[ARCHIVE] VDAY 2012 - The Night Pothos Went Crazy

[FA Venus]

Because this is the best Venus Day story yet.

Guardian_Iris

The night of February 14th, 2012 was filled with joyous celebrations to welcome Venus' Graces to her retinue. Pae'il from all over the island attended to join in the fun. Unfortunately for attendants of this grand gala, Venus's sons, her Erotes were also there running amok and having their own kind of fun.

One of these days, those Erote arrows will be stripped of their magical breeding capabilities.

While Venus was spending time with her Graces, the Erotes went a little crazier than they should have, and the party got rather wild. 7 dayslater, a very large basket filled with 13 babies arrived.

Reflecting on the events of the night in order to find out which baby belonged to, Venus looked into her scrying mirror to see what happened.

~~~

The smooth-talking Hedylogos was the first Erote to make his appearance by shooting Thaddeus square in the tookus. Because pae were still arriving, the first Pae'il he laid eyes on was Fraise. Fortunately for the young pink angel, Pothos was in a particularly onery mood tonight, and she became his first victim saved Pae'il. ((no babies, because 1. same owner, and 2. Any pae struck by Pothos did not get a hook up resulting in babies, unless the other pae was hit by Anteros.))

~~~

Venus looked in the basket of babies once more to see if any might be obvious. Certainly none of them were. Back to looking in her mirror to see what happened.

~~~

Melek, a handsome purple and teal angel loitered around the punch when Eros arrived and shot off an arrow to the first Pae'il he seen. At the same time, the shy wallflower who rarely shows up at these parties, Hymnaios, had a burst of courage and decided he would attend this party to welcome his sisters. Not wanting to be left out of the fun, he fired off one of his own special arrows. The first to be fired on Telrunya, striking a beautiful red, leather-clad faerie by the name of Diona. The pair locked eyes and floated towards each other. The moment Diona proposed, Hymnaios made it official.

~~~

Venus looked in the baby basket again and noticed two matching the colors of Melek and Diona. "Bingo!"

Eros was dispatched to deliver these babies to their parents because Hymnaios was nowhere to be found.

((Two little Wilwarin boys! Wolf and Teig, decide which one you want and PM HelMel with names so they can be certed up! And yes, the pair is MARRIED. You can deal with that however you like via RP. We will have a way to annull marriages coming soon.))

((Also to note: we rolled 15 pairs, and only 5 were successful. So we will be revealing all pairs that were rolled via story-telling. Each post will end with the successful hookup.))

 

[FA Venus]

Guardian_Iris

Pleased that she found where two of the little rugrats homes, Venus peered into her mirror once more.

~~~

The faun chef, Bronson, stomped up towards the food table to examine the fancy food a Pae'il deity would serve to guests. Spotting a worthy target, Pothos took aim and sunk an arrow deep into the portly faun's fur. Not wanting his brothers to outdo him this year, he quickly turned around and shot another longing arrow into the crowd, hitting Moana right in the shoulder. The infatuation caused the pair to glide towards each other, where they slipped into each others arms and started dancing. The after effects of Pothos' arrows kicked in, and they both pulled away, knowing they could never have one another. Moana was too much of a 'young whippersnapper' and Bronson was simply too old and hairy.

~~~

Venus frowned and wondered who peed on Pothos breakfast. She was slightly disappointed her other sons were not mingling more. She would have liked to have seen more love-matches. She continued her search by watching the events of a week ago.

~~~

The lovely purple Erote who called himself Iordanes did mommy proud. After his introductions and chitchat with his brother, he spotted a fascinating electric faerie Pae and curled his lip. Stretching his bow back, he set his arror right next to Zyzair's mechanical heart. He wanted to see if his magic arrows would work on such a rare and unique Pae'il.
Having spotted his brother changing the gender of a pae, Hymnaios had the brilliant idea to shoot the rather cocky looking pae with all the piercings and a yellow mohawk, Sadron. Sadron laid eyes on the beautiful electric (and temporarily) female pae and strutted right over. Without missing a beat, he said, "Hey Baby, You're looking might fine. Let's get hitched!"((Yep, Sadron MARRIED Zyzair while he was under Iordanes' spell. And they had babies!))

~~~

Venus couldn't help but laugh at that pairing. Her boys were doing her proud. After wiping away a tear, she looked into the basket and concluded that the little electric eel looking babies just had to belong to that pair. She dispatched Iordanes to deliver them both. She mentally noted that Hymnaios' absence was going to need to be addressed.

((Sei and Mel, you know the drill. Let Teigy know the names and which one's you picked. ))

 

[FA Venus]

Guardian_Iris

Four babies down, nine more to go. Venus sat back and snapped her fingers to have her mellon fan her. It was tough work trying to decide where these babies needed to go. After she felt sufficiently relaxed, she lifted the mirror again to watch the party.

~~~

Zyzair, feeling pretty damn good about things left a snoring Sadron where he laid, to go rejoin the party. The magic of Iordanes arrow was mysteriously wearing off early as he passed a mirror just as Iordanes himself noticed the fading magic and hit the electric fae again with an arrow. Seeing the sexy female form in the mirror, Zyzair was smitten.
Amused and surprised by this outcome, Iordanes decided to see if he could get Zyzair to stop rubbing his chest by shooting an arrow off towards an adorable faun named Lira. Male!Lira took one look at female!Zyzair and was in love.
((No babies on the technicality that Zyzair already hooked up to produce babies. No worries though, still more babies and pairings to come!))

~~~

Venus was pleased with this, and even more amused by the electric fae, Zyzair's falling in love with himself. She looked into the basket but was unable to identify if any of the remaining tots would belong to these two Pae.
In the mirror, Venus watched her son Pothos flinging random arrows in to the crowd. "That little s**t," she thought outloud.

~~~

Poor little Fraise was hit again, doubling the potency of the longing spell, but resetting who her affections would be for. She spotted the handsome Naiad from across the crowd of partygoers. Sadron woke from his nap with a huge, loud yawn and re-joined the festivities. A feeling of dred filled his head, so he immediately hit the drinks.
Feeling a little scandalous, Hymnaios noticed one of his successful pairs were not exactly behaving like a loving couple. One was off loving himself in a mirror for crying out loud! So he needed to fix this, and hit them BOTH with another marriage arrow. Sadron was hit in the forhead at closer-than-acceptable range, affectively knocking him out which caused him to fall against Hymnaios, knocking him over. Hymnaios hit his head on the table and was out on the floor beside Sadron.

~~~

Venus just shook her head and peered in to the baby basket. None of them look like they could be the result of these sloppy matches. Then again, there wasn't any hookups with them falling on the floor or falling in love with themselves. Back to watching for clues to who the rest of the babies could belong to.

Venus gasp and covered her mouth at what she seen next.

~~~

While Sadron was falling on Hymnaios, there was a streak of orange and in the background. Himeros had finally arrived. He had plans of his own for this night. He pulled an arrow from his quiver, and casually strolled up to a handsomely rugged faun with a scar over his eye. Sliding an arm around Tafari's shoulder as he casually pricks the faun in the hip with the arrow in his other hand, he whispered into the faun's ear, asking if he could perhaps help him out of those uncomfortable-looking trousers. ((Himeros had his way with Tafari, resulting in a baby.))

~~~

Venus didn't know if it was clever of her son, or incredibly stupid. She peeked towards the basket not expecting that hookup to have resulted in a baby, but her eyes landed on a sweet little tangerine-colored faun with Tafari's patterns and Himeros' kissy marks. She closed her eyes and sighed before calling for Himeros. He was to deliver that baby to her other daddy. He could deal with that one.

(( Nafretit, PM Antidia with a name for the little pegasus female. Being that she is a demi-goddess daughter of the God of Lust, she'll come with a special aura that makes pae in her presence feel slightly lusty. This power is only a fraction of the strength of Himeros however. Also, until she's an adult, the aura will just be one to make people happy. ))

 

[FA Venus]

Guardian_Iris

Venus drew her focus back to her son and Sadron laying on the floor of the party. How did no one else notice or did they not care? They were right next to the drink table!

~~~

In the mirror, Fraise had lost sight of Sadron and had been looking for him. She hadn't seen him take a tumble with the Erote.
Sadron groaned and opened his eyes. The floor was not so fancy this close up. He pushed himself up and shook to loosen up a bit. Turning towards the rest of the pae at the party to figure out who had pushed him, his eyes stopped on Fraise. His toothy grin grew wide as he approached the angel. Swaying and still drunk, he slurred, "Who's got two thumbs and wants to honeymoon with your fine a**? THIS GUY!" Then he pointed to himself with his thumbs.
Maybe he was drunker than he knew, because before an answer could be given, he passed out again, falling to Fraise's feet.

~~~

Venus had a feeling that would not result in a hookup. Continueing in her search for clues, she spotted her favorite son, Eros, lurking around the edges of the party. She was so proud of him, and so glad he was home again. And even gladder he was rid of his baggage, Psyche. Grinning, she watched with pride as he worked.

~~~

Eros took careful aim, having deliberately taken time to choose a worthy candidate. He chose a faun with handsome features named Namaqua. Fully intending on selecting this faun's match, he took careful aim at a festively colored demon named Twizzz.
Still cranky and stewing, Pothos noticed his brother taking aim at the pink demon, and without a second thought, he fired off his own arrow, hitting Twizz and simultaneously knocking Eros' arrow away. A subtle victory dance was missed by Venus as she gaped and watched Eros' shocked face. Pothos must be practicing in his spare time.

~~~

Venus grew annoyed with Pothos. She continued watching the party.

~~~

Male!Lira rubbed female!Zyzair's shoulders as he continued to admire himself in the mirror, while a hopeful and wistful Zaria O'Kane watched the handsome Lira from afar. When Pothos' arrow barrage was let loose on the party, poor Zaria had been struck in the knee.

~~~

Venus snarled at Pothos, but continued to watch.

~~~

Himeros entered the party again, shortly after Tafari had re-emerged to join the rest of the partygoers. He plucked another arrow from his quiver and carefully glanced around the ballroom. Zeroing in another piece of tail -- literally -- he wanted to take for a little test ride. Twirling the arrow in his fingers as he slipped an arm around the pink naiad named Lethe, he subtly pricked her shoulder while brushing his fingers down the side of her cheek with his other hand to distract her. "Wanna join me in my private hot tub?"

~~~

Venus giggled, then looked in the baby basket. Sure enough, there was a little Naiad tadpole with funny looking fins and Himeros' kissmark. He could deliver this one to the Naiad once he returned from delivering the Faun.

((This little Naiad demi-goddess has the same aura has her faun half-sister.))

 

[FA Venus]

Guardian_Iris

In the mirror, Venus watched the party. Mostly it was innocent fun, just a few of the guests got a little carried away after getting hit with an arrow. Darn mortal pae, they are so weak to Erote magic.

Venus observed Hymnaios chatting up Anteros off to the side, pointing out various pae. She couldn't hear what they were saying, but they were obviously plotting.

~~~

Hymnaios aimed for Yukio's heart, and Anteros took careful aim at the snowy blue pae named Blizz standing nearby. To time this, both Erotes counted down, letting their strings go in unison. But nothing is ever easy when there's an (apparently) PMSing God of Longing at the party. Pothos had managed to bump Anteros so that his arrow went sailing across the room instead of hitting the target of Blizz.
Pothos took the chance to pling an arrow straight at Blizz's heart. Yukio was down on one knee ready to propose, but the terrible longing in Blizz's heart caused him to just turn and walk away.

~~~

Venus snarled at Pothos. Something seriously got that boy's panties in a twist. She looked at the remaining babies in the basket. Some had fallen asleep now, which was a relief because it was nerve wracking when they cried.
Rubbing her temples, she commenced watching the terrible party movie.

~~~

Pissed off, Anteros hunted Pothos. Venus was more interested in watching that chase to notice what was going on with the others. Outside of her field of interest, Eros was picking out another lucky couple. That beautiful silver faerie boy, Ei-Kal, looked like a perfect choice. And now to find a suitable love match for him. Eros was being particularly picky tonight in his choices, which was uncharacteristic of him. Spotting a lovely koi demon named Zeme, he felt she'd be perfect. Before attempting to make this match, he glanced around to make sure Pothos wasn't nearby or watching him. Looked like he was being chased by Anteros, so he was distracted enough.
Feeling robbed of an opportunity, Hymnaios carefully watched his brothers to see if he could perhaps change a lovematch to a marriage. Watching Eros' eyes after he'd struck Ei-Kal, Hymnaios fired an arrow towards Eros' target. Both arrows hit Zeme in the chest.

~~~

Venus had cheered Anteros on, but Pothos gave him the slip. It was only at the last second that Venus noticed the embrace of Ei-Kal and Zeme after Hymnaios married them. "Oh!" She peered at the sleeping babies and wondered how she didn't notice it sooner. Those sparkly little babies obviously belong to them. Calling Eros to deliver the little poop-machines to their parents. Hymnaios was still suspiciously not answering his pages.

((Amasis and Twitch, PM Teigra with names and which baby you chose. Both are little boys.))

 

[FA Venus]

Guardian_Iris

Completely drunk out of his gourd, Sadron sidled up to Ei-Kal's new wife, Zeme and leaned in real close. He said something, but not in any legible language as he tried to be suave and add to his harem. This koi-colored demon would be a nice addition to his harem with the electric hottie. And that other chick, who's name he forgot. And what's-her-face. Oh hey, that chick over there is hot too. Sadron stumbled, and started to walk towards the next pretty face.

~~~

Venus shook her head. That Naiad had issues, but he was fun to watch she wondered how she might have more fun with that one. Seeing the dark mop of curls dart out of nowhere in the mirror visage, Venus was pulled from her reverie as she watched Pothos streak across the center of the ballroom, losing his cloth drapes. Did he paint his face? He's lost it. She just watched, dumbstruck, as the God of Longing shrieked, jumped on the back of Blizz and pricked the pae once again with the longing arrow before firing it off into the group of Pae that had moved to avoid him.

~~~

While Pothos was creating a bigger commotion than the drunken Naiad, Hymnaios took advantage and shot an arrow at the back of a blue and yellow angel named Xanthea. Unfortunately for Xanthea, because of the commotion, the first Pae she spotted wast the poor boy that Pothos was rodeo'ing, Blizz. She smiled, but just gazed wistfully at the beautiful boy.
Anteros charged into the room, heading towards Pothos with his mallet swinging. Pothos yipped, and jumped from Blizz's back and took off with Anteros in hot pursuit.

~~~

Venus couldn't believe her eyes. These boys were ruining her Graces' party. She was fuming. It was as she smacked the arm to the large chair she lounged in that she noticed a very unlikely guest at her party. Annoyed she did not notice sooner, her virtuous sister was attending this party. She'd not seen Artemis in forever. Hoping with all hope that at least one of her boys wasn't useless, Venus tried to will one of them to p***k the frigid Goddess of the Hunt.

~~~

Having lost interest in the majority of the partygoers, particularly because Pothos likely freaked them all the hell out, Iordanes meandered around looking for something to pique his interests. Anything at all. Then, a choir of angels began to sing as a golden light shown down from the heavens as his eyes fell to none other than the Virgin Goddess. This was too good to pass up. Too good. The corners of his mouth curled into the most devious of grins as he pulled his arrow back and took aim for Artemis' heart. Oh man, this was going to be great.

That stray arrow of Anteros' that was meant for Blizz had fallen to p***k a delightfully evergreen-scented demoness on the crown of her head. It had not been until Artemis was pricked with Iordanes arrow that Abeta had taken notice of the tall, handsome pale blue faun with a moon on his head and sauntered over to introduce herself.

~~~

Venus howled. Iordanes might just become her new favorite son. Peeking into the baby basket, Venus crossed her fingers hoping there would be lasting proof of this night for Artemis. Lo and behold the gods were on her side. Two little odd-looking demon-faun babies were curled up around each other, each resembling Artemis and Abeta.

((Mene and Teigy, let Mel know which one you choose, and their names. They are both girls.))

 

[FA Venus]

Guardian_Iris

Three babies left, and they slept soundly in the big basket. Venus covered them with a soft pink blanket before looking in the mirror again. This was so exhausting, a nap sounded good about now. But she was almost done. And she'd have some punishment to dole out soon as well, so no time for sleep. Always so busy!

~~~

In the mirror, Venus noticed a blue blur moving around the edge of the room behind the chairs. She zoomed in, to see Pothos stalking the party guests again. That little brat! She wondered what on Telrunya was so important that she did not even notice any of this going on! That disturbance with Anteros chasing Pothos must have happened when she excused herself for a break, because she did not remember that happening.

The seemingly stoic and quiet faun named Danori who lurked on the outskirts of the bigger group of attending guests seemed to be Pothos next target. But why? He was just minding his own business not showing any interest in the other guests. But when Venus took another glance around the room, she noticed Himeros was out again. He spent an awful long time with that Naiad whever he went, she thought.

Himeros yawned and stretched his arms up over his head, grabbing an arrow from his quiver and loading his bow, which this time, she noticed he carried. With a lazy aim, he plinked the arrow at an orange and pink Naiad named Anatolio. Not sticking to his motive of personally hooking up with pae, Venus wondered why he bothered with this one.

Pothos had seen Anatolio get hit with Himeros' arrow. Anyone who gets hit with Himeros' arrow usually gets laid that night, and Pothos was having none of that. He watched carefully as Anatolio eyed the quiet camoflauge faun, and springing out from his hiding spot behind a few chairs that he'd pushed together, Pothos shouted his warcry and pulled his bowstring back, sending the arrow into Danori's thigh. He landed in a crouch on the other side of the chair pile he had made. Looking both to his left and right, he sprinted off towards the open door where none of his brothers appeared to be.

Anteros stepped out from the other side of the doorway, grabbing Pothos as he couldn't stop before running into his brother.

~~~

Venus laughed out loud, startling the babies awake. One started crying, then the others followed. She snapped her fingers hastily, ordering the stray fairies and mellons to tend to them. "I don't do diapers."

Once the babies quieted enough she could think, she continued watching.

~~~

Eros and Himeros jumped Pothos once Anteros had him subdued to help cart him off. Because Venus was focusing on the party, her mirror did not see where the Erotes disappeared to. Instead, she glanced around to see what the other three were up to and if perhaps she could home these last three crying brats.

Hymnaios apparently had passed out and was under the drink table. At least that explains why he was being so careless with those marriage arrows. He could not hold his liquor at all. Hedylogos and Iordanes seemed to be just mingling for now, talking with the guests.

Venus was about to put the mirror down and just send these last three babies off randomly when she noticed something interesting enter the ballroom from the door Pothos had been carried away through.

An orange Erote with a black afro wig strutted in. He held his shoulder back, pelvis out and seemed to be flaunting the carefully placed bunch of grapes dangling from his cloth wrap over his junk. Venus covered her mouth to keep from laughing.

Pothos!Himeros tried to immitate Pothos' swagger. Or lack thereof, considering. He strolled in, pulled out one of his own arrows, and pricked the closest Pae: Zario O'Kane. He winked towards his brothers, and taking the chance to get a little more action before the end of the night, Hedylogos fired an arrow off towards the stone pae, Thaddeus. Zario bee-lined towards Thaddeus, but luck was not on her side. In the center of the dance floor, Pothos had dropped some of his arrows when he piggy-backed Blizz and no one picked them up. No one really noticed them. That is, until Zaria fell back, landing on her butt, and pricked her finger with one of the longing arrows when she put her hand on the floor in an attempt to stand back up.

The face-slap heard round the party: the 4 present Erotes all slapped their forhead, cursing their brother's name.

Time to take matters into their own hands. Hedylogos kept Thaddeus distracted long enough for Pothos!Himeros to fetch Erosso he could shoot another arrow off towards Namaqua. That handsome fella deserved some luvin' tonight after Pothos' rampage cockblocked most of the guests.

~~~

Venus clapped her hands, two more babies sent away to their rightful parents. She had Hedylogos and Eros each take a tot to give to the parents for this delivery.

((Mene and Twitch, send names and choices to Antidia. The grey one is a boy, and the brown one is a girl. :3 ))

 

[FA Venus]

Guardian_Iris

Venus reached into the basket and pulled the last little girl in to her arms. She looked into her eyes and tried to see if she could recognize the parents at all, considering she'd just spent the last 5 hours looking at all the party attendants. Something was familar about this little girl. Her blue eyes, the soft little feathered wings were not like a typical angel's wings. Then that's when Venus noticed a familiar marking. She knew who one parent of this girl was! But she didnt' know the other. At least she knew who to watch for.

~~~

Six Erotes huddled around each other with their heads bent so they could quietly discuss the next play. Something had to be done about Pothos' party pooping. The party was coming to a close and not many love connections were actually made. It was Himeros that had made the brilliant discovery that would save the party. Or at least pull the crazy cork out of their brother, Pothos. Maybe his solitude was getting to him. Maybe he was lonely? Maybe he was just plain nuts. They tossed around a few ideas, each volunteering to be the one to p***k their little brother.

In the end, they decided to draw straws. And Himeros cheated. Still with his Pothos disguise on, he approached a finned girl with purple hair, Lillison. He pelvic-thrust-bounced up towards her with his hands up and behind his head, a few of the grapes that were affixed to his loin cloth falling to the floor in the process. "Hey Baby, want a grape? Let me feed it to you." And he thrust his pelvis at her one last time.

Lillison was mortified and fled quickly from the creepy Erote.

"My name is POTHOS! MESSAGE ME!" he called after her. Hearing a giggle, Himeros-dressed-as-Pothos turned his head to see a sweet girl with curly red hair looking at him. Perfect. He saunted up to her, swaying his hips and introduced himself. "I'm Pothos. 'Sup baby?" Discreetly he waved his hand behind his back at his brothers, indicating he needed an arrow. Hedylogos was the quickest, sneaking through the crowd and handing one of his own over. Himeros pricked Talil as he slid an arm around her shoulders, just as he had the Faun and Naiad from earlier in the evening. "Meet me in the storage room in 5 minutes" he whispered into her ear, careful to not let her make eye contact with him, or any other pae. He carefully steered her in the direction of the room and pointed. "I'll be right there."

In the storage room, Pothos sat, stewing. Each brother had taken a turn pricking him with their arrows while they had him back there.

~~~

The last thing Venus saw on the mirror was the innocent Shetani girl Talil entering the room they'd stashed Pothos in.

Venus ordered Himeros to deliver this baby. Pothos was no where to be found, like Hymnaios.

She was still a bit aghast that all of this happened right under her nose. She would have to look further in to how all this happened under her nose. And remember to not invite Pothos or Hymnaios to the next gala.

((Umi, PM Antidia a name for your little demi-goddess. Because Pothos is her father, she's got the aura that causes those nearby to feel a sense of longing; to crush on each other while they are in her presence.))

((This concludes the reveal, and story about what happened the night of February 14, 2012 ... for now. This story was written for fun, based on the way the RNG rolled the couples. We had not intended on doing something like this, but the story presented itself as Pothos continually cockblocked the pairs. I did not intend to offend or upset anyone, and chances are I took your pae out of character. Because of that, you do not need to make this cannon for their story unless you want to. The final results for couples with babies are cannon, but the circumstances don't have to be identical to what I wrote. This was written for entertainment purposes only, and to share the crazy cracked-out story we created while rolling these pairs.

For those who ended up with married Pae'il, Anteros will be available with his Hammer to reverse Hymnaios' magic and annull the marriages. ))