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[deathkid]

ATTENTION:

if anyone sees a very large hellhound
with glowing red eyes
please don't hurt her or be frightened.

mrs. o'leary is actually very nice and friendly
she will totally play fetch or "get the greek"

she'll be hanging around quarantine,
so please don't attack her





in other news,
does anyone know where i can buy
some really, really big dog treats?

[ and for those interested, nico can be found down by the river, playing with mrs. o'leary, who looks like a mastiff the size of a car. he's currently throwing a dummy down the bank, which mrs o'leary retrieves with happy (and very loud) barks. ]

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[deathkid]

[ when she eventually finds the way, nico can be found playing tug-of-war with mrs. o'leary and a rather mutilated dummy. sensing her approach, he looks up and manages a smile. this is the nico that has come through the war with gaea nearly unscathed. this is the nico who has forged lifelong friendships with the likes of jason grace and reyna avila ramírez-arellano. this is the nico who felt skeletal butterflies in his stomach when confronted by will solace. of course, neither of those people are here and it's just been him for the past nine months or so. still, he's a lot less gloomy than he once was, and far less bitter. there's no crush on percy hanging over his head thanks to cupid, and he's even found a guy here he likes. all in all, this is a nico that might be a bit foreign to piper.

some things don't change, though. he's still dressed in his usual dark clothing. there's still a stygian iron sword at his hip. and his hair still needs a haircut. but what seems probably out of place is the grin he gives. ]

Hey, I can't tell you how great it is to have another Greek around for once.

[kierkegaard]

[ piper's always been the one that could see what could be, the possibilities in love but love comes in such varying degrees that it's really just the possibilites in life itself.

it still throws her for a curve to see a grin on nico di angelo's face. she stumbles, tripping over herself, but she can (and will) blame it on the sand, even if her own grin blossoms naturally in response. there is a lightness around nico that is new and... new. it's new. new and great. ]

Great enough for a hug? [ she asks hopefully, opening her arms in a way that could easily turn into a shrug if he says no. she needs a hug, she's had a weird couple of weeks and not much of it was good. he's all darkness and death, but nico is greek and he was part of the argo and that means he's part of home. ]

[deathkid]

[ a hug. nico is still a bit wary about touch from some people, but this is piper, he tells himself. jason wouldn't love her so much if she were someone to avoid. besides, they've all been through so much that they're all friends, even if he's closer to some of the others than he is with her. so after a moment's hesitation, he steps into the embrace. naturally, he tenses a little, but soon relaxes and returns the hug before pulling away. ]

I've been here practically nine months and haven't seen even a Greek monster. It's so weird. But there are gods here. Norse ones. There's even a Norse demigod who knows Annabeth and Percy. Can you believe that?

[kierkegaard]

[ holy aphrodite, a hug from nico di angelo.

it's nice, actually, like hugging hazel -- hesitant while still being inviting, warmth coming slowly, like holding gold in your hand. piper's eyes close as she soaks in the affection, feeling her chest tighten against all the confusion and fear that arriving had wrought. if nico is here, it can't be all bad.

she has to pull in a breath to steady herself when they part, but the hug seems to have done her some good. ]

Norse gods? Like Thor and... um, Thor's family. [ gosh, she really knows so much about norse gods, it's clear. she's a scholar. ]

[deathkid]

[ hugging piper brings a different sensation to nico. it's like warm hot cocoa sliding down his throat and warming him. a bit of liquor on his tongue without the burn. it's a pleasant sensation, much to his surprise, and when he pulls away, he feels less warm. ]

Thor, yep. And two Lokis. I work as a bouncer for one of them.

[kierkegaard]

Loki, yeah that's the one. With the horses.

[ look, it's his legacy and he's just going to have to deal with being catherine the great. ]

Wait. Two Lokis? Like Jason's dad and Thalia's dad being two different sides of the same god or? Leo read this comic about clones once.