Just Hold Your Breath [Tere]

Link was mortified when he approached the gigantic home for Poseidon kids, built by the very people he was coming to talk to. it was gorgeous, really, and he had seen many houses like it being so famous in the mortal world. Heck, his house was very similar in size but with less Grecian influence. His dad was a Rock Star, after all.

Anyway, he had been talking to someone about his lack of control over his ability, which only came forth when he was playing his music. He was informed that there were people with Siren like powers, similar to his but also completely different. He still wanted to talk with them, however, see if they had any advice in his managing his ability.

He approached the house and knocked on the door, not even sure if it would be heard. He almost didn't even do that, the knocking. He had only found out a week ago that he was even a demi-god and he was brought to this island quite suddenly, ripped from his music tour by his mother Venus. What a week.

@tere

Tere was thankfully alone tonight in the house, a lot of the girls, while they were allowed to use the guest rooms of the house, still at times seemed to prefer to live on this ship. That is, when they didn't need to be. However, this time, they were preparing The Siren's Song for its next adventure. So when the knock came, Tere had been relaxing by the pool, her glasses over her eyes, her body clad in a bikini.

As she got up though to answer the door, she grabed a gauze wrap dress that was pretty much sheer but still did cover a little more skin than just her bikini. Her heels clicked against the Grecian marble floor harolding her arrival before the double doors parted.

She saw a sweet youngster at her door and smiled politely as she spoke "Hello there, what brings you to my doorstep.?" Tere asked with a tender smile, lifting her glasses from her eyes and resting them on her head.

@anthony

Link wasn't ready for the full fledged woman, no doubt about it, to answer the door. His jaw dropped. "Hi there ma'am erh miss!" He blurted out, stuttering a bit as he tried to give her a smile but he probably just looked like he was about to throw up. He was no good around ladies, no good! "I... I came by for some advice. About Siren abilities?" He spoke slowly, nervous that he was actually saying something stupid.

There was never anything better to stroke the Captain's ego like a man's jaw almost literally hitting the marble floor at her appearance. She gave a soft laugh as she went to reach out and close his mouth, however his wits came about before she could. Calling her ma'am was a small blow but she caught herself and then nodded at his simple request.

"Well, sweet one, why don't you come in and join me." She said with a wink she turned on her heels and would lead him towards the kitchen where they could talk. "What about sirens do you wish to know?"

As embarrassing as it was, he was glad that she reached over to close his mouth. He simply nodded as he called her sweet and followed her into the lavish house. It was incredible, but not unfamiliar to the ex superstar. He nodded and prepared to speak, though it took him a moment due to nerves. "Well, I have a similar ability and... Are you one of them?" He asked. He wouldn't be the least surprised if she was!

Her brow arched as she leaned against the counter, her arms crossed one over the other as if she were a cat. "You mean you can cause storms?" She asked and then smirked a little. "While I admit I am quite a singer, and I do send sailors to their death... That is all I share with sirens. My song controls the weather, depending on my mood."

"ooh no! Not like that," he said, his cheeks burning red. He was relieved that she didn't sink sailors, just that she did weather control... "Aw, well. It's similar in the fact that my ability only activates when I play music erh I play the drums," he started to explain, fiddling with his hands, "I'm... My drums are my life you know but everytime I play the room goes wild... With lust," he was so embarrassed that he almost whispered the last words.

His ability was activated in the same way as hers, now she understood the reason for him coming to her. She smiled a bit more and then he got to the crux of his problem. "So that was you..." She said remembering the night of the party with Ashton, he had said someone was controlling the atmosphere, she smirked and arched her brow at him before nodding and asking "Is it only lust you can control?" She asked with what could be almost a wicked glint in her eyes.

He cringed as she said 'so that was you...' She must have been to Club Nysa on a night that she was playing. He was embarrassed, but he couldn't just stop playing, could he!? Still, he wanted to die a little inside at the thought of if his ability had forced anything bad to happen to this lady. "It's just lust. People just go insane. My fans were going mad, hence why my mother Aphrodite broke-" he noticed the amused look on her face and the glint in her eyes, "broke me out... anyway, I was wondering if you had any suggestions how I could control it?"

Teasingly, she leaned in a little more and said in a hushed tone, "Remind me to invite you to play at my house warming party." She said with a wink and then leaned back and bit down on her lower lip for a moment. Then she shrugged "Really, sometimes the answer to controlling a power is to own it, own up to it. The more you fight it, the more it will fight to controll you instead of you it."

Link smiled a little as as she made the comment about her housewarming party. He would like to play a gig in a familiar setting- a nice house like this one. "Ma-maybe," he said, but he still couldn't function fully just yet. Pretty ladies winking at him... Daw, so innocent.

He was surprised with her answer, but a part of him was expecting it. "But I don't want little to feel lustful! I mean, I silly want people to feel that way cuz of me. I don't even understand that stuff," he frowned. "How can I accept it..."

Tere looked at the young man, it seemed this island was filled with the innocent. In a small way, that worried her, the innocent rarely knew how to fight for themselves. Though she did find it amusing that one born of the goddess of love was as innocent as this one. Even Eros was mischievous in legend.

She reached out and took a gentle hold of his hand, one he could easily pull from if his wished. "Do you feel this?" She knew as innocent as he was her touch would more than likely inspire something in him. "Lust is not the worst emotion to feel, and in truth, lust could be so many different things. Lust for power, lust for food... Like every emotion, it depends on the heart of the one that feels it. But to control lust you have to learn about it, you have to understand it. Fearing it will send it spirally out of control and that is when your power could harm someone."

When she took hold of his hand, Link let her with a little sigh. She was nice, incredibly nice, and he could feel his stomach do a little flip at the touch, simply because of what she was trying to describe to him. He nodded at her explanation, pulling his hand away when she had finished it. "I... okay. I can understand that. It's like when you bottle up your anger it's going to explode at some point and do something terrible... So how can I learn about it? I mean... I'm sure Ive felt it before. Maybe the lust for my music and all that..." but he didn't know. He didn't know exactly what to look for. "So... could 'passion' be another word for it?"

She nodded sagely at his question and leaned back a little, resting her weight for the most part on the palm of her hands as she leaned against the counter. "Passion, Lust, Desire... these are all come from the same place..." Tere placed one hand over her heart as she stood straight and then smiled gently at him. "They all are driving forces, and just like everything else, you need to learn how to steer them correctly. As I had to learn how to not only control my powers but I had to learn how to captain a ship and steer it so I didn't crash it into the nearest coast line." She said with a soft laugh as she looked out towards her own private 'port' though the Song was currently back at the main ports.

"Let's try this, shall we? Does you're power only work with your particular set or can it be anything you can make a rhythm on?" If it was the latter things would be a little easier to dear with, if not, they'd first have to go to where ever he had his set hidden away.

Link listened intently as she continued to explain. He understood what she was saying... in fact, no one else had explained it better. He perked up when she asked about when he's powers activated. "I think it's anytime I get involved in a rhythm, no matter what it's on. It comes from me, I know that... and from my confidence as well. My passion for music. What did you have in mind?" he asked. She was most likely going to want him to show her what he could do... which made him unbelievably nervous. What if something bad happened? There he was again, trying to bottle up his powers...