Recuérdame.

[riptorn]

[Those of you who wish to see those who passed on? You'll be directed outside by Zeus, where he raises his arms, and marigolds begin to float around him. They float upwards, and form into a bridge.

It's structurally sound, and it seems fitting that you can cross it.

Eventually, you'll see it. Elysium. The Land of The Dead. Gentle music plays as you cross over into the city.

It's...festive. It's always festive. The architecture is colorful and full of spirit, and your group seems to be the only ones...human in appearance. Even your old friends seem to be a bit more skeletal in appearance. You can spend as much time here as you like, but eventually, that bridge will disappear. And you'll have to leave.

But...they'll never truly be gone. Not if you remember them. And someday, you'll join them. But for now, you celebrate. You've earned your happy ending.]

(ooc: This is the last log for the three canon rounds of Foolish Mortals! Thanks for coming along for the ride - we loved having you, and we hope to see ya real soon!)

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[canseethestars]

[There's an amused sort of smirk crossing Zoe's face as she takes in Thalia's shock, but there's none of the haughtiness that would show whenever they would inevitably butt heads in the past. Maybe death loosened Zoe up a bit.... or maybe it's because she's eyeing the silver band Thalia is wearing in her hair. She was always much warmer to her sisters, after all.]

Shocking, isn't it? So many stories of what awaits in Elysium and how the heroic dead differ from those that wander the Fields... and all of them were wrong.

[sentree]

Not just that is shocking--

[ Warmer to sisters. She remembers that. ...She wonders how Zoe would react if she learned Thalia was planning on leaving, just a few short years after joining the Hunters. Thalia shouldn't wear this circlet. Maybe...Lady Artemis will just smite her where she stands-

It's so much swimming about her head, so Thalia pushes it all aside. It's no time to think about that, not when she's...reuniting with a friend. ]

I wouldn't say all were. Some, most. But there's a shred of truth, isn't there? [ ... ] I really wasn't expecting to see you.

[canseethestars]

[It's a good thing that none of the gifts Zoe recieved from her titan father or her lady included mind-reading, or else she'd be rolling her eyes so hard at Thalia. She's been by Lady Artemis's side for so long, longer enough to see civilizations and nations rise and fall... she's seen plenty of Hunters leave, and while she would certainly side-eye those who left for the sake of men... there have been a fair few cases where Hunters would leave for the sake of each other. Lady Artemis had not judged any of these girls. In most cases, she would give them her blessing. So Zoe would not judge Thalia for these feelings.

.... Well. Perhaps she would if she knew Thalia fell for a Roman but that's not the point.]

I suppose there is. Several stories have certainly mentioned eternal parties in Elysium. [She sounds a bit exasperated at that; this just. Isn't her scene! The perfect afterlife for Zoe would be a forest that never ran out of game to hunt. That would absolutely be an afterlife she could enjoy.

At Thalia's other words, the smile on Zoe's face shifts to a more curious look.]

Why do you say that?

[Gods, Zoe's been around more modern-speaking people in this afterlife to pick up on the more modern way of speaking, but it still feels so awkward on her tongue...!]

[sentree]

[ While Zoe's spent countless decades by Artemis' side, Thalia's had but a few years of immortality, and she hasn't grown used to it yet. Still just growing into the idea of living for such a long time, which is probably why it's so easy for her to conceptualize moving on. She hasn't lost everyone she's ever known outside the Hunters yet, and the idea of growing up with them, growing up with her brother, with Reyna...

...It's become tantalizing again. For her to find a place among the other demigods. It sounds like something she can do.

(She's not to mention the Roman part especially, oops. She didn't mean to, it just happened, Zoe.) ]

Oh, well. [ She finds herself studying Zoe. A skeletal form, but the same expressions on her face. Even with the more modern language, it's still her. ] Lady Artemis, she put you with the stars. I didn't know if that meant you'd be there, or...in Elysium.