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Characters: Athena and Erato
Date/Time: May 1st
Location: Their shared hotel room
Rating: Um probably Pg-13 cuz Athena swears
Warnings: Um probably not a lot. Maybe some nudity
Summary: It's time Athena and Erato worked things out.


She was getting one of the best nights sleep she'd had in a long while when staying over with Triton. Usually she was up half way through the night, dealing with nightmares. But not tonight.

Which...was really strange. Triton didn't really have good nights lately. She opened her eyes and sat up. This was definitely not Triton's room. And the person next to her was definitely not Triton. And they were definitely chained together.

"What the fuck? Erato, wake up." She shook the blonde Muse by the shoulder.

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Erato had been nicely cuddled up beside the warm body beside her. She had fallen asleep in Bes's arms, Alex in his makeshift crib nearby. Now she was being shaken awake. Blearily, she opened her eyes, drawing the sheet up over her naked body.
"Hmmm?" she asked, and then the reality began to sink in.

"Athena? Where... where's Bes? And... ohmigod, where's Alex?" she asked, her expression becoming panicked.

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"Calm down. This isn't the first time we've woken up somewhere we didn't fall asleep. Panicking won't do us any good."

Turning her attention to the chain, she gripped it in her free hand and pulled. Hard. And nothing happened. She tried again, the strain obvious on her face. And nothing.

"Damn."

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"Yes, but it's the first time I've done so without my son!" Erato pointed out, "And he isn't like the others--he's still a baby! He needs me!"

Erato watched her yank on the chain.
"And that's unbreakable? Oh, now what?"

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"Relax. With how much importance Gaia has put on the godlings reproducing, I doubt she'd leave any of the kids in danger." She sighed and scrubbed her hands over her face.

"Come on. Lets get dressed and then see what's going on with everyone else. Maybe someone was left a clue."

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"Okay, okay... There has to be a way out of this somehow, right?" she mused aloud.

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"I would think so. These little games always seem to have a point. Eventually."

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Erato nodded.
"So... Any bright ideas? I... don't see a key. At least, not any obvious ones. But I guess that'd be too easy, wouldn't it?"

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"First bright idea; you putting on something more substantial than a sheet. Then we'll go from there." It wasn't that she was particularly uncomfortable with Erato being naked, but being clothed was just part of Athena's mental checklist. Get the mundane things out of the way, then tackle whatever was on her plate for the day.

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Erato carefully moved toward the closet.
"I'm surprised you're as decent as you are. Aren't you and Triton practically living together?"

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She moved with the Muse to the closet, making sure that neither of them had to be dragged along.

"I like wearing clothes to sleep." It was true, but also Erato didn't need to know that sex had been put on pause for her and Triton since Poseidon's disappearance. Triton's stress level wasn't something she wanted to share. He was trying to present a particular picture to the world, and she was going to help him preserve that image, even to the other godlings.

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Erato gave her a look as if she didn't quite believe her.
"I was with Bes, so... that explains me," she said, selecting a pink halter dress from the closet and slipping into it.

"I hope everything's okay with him. He's been so quiet since March. Usually at least Mel talks to him fairly often, but there's hardly been a peep."

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"He's fine. Just busy." Now that was a thought. Maybe when they got back, she'd ask Melpomene to come help her kidnap Triton away from work or something. Between the two of them, they could probably do something to actually reduce his stress level. And despite her devil-may-care persona, Athena knew that Melpomene was very intuitive to the feelings of people she actually cared about. It bore considering. The nightmares he was having were starting to scare her a bit.

"Okay, lets see if we can't find the others," she said once Erato was dressed.

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"OK. Hopefully everyone's OK."

Erato tried opening the door, and frowned. It didn't move.
"Is... it stuck?" she wondered out loud.

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Athena moved into the door and tried to turn the handle. She could feel the lock and it's refusal to move. Frowning, she used her elbow to ram the door. It didn't even dent under her strength.

"That does not feel like wood should feel. Either the door is made of reinforced steel, or we've been sealed in here with magic." She was going to bet on magic.

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"Knowing this place, my guess is the latter. But... we've never been sealed in our rooms before. The building, sure, but not the rooms..." Erato bit her lip nervously.

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She ignored Erato's nervous observation for the moment. She puzzled at the clues, thinking aloud. "Magically sealed in. Chained up together so we have to be within only a few feet of each other. No key to be found.... This is about keeping us together. She wants us to do something together. But I don't know what."

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"I guess this is enforced family quality time, huh?" Erato joked weakly. "No, seriously, I don't know what they want from us either."

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She let out a soft puff of air. She would not let this stress her out. "It's okay. We'll figure it out." They couldn't keep her and Erato locked in forever.

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"We're smart. We can do this," Erato agreed, nodding.

"Maybe... What if we just start by making a list of everything we do know that could be related to this. There might be a pattern or something that could clue us in on what to do," she suggested.