And I thought humans had issues

[waterproofed]

One thing I will never forgive this place for is that it makes me read.

I was looking to see if Hercules dealt with anything like this, 'cause it seems like that guy dealt with pretty much every monster you can think of, and it turns out it's Hera's fault black cats are bad luck.

Hera, just a friendly tip: you really need to stop messing with people. It's getting to be a serious problem.

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[chocoponying]

... What the heck are you talking about?

[waterproofed]

Well, the story goes that Hera turned this lady into a black cat. The cat was made into a priestess for Hecate's temple. So black cats have been associated with magic ever since, and I guess the bad luck stems from that.

[chocoponying]

[Hera... Hera... Why is that name familiar?]

Okay... Why would anyone make a cat into a priestess to start with? [Is he even getting this right?]

[waterproofed]

Hecate's weird like that, I guess. I never met her.

[chocoponying]

Really... Who are they anyway?

[untilmydarknessgoes]

Pretty sure the Greek/Roman pantheon would be out of shit to do if they didn't screw around with people all the time.

Literally and figuratively.

[waterproofed]

Dude, that's just gross. [even if it's true]

[untilmydarknessgoes]

Well, that's the Greeks for you.

[waterproofed]

Not all of them are like that, you know. Hestia has always been straight with me, and Artemis is pretty cool.

[untilmydarknessgoes]

And what a surprise. A pair of virgin goddesses.

[onlyanapple]

How very dare it promote literacy.

Still, should have known a deity would have ruined cats for us.

[waterproofed]

Who needs literacy when you can just go see the movie?

[onlyanapple]

That's the sort of attitude that I find so endearing in young folk today.

[waterproofed]

You're not going to go into one of those "back in my day" speeches, are you? Because those are always really boring.

[onlyanapple]

To be fair back in my day there weren't any people anyway, let alone young ones.

[ninjainviolet]

Who are Hercules and Hera?

[waterproofed]

People from Greek mythology. Hera is a goddess and Hercules is a demigod.

[ninjainviolet]

Greek? [Now why does that sound familiar?] Oh! The camp when I first arrived! You told me some things then, too.

[waterproofed]

Ahuh. I guses people forgot already.

[ninjainviolet]

No! It's just-- I'm not very smart, so it takes me some time to remember things.

[She's never been to school, so she's never learned study habits, either.]

[bustered]

Is reading that bad?

[waterproofed]

It is when you're not good at it.

[bustered]

Mmm. I just wondered, since a large part of the journal is written, too.

[waterproofed]

Yeah, I know. It's annoying every time they do it, especially if their handwriting is really squiggly.

[bustered]

I'd think books would be easier then. Most of the ones I've seen are typed.