Cornelius "Corey" Drake (sandcastlegod) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-12-12 07:31:00

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Greeking Out
While Argo had a few private moments with Harmony, Corey stood in the kitchen, stirring the stew and talking to Andy.
"Mind if I ask how old you are?"

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	sandcastlegod 2010-12-13 06:39 am UTC (link)
	"You sure about that--?" Corey bit his lip and shook it off. "Never mind, Andy, I just..." He stares at the tattoo again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

gammagodling
2010-12-14 01:39 am UTC (link)

"I'm as sure as I can be." Andy says, hearing the trepidation in Corey's voice.

Corey's voicing all of the things that Andy has asked himself a million times since he came up with this plan, but there's no way to know if this will work without putting it into action.

Or, there's no way that he has access to at the moment.

"Corey, you keep looking at my tattoo. Is something wrong?" Andy asks.

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	sandcastlegod 2010-12-14 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"...Mars is a son of a bitch," Corey says again. "That's what's wrong." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gammagodling 2010-12-14 04:01 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, the stories of his bastardry are legendary." Andy says. "But you look like you've found a particular reason for it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2010-12-14 04:31 am UTC (link)
	"...He...he wants Argo to kill you, and he's stupid enough to think he can pull it off. That's... basically what you get if you put the tattoo and the sword together." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gammagodling 2010-12-15 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Andy stares at Corey uncomprehending. "What? Are you sure you read that right?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sandcastlegod
2010-12-15 07:24 am UTC (link)

"Yeah. The sword says that the Lion of Olympus has to use it to slay 'The Destroyer' if 'The Destroyer' storms Olympus. Your tattoo says you're not allowed on Olympus's turf on pain of getting slain by whomever's been given the means to slay 'The Destroyer.' The son of a bitch thinks he can get Argo to kill you, and that's so not going to happen. It all sounds like the kind of prophecy where you can just hear the chorus in the background explaining how the stupid tragic figures are sealing their own fates trying to avoid them. Which is the second time I've heard a metaphorical chorus in the background today."

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gammagodling
2010-12-16 02:12 am UTC (link)

If Andy had known this before he made his deal with Mephisto, he'd have rethought doing it. But now...all he can really feel is hurt. He thought Zeus gave him the weapon as some kind of peace offering or to acknowledge that he was still a son of Hercules.

Now, all it meant was one more reason that Olympus loved Argo.

"Well, if Ares set this up, then Zeus knew about it. Probably gave the order himself, the bastard." Andy says. Cursing is also a rare for Andy.

"Well, nothing to be done for it, Corey. I'm going to do what I'm going to do and Argo is going to do what he has to do. Take the sword and hide it until Argo needs it.

And he will." Andy says.

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	sandcastlegod 2010-12-16 02:24 am UTC (link)
	"What? Dude, no way. It's still your sword. And if some circumstance is going to force Argo to attack you -- cause you know he wouldn't do it by choice -- there's no reason to arm him to make the consequences worse!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gammagodling 2010-12-17 01:50 am UTC (link)
	"Corey, if the sword needs to be in /anyone's/ hands, I'd prefer it be Argo's. He'll at least think about what he's doing when using it. Or would you rather it vanish at some point and turn up in the hands of someone who wouldn't actually mind seeing me dead?" Andy asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2010-12-17 02:44 am UTC (link)
	"...Right. Good point. Give it to me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gammagodling 2010-12-18 03:35 am UTC (link)
	Andy turns the sword over, scabbard and all, to Corey. "Keep it safe, Corey." he says, looking into Corey's eyes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2010-12-18 03:43 am UTC (link)
	Corey meets his eyes. "I promise," he says in his other native language. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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