[Video: Seelie] 02 Shadows

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[Private: Jason Grace]

[Nico makes a private call to Jason. As he's not sure anybody has told the guy where the son of Hades is or if he's even alive.]

Grace. I'm in my room at Caer Glaem. Shadow traveling my team out of Caer Scima took more out of me than I thought.

[Read: he's been unconscious.]

Sorry if...nobody told you?

[Super unsure about this.]

[End private message]

[Hello, Caer Glaem. Nico has been unconscious since getting most everyone out from Caer Scima (the 19th of May). He...kind of went into a dead faint. Now, he's awake! Not that he looks any better. Indeed, the teenager actually looks a bit sick and like he can use more sleep.

However, he is determined to at least make this post to the magical locket network. Then he can rest again.]

I've heard that I might not have gotten everyone out of Caer Scima. I want to apologize for that. It was...more draining than I thought it would be. I'm afraid I won't be able to help anyone get back for at least a couple weeks.

[And he does look sincerely apologetic, not to mention guilty, about it.]

Even then...it might just be faster to get here the old fashioned way than shadow travel, depending on how far people are from Caer Glaem.

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[fell_to_hell]

[Clifford enjoys it immensely. He gives Jason a doggy grin and his tail goes crazy. All Nico does is shake his head slightly at the pair of them.]

Still, I might have left some people behind. I wasn't able to make a third trip.

[And that annoys him the most. Nico isn't about to voice it to Jason, but he wonders if maybe it's a sign he's not yet ready for the trip to New York. Though, in fairness, it's a lot of people with consecutive trips, so most likely it isn't....]

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[oursavinggrace]

[an uneasy look crosses his face there, no matter how much he tries to keep it cool, and his attention is suddenly pretty intensely on the dog. lucky clifford's getting plenty of pettings tonight, at least.]

...I haven't seen Clarisse or Luke at all.

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[fell_to_hell]

[Nico's dark eyes train on the ceiling as he thinks.]

They should be fine....

[His tone isn't bursting with confidence. He knows full well that there's a likely chance of them killing each other, or at least Clarisse killing Luke. As for them being in enemy territory, Nico isn't quite so worried.]

Maybe if they can get to the Station, I can pick them up.

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[oursavinggrace]

Let's cross that bridge when we get to it, okay? Don't even start thinking of shadow traveling again while you're still looking this dead.

[not that he's not worried about luke and clarisse being left along together for a prolonged period of time. that's a pretty constant blaring concern at the back of his mind, actually, now that he actually has a better idea of where they are. the temptation to just fly out himself and try to hunt them down is pretty strong, but he has too much sense to go charging off half-cocked, and he can't imagine leaving nico alone at the castle in this state, even with a guard dog and fairy servants.

so he just does what he's best at. focuses on the immediate situation, and pressed down all his other worries and concerns until they're more convenient to figure out.]