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

[divinityfrompain]

Aw, half-brother!

[inthenameofhades]

Okay, is is usual for absolutely everyone to comment on everything one says here? Because it is making trying to say hello to the little brother I have never met very awkward.

[Zagreus has never encountered the hell that is social media before, forgive him, he's a bit overwhelmed]

[divinityfrompain]

It is, I'm afraid. You might have to get used to it, but if it's giving you a headache, look away for a bit. Or say "I'm sorry I'm new to this, can I only talk to Nico" and see if people will give you some space.

[inthenameofhades]

I'm not sure I've ever had a headache. How would I know I had one?

[The benefits of a divine constitution were many]

Do you think this is what it's like to be Hermes?

[divinityfrompain]

Have you had aches anywhere?

Yeah, probably! All that information all the time.

Having more family after all your time locked away, it's a wide world for you now, I think it's nice.

[inthenameofhades]

Does being stabbed count? I've experienced that.

I am grateful for the chance to see all this. And to meet family that I've never known. But...my life in the Underworld isn't lacking. Especially now that Mother's returned. I have family and people I care about there too.

[divinityfrompain]

You're right, of course. Hopefully you'll see them all again soon.

[inthenameofhades]

Well going by what's happened today, it's entirely possible that they'll all just show up here at once. Which...is a bit of an alarming possibility, actually. I can understand why Will's so frazzled.

[divinityfrompain]

It's the invasion of the Greeks!

[demigoth]

Can we interest you in a horse?

[divinityfrompain]

Sure, what's the worst that can happen, I'm sure it's above board.

[inthenameofhades]

I'm not sure, actually. Will and Aries's daughter have both mentioned being at someplace called 'Manhattan.' So I don’t believe they are Greek?

[And of course, Zagreus does not consider himself Greek. He's a god. He doesn't have a nationality.]

[divinityfrompain]

The gods aren't technically from any one place as far as I know, it's more about where the stories about them, true or false, originated from. Which was Ancient Greece, at least in my world, and maybe in theirs.

[inthenameofhades]

Well the entrance to the Underworld is in Greece. And I believe Olympus is too, so...I suppose it makes sense. We're closer to those parts of the mortal world, so they're more likely to hear of us.

[divinityfrompain]

Exactly. So they are Greek gods in the sense that it's where they used to live and be active and so that's a natural reference. Also it's partly because there are other gods, as far as I know. In my world there are Egyptian gods and Roman gods and Norse gods, etc., so it's easier to name a place to connect them to.

[inthenameofhades]

I don't know much about other pantheons, but I know they exist. It never occurred to me that we might be named according to the mortals who have the closest connections with us.

[divinityfrompain]

Sometimes it's simpler to have an easy reference point, like a generalized location.

You all might have to meet in the Horizon, have a new family dinner!

[divasmio]

That's a FANTASTIC idea!

[divinityfrompain]

It's a little crazy in there due to the Singularity so not sure how much fun it'd be, but you all seem like you can stand a little chaos.

[inthenameofhades]

Well it does seem that Apollo is quite keen!

[divinityfrompain]

I'd say you should wait until the Singularity calms down, but who knows when that's going to be.

[demigoth]

ONE of the entrances is in Greece. Olympus moves with the center of civilization.

And Greek demigods don’t have to be ethnically Greek. Don’t tell the Romans, but I’m Italian.

[inthenameofhades]

I've never heard of it moving before. I think that might be something unique to your world.

But I'm afraid I'm not familiar with 'Italians'. They're another group of mortals, I take it? And - who are these 'Romans'? I've heard that word before from Will, but he was speaking about the gods then.

[Because surprise! Rome does not yet exist where Zagreus is from. Or Italy.]

[demigoth]

I think you might be younger than Italy. Older than Italy? Italy hasn't happen yet, because Italy came after Rome.

Think of Rome as like... the fuddy duddy rules pantheon.

[inthenameofhades]

From talking to Will, it does seem that your home is a world rather far in the future of my own.

...You know I don't think I want to meet the Roman version of Father.