And I'm back! Watched another episode and couldn't resist temptation to write about it…
AT – Your comparison to them being 4 year old best friends is so perfect, and it really does show why they can get away with their treatment of one another (just like Neil's reaction, I can't see any of the other mentors shoving their proteges to the wayside – or off a stage, hehe, when someone from their past shows up!) And Neil is ridiculously gullible when he's getting something. The fact that he didn't even realize she was speaking for the mirror when she popped out from behind the mirror really settles that fact, heh.
InvisibleNobody – Of course, Neil was checking out his reflection. Probably discussing it and asking the fish for their opinions. Speaking of which, you just inspired me for another drabble! Awesome. :)
20 - Shoes
"That's absolutely horrible! I'm going to have to have a talk with Hades!" Aphrodite was beside herself with anger. How dare Charon!
"I know! That was criminal behaviour! He should go to Tartarus! Let's talk to Campe!" Neil was wrapped in a blanket on her couch.
"Uh, let's not get ahead of ourselves, dear." She sat next to Neil and patted his leg.
"But now I have to get new shoes!" Neil held up his bare foot and pointed at it.
"I know."
"And a new shirt!"
"You do have other shirts, you know."
"But that was my lucky shirt!"
(Poor Neil, having all his clothing stolen by Charon! I totally love Charon after watching that episode, by the way, and hopefully he'll feature in a few more scenes)
21 – Narcissus
"And he wore really weird clothing!"
"Well, it was all the rage back in those days, dear."
"But it was so itchy! How did people cope?"
"That's a good question. I don't really know."
"Didn't you Gods wear that stuff back then too?"
"Some of them did, I didn't."
"What did you wear then? I bet it was something really comfortable! Silk, maybe? Why couldn't he have had me a toga made out of silk?"
"I actually never used to wear anything, back in those days."
"So, you walked around in the nude?"
"Oh yes. More comfortable than clothing."
"Oh."
(Heh, poor Neil! No matter how attractive your "mother" is, thinking of her naked will always scar you mentally;)
22 – Fishies
"Wave your right fin if you think my hair looks better this way," Neil flipped his fringy bangs over his right eye, "and wave your left fin if you think it looks better this way," he flipped the fringe to his left eye.
"Neil, honey, what are you doing?" Aphrodite, who'd been having her hair brushed on her bed, was finally coming down the stairs.
"Oh, I'm just having a conversation with your fish. They looked a little sad, so I thought they'd be happy if they could help me decide on a hair style."
"Oh, well, continue on, then!"
(Thank you, InvisN, for inspiring this one! Neil and the fishies! I can totally picture him talking to them while admiring his reflection in the pool.)
23 – Cotton Candy Redux
Even though the group was prepared to leave without Neil, Jay was determined to find their seventh member first, lest he think they didn't want him around.
When he didn't find him in his room, he was pretty sure the blond would be with his mentor. He knocked on the door and opened it when he heard the goddess' airy voice bid him entry.
But then he stopped when he saw Aphrodite and Neil in togas, both of them sporting pink beards.
Aphrodite giggled. "We're wearing clouds!"
"And you can't have one, Jay!"
Jay sighed. He shouldn't have been surprised.
(I just couldn't leave this topic alone!)