"You Are a Person of Upmost Potential. You Just Don't Know It Yet." (Closed//Stalkers Enabled)

"Actually, no. I'm not. I'd much rather keep my memories, thank you so very much."

"Ahh, it'll just be of me. That's why I'm telling you so much. Prometheus will probably pop in here and yell at me for telling you too much…" He sighed, his annoyed tone ringing even through it.

"That, or I could just take the stupid job and hope I don't die."

"You're not a technician though. You only make the plans. It… would be rather pointless to take you, no offense or anything. I really like these paintings."

"Well, it wouldn't be too difficult to manage. If I had the proper materials and the time I could make these, but it would be difficult. I would probably need an assistant." Maria said.

"I can help. The reason they sent me is because you'd be assisting me. I like doing other stuff other than hunting, miraculously." He scowled and rolled his eyes. "I learned a lot from Hephaestus, the God of Blacksmithing… since he was my half-brother and all. He's great."

"Well, it wouldn't be to hard to assist a god. I think. Just show me what to do, I'm a quick learner. Very quick." she said.

"Good. I'll report back to Zeus. Wanna come with me?" Havenwood sat up a little.

"I guess so." Maria said.

Havenwood stood and looked down at her. "I'm… Artemis. You can call me by my made up surname: Havenwood." He stuck out his hand, which was lightly scarred and muscular.

"Havenwood. Do you have a nickname or anything, because it would probably save time. I don't want to pronounce that many syllables."

"It's just three syllables. It won't kill you."

"Fair enough."

"Alright, so can you put this on? It'll stop the Gods from hopping on you like bears on honey." He gave her the locket that he previously took from her.

"Right. Okay." she said, putting on the locket.

"Let's go." He stuck his hand out.

Maria took his hand.

They disappeared from her home and to a large mountain. It was exactly how it described in the legends and such. Havenwood let her hand go. "Follow me, and don't look anyone in the eyes."

"Erm, okay." Maria mumbled. Suddenly this felt like a bad idea.

(I'm gonna hafta go soon but I'll be back later)
Havenwood glanced around and started walking quickly forwards.

Maria followed. She looked down at her feet awkwardly.

(Hello, sorry I had to do a thing. Are you here?)
After walking north for some time, he turned into a shadowy cave which was alive with sparks from an abandoned blacksmith's forge.
"This is usually where I work. It's kinda hot in here, but it's home."

(Yup! Hi!) "I'm used to high heat." Maria said.

(Howdy!)
"Good. I have a place where I sleep over there." He pointed to a little path presumably leading off to another cave. "You can take it if you want."

"No, I can just go home after work. It's fine, really."

(Actually, about shipping. I'd actually like to do that, but I'd rather we take it slowly if that's okay?)

(Yeah, but there's a reason he offered…)

"I'm not going to be sleeping with you. I'm just giving you my bed because… it will be very hard to go back and forth."

"I'm sure I can manage, thanks." she said. "I would prefer to stay on Earth, I hope you'll understand."

"Of course. It'll be hard to hide you from Zeus, though, but I'll do the best I can. Anyway, let's get started, shall we?"

"Right. What do I need to do?" she asked.

"Well, I suppose I should walk you through how to weld and smith some steel for the stuff that the Gods want. You do that by…" And soon, after a cripplingly hard day (nevertheless fun and different), Havenwood raised his head to look outside.
"Hey, look at the time. I suppose I should send you back."