Tetorra, School For The Magically Gifted//Closed

“It’s very…not bustle-y. Pretty chill and relaxed,though definitely changed a lot in the past hundred years” he giggles

Barry’s eyes widened slightly. “Past hundred? Were you around for the Byzantine Empire too?”
(I’m a sucker for Greek History)

(Perfect! I’ve been learning about it)
Oliver seems slightly surprised, “I was! For part of the rise, and all of the fall” He laughs, “Is that something interesting?”

“What do you mean ‘is that something interesting’ the Byzantine Empire was the only structured civilization in Europe in a time of extreme chaos! It’s a historical marvel!”

His smile widens, “Well I like to call them the fun stoppers. Some of us rather enjoyed the extreme chaos without any of structure!”

Barry sighed in frustration. “I’m never going to win this argument, am I?” Still, he was grinning. “What about Ancient Greece? We’re you around then?”

“Part of it, it’s a bit blurry for me, but I do remember marveling at the art and technological advances, they were very impressive..” he sticks out his tongue slightly, “at least for the time!”

“What about the Library of Alexandria?” Barry leaned forward eagerly.

He frowns slightly, “oh now that, was a historical marvel…the Romans cared not for it though” he sighs, “the muses were quite disappointed in what had happened to it, because of it being dedicated to them after all”

Barry’s eyes almost popped out of his head. “Whoah, back up. The Nine Muses?? As in, the Nine Muses? Apollo’s Muses??”

He laughs, “the muses! The nymphs were well acquainted with them..” he sighs, “beautiful ladies they were”

“Explain. The gods were real???”
(Lmao Barry is a huge history nerd)

“Well of course! They were as real as you and I”

Barry felt like banging his head against the table. “Further explanation?”

“Well, when’s the last time you saw someone go to an altar to give sacrifices to Athena? Or they crave love so they pray to Aphrodite? Gods rely on the belief of others to continue their existence. If enough people don’t believe in them…they just…fade”

Barry was speechless. “That’s… wow.” The Greek Gods. Damn. That’s— whoah.

“They exist still, but on a smaller plain of existence, very minor deities, even sort of angels…” Oliver notices his speechlessness, “I hope I haven’t ‘blown your mind’, as you Americans say, too much”

Barry chuckled, still dazed. “That, you’ve definitely achieved. Consider my mind blown.”

He smiles, “then I definitely shouldn’t tell you about my interactions with one of the gods..”

Barry laughed. “Yeah.. better hold off on that for now.”

Oliver goes back to eating, “it would be a shame to blow your mind and kill you on your last year here”

Beau decided to hop in after his long silence. "Well, not all the gods are gone." He said quietly, still fidgeting with his pencil. "Where do you think I come from?"

Barry just stared at Beau for a few seconds. “Whoah….”, he whispered. “Which one?”

Oliver turns and looks at Beau curiously, “no?”

"Zeus, of course. He's the only one left. I've never met him personally, obviously. I'm not high enough ranked for that. But I hear he reminisces a lot about things."

“Ah of course, Zeus…” he wrinkles his nose slightly

"He's not as 'all powerful' as he used to be, you know." Beau said thoughtfully. "I've heard he's rather gone soft and is just kinda sad a lot. You know, having all his friends and family disappear and stuff…"

“Of course. I’d not wish that on anyone else”

Peony had hoped unpacked would've settled the nerves that began to bubble and burst inside of her, but the task was over just as soon as it had started. She and her roommate went downstairs to the dining hall. And as she held her plate, she stood on her toes to look over seas of people, trying to find somewhere to sit.

Oliver quickly glances around, eager for some distraction, he once again waves someone over, “there’s a seat over here!” He calls out to the girl