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[venusingucci.insanejournal.com]

Characters: Aphrodite, OPEN TO ALL
Date/Time: Just after lunch, Friday, November 2, 2012
Location: Dining room of La Maison Jeu Ancien
Rating: TBD
Warnings: TBD. Depends on how it goes and who shows up.
Summary: Aphrodite is calling an all-pantheon council. Let's talk strategy.

Not everyone had come to lunch. That wasn't terribly surprising. Even in this house, it seemed almost no one was on the same schedule. Still, by now, most of them at least generally knew when Sif served lunch--at the very least, the smell of her cooking was a good tip-off. Still, afterward, Aphrodite waited in the formal dining room, hoping that a full strategy could be agreed upon.

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[acratophorus.insanejournal.com]

He set the bottle down and slid it in her direction, his hand open in offering. He took a slow look around the table before he turned back to Ariadne.
There was something different in his face when he did-- his face was still a shining beacon of drunken good cheer, but there was something stonier behind it now. He lowered his voice and leaned in close as he said "Look who's here. We've got heroes. Warriors. Scholars. Statesmen, almost. Folks who literally have the powers of life and death at their fingertips. And... me." He made a motion as if he was going to reach for the bottle, but checked himself.
A new expression was fighting to be seen on his face: embarrassment. "Look, uh... pardon me if I'm feeling a little outmatched, huh? And, well, if in vino veritas is the best chance I got to make a difference here today, then that's how it's going to be." He looked down, wiping his hands over his face for a moment; when he looked back up, his personality seemed back to usual.

[tangledmaze.insanejournal.com]

"There's more to you that that, Dionysus," she reminded him, "I still remember riding into battle with you against the Argives. And the man who would challenge and brave all to venture into the Underworld in person to rescue his loved ones. That's the Dionysus we need here and now."

[acratophorus.insanejournal.com]

He paused as her words took effect on him. Whatever was behind his face before seemed to retreat; even if he wasn't fully enthusiastic about the whole situation, the air of desperate embarrassment was almost completely gone. He looked at his hand, and for a moment, he could picture a thyrsus there instead of a wine bottle.
"Yeah..." he said slowly, turning to face her. Then, more decisively, he added "Yeah. You're right." He quickly grabbed the bottle back towards him, but only took a quick gulp from it. In response to her dismayed look, he said "For courage. And for luck," as he slid the bottle well out of his reach toward her.

[tangledmaze.insanejournal.com]

Ariadne took the bottle.
"We're going to need both, that's for sure."