Phobos Test Scene

[call_me_phobos]

The meeting with Grandfather hadn't gone well.

At all.

Zeus felt that Alexander was not appropriately grateful for his place in the pantheon, granted to him only a few years ago. Okay, so he'd made some mistakes and upset a couple of the other gods on Olympus, but he couldn't be blamed if they just weren't able to keep up with a child of the modern age. After all, he was the son of the God of War, right? It was kind of his job to keep people on their toes wasn't it? 

All in all, Zeus decided that Alex needed a bit of humbling before he could return. So it was that Phobos, God of Fear, was stripped of the larger portion of his divinity and forbidden to return to Olympus until he 'learned humility and respect for those who came before him'. Alex very narrowly suppressed the urge to ask Zeus if he, himself, had done so when he deposed Cronos and the Titans. Wisely, he chose not to go there.

Father decreed that he should return to Earth and get started on his penance and while Alexander was annoyed at being shuffled off to Earth...there was at least one upside to his exile.

He appeared in the living room of his little sister, Roxanne, with his sword and bag.

"Sister? Are you here? I've come to visit."
 

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[call_me_phobos]

"That you do, sister. One member of our family should, since Father and I...tend to be less kind about certain things." Alexander smiled.

"Men flock to you because you can be like them without emasculating them. You're the woman they wish the would meet." Alexander chuckles.

"Please do ask around. I'd love to meet the female friends you /do/ have. I get the feeling they're well chosen." he grins.

Even with Roxie being the face of the company, he still needed other models to wear his designs. Perhaps there might be another diamond in the rough out there that he could do something for.

It would be nice to have a dark priestess to worship him, after all.

"Sofia Strange. I like the alliteration, much like my own name." he said.

[avengingwarbird]

"That's a light way of putting it," Roxie teased. "But yes, I'll ask around, see if there's anyone who's interested." She smiled. "I'm sure that there will be some girls who are."

As for dark priestesses, Roxie knew a couple of girls who could fill that role. Well, two, specifically. One was pretty, wild, and fun. The other was pretty, uptight, and possibly a sociopath.

"Sofia's fun. She, uh, had a thing with Remi - our displaced Atlantean prince - for awhile. She's the Sorceress Supreme over in Limbo, though here she's more of a magical warrior girl." Evidently, her powers were only at their strongest in Limbo. "Very strong, pretty face," she added.

[call_me_phobos]

Alexander nodded, listening to Roxie's description of Sofia. She sounded interesting, though this ex sounded as though he could be a problem. No matter.

"Sorceress Supreme of Limbo? She sounds powerful. Powerful is good. Men desire powerful women." he said.

"I know you'll bring me the best people you can find. Soon enough, I'll need men to work with you, too. I suppose I should work on that." he said.

"Is there anything I can help with, Roxanne? Anything you need at all? Don't feel like you have to hold back."

[avengingwarbird]

"Are you one of those men who desires powerful women?" Roxie asked wryly. While she'd been the one to have many romantic dalliances - indeed the last filled up most of the alphabet, starting from Apollo all the way down to Vincent - she was certain that her brother had less romantic entanglements than she did.

Which was a pity. She'd seen the way women - goddesses and mortals alike - as well as some men looked at Alex.

Frankly, she didn't blame them.

She paused and fiddled with the golden tassle on the pillow. Were there things he could help her with? She wanted the nightmares to stop. She wanted to be able to fly out into space again, without worrying about a surprise Kree ship waiting to nab her again. She wanted Joe to come back.

"I'm fine right now," she said instead, working her lips up into a smile. "Some issues I need to deal with, but if they get too bad, I promise I'll pull you into my chaos. For now, I'm just glad that you're here, even if the circumstances for it are less than stellar."

[call_me_phobos]

"Powerful women intrigue me. A woman who knows how to use power is attractive." he said, returning the smile.

Alexander's romantic entanglements, such as they were, were all one-sided. The women he'd been with seemed to fall hard for him when he was under the impression that they were just having fun. Nothing ruined good fun (re: no strings attached sex) faster than hearing about how much someone wanted to really be with you.

It had led to more than a few broken hearts with those women and a great deal of confusion on his side. Perhaps he'd find a woman on Earth whose biological clock wasn't ticking so loudly that he could hear it from across the room.

When Roxanne said she was fine, Alexander decided not to press it further. She would speak in her own time or otherwise start asking questions to get him to ask her about what was going on. Her mention of the circumstances of his visit brought something up that he'd been meaning to address with her.

"Roxanne, I want to apologize for not being here with you more often. I want you to know that it isn't your fault. I'm inherent self-centered and you know that. I should be trying to keep you close, considering that you're the only human family that I have left." he said.

"I did the same thing to my mother. Stayed away for long periods of time before showing up only to leave again. She...didn't deserve that treatment. If Father hadn't been there for her at the end, she would have died alone. I didn't get to say goodbye to her, but I won't make that mistake with you.

I will /always/ be here for you, no matter what. I promise you that." Alexander said, suddenly very serious and staring into his sister's eyes.

"Anything you need, I'll be here for you. Remember that."

[avengingwarbird]

"Let's not worry about the past," Roxie said. "I appreciate the sentiment, but you're here now, and that's honestly all I care about. The past stuff...I understand, and it isn't as though I couldn't have come up to Olympus if I didn't want to." She leaned across and pulled her brother into one of her stronger hugs. "But thank you, Alex. For being there for me. It goes without saying, but it means a lot."

[call_me_phobos]

Alexander hugged his sister, feeling human again for a brief moment. She was all the humanity he had left. If he lost Roxanne...

he wouldn't think about that.

"Always, little sister. Always."