Incorrect #12: The Search Party
Note: Inspired by @anotheroceanid 's Athenide AU and loosely based on a scene from The Swan Princess.
HERMES: Youβre not still thinking sheβs alive, are you?
APOLLO: When I find Perse, Hermes, when I find her, Iβll have my proof.
HERMES: Apollo, youβve searched everywhere. Olympus, the Underworld, Poseidonβs fish tankβ
APOLLO: There was a dolphin in there. I thought it might have known something.
HERMES: The whole pantheon knows sheβs gone.
APOLLO: The whole pantheon is wrong. Perse is alive, and Iβm going to find her.
HERMES: You do realize youβre the God of Prophecy, right? Have youβoh, I donβt knowβchecked?
APOLLO: That would ruin the dramatic tension.
HERMES: And youβre also the God of Logic.
APOLLO: Exactly. And logically, if I refuse to accept that sheβs gone, then she isnβt.
HERMES: β¦Thatβs not how logic works.
APOLLO: (ignoring him, dramatically stepping onto the balcony) Animals, assemble!
(A majestic raven swoops in, landing on his shoulder. A wolf pads up and sits beside him, looking unnecessarily intense. A swan gracefully lands in the fountain. A dolphin dramatically flips out of nowhere, splashing Hermes.)
HERMES: (spitting out water) Oh great. The ultimate search party. A bird, a dog, a wet chicken, and a fish.
APOLLO: They are my sacred animals, Hermes. Show some respect.
HERMES: And whatβs the dolphin going to do? Detect her with echolocation?
APOLLO: β¦Maybe.
HERMES: (gesturing at the swan) And this one? You think itβs gonna serenade her back to Olympus?
APOLLO: If necessary.
HERMES: (pinching the bridge of his nose) I swear, if you just used your actual powers instead of forming a divine petting zooβ
APOLLO: I will find Perse, and when I do, youβll regret doubting me.
(The raven caws ominously. The wolf suddenly stands up, ears twitching. The dolphin lets out an urgent series of clicks. Even the swan looks vaguely determined.)
HERMES: (watching Apolloβs animals actually act like theyβve found something) β¦Okay, what the actual Hades.
