𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐃 . . . beckett moreau son of apollo penned by c for mistparted. — &. ft. bare skin; narcissism cloaked in charm; honey that drips; the hiss of an arrow in flight; being drawn to the sun like icarus reincarnate . . .
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𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐃 . . . beckett moreau son of apollo penned by c for mistparted. — &. ft. bare skin; narcissism cloaked in charm; honey that drips; the hiss of an arrow in flight; being drawn to the sun like icarus reincarnate . . .
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CLOSED. ↷ aria + beckett — - later in the evening @ the armoury. june 22nd, 1977.
tumult becomes tempest — storm that started brewing the minute red + blue began to blink, casting seven shadows in techicolour / reaches its crescendo several hours later, returned unceremoniously to 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍’𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜. ( she’d woken up early, too: watched the 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐒 of early hours fade, tracked the way blinding disc rose. it feels like a fucking waste of a morning now. ) cue the thick of it: thunder rumbles, lightning crackles, 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗐 is fired at skewered target, like shooting the everloving shit out of it can erase the feeling of utter failure that swallows her like 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱. weapon discarded, lithe frame is now slumped on the floor sipping ( read: chugging ) wine that sends her head spinning … she’d be content with it, the resignment, if the sound of featherlight steps echoed + the unmistakeable fragrance hadn't wafted in. fucking bergamot and mandarin. “ you survived. ” tone doesn’t waver, flat + unaffected by the quirk of one thick brow ; the water bottle she grips belies the fact that it’s not hydration she seeks. ( water isn’t the colour of odysseus’ sea. neither does it share the same 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐘 that’s stained the crescents where her teeth have sunk in. thank the gods for bunny hopewell - ward. ) aria doesn’t quite look at beckett, doesn’t raise a gaze so resolutely aimed at the floor / sullen girl, indulging in a good old - fashioned wallow for the second day in a row. “ heard it was a close call. ”
bitterness has lingered on his tongue since their hasty exit from salem. the moment of their failure still burning with intensity: icy darkness ( abandoned by the sun god ) the shrill of shrieking and the sting of claws. leaving so early, running away, without so much as a glimpse of the fate they were tasked with a washout far too public for him to swallow easily. solace found only in the failure of their counterparts — being battered by a fight less humiliating than being dragged back to long island like misbehaving teenagers by the god of thieves. the archery range a likely place for him to end up in the aftermath, the hiss of arrows a distraction from his discontent. an unexpected presence dampens his escape. it’s late enough now that the night has begun to overtake the day, her skin aglow under moonlight the way his was in the sun. gifted as the children of ares may be with weapons it was the hunters he loathed encountering at the archery range, their gifts shared. “ disappointed ? ” eyes flicking downwards as she speaks, “ you artemis devotees, ” voice not jagged or rough, yet there’s a sharp edge to his tenor, shielded from further investigation only by the ease of his being ( beckett could never be considered cruel or snide, not when his voice flowed melodic and sweat stuck to his skin like a gloss of armour ). “ always think you could do better, ” pausing, “ heard you didn’t even have to do any proper fighting. ” he crouches now, meeting her at floor level, a wicked smile replacing his discontented smirk, “ you smell like wine, ” eager for distraction in any form “ is it bunny’s ? that stuff may as well be absinthe, ” rocking backwards so that he’s sitting across from her, “ hate to see you drinking alone, ” it’s half an offer of his company half an offer to take some of the wine off of her hands, neither a particularly good deal ( besides, the honest truth was that he had been nipping at his flask since the night at the motel, whisky warm from his skin but a good enough vice ). “ and what are your thoughts on the news from the underworld then ? ”
— LEAVING CAMP NEVER FEELS PLANNED WHEN alicia does it. the quest is no different and, though they know she's as prepared as she will be before they're on the road, the discomfort settles over her like a second skin, lost in their own world of checklists and planning. if she weren't so tuned into the sound of his voice, they might not have realized he was speaking to her, but it was difficult to ignore beckett even in her best form. "oh, just stellar." their smile is reflective, bright and only tinged with the pessimism she feels in the face of their quests, the darker mood fading in his presence. "i'm really looking forward to interrupting the vacation of a goddess, actually." the thought occurs to her to mention that at least they've been tasked with the fate of new life, rather than the threadcutter, but they can't, given that was his task. but his confidence is clear as the sun in the sky and they feel a little silly for being concerned for his safety when he himself was not. "what about you?" they glance over him, committing the cool, poised self-assurance evident in his posture, the sun in his smile, to memory. "ready to charm the inflexible one into spilling her secrets?"
there’s something about alicia that captures beckett, like a moth to a flame, though he can forget it so easily in absence or distraction. in this moment he’s drawn in by the scent of suntan oil and peach and the flush of morning sun on their skin. “ well your group is lucky to have you, ” his voice dripping with his signature confidence, so sure of himself and his words it borders on hubris in the face of the fates themselves. “ and new orleans is a riot, good music scene, ” salem on the other hand seemed incredibly boring to him, though there was a certain weight to being tasked with atropos he couldn’t deny he liked, self importance preening as he’s assigned the final fate — death heavy and jagged and something he never felt destined to. “ oh yeah, you know me, ” his muscles lithe and relaxed in the face of danger, one hand pressed into the warmth the sun has left on the back of his neck, ease evident in the angles of his body, “ i’m sure i’ll have secrets pouring out in an instant, ” his eyes flick back over his shoulder, to the cherry red van at the crest of the hill now surrounded by a group of demi gods, “ i should probably catch up with them ” his attention returning to alicia. he grins, eyes on theirs, and quickly leans in. it’s brief — v - j day in times square. impermanent and electric in the way that comes so naturally to him. in an instant he’s gone, already inching towards the van, “ for good luck, ” the explanation springs from his lips like a profession, he’s confident — grinning, turning, and then gone without a second thought.
him <333333
#BECKETT, @andarrows disgusts her ( no, he delights her, he is the erinyes stripping her apart until she is nothing but herself — the more appropriate word would be terrifies, horrifies, sickens )
i. goodreads discussion answer / goodreads user jackie l. ii. & iv. red desert ( 1964 ) / dir. michelangelo antonioni iii. & v. electra / sophocles, translated by anne carson vi. the lover / marguerite duras vii. the fruits / paris paloma viii. thread reply by c ( user @andarrows ) ix. saltburn ( 2023 ) / dir. emerald fennell x. theatrical trailer for house / hausu ( 1977 ) / dir. nobuhiko ôbayash xi. if we were villains / m.l. rio xii. l'eclisse ( 1962 ) / dir. michelangelo antonioni xiii. necktie ( 2013 ) / dir. yorgos lanthimos xiv. the secret history / donna tartt

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* and isn’t that godhood ? a form so divine it burns to look at @ptolomeas
" i'll be your mirror ", the velvet underground and nico ( 1966 ) / double exposure image , origin unknown / " the trouble with wilderness " , william cronon ( 1995 ) / self recognition through the other , origin unknown / " on the passion caused by the sublime " , edmund burke ( 1757 ) / you are not me and i am not you, but you and i are the same thing , unknown orgin / " the trouble with wilderness " , william cronon ( 1995 ) / mosaic showing theatrical masks of tragedy and comedy; roman artwork , hadrian's villa mosaic ( 2nd century ce ) / the secret history , donna tartt ( 1992 ) / writing excerpt , sera @ptolomeas ( 2024 ) .
— THE WARMTH OF HIS FINGER MAPPING THE LINES in her hand in combination with the focus he's giving to the bit, captivating and enchanting, sends a chill straight down her spine, nearly missing the look he spares them, the twitch in her fingers the only tell that they've felt it at all — it just tickles, nothing more. "oh, am i?" she returns, mimicking his own words and tone, with a smug smile, the fire of her vanity stoked in just the right way, subtly but honestly. the truth in his words even gives a thrill, despite the satisfaction being unearned, as she well knows. the goddess of beauty's children all had a nearly unearthly quality to them, a benefit of their parentage, yet alicia glows like a full moon under his sparing praise. "of course, that would be apollo's line." fame and fortune, apollo and perhaps tyche, but the idea of success among mortals aligns much more closely to the sun god's image, whether their future is bright. "pronoia," they repeat, eyebrows raised in her amusement. there's a quip on the tip of their tongue about the lack of knowledge, perhaps even the lack of shame in leading her on like he knew what it would mean but the words die on her parted lips before they can make their way out. the enraptured shine their wide brown eyes dims in the shadow of a question filled with an intoxicating sweetness that is dangerous enough to nearly have her whispering a prayer to her mother. there's too many ways to answer, and none of them just right, either. ga-eun might get something sugar-coated, bunny something sardonic, but there's an uncertainty with beckett's gravitational pull that leaves her torn between baring their inner thoughts and keeping a careful distance, lest they get burned by his carelessness that she knows well enough, that she would even argue made him more deserving, in a way, more human like the rest of them. "freedom," she hears herself answer, honestly enough — freedom or peace, perhaps, should she take a moment longer to think and rephrase, but aren't they the same to her? can she truly have peace without liberation? — though restraint is a fine line, and they tack on, lightly, "or maybe just a cigarette? not sure, think either could satisfy."
* “ YOU KNOW YOU’RE GORGEOUS, ” it’s warm and inviting, a hint of intensity colouring the edges of his voice. another thread of flirtation, and yet laced with a subtle invitation; the two of them both well aware of their own blessings, why not bask in the glow of their divinity unashamed. he’s quiet, eyes lingering on them as they answer his question. “ freedom, ” he repeats back, voice rich with the weight of the word. he stretches it out as he speaks, rolling and holding it, as though it was a piece of her that’s been gifted to him ( one, like most things, that will probably lay forgotten and abandoned by his carelessness all too soon ). “ well i can help with the cigarette at least, ” he comments, hand reaching for the crumpled pack in the back of his worn levis, “ ‘d hate to leave you unsatisfied. ” pulling a cigarette between his fingers he brings it to his lips, lighting it with an inhale. he allows the scent of tobacco and smoke to linger in his senses for a moment before he extends it to alicia, drawing out a second for himself. “ we’re still allowed to smoke at camp right ? i haven’t really kept up with the rules while i’ve been away. ”
IN THE MOONLIT REALM OF THE ARCHERY RANGE, beckett's arrival feels like a burst of sunlight, radiant, blinding, stifling.
as he steps into her line of sight, hands raised in a non-threatening manner, rosalynn senses the easy confidence that accompanies someone like him. his love for precision and glory screams apollo, and his words carry a casual charm, an invitation wrapped in a playful challenge.
and yet, rosie can't bring herself to offer more than a wry smile in return. ❛ i'm not one to insist upon anything, though i can't say i make a habit of turning away a fellow archer, either. ❜
her gaze holds a subtle wariness, a guarded acknowledgment of the inherent tension that often accompanies interactions between hunters and campers at camp half-blood.
❛ i promise i won't judge your form too harshly, but do not mistake this for an easygoing night at the range. nowadays, there is far too much at stake. ❜
* “ GOOD, BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY GONNA give up the archery range without a little fight anyways, ” the careless tilt of his smile and the ease of his voice indicate that it’s a joke, but there’s an aftertaste of truth that hovers around its edges. as she questions his form though his eyebrows raise, easygoing as he may seem pride is rooted deeply in his chest. so sure of his own talents yet he loathed to have them questioned, a craving for glory too heavy on his tongue. “ my form ? maybe i can teach you a thing or two. you know, you have to be easygoing for archery’s sake. if your grip is too tight or you don’t give the line enough slack you’ll stunt the arrow — it has to be fluid. ”
in the way that he unfolds in the sun she can see herself planted in his very bones. there is nothing but suspicion, no proof that he can get drunk on desire, but bunny can almost taste it — or, is she tasting herself? her own blood, part ichor, rich with the dirt from which man was made and the sliced pieces of a godly grandfather usurped by his own children. she is told that nectar is supposed to taste like what's most comforting to her, think cookie dough or rich honey, but bunny only ever tastes ... nothing. madness. desire. a drunkenness that settles so deep in her bones that she can never be rid of it. in watching beckett's stark normalcy, his charimsa, the line of jaw, the slope of his nose, the very way he holds himself, she tastes herself on her tongue ( nothingness, madness, drunkenness ). her neck is stiff and her arms ache. she can't stand to stare at him. he disgusts her ( no, he DELIGHTS her, he is the erinyes stripping her apart until she is nothing but herself — the more appropriate word would be terrifies, horrifies, sickens ). she says, “ that's the only way some people know how to love, ” and purses her lips. it goes without saying that that's the only way she knows how to love. with the ever present prickle of uneasiness at the base of her skull, she steals his words as her own, rolls them around her mouth like a ripped chunk of strawberry flesh. incite a little ecstacy, be invaluable. a craving of her own that she almost can't deny ( see the scenario in which bunny agrees immediately, begs to be allowed to slip a little madness into the eyes of every waiting demigod — see the scenario in which a little bleeds into a lot, a camp of cultists tearing the mortals apart limb from limb for trespassing on sacred ground ). she forces a smile onto her lips, finds herself trying to mimic beckett before her and failing. bunny chews on the inside of her cheek when her smile falls, compelled back into her resting state. she admits, “ if you let me, it wouldn't be a little. ” a pause. brief, but pregnant. “ no, you know me. it would be madness. ”
* HIS EYES HAD BEEN AVOIDING HER FORM, taking in the brambles of the strawberry patch, the aching blue of the sky, but at the lilt of her almost confession they cut to her through the burn of morning light. it wasn’t how beckett loved. his love burned and consumed and fell fickle. the aftertaste of his love, though, rang much more similarly, cold and bitter on the tongue — embers turned to ash. cruel not through malice but through lack of thought. perhaps, if investigated thoroughly ( in the way he fears when with bunny, in the way that feels more pressing if avoided, in the way that pricks at the back of his neck ), his love may more closely resemble her desire. consuming, maddening, selfish. “ love can take many forms, ” he says it absently, the poet in him sealing the subject carefully. he listens to her, he roles her scenario in his mind and she’s right, he does know. he knows it in her because he knows it in himself. a little never sat right. always in excess, gluttony in all forms. even now as she hints at madness he can’t help the hint of longing that sits in his chest. to abandon his physical form, to let go of the charisma that carries him through life and exist only for obsession and desire, to embody the desire he doesn’t speak — to be a god. he won’t voice it but it feels as if bunny can read his thoughts, as if bunny already knows. his easy smile remains pressed on his lips, his eyes trace the freckles on her arm as if he could decipher them, make sense of them as mortals make sense of constellations, “ maybe we need a good bout of madness at camp. it feels so stifling here now that they have everyone on lockdown. ”
fated for : @etherialises camp lawn, late morning, june eighteenth
* THE SUN IS STRONG IN THE SKY, though it’s not reached noon yet — warmth and light radiate down. despite the tumult as people move around on the cusp of their departure an ethereal sense lingers in the air, as though the camp and it’s inhabitants were suspended in time. the air heavy with salt from sweat and the sea, lush with the scent of strawberry and pine. a rapturous memory playing out in real time. beckett can’t help but allow for it to intoxicate him, like a head rush, adrenaline and pride and honour blended together, shocking his world in a vibrant haze. this he thinks must have been how heroes felt before battle. he spots alicia by the glint of dark hair in the sun. little time before they leave, he moves to them quickly, a quick goodbye in order before they depart on their respective journeys. “ so ? ” his grin unmistakably bright, “ how does it feel to be in charge of the fate of new life ? ”

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— THERE'S AN EXPECTATION OF SOME SORT OF BACK to her forth, an exchange as usual, but he catches her off guard again. despite the care and attention paid to noting down little changes, the surprises delight her even more. "blasphemy and sacrilege. there was an and in there, i believe." for how primly it's said, there's no ire in their words, her grin betraying the amusement with his exceedingly ridiculous confidence. they're quickly quieted, though, his own words sounding enough like poetry to have her enraptured just as easily as always, just as emily dickinson herself could when her words were read with as much passion as they convey. his warmth and light always felt like the sun on even the worst days, but never so comforting as when she had his full attention. just like a long summer days, where it's easy to forget the sun burns, too. the palm reading felt so obvious, though, that they can't help but scoff. "you're so full of shit." the look she gives him, though, head canted and smile full of wonder as they stretch their neck to try to catch a glimpse of what he's looking at, is a direct contradiction to the words. alicia is easily swayed, but even this should be a little embarrassing. instead, she only feels endeared. the interest is clear, her curiosity a knife at her back threatening to prick. "so what's it say, augur?" another betrayal, the eagerness in the question. they could no more resist asking than a scorpion could stinging. "am i going to be gorgeous and famous? that must be what the fate line's about, no?"
* “𝙾𝙷, 𝚆𝙰𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 ? ” 𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙰𝚈𝚂 𝙸𝚃 𝙻𝙸𝙺𝙴 𝙷𝙴 𝙳𝙾𝙴𝚂𝙽'𝚃 believe her, soft amusement in his tone. apollo had smiled on the great poets, the muses had blessed them, should he not be the same ? he remains unphased as they call out his tactic, a hint of laughter in response. what difference could the authenticity of his actions make so long as the sun hung in the sky ? their curiosity seals the matter as he continues on, “ well you’re already gorgeous, ” it's said lazily, without force, followed by a pause so as not to oversell, yet there's an element of deep verity that hovers in his tone “ so that’s it about half way down or whatever they say, ” his eyes flick to her quickly before returning to their hand. their beauty is undeniable, not only in the ethereal way that those of aphrodite seem to carry, but also, he thinks, in a way that is so distinct to alicia. it occurs where her smile slips out when speaking, in how her eyes focus, in how her hair falls. something he could write sonnets about, maybe, if the wind blew him in the right direction on that particular day. “ but no, you’re thinking about the sun line, apollo’s line, ” finger tracing along the side of her palm as he speaks, letting the line in question burn against his skin. there was very little knowledge he had to support his claims, only what he had picked up within his cabin over the years ( and what element of it could have struck him more than the key to knowing how the sun would shine like a spotlight on your life ). “ the fate line, ” he pauses, pensive, “ well, i’m not really sure what the fate line is for, ” there isn’t a hint of embarrassment on his features as he admits to it, the singe of his smile instead, shame not a resonance he was familiar with, “ something about pronoia, ” πρόνοια, divine providence. for on this wise have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals, that they should live in pain; and themselves are sorrowless. fate forgotten by him, how naive, how wretched of him to believe he could escape the will of the gods. “ what would you want it to say ? tell me alicia, ” their name like honey on his lips, eyes returning to meet hers, “ what is it you want, your deepest desire ? ”
the disconnect that she has felt towards her half - sister extends, perhaps, to piper's brother. the traits which make them hauntingly reminiscent of each other are those that they've earned from their father, and it's as if someone has created two frankenstein's monsters, amalgamations of things that phia was not and never would be — on a molecular basis. beck was her helen of troy, his undeniable beauty the catalyst for wars against herself. she wished to hate him for it, like a bitter beauty pageant runner up. but the tenderness in the way that's he's spoken to her for some time impedes that. it only speaks to her resentment, to the way that the generosity of character she'd been born with had shrivelled over time. she had hung the albatross around her own neck, but somehow beck had been assigned some of the blame. she shakes her head slightly, as if dispelling the delusion that she could have pulled off seamlessly any form of what she had been planning. replacing piper's beloved instrument, she mumbles: " nevermind. " phia doesn't look at him. it would only crumble her resolve. " bonfires aren't really my thing. " she admits, veritable though it's an excuse. " the younger campers like to watch the flames through me. " she smiles slightly, because the image she conjures is comical, endearing even — but who wouldn't rather just be solid? she exhales the breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding, turning to make her escape should he have further questions, dark eyes searching his face carefully.
PHIA’S GRACE WAS SO FAR FROM THAT possessed by beckett, quiet and measured and not quite delicate, but poised in a way that he wasn’t. he wasn’t blind to their differences, they were stark, difficult for anyone to miss — but their fates were intertwined, woven together in the form of piper, and it was a tie he was determined to pay due. the cracks could show easily though, in the ways they carried themselves, in the ways they spoke and what they spoke of, in the way that light seemed to cling to beckett all while it abandoned phia’s form quite literally. phia, for her part, never made it easy for beckett, twisting away and retreating, never accepting his pseudo brotherhood. it was difficult for beckett to persist, easier, it seemed, to just walk away and leave phia to dissipate in peace. he considers it, a rare moment of silent hesitation on his part, but some part of him still believes that eventually he will discover common ground between them. “ sounds kind of fun, you’re sort of stealing the campfire’s spotlight aren’t you, ” he muses lightly, attention a trap his mind falls into too easily, care one it does not. “ i think piper is still there, if you were looking for her. if you do want to come by we could all sing campfire songs or tell ghost stories or fucking whatever. it’s a good time, i think the camp needs it, ” but really, what did beckett know other than good times, “ you should come, ” he offers, though waiting for her reply he doesn’t expect a positive response.
The night's like velvet— inviting, but it's embrace quickly turns heavy and too hot to be any comfort. He knows it doesn't matter if he's here or there to escape it, but he's a coward to think it is. He can make the grass greener on other side if need be. The trouble is that no matter where he goes, he remains the company that poses a threat to himself. Whether it's the smell of his mortality tainted by a goddess, or his false hopes, no where is safe.
"I was scolded about not signing it last time," Homer recalled, turning to make out Beckett. Even in the dark, he cuts through the night with a muted glimmer. Night isn't meant for children of Apollo like this, but Homer swears he still finds the light. It makes him sick that he fixates on that for a moment, and he shakes his head to himself. "But I told them I never left the grounds."
He lifted the cigarette to his lips, every breath measured by the pollution he swears sedates him best.
"Where do you run off to?" He asked. "When you leave this place? You're a king here. It might not the typical castle, but there's still a throne of sorts. What can be better?"
* “ 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄, ” 𝐀 𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄 on his lips as he recalls it, how inescapable his pride is, even now old memories cause it to linger in his senses, “ when they tried to sit me down and scold me i just asked them to see it and made my name appear, ” how easy it seemed to him, to allow an illusion of light to act as his defense, “ they were pissed, but they’ve mostly left me alone about it since then, i think maybe they figure it’ll be less trouble if some monster does just get me out there, ” a pause, “ but of course that story is bullshit if anyone asks. ” he laughs, easy as homer calls him a king. it’s easy to allow it to wind a path directly to his ego, growing his conceit, and it’s easy to act as though it doesn’t. “ i don’t know, here, there. ” never one place for too long, “ there’s a whole world out there ripe for the taking, i can’t bear to just stay here, ” perhaps he should watch his words, but that’s never been the part he’s been good at.
at times, he makes bunny feel drunk; lightheaded, dizzy, like the odd sensation of viewing herself from someone else's perspective. beckett has this way about him that makes her gut lurch and twist, as if falling through the open air, tripped on an ankle stuck out at the last second; a feeling that leaves others breathless — demigods and mortals alike come out of conversations with beckett with a sunburn spread across their cheeks, skin touched and heated by his very being. uneasy. in awe. as if apollo himself has struck her with an arrow of healing. she finds herself leaning back in every conversation with him, fleeing from him ( a rabbit hopping away, a bunny hiding from a fox ). bunny lies down as he speaks and folds her hands over her wait, closing her eyes to block out the glare of the sun. she says, "maybe they love you," and wipes the sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand. "your grandparents ... love as eros and his mother intended it to be, terrorizing and crushing." "but," she continues after a deep breath, the leaves of the plant brushing against her arms, her legs brushing against beckett's, foot ghosting the fabric of his trousers ( a stain, hopefully, to match hers ). bunny's lips twitch. "i'm no planner, nor am i popular. even if i did plan the most spectacular fundraiser — demigods against the thinning of the mist — i doubt anyone would show up for me." at the risk of blinding herself, she opens an eye to peer at him. "they might for you, though, mister moreau, if you bat your eyes and sing your songs, talk about a good cause." she shields her eyes with her hand and considers the truth of her own statement. a common relief starts to flood throughout her bones and limbs as she reminds herself that they are too opposite to ever be the same ( he is not your best, you are not your worst, do not scorch yourself against an arrow that was never aimed at you ). beckett could never be so mad, so rich with bacchic rage. she could never be so blinding, so harrowing. they're nothing alike. "how they fall at your feet."
* 𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐒 that he should be becoming more himself, that’s how it always goes for him — the light on his skin making him solid as if cast in gold. but instead, in bunny’s company, it seems to cast its shadows at a slant — unease lingering where the radiance meets the swaths of grey hidden away from the sun. it lights bunny’s face in a way that is ghastly and divinely beautiful. her features carved out harshly by the maddening contrasts, unsettling in a way that evokes the sublime. ( and isn’t that godhood ? a form so divine it burns to look at, the truest embodiment of the sublime ? ) it’s terrible and intoxicating and he thinks he can feel his senses slip away, he delights, ever so slightly, in the feeling of it, though he’d never show it. “ try distant and cold, ” he corrects, though he doesn’t really care — his grandparents held nothing for him but a trust and a life he would not lead. instead his eye’s watch as an ant moves across a leaf, quick and determined but almost certainly doomed. he considers her counter, him at the helm of a cause, organizing and rallying and pulling together the camp. it’s exhausting, as a thought, yet a lure lies hidden at the edges of it; eyes on him, at the center of everything, they’ll fall at your feet. he isn’t one for self reflection, yet the presence of bunny seemed to twist it from him. who could know but her, doesn’t she already. he doesn’t speak it, his conceit or his desire, instead he continues along the conversation that they have carved, “ they always say people are more generous at those events if they’re inebriated, ” something he had learned at fourteen, sneaking flutes of champagne and half drunk whiskeys when no one was watching, “ i can only imagine how altruistic they might become in a bacchic state, incite a little ecstasy you’d be nothing but invaluable to the cause. ”
ARCHERY RANGE, CAMP HALF-BLOOD. June 8th, 1977, shortly after 8 PM.
IN THE HUSHED AFTERMATH of the camp's tumultuous restoration, rosalynn seeks refuge in the archery range. her desire for familiarity guides each arrow's release, a rhythmic heartbeat synced with the target’s absorption rate of her unspoken thoughts. time blurs, seamlessly transitioning from daylight to moonlight during her ceaseless practice.
at some point during her ritualistic movements, a subtle rustle disrupts her concentration. she reacts instinctively, bowstring frozen in mid-draw, an arrow pointed with silent precision towards the disturbance.
her senses, finely attuned through years of training, dissect the surroundings without a need for visual confirmation. the archery range harbors an unexpected visitor, a presence that does not yet seem ready to reveal itself.
after a moment, rosie eases the tension on her bowstring, lowering the arrow but not the wariness in her gaze. ❛ either you've got a death wish, or a compelling reason to be lurking in the shadows of my solitude. ❜
her voice, measured and cool, breaks the silence like a crack in the stillness of the night.
❛ choose your next step wisely. this is not a sanctuary for the undecided. ❜
* 𝐔𝐒𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍 for the inhabitants of cabin seven, though shared amongst the camp everyone knows it’s their place to shine ( and oh, how the children of apollo love a stage ). beckett in particular couldn’t help but spend his time there while at camp, indulgent in the glory of a perfect shot, arrows so precise it seemed they must be bound by fate. now though, as cabin eight’s occupancy rose, it was more and more a place to be shared. he sees that there’s company at the range through the half light, one of artemis’s hunters, and it seems that the moonlight looks as natural on her as the sun does on him. “ oh i have decided, i’d like to shoot some arrows if the company is alright with you ” he steps into her line of sight as she questions his presence, hands raised, the golden designs that cover his bow glinting in his hand. his muscles are relaxed, his posture slanted as though he hadn’t just been threatened, ( fear could never occur to him with a bow in his grasp, even if it should ). “ unless you insist on privacy of course, though i already know how to shoot a bow if you’re worried about keeping your technique secret or something. ”

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— THE GENTLE TOUCH ISN'T QUITE WHAT DOES IT, though she feels its absence after, the ghost of his contact sticking with a shock. it isn't even how he plays along, what would be arrogance on anyone else looking as natural on him as the sunlight itself. no, they trip over the other parts, rather than what he says — it's in the slightest shift of his voice, the look that feels like it cuts straight through her. they know he's serious on some level, that he would like to hear her wax poetic about how his absences are just unbearable, but it's the candor that peaks through when he tells them he's paying attention that makes her breath catch, makes them want to dig more and find out whether it's just a part of the act or if it's real. it makes her feel seen, even for a brief moment, and that's terrifying and exhilerating in the same breath. "well, when you put it like that," her tone trails lightly, a grin splitting across her face to match his levity and hide the skip in her heartbeat. "you've already taken the words right from me. what do i have left to say that you and the greats haven't already said? if you were coming in the fall, i'd brush the summer by..." their pause is self preservation, letting the quote from one of her books fall away before she finishes, shaking her head and covering it with a breath of laughter, half - full of embarrassment, tucked away close to their chest. "you know damn well it's not the same without you," a sweet smile betrays her, but a quick change in subject prevails. "you'll have to tell me where you all you went this last time, give us some actual entertainment. spin some of your stories."
* 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌, fixed on the slope of their brow, on the blush colour of their cheeks, on where sunlight gets caught in their eyelashes. they burn as they look into her eyes — his features softened by a smile that brings warmth and candor to his expression, your captive audience. he listens to the verses on their lips and hey thinks they couldn’t sound any sweeter from the poet herself, he thinks he could waste the day away listening to her read poetry, hide away, their world an eden, lush and sacred and free from the obligations that have tied them here. it’s a fantasy, and beckett is good at escaping reality, but he isn’t good at staying there, or really staying anywhere for very long — distraction comes too easily. “ so you’d classify me with emily dickinson then ? ” the same charisma cloaked conceit lingers in his tone, even as her laughter and honesty follow. he twists around as they change the subject, settling in perched on the railing of the veranda, “ tell me what you want to hear and i’m yours, name a place and i’ll tell you a story ” he grabs her hand while he speaks, eyes tracing the lines of her palm intently, finger following after. he feigns concentration, as if he was divining her future, though prophecy wasn’t one of the gifts he had inherited from his father. “ or lets talk about this instead, there’s something about your fate line here, ”
HER BROTHER RESEMBLES A PARTICULARLY LARGE house cat in moments like these. a stoned one. actually, maybe he was more akin to the famous pink panther. the thought makes her mouth curve up into a smile. like the dwindling sun rays that remind her of her constrained schedule, it's fleeting. and the sun is replaced by a frown worth quite a few storm clouds. beckett's highs are better than any low, but it also means that his memory is worse than a spool of yarn. full of holes like the socks that she used to darn for her sister. that, of course, also could have been due to stolen wine from the dionysus godlings. she refrains from pointing out that mostly everything at camp is a blur. it is the price to be paid for imbibing; her own mind has only been cleared by worry and obsession. her fingers flex on her hips, head tipping up towards the ceiling. she does not pray to her father or to the god of her mother. instead, she tries to search her own memory. it fails her. " it is, " she admits, albeit uneasily. she reaches out to him, impatient, beckoning for him to get up. " c'mon, we've got to find it. i don't want to have to borrow someone else's. " it wouldn't sing for her like hers did and therein lied the problem. if she couldn't find it, she'd just have to sing tonight. and piper wanted to put on a show. she turns her gaze to him, a bit suspicious. " like... how high are you ? " a pause then. " is there any left ? "
* 𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 she beckons him, graceful, as if he hadn’t spent the better part of the last hour lazing, sprawled out in the same position, as if the edges of his world were not hazy and buzzing with electricity. a reflex that was the consequence of the drops of ichor that ran through his blood, in a moment he could snap to attention from any state. “ where are we looking first ? ” he asks, eyes already scanning the room, though his posture remains at ease. he doesn’t feel any of the panic of his sister, though he more than probably anyone understands her need for her instrument ( his own guitar sits hidden away in its case beneath his bed, the same one his mother bought him, its wood worn and familiar ). “ please, ” he raises his hands in the air as though caught, though the smile on his lips is bright and effortless. “ i smoked one joint, i’m totally on point to search, and after i can roll one for you too if you ask nicely. ”