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"Jacky, I think youdown next to her on the altar step "You knoere just talking about The Iliadat Susie’s house Clearly our tragic deaths have happened and we’ve been thrown into so you knoe’ll be sucked into a fucking Thood! The pain!" Jacky fanned herself furiously
"Shit, I’ the TU quarterback definitely wasn’t worth it"
"Well, I knew having a white best friend would cause me some shit eventually" Jacky held her very slender, very white arm out despondently "I just didn’t knoould be this bad"
"Again I would like to ask, what is so terrible about being white?" Athena said
"Nothing, if you are white," Jacky said "But I’hed "Or at least I wasn’t before I went to hell"
"By Zeus’s beard they are exceedingly stubborn," Athena said to Venus "You didn’t tell us about that"
"I told you they’re different than ancient ht here--in hell--with you," Kat said Then she turned to Jacky "I wonder what they did to get sent to hell?"
"They’re gorgeous Wo soht Forgot about that"
"Are they saying that we’ve angered people? We’re goddesses We don’t anger people; they anger us," Athena said She gave Venus a severe look "Tell them"
"Uh, we can hear you," Jacky said
"Jacqueline! Katrina! You are not in hell Stop this nonsense at once And ending the Trojan War won’t be that difficult We already have a plan of action figured out for you," Venus said
"Hey, aren’t these the three goddesses who caused the whole Helen/Paris thing?" Jacky said "You know, the wedding, the apple, the giving already-married Helen to Paris and whatnot"
"Huh I think you’re right," Kat said
"Do you see how long that ridiculous rumor has lasted?" Venus told Hera Then she turned back to the two h of the Trojan War We"--she gestured at Athena and Hera--"did not start this war, and we’re sick and tired of being blaamemnon to blame others," Hera muttered
"What Venus, Hera and I have decided is that this war has gone on far too long We want it stopped Now," Athena said
"And why do ya think Kat and I could help you with that?" Jacky asked
"Yeah, sounds like you need to zap some scientists here so they could whip up a lovely weapon or two of mass destruction--"
"As if those can actually ever be found," Jacky input
"As if," Kat agreed "But if you’re thinking we can do soot usmodern weapons to the ancient world sounds like it’d be messin’ with the Prime Directive or somethin’," Jacky said
"God, you are such a dork," Kat said "This is hell, not Star Trek Although the two do have some odd similarities"
"See, it’s blaspheot you in this situation"
"Achilles!" Venus blurted Bothlooks on her "Achilles is the key to the war going on and on If he and his Myrmidons withdraw froe of Troy They’ll lose heart and go ho what this has to do with us," Kat said
"Actually, it has to do with you, Katrina," Hera said, though she gave Jacky an apologetic look "Your friend is here because Venus didn’t think the two of you would want to be separated"
"I told you so!" Jacky said
"Shit," Kat said "I need a drink"
"Excellent idea" Venus looked around the cha wide-eyed in a dark alcove "Darling, would you get us all so story" The little priestess darted from the room and Venus drew a deep breath "Now, letto you…"
"No way is that plan gonna work," Jacky said
"Of course it ork," Venus said
"Co the world? That didn’t even happen in Buffy," Jacky said
"What is a buffy?" Athena asked
"I’ht not be hell," Kat said "You know they knoho Buffy is in hell"
"You have a point," Jacky said "By the by, may I just mention that your Buffy comment is every bit as dorky as my love for Star Trek"
"No, you up dork me because you’re into both of theot all delicious with that nasty sex God, I’d really like to ne cork," Jacky said
"What is a buffy?" Athena asked Venus again
Venus shrugged "You can’t expect oddess took a long, fortifying drink of wine before continuing "Kat, will you help us with our plan?"
Katrina chewed her botto session with Achilles to help hi"
"Sounds like they want you to do a super-duper shtuping session with hinored her "As I explained, Thetis, the mother of Achilles, has already put into motion his withdrawal from the battlefield"
"Because his woman, uh Briseis, was taken away from him And you want me to take her place"
"Yes," Venus said
"Whose place a," Venus said "You are si everlasting god I alirl? I definitely need a refill"
Eleithyia hurried to top off Jacky’s goblet
"Answer me this, Goddess of Love," Kat said while Jacky drank "Achilles’ woh that he illing to stop fighting why in the world would you believe that he’d be interested inon to another wo for the old one"
"It wasn’t a love relationship," Venus said "Achilles’ pride was hurt by Briseis being taken, not his heart"
"How can you be so sure?" Jacky asked
"Agamemnon told me that Briseis’s beauty asted on Achilles," Hera said
"Great Kat, he’s gay," Jacky said
"Gay?" Athena looked utterly confused
"Achilles is not gay," Venus said
"Gay?" Athena repeated, tapping her foot in annoyance