Persephone & Hades;

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Hades & Persephone.

Persephone was gathering flowers with the Oceanids along with Artemis and Athena—the Homeric Hymn says—in a field when Hades came to abduct her, bursting through a cleft in the earth. Demeter, when she found her daughter had disappeared, searched for her all over the earth with torches. In most versions she forbids the earth to produce, or she neglects the earth and in the depth of her despair she causes nothing to grow. Helios, the sun, who sees everything, eventually told Demeter what had happened and at length she discovered the place of her abode. Finally, Zeus, pressed by the cries of the hungry people and by the other deities who also heard their anguish, forced Hades to return Persephone. Hades indeed complied with the request, but first he tricked her, giving her some pomegranate seeds to eat. Persephone was released by Hermes, who had been sent to retrieve her, but because she had tasted food in the underworld, she was obliged to spend a third of each year (the winter months) there, and the remaining part of the year with the gods above. but even that hardest of hearts unhardened suddenly when he saw her there: persephone in her mother’s garden, sun on her shoulders, wind in her hair, the smell of flowers she held in her hand and the pollen that fell from her fingertips. and suddenly, hades was only a man with a taste of nectar upon his lips To live your life in darkness is no easy task. Evil may be just a point of view - one you may not ascribe to yourself - but a black heart or a ruthless mind is hardly quieted. While you don't regret what you've done, at least not outwardly, you do wonder if there isn't something more. Grey morality has discolored your world. That is, until you see them. They are beautiful, pure, good: everything that you are not. You should be annoyed or at least ambivalent to their presence; after all, they serve you no purpose, promise you no gain. But oddly enough, you are drawn to them, and not even in hopes to destroy or corrupt. No, you want to have them, to keep them with you. What to do with this newfound feeling? Act on it, of course. You've never let anything stop you before. What you don't realize (or perhaps do, you just don't exactly care) is that the object of your...affection may not be too keen on being taken what they see as prisoner. Yet you only have their best interests at heart! Still, you do care for them, in your own fashion, more than almost anyone else, so surely a deal can be struck... You just couldn't bear to lose them. This meme, obviously, is inspired by the myth of Hades and Persephone. Feel free to be as literal or as loose with your interpretations as you'd like. Comment with your character, canon, preferences, and what role you'd like your character to play. Reply to others. Play anything and any scenario that fits within the theme.

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[filsdysabeau]

[ in an instant, matthew speeds over to alina in the blink of an eye and holds her hands down with firm but not painful strength. ]

light and i don’t mix well. i brought you here to keep you safe from the darkling, alina. i will not have someone as important as you being manipulated and used by that maniac. my teeth will be around his throat before he will ever touch you again.

[ his eyes have darkened and he looks severe, but he would never harm alina. still, he takes a step back from her to continue the conversation. matthew sighs and looks at alina pleadingly. ]

alina, you have to believe me when i say this is the safest place for you right now. when i am not here, i will be hunting that monster down, but you will still bee safe. no one here will allow harm to come to you.

[solsankta]

[ He moves alarmingly fast. Even faster than her eyes can track. He grabs hold of her hands to keep her from summoning which only adds to her tension. Her gaze is defiant as she gazes up at him. He's promising her all sorts of things to keep her safe, but she still has no idea who he is.

He's beginning to look just as bad as the Darkling. He takes a step back and gives her space. There's a suspicious gleam to her eyes. ]

I don't even know you! And the Darkling is dead. The Fold and the volcra have dealt with him.

[filsdysabeau]

[ he bows his head, ashamed for being behind in the news and his shame shows clearly on his face. matthew looks up at alina with big blue eyes filled with emotion. his voice is lowered to a gravelly whisper. ]

you must trust me, alina. there will be others looking for you and you are far too important to allow them to get their hands on you.

[ his eyes almost appear glassy, as if he were on the verge of tears. matthew doesn’t want to force alina to stay in sept-tours. he knows that it is a cage, but he wants it to be a fantastical, gilded cage, filled with maps and books that could keep alina occupied for hours if only she would just settle in. he releases one of her hands to reach up and brush a strand of hair from her eyes. ]

you are, indeed, a being of light, alina, but your eyes are as dark as the night itself and as i stand here gazing into them i swear to the heavens that i can see the stars as they appear above us. you are truly beautiful.

[solsankta]

[ It's unsettling. There's so much he's throwing at her. She's still trying to wrap yer mind around where she is and who he is and why she's here. He looks so distressed by how troubled she is, but she cannot soothe him. Not when she feels as though she's back into a corner.

She flinches a little at his touch. He's so familiar with her. She can't even remember setting her eyes on him before though she's been in one crisis after another as of late. ]

Is it my beauty and my light that brings me here? That you chose to take me from-- [ Saints. Where's Mal? ]

[filsdysabeau]

[ he frowns at her flinch. of course she wants to be with the other one. mal. no, that can’t happen. alina has his heart. she is the only thing in this world that he truly desires. if people came and took away all of his wealth, his books, his horses, the dogs, the works of art… he would suffer it all if he could keep alina by his side, understanding that he is a de clermont and the de clermont men always provide for their mates.

he looks at her with sadness in his eyes, his lips yearning to kiss hers. ]

since i saw you for the first time, you captured my heart. it is not just light I see, not just power, but a strong, young woman who saw an opportunity to make the world better and took her amazing gift and did it. you are admirable, alina, someone with strength, fortitude, and a heart so pure… are you so surprised i would want you by my side?