heroes? | morrigan & athena
mpxmorrigan:
“One would think.”
Disappointment is painted onto marble features; Morrigan is not pleased with what has been offered to her. A plethora of lackluster demigods have paraded before the two deities, but few, nearly none, have possessed enough potential to even be recruited onto the tournament teams, let alone to be trained.
There is nothing a queen loves more than a good soldier, and there is nothing a woman of war loves more than a fit warrior- this island seems to be lacking severely in both, she is finding.
“An american football player, at most. Wouldn’t know what to do with a sword or a bow.”
Sighing out judgement before the child has even reached them the Morrigan sips from her drink and lets Athena run through the initial questions. Of course she’s partial to the little warlings, it would be a lie to say otherwise, but even they aren’t impressing her today.
”Probably not.” Athena shook her head slightly, taking in the young man walking up to them. “It seems like those are lost arts, at least judging from what we’ve seen today.” She grew quiet for a moment, before continuing with a sigh. “And yet here I am, hoping for a miracle.” Although looking for athletes for the Summer Festival games was supposed to be their main goal, Athena would be lying if she said she hadn’t been hoping to find something more... interesting.
Without much enthusiasm, the goddess grabbed a clipboard and got on with the questioning. She ran it through as if on autopilot: No known health issues – check. Son of Sekhmet – one point for Athena. Used to play football in college – one point for the Morrigan. Special talents: good at almost everything (”Oh, really?) ...
As the young man answered yes on the last question (”Would you be interested in further classical training?”), Athena put the clipboard down again, sending Morrigan a look half amused, half annoyed. She really had no interest in wasting time on disappointment.
Still, she reached for a spear – modelled of of her own and beautifully balanced – and handed it to the young man. ”Here, show us what you can do. And please, try not to take someone’s eye out while you’re at it.”
The goddess then leaned back again, grabbing her water bottle before turning towards the other goddess. “Two minutes and he will have buried it in the ground by mistake.”














