A tall, dark-haired woman walked in to the main room of the bar section of Club Luna and stretched languidly with a small smile on her face. It was about time for a good vacation back among the teeming mortal masses. She strode through the main room, appreciating the looks she was drawing from the assorted women in the bar. Aside from the woman with the blood-red hair in the manager's uniform behind the bar.
She expected that however, the facial markings made her stand out almost as much as her hair. And Hecate had always given the impression that she was inured to the shocks of physical beauty. Being the daughter of the Lord of the Dead must have had something to do with it. What was unusal was that the woman's gaze was directed toward a specific spot.
The dark-haired woman turned to follow the path of Hecate's gaze and finally settled on a young "woman" with dyed green hair sitting at the bar.
She frowned as she recognized an aura about the girl and started to make a beeline for her. She was surprised to be stopped by the woman with blood red hair, not even having seen her move.
"That isn't a woman, Hecate" the dark haired woman said softly in ancient greek. "That's someone that fell in a pool from my grove."
"I know," Hecate replied, ignoring the other woman's expression of disbelief. "Special case, Artemis."
"What kind of special case," Artemis asked.
"He's hurt," Hecate said. "In a way I haven't been able to check yet. We're goddesses, we're supposed to be easing human suffering, I'd say he was brought for a reason. Other than that however..."
"What else?" Artemis asked. "Is his curse locked so he's permanently a girl?"
"No," Hecate said. "He's Kishijoten's descendant, if you can't see the resemblance, and remember who holds the lease on this place."
"He stays," Artemis ascertained reluctantly. Hecate smiled.
"I thought I'd have to engage in drastic measures for a moment," Hecate said. "I'd love to stay here with you, but I have duties to attend to. I'll see you when you get home." She kissed Artemis on the cheek and started to fade into the crowd.
"What do you mean by drastic measures?" Artemis asked, grumbling as Hecate had already vanished.
Having a medium like crowds made for some confusing exits at times. All of Hecate's family was like that, coming and going silently. Here one minute gone the next, no fanfare or lights, just, poof. Though Artemis could have sworn she'd caught the edge of a smile before Hecate vanished completely.
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(Posted Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:02)
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