It was Christmas when I wrote this, so just pretend…

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Athena screamed, all dignity forgotten, as another snowball blocked out her vision. Then she raised a hand, wiped it off, and proceeded to send her own at offending opponent, who couldn't even duck down before it creamed him in the face. Athena smirked. Really, when would Poseidon learn not to mess with the goddess of battle strategy?

A blue light pulsed on the chat system…

Khione~ As much as I am a fan of winter merriment, would you please all stop snowball fighting!

Athena obeyed the wishes of Khione, none to happy with the amount of snow covering her. Apparently, most of the other Olympians felt her pain.

All~ *Stops and sits down*

Athena~ Well, now that we got that out of our system…

Poseidon~ YOU got it out of YOUR system. The rest of us never stood a chance.

Hestia~ Don't be sad over it. Just admit she has good accuracy and a strong throw.

Hades~ *grumbles* Whatever.

Kronos~ Ha, I'm still here!

Khione~ You know what? I changed my mind. Let's play "pin the snowball on Kronos' face."

Kronos~ I'm leaving, I'm leaving!

Athena~ Too late. On the count of three. 1…2…3!

All~ *Splat*

Kronos has left the chat room.

Athena was dead. She was completely and utterly dead. But it was SO worth it. And apparently, the others agreed too. As she choked on her laughs, a conversation began to ensue, though how they managed to talk through their chuckles was anybody's guess…

Hades~ I keep seeing Daddy Dearest's face as I creamed him with a snowball. THAT WAS HILARIOIUS!

All~*laughter*

Athena~ Lesson #3—never pick a fight that wasn't worth it!

Hermes~ …weird how these lessons keep reflecting what we're doing.

Hypnos~ *Wakes up* What'd I miss?

Demeter~what'd you miss? WHAT'D YOU MISS? ONLY THE GREATEST SNOW GAME OF ALL ETERNITY!

Dionysus~You missed "pin the snowball on Kronos' face!"

Hypnos~ At least it found its way into my dream. Thanks, Morpheus.

Morpheus~ Anytime, old buddy.

Hypnos~ *yawns* I don't envy Hera, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Ares, or especially Zeus. Yep, Zeus will throw a fit about how he missed it.

Hestia~ True dat.

Zeus has entered the chatroom.

Coincedence? Athena didn't think so. More like he heard his name in the air and came to see what he missed.

Zeus~ What did I miss?

Poseidon~ We played "pin the snowball on Kronos face."

Zeus~*beep*

Who knew Hephaestus built in the profanity filter?

Zeus~ Dionysus…

Dionysus~Hehe, that's me, right?

Zeus~ Dionysus, just because it's Christmas does NOT MEAN YOU CAN DRINK ALCOHOLIC EGGNOG!

Dionysus~ It's non-alcoholic! See? It says right here! A-l-c-o-h-o-l-i-c…oh…

All~ *Turn to angry Zeus*

Zeus~ Dionysus, deary?

Dionysus~ Yes, daddy?

Zeus~ You're hereby condemned to a year in Tartarus. It's your Christmas gift. The sooner you get in there, the sooner you get out.

Dionysus has left the chat room.

Kronos has entered the chat room.

Kronos~ *into walky talky* Kronos, enter…they haven't noticed me yet. Activate plan.

Athena shook her head. Kronos had become just the slightest bit loopy since returning from Tartarus, but at least they wouldn't have to be afraid of him, ever again.

Zeus~ *yells* Hey, Daddykins!

Kronos~ Code red, code red. Abort mission.

Athena~Hmm…I think I missed a spot with the snowballs…c'mere, you.

Kronos~ Well, I've got an anti-snowball shield, so what are you gonna do now?

Hestia~ *takes out bucket of orange slop* I knew it was a good idea to save the pumpkin guts from the jack-o-lantern carving.

Nike~ Hestia, I never knew you had an evil side. *takes a handful of pumpkin guts.* Now, Kronos, on behalf of all the Olmpians, I'd like to wish you a very Merry Christmas. Here's your present!

Nike~ *wallop*

Hestia~ Free handful of squash goop! Limited time, throw it at Kronos' face!

All~ *grabs a handful of pumpkin goop*

All~ Merry Christmas!

All~ *wallop*

Kronos~ Augh! Ugh, this stuff will take millennia to wash off!

Nemesis~ You'd better start scrubbing. Unless you want some more?

Kronos has left the chat room.

Athena~ Lesson # 4…

Nemesis~ Please, no more lessons.

Nike~ Please continue, Athena.

Athena~ …Lesson #4 was to be resourceful. Use seemingly useless resources in good ways.

Hermes~ Why do these keep reflecting what we're doing?

Athena~ Because I was making them up as I go along!

All~ *turn to stare incredulously at Athena.*

Okay, so maybe that wasn't her wisest choice…

Athena~ I was kidding, guys, seriously.

Zeus~ It must be the fates!

All~ DARN YOU, FATES!

Fates 1, 2, and 3 have entered the chat room.

Fate1~ What?

Fate2~ What?

Fate3~ What?

Zeus~ Did you purposely rig the future so Athena's lessons would correspond with what we were doing?

Fate1~ No.

Fate2~ No.

Fate3~ No.

Athena~ Erm…I need to go to the…bathroom.

Athena usually went with "fight" when her fight or flight response kicked in, but she decided, with Zeus around, she'd just go against her better judgment. Clicking morosely on "view" mode, she wondered if they'd ever be smart enough to realize…

Athena has left the chat room.

Zeus~ Did you see that happening?

Fate1~ No. Why?

Fate2~ No. Why?

Fate3~ No. Why?

All~…

Demeter~ So she WAS making it up.

All~ ATHENA! GET YOUR SORRY BUTT ON HERE!

Might as well get it over with, before Zeus sent out a search party to kill her.

Athena has entered the chat room.

Athena~ FINE! Fine! But they really make sense! And I can keep teaching while you have fun at the same time! It makes sense!

All~…

Really, were all the Olympians so dimwitted?

Poseidon~ *wallop*

Athena~ EEEEEEEEEEK!

Zeus~ I guess Athena isn't snowball proof.

Athena then decided it was better to just get off. She felt no special longing to stay on there as the snowball slowly began to melt and drip off her chin onto the floor. Besides, she thought as she stormed toward the sink, she'd need to come up with more creative, painful ways to kill Poseidon.

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