─── 𝑶𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒔. ✦

Fair enough..

Welcome ba— wait.. did you say "dead"?

[ a low hum as he glances down. ] “ Yes, well.. we can work on that. Memory is slippery, yet it can still be caught. Perhaps a conversation with Lady Divinity could help you — she is the goddess of memory, last I checked. “ [ a small smile graced his face. ]

Where have you been?

Odysseus!?

[ hephaestus nodded. that’s all he truly wanted to know. ] “ Okay… We /were/ more than friends. That is true. I am… glad you remember that. “

[ he crossed his arms. ] “ And.. you remember everything from before? Before your.. death? “

Dad?! I thought you died

“ … “ [ silence. disbelief. ] “ ..How? “

“ No.. What are you? You try to trick using his face — He was dead. “ [ he shook his head. he can’t believe that his king came back from the dead. granted.. the god did the very same. ]

“ .. You’re not real. You can’t be.. “

“ …it can’t be. /He/ can’t be.. “

{ NON-INT THREAD } { tw: self hate, mentions of cannibalism } [ the god of the forge leaned against the marble balcony that belonged to the king of ithaca. but not just any “king of ithaca”. ] [ the first one he fell in love with since his odysseus from his universe died. ]