Five

[akhilles-heel.insanejournal.com]

[After a long day of training exercises, Achilles paused to feel a twisting sharp pain shoot through his heel. The more he put weight and pressure on it, the more inflamed and agitated it became. Heading back to the barracks eventually made him pause to catch his breath, his ankle finally giving way to bring him to his knees. He hadn't yet felt that in this incarnatation, not nearly as dramatic as the first time, but painful just the same. He picked himself back up, carrying himself with a valor that would not be brushed off due to pain.]

I am to stay off my feet for a few days. The doctor has not understanding that I simply cannot obey those orders. I will become restless in bed. This is not acceptable.

Email to Ariadne

[greengawain.insanejournal.com]

Sweetie,

Nina said you had tried to contact me and were concerned.  I'm alright, but thanks so much for your concern.  You are a dear one.  At least so far, nothing has happened at the store after the riot, though I must say I'm a bit tense right now.

How are you?

Jonah

Eleven

[venusingucci.insanejournal.com]

[When she left the office, Aphrodite said that she was having lunch with Aldo. No one thought it too strange. On the way over, she made a slight detour to the Central Park Zoo. She used a bit of glamour to make herself seem unglamourous for the moment--just another face in the crowd that few would take undue notice in. She didn't want to be seen this time. She just needed to do the seeing.

Walking near the reptiles, she smiled. There was the snake. She was outside, luckily enough. That was all Aphrodite needed. Following Medusa with her crystal-blue eyes, never getting close enough to catch her stare, Aphrodite reached into her emotions, and found the little seed of desire the snake harbored for Apollo. Slowly, subtly, Aphrodite encouraged it. Made it rise and blossom. Another little push... Now it would grow like a weed over the next day or two, strong and quick, spreading inside Medusa, choking out virtually everything else.

Aphrodite turned, and continued on her way to her meeting. Her smile broadened. Her part in this was complete. Now, it lay in the snake's hands.]