this is not a dream.

you are not a human being. c. tessa knight. calliope/sif. twenty-five. tactics/strategy.

[carriesabat-deactivated20160325]

       “ you SURE you want to play with a loaded gun? —- i’ll have you know, it’s been backfiring. ”

[ohcallicpe-blog]

          ❝ yeah, i'm sure. i kinda have to touch it so i can fix it. could you hand me that drill rod? the firing pin is all messed up. ❞

[frkatie-deactivated20190306]

“ They said ‘dress up’ so here I am. Dying. In this suit. “ He groaned and ran a hand over his face. “ Do we have to do this? “ He all but whined. 

[ohcallicpe-blog]

          ❝ well, next time, ❞ sif says, carefully smoothing down her dress, ❝ i’ll wear the suit, and you can be stuck in the five inch heels. ❞ with a laugh, she loops her arm through ace’s, and nods. ❝ c’mon, it's not that bad. just stand there and look pretty. ❞

[ohcallicpe-blog]

          ❝ i SWEAR, ❞ tessa says, voice raised to be heard over the wind b a t t e r i n g against the hull of the jet. already at the door, her grip is startlingly white around the hydraulic pole as she leans out, gaze trained into the inky blue of the sky. nothing but darkness— and orange bursts of gunfire in the distance. ❝ SOMEBODY up top goes out of their way to make sure i end up on missions that require leaping from bloody planes. ❞

[combvstions1]

           ❝ it TRULY warms me that you think you’re special. ❞ apep spoke calmly with a hint of annoyance in his tone. ❝ — you’re not SPECIAL. ❞ he spat while turning on his heels, his beaten mask glistened underneath the fluorescent light of WHATEVER cheap warehouse ICHOR managed to hide in for time being. the masked man relaxed his shoulders and towered at six-foot-six; he leaned in close to WHOMEVER d a r e d to comprise the program he’d sworn his LOYALTY to. ❝ you’re REPLACEABLE, just another pawn we can easily swap for another. you are not immune to PUNISHMENT either. you’ve sworn loyalty to us and you will keep it. ❞ his hands were placed at his sides as he leaned in close, his head titled. ❝ consider yourself lucky, next time there will not be a WARNING. ❞

[ohcallicpe-blog]

          teeth grit, sif bites back an insult, a bead of blood blossoming onto her tongue. ❝ don’t worry, apep. i have no delusions that ichor values A N Y of it’s agents. ❞ she tells him, voice tightly controlled,  ❝ including you. stop pretending you’re not just a DISPOSABLE as the rest of us are. ❞ she stares up at him, gaze defiant. the smart thing, she knows, would be to bend. to bite her tongue and bare her neck, and accept the lecture as if she’s a chided child. she could. she’d never have gotten as far as she has without learning how to act meek. but, right now, she’s too FURIOUS at herself to even try. it’s h a r d l y the first time she’s slipped up, but it’s been years since she was so sloppy, since she’d almost blown her cover so SPECTACULARLY. if anyone at olympus had found out, had seen through calliope— sweet, loyal callie, to the truth, it’d have been on her head.  ❝ i’m just wondering, why should i have any loyalty to an organization that has none to me? you said it yourself, there are more pawns they could switch me for. or you. ❞

[p0thos]

“I’m not a fucking mechanic but I can already tell this is very fucking bad.” 

[ohcallicpe-blog]

      ❝ yeah, the billowing smoke kinda tipped me off. can you move over? let me have a look at it. i REFUSE to walk all the way back to london. ❞

[ohcallicpe-blog]

text | sekhmet and sif.

sekhmet: how can anyone expect me to take care of an animal when i can't even take care of a plant??

sekhmet: like HELLO

sif: did...did someone give you an animal?

sif: omg poor thing

sif: pls don't kill it

[agentcaerus-blog]

“Wait– stop, stop, stop.” Caerus grabbed them by the arm and swiftly pulled them behind the corner. It was just supposed to be a nice walk in London for the fresh air, but seeing one person alive and walking across from them could possibly send his world crashing down again. “I–I’ve seen her before and– we’ve got to go back right now.

[ohcallicpe-blog]

  instinctively falling into step behind caerus, calliope follows him around the corner without complaint. forcibly biting back the questions that are begging to spill out, she nods her assent. “ okay, ” she agrees, with a glance back towards the woman behind them, “ but once we’re away, you’re going to explain this to me. ”

[ohcallicpe-blog]

text | @dina

O: I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my cheesecake go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

O: Good luck.

Callie: *dramatic pause*

Callie: ...good luck

Callie: seriously tho, my cheesecake now

Callie: shouldn't have left it lying around

[hoebible]

     ‘    not that i don’t totally ENJOY your persistent               talking, just take it down an OCTAVE lower.              i swear, your voice could crack the windows.     ‘

[ohcallicpe-blog]

“ oh, are you telling me you’ve never sucked the helium from a balloon? c’mon inuus, have a little fun! ”

[ashmres]

the tiny blonde rolls her eyes at her colleague, not even phased by the same phrase she’d heard multiple agents use over her time with olympus. ❝couldn’t come up with anything better to say?❞ she quips. styx waves her off with a quick nod of her head and lets her hands drop to her side. ❝yeah, yeah, s’alright. just a headache.❞

[ohcallicpe-blog]

“ i probably could have, but i’ve always wanted to say that. c’mon, you can’t say you’ve never considered it, ”  calliope says, eyes bright in amusement. taking a step closer to styx, she peers closer at the other girl, concern etching itself into the lines of her face.  “ i think i have aspirin, if you want. are you getting sick or something? ”

[luke-mirage-deactivated20180618]

“Oh. Yeah guilt’s a thing. Must suck to have that.”

[ohcallicpe-blog]

  with a light laugh, calliope nods earnestly, “ it’s awful, totally. i’d feel crappy giving fake money to someone who needs it— but we could go somewhere they wouldn’t miss it. i’ve actually been dying to see the new star wars. ”

[ohcallicpe-blog]

i actually have access to a working computer today?? gasp! aka, left my laptop in the treehouse, literally froze, RIP ME. my sister is letting me borrow hers, so i’m doing one or two replies now, and drafting all the rest. i’ll have them all done by the end of the day!

[ohcallicpe-blog]

text message ✉ mavis.

MAVIS: do u want them bc i have some saved and i want to be called pretty tonight

MAVIS: i would never ignore u baby girl

TESSA: being ignored would be a gift rn i just

TESSA: UM. i kinda want to be able to look at u w/out getting mistaken for a firetruck so no?

TESSA: ur always pretty tho

[survivesomehcw]

“First of all, why did you assume I would be bad? Secondly, it would kinda ruin the moment. Thirdly, I don’t care if it’s on film, I have no shame.”

[ohcallicpe-blog]

 “ i— don’t know, actually, i guess you just seem like the type. and awe, really? no shame takes all my enjoyment out of this, you know. guess i’ll just have to let the moment be. ”

[agentphxebe]

“At least you have a good reason.” Phoebe answered with a half a smile. She herself had never studied the play, but instead liked it because it was poetic and beautiful, where nothing happened for no reason and everything that happened has a certain beauty to it. Even the things that were tragic.

[ohcallicpe-blog]

  looking up, calliope shrugs at phoebe’s words. “ if you call memorizing shakespeare at two am to impress the pretty ta a good reason, ” she says with a refuel grin, “ i was so determined, and then she was straight and engaged. ” not that calliope had minded all that much, in the end. by the end of the semester, she’d fallen in love with the bard’s words, the poetry behind it all. these days, they’re a comfort, mostly, an escape from the rest of the world.

[ashmres]

with narrowed eyes, styx briefs a sigh of relief when the stranger reveals herself. ❝calliope.❞ she says flatly, still rubbing her temples as her headache continues to increase. night was upon them, and her face was barely lit by the dimly lit streets of london. calliope’s presence was enough to irritate her already, but then again - it could be anyone here, and she’d feel irritated. the two stood in an alley, and styx finally let her arms drop to her side before speaking up again.  ❝not sloppy, i was aware. i don’t have the energy to care right now. what are you doing following people like that, though?❞

[ohcallicpe-blog]

  with a small smile, calliope steps forward, the rays of a nearby street lamp contouring her face. the night is still dusky and shadowed around them, but she grins sunnily at styx, unaffected by her bad mood. “ i could tell you, but then i’d have to kill you, ” she says brightly, “ —well, not really, but i’ve always wanted to say that. can you believe i’ve never had the chance before? in our line of work? what’s the world coming to? pure anarchy. ”  laughing softly, she steps closer, and freezes when she sees styx rub her temples. head tilting in concern, her smile melts into a frown. “ hey, you alright? ”

[luke-mirage-deactivated20180618]

“So I may have printed too much fake cash for the swap out this afternoon.”

[ohcallicpe-blog]

 “ oh— i kinda want to ask if you want to go and blow it all with, but also i’d probably end up feeling guilty about it. definitely. decisions, decisions. ”