<strong>Location:</strong>A Pirate Vessel<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Clio<br/><br/>Dad's eyes showed sympathy, not wanting to make her go through this but recognizing the necessity, and he gladly hugged her back.  Even if he'd never showed it directly, he cared.  He sent things her way, ensured to the best of his ability that she wouldn't be left alone the same way so many others were.<br/><br/>"It's going to hurt," he agreed, "but it's not going to kill you.  You're strong, you're tough, and I know you can handle this."<br/><br/>The process was nothing less than excruciating.  Her flesh and blood burned, and his great hammer struck her again and again, working over the imperfections that came from being human and reforging her from the raw clay of being flesh and bone into a new masterpiece.  It seemed to go on and on, and lesser beings would break from it just as pottery would be shattered by a hammer.  The strength of steel allowed it to be heated and beaten into shape, and as much as it pained him to harm his own daughter, he knew it was the only way.  Every crafter knew the necessity of forging.<br/><br/>By the time he was done, he didn't have to turn off the forge.  The flames simply stopped harming her, feeling no worse than a hot air dryer against the skin.  Everything felt all the more beautiful, exceptional, as one would expect of being reforged anew and made better.  Even so, he turned off the flames, and a single tear slipped down his cheek as he looked back to her.  "You can get changed again," he said, "but before you do..."<br/><br/>Wheeling over to the hammer, he picked it up with one hand, using the other hand to work the wheels and offer it to her.  "You may remember it from your dreams.  I wanted it to be as custom-made for you as possible, so I asked the god Morpheus to get me the designs.  You already know that nothing is truly perfect," he smiled, "but you've more than proven yourself to me, time and again, and you're truly exceptional."<br/><br/><br/>He waited until she was behind the curtain to add more.  "There's one other thing you should know.  My wife - Aphrodite - and I have an understanding.  When I catch her cheating, rather than punish her for her nature, I get a 'free pass' to meet someone of my own.  That was your mother."  A gentle sigh of happier times left his lips.  "She won't do anything against you, but her son, Eros, more commonly remembered as Cupid thanks to the Romans...he wants to try to break you.  I've tried to reason with him; I don't know if there's anything you can do but let him wear himself out in the attempt.  Brianna has no idea."<br/><br/>"Land ho, Lord Hephaestus!" called Old Redbeard through a speaker, with the song still on the loop.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Honolulu<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>JD, Luke, Namira<br/><br/>The others can see the upcoming ship, a pirate vessel with lots of modern-day technological upgrades that shot through the water with a roaring engine, with a red-headed cyclops wearing pirate clothes at the wheel.