Downtime

It's been about a month now since the events in Delphi. We've all gone off for a bit to pursue our own agendas in preparations for what's coming. Claire and I have spent some time together, but I suspect she's still mad. She won't tell me what her plans are and I feel bad. I'll try to find a way I can make it up to her. Though I'm only really good at making jewelry.

 I've pretty much resigned myself to the Trojan War happening again, regardless of what we do. It's pessimistic for me, I know, but I flipped back through the Homeric legends and I think that, even with the pretense of preventing war, egos will flair, lines will be drawn in the sand, and battle will be joined.

I've distracted myself by starting a business venture. I'm creating a line of jewelry for sale and it seems to be taking off remarkably well. I don't need a lot of money, I rather enjoy living simply, so I take what I need from the income and donate it to things that need funding: schools, hospitals, that sort of thing. Patronizing a few aspiring artists, as well.

That's not all I did in a month, though. I did a bit of globe hopping, which is really easy with the mists as your form of travel. I visited several Amazon communities hidden around the world. I wanted to see my mother's culture and found them to be... xenophobic, at best. I was only admitted in because of Kyria. There's been a lot of activity going on with them. Raids into mortal territory and a general sense of unease. I fear they may have a role to play in the upcoming conflicts.

I wanted to do something for them. I want them to integrate better into the world. To do that, I had to start forming bonds with the settlements. I did some things I'm not proud of. For all my talk of protecting mankind I found myself leading some of those supply raids. A few of those villages wanted me to bear divine-blooded children, but I managed to settle for training their warriors instead (Not that I don't eventually want children, but I don't need to get pregnant when a war is on the horizon. And Claire would probably have a fit.). Still, despite that, it feels like some good training for what's coming.

The easy decisions are gone now. Life's going to get more grim as our divine lives start to impact the world around us. We're going to change the world, whether we try to or not. The best we can do is try to change it for the better.