Prometheion: I'm Dating Hermes!
he waters of the world, and Tethys stood at the prow, bending the cu
e in the moonlight, and Mount Vesuvius rose in t
" Hermes move
safe." She gathered me into her arms. "You're a daughter of
the Red Bull? I'm
ig
d it in
"Okay. Onwards to Had
ck stilettos, grimacing
look like
f. A cave gaped before us. "That w
mes whistled. "Charon! I got
. He was dressed in boxers and a Grateful Dead t-shirt. "Yeah, yeah," he
uy," I
ure Charon wasn't listening. "Though in
A huge, tumultuous river howled past. The murky darkn
I walked past them. Another joshed his friend
his caduceus. The lewd
wooden boat. "Here you go, sweetheart." He ushered me
four quarters
lways." He poled us along. I looked in
mach flipping. Her
. How's the
," Charo
hat, a few millennia? Good going, buddy. If you have any questions
sharpened end of his pole. He
yx I'll destroy yo
n't we go watch Spartacus afte
moc
led innocently. "Y
our entrails to Cerberus." Hermes hopped back and fort
ink Persephone's three-hea
aron to the edge, hovering over the
ared, landing a
boat began to capsize. "Impressive, Charon. Didn't think you had it in you." Hermes slapped
ron struggled as the s
." Hermes merr
way at me like a beaver. I watched th
pped within m
e pole, racing towards m
, all over," I moaned, doubled ov
be close. Quick - hide under this cloa
the bite of a black
rom some hidden spring. Hermes' eyes flashed. He cupped some of the water, the
to shadow. Hermes' conc
tsteps ap
as if in
RM
hat, lips twitchin
OT YOUR U
erer. I was struck by
OOLISH PLACE TO
his hands atop his pole. "I though
AR AMONGST
ooking great as ever, Th - Th
QUITE
rig
ILL ACCOMPANY
e, man,
FOR MORT
all
T SENSE
on't come down here. I'm sure
owards the boat. Ribbons of
A GIRL
You really have it bad. I've got som
igh like disa
ddy. Well, you've got eternity. I'm sure
R HER BOD
later. I think you'd get a kick out o
E THAT. The wind hissed.
that
S HAS BEE
re jo
JOKES. HE S
ll, is s
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at. You think h
READY
. "He - he has? Bu
ter rumble
KNOW WHO THE G
on my min
EUS' DAUGHTER. PERHAPS YOU ARE MY LUCKY LADY.
Well why didn't you just s
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of vipers, and half as charming." He stepped out onto the gravelly stran
out with his
E, LUCK
was a gentleman. He laughed like wind rustling
a cute couple,
ike he had potato
ke I said, stranger
caled the cliff. I caught my breath, gazing
s studded with sulfurous purple and shots of blood red
it's horrible
He swept me into his ar
me?" Death abducting m
FAT
said, snatching me away from him. I felt like an o
HOLD HER IN R
leas
river that
ARE
set me down gently. "You're doing we
nt as we rounded