XXIV.

[hellshaped]

[Hey students!!

Today Greek Mythology will be taught outside under some shady trees because it's nice out, okay. Some of you campers could use some more sun. So I hope you're okay with sitting on the ground.

Hellboy is seated on a short, crumbled pillar, smoking a cigarette because he is an excellent role model. Whatever, most of you are adults anyway.]

I don't really have a classroom agenda or anything. Is there anything you guys want to know about?

[ooc. open greek mythology class post! i suppose if any other teachers/non-campers wanted to stumble upon him, they could c:]

Comments

[jimfromit]

[Somebody doesn't want to play in the mud with all the other children doing physical activities, but does have an interest in Mythology.]

No not from you Mr Teacher man.

But I will take any books you have to offer.

[hellshaped]

I don't have any books.

[jimfromit]

Just loving the teaching methods you've got.

Do you have any idea where I can get mythology books around here?

[hellshaped]

Yeah, sure, I guess I should have prepared better for the magical world change that happened without warning.

I don't think there's a library here. It's a summer camp.

[jimfromit]

How can there be a Mythology class without any books?

[Yeeah Jim didn't get to many summer camp's as a child.]

[hellshaped]

Probably they expect the teacher to know a lot of this stuff already.

[ino]

[ino's been skipping most of the stuff that she's got on her schedule, but -- she's come to this one, because she's a little curious]

What about the names on the cabins? I get they're all gods, but ...

[hellshaped]

Yeah. Do you want to know about them?

[ino]

Yeah, sure, if you don't mind.

[hellshaped]

Okay. [He drops his cigarette and crushes it under his hoof, then lights another one.]

It looks like the cabins are named after the principal deities. So, Zeus, Hera, Apollo -- all of them. Zeus is sort of the "main" god; I think the ancient Greeks held him in the most regard. He's sort of the king of all the other deities, and his domain is lightning, thunder, that sort of stuff. He liked to turn into animals and seduce mortal women, so a lot of demi-gods have Zeus as a father.

Hera is his wife, and she didn't really like that he was always messing around behind her back. Understandably. So she tried to kill a lot of them, and a lot of Zeus' demi-god children, too.

Zeus had kids with other goddesses and mythological creatures, too. So he kind of got around. Some of his kids are the other cabins -- Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Ares, Hermes ... come to think of it, they're all Zeus' kids except for Hera, Poseidon, and Demeter. Oh, and Hades.

[He pauses, realizing this can get kind of long and boring ...] Err, which cabin are you in? I can tell you about that one.

[ino]

Wow. He sounds like a total asshole! Why didn't Hera just break up with him??

I'm in Artemis. [she's kind of curious about the others, too, but -- mostly about her]

[hellshaped]

They were married. In ancient Greece, it was really hard for a woman to get a divorce. Plus I think she was just really proud; Zeus had a bunch of kids with other women and goddesses, but she never cheated on him. So it was probably a matter of pride, too.

Okay, Artemis is one of Zeus' kids with a minor goddess named Leto. She's the goddess of the hunt, and is associated with the moon and I think deer too, if I'm remembering right. She's a maiden goddess, who never took a consort or a husband or anything. A lot of the gods tried to woo her, but she didn't like any of them, I guess.

Threadjacking, for the win? :D

[stalkershiki]

[Shiki tried her best to be on time for every lesson. No, really! But after all the fighting she's been doing, it's kind of hard on the muscles. So she's a little bit late.

She speed walks over, just as he's saying all of this about the gods, and she can't believe it. She knew a little bit about the gods from history class when they studied the beginnings of civilizations, but not much more than what the main gods were gods of.]

Wait, but... that's terrible!

Re: Threadjacking, for the win? :D

[hellshaped]

It's no worse than a soap opera. Think of it that way.

[cyan_maid]

[Here's a hand reaching out from the mass of sitting students.]

Um! I have a question, sir! Although I hope you won't find it rude.

[She pauses for a second, hoping she's phrased this right.] What exactly are you?

[hellshaped]

[JANE..........]

Right now, I'm a teacher.

[cyan_maid]

[Yes Hellboy?]

I can see that, sir.

Your body is all red, though. I've never seen a red person before - but please don't take that the wrong way, it's a lovely shade of red!

[hellshaped]

[jane please]

I could just be really sunburned.

[cyan_maid]

[Oh, alright, if you're so insistent about it.]

Hm...alright, then, if you say so.

[She'll find out at some point!]

Then, do you know what our cabin names mean? Do they hold any significance?

[hellshaped]

[That's what you think!!! Hellboy is very mysterious.]

They're the names of the Greek gods who lived on Mount Olympus.

[cheerupemoborg]

[Y'know, Hank wasn't originally going to bother doing his job. The more he think about it, though, the more he realizes this could be a fun way to trash talk the gods.

So he'll be off to the side, not really getting involved just yet.]

[hellshaped]

[Of course Hellboy's noticed him just ... standing there ...]

You're kind of creeping me out.

[cheerupemoborg]

[He looks Hellboy up and down.]

This is coming from the big red demon person.

were you and I the only Greek teachers?

[hellshaped]

[He ignores that ...]

Sure seems that way. Or the only ones who bothered to show up.

[cheerupemoborg]

They're not being forced to do it? Surprise, surprise.