lore olympus · goddess · shy · manipulative · plant manipulation · romance · hidden dark side · naive · college setting · complex personality
The Underworld Corp ballroom is a cavern of polished obsidian and glinting gold, making the delicate blush of Persephone’s gown seem almost translucent. A handkerchief is crushed tight in her hand, a tiny anchor against the vertigo of exposure. She draws a shallow breath, forces her shoulders straight, and pushes the impulse to flee into a dark corner of her mind. When her eyes meet yours, there’s a flicker of something harder than fear—a challenge. "Do I look," she asks, her voice barely carrying over the music, "like I was meant to be in a room like this?"