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[sunburned]

The city hasn't changed very much, in the time since he was last there. The market still heaves with bodies, the air heavy with spice and incense. He finds himself remembering the scraps of Hindi that he learned when he was here last. He doesn't know the others well, but he tries to keep them in the corner of his eye - particularly Kivrin, who he knows matters to Julie.

"There has to be some way back," he says, to nobody in particular. "To the island, I mean? We cannot be stranded here?"


ooc: gathering post! This is where they get separated, so choose the groups you will, darling ones! :D

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[havenoplans]

Thor laughs, a low rumble in his throat as he takes in the strange sights and sounds. It is a conscious effort to not continue to make it rain, so eager is he to use all the powers once left to him. In the end, he cannot help himself the indulgence. Clouds roll in above the city and rain pours down on the busy streets, leaving a suspiciously dry circle around himself and Aphrodite as they walk. Their path clears a little as people find shelter from the rain, and he shoots Aphrodite a wry smile.

"And I would bring the thunder," he replies in agreement. "But our keepers are a treacherous lot, and I do not trust them to fight fair. Our powers would sooner be turned against us than them."

[just_hormones]

She knows the rain is Thor's doing, and the fact that they stay untouched by it while everyone around them gets drenched gives Aphrodite a bit of a long-missed thrill, of being in the company of a fellow god, both of them untouchable. She's kind of missed stuff like that, even if she's gotten used to living as a mortal.

"They never fight fair," Aphrodite says, throwing up a hand in a vague gesture at their surroundings. "Look what they're doing to us now. We're stuck in this place with no way of knowing how to get back. It's so not fair."

[havenoplans]

"Are you truly so eager to return, Aphrodite?" asks Thor, turning to face her with a curious look. He worries about Loki, alone on the Island, but he cannot claim a fondness for Tabula Rasa beyond that reserved for his few friends that have remained over the years.

[just_hormones]

"To the island? Not really," Aphrodite replies. "I like having my godhood back. But my boyfriend is back there, and he needs me. I have to get back to him." The truth is that she needs him too, just as much as he needs her, but that's not as easily admitted.

[havenoplans]

"Luke?" says Thor. He has heard Aphrodite speak of him before, but has never met the man himself. He wonders who could have snared the heart of a love goddess. He must be formidable indeed. "That is his name, right?"

[just_hormones]

"That's him," Aphrodite confirms, her expression softening automatically at the mention of his name. "He's a demigod. Son of Hermes. He hasn't had the easiest life, and the island's been pretty jerky to him lately."

She puts on a flippant little smile, adding in the kind of vain statement anyone she knew back home would expect of her. "Except for how he's got me, of course."

[havenoplans]

"Hermes," Thor echoes, thoughtful. "I do not know him." He shakes his head, then, stricken with sudden ruefulness. "But I hope he finds peace, soon. The island is not always the most comfortable of prisons."