Seasons don't fear the reaper

[controlsthedie]

Who: Thanatos & OTA
Where: sleeper/passenger car hallways, greenhouse, training gym
When: Kazoo, Day 2 or 3 (after Jack's "Musical" Mayhem, before dance)
What: Death is being a dork: chores, flower growing, sword practice
Warnings: none

Chores: Death approaches the dust

[ A new month means a new type of chore assignment, apparently. At least this one doesn't need someone coaching Thanatos on what to do. He takes to the passenger area first, dressed in the train's standard blue hoodie and cargo pants to keep his own stuff clean. (Zagreus wanted to wear red not blue, so Thanatos just gave him the spare red hoodie he had.) Floating towards the ceiling with a feather duster in his hand, Thanatos gets to work.

Thanatos may not have paid much attention to Dusa while she worked (or at all really...), but he knows that she was always up high dusting the rafters. Sorry if he startles anyone going through a door to see legs dangling down. He's dusting the top of the door frame. ]

Greenhouse: Thanatos's Poppy Pot has sprouted!

[ Done with chores for the time being, Thanatos has returned to his usual way of dressing (chthonic death god style) and is crouched low to the floor. Mort is perched at the edge of a pot. They stare at nine tiny points of green pushing out of the soil. Thanatos is smiling, awestruck. (An expression that wasn't as rare when he was a godling days ago.) ]

They sprouted… they actually sprouted....

[ Thanatos speaks softly as if he fears being too loud would bring destruction upon them. Green. Growth. Life. He thought they would never sprout. They would never grow. Yet, here they were. Poppies, his and Hypnos's shared symbol, growing in this pot. Nurtured by Death of all people. ]

What do you think, Mort? Do they need more water?

Training gym: Trying not to float like a butterfly

[ There should be a mission coming up soon, and Thanatos is determined not to have a repeat of the last time. He had lost his powers, his divinity, and had become useless. He would have been a liability if other passengers hadn't come to his aid.

Gods, if Thanatos froze like that while Zagreus needed his help.... No. That's not going to happen. He's going to make sure that he can still fight, still protect… well, more than just Zagreus. It's still strange to think that he's developing a new role for himself on this train.

He summons his sword, not his scythe, and sets his feet upon the ground. Thanatos starts with a few basic motions when he notices he has company. ]

Pardon me. I'm not taking too much space, am I?

Comments

Training

[consider8]

[Eight walked into the training area, a luggage bag in hand. Her focus was set on the box that she barely registered the seemingly-young man training nearby. Ah... yeah, he might become a problem, but she can wait.]

I can... make do, or wait. I am in no rush. [But the way Eight is kneading her fingers implies she was hoping to use the space sooner rather than later.]

Another sword? [She speaks out her thoughts without thinking. Not that she didn't mind swords, but there definitely seemed to be a lot of sword users on the train.]

[controlsthedie]

[ Thanatos takes in the newcomer's appearance quickly, some underwater type of gorgon? It's been a while since he's seen one with their whole body.

Thinking the question is an honest one, he levitates off the ground, dispelling his sword and bringing out a scythe nearly as tall as him with a small flourish. ]

My scythe is my chosen weapon, but it's unwieldy to use if I'm trying to limit my powers. My sword is easier.

Training gym: Trying not to float like a butterfly

[yondu]

[Yondu's been trying to catch the gym as empty as possible for his own practice. There's some things he wants to do to make sure that his fin is definitely at 100%. Problem is, there's a lot of damn people on this train, and only a few know about the arrow. None of them know the extent of what he can do with it.]

[Once again when he wanders through, there's someone here. He doesn't think too much of it, does note that he looks kinda unique, and stays well out of his way.]

Nah, it's me needin' space. You just go ahead with all that there. [Yondu makes sort of a flappy 'go ahead' hand gesture.] I'll wait it out for bit.

[controlsthedie]

[ Thanatos realizes he has company not by sight or sound but his innate sense of death from being Death Incarnate. He's been around warriors before. Sometimes, it is possible for one to reach an old age and not die by a blade. Even those mortals didn't have the sheer amount of death that Thanatos senses. How the hell can someone rack up those numbers? Maybe he'll get to see.

Thanatos floats upward a small ways and moves over towards the wall. Then he places his feet back on the ground. (It's only after that realize that he could have just walked.... That is why he's practicing.) Thanatos returns to a fighting stance. ]

I just started, so you would be waiting a bit.

Greenhouse!

[subcircuits]

Normally, Devero doesn't pay much mind to people crouching over plants when he has to pass through the greenhouse carriage. It seems like there's always someone in here, tending to some plot or another.

A person and a plush mouse crouching over plants are a different matter, especially given that he's a little surprised to see the no-longer-a-child god still has the toy with him.

He can't help himself. He joins Thanatos at the pot, crouching himself. "What're you two growing?" he asks. His grin is crooked, his whole mien teasing, because of course the plush is just a toy-- but look at him, still willing to play along!!

[controlsthedie]

Thanatos looks over his shoulder, missing that he's actually being teased because Mort squeaks his own greeting. Without any input from Thanatos.

"They're poppies. Hypnos and I share it as one of our symbols. Didn't think they'd grow at all." He turns to look back at them. "I told Persephone that I didn't want her blessing. Nothing against her. I just--forget it. The important thing is they actually sprouted."

Greenhouse

[obliviouspatriarch]

[Of all the places Wei Wuxian's explored so far around the train, the greenhouse car wasn't one of them yet. Somewhat ironic in the fact that he has gained an ability to help plants grow a little faster in Hakagemachi, and not visiting the one or two places on this metal contraption that would be helpful.

But no matter, he's there now and is admiring all of the plants in there as he comes across Thanatos smiling at the sprouts. Curiosity piqued, he offers a bright smile of his own.]

What's growing that finally sprouted?

[controlsthedie]

[ Anyone who had offered to help Thanatos out with plant magic or blessings was promptly turned down. Thanatos didn't want their help in that way. They could give advice, but he ultimately wanted to be the one who grew (or killed) these poppies. ]

Poppies. I planted them weeks ago, and this is the first I've seen them above soil.

Training gym

[goingthroughaphase]

[ Even on days when she wasn't training with Trunks, Kitty still tried to spend some time practicing in the gym. While her powers had been useful for missions so far, she wanted to have some skills that could help, just in case.

She was also used to sharing the space with other people. So when Thanatos speaks up, she smiles and shakes her head. ]

No, you're okay. There should be enough room for both of us.

[controlsthedie]

[ Thanatos isn't used to sharing a practice space. Very few would risk doing so with Death, and even then, those who did weren't strangers, weren't mortal or alive. However, he knows he has to get used to this at some point. He just needs to keep reminding himself why. ]

Very well. I'll be over here.

[ Thanatos takes a few tentative swings of his sword. He's not even using his powers. He shouldn't be this self-conscious of mortals around him. ]

training

[enthunder]

[ Seeing him on his feet is almost jarring, but he's not exactly a space hog. Nervous, then? Lightning shrugs, from where she's setting up a training area for later. ]

No problems here. [ Hm. She watches him go through his exercises before a thought occurs to her. ] You know, for a god who doesn't cover battlefields, you're more armed that I'd have expected.

Re: training

[controlsthedie]

[ A god practicing and purposely not seeming his best? He knows he's not in his world, and things are different on this train. However, he is nervous. He's already ruined his image enough....

He steps forward during a mock thrust of his blade. ]

The sword was my first means of severing the soul from a body. My scythe came later.

chores

[sos_pilot]

[ Dangling feet from above is far from the most unusual thing Della's ever seen, but still worth investigating. She glances up, and then offers a friendly wave. ]

Hey, Than-the-man! What'cha doing?

[controlsthedie]

[ "Than-the-man" ...? Thanatos looks down from where he floats. What? ]

Red Team's chore is cleaning, so I'm dusting. I don't think this area is cleaned a lot.

[ Never mind that he is currently wearing a blue hoodie. ]

chores

[ourtomorrow]

Hatchoo!!

[ Legs are, apparently, taking a backseat to Wormmon sneezing. Ken glances down. ] Wormmon?

The air's dusty, Ken-chan. Don't breathe deep!

[controlsthedie]

[ Oh, that didn't sound good. He looks down to see a speaking creature and a mortal child. ]

My apologies, I didn't mean to send the dust upon you.

greenhouse

[irrationally]

Well, sprouting generally is what plants tend to do.

[ Sorry to ruin the mood, Thanatos. But ruining the mood is kind of Alice's speciality, and she really couldn't help but overhear him talking like that while she was looking at some of the other plants around the greenhouse.

She stops walking though after she speaks up, instead looking in the direction of the other and the tiny green buds. ]

Did you think they wouldn't?

[controlsthedie]

[ He's starting to get used to Alice just being like that. It's refreshing in it's own way. ]

I'm Death Incarnate. I kill things.

[ It's a reasonable assumption to make. He's never tried growing something, and it's well out of his domain. ]

Training

[helborn]

[Casper's been trying to use the training gym to test out his abilities to see which ones work. Some of them he can't test without another person, but those... aren't ones he likes using, mostly. He's currently got a bow made out of ice and several ice arrows next to him, shooting at a target a little ways off.]

[He freezes when he feels an overwhelming power approaching him. He doesn't even have to activate his scanning ability - he can smell and taste and feel the death-related energy from the cloaked figure. His heart is pounding in his ears, and even Bob, perched on the climbing frame, shifts nervously.]

[When the figure speaks up, Casper shakes his head a tiny bit before speaking.]

Y-you're Thanatos, aren't you? P... Persephone said you were on the train...

[controlsthedie]

[ Even on the train, Thanatos has never sense anything like what he does now. The immortality, the relation to death, connection to Fate... Thanatos stills. Has a version of himself from another world arrived? No, there is something else at play. His grip tightens on his sword. What does this mean?

Thanatos steels himself to face this newcomer, and he's surprised to see the fear on the other's face. He relaxes a little. ]

... If you spoke to Persephone, then you know I am not here on assignment.

[ Okay, not a god then. Demigod at least? ]

Training

[springforth]

[Persephone has never really taken to the training gym. It was a place where mortals heightened their skills, where they fought or played or used weapons. Nothing she needed. She wasn't one of the fighting gods, for all she'd had to learn some basics in her time.

Is she surprised to see Thanatos here? A little.] Oh no, I was just going to pass through. [ She glances at his sword. Didn't he have a scythe during that last battle?] Practicing?

[controlsthedie]

Yes. We'll be having a mission soon, and I want to be prepared in case something prevents me from using my powers again.

[ Thanatos has no idea he is about to get a power nerf redux soon. At least he's making an attempt before all that. ]

... The hardest part is keeping my feet on the ground.

Greenhouse

[firewalled]

[Rich is used to seeing weird things in his daily life on the train, though this big, intimidating guy with a goth/classy style hanging out with a weird mouse thing, watching sprouts appear in a pot, is certainly new. He carefully approaches, leaning over to look at them, and smiles.]

I think you're probably good for now, but you should water than this evening. What kind of plants are they?

[controlsthedie]

[ Thanatos turns around, a little surprised. ]

I didn't realize the time of day mattered for watering.

[ He hadn't been paying attention to that. Should he have? Was that why the took so long to sprout? He returns his attention to the sprouts as if hoping they would give him an answer or confirmation. (They do not.) ]

They're poppies.

Greenhouse

[salutosinedelectat]

Thanatos might not notice, as he's preoccupied with his gardening endeavors, as a small, technicolor creature shambles their way up behind him, and begin sniffing at his tunic.

Aziraphale stands nearby, seemingly just looking at some plants on one of the plots, before he manages to catch the wobbledog in the act.

"Ferdinand! Don't bother the gentleman."

[controlsthedie]

Ferdinand?

Thanatos turns around to see the strange creature. Some kind of spider-dog? Dog-spider? Whatever it is, it's very colorful. He tugs his himation and chiton a little further away in hopes of discouraging the creature from doing more than smell.

"I have never seen a creature like this."