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[oursavinggrace]

[jason once again appears on the locket network, this time appearing to actually be in one of the provided bedrooms of caer glaem. woah. he tugs idly at the collar of his shirt, new outfit helpfully provided by the fairies in place of his original t-shirt and jeans (those unfortunately all torn and dirty after the camping trip/worm hunt). it's a lot more fantasy than anything he's used to, but he's way too nice to complain about the clothes he was given for free.]

Hey. Just wanted to check in, I guess, before we head out again tomorrow. More exploring and all that.

[the hope, of course, is that they find something useful to the people stuck here, a way of getting home or something. getting a feel for the area and learning what kind of threats inhabited it was helpful too, though.]

It might be a bit useless right now, but I sort of made plans to eventually help someone learn to fight -- whenever we get back again, at least -- so I figured I might as well open the offer up to anyone else who's interested in it. I've got a lot of experience training people, and I'm used to teaching kids, so literally anyone is welcome. [a beat, where a hesitant look briefly crosses his face before he covers it back up with that cool, unshakeable praetor look.] Clarisse, if you wanna help out with that whenever it happens, I'd appreciate it.

[consider that a peace offering. or at least, an apology for accidentally arming your nemesis with a lethal weapon. he can think of no better way to appease clarisse than to give her the opportunity to show off her admittedly very impressive fighting skills.

that appears to be all he has to say for now, but he seems to fiddle with the locket for a moment before it cuts out for most people, working out how to send a message privately.]

-private to luke-

can we talk

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[teenyoda]

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Should I feel insulted that you offered to train me and you're used to training kids? Are you going to teach me on my knees? With balloon animals?

[oursavinggrace]

[the most unimpressed look ever.]

I trained kids in Roman Legionary warfare. With actual weapons.

[teenyoda]

... Again, kids. Not the most endearing term.

[oursavinggrace]

That's what they are. What else do you want me to call them?

[teenyoda]

It'd be nice not to be lumped in with being taught alongside kids. I do have some pride.

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[fell_to_hell]

[Screw the locket, he's doing his sneaky son of Hades trick. So he'll be in a shadowy corner of Jason's room.]

You know, I can actually tell you a day or two before we're going back to Caer Glaem.

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[oursavinggrace]

[you get the wonderful pleasure of seeing the almighty son of jupiter jump out of his skin, scrambling to catch the locket he'd almost dropped.]

Holy Pluto-- Don't do that, Nico!

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[fell_to_hell]

[See, this is why he sneaks up on people. It's pretty much an amusing game to him.]

There are worse things you can call holy, I suppose.

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[oursavinggrace]

[the look he gives nico can only be called sulky.]

You could have knocked.

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[fell_to_hell]

Maybe next time I'll keep that in mind.

[Liar. He likes scaring Jason too much.]

On topic, though? Or should I assume your ADHD is as bad as Valdez'?

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[rues]

[ peace offering schmeace offering. she's still seething over the whole luke fiasco to really care about jason's end of it. he didn't know, she gets that, and she's over it. it's everything luke said to her in the aftermath of her conversation with jason that's still eating at her. getting to show off her skills will do more than just appease her, it'll get her mind of all this luke shit. ]

Count me in. I could probably even teach you a thing or two.

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[oursavinggrace]

[too bad it might not happen for a while. blame nico and his endless wanderlust.

he manages a grin regardless of how snarky that comment was probably intended to be.]

You probably could. I only got a few months learning the Greek side of things, and a lot of that time was spent helping with ship construction.

[when you can fly, you tend to get wrangled into assisting with high mundane tasks a lot.]

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[rues]

[ she almost asks where they're going, but she doesn't really want to know. even if her own curiosity is nagging at the back of her skull, it's best she has no idea where they're headed so she can put as much distance between herself and luke as possible. it's not like she's not used to getting left behind at camp, anyway. always holding down the fort, isn't that all the ares cabin is good for?

she'd gotten a quest once on a technicality and chiron did entrust her with the secret mission into the labyrinth, but out of all the years she's been at camp now? it hardly seems like anything worth mentioning. the daughter of war is good at two things: being angry and fighting. she doesn't work or travel well with others, so it's probably for the best they left her behind anyway, regardless of all the shit with luke.

instead, she continues on with the conversation she isn't sure is really going anywhere. but it's better to talk about this than have him attempt to bring up the incident. ]

You ever learn to use a spear? Or were you too busy playing Noah's Ark?

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[oursavinggrace]

[in his own defense, the original happy camping trip was all nico's planning. who got brought along wasn't jason's business. as for this one, well -- with clarisse and luke as ready to murder each other as they'd seemed, it doesn't really seem like a good time to invite them on a trip together.]

I'm almost as good with spears as I am with swords, actually. My old weapon, Ivlivs, had both spear and sword forms, but it got destroyed.

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[rues]

[ well, color her surprised. jason gets brownie points for his skill with a spear, though when he mentions his old weapon, her face goes a bit darker, her jaw tensing. it's nothing compared to what he witnessed after they'd received their boons, but she certainly isn't impressed that he'd asked for backbiter over a weapon of his own. she doesn't care if he was trying to do luke a favor. but she's at least trying to keep herself in check this time. ]

And you didn't think to ask for that instead?

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[marred]

[ luke sees jason's broadcast, and the moment it mentions clarisse, he chooses to not respond. if he wants to, after mulling it over, he'll call jason privately about maybe seeing what else is up the roman god's sleeve beside lightning. but, right now, wherever clarisse is, he doesn't want to be. ]

[ to have a private text sent his way is beyond surprising. he knows clarisse had slapped jason's head clear off his neck after he'd been gifted his shoes and his sword; he'd thought jason would've decided that luke wasn't the sort of guy he wished to be around. who would? after the shit he'd done, luke still doesn't understand why nico and jason had invited him along for a camping trip. ]

Man, I sure am popular these days.

[ he shouldn't type it, but luke's a little bit of a pusher. if jason can't see that he should be ignoring luke and casting him out, then maybe luke has to do the showing for him. after nico's invitation — and now jason's to talk — he's wondering if he pegged these guys all wrong. ]

[ but then he casts that thought aside. it makes things all the more complicated if he has. he thinks to answer via video or voice, but then chooses to stick with text; it's easier to mask himself if he has words to shape his manipulated meanings. ]

I'm all ears. Figuratively.

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[oursavinggrace]

would you mind telling m

[he gives up on the sentence not even halfway through. he'd gone with text at first because he thought it'd be easier to face a potentially awkward situation that way. actually attempting it, however, it suddenly feels way too impersonal for this kind of thing. and fighting through the dyslexia to manage an important conversation is feeling less and less like a good idea too.

after a moment the video feed jumps back on, with jason looking rather abashed.]

Sorry, I guess this is easier. I just...I wanted to get your side of things. About the whole thing Clarisse was talking about.

[y'know. kronos and destroying olympus and shit.]

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[marred]

[ does luke want to tell jason his side of things? a part of him does; no one seems to understand why he had turned his back on the camp and had attempted to bring olympus to its knees. he'd tried explaining it to percy, but it had fallen on deaf ears. won't jason be the same? he's already heard clarisse's side — and he's seen her anger — so luke imagines he's already biased. ]

[ he thinks to keep it to text, but then he simply switches it to video. he's still capable of being annoying, even if he doesn't push his heels firmly into the ground when jason tries to drag him. ] You want to do this over video?

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[oursavinggrace]

If you'd rather talk in person, that's fine. I just wasn't sure if you'd want to meet with me.

[he has sort of been avoiding luke (plus clarisse and nico) all week. whatever luke's self-loathing issues might insist about everything being his fault and everyone leaving him and etc, jason feels pretty guilty for not trying to talk it out sooner.]

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[marred]

Yeah. [ same could be said for jason. he keeps his face schooled, but it's obvious he's serious. ] I don't know half of what Clarisse told you, but I'm not going to try and kill you.

[ since that's what luke assumes jason's hesitant about. that's what he is, right? to her, he's just a killer — beckendorf and silena lost their lives by his hand, even if he hadn't exactly been the one to detonate the bomb nor release the drakon. he figures the brush clarisse has painted him with — loudly, too — is the one jason does, as well. ]

I'll even leave Backbiter in my room. [ the sword that will destroy drabwurld when it's in his hands. isn't that what clarisse had said? there's a reason to fear luke now, and it's all because of the power in that sword. it's funny how he hasn't tried to tear the world apart, despite having it in his hands for days. ]

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[steeledskin]

What will you be exploring?

[ she remembers his voice from during the incident with the worms, and so addresses him with just a touch of warmth. otherwise, she remains distant -- but curious. ]

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[oursavinggrace]

Anything that looks interesting. Not like anyone wants to put to much stock into the fairies' explanations of things, so we might as well check it all out ourselves.

[at the very least, it feels more productive than just sitting around back at the castle. and the last thing you want is a group of literally adhd demigods getting bored.]

I think Nico said we're gonna hit up the Plains of Cathraon and the Pool of Souls this time. Should take us a little over a week if nothing happens.

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[steeledskin]

...Nico? Is this a friend of yours?

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[oursavinggrace]

Yeah. He's the guy who actually gets us around, so it's kinda up to him where and when we go. He's, uh...not the most social person, so I wouldn't be surprised if you don't know him.

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[steeledskin]

There are many here I haven't met. Is he kind?