoftheshadow

"Hello, is anyone there?"

"H-Hello Aunt Artemis," Ailiana whispered. She wanted to smile to the goddess — show how much the daughter of Apollo was glad to finally meet her — but Ailiana couldn’t help staring. "I’m sorry. Did I startle you?"

#abnormalxxpoet #v: huntress of the skies

"No, absolutely not. Excuse me- have we met?"

She tried to gentle her tone; she usually didn't bother, preferring to be blunt instead, but the girl was obviously nervous, though Artemis had no clue as to why. Was she really that intimidating? And what was the aunt business all about?

+castordvino

"You must be rather brave," Artemis admitted. "To do that for your lover. Have you reunited with her yet?" She was mostly against relationships as a principle, but she pitied the girl; she must have been distraught.

"Horme?" It sounds familiar to her. "What the Hades is a daimon doing taking a champion?”

castordvino

"I had to be. I had younger siblings in the cabin. Me and my brother were the counselors. We had to step it up. ‘Sides, I’d rather die a thousand deaths than let them suffer."

A sigh and a weary shake of the head, “I can’t seem to find her anywhere. Which is really ironic, my lady.”

P A U S E

"Hell if I know," Castor replied. "If I do find out why, I’ll tell you."

#castordvino #v: huntress of the skies

Loyalty, Artemis thought. Loyalty is a good thing in a demigod, and so is bravery and self-sacrifice. She made a mental note to watch this Castor boy closer.

"I will be waiting, then." She paused. "I suppose I'd better do some research of my own. Did Horme say anything else? Any other gods that are taking champions?"

ynannarising

Ancient moon priestesses were called virgins. ‘Virgin’ meant not married, not belonging to a man - a woman who was ‘one-in-herself’. The very word derives from a Latin root meaning strength, force, skill; and was later applied to men: virle. Ishtar, Diana, Astarte, Isis were all all called virgin, which did not refer to sexual chastity, but sexual independence. And all great culture heroes of the past, mythic or historic, were said to be born of virgin mothers: Marduk, Gilgamesh, Buddha, Osiris, Dionysus, Genghis Khan, Jesus - they were all affirmed as sons of the Great Mother, of the Original One, their worldly power deriving from her. When the Hebrews used the word, and in the original Aramaic, it meant ‘maiden’ or ‘young woman’, with no connotations to sexual chastity. But later Christian translators could not conceive of the ‘Virgin Mary’ as a woman of independent sexuality, needless to say; they distorted the meaning into sexually pure, chaste, never touched.

Monica Sjoo, The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth (via dilfcomplex)

#muse relevant #quotes

+abnormalxxpoet, darkroseoftheshadow

"Hello, is anyone there?"

#//thanks for following dears ;)#abnormalxxpoet #darkroseoftheshadow

+castordvino

"Not smart, observant," she corrected almost automatically. "There is a difference."

"So you have been? Mother of Zeus, demigod, what have you been doing?" She was willing to hear him out before alerting her father- he was her king, after all, and he deserved to know. And, good gods, Dionysus…

castordvino

"That, I’m sure of as well," he replied, nodding his head.

"Basically, I fought in the Battle of the Labyrinth, ended up shielding my then-girlfriend with my body and died because of it. The Greek Spirit of Energetic Activity, Horme, met me while I was being a Shade, wandering about. She took me for a Champion, but why she would not say."