Orb of the Protogenoi

Problems

Morning came and Zeus was glad he had slept like a baby last night. Luckily, he was not awoken by the ruckus the boys made. The neighbors were about to call the office that night because of the noise if Hades did not intervene. He made sure that the boys would never wake up… during that night, of course.

Back to Zeus, he was now trying to figure out where he could take a bath. At the bathroom, he was choosing between the bathtub and the toilet. He did not know how to make water come out of the bathtub so decided to go with the toilet. He was about to take a dip when Poseidon knocked on the door.

"Zeus, is that you?"

"Yes."

"Can I join you?"

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"Uhh…as much as I like you Poseidon, I only think of you as a brother…And in our situation, I don't have time to think about that…"

"What? No! What I mean is- j-just let me in!"

Zeus hesitated but obliged. He opened the door and Poseidon went inside. "Look, I just wanted to show you how it works around here in the bathroom." He showed Zeus how the shower, bathtub and sink worked. He also gave him a toothbrush and some advice he got from Hades.

"…and that's it. This soap is for the body and the shampoo is for the hair."

"What about oil? And what is this contraption?"

"Hades said that these stuff are much more effective and that humans seldom use oil for the body. As for this, it's called a toilet, since we're humans now this is where we let our body wastes go. Just push the button after you're finish."

"Oh."

"It's a good thing Hephaestus and Hades told me how these things work or else we would've done what the others did."

"What did they do?"

"They drank from it."

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After taking a shower, Zeus went down to the dining area only to see the others gathered around the table. He sat at the head and looked at them while they just stared at him. "Is there a problem, except for the fact we're humans?"

"We're hungry." answered Hermes.

"Then bring out the food."

They just looked at one another.

"Umm~…you see father, there is no food." said Apollo.

"I can see that."

"What I mean is that there isn't any food in the kitchen."

"So what are we going to do then?"

And the "looking at each other" began again, except for Hades who was reading the newspaper. Zeus was about to say something to him when the former said "The market."

"The market?" repeated Zeus.

"That's where we can get food." Hades showed the newspaper he was holding. "It says here "Get everything you need here in Walmart". Its three blocks away from here."

"Okay then, whose going?" asked Hermes who brought his hands behind his head and his feet on the table.

"You are."

The boy lost his balance and fell back. Ares laughed at him while he got up and said "But dad!"

"Poseidon and Ares will be going with you."