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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[avengingwarbird]

"Alex?" Roxie's popped her head out of her room, her navy blue eyes widening in surprise. She hadn't expected Alex to come by for a visit and was suddenly grateful that she wasn't in a compromising position.

Not that she'd been in any compromising positions lately.

"Hold on." Her head disappeared for a moment, and the sound of the Go-Gos claiming that they had the beat suddenly disappeared. Roxie appeared a moment later, a wide grin gracing her face and pulled her brother into a long hug. "What brings you here?" she asked. "Not that I'm complaining. I never actually get to see you as much as I'd like to but - hello." She looked down at the bag and back up at Alex. "Extended visit? You're not going to put the fear of Olympus into all of the Upper East Side, are you?"