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god: aphrodite

the very first.

You all look stunning.

[ A great feast is being held for all of you. ALL OF YOU when you come down from your little area in Olympus to see the most amazing layout of food in your entire lives. The Goddess of Love herself looks around you with intrigue. ]

Well, enjoy yourselves. And if you get along well... maybe fate had it in store for you?

[ ooc; OPENING PARTY POST, with a trick. Optionally, you might feel a pinprick of 'wow... that person looks amazing' before shaking it off. A little love at first sight that fades away in two seconds, leaving your character back to normal. Aphrodite can't help but have a little fun at your expense. With that out of the way! Party! Freak out! You're gods now! ]

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[ Hey, look, pointy ears, someone who wasn't human before coming here! Have a kid who comes up to your neck come up to you and smile at you. She almost looks like his sisster! Only blonde. ]

Hi!

[ She looks like a full-blodded elf, but considering everyone else here looks human except Hades, he can't complain too much. ]

Oh, hello!

[Zelda smiles back, glad to have someone to talk to.]

We should probably take care of introductions before anything—my name is Zelda. What's yours?

Mithos.

[ He's beaming. Maybe he won't be surrounded by too many human-looking people after all. Yes, he's that racist. ]

[come on, Mithos! haven't you had enough bitterness over the years?!]

Well, in that case, it's very nice to meet you, Mithos.

[ NOPE. Remember, he ordered the genocide of humans. ]

You too! What's your name?

[...well, that was mostly a rhetorical question. BUT STILL, GEEZ. 8(]

I'm Zelda. How are you taking to all this?

[ He was actually unsure how to handle that... so he'll just be honest. ]

I like ruling over monsters. I hate humans, so... this works for me.

[wait a minute.]

...You hate humans?

[yeah, that wasn't the answer she was expecting.]

Well, why not? They killed my sister and were unrepentant for over four thousand years.

...I'm so sorry to hear that, and I'm in no way condoning what happened to your sister. But you can't really blame an entire race for the cruelty of a few, can you?

That's only what they did to me. They treat half-elves like dirt, to the point where so many of them either had to live on a floating city away from them, or where they had to organize into a resistance.

[ Where "resistance" is code word for "genocidal maniacs with advanced technology that kill humans to harvest their souls." ]

Everyone was prejudiced like that?

The humans were. Even the full-blooded elves were, to a lesser degree. So I made them pay.

...

You punished them?

[at first, Zelda felt sympathetic toward him. the more he goes on, though, the more she starts to reconsider those feelings.]

Someone had to answer for the death of my sister. I thought they'd change, but after so long, I gave up on waiting.

... I don't know if I can agree with your methods and ideals.

I'm not looking for approval.

Do you hold that kind of contempt toward your followers?

What does that matter?

They may not be my responsibility, but I don't know if I could just stand on the side knowing something like that is happening.

I protected my own kind. And I have my own ways of ending hatred between different races.

Can I ask what that would be?

Humans will never accept half-elves on their own. The only answer is to make everyone the same.

...

You mean, take away their individuality?

The basis for their prejudice.

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