@just.marco; video

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[The video flicks on aimed at the front of a truly glorious mansion. The camera sways back and forth a few times to show the whole front of it while Marco hums a dumb little theme song in the background. After a moment, the camera switches to front-facing mode, and Marco's face is visible. He's grinning broadly, dark eyes bright and very happy.]

Hello Riverview, my name is Marco and this is my crib.

[The camera bobs as the sound of a door opening can be heard in the background, and then Marco switches the view again so a large open-concept living space is visible for a few seconds before he switches the camera to show his face again. He crosses the room to flop down into one of the plush couches and continue smirking a bit at the camera.]

Seriously, though. Not giving the full tour but how did I miss that my sweet mansion totally came through the portal with me? No idea. But I ran into it this morning and I've been with some real estate agent all day figuring out how to get it in my name again. What a pain, right?

[A shrug of his narrow shoulders, and he offers a sardonic smile.]

Anyone else had this happen? Is it on the level?

[A pause and then he laughs a bit.]

This place is totally empty without the maids and Wetherbee.

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> permaprivate

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Yeah.

[A pause, and Marco purses his mouth again, bites at the inside of his lip for a few moments, trying to figure out how to talk about this.]

Pretty often, but not as often as it used to be. Maybe like twice a week? Really bad, about as bad as it gets, I guess?

[deathkid]

[ but you're always so cheerful. nico wants to say it, but doesn't. he's found that sometimes the most cheerful people could be inwardly hiding a lot of pain. like leo valdez. maybe that's the case with marco. ]

Me too. It sucks. Are yours from that war you talked about?

[brightline]

Yeah. It was really rough, a lot of bad stuff happened. I don't like to think about it a lot, and my life is way, way better now, but you know. Dreams.

[deathkid]

Yeah... I get that. It's the same for me. Stuff from the war. It's been over for a while but the dreams still kinda linger.

You know, if you ever need help falling back to sleep, I can help with that.

[brightline]

Been three years since mine, but still...

[He shrugs again.]

You can? How?

[deathkid]

I don't think the time matters. It's just the way things will be for people like us.

[ a small frown before he continues. ]

It's kinda one of my powers. I can put people to sleep. I did it recently to a god that was waking up, but that kinda knocked me out for a bit. It's easier when I do it to mortals.