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[asteriusn]

cfnorthernlights​:

***

Aurora shrugged. “There’s still monsters. Probably more fun to fight them than other demigods,” she replied. “They’re still dangerous and they actually want to kill you.” Unlike us. Sure, some of the campers may have homicidal intent after the attacks on their camp, but for the most part fighting other demigods seemed to exhaust the campers. It hurt to see people just like you trying to kill you. And Rory knew just how much it could hurt to be responsible for killing them too. She didn’t even know if the one she’d poisoned had been healed. She hoped he had.

“No, I’m not.” She didn’t want to tell him she was only fourteen, it seemed like he might have a heart attack if she did. “I don’t know. My siblings are pretty talented too. Yeah, I was.” She’d treated the injured and dying, and as she thought about it, she had to turn away from Asterius lest her emotions show too clearly. It hurt just thinking about. “Chiron? I mean, I guess? He’s nice though too. Mr D is a bit more unpredictable.”

She shook her head hard, looking back at him again. “No. Barely any of us are. My twin and I were claimed by our dad but… That’s all.” She gave him a small smile. “You’re not the only one. I promise.”

-

“You’re probably right in that one”, Asterius replied with a mumble, it was still going to be way more quiet without fighting demigods, unless... “although there’s still people from my family...”, he commented, “...a bunch of asses to kick”. He smiled slightly at the idea, but it quickly turned into an unexpected sad and discreet expression. NO. No sadness allowed; in fact, Asterius didn’t even know how to fully process it since he was only introduced to anger and pride his whole life. A hand rubbed down his face as if that would tone down his emotions.

Siblings.   He was the only child of Ares he knew; there were probably a bunch of the god’s children around and he probably even fought them, but he had never stopped to consider it. “Are they all as kind?”, he asked with a straight face, “what about the other children of Ares? How are they like?”, he pushed with a bit more of excitement than intended. As Rory answered his questions, he frowned a little in confusion. “Mr. D? You mean Dionysus himself?”, he wondered. There was a noticeable apprehension in him. He had never been this close to an actual god. “I thought he was the most relaxed one”.

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elvisrusso​:

🫀

“WHO SAID US HIGH MAINTENANCE FOLK CAN’T FIGHT GOOD?” elvis slurred his question with a pout. who was he kidding? elvis did enough to stay alive with pokey, but throw him a sword and he might as well be good as dead. the tender look was fleeting as he jumped to defend himself again, “rotting? yeah right.” he scoffed, “i’ve got like…godly dna or whatever…my brain can’t rot.” that was a fact that would certainly need some checking, but he felt satisfied with the point he had made. 

asterius kept the conversation flowing quickly and much like a sparring match between them would likely go, elvis was struggling to remain constantly on the defense, “do you really think i’m trapping you?” he asked, those same puppy dog eyes coming out. in a split second he amended his statement. “actually, don’t answer that. you’ll only break my heart more.” elvis sighed dramatically. he liked to think he knew asterius well, and all the paths that the conversation might go flashed in front of him. they signaled nothing but trouble. instead, he focused on the little victories, “all i heard was i go to your stupid throwback party.” he grinned, “you’ve got-a-deal.”

-

“How much time do you actually spend on the training grounds?”, he asked without looking his way, “do you know how to yield something else aside of your mediocre spear?”, Astrerius wondered; not that he had any particular hate against Elvis’ weapon of choice, but he always considered his own weapons superior even though they were crafted in the exact same way. “You can die and if you die, you rot”, he replied looking over at his friend, but quickly staring away so he didn’t fall for the charm all over again. “Stop drinking so much”.

Asterius rolled his eyes at the childish attitude of Elvis, “you’re the only breaking your own heart”, he said while thanking the puppy eyes didn’t last longer; jeez, he really had to find a way around the other’s tactics. Another heavy sigh dropped from his lips as Elvis twisted his words around. There wasn’t much of an escape, was it? “What’s the place of the party?”, Asterius asked in defeat.

[asteriusn]

who's kids are most annoying on campus?

“The main three, Aphrodite’s and Eros’ for sure. Their first ones are a pain in the ass, protagonist complex to the maximum; the others are particularly hard to fight with their stupid charm activated”.

[asteriusn]

if you could change the outcome of the war would you?

“Quite a thing to think about, hm? See, before my family abandoned me to die I wouldn’t have hesitated to say yes; but after meeting the other side of the war, I’ve come to realize that the fanatical faith in Kronos would only bring more destruction and annihilation. Don’t misunderstand me, I don’t care about the Olympian gods, but at least with them, we all have a better chance at survival”.

[asteriusn]

@corihelens

The Breakfast Club (1985), dir. John Hughes.

[asteriusn]

[asteriusn]

what is your biggest regret?

“None. Sometimes I wonder if I should’ve finished the job when I was ordered to do so, but it wouldn’t have felt nice so yeah, nothing. Nada--- at least so far”.

[asteriusn]

✨ for ciara

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧   I’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧ I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you. ✧ I would sleep by your side. ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).

[asteriusn]

✨ for elvis!

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧   I’d like to spend more time with SOBER you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧ I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you because you unnerve the shit out of me. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy even though I would never admit it out loud. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal just because you can disarm me. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you . ✧ I would sleep by your side because you keep knocking at my door at night and I am too tired to argue against it . ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).

@elvisrusso

[asteriusn]

✨ for rory

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧   I’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧ I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero QUITE LITERALLY. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you. ✧ I would sleep by your side. ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you like respectfully on the forehead or something. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you !!!. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life without doubt because you are the only person that has ever protected me from anything ever. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).

@cfnorthernlights

[asteriusn]

[asteriusn]

soarincomet​:

SEND A ✨ FOR MY MUSE’S RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURS!

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧   I’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧ I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you. ✧ I would sleep by your side. ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).

[asteriusn]

So this was Fates, huh? There was no chaos, no hopelessness, no raging fire or anything similar in the air. Everything seemed so.... SUNNY. Asterius squinted his eyes to the view; certainly he traveled a lot, but the actual peace this place brought to him was different. His steps take him to the lake looking for some open spaces with less people and oh, what��s his surprise when a familiar silhouette is nearby and resting.    The simple idea of such a peaceful scene makes him wanna ruin it.     And of course he does it.

“Don’t even know who my roommate is, darling, but certainly I wouldn’t mind if it was you”, Asterius replied with a half-ass smirk on his face knowing very well he was not welcome around her, but the simple idea, made it even more fun.

Witney woke up nice and early to get a spot on the lake - this time of year, when everyone had enough of their mortal parents and were starting to slowly move back in is when things always got crowded. And she was here full time, damned if someone else would pull the towel out from under her. Solidifying the summer tan before the school started and she’d have to pull out her fall wardrobe was the name of the game the next few weeks. Designer swimsuit on, eyes closed, audio book in her headphones, the daughter of Eros didn’t even flinch when she felt the shadow come across her, the warmth of the sun momentarily dissipating. “I am not an RA anymore, if you have a dispute with your roommate, go to whoever’s on duty,” she grumbled, before lifting her sunglasses on top of her head and giving a smile of surprise to the demigod standing before her. “Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you someone else. What’s up?” @fates-starters​

[asteriusn]

Asterius had never been a heavy sleeper with everything going on in his life; he was used to keep an eye open for any kind of threat that could take him down. But ever since he arrived to the university, he had found himself sleeping comfortably every night to the point he was even dreaming. Although, just like nice dreams had been with him, he had also been having sudden nightmares, very specific sometimes and of course he had quickly picked on the responsible.

He woke up agitated and still with goosebumps as he could still feel the faint crawling of bugs all over himself. The anxiety quickly died as anger took over and as he threw over the sheets, Asterius didn’t do much else aside of getting into his jeans and grabbing a belt of uh... tools before stepping out of the building.

“Thompson!”, Asterius called as the one to blame seemed to rest peacefully on the branches of a tree. “Get the fuck down right this instant!”, he commanded as he stomped repeatedly on the trunk of the tree with rage charging every kick. “Fucking coward come here so I can kick your ass!”, he added with clenched teeth as he picked up a little rock and threw it near the other.

Dayn never woke up early, but he had a meeting with an advisor and didn’t feel like falling back asleep, so he did the next best thing he could think of - dream hopping. Lots of people were still in slumber, for sure, since it was still summer. Echo Hall was in the middle campus, too, and arguably the largest dorm building, making it easier for him to find a target - and he knew exactly who he was looking for.

It wasn’t anything too terrible - just general nightmares of running in a dark forest, bugs crawling all over, teeth falling out. But Dayn was pulled out of the dream and back to reality rather quickly, signaling that Asterius had woken up. Now it was time to wait for the inevitable, so Dayn manifested his wings and got himself up to a tree overlooking the entrance to the dorm hall. And he heard it before he saw it, so he pulled on his sunglasses and wiggled his fingers in a wave down to the other. “Good morning,” he chuckled. “Looking a little flustered there, Nowak?” *// @asteriusn​

[asteriusn]

cfnorthernlights​:

***

Rory shrugged. “Took him a few thousand years last time. So hopefully beyond our lifetimes at least.” She brought the jug over, setting it down beside Asterius’ bed given how thirsty he had seemed. “Long enough for you to recover from those injuries though.”

She snorted. “Dude, who do you think has been healing kids at this camp forever?” Besdies, she wasn’t that young. She couldn’t have been much younger than him. “Yeah, pretty much, that’s the idea.” She nodded. “Chiron knows. Mr D probably too by now. If they wanted you gone, someone would’ve told me by now.”

His sudden line of questioning made her pause. “No,” she admitted. It felt like handing him ammunition in a way, admitting that. “No, he doesn’t. Does yours? Your godly parent?”

-

“Boring”, he mumbled. Asterius had been raised to fight and fight only and maybe as a son of Ares, he found most of his fun in the battlefield. “Who am I going to fight if there is no political problems going between gods?”, he asked with a huff while sitting up and grabbing the jug to pour himself some more water in the cup.

“Uhm, not you? Unless you are one of those youthful demigods that are actually like fifty”, he replied sarcastically. “So are you like the best nurse around here? Were you at the battlefield yesterday? Do Olympians have doctors around during battles?”, he questioned. “Chiron, huh?”, Asterius squinted his eyes slightly; he remembered his mother mentioning they had tried to bring the centaur to their lines more than once. “Is he as intimidating as the rumors say?”

An unexpected wave of relief and confusion washed over him as she answered his question. “I thought all Olympians were constantly contacted by their godly parent, at least...”, but he didn’t finish the sentence, ‘at least that’s what they told me’. “No, Ares has never reached out to me no matter how much destruction I cause and I am running out of ideas”, he chuckled dryly.

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corihelens​:

IT WASN’T THAT DIFFICULT TO GET UNDER CORI’S SKIN as long as one had an inkling of a brain cell. however, no other had been as successful as asterius nowack. it was like cori had two buttons for eyes that read push and me that asterius pressed every single time without fail. for years. she wasn’t so innocent either, if she saw the opportunity for a jab, she’d indulge in the impulse to fire a comeback his way. 

today was no exception when asterius piped up with some comment about her hair. not even the mythology 101 lecture happening before them could halt her from whipping around violently, “do you want to say that again?” she taunted, dangerous look in her eyes. when he dared to insult her a second time, a crackle boomed throughout the lecture hall. without second thought, cori had zapped asterius with no remorse. from the base of the room, their professor called, “no using your powers in class!” but the effort was futile. cori had a bitch of a temper and asterius had taken a short cut to the point simply by being himself. like storm clouds closing in, cori rose to her feet and dramatically groaned with little concern for the people around her, “you are so….annoying!” she insisted, voice more intimidating than usual. 

fortunately, a good chunk of the class’ population had been around asterius and cori prior, and had witnessed these feuds before, so they began to clear the area. some even left the classroom. unrelenting, she continued to shoot questions his way, “is nothing important to you? what about learning? this stuff is essential! it’s our history and you’re sitting there commenting on my hair?” a few strands floated upwards, like someone had just rubbed a balloon across her skull as she continued, “which, by the way, looks great today.”

@asteriusn​

-

It’s been like this for YEARS. He remembers her face back in the battlefield, she was a child and still, the mark of Zeus in her was clear, if you weren’t one of the big three’s children, you’d feel an impulse to look away from them, they were the alphas--- and still, he could never bring himself to hurt them, not even with the greatness it would give him.    THEY WERE STILL CHILDREN.   So instead, even in the heat of battle, he proved himself to be nuisance to Cori and the others by disarming them and throwing dirt on their faces as if the battlefield was nothing but a big joke ( for him, it did feel like a playground ).

And so, the teasing had kept up until now when they shared classes and he specifically picked a seat close to hers to ruin the class and her focus. “What you heard, Pikachu, your hair fucking stinks”. And those were his last words before a bolt cramped his body, but, his smirk didn’t fall down. “Not me, professor, she’s the meanie”, Asterius declared with hands in the air, even though he knew very well that no one would buy it. “I’m so offended”, he purred playfully when she called him annoying, standing up as well as the people around them started to move away from them.

Daggers started to float around him as if getting ready to fly her away in case she decided to attack again, but surprise surprise! Asterius was rarely predictable and so, without further taunt, a blade went flying her way, but missed her head for some good inches before nailing into the wall behind. “What can I say? I have my own priorities”, he shrugged. “Ohmygosh, I am so sorry about ruining the history of your life--- lemme summarize it for you, yeah? Kronos ate your dad, your dad escaped and became the oh so mighty hero and now is the ruler. The End”, Asterius narrated. “Cannot believe I can still annoy the shit out of you with dumb shit, you are so temperamental; daddy’s genes by any chance?”

[asteriusn]

elvisrusso​:

🫀

THE MORE RELUCTANT ASTERIUS BECAME, the more elvis tugged him into his side, as if bringing him closer would change his mind. “cmoooon….” he pleaded, daring to reach over and pinch the other’s cheek. his tactics were simple, and thanks to the pre-class drink he’d had, they were also shameless. “i got distracted…” he answered, shrugging innocently in response to the notion of his “brain lagging”. elvis fixed his eyes on asterius, but he seemed to buried in his phone. a sadness washed over his eyes, “cmon man, put that thing down.” in other words: pay attention to me. 

“it’s less the feelings and more the principle.” elvis drawled, “drowning our sorrows on throwback night….how very…” he gestured emphatically with his free hand as he searched for the perfect word, “glamorously tragic.” elvis had a hunch the idea of sad glamour didn’t intrigue asterius, so he added an almost whined, “it’ll be fun.” elvis only grinned wider as the other shoved his face the other way. ah, so he was making progress. “you love my face.” he cooed, shaking it in his direction, “you love it. you love it. you love it.” he chanted, then eased up, “screw homework.” he exclaimed, “homework is forever. throwback night is one night and one night only.”

-

SO FUCKING ANNOYING.    Asterius damned on his genes and Elvis’ over and over as the younger one kept on rubbing his stupidly soft face against him. “You are so high maintenance, you sure you fought in a big ass war?”, Asterius cursed as the other demanded attention non-stop. “Your brain is fucking rotting after all the goddamn shit you keep drinking”, he added while poking Elvis’ head away.

“Glamorously tragic”, Asterius repeated with skepticism, “what even is that? Tragedy cannot be glamorous, that sounds toxic as fuck”, he pointed out, “but I guess you’re used to it since your mother kept my father trapped so he didn’t go to war in the same way you are doing with me right now”, he pointed out with a growl. He started to walk faster as if to get away from the other’s grasp. “Shut the fuck up”. Stares all around them as the other kept on shoving unrequited affection towards him. “If I go to your stupid throwback party, will you leave me alone the rest of the week?”, Asterius grunted in defeat.