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[anon_jigen]

THE DRESSING UP MEME

Rules:

♢ Post a top level with the character name and canon

♢ Reply to others, with your character dressing them up for whatever reason. Scenarios are available if you can't think up one yourself.

♢ ???

♢ Profit

Scenarios:

1 ♢ Bet - Congrats, you've lost a bet, and that means letting the other person dress you up. Fingers crossed that they're merciful.

2 ♢ Kink - That's right. Whether uniform, costume, or very liberal ideas of what constitutes an outfit and not 'public indecency', you've convinced this poor sod into letting you play dress up with them.

3 ♢ Incognito - This time, it's all work. Really. That's your excuse, and you're sticking to it.

4 ♢ Halloween - Whether you're actually trick or treating or you're just attending some sort of costume party, you're the one in charge of costumes tonight.

5 ♢ Wild Card - Do you need a reason to dress up?

Need an idea for some clothes?: Here, have at you.

Comments

[waterproofed]

Uhh. Since when did Olympus have a school?

[aoratos]

[ Staring flatly at the boy. ]

Since centuries ago. Do you expect Olympians to be born knowing all there is to know?

Have you ever been to Olympus?

[waterproofed]

[That feels like a trick question]

Sure. Like, a bunch of times. I mean, not in a while, but I figured everyone’s still a little weird from the emperors and stuff.

[aoratos]

[ Hades chuckles under his breath, a muted sound. ]

I don't think you have seen the real Olympus.

[ Not that it surprises him. Mortals usually don't get even a glimpse of it. ]

So, if you don't know where this train really is headed, I'm guessing you received some mysterious letter to come to an interview? [ He holds out a hand. ] Show me.

[waterproofed]

And you have, weird blue guy?

Uh, no, not really? I mean, I just asked Reyna to set up the interview for me.

[aoratos]

[ You're cute, boy. Really. ]

Seen as I am an Olympian by birth, yes, I would say that I have.

[waterproofed]

So which one are you? [It's not a disguise he recognizes, but he's rolling with it]

[aoratos]

[ It's not a disguise, excuse you!! This is all Real Him, thanks. ]

Let's say my office is on a level much below the ground you'll be walking on.

[ He hands the boy his business card. ]

Which one are you a son of? [ Which God, he means. He can sense it in the young mortal. ]

[waterproofed]

[Ugh, reading. He narrows in on the Greek word. He frowns, glancing at that and then the blue guy and back again]

Oh. Different universe, I guess. You don't look anything like the Hades I know.

Poseidon.

[aoratos]

That's surprising to hear.

[ He always seems to be exactly what people expect. Then again, that's the image he tries to maintain. There's a reputation to upkeep, as the King of the Underworld. ]

Hmm. So we're relatives, in a way. [ Not even blinking an eye that both his dumbass brothers are sprouting children all around the world. Zero surprise there. ] What's your name?

[waterproofed]

Yep. [They're really not supposed to, but. You know] Percy Jackson. I'm a friend of your kids, too. Uh, other version of you, I mean.

[aoratos]

[ That gives Hades some pause. Some real pause. His eyes even widen for the flicker of a second before he looks ahead, expression hardened. ]

Must be. I have no children.

[ He can't even have children, so. ]

[waterproofed]

None at all? Huh. Our worlds are super different. But Persephone is probably happy about that.

[aoratos]

What? Why would you say that? Why would she care about that?

[ Well, that's one way to make him react. ]

[waterproofed]

Uhhh, she's your wife?

[aoratos]

[ He opens his mouth. Closes it again. He's steadily turning a much darker shade of blue. ]

No. N-no, no, sh-she isn't? She isn't, no.

[waterproofed]

[What is even happening right now]

Yeah. You guys have been together forever. Or I guess you will be. Weird how that hasn't happened to you yet. You must be from way in the past.

[aoratos]

[ Juuuust gonna keep his eyes ahead and try to act like none of this is totally messing with his head right now, thank you. ]

Your reality is very different from mine. P-Per-- she and I won't be together.

[ It's fine, absolutely fine. He's not upset, what do you mean. ]

[waterproofed]

You say that like it's a definite thing. But... you definitely are. I mean, the story about you two is pretty famous.

[aoratos]

Be silent.

[ It's said as a command, eyes red and hair looking briefly aflame. There are more than enough people meddling into this topic and talking about them as it is, and he doesn't want Persephone having to deal with any more of that. ]

I don't care to know what your world has to say of me, or Persephone. As you said yourself, this is a different reality. And you will likely come to find that she is very different from what you too are used to.

[waterproofed]

[Well, he may be from a different reality, but the temper reminds Percy very strongly of Nico. Look, he's no child of Aphrodite/Venus. If Hades wants to be in denial, not his problem]

[aoratos]

[ To be fair, Hera's nosier about it than Aphrodite is. Either way, he already dislikes those he knows sticking their nose in, and even less when strangers do it. He didn't quite mean to snap at the boy, and he lets out a quiet sigh, looking away for a moment.

After a few good seconds of silence, he finally speaks up. ]

If you attend our school, you will meet her. She studies there, too. And you'll understand what I mean. She's... young, [ He says, glancing at Percy. ] Like you. Young as a human.

[waterproofed]

[Yep, he will totally agree that Hera is The Worst, and Aphrodite really needs to not make his love life more "interesting"]

Wait. You guys actually have school for gods? [He's not sure what's more surprising, the fact that such a thing exists or that gods admit they don't know everything]

Yeah, that doesn't mean much to me. Artemis usually looks like a twelve-year-old girl whenever I see her, and Hestia looked young, too.

[aoratos]

Gods, nymphs, dryads, daemons. Any sentient being inhabiting Olympus.

[ It's wild. Granted, it has been a while since Hades himself has been in school, but Percy will come to find that his version of Olympus might be more familiar to him than he might think. Just... more familiar to his human world, instead. ]

Artemis does look young. [ She also looks crazy, just saying. Especially towards men. ] It's not the same as being young.

[ Looking nineteen and actually being nineteen are two very different things. Especially when Hades himself is at least a couple of millennia old. ]

[waterproofed]

Well, yeah, I know that. My brother is pretty young but he doesn't look it at all.

[Helpless headshake] Gotta be honest, it's still a little weird to think about. And my own world's pretty weird.