to: all, with apologies to nico di angelo

[areou]

( the message is deliberately written in ancient greek. for most summoned, the network will auto-translate, but she's hoping there might be others who recognize the original text. )

WILL SOLACE COME RETRIEVE YOUR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT GOTH I'M NOT HIS BABYSITTER

( helpfully, she adds an illustration that no one asked for: )



( then, because nico seriously needs more friends and it's her duty as former head counselor of the ares cabin to embarrass any and all younger campers: )

↖  BTW THIS IS NICO
HE LOVES LONG WALKS THROUGH THE UNDERWORLD AND BROODING IN GRAVEYARDS
HE'S SPOKEN FOR BUT I'M SURE HE'LL BE THE AFTERLIFE OF YOUR NEXT PARTY
CHALLENGE HIM TO A GAME OF MYTHOMAGIC TODAY!!!

ALSO IF ANYONE OUT THERE HAS SEEN THESE DEMIGODS CONTACT ME ASAP
LOOKS LIKE ZEUS IS SUPER FUCKING PISSED AGAIN AND WE NEED A GAMEPLAN

( more shitty doodles follow, this time vaguely resembling percy and annabeth, although this time she labels them: )



— CLARISSE LA RUE, DRAKON-SLAYER, DAUGHTER OF ARES

( she figures she may as well cover all her bases here since all of this feels like a ren faire on steroids anyway.

ooc | threadjacking is more than welcome and, frankly, encouraged. let's all go hog boar wild. 🫡 )

Comments

[areou]

He gave me his Blessing after the fact, so I guess he was

Manhattan is the largest borough of New York City in the mortal realm of the "United States of America"
Guessing you don't get out much

[inthenameofhades]

Well considering that I'm bound to the Underworld, and until very recently leaving it would inevitably result in me dying again...no, I don't actually!

Is this 'United States of America' near Greece?

[areou]

Wow, must suck to be you

Uh, Greece is like halfway across the world, so no
The gods relocated with the shift of Western Civilization
So now they're in the States

[inthenameofhades]

Oh, I don't mind. Being able to experience the Surface for longer here is nice, but it's not somewhere I'd want to live forever.

And...Western civilisation? Do mortals usually categorise themselves by cardinal directions? That seems like it would get confusing. What about the ones that are more west than you are?

[areou]

Uh, no, it's like ... a concept or something
Don't ask me, I don't understand this shit
The point is, the gods were "born" in Greece but that isn't where their power is anymore

[inthenameofhades]

The entrance to the Underworld is in Greece, as is Olympus. But it feels odd to call it our birthplace. I would have thought that would be Chaos's realm, more than anything else.

[areou]

Well, yeah, they're weren't literally born in Greece, but I guess it's like the origin of their power
They were strongest there until Rome came along

[inthenameofhades]

I haven't ever heard of anyplace called Rome. If we are all going to move in the future, I think it's a long way off yet.

[areou]

( good thing he happens to be talking to the daughter of ares, who happens to know a whole lot about the military history between greece and rome. )

Probably so, the Romans didn't really start their conquest of Greece until the Hellenistic period with the First Macedonian War in 214 BC
Greece eventually fell to Rome in 146 BC after the Battle of Corinth
You can blame some Roman asshole called Lucius Mummius for that

How old are you, anyway?

[inthenameofhades]

...I am familiar with exactly none of those events.

Mortals measure how old they are in 'years', don't they? I'm afraid I couldn't tell you how many I've lived for. Time's rather tricky to keep track of in the Underworld. Also I’m not entirely sure exactly how long a year is.

[areou]

Years are just made up numbers anyway, don't sweat it

Has the Trojan War happened already?

[inthenameofhades]

It has. There's quite a few Shades in the Underworld who fought in the Trojan War, like Achilles and Patroclus.

[areou]

Nicely namedropped
Do you actually hang out with them or are you just naming famous heroes?

[inthenameofhades]

Yes, actually. Achilles serves at the House. Taught me how to fight. Or at least, the Achilles I knew did. He's here too, but he's rather more alive than when I knew him.

Patroclus I run into in Elysium sometimes! But I haven't known him as long as Achilles.

[areou]

Wait, they're not together?

( she knows why the thought sinks in her chest like a stone, but she'd rather ignore it, actually. )

[inthenameofhades]

They are! Achilles visits Patroclus in Elysium often. It took a little time for it to be possible, but...there's nothing keeping them apart.

[areou]

Oh, well
That's good
I didn't think you could just visit Elysium
But I guess if your boss is the Big Boss, you get special privileges

[inthenameofhades]

Not usually, no. And Father is a stickler about that sort of thing.

But also if you sneak your way back into the Administrative Chambers and adjust the terms of any particularly unfair contracts, he can't do anything about that!

[Perhaps the more important point here was less 'having your boss be the big boss' and more 'is there an unruly rebellious prince willing to break rules and piss off his father for you']