#axelxender

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@highfunctioningalcoholic location: dionysus cabin

It was mostly a matter of hunting down what he knew. He knew what his own portals looked like. He knew what extradimensional energy looked like. He knew of the other demigods enough that he knew that no one else would have his level of high-energy-at-all times unless something went wrong. He wasn't seeing it elsewhere so it was really was a matter of deduction that brought him to the Dionysus cabin.

He could still be wrong but Axel knocked on the door, anyway. If he wasn't? He could hopefully offered some help.

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[ aloud ] sender reads aloud to receiver

Or

[ refill ] sender refills receiver's glass without asking

"-Reigns that which would be feared. ‘Tis much he dares, And to that dauntless temper of his mind He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor To act in safety. There is none but he..."

This all spurned from Axel saying he knew The Bard's works but had never seen them professionally performed. He might've seen a high school or college rendition of Romeo and Juliet but that definitely didn't count. When Ender had suggested that be fixed, Axel was expecting something for the masses at the amphitheater. A one man show with a one man audience in the Dionysus cabin? Accepted even if it caught him off guard.

"Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren scepter in my grip, Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. If ’t be so..."

He was having a good time, that's for sure. The way the son of revelry always managed to get a bottle into his hand somehow and top Axel's glass right back up without missing a beat or falling out of character? Entertaining in its own right and probably was why his guest had drank as much as he had- just to see how he'd do it next. But it was also great to see someone who knew their stuff act out what the once-English major had only seen on pages.

"-Rather than so, come fate into the list, And champion me to th’ utterance. Who’s there?"

The way Ender asked the question had the son of Hermes looking over his shoulder. It was part of the soliloquy but somehow Axel still felt guilty for taking up so much time with this private show.

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while he could claim to know a good amount about a wide variety of topics, axel couldn't claim to know much about wines outside of what his taste buds had told him through the years. when out with others, he just followed their lead. so if ender was giving his stamp of approval? he trusted the godling on the topic more than practically anyone else here that it was good.

"it's all about the changing of the seasons, harvest, and friendship, right?" he took another sip from his glass (a gulp that was probably bigger than would be appropriate damn near elsewhere). it went down fast and smooth, making it very clear how far along he was. "don't think they'd say no."

ender didn't even have to tap into his domain for the party to be lively and fully of life. it was nice to know that his friends were all enjoying themselves because they wanted to and didn't need his help in doing so. it made him relax a bit more, allowing himself to enjoy it just as well not feeling like he had to be life of the party for once... though he was a son of dionysus so it just came naturally to him.  "i do not think it is fair that they used wine that is only located here," ender said complaining as he sipped his own glass of wine. "i mean each wine tastes different depending on where it is grown. for example a chardonnay from napa valley tastes much different than one from côte de beaune in burgundy. using a wine that is not grown in the mortal worlds--" he let out a small whistle that indicated he was impressed. because honestly he was. "do you think they will give oliver or me one of the grape seeds so we can grow it back home? never have i tasted a wine that tastes like sunshine before."