Thursday, February 16, 2006

So do we do that ?

We talk to Zeus and he thinks it's a really good idea. He doesn't have to go to the Commissioner with it unless it all goes wrong, so he gets to keep a good relationship with his family....and they get to keep their jobs, assuming they play ball. He agrees that he will keep an eye out for us and promises that nothing will happen to either of us while this is being sorted - and if it does, he will bring us back, as it were. I get the impression he is really, really pleased that we've tried to sort it out without involving the Commission - they do seem seriously unpopular with the gods - more interested in upholding the rules than in seeing that things work - so we have earned some brownie poibnts by doing it this way.
He suggests that Calliope stays out of it as much as possible, and leaves it up to me. He says mostly because I won't be linked with her son and his girlfriend, so I won't create any gossip whe I visit. He also suggests that I go and talk to Mr H first, because he is most likely to agree to doing a deal, and because it won't mess up my relationship with Aphrodite.
He says that I should stay away from Ares at all costs - he will not listen in normal circumstances, and I will just be a red rag to his bull. Not productive, he says.
He suggests that if Mr H won't play, that Artemis is the next weakest link - mostly because for her it was a contract, not anything personal, and the Commission like to lay down the law more if a god hasn't got a real grudge. So she could have a lot more to lose than the others, and be more willing to make them sort it out.
So that's the game plan then, I have to go and talk to Mr H and see what happens next.
We do have to agree what we want to happen - Calliope wants Orpheus to be happy, and for her that means bringing Eurydice back to life and them both living together happily ever after....I say that maybe we need to ask them first, just to see if that's what they want too, and she kind of agrees with that - says she'll track her son down and ask him, and leave Eurydice to me.
So that's it sorted then, I'm off back down there as soon as I get out of here.

Bump into Hermes again on the way out - he's still after a story. Tell him that Calliope is on her way to sort out her son's sex life - or at least his attitude to it - and that I'm on my way to Hades to make sure her son isn't there already. He seems to go for that too - let's hope he really has.
Off we go then - crusaders in the cause of truth and justice.....well, something like that, anyway

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