Sure, I'll do that when I see him again. I give him points for trying, but not many. Mostly because Jules-Albert got me through a hoard of monsters safely, so I could stop a war before it really started. Without him, me and a couple others probably would have tried dying.
I will award Jules-Albert points for good driving where due, of course, but I graciously refuse to award your dad any points for the 'gift-giving' of actual people.
That's fair. Most parents give normal gifts, even some other deities give better gifts than dad. Our relationship is actually better than it used to be, which even I know that it still isn't great.
Feelings, mostly. After her death, dad had our memories washed away so that he could hide us from Zeus. We were the real targets. I got to witness the whole thing later when I tried to summon her ghost.
Whole story: this Oracle spouted a prophecy about a kid of one of the Big Three (Zeus, Hades, Poseidon) that would either 'preserve or raze' the gods' home at the age of sixteen. So they all made a pact to not have any more kids (a stupid pact Zeus and Poseidon broke). Unfortunate fact: Bianca and I were already alive, so Zeus wanted us gone. After the whole memory erasure, dad stuck us in a hotel and casino where people don't age, and we didn't really notice the passage of time for seventy years.
I asked him why he brought us out, and I quote: "This idiot son of Poseidon cannot be allowed to be the child of the prophecy." Which was stupid because both Zeus and Poseidon's kid were older.
I don't know, between that and getting turned into plants, I'd like it to stop.
[ Yes, hi. Nico has absolutely been in weird situations. ]
Their dad was the one who wanted to knock their houses over first. But their dad was an even bigger ass. I mean, their house still stands after some remodeling.
Yeah, probably. I'm only 95 years old, after all. Because plant deities are terrible. My stepmother hates me because my dad cheated on her twice with mom. The second time was because I threatened a god into saving my sister. I also tend to be walking death to plants when I'm upset.
[ You're welcome. Also learn to curse demigod style, too. ]
Dads and evil grandmas. (Great-grandma to me.) That doesn't sound too bad.
[ A human that age should be close to the end of their lifespan. On Earth, anyway. ]
Someone could. [ Let's not get into the fact that the books are kind of actually written by people. ] She is not a plant. If you want beings that are like that, you have to go back further than the gods. Gaia as the earth, Ouranos as the sky, Tartarus as hell, Erebus as darkness, Aether as light, and Chaos as... chaos. I honestly could give you a whole list of them.
Yeah, Mercury is just a godly guy. At some point, humans started to discover other bodies in their night sky, the other planets, and started to give them names. A lot of them are named after gods. Some deities have jobs revolving around other celestial bodies, Apollo drives the sun across the sky, and Artemis the moon. Having ridden in the sun chariot, I can attest that it's kind of literal. However it works that a guy could run the sun while, scientifically, the earth rotates around it.
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So, actually useful "gift".
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You've never told me about your mother.
[Is this also a sensitive subject...]
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I'm sorry to hear that. The things you do remember - are they good things, at least?
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Feelings, mostly. After her death, dad had our memories washed away so that he could hide us from Zeus. We were the real targets. I got to witness the whole thing later when I tried to summon her ghost.
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And, 'we'? Your sister?
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So they all made a pact to not have any more kids (a stupid pact Zeus and Poseidon broke). Unfortunate fact: Bianca and I were already alive, so Zeus wanted us gone. After the whole memory erasure, dad stuck us in a hotel and casino where people don't age, and we didn't really notice the passage of time for seventy years.
I asked him why he brought us out, and I quote: "This idiot son of Poseidon cannot be allowed to be the child of the prophecy." Which was stupid because both Zeus and Poseidon's kid were older.
Yeah, Bianca. She was twelve.
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[First a jar, now a hotel outside of time...]
At that point, your 'Big Three' must have racked up enough karma to earn it, if somebody knocked their houses over. Did that happen?
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[ Yes, hi. Nico has absolutely been in weird situations. ]
Their dad was the one who wanted to knock their houses over first. But their dad was an even bigger ass. I mean, their house still stands after some remodeling.
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[Also, thanks for teaching him about Jesus, now he can use even more exasperated phrases.]
What is it with dads, every time? My dad is a professor.
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[ You're welcome. Also learn to curse demigod style, too. ]
Dads and evil grandmas. (Great-grandma to me.) That doesn't sound too bad.
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You even have an evil stepmother. Someone could write a book about this. Is she a plant? Like, on the inside? I have no idea how your gods work.
It's very ordinary of him, which I've come to understand is actually extraordinary, when it comes to dads. If I ever see him again, I'll let him know.
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Someone could. [ Let's not get into the fact that the books are kind of actually written by people. ] She is not a plant. If you want beings that are like that, you have to go back further than the gods. Gaia as the earth, Ouranos as the sky, Tartarus as hell, Erebus as darkness, Aether as light, and Chaos as... chaos. I honestly could give you a whole list of them.
[ Lists being born from lists. It never ends. ]
I like the extraordinary kind.
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If, somehow, my dad turns up here (I highly doubt it), you can hang around and listen to him explain Intermediate History exams.
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Sure.