<span style="font-family:Amaranth"><span style="font-size: 15px">Lucinda and her Mystery Date.</span></span><br/><br/><br/>Dion smiled, along with attractiveness, the young woman had wits and an education.  He answered her, “No need to be formal, Lucinda.  Are you enjoying the Agiorgitiko?”  It seemed that she was.  He looked her over again.  Maybe he was a god, but he was also a man.  It also was an interesting little mystery.<br/><br/><br/>The Moirai, the Fates, sometimes intervened and sent a mortal, like the comedian that Thalia, the Muse of Comedy, had taken a shine to.  By the Styx, that human was extremely funny.  Dion wasn’t sure what brought Zafira into the Lounge earlier, sometimes random things happened, but this ‘blind date’ certainly wasn’t chance.  Who might it be?<br/><br/><br/>Pan, despite his appearance, didn’t have any trouble finding women.  He really didn’t want to be a spectacle either, but he always showed up at the Halloween party.   Poseidon might desire an intermediary.  Hades was devoted to Persephone, so it wouldn’t be him.  Maybe Dion was on the wrong track?  It could just be a well-to-do human.<br/><br/><br/>Then the door to the elevator opened.  The newest god to enter the Lounge that night was taller than Dion.  He stood about six foot six.  He was looking 'thirty-ish'.  His complexion was clear and a healthy reddish tan.  His black hair had been shorn in a ‘jarhead’ cut and his beard was in a trim circle cut.  The light brown eyes were intense, almost fiery.  From the past, Dion knew that the muscles beneath the black Armani suit didn’t compare with Zeus or Heracles for power, but there was power in them and a natural speed those other two deities would be hard pressed to match.  It was rumored that Zeus disliked Ares more than any of the other Olympians.<br/><br/><br/>They weren’t anything like close friends, but Dion respected the god of war.  Still, maybe he ought to say something to Lucinda, “Lucinda,” Dion said in a hushed tone, “it looks like your mystery date has arrived.  I know him.  He’s a bit on the intense side, so you decide if you want to handle ‘intense’.”  Then Dion gave her a little smile and continued, “on the plus side, it looks like he brought you a very nice red rose corsage.”