#argo: starter

[another-argo]

chat what are we thinking for the villain arc?

-sincerely Rammi, who needs villain starter ideas

[bvsyhead]

open starter ⊹₊ ⋆ kingdom lost muse ⊹₊ ⋆ beatrice "tris" argo location ⊹₊ ⋆ meet me at midnight bash

three hundred and thirty six hours, that's how long tris had been in her hometown and there was no end date in sight. she came here to help her family after her grandmothers death, the woman was matriarch of the family, the one who held them all together even in their darkest times and now she was gone. her father wasn't handling it well, going on and on about how that was his last connection to his wife. each time he said this beatrice would roll her eyes. because the man had two daughters who looked so much like their mother and yet he never seemed to care.

walking into the party, she did her best to hold her shoulders high, at least until she got a few drinks in her. all she needed to do was loosen up and then maybe this stay wouldn't be so daunting. the woman wasn't prepared for the way the place looked, whoever was throwing this party had a lot of money and even though she made sure to not look it, she was still paying off student loans. taking a deep breath, she made a beeline to the bar, ordering and downing it instantly. her eyes closed tightly as the liquid burned her throat, the feeling instantly calming her nerves. shaking her shoulders a little, she finally let herself smile before turning to face the party goers.

"i really gotta find the dj, cause we need better music."

[rulingmarz]

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overcomplicated starter homes - episode 3 | argos smp

[pain-is-forever]

OPEN STARTER: ALL ALONE?

TW: Violence (?), mentions of injury

[It's the holiday season, the time people should spend especially close to their loved ones, time to be jolly and surrounded with kindness and love. That isn't the case for Theo. He had lit a small fire from old newspapers in an alleyway and placed a miserable looking tree consisting of a couple branches with dried up leaves stuck to them next to it. He looks like he's just been through hell, with fresh wounds on his arms and face and new bruises on his left cheek and under his right eye, the sword Karla gave him laying beside him, covered in monster dust. There seems to be something in his hand, it looks like a blanket, a very old one with holes and rips and dried up vomit on it.]

Happy Holidays, I fuckin' guess...

[He mutters as he wraps himself in the blanket and stares at the flames as the dried up leaves of his pitiful attempt at a tree catch fire and his creation starts burning, he doesn't seem to care about that though. He just stares blankly.]

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[pain-is-forever]

Theo is still worried out of his mind. What just happened? Would Rey be okay? Pacing around is kind of difficult with crutches, but he somehow manages to do it. He doesn't even notice when Rey starts to wake up.

Oh, gods, what is going on? Is it his fault? It's almost like watching Argo's arm fall off all over again. That thud, that squelching noise as the dagger dug deeper and deeper into their flesh- disgusting. Theo forces himself to kick that memory to the back of his head again, starting to feel nauseous.

It's not until almost a minute has passed since Reyno woke up that Theo even registers something happening. The moment he sees his eyes open, he rushes (or waddles as fast as he can) to his bedside and nearly throws his crutches to the side to hug him, he's so surprisingly happy.

"Good gods-" Theo pulls away and looks over Reyno, grabbing his head and turning it to the side to inspect it, then trying to check the back, realizing he'd forgotten to do that earlier. "Are you okay? Did you hit your head when you passed out-? Uh, how many fingers am I holding up-?" He panics, but holds up two fingers.

There is a knock at Reyno's door, upon opening it he sees... surprisingly, Theo, with nearly every visible spot of his body covered in bandages, a cast on his right leg, supporting himself on crutches.

"...I may be generalizing here, but you seem like the kinda guy who would know how to stop nearly being turned into minced meat. And I could use the advice. Please?"

@pain-is-forever because I cannot get enough of these two goobers

Rey stared at Theo in shock, looking him up and down.

“Uh- Alright, alright then! Come in, Theo. Seems like you’ve got yourself into a… tense situation, eh?” he laughed nervously, reaching to a cupboard on the far wall of his cabin and getting out a first aid kit.

“Need anything? Just in case?” he holds the first aid kit open to Theo.

[xixovart]

lost trio headcanons because theyre my mini fixation for the day

for starters i’d like to remind you that the first time jason felt like a person and not a soldier was when he was with leo and piper

ok now actual headcsnons

jason’s hair grew out after a bit and ended up covering the scar (“undercut”) he has on the side of his head from that one bullet. leo likes to surprise people by putting jason’s hair up bc its funny to see their reactions

l: “and look—secret undercut!!”

j: “it’s not an undercut leo, it’s a scar”

p: “the bullet didn’t even touch your skin drama queen”

j: “might’ve. my head could’ve exploded and—“

[groaning and arguing and leo laughing]

—canon convo guys rick told me

leo knows a lot of car games which is very beneficial for long days on the argo ii

piper always has a lollipop in her mouth and no one knows where they come from

leo comes up with the oddest nicknames and piper and jason are just. so used to it? jason could be talking to like reyna or smth and leo will come up to him and say

l: “oh hey jason gracer razor blazer”

j: “hi leo”

r: “what the fuck”

leo is really bad at picking up social clues so jason does it for him

the wildnerness school had a really early curfew that piper and leo blatantly ignored

they would stay out and wander the halls and hide in classrooms whenever a teacher was nearby

leo was poor and homeless, jason was raised with no regards to currency, spending, or finances, and piper is a nepo baby. the ultimate trio dynamic. arguing for hours about whether $50 is a lot or not (it is.)

leo shares food as a love language

jason loves video games, surprisingly enough (mario kart. MARIO KART.)

piper is constantly taking leo’s and jason’s stuff. hair ties, jewelry, mostly clothes, also mostly food, leo’s homework,

the trio has a movie marathon every friday night. there’s blanket forts, gummy worms, matching pjs, and fairy lights involved. they borrow rachel’s cave, since cabin 1 is too depressing and the aphrodite and hephaestus cabins are way too packed (sometimes rachel hangs around for a bit :D)

picture me this. it’s winter, the lake is frozen over. they somehow find ice skates. utter chaos. leo fancies himself a figure skater, jason is on all fours because he keeps falling, and piper actually did figure skating as a kid

GUYS GUYS THE TRIO GOING ON A QUEST AND HAVING TO HIJACK AN UPPER-CLASS PARTY/GATHERING IM LOSING MY SHIT IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES

im gonna have to draw this but like

piper giving them very strict instructions on what to do and what not to do (they end up forgetting half of it)

yk that one quote from new girl?

“where are you piper?? this place is fancy and i don’t know which fork to kms with”

that’s leo

jason just hanging around quietly and not engaging in conversation and keeping everyone under close radar like the little fucking wolf he is

everyone ends up thinking he’s a bodyguard

the trio just goes along with it

YH THATS IT I HAVE MORE I THINK BUT THIS IS GETTING WAY TOO LONG SOOO BYE LOSERS GOODNIGHT AND DONR FORGET RO SLEEP EAT AND DRINK WATER (you hear that, @kindred-spirit-93? water. not pink milk. water./j)

[katerinaaqu]

Did Odysseus have horses or not? (An Iliad and Odyssey Analysis)

This little thing came from a post made by @wolfythewitch and my response in regards to some Cephallenian horses that can still be found to Kephallonia to this day: see here So here is a more extensive analysis on the question of horses and Ithaca or the kingdom of the Cephallenians in general

So as we know from antiquity, horses are known to be a sign of nobility, proof of status and of course a valuable animal for work such as farming or war. Horses play a very important role in the homeric poems with of course the most infamous example of all the Trojan Horse that was the symbol of Troy and became its destruction. Many heroes have had the pseudonym "tamer of horses" including Diomedes and Hector.

It seems also that horses are linked most to some of the richest and most powerful kingdoms are shown to have beautiful or good horses. For example except for Troy that as also linked to god Poseidon and thus to the sumbol of Horse, we also see Argos be famous for the horses (and king Diomedes earning his name from it) or even Sparta (Menelaus providing horses to Telemachus which are praised) and Pylos when Nestor also provides Telemachus and Peisistratus with horses.

But what about Ithaca?

As mentioned above and as others mentioned before me, it seems that Ithaca, the tiny rugged place Odysseus speaks about does not seem to have terrains that are capable of hosting horses like wide plains or wide and smooth roads where horses can trot freely or graze. The existence of animals for work as well seems to be touched in post-homeric sources such as Hyginus Fabulae where we see the infamous story of Odysseus pretending madness. He ties to his plow a donkey and a cow instead. Both of the animals are more frequent for plowing fields or carrying loads especially donkeys and mules that are still famous in Greece and greek islands and they are known for being capable of marching across the wild terrains and uphill paths.

Ironically, or not so much, Ithaca seems to have a lack of horses according to Telemachus himself for when Menelaus offers him parting gifts, including horses, Telemachus replies to him thus:

However the horses I shall not take with me to Ithaca but I shall leave them to you, with your permission (lit: to your glory): for you are a king of wide fields, rich in clove and galingale and plenty of wheat that is dicocum and white. However in Ithaca there are neither wide roads nor grassy meadows; place that is fit for goats to walk and graze on rather than horses. For no island that leans in the salt (here: sea) is fit for riding and grazing horses: Ithaca least of all.

(Translation by me)

So here Telemachus seems to imply that not only most of silands have unfriendly terrain for horses but also that Ithaca is "least of all". Now there are a couple of things here that are toned out:

Ithaca is described as a ragged place by Odysseus as well when he speaks on his homeland to the Phaeaces and even nowadays it is indeed true that Ithaca has more mountain plains than wide fields given how small the island is as well and in general Greece is over 80% mountains anyways.

Homer makes Telemachus speak on how Ithaca is the "least of all" suitable for horses. Probably that is a small hyperbole. For starters maybe one could speak on "least of all" in the islands of the Ionian sea instead, which Telemachus probably is familiar with because islands in the Aegean sea are much dryer and uphill than the islands on the Ionian sea so it is probably a hyperbole used by Homer to show how unsuitable Ithaca is for riding horses or comparing them to islands of the Ionian sea instead (because see for example an image of Folegandros which has even less greenery for horses to feed on:

However the image that Ithaca is probably boarderline hostile for horses and riding is also linked to the fact on how Ithaca is often perceived as a land rich in certain products such as olives or fruit trees (due to the mild climate) but a generally poorer island and kingdom compared to others like Mycenae, Argos or Sparta. When Telemachus visits Sparta is is mesmerized by her beauty and richness.

Even if we do have examples in Ithaca that show that Ithaca is not a weak or penniless kingdom (Penelope sits on a chair with ivory which is an exotic material very hard to find or Odysseus leaves for war wearing a crimson woolen mantle that is decorated with a golden brooch. Both gold and the color crimson were extremely valuable. For example crimson pigmentation is found only at the shells that come from the east so it would require good economy to obtain) Ithaca is by general idea a poorer and less powerful kingdom than the rest (Odysseus is one of the kings that brings the least amount of ships with him at the number of 12 and around 603 men in total including himself)

The absense of horses or the hint that Ithaca does not breed horses at all, according to some readings of the passage, is also linked to the lack of powerful status for the kingdom. The kingdom itself is not one of the great powerful kingdoms of Greece like his peers from Mycenae or Argos and the fact that a status symbol like Horses is absent is rather interesting way to show that. In fact Ithaca seems to gain fame by its people rather than its political power.

(See how Odysseus calls the island κουροτρόφο aka "nurturer of men". Odysseus implies that the importance of his kingdom is not to the status symbols but to its people and their braveness)

But can we really talk on complete absence of horses in Odysseus's life?

Cephallonia's Semi-wild Horses:

As I mentioned to the post I reblogged under @wolfythewitch post we do seem to have a breed of horses to the area. The horses are being left to roam about according to an ancient custom because Cephallonia has no much space to keep them so the farmers do tame them but leave them roam free to the plains and now they are part of the national park of Aenus mountain:

These horses have been adapted to ride perfectly well to the rough rocky terrains of the mountain. Now of course the breed was probably imported from the mainland (most likely from Pindos mountains). Cephallonia has also been suggested as the location of the homeric Ithaca (and the giver of name of his kingdom) due to the fact that it deprives from homeric description that Cephallonia was "the most far western island" or, as I would probably be willing to believe, that maybe the land of modern Ithaca and Cephallonia were connected by land at that time (take that hypothesis with a grain of salt but I think it is highly possible) other locations suggested were even Lefkas for they discovered Mycenaean remains there

It is of course unclear when these horses enter the terrain. Itis possible that the horses arrive way after the bronze age that Odysseus ellegedly lived or even after Homer's time even, if Homer doesn't mention them or mentions that horses are not possible to grow in Ithaca.

It could also be, though, that homer completely dispatches horses from Ithaca to that degree again to point out the difference of status between Ithaca and Sparta. And, another totally wild guess, is also interesting how the animal symbol of Poseidon is absent from the island of Ithaca to the poem that speaks about the hubris of Odysseus against Poseidon and the god's wrath against him! Food for thought! XD

No horses in Ithaca doesn't necessarily mean Cephallinians had no horses at all:

Another thing that people often forget is that Odysseus was not king of Ithaca only. The kingdom of Cephallenians was a kingdom that spread over several islands AND part of the mainland where modern day Aitoloakarnania is:

The kingdom is not limited to the island of Ithaca only. Acarnania is also a wide area. Horses can possibly be bred there and also be providing the islands if needed. It is interesting because Odysseus is not only in posession of a chariot in the Iliad but he also seems perfectly capable of riding horses. In the Iliad for example both he and Diomedes steal the Thracian Horses in rhapsody 10:

So she spoke and he (Diomedes) recognized the goddess's voice and swiftly jumped on the horses: Odysseus smote them with his bow and they trotted towards the fast ships of the Achaeans

(Translation by me)

Interestingly Homer uses the 3rd singular of the verb: ἐπεβήσετο (he rode) but then proceeds using the 3rd plural ἐπέτοντο (they flew/rode away). So what could it be? Could it be perhaps that Odysseus jumped on the horse behind Diomedes and smote it with his bow to start trotting away? In that case we could speak indeed on the fact that clearly Diomedes was a better rider than Odysseus given that he is more familiar with horses. However if both of them ride away that means that Odysseus is not completely oblivious of horses he just doesn't seem to be so capable with them indeed. In fact the first is rather confirmed at the passage that follows soon after:

Then Odysseus beloved to Zeus restrained the quick horses, while the son of Tydeus jumped on the ground, placing the bloody spoils to the hands of Odysseus and once more he rode the horses; hitting them with a whip and nothing stopped them from flying to the hollow ships, as they so much wished to be.

(Translation by me)

So in this scene Diomedes seems to be the protagonist, being more knowledgable on horses (he is the one who rides first and trots) while Odysseus plays a more auxiliary role (steeds and holds the horses or holds the spoils in hand) but he doesnt seem completely oblivious to the exietence or treatment of horses. He both knows how to restrain and steer them but he is also in posession of a chariot with which he fights in the Iliad and covers the retreat of Diomedes and later that same chariot comes to pick him up from the battle (see rhapsody 11).

Conclusions:

So Homer seems to be sticking to the notion that horses are not widedly used in Ithaca or the rest of the kingdom due to its rough terrain. Not only does Telemachus speak of it but we also see the image in Iliad where Odysseus is clearly not as capable rider as Diomedes given how while they trot away. Of course needs to be noted how the horses are often depicted unbriddled and without a saddle in the artwork so it is also interesting to think that Odysseus wouldn't be able to ride without equipment while Diomedes who is more familiar with horses he has no problem.

Odysseus seems to stick more to chariots than horse riding which also indicates that he is not familiar with horse riding to that extent or that he is not particularly confident in it, however he seems capable of doing it.

The existence of the horse breed in Cephallonia as well as the fact that the kingdom also involves the mainland could indicate that horses were not unknown to the Cephallenians just not widedly used. Odysseus speaks many times on horses and their beauty and strength so he is familiar with them and he can judge (bet he also learnt a bunch from his fellow kings like Diomedes and the idea of Diomedes showing Odysseus even more stuff about horses sounds a cute image doesn't it!?) but from the incidents such as the one from the Iliad, suggest that he is not confident rider.

His knowledge seems less extensive compared to his knowledge on other stuff such as sheep and goats (he praises the flock of Polyphemus for example, elemet that I also used to my retelling/one-shot fic "Escape from Cyclops Island: Hubris") or stars and navigation so indeed even if he does have knowledge on riding or chariots he is not very confident in it.

So I tend to be somewhere in the middle; I don't believe that the Cephallinians had no horses at all or that they had no idea on horses (Telemachus himself has some knowledge after all since he mentions immediately to Menelaus that his gift would be unsuitable for his land) it is just that if they can host horses it is just some very sturdy and adaptable ones like the ones used at mountain passages and even those were not widedly used. They would probably have more mules or donkeys for transportation like it happens to mountain terrains and use more cattle as farming animals. The use of horses must have been very scarce to the point of providing them general knowledge but not as widedly used as in other places

But what do you guys think? Let me know!

[faceless-bugger]

!Open starter!

Corruption

Ever since the whole.. Thing. With Argo..

The forest was calm. Quiet, even. No monsters, no weird entities, no eyes watching from your shadow. Well. At least.. From the inside. Outside? It was just wrong. Shrouded in shadows, thousands of eyes cluttered the blanket of darkness like stars, their gazes flicking around rapidly, some watching anyone and everyone passing by.

Bee was curled up in the middle of the forest, his wrists and ankles wrapped tightly in withered vines, like some chained deity. Tears of what looked to be blood poured from his eyes. Speaking of eyes, his face was covered in them, all crying red.

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[penelope-is-waiting]

Open starter: Christmas

*it is Christmas morning, and you find Penelope near the Christmas tree, carrying over a whole Christmas breakfast buffet with presents surrounding the tree*

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[who-tf-eats-their-children]

Open Starter - Sins Of Thy Father

Some days, Kronos wondered if it would have just been easier to consume his children. It would have certainly meant less crying, less bumps and bruises, less lectures, less frustration, less parenting. It's not like it would be a surprise, given the fact that he had been 'oh so willing' to cut their father into a thousand pieces and cast them deep into Khaos, and how 'natural' he seemed to look covered in ichor (Primordial Hemera's words, not his), but in those thoughts, he also wonders how he'll be able to look his beloved wife in the eye. If he'd be able to keep up that act, playing the innocent or leaning so far into it he'd lose everything just to give into that darkness his father carved deep into him. "You are a lot like me," he'd say those very few times he'd allow them Above and one of those fewer times he'd let his children into his presence, and even now Kronos can't push down the utter disgust that came from that thought. But... he also can't seem to stand the waiting. The paranoia, jumping at every shadow and twisting and turning each night waiting for his father to get one over on him again. He's the King of the Cosmos now, but it seems like even a King has their own King puppeteering them. What a joke (and oh how easy it would be).

You are roaming--or possibly seeking--when you spot him sitting on a supposedly random mountain in the middle of nowhere (the first and last place Kronos dared speak against his father). There is nothing to his expression or aura, but you feel yourself being tugged his direction anyway. He's sitting on the grass, facing the sunset, looking perhaps... mortal. Manly. Human.

What do you do?

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[a-son-of-love]

OPEN RP STARTER ~ crush..?

You decide to go visit Evan for whatever reason. You see him thinking to himself. Sitting in a tree.

What no one knows, is what he's thinking about.

Someone? Something? Who knows.

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[another-argo]

open starter

it's time for the villain arc

Nobody expected Argo to last long back at camp- but even less could have predicted what he did instead.

About two days after Argo was 'back'- he was gone again, but this time he didn't just take his things. No, Argo had ransacked the Hypnos cabin- taking almost everything in there.

All photos or memories of Argo- or Luke for that matter, completely gone.

Of course, that wasn't even the biggest shock.

The trail of blood leading into the woods.. now that, that was truly surprising.

ANYONE MAY INTERACT!!

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[daffy-not-a-duck]

Open Starter for Argo 3 Group (except charlie go away)

Daphne hasn't left her room in three days. The only time she was seen was whenever she had to use the bathroom and to sneak in snacks.

Occasionally you could hear her mumbling through the door, but it was mostly sniffles and random objects hitting the wall.

The door was always locked, and you were growing worried. You figure out how to pick the lock and walk in, only to find her buried beneath the sheets.

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[pain-is-forever]

OPEN STARTER: STEREOTYPES.

TW: Violence, possible gore, mentions of self harm

Theo's not one to succumb to stereotypes. He usually tries to stay out of trouble and not be noticed. However, after certain people decided to bully his friend, he's not sure about staying quiet anymore...

People at camp have always talked about Theo behind his back. They didn't even hide it. Most avoided him. He never seemed to mind. He preferred being alone, if that meant staying away from people that didn't trust him or believed he would kill them in their sleep, just because he was the son of Akhlys. As if that made him the worst person on the planet.

Now, he's planning to make use of that fear, that disgust. You find him standing in front of some Aphrodite campers, the same ones that spilled their drinks on his friend. He somehow found them, and he's going to make them pay for what they've done.

There's a cut on his arm, very clearly self inflicted, toxic blood spilling out, circling around him, there's bits of burned grass around the Aphrodite campers. Theo's huffing as he makes a bit of his blood splash next to them, it eating away at the grass it landed on.

"How does it feel to have shit spilled at you, huh?" His voice is oddly calm for such an angry expression on his face. He may have overreacted about this situation, but he just can't stand the asshole campers anymore.

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[reyno-solis-real]

Open Starter - Christmas

You see Rey decorating the large Christmas tree in the center of camp, his tail wagging. He’s putting up a few ornaments and climbing up a ladder to hang some string lights when he hears you approach, turning around.

“Hey! Wanna help me with this?” he calls out to you.

What do you do?

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[daughter-of-thanatoss]

OPEN STARTER

You didn't expect to see demigods. You hoped you didn't see any. Especially since you were out of camp past midnight.

But you caught one sound and then the other and now you were standing outside an dark alley, glancing inwards looking at exactly what you hoped you wouldn't. A demigod.

Any other time you would have walked away. Head down so nobody noticed. But something wasn't right.

The girl that stood there stumbled around grabbing her head. "Get. Out. Of. My. Body" she commanded.

The only response was a wailing yell somehow coming from the same mouth.

"ARGHH" the girl grew her back against one of the alley walls. Still grabbing her head.

What do you do?

@another-argo @snakes-and-spells @frieda-dear-of-aphrodite @/ anyone!