Practical Mythology, 1/11/12, Period 2, [Class Session 2]

[olympian-herc.livejournal.com]

Again the class met in the Danger Shop, but this time the simulation was something far more extravagant.

"Welcome to Mount Olympus!" Hercules declared as the class made their way in. A replica of the throne room in Olympus, complete with seats for each of the major gods... and even some chairs for the students, too. Each of the seats for the gods were occupied, but with wax figure statues of each of the gods instead of actual simulations of the deities themselves.

"And now, I'd like to tell you a bit about the gods I know..." And before he knew it, Hercules was singing.

"These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know
These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know"

Hercules pointed to the statue of figure of Zeus, situated in the largest seat.

"My dad Zeus, here
He's god of all the sky
He's also often full of beer
And if you anger him you will fry!

These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know
These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know"

He moved to the figure of Hera, next to Zeus.

"Hera,
My father's angry wife
She's not exactly all to blame
Their marriage is full of strife!

These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know
These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know"

He danced over to the figure of Ares, the face clouded by a giant helm.
"Some of them are jerk-wads!"

He moved on to the figure of Dionysus.

"But some of them are fun,"

He jigged his way next to Venus, whose figure was clad in a very revealing outfit.

"Some are goddesses of love,"

He pointed over at the seated figure of Athena.

"But others are evil bums!

These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know
These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know"

He'd made his way to the figure of Poseidon.

"This is Poseidon
Lord of all the sea
I saved his life not long ago
And he hangs with manatees."

He started doing a soft-shoe routine in his boots against the simulated marble floor.

"These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know
These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know.

He'd ended up next to Hephaestus.

"Hephaestus,
he's an ugly jerk."

Herc just stood there for a moment, seemingly confident in the idea that was all anyone needed to know.

"These are the gods I know, I know
These are the gods I know."

That was when Hercules snapped out of it and coughed. "I... that was not how I planned on doing that," he said. "There's probably a lot more about the gods you want to know. Including some of the names. I didn't even touch on Hermes or Artemis or Demeter. Or even lord Pluto, who does not have a seat on Olympus. So... question time! I will share my expertise with you all. What do you want to know about whom?"

He raised a finger. "Just please don't ask me about the time my father seduced a woman as a golden rainfall. That's something no one needs to hear about."

[ooc: OCD a-coming up. Have at it!]

Comments

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Percy was gonna stare. He was just glad Hercules hadn't said anything too bad about his dad so he was just gonna stare and maybe laugh a little and remember some of this so he could tell people later because wow.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wesley stared. And turned to the person next to him to share his disbelief.

"What on Earth?"

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, uh..." Percy stared a while longer before glancing over at Wesley. "Yeah, I don't have a clue. Points for creativity maybe?"

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"Surely nowhere near enough to compensate for the, er, lack of points in... everything else."

Well, that wasn't nice.

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"He's not really like the Hercules I heard of," Percy admitted, sounding amused, at least. "I wonder what Olympus would think if they heard about this."

He'd have to think about sharing that with some people.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"Not much, I expect," Wesley hypothesized. Wisely. "He's rather more... upbeat than I expected."

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Percy snickered and glanced at Wesley. "Were you expecting doom and gloom or something? Hercules is a hero. He's gotta have some optimism in there."

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"...yes, but he danced."

Danced, Percy.

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"...well."

Yeah, he couldn't really explain that.

"Yeah, that was weird. Uh, it's good exercise?"

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"One has to wonder if that's where he gets the, ah, strength from," Wesley said, tilting his head slightly.

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"So, if you knew you could be as strong as Hercules, would you dance?" Percy asked him curiously.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"I rather think not," Wesley said with finality.

And then to his horror, he was up on his feet. And dancing. He was... really pretty bad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-_mxBkRbGk) at it.

[[...probably best enjoyed with the volume low-ish. *WARNS*]]

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Yeaaaaaaah. Percy had been staring at Hercules before but now he was just boggling at Wesley.

What.

In.

The.

Hell.

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

THAT WAS QUITE ENOUGH OF THAT.

Wesley hastily took a seat back in his chair.

"I was just, ah. Stretching."

LIES.

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Right."

Yeah, Wesley, Percy didn't believe you at all.

"Stretching."

Right.

"Gonna do it anymore?"

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"I don't think so," Wesley decided, sounding a bit flustered.

He did not care for this island sometimes.