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

[monomachy]

[she has a visceral reaction to hearing amazons referred to as "daughters of ares," but stops herself from saying anything. she knows that ares isn't the same in every world.]

In my world, Amazons were created by Zeus and Aphrodite, raised from the sea when the world was new. But I was crafted by Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, and Zeus breathed life into me long after that.

I am saddened to hear that. But I suspect something similar may be true in my own world. When I left the island, the world outside was much different from the stories I learned as a child.

[areou]

( yeah, that's ... different. she's pretty sure zeus and aphrodite were never ... involved back home. )

What do you mean crafted? Like, literally?

Talk about culture shock, right?
The mortal world can be ... overwhelming
I'm still getting used to it myself
This place is more my speed, honestly

[monomachy]

[PROBABLY NOT LIKE THAT but dceu mythology is wishy washy so who knows]

My mother told me that she crafted me from clay, and asked Zeus to bring me to life. I am... not entirely sure if that is true, but it is what I was told.

It can, especially because the mortal world was at war when I entered it. I had never seen or heard of anything like it. But yes, Cadens was easier to adjust to.

[areou]

Well, I've definitely heard weirder origin stories

( you know, like aphrodite. or dionysus. )

Which war?

( she's the daughter of war. it's her thing to know about like, literally every war in human history. gonna have to be more specific. )

[monomachy]

They called it The Great War. The War to End All Wars.

["world war i" isn't a phrase yet, because why would there ever be a second one of these]

[areou]

Oh, fuck
That's a pretty bad time to discover the mortal world, yeah
How long has it been for you since then?

( you know, just so she has ... context. world war ii could still be decades off or it could be next week. )

[monomachy]

I was only among men for a few weeks before I came here. I've been in this world for nearly two years.

[a roundabout way of saying the year was still 1918 when she left]

[areou]

Wait, two years?? And you're just ... okay with that?

( wtf wtf wtf she doesn't wanna be stuck here for years )

[monomachy]

Fate brought me here, so I must be needed more in this world than my own.

[two years is like a blink to diana, so her perspective on this may be skewed]