Let The Sky Fall (open)

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Prometheus stood in the middle of Central Park. It had been a while since he had been here, talking to that young demigod, Perseus Jackson. Giving the boy a gift that could have changed the tide of the war. At the time, he had been on Kronos’ – or Saturn’s – side. The war was going swimmingly. The Olympians were tied up with their own business, the demigods were limited. The two camps each fighting on their own front, far apart from each other as it should be. Now Saturn was coming back. And he was left trying to decide which side to take.

Which was an easy enough job. He’d taken sides in wars a hundred times. Every war that had ever happened, from the original war against Ouranos to modern day. Ouranos, Uranus, whichever. Prometheus wasn’t particular. He was one of the few that escaped renaming under the hands of the Roman Empire. It still gave him a bit of a headache when he thought about the two different cultures too hard, his somewhat different personalities duking it out in his head. Not recommended for anyone. But it wasn’t as bad as say, the Olympians. Some of them had been completely remodeled. There was a reason the camps were kept secret from one another. Though how long would that last?

But back to matters at hand: the coming war. The gods still didn’t trust him. That was why he was still in hiding. In plain sight, possibly, but sometimes that was the best place to hide. The Olympians wouldn’t expect him to come back here to the scene of the crime. Not so soon. Give it a century or so. Time passed in weird ways for immortals. But the moral of the story was, he held no love for the gods. They had tormented him gladly. But there was also the fact that the last time he had sided with Kronos/Saturn, it had not ended well. For now he would do what he always did. Sit back and watch. And wait.

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War, It was not something Juno particulary cared for partially because she was not as strong as some of the other Goddesses. Her own daughter Bellona was pretty useful in war for she was a goddess of war. Now it seemed like the titan war was going to happen a third time, and Juno knew her way around a weapon but so did her father. Juno was dressed her finest white robes of the traditional Acient Rome. The goddess hadn't changed much in several million years and didn't feel the need to start now. Juno walked around New York, When she happened to spot a titan she recognized. Prometheus was not exactly on her bad side nor was he on her good side. The queen of the gods loved her husband but felt the punishment of Prometheus for the fire inccident,was uncalled for. Sure in hind sight had the humans not really survived because of the cold, Jupiter wouldn't have demigod children. No, the man would go for somehing else like another goddess or possibly a nymph, so really Prometheus' actions did nothing to truly hurt her much.

Despite the unfaithful ways of her husband, Juno did have a soft spot for humans. Many women she cared for were loyal to their husbands just like her. She also loved seeing the little kids play, which in her eyes made Prometheus actions not so bad as to deserve being chained to a rock. He was also not on the goddess' good side for he joined the titan, and sought to destroy her family. Juno's motherly instincts would not allow him do such an action. The goddess approached slowly. "Prometheus? May i please ask why you have shown up again? I am more softer than my dear Husband, and won't tell him i saw you. I personally don't want to see you tied to a rock again. I do feel that punishment was unjust. You however have threatened my family when you sided against us. I am sorry i find that hard to forgive." Juno spoke softly keeping close to the titan.

It was during these times where rumors of her father's return, that made Juno sightly more curious as to what the titans were up to. In the last war Diana was held prisoner, while in her greek form, So Now Juno wanted to keep in touch with what the titans were doing. She may not like that Diana was a child of an affair Jupiter had, However She still cared for her immortal family, Well most of them that is. This why she was now talking to a titan in the middle central park. It would be most interesting conversation because Prometheus was a crafty one.

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A sort of smile crossed Prometheus’ face when he heard a voice behind him, a familiar voice at that. Juno. Or Hera, come to think of it, as he was in Greek territory. He turned to face the visitor. Juno, definitely Juno. Then again, Hera tended to dress up too, but from what he knew, the Roman side of most of the gods tended to be the more formal. And her dress today certainly was formal. A light smile crossed his face. “Juno. Good to see you.” Sort of. Was it ever really good to see the gods? No, Juno wasn’t as bad as her husband in his book, so long as you didn’t get her angry. Even though he did still blame her for the whole chained to a rock thing. He blamed all of the first-generation Olympians for that one though, so it was nothing special against her in particular.

“As for why I’m here, I have no particular reason really. Taking in the scenery, I suppose. Letting myself think. There are many things on the horizon. Surely that has come to the attention of the great Olympians as well. I have foreseen a particularly trying time coming. Particularly. And soon. I appreciate your sentiments though, and your keeping my presence a secret from the king of the gods.” Though he wouldn’t be surprised if Jupiter already knew. It wasn’t like Titans has a very insignificant power signature. He radiated power, just like his kin, just like the gods too. Not as much as, say, the more powerful Titans such as Hyperion or Iapetus or Saturn himself. The older ones. He was still fairly young by their standards. And old by the gods’ standards. It was a very mixed up family that even he didn’t care to dwell on. “Though I should hope standing in a park is not so harshly punishable. I can somewhat better understand the stealing fire ordeal being so, though I still maintain that I had my reasons. But your kind words are appreciated.”

He looked back to the horizon and the people milling about, not even noticing the two immortals. “Hmm. Yes. I suppose the goddess of family and the like would not be so fond of betrayal. How about I offer you a trade then? For your trust, I offer information. Valuable information that will help you in the days to come. Your relic? The one you created along with the pithos?” He tried not to dwell on that one, another incident where he hated the gods for their little ‘gift’. “Saturn has it. And he plans on using it to his own ends. This coming Saturnalia. I don’t know how to stop him, or I’d share that information with you as well. He has help among the Romans and mortals. It will come to war.”

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Juno listened to Prometheus talk about being glad she would not rat him out but they both knew titans had powerful signature. "I am sure Jupiter has other things distracting him right now. I think they most involve two legs and big breasts. I do not think standing here is punishable and even i thought your rock punishment was harsh. It didn't fit the crime as i thought it should. The only reason I had against taking fire was the fact that it did keep mortals alive so Jupiter could continue to cheat. However, I do like the mortals some of them are quite nice and some are faithful to spouses. I love married women and a lot of the young girls i like to watch out for. So really your punishment was too harsh." Juno spoke softly but really seeing as they were in the land of the Greek demigod camp, she should have been changing personalitiies. In Greek form she was not much different probably little kinder but overall still vengeful angry wife of Jupiter/Zeus.

Then Juno smiled as Prometheus proceeded to tell her that he would trade valuable information for her trust. She normally did not give out her trust especially to a crafty titan like Prometheus. She would also need to do a follow up to see if what he had to tell her was true. Juno's face fell when Prometheus said that the relic was in the hands of her father but how the man was supposed to be banished again. Then Juno remembered the illegitimate child of Pluto had been tricked into giving Saturn a body. "Thank you for the information, I will personally see to finding out if what you say is True. I am sorry but with you being the titan of Crafty counsel, I often find myself wondering if what you say is true or you just saying it to further your own goals. I trust you to possibly not wanting to see my family overthrown this time so you gave me the information. I hate to pull you into family disputes but I would appreciate talking to more especially, if you find out what he plans to use it for. I am afraid demigods are easily deceived and can turn on the gods in a moment. I know you do blame me for your situation but the same I wish to let you know I do feel sympathy towards your plight." Juno smiled as she watched a little child walk past the gods without knowing what he was seeing. She was not looking forward to another war but seemed like it would happen.

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Prometheus chuckled at her assessment of what was likely distracting Jupiter. Yes, that sounded about right. “Sometimes I do pity you, Juno, for having such an unfaithful husband. You do deserve better. But alas, I do not venture to understand the workings of love and therefore should not talk on the matter.” He fell silent and listened to the rest of her talk of the mortals and his punishment for helping them, nodding slightly. “And of course, the women of the world are most fortunate to have you for a patron.” After all, it never hurt to flatter a goddess. Especially one like Juno. Well, any immortal really had something of an ego about them. He admitted to it himself. He wasn’t as bad, at least not in his opinion, as some, but that wasn’t really saying much when one looked at individuals such as Jupiter.

He kept careful eye on the goddess’ reaction as he spoke. It wasn’t far off what he expected. Then again, he liked to think that he was always accurate, given his gift of foresight, but two years ago had proven that one wrong unfortunately. A lesson he had still not gotten over. But that aside, back to matters at hand. Like Juno. Thankfully, she was a little more predictable than Castellan had proven to be. Perhaps her centuries of being at least close to the same helped with that. Yes, most immortals, even himself, were quite predictable in some way or the other. Much more so than demigods. Demigods were volatile, changing. Harder to predict. Then again, Pluto’s move in joining the fight had also been unexpected. Though Prometheus liked better to think that he simply had not been using his gift of foresight else he would have known it was coming. He would be more alert this war. Whichever side he picked. If indeed he did pick one.

He nodded to Juno. “Do as you will. Check what you like. Very prudent of you.” Though he half-smiled. “And here things get interesting. I do know what he is planning with it. I have foreseen it. But why should I share such valuable information with one who does not believe me, hmm?” He looked out to the horizon. “There are many things coming.” He glanced back at her. “Your sympathy is appreciated, though perhaps unnecessary. I have come to terms long ago with my position in the world and am quite used to it. It is not sympathy I desire, but a chance.”

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Juno smiled softly as little girls played jump rope a mortal game Juno found quite intriguing and she rolled her eyes when Prometheus spoke of Jupiter's actions. "Thanks Prometheus but trtuth is that with being the Goddess of Marriage i will not just simply leave my husband for it would mean breaking the very thing i am to protect. Jupiter does what he wants but knows I will forever be by his side. However I do not always agree with his actions or thoughts which is why I am here now. You want a chance to prove yourself to me, I do offer you such a chance but really Prometheus, you must please forgive my skepticism. You are not only titan of forethought but crafty counsel. So my worries are you are being little crafty with me decieving me. I do believe you that war is coming, and I would not be overly surprised that he does have this Relic. Please Prometheus I do beg of you i may or may not be able to stop what you see and as a Goddess, i am not really supposed to interfere with the demigod's lives.Implore you for the sake of my own family whom i do love, What is Saturn planning?" Juno spoke with sincerity and her voice cracking a bit. She did for the most part love her family, true Vulcan was a disappointment and was ugly beyond belief but he had kids and wife. True, neither was pretty faithful to the other but she did value his kindness and tenacity towards catching Venus in her affairs. Juno was in part reminded of herself in Vulcan.

Then Juno laughed when Prometheus said women were lucky to have her as a patron. "Sorry but I do not think them so lucky, especially if Jupiter flirts with them. You know full well what i do to his women if i find out who they are. I do not need reminders of how Bacchus was born. The woman was stupid should have known not to ask for what she did. However I did influence that. I am more inclined to believe you for I do not turn a blind eye to the events occurring just as they did with Luke. However I thought with Percy Jackson that were keeping our promises. I never had to stick to that promise for I have no demigod kids. I just thought maybe the others were sticking to it. Then again knowing how well a gods kept a promise last time, i doubt they kept this one too." Juno spoke telling Prometheus of the oath the young hero had the gods make on the river Styx. Juno also knew last time Jupiter made a promise on the river Styx he was the first to break it, so no doubt the gods were breaking this one too. The gods rarely changed, herself included but at least she didn't have demigods and having to worry this time.

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Prometheus nodded thoughtfully. “And this I understand. I hardly blame you as well. To go against your very essence... would be catastrophic. Not to mention on par with the impossible. And I side with you on this one as well, I see his infidelity as sickening.” Then again, he was never one for messing with mortals in that way, so the whole idea itself was contestable. He watched her calculatingly as she said she was here to give him the chance he so desperately sought. He let out a soft laugh and smirked when she admitted to being skeptical thanks to his reputation. A wise move on her part. Why yes, he was the Titan of crafty counsel. Something he was quite fond of really. “I am not deceiving you,” was all he said, letting her continue as she was. He would merely have to prove himself. Not an unusual thing.

Then he stopped short, and to be honest, had a difficult time hiding a smile. But thankfully, he was good at acting, so with any luck, the goddess wouldn’t notice anything had changed. So she was begging him now? Usually it was he begging the gods, not the other way around. It was a refreshing change. A very refreshing change. He could get used to this. Yes, he was hard pressed not to smile. This was a good day; the queen of the gods was begging him for help. So they did have some sense in them, he mused.

He nodded slightly. “I will help you, though do not take it as me taking sides. I am a neutral party as of the moment. But a little advice is not out of the question.” He fell silent, allowing a moment either for pondering or for dramatic effect, whichever worked best. A young couple walked by, completely unaware of the immortals standing not fifteen feet from where they passed. “What is Saturn planning? Well, isn’t that the question of the century? I’m afraid I have no mind-reading abilities, and am not a part of his inner circle, so I can’t say what exactly he has in mind, but I assume it is what he has always striven for: power and a fully-realized return to it.”

So flattery wasn’t going to work. Well, darn. “Understandable. As many know, you are not one to be crossed. But those you find favor in are blessed indeed.” He resumed listening as she talk about the promise young Mr. Jackson had forced the gods to make. It did not affect either of those present at the moment, of course, but that was that. “So far, so good, that I’ve seen. I’d give it another couple of years yet. Then, yes, expect failure.”