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. 🫡 )

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still private

[sophos]

[ annabeth (and percy) are 1) not at camp half-blood and 2) not even in the same territory as the rest of them and people are still coming to the two of them to solve problems. they cannot escape. she's so tired. ]

What a shame getting between territories is apparently impossible or maybe all this world's problems would be fixed already.

We're not her boss, but if it goes too far, I'll consider talking to her. There's a lot to figure out here, messaging system included.

[blackeyedprince]

Oh, forgive me for assuming her friends might be more persuasive to her. She's clearly not listening to anyone else.

You'd be surprised how many would be.[yes, he's actually serious about this one.]

I don't want to know what you people consider going too far, if that's apparently still fine.

There is. That's why we have a social gathering specifically for that in the castle each time new people come around. I bet other territories have similar ones too. A quick suggestion though, if that's not obvious already, yelling into the messaging system with no target in mind gets everyone attention. We usually reserve it for things we really need everyone to know. And generally refrain from all capital letters.

It's considered rude and invasive. Do I need to explain why rude is bad?

[sophos]

Don't get condescending and don't try to explain rude to me like I'm a child. It's been a lot, I'm tired, I'm working on it. I don't have the energy for a verbal spat with you so let's just be normal about it.

She wasn't the only one being an asshole here. She was looking for us, she found us, it'll be fine in the end.

This is new to us - this kind of reading and text based messaging. We don't do phones at home. Concentration is part of it. We'll all get a hold on it soon enough.

[blackeyedprince]

[Sometimes he can even notice he's being one of the assholes in this situation. Shocking. But he gets being tired all the time. That's his usual.]

You have a fair point. My apologies.

We are literally getting flooded in here, but it's not a reason to lose my nerve over some network shouting. Even if the migraine does not help.

[sophos]

And I get it. Everyone here's on edge. We walked into a literal superstorm happening all over. We're kind of used to that, so it probably didn't feel like a reason to not go looking for friends chaotically.

I saw some of the floods. We went to Nott to try and help, the night of the castle party.

[ would have gone much better if percy's powers had returned, but alas, maybe in a few days. ]

[blackeyedprince]

You did? We might have met then. Tall guy, red hair? Mostly around the hospital or the harbour? I'm Nott's resident Summoned.

[The only one now, and who knows for how long...]

I was most likely running around trying to coordinate the chaos there. Thank you for the help then, we really need it.

Now I feel bad that I don't remember everyone who did...

[He does treat help for Nott very, very personally.]

[sophos]

I wasn't paying a lot of attention to the people up and about personally. I don't think anyone would blame you for missing a face or two given the circumstances.
You live there?

[ the castle definitely has a lock and key sort of vibe, and she's not exactly interested in leaving right now, but she's still curious. ]

[blackeyedprince]

It was pretty chaotic. It... still is.

[how can he answer this question without loosing it? he jumped into current crisis with such reckless abandon just to forget. so how can he even start answering at all?]

I do.

[sophos]

In case you haven't noticed, we're a little used to chaotic.

[ it's a skill. probably. ]

Did the castle let you leave? I was under the impression Thorne's got us all under the proverbial lock and key.

[blackeyedprince]

I feel sufficiently ... informed now.

[He'd rather be spared the experience, alas nope.]

They do. My situation is - was - special. It's a long story that I'd rather not delve into.

[Too fresh, too personal...]

[sophos]

Welcome to dealing with demigods.

[ her curiosity is PIQUED but she'll be nice about it, she guesses. ]

Do you mind if I ask how long you've been there?

[blackeyedprince]

Four months? I think.

[It's been a confusing whirlwind at best, and a rolling catastrophe at worst. Now he is definitely at the worst side of things.]

I'd probably be back at the castle soon. I can't tell you if they will let anyone leave in the future the way I did, but my guess is that they won't.

[sophos]

It's fine. I'm not really interested in leaving right now, but good to know it IS hard to do so even outside of raging magical superstorms.