#rismis

They are such a big personality contrast!

its a fun pairing me thinks

@arista-the-musical

Artemis and Apollo were not often in places for the holidays, fewer times still were they in a place for the holidays twice. 

That is what Artemis was thinking when she made her way from the edge of the forest to the edge of the lake. It was a mixture of homesickness and curiosity that found her here. The sky was silver-grey overcast, making everything soft around the edges. Despite not being very familiar with this kind of biting cold, Artemis found this weather comforting. Even if she missed the animals that were now sleeping in their nests.

It made her feel less guilty for hovering with her curiosity. 

The lake was frozen over and smooth, though only a small portion of it. The weather was hardly cold enough for this to be a natural occurrence, but Artemis had learned from the fairies that this was something that the fairies did for the town and always had. Artemis liked that very much. 

She sat with Niobe at her side, watching the skaters gliding over the frozen water with fascination, debating whether or not to try it herself. Artemis hardly backed down from new experiences, even if sometimes it did make her uncomfortable. She would never be able to do her job if she shied away from every new thing and this looked--fun. Even if it was distracting her from exactly what her father had just chided her about.

That thought squirmed in her gut and made her feel guilty--she looked off to the forest, determined to get back to it. Right before she stood up, though, someone sat down next to her, the bench shaking slightly. 

It was one of the mermaids. Artemis--knew this girl. 

She blinked once. “Oh, hello,” Artemis greeted her, feeling her cheeks heat slightly. She rarely addressed people first, but the mermaid’s appearance had taken her by (pleasant) surprise.

“Do you know them, Artemis?” asked Niobe, looking from Arista to Artemis.