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]

Yeah, and that's what reading is like for me
Just a bunch of letters that don't mean shit

[cointosser]

You've lost me, to be honest. Usually we call that illiteracy. There's a difference?

[An actual question. This is actually interesting -- perhaps another difference between those of separate spheres?]

[areou]

Illiteracy means you can't read or don't know how
Dyslexia means you can read but it's hard as shit
Think of it like trying to solve a really annoying puzzle
You know you know the words, but they always look scrambled and messed up

[cointosser]

[This does bring to mind some of the people he's met on his travels. Not the reading part, in particular, but difficulties in other things -- in speech, or with writing. It always occurred to him to be the nature of one's propensity for practice, or for learning, but --

Huh. Fascinating.]

I see. Despite your, er, fiery disposition, I do appreciate the explanation. I imagine this method of messaging is particularly vexing. Unfortunately, it is our safest route of communication, as the native people of this world are incapable of seeing it.

[areou]

Weirdly I can read all this shit just fine even though I'm pretty sure none of y'all are actually writing in Ancient Greek
Can't say the same for books though

[cointosser]

I, for one, certainly do not even know what Greek is, so it would be quite impossible! Though I admit, I feel like I have heard it is all "Greek [to me]," but I did not ask what "it all" is.

[areou]

It's just a saying that means you have no fucking clue what someone is trying to tell you or it's difficult to understand