Thalia Grace by the fire

[chameno_koritsi]

Thalia comes downstairs today trying to decide if her dream of herself and the golden fleece was prophetic or not. When her foot touches the last step down her clothes change and she freezes. She's tempted to run back up stairs just like she has for all the other weird holidays this place has but then she remembers Demeter's advice to try new things and it is never wise to ignore the advise of the Gods. She can do this...playing thing. But first she runs back up to her room and grabs a real bow and quiver of arrows. A girl has to have her priorities!

Back downstairs, she reclines at the fire with some cider and the Illiad and eyes the mask that appeared with the cider. It seems kind of plain compared to the other ones she seeing around the room. Is she supposed to decorate it or something?

[OOC-Slows for the weekend.]

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[not_his_pa]

Last night William got some sleep in a room upstairs and comes down the stairs thinking about what needs to be done in the stables.

When he gets his morning coffee, there's a mask around the mug and a note with his biscuit telling him to go to the fire, he looks over and turns red when he sees Thalia.

Still you do what Bar tells you and walks over while trying to get the mask off without spilling his coffee, "You look pretty."

[chameno_koritsi]

She turns her scowl to an awkward smile by force of will.

"Thank you," she says though it's almost a question. "I think there is some sort of holiday today." She takes a look at the mask hanging off his mug to see if his is as plain as hers.

[not_his_pa]

The mask on his mug is just a plain gold one,

"I guess, don't know of anythin' round this time of year."

[chameno_koritsi]

"Neither do but I'd be careful. I've heard people can change their bodies at these holidays." She nods to a patron who seems to be having trouble walking and is trying very hard not to start at their chest.

[not_his_pa]

He turns red as he realizes what happened to that person,

"Yeah, wouldn't want that. Sure I'd make an odd lookin' girl."

[chameno_koritsi]

"I don't know," she muses, "you've got wonderful eyelashes."

If only Demeter could see her now.

[not_his_pa]

William didn't know he could blush more and looks down in the hope his hat hides his face,

"Thank you, never knew that."

[chameno_koritsi]

She really should leave him alone but it's too tempting.

"And lovely skin."

[not_his_pa]

This is weird, usually its the man who's supposed to say things like that. William's not sure what he should do, maybe her outfit's doing something to her,

"I..um guess."

[chameno_koritsi]

She leans forward and pats his arm. "I'm just teasing you. I think you're safe since nothing happened yet."

[not_his_pa]

That doesn't stop him blushing since she's kind of close,

"Yeah, thanks."

[chameno_koritsi]

Okay maybe she's taken this too far. She knows Luke would have keep pushing but he can go to far all to often. Why did she think of Luke just then?

"How are the horses?" she asks looking for a change in subject to put him at ease. She leans back though she was tempted to leave her hand where it was.

[not_his_pa]

"Doin' fine, we're all doin' fine,"

Since she hasn't moved her hand, he carefully covers it with his own.

[chameno_koritsi]

She tenses but then relaxes by a force of will. To Will she gives an honest smile to soften any discomfort her tensing may have caused. What am I doing?

"We meaning your family?"

[not_his_pa]

He almost moves his hand when she tenses,

"Yeah, my brother's not coughin' as much since I got him some medicine from here."

[chameno_koritsi]

She snatches his fingers when she thinks he's about to pull away.

"That's good. I didn't know you had a brother or that he was sick."

[not_his_pa]

She keeps surprising him and he swallows quickly and keeps his hand in hers,

"Yeah, Mark's younger than me by a few years and Doctor Sandhu helped me see what was wrong with him. Its just the two of us and our Ma, Pa was killed over a year ago."

[chameno_koritsi]

"Your family sounds like mine except my dad didn't die, he left us. If your brother going to be okay?"

[not_his_pa]

"I don't know. He's got consumption, tuberculosis is what the scanner called it and that kills lots of folks. Your brother's younger too?"

[chameno_koritsi]

She nods," By a couple fo years but I havent' seen him in a while. He disappeared and then I ran away."

She's not quite sure how much detail she wants to give him and, if she were honest with herself, she's not sure she wants to tell him about her heritage in case it scares him away.

[not_his_pa]

He wants to ask what happened but isn't sure if he should and squeezes her hand to do something,

"How are you managain'?"

There's a hazy memory from Percy about a tree but he's not sure what it means.

[chameno_koritsi]

"Well I was on the streets...that'd be homeless, for a few years. Met a couple of people who became my new family. You've met Annabeth? She's one of them. We stayed together for a long time but then I ended up here and I've been stuck ever since."

[not_his_pa]

This time the squeeze of her hand is deliberate,

"That must have been dangerous for you. Glad you found folks."

[chameno_koritsi]

She appreciates the squeeze but...

"Hey, I can take care of myself. I was the best sword fighter we had!"

[not_his_pa]

"Ain't sayin' you can't just better to have folks to help if you can,"

He knows how many people will do all they can to cut you down and just want whatever gets them ahead.