Where your heart lays... (open)

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At the beginning it had been so much fun... threating the weak campers, making them try to defeat their stronger oponents. walking around, creating some strife among them. strife was always something good if it was well directed. Strife was also competitive, so why not! That would make some campers to try to be better than others, even if that also left some injured ones in the infirmary, the medics were excellent they wouldn't die... until some of them died.

Discordia was walking down one of the main streets in Olympus, she was debating about telling the other god what she knew about Saturn or not, Janus wouldn't be so confused in that moment if it was him in the problem she was, she knew it. As she walked by, some minor gods looked at her and whispered stuff among them, well she didn't care what they might think of her or her actions, she had never cared about it! and some of the deaths... were some were programmed at some point, but others... well others shouldn't have happened, others were colateral damage that shouldn't have been there, even with all the strife and discord that they could bring.

She had ordered Vivian to Kill Remus Stone, but she knew Vivian wouldn't be able to kill him, but she would be able to injure him enough to let Saturn's plans keep going. But then when she heard about Bellona's girl, Valerie. SHe really thought that it was getting out of hand. That crazy witch, Rhia... the way she had killed Valerie had been excessive, decapitation had always been fun, but not in that moment. Not that she cared about Valerie or Bellona, NO! But she cared about Mors, and even when he only had two legacies and Gunnar was a prodigy, his other legacy Lilith was a lame soldier and well... useless. But Mors cared about her and the way Vivian had almost killed her too...

Discordia had always tried to help Mars by creating some strife among campers, they would fight, increase their skills and would be better legionaries, stronger and better prepared for future fights. Even at the beginning she pushed Felicity even further from what her already crashed soul and mind could get, yet she got it and become stronger, but she would never really injure the campers, not in a deathly way.

She knew that some Gods needed a good fright, then they would put their minds again where they should, but she didn't want them to vanish! They wouldn't die, only fade after some time, including herself. Suddenly she stopped and shook her head, if she went to Jupiter, then he would know that she had been working for Saturn, Bellona would blame her for her daughter's loss, Mars would hate her for ordering the death of his kid! Mors would be really mad at her for letting that crazy daughter of Victoria attacking his beloved granddaughter, even when he would never showed it! She couldn't stand when her beloved brother was so upset at her.

So she stood there in the middle of the gran via to the main temple in Olympus, she didn't know what to do. SHe would like to talk to Mors, Mars, even Trivia, the only gods she really cared about. But in that moment she didn't feel brave enough to face any of them, unless one of them talked to her first.

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Diana was walking along the cobble stones of the pathway in Mount Olympus. Honestly, she really did hate being up in the clouds. The Goddess of the Hunt much preferred to stray off the beaten path and explore the adventurous tundra down below. As she walked along the path with silver hoodie on, not caring to dress in her formal Roman goddess attire, she kept the hoodie up to try to hide her identity, hopefully pass as one of her hunters. Sometimes, depending on the day, the minors gods would be so eager to see a major deity that they would surround them and try to get as much information out of them while sucking up to them in hopes of having better credibility with Mr. High and Mighty himself, Jupiter, her father. The goddess sighed. She was not a fan of it, unlike her twin who allowed himself every opportunity to let himself into the spotlight. She supposed thats why when they arrived into their Roman forms Apollo got the sun, meanwhile she got the moon, which she didn't mind. She always had enjoyed the night, the way moonlight shown through the trees during a night hunt and then using the stars as navigation. It was splendid.

Although there was the superstition that moonlight caused people to become crazy. Diana wanted to call bologna on that one. She symbolized the moon and she could guarantee that it was one hundred percent not crazy. It was superstitious mortals who were crazy. It was probably a male who made that tall tale up anyway. Perhaps one who fancied her hunters before and she had attacked. Served them right. All guys were pigs and only had ill intentions with women. All girls would be okay without men. Why was it so hard to understand that? Couldn't they take one look at Jupiter and understand? Seriously, if Diana had her way she would rid the world of all males.

Diana stopped as she blinked. Why had her thoughts all turned to strife so suddenly? She lifted her head up and glanced around the pathway. It was pretty deserted as no one was headed to the main temple at Olympus, however a raven haired individual caught her attention. Diana knew automatically that she was the reason her strife, Discordia. The goddess continued to walk forward toward the other goddess. It was odd to see her on Olympus, usually she hung out on the ground below or in the Underworld. Just what was she doing here? Maybe she was coming to seek an audience with Jupiter, although that seemed rather unlikely. Either way, Diana could no longer keep her curiosity at bay. Sure, she might not be the girliest goddess out there, but she couldn't deny investigating a few drops of gossip every now and then.

Diana walked up with a slight skip in her step, a friendly smile plastered on her face. "Ah, Discordia! I thought it was you. Long time no see! How long has it been, a good few centuries I imagine. Last I saw you you were trying to start a civil war between my hunters. How have you been?" Diana said with no ill-will. After all, that little problem turned out to be helpful as it strengthened their ties together and they worked to find a better solution. Sure, some fists were swung but Diana made sure her hunters wouldn't kill each other. She liked to have seen Discordias pestering as a sort of test, which she believed that her hunters aced swimmingly.

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notes: Well, lets see how this goes. Sorry for the wait.

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Discordia was trully desperated, it was the first time her own power was wrecking her immortal mind, strife was already making her feel desperated and lost. She looked at her hands, she could see the blood that they had on them. Innocent blood of demigods, but then when she was about to poof away once more, she heard the voice of someone behind her. She frowned and stood straight for a second she couldn't recognize the voice, but when she talked about huntresses, the strife goddess smirked and covered her confussion and pain with a confident mask. then she turned slowly and looked at The goddess of the moon.

"Diana!!" She smiled widely and then put her index on her lips and tip on them for some seconds. "Yes... a couple of centuries..." then she shruged and smiled again looking at Diana. "but you aren't upset at me... still... right?" she asked with an innocent voice and smile on her face. She didn't care if the huntress goddess was upset or not at her. She had started a civil war among her huntresses because they were lacking of braveness and focusness on their real task and mission in life, so Discordia only made her see their flaws about it!

Her question about how was she... well it should be something easy to answer to, right? she was an immortal she played and toyed humans, then unless there was something dark behind her intentions, she should be fine... right? So it would be ok to play a bit more, lie a bit more, why not?! she had already lied a lot and she didn't need to uncover her recent alliances to the daughter of Jupiter, not when she could try to take her sorry butt to face the presence of the father of the gods and face a trail before she could even talk to them and explain her reasons.

"I'm fine Diana, you know how it is... playing here and there, planting some strife in a human here, in a human there... in a god here, in a god there and everything turns out really well... fun, fun, fun!" she smiled in her lunatic own way, then she looked at Diana and with a slight smirk she returned the question. "and you dear?... how have you been since the last time I saw you?" she asked and then walked a couple of steps to a fountain close to them, grabbed a bowl and drank from the nectar that the fountain had.

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WORDS: 426
NOTES: lol my lunatic goddess!! lol I hope this goes well.

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Diana shook her head to tell the goddess of strife no. "Of course not." Diana said as she recalled the event in her head. Sure, the others sometimes questioned Discordias method of fun. After all, she had caused some great wars in the past. Wars, which, the gods would not like to happen again. Bloodshed was needed every now and then, especially if you needed to knock a population down a few notches, but if Discordia, and Mars for that matter, had their way, every day would be a day of bloodshed and battle. "I did let you have your fun, but I made sure to stop it before it got too out of hand." Diana said, not in a way to sound way above her, that was never the huntress intention. She was more down to earth and social out of the big twelve, Diana was friends with many of the minor gods and goddesses, so she had no intent of being rude to Discordia.

Diana was truthful too. It was a great opportunity to see the issues that her hunters faced together and to, in the long run, sort them out and build a stronger sisterhood between them all. Turns out that with Discordia having her fun they were able to become stronger and wiser. Sure, they make all look like teenage girls or younger, but mentally they were well beyond their years. They all seemed to gain a new level of maturity too. No wonder many people feared them in large numbers, they could be a scary bunch, but they were a bunch that Diana was proud of. She needed to thank her father again for letting her have a band of hunters, even though Diana was always thinking him, it was one of the best birthday presents she had ever received, that and her hounds which assisted her in hunting.

Diana studied her as she told how she was. Yes, that didn't really surprise Diana. As long as Discordia was causing strife she always did seem to be in a merrier mood. Who knows how much fun she was having now that a war was on the verge of happening again. She was probably so ecstatic with her work and what not. Then the question came about herself. How had she been? Well, mainly trying to stay away from the war and care for her hunters. They remembered the last war and the lives lost and were not too eager to be apart of that again. "I've been better. At the present time I am just trying to protect my hunters. Yet, I know the gods are trying to grab as many as possible to help if another war does in deed happen. I am not at all anxious for another war to happen. I would much rather enjoy a nice relaxing hunt with my girls. I personally feel we should nip this commotion in the butt now rather then wait for it to fully surface." Dian stated truthfully. Unlike some of her brothers and sisters, she did not like war.

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notes: sorry for the wait

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Discordia looked at the goddess of the hunt and the moon and smiled at her, she couldn't let her know what was really in her head, what was corroding her very immortal soul. The image of the body of that poor demigod was still in her mind, and it wasn't like it had been the first body that she had seen in her life, no! definetely that wasn't what bugged her already unstable mind. Maybe it was that she didn't calculate that dead, she wanted them to strength their lines and be stronger, be able to make a stronger legion like in the past, like the legion of julius Caesar!

But instead of that she saw the body of the daughter of Bellona, no head there, just lifeless over a pool of her own blood! the demigod who did it should have had been beyond crazyness, and that time she didn't have anything to do with her unbalanced mind. Maybe that was also what bothered her... But no matter what really upset her, the fact was that her plans hadn't been exactly how she planned them to be, so she needed to do something before more good demigods died in vain. the voice of Diana brought her back to the place and time where both of them were.

"Well, I'm glad at least you're forgiving about my moments of fun!" she smiled at the teenage looking goddess. In deed she had always forgiven her lunatic moments, but... could she forgive her now? could she be so calm, so understanding?! "NO!! she would never understand! She's one of the twelve! They never understand the means that moved the minor gods like me! They only think we are jealous of their power and position!... well sometimes we are... but not this time... not now!!" She had a mental argument with herself like always she was in a moment like that, but she couldn't let Diana know about it!... not now... not yet.

"oh,... yeah... the new war." She said really concerned, not playing around, for a moment a very slight a brief moment the goddess of the eternal young huntresses could see a glimps of the mental tiredom that Discordia had in that moment, just a glimpse of it, but then she regained her usual confident lunatic smile, she sipped again from the bowl with nectar and then left it again on the edge of the fountain, she looked at Diana. "So you'll keep your huntresses away from this war? well that is a wise move, because for sure a lot of demigods will die in this war, they have already started dying." she said and shrugged as if she didn't care, but it was just a way to cover up her own pain. "At least I don't have kids in this war, so I'm cool with it happening..."

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NOTES: sorry, her mental state is eroding fast XD

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Diana gave a friendly smile and polite nod. Yes, it was true that most would not approve of Discordias, what was she called it? Fun. Right, Diana wasn't sure that was the right word either. But to each their own. Dianas version of fun was hunting wild animals with her hunters and also turning annoying boys into animals only to hunt them down in the end. Probably wouldn't be seen as fun to some of the other gods like Apollo, gods her brother was annoying at times, but to her it was fun. So who was she to say that Discordia bothering the lives of individuals only to bring about hatred wasn't fun for her? Diana wasn't the judgmental type, okay, she was at times, especially if it involved guys. Then she was probably the most judgmental goddess out of all of them, but only in regards to guys "Well of course! I thought it was great exercise. Might even invite you back in a few decades to test the new recruits." Diana remarked with a friendly smile.

Then the topic of war. No, not Mars, but what he was deity of. Diana studied the goddess of Strife in front of her. She seemed tired, worn out even. Though she quickly regained her composure. Diana couldn't help but left an eyebrow slightly in question. Diana nodded though when she remarked about her keeping her hunters out of the war. True, a few argue with the idea but it was for the best. Diana knew that. Last time, there was different circumstance. Diana herself had had her Greek counterpart kidnapped and was forced to take Atlas place. They had reason to want to fight. But this time, they didn't. Sure, if a few wanted to join up in arms with the Roman camp Diana will allow it and hope that they make a swift return back healthy. She emphasized the fact that they can die in battle, that was where their immortality came to an end. Diana hoped that was enough to keep her hunters safe with her.

"I never have any kids in the war, but it still troubles me. I don't believe you are as cool as you let on." Diana said with a hint of suspicion in her voice. She didn't want to be seen as mean but if Discordia was hiding something, it was better it came to the surface. Was Discordia the reason behind Bellonas daughter being killed in such an unhonorable manner? Or the reason behind that the praetor of New Rome, Mars son, was so brutally attacked? Or was Diana simply over thinking all the instances that have happened. She sighed. She was suppose to be staying out of all this, not trying to associate with the war. But still, she would much rather help her father than let her grandfather grab another upper hand.

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notes: sorry for if its cruddy and for the wait