eachdraidh | (seelie&unseelie) first hunt ❂ video

[Guess who has two thumbs and is getting a handle on "fairy," technology. This guy. There's some rifling, and a brief shot of his face before he manages to get the damn thing figured out. Once he has the thing zero in on what he assumes is a reasonable view of him head on based on the image he's seeing he clears his throat.]

Yeah. This is weird.

[Coming from the guy that never had a myspace and doesn't use computers for anything but paranormal research, except for the occasional porno. Something he hasn't even mastered yet. He'd still rely on skin mags and pay-per-view if he had the option.]

Okay. Probably pointless, but new recruit here and I'm as pro-rights as the next guy but when I got the memo that I'd be waging war on behalf of fairies this isn't exactly what I anticipated.

[Dean scrubs a hand over his face, pausing to collect his thoughts. Sure, it's a bad joke, but anything to break the ice and take a little tension out of the situation.]

I've exhausted all my options on getting in touch with the people back home, and any resources on a way out are all coming up goose egg.

Anyone got any bright ideas? 'Cause so far this all seems like a really bad acid trip and getting enlisted by friggin' Tinkerbell's not my idea of a good time.

If you've got some insight that goes beyond the typical gist, feel free to speak up.

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[ clarisse is trying her best not to laugh, honestly. getting enlisted by fairies isn't really the strangest thing that's ever happened to her, so, you know. she's pretty chill with it. a war is a war, anyway, even if she'd like to get back to her own war back home. if she's stuck here and there's shit to fight, she might as well fight it, for the good of the realm or not. ]

Sounds to me like you and Tinkerbell need to work out your issues.

Uh-huh. Cute. There's better bed time story heroes than some kid that refused to grow up.

[Just saying. He grew up, and fast, and some of the best stories were the ones that his dad told him coming back from hunts. They beat the pants off of anything remotely Disney.]

Whatever these chuckleheads are smoking is what the real issue is. Last time I checked the draft only applies when you're local.

[C'mon Clarisse, any other day and Dean'd quip back but he's really tapped out when it comes to that and really wants a meal that he trusts wasn't screwed with. Tired and hungry's a bad combination for him.]

[ whoa, dean, cool your jets. she gets it. especially the growing up fast thing. sure, she's no hunter, but she was uprooted from her semi-normal life and thrown into a camp for young demigods when she was ten and then all the kronos bullshit started four years later and is still going. (for her. the war's over for everyone else she knows.)

fortunately for her, fairies are pretty normal back home, so she doesn't share his same hangups about that particular subject. she gives him a noncommittal shrug. ]

Yeah, well, we're local now, aren't we? Not that I'm going native already, but I'm pretty sure that's how they see it. They brought us here, we're their new locals, and now they want us to fight their war. Seems pretty desperate, but hey. War is war.

[ clarisse is used to her life being a tug-of-war. go fight this, go fight that. this isn't any different. it just happens to involve more fairynapping. ]

More like hostages, sweetheart. Just because they brought us here doesn't mean we're the new town folk. Just being realistic.

[Also moody and unimpressed. The whole thing was rank, and it smelled suspicious. He'd been through enough situations like this that he didn't really believe their explanation, not off the bat. He was waiting to test the waters and see if there were any inconsistencies with their story.]

Y'know, for a kid that's a pretty bleak outlook.

[ honestly, this whole situation kind of feels like calypso's island, not that she's ever been there personally. but she's heard the stories, and percy got trapped there once. this isn't exactly paradise growing moonflowers with a goddess, but this doesn't feel like a hostage situation, either. too much freedom. maybe they're just being lured into a false sense of security, but somehow she highly doubts that. ]

Hey, believe whatever you want. I'm not gonna try to change your mind. [ she's not gonna waste her breath on someone this stubborn and grumpy. been there, done that, she'd rather not rinse and repeat. ] I wouldn't consider it so much bleak as finally something to do. This may not be my war, but it's a war. I'll at least give them credit for being smart: kidnap a child of Ares, you got a war machine in the bag.

Ares. Like the Greek God of war?

[Sure, he'd gone toe to toe with a few pagan gods in his time but nothing like that. Nothing so well known or credible. He plays off the awareness as disbelief. There's no reason for him to giveaway his secrets yet. If she wanted to spill the beans, that's on her, what he knew and did could get him killed in a place like this.]

This might be outta left field but... you sure you're not crazy?

[ she'd almost be offended at that remark if she weren't completely used to it. mortals, honestly. ]

Oh, you got me, I'm crazy. [ can you hear the sarcasm in her voice, dean. ] Believe it or not, the Greek gods do exist and, yes, Ares, the god of war, is my dad. Sorry to say they didn't put that on my birth certificate.

What did big bad step out?

[It's a joke, but even he knows it's not really that funny. Speaking from experience any dad bailing is still like a punch in the face.]

Look, I'm not gonna go with it until you show me what you can do. Daddy had to pass down some juice.

Funny. [ except it's not. mostly because it's true. and because it's kind of A Big Deal back home. if any demigod tried to say they didn't have mommy or daddy issues, they'd be lying through their teeth. but luke had it the worst, started a whole damn war because daddy hermes bailed and never said i love you. the gods go around having kids with mortals but they can't take a few minutes out of their godly schedules to send a damn birthday card, and some of them took it more personally than others. clarisse always knew ares was there for her when it counted, but she can't say the same for hermes and luke. it's complicated, and not really a subject she wants to talk about. so. moving on. ] You should see me with a spear — hell, swords, guns, anything. You want a good fight, you take it to me. I might even be able to summon some undead soldiers, if Ares can still hear my prayers here.

[She's not the only one with Daddy issues. He's got some so profound it's kept him from living a normal life so far, but he wasn't sharing his sob stories either.]

Like an itty bitty kickass queen then, huh? Bet there's perks to that- y'know, of the living variety.

More like a warrior princess, but yeah. [ zeus is king of the gods, right? which technically makes ares a prince... and her a princess. like xena. or wonder woman. she's also technically related to the amazons. they're like... her half-sisters. thanks, dad. ] I've got all the war history you could possibly want in my head, battle tactics, speed, agility, the strength of an ox, all that good stuff.

I bet. [There's an impressed look on his face but it's cleverly made to look like he's shrugging her off like another crazy that got dragged here.] Maybe the next time something nasty comes outta the woodwork here we can bump our heads together and take that on together?

You got yourself a deal. [ she'd offer him a handshake, but this is video so she'll just nod. ] You got a name so I know who to find?

Yeah, it's Dave. [Keeping up the facade might not be the best idea, but for now the ruse keeps him from being vulnerable and that's what he wants.] I'll be in touch.

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