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

contd private;

[divasmio]

[ Apollo doesn't know Annabeth well, and she's harder to read than Clarisse. Athena has always been something of an enigma, always playing her cards close to her chest, approaching every family interaction with strategy in mind. What must it have been like for Annabeth to grow up with her for a mother, even a distant one?

Apollo can think of a thousand reasons why Annabeth feels the way she does, and he doesn't even know about the Mark of Athena. Even now, he doesn't know what was driving Annabeth to seek out the Athena Parthenos in the first place.

But the gods have failed their children in so many other ways, and to Annabeth, it had all culminated in being trapped in Tartarus. Of course her opinion of his kind was abysmal. What had he ever done for her? ]

Okay.

You're always welcome to reach out. I don't need offerings or prayer. You've already done more than enough for the gods for one lifetime, and then some.

[ He understands you don't need a parent, Annabeth. Maybe he can at least be an uncle. ]

[sophos]

[ what. ]

[ she definitely just stares at the message for as long as it lasts, because it's - ]

[ nice. ]

[ apollo was always a little nicer than the rest, but it's still a very unexpected response to what she's said. you've already done more than enough. it's not something she ever expected to hear from a god and she can't bring herself to trust in it. with athena sometimes it never feels like enough, the expectations of her mother and the ones she puts upon herself in kind. but apollo is speaking to her more like an equal and it throws her. ]

Okay.
Thank you.

[ yeah that's all she's got. ]