Note to future me, whenever an important event or meeting occurs, do not have a pillow fight that same day. Even more important, do not have a pillow fight with Thoth. He liked to use math when in combat, throwing pillows at just the right angle. Even with my bugs on him, Thoth was the smartest one out of all of us, plus we all knew each other's fighting styles. The end result was a stalemate, with feathers coating every surface in my hotel room. The maids working here were going to need a very large tip, most likely out of my pocket since Anubis only spent money on "fun" stuff and Thoth was a penny pincher.
Anubis coughed into his fist, a couple pillow feathers flying out of his throat. "Reminds me of the time Ma'at had me featheredboarded for lying about me not eating the last cookie. I think I'm allergic to peacocks now." He laid back on my feathered covered bed and scratched his arm.
"Fun times." Thoth smirked as he plucked a white feather off of the top of his head. Oh yeah, I had heard about this before. I could hear Anubis screaming half a pyramid away.
"Fun for you maybe. You were the one holding me down, you asshole!" Anubis snarked. Thoth smirked in response, but said nothing else. I held my Atlas plushie close to my chest as I sat on a recliner in the corner.
"You two fight like a married couple." I said, rubbing the top of the plushie's head. Anubis' and Thoth's head immediately snapped their heads toward me.
"DON'T MAKE ME CALL LOKI!" Anubis and Thoth shouted at the same time. They both glared at each other, before turning the glare at me.
"I would rather die alone than marry this idiot." Thoth shivered in disgust. "Only Anput can stand his presence for more than a day." That earned him a slap to the back of his head.
"I still have Loki's number on speed dial." Anubis added as he held up his phone with a sly smile on his muzzle.
"No! I don't need him following me everywhere while doing one of his raps!" That would be detrimental to my mission. I still haven't discovered any leads on who the Apophis cultist in Olympus is, or if they are in league with Set. I glanced at the clock. "Hey, at what time were we supposed to meet Poseidon and Amphitrite again?"
Thoth pulled out his itinerary. "We are supposed to meet him at 6 pm at Geryon's Steakhouse for dinner."
"It's 5:40 pm."
Anubis shot up and looked at the mess we had created.
"Ah shit."
In the end, we decided to leave the mess as it was, only dressing into clean clothes. We couldn't meet with the Greek King of the Oceans while wearing feather covered clothing right? Now that I think about it, they'll probably think it's some new trend from the Nile.
Wearing my Weaver mask with slacks and a silver blazer Ma'at gifted me a while back, I was not exactly the pinnacle of Nile Fashion. Thoth wore a maroon suit with sunglasses in the shape of the crescent moon, it only made his Ibis head look bigger. Anubis was dressed in a plain black suit, the top buttons on his white shirt unbuttoned.
"We look like idiots." I said dryly as our limousine sped through the city, weaving past honking cars. "And we really need to give our driver a bonus." I swore the limo flew off of the ground for a few seconds.
"Well you guys do, I'm sexy as *." Anubis placed his hands on the back of his head. A bumped caused him to hit his head on the limo's roof. "Ouchyyyy."
The limo soon came to a stop. Thoth glanced at his phone's clock. "5:57 pm."
Scrambling out of the vehicle, and throwing a golden scarab into the driver's hands, we barged into the restaurant, the nymph hostess putting on her best smile.
"Hello! Welcome to Geryon's Steakhouse and Bar. Do you have a reservation with us?" She said, flashing Thoth a smile while leaning forward in her revealing dress.
Anubis turned to me with his best puppy eyes. I rolled my own under my mask and turned to Thoth who stared at the both of us. Pulling out his phone, Thoth sighed, making sure to make eye contact with the hostess.
"The reservation is under 'Poseidon is the best brother ever'." Thoth grumbled. I really didn't want to be the one to read that aloud.
"Ah yes, I see it." The hostess glanced at the computer screen and turned her gaze back to Thoth. "Please follow me." She extended her hand to the hallway to our right, Anubis quickly following her lead with me and Thoth behind them.
This was the perfect time to deploy my bugs. I brought a few dozen ants and about a dozen flies with me. I could always add more with the insects in this restaurant-
I placed my hands inside my blazer's pocket. Why was it so clean here? Were the Olympian's onto me or was this something else? I would have to be careful with how I directed my small swarm. Eventually, we walked into the main dining room, with a large table set up near the back. Whispers from other patrons slowly wormed themselves into my ears.
Why didn't Poseidon get a personal room? I didn't want to take my mask off in front of so many people. Good thing I came prepared in case something like this happens!
I was wearing a half mask that covered the upperpart of my face. Yeah, I was going to look pretty stupid, but that was a price that I was willing to pay.
"Pssst! Anubis, Thoth, Khepri!" Looking at the head of the table, I pinched myself to check if I was dreaming.
"Sit down, my new friends!" Poseidon was wearing a 'Hawaiian' shirt with shorts while Amphitrite wore the standard form fitting dress all Olympian's seemed to have in their closet.
Maybe I should have come wearing feathers. This was not going to be fun.
A/N
Yeah, I said I was going to work on other stuff, but it didn't work out that way. I wrote about a hundred words before this chapter came into my head.
