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Operation PFFN Super Secret Video Correspondence: #6
Screen blinks to life, revealing a close-up view of Asher’s nose and right eye. He takes a couple of steps back, and the image sways as he adjusts the camera. It comes to rest again, focused on his face. He looks like he hasn’t slept in days.
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Hades:Asher? You done yet? We were sort of in the middle of things.
Asher:Give me a second. I just need to bring everybody up to speed.
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Asher:Can you get your dog under control? I’m moving as fast as I can.
Hades:Asshole, come on now. Leave the guy alone. If you’re a good boy, I’ll let you pee on his shoes later.
Asher:The fuck you will.
Hook:I would make sure you don’t leave any out. Just in case. The hound does whatever the fuck he wants.
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Dahlia: *chuckles*Aw, they didn’t mean it, buddy. As far as I’m concerned, you’re always a good boy.
Hades:Don’t get any ideas, pup. I’m her favorite. If she had to choose between us, it’d be me.
Hook: *cough*bullshit*cough*My Wendy bird would never leave me.
Hades: *aggrieved sigh*Not you and I us, him and I us.
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Asher:Okay, so to bring you guys up to speed, Hades, Lord of the Underworld, just opened a fucking portal in my living room, and then a fucking ghost appeared to share what she learned on the other side.
Asher makes a few more adjustments to the camera before stepping away to reveal a living room filled with people. A blue and silver portal pulses on the right, a female shape visible in its center.
Alek: (afraid)You didn’t tell me there would be ghosts. I don’t do ghosts. I’ve been incredibly clear on this. Is she going to be able to step out of that portal?
Hook: *snickers*Your brother is afraid of ghosts, Tor? What kind of Viking is scared of something that can’t even touch him?
Alek:One whose mother is intimately familiar with the process and filled me in on just how malevolent they can be.
Tor:Gods, you’re still not over this, Alek?
Dahlia:Would it kill you to show him a little bit of empathy?
Tor:Probably.
Dahlia:Should I remind everybody about your run in with our good friend Kat a couple months ago?
Tor:You promised never to speak of her again, beauty.
Dahlia:Then be nicer to your brother.
Hades:Kiki cannot cross the boundary. Think of the portal like a video call.
Alek visibly shudders, but nods.
Alek:As long as she stays on her side, I’ll be fine.
