Ronan was proud of making his own costume. Well he had help from the best little sister ever. He couldn't wait to see how hers turned out. Though he thought it woul be rather good if he said so himself. Nova had even made a hammer for him that crackled with lightening to add to the costume and now he felt he looked every bit like Thor. Though he had hoped that none of the gods would take offense. They were fairly fickle and he wasn't gonna lie, he was scared that he would make someone mad. It was JUST a Halloween costume. That's it, he wasn't trying to be a god or anything, he was a comic book character. And a handsome one at that, he thought as he flexed one of his muscular arms in the mirror. 'gods I look good' he thought. Ronan had even went as far as to wash off all of the soot and grim and much from his face.
But he was excited to see Zoe. He could only imagine how good she'd look with her costume on. He was excited to meet her, he hadn't even eaten he was so nervous. But the growling stomach reminded him that he hadn't eaten. Gods, he was stalling now. MAybe he should just forget this. Maybe he should just hide in the forge. God what kind of example would that be setting for Nova? No, he couldn't do that. HE didn't want to hurt Zoe. Ronan swallowed hard and walked to the party, viewing people and things that didn't normally look like that. Was that Mercury walking around looking like jack sparrow? Well, that was different but not out of the ordinary. He thought as he looked around for Zoe.
It definetely had been a surprise to find that turnip, It had been original and for the work it had in, whoever sent it to her had gotten into a lot of trouble just to do it. Then she looked at it and saw the message, it was from Ronan. He had done it and not only that thought of her, a beautiful master piece and the note in english, she smiled and breathed deeply, and ran to Principia, there she joined her hands and then between them she blew some air. the wind got cold, and flew to his office, there an Ice hamme of the size of a baseball ball was formed on his desk, it had the words "I'd be glad to go with you. see you there." on the top. then she ran back to her barracks to think how to dress up that day.
The first thing that crossed her mind had been the disney movie Frozen, but wouldn't be Else be a bit... redundant? It was a day where you could dress like anyone else! why should she dress like almost herself? Then she remembered that her mother's myth went up to the cold places of the world, Maybe she wouldn't go as her mother or as elsa, maybe she could go like something different. So she made her costume. She made herself something that she wasn't... a warrior. but at the same time something that she'd love to be if ronan decided to say it. She decided to go as Sif, in the comics she had been a warrior, but in the mythology she was almost like Vesta, so... maybe Venus would like it. But then remembered other one and that was the one she chose...
She wore a beautiful Nordic dress all in white, also a white cover on her back and head with some sinthetic Fox skin on the borders of it. She added make up. Half of her face was perfectly done, she looked almost like a porcelain doll, and the other side of her face was a skull, so as her neck and the hand and leg of that side of her body. She decided to go as Hel, daughter of Loki. She walked to the Party and covered her head with the hood, she looked at people and smiled when she saw lord Mercury having fun too. Then she saw Remus and his girlfriend as Ancient romans, and she could also see Clare and Jason, Camelot for them and the same for Ethan and McKinnon. But she couldn't see Ronan anywhere, until she looked around again.
she smiled and walked slowly to where he was. "So... Thor, I presume?" she was covering her head an only a bit of her porcelain doll face was seen. Then she lowered the hood so he could see her face, she would let him guess who she was that night.
He had enjoyed the time he spent with Nova, carving pumpkins in the forge and drinking hot chocolate. He had his little sister and she was the world to him. Sitting there and talking, it was something that they need to do more often. He had suggested they do weekly visits, dinner and a movie or dinner and ice cream, just hanging out. Ronan liked the idea of making time for Nova, it would give them both a chance to decompress and relax after a horribly hard day at being a legionnaire. But when he saw that Hammer of ice on his desk, he couldn't help but smile. He wanted to preserve it, to make the ice hammer last for ever. But it melted away as soon as he touched it. Ronan was a bit sad, that beautiful piece of work wasn't to last, but he would see Zoe later.
Ronan stood there, looking for his princess. He couldn't help but wonder who or what she was dressed as. He really couldn't believe how much effort people had put into this whole thing. It was pretty exciting to see everyone dressed up. And to see Charlie in a dress of all things, well it was strange. But... wait, what was that lurking along the side? Was that Spock and Kirk from star trek? Ronan had never seen the show before but there were very few people who didn't know the iconic characters, though Captain Picard was probably more famous. This was still pretty cool to see what everyone was going to come up with.
Someone spoke, Ronan turned and smiled as Zoe revealed herself. She was quite beautiful dressed up as Hel. “My beautiful Lady Hel.” He said with a bow. Though as he looked up he smiled at her. “My brother and thy father Loki might not appreciate such a gesture. But if thou wilst have me, I shall escort thee to a dance.” He said with a smile as he offered his hand towards her. Yeah he had this whole Renaissance fair thing down.
Zoe's heart beat fast inside her chest while she looked at Ronan. He looked so handsome, he really seemed a nordic god! strong, muscular, those bright icy blue eyes, but also that warmth that meant that he would never be hurt by ice, she felt confident to touch him, to hold his hand and walk with him around because he wouldn't get frozen! then he started talking, where did he learn to talk like that?! he was speaking in such an amazing way! she had read some books, but she had never been able to remember well the way to speak like a renascent lady!
So she smiled at him and tried her best. "I shall be more than pleased if thou were the one who escort me to the dance. " She smiled and her almost always pale cheeks got a slight pink on them, she seemed then a porcelain doll on a side and the other side remained as a skull. She held his hand and felt the warmth in it, it was like a soft fire, the one in a fireplace that you used to heat yourself, not the one to cook. The coming winter made her feel stronger, but that also meant her body started to become colder as the temperature went down. She would be almost hipotermic cold by then.
"Where did you learn to speak like that? it was amazing and beautiful!" she said proud of him as they walked to the dance floor. "and... you look very handsome in that costume." she said and got a bit closer to him.
Ronan offered the crook of his arm so she could take it and he could escort her. He really thought that her costume was quite nice. Her makeup was beautiful too. Her hand was rather cool against his flaming skin. Well he wasn't on fire yet, but if his face went any more red, he was likely to have another case of spontaneously combustion. The temperature was starting to get colder out and Ronan was starting to feel more at ease. The colder temperatures always felt better, reminding him of his dear homeland in Russia. One day, he'd like to return home, maybe live in the United states but not here, it would have to be some place much colder. This warmth was a bit too much to handle at times and the proximity to the humidity of the ocean sometimes made summers a bit unbearable.
"I learned from a book in the Library. It took me about a month to understand it. But One of the Mercury kids in the library helped me translate it so I could read it." No not all of the mercury kids were jerks that liked to steal things. Some of them were really helpful. "You look very beautiful yourself." He said with a smile as he bowed and gently took her by the waist to dance. He wasn't as graceful as Mercury dancing with Tessa, well he thought it was Mercury. There was no real telling with that god. Or Tessa and JAck Sparrow dancing was much better than he was. He accidentally stepped on her feet. "Sorry, I'm not that graceful." He stated with a sheepish look. Throwing and tossing around massive sacks of flour were nothing compared to dancing.
Zoe let Ronanconduct her to the dance floor as he told her where he had learnt ancient English, she was proud of him and was very happy, for some reason she felt and deeply hoped that he had learnt that for her, to impress her or maybe only to be an ancient times gentleman for her, maybe she was being too selfish, but in a way she really wanted it to be like that, maybe it was because of her Venus side that sometimes demanded for some extra attention, or maybe it was just her girly side that wanted to be special for the guy that she liked. Anyways, whichever the reason was, she loved how ancient English sound in his deep voice.
"Well, I really think it sounded cool and totally appropiated for this day!" she said and then they started dancing, she looked around just for a moment, Tessa Yates was Dancing with a pirate, she didn't know the guy but they seemed to have fun. then suddenly she felt as if a brick had been let dropped on her foot. She looked at ronan when he apologized and then as if nothing had happened, Zoe smiled at him. "I've got an idea..." she said and then as if she was a little girl, she just dared to step on him, she put her feet on his and then smiled again leaning up a bit. "See, now you won't step on me and we will dance the same way. besides... I'm a horrible dancer, i'll make you trip on my feet a lot, this way we won't have this problem... unless, you don't like it."
She smiled tenderly and then leaned up slowly and kissed the corner of his mouth, then pulled back, the kiss didn't last more than just a second, but it has been enough time to make her blush deeply and as she pulled back and smiled at him, still holding his hand and his arm to dance.
CENTURIONS:
FIRST COHORT: Kit Albright
Christopher Ashby
SECOND COHORT: Michael O'Connell
Lucius O'Connell
THIRD COHORT: Bruno Steinmetz
Mattan Ballas
FOURTH COHORT: --
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FIFTH COHORT: --
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CREDITS
Percy Jackson and The Olympians, and Heroes of Olympus, and their characters belong to Rick Riordan. All original characters belong to their respected owners/players.
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