eachdraidh | video / seelie & unseelie

[hello, magic locket network. have a blond teen with a curious little scar at the corner of his mouth, currently seated in front of his locket with as much ease as if it were a computer. probably more than if it were a computer, to be quite honest -- he's never used a computer in his life, but he's pretty damn used to more supernatural methods of communication. at least this is way simpler than talking through rainbows.]

Hey, I'm Jason. I've told a few people about this whole exploration trip my own group was working on, so I figured I might as well give an update on how that's going.

[and behind him, over his shoulder, is luke, with his back to jason as he holds his own locket up to take in the height of the trees they linger beneath. in the background one can hear:] This is what you'd call a tree, La Rue —

[for the observant viewer, the area they're currently taking a breather in certainly isn't caer glaem or the immediately surrounding areas. it's a forest, sure, but even through the locket it's clearly unusual, the trees all awe-inspiringly enormous. their camp is little more than a few bags dropped off at the base of a gigantic trunk. three bags, to be specific, but gods know where the third member of their little party's gone off to.]

We've bounced around a lot but I think we've covered a pretty decent spread of this place so far. Compared everything to the maps we found and all that. I think so far it's safe to say that those are all pretty accurate. Those worms have been all over too, so I don't think that's a concentrated incident...

[luke's disappeared from the background, but his voice is loud as he stands in front of jason. (not that anyone can see him, but they can hear him loud and clear).] And Grace is choosing to talk to his locket than take in the scenery. C'mon, Grace. Wave for La Rue. You Ares kids always miss out on the whackiest stuff.

[jason, for his part, makes a valiant effort to keep a straight face and be the serious, responsible one here. he can't hep but crack a hint of a smile though, and he raises a hand slightly to indulge luke. and not that anyone can see, but luke wanders off to crane his neck so high to look at the canopy that it almost snaps.]

All that aside, it'd be good to hear how things are going back at the castle too, and maybe in the Unseelie place if any of you guys are feeling particularly talkative.

((ooc: blue is jason, orange is luke, replies are likely to be hijacked by luke (and nico) if they feel like it.))

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[ these guys are no fun. with a shrug, he accepts his fate. doesn't jason know the gods probably won't listen to him if he prays for luke castellan? in luke's opinion, they never listen, not until it's too late. ]

[ luke turns to nico. ] You find anything else out there besides clean water? Friendly fairy that might tell us how to put these worms to the earth-bed for good?

[Nico's going to fish out a mug to have some of that water before answering.]

Not a fairy, but a ghost told me that fire works on keeping them from regenerating.

[he trots after nico automatically, crouching beside his own bag to dig out a cup. something about talking with luke and clarisse just works up a thirst.]

It'd be nice to have Leo here right about now.

[ luke follows in step, but not in action. he looks between the two of them. ] A ghost. [ it shouldn't surprise him that people have died here — but it does, for the place just doesn't seem real sometimes. nico's abilities are interesting to him, but he's not too sure he wants to see them in proper action any time soon. he nods, as if accepting this piece of information — it'd be worth a try, anywya. and luke thinks, ever so briefly, about a house he'd been with, locked inside with jason's sister, and how he'd blown it to pieces with a few select ingredients. ]

[ he looks to jason. ] And Leo. [ another kid, like jason, who he doesn't know. but at least jason's sort of tied to him through thalia — even if his friend never let a word slip about him. ] Who in Hera's name is Leo?

Yeah. A kind of scholarly warrior.

[Nico doesn't say much else about the ghost. He knows how people get uncomfortable when he starts talking about them, and he's not sure Luke even wants to know.]

A highly obnoxious son of Hephaestus who thinks he's funnier than he actually is. He has the rare gift of being able to create fire with just a snap of his fingers, as well as be immune to it.

[Sorry, Jason, he tells it like it is.]

[the look he shoots nico is rather offended on leo's behalf. he can't actually entirely argue with that description though (sorry leo), so he turns back to luke as if nico hadn't said anything at all.]

He's my best friend.

[ since they're primarily focusing on this leo kid, luke takes a mental note to maybe pry some information out of nico about his scholarly warrior ghost. he's not really sure his new-found ally will be giving in the whole luke taking information from him. ]

Who's highly obnoxious and isn't funny. Sounds like a true kid of Hephaestus. [ he tries not to think of his own friends, especially one who had ended up losing his life on the princess andromeda. hephaestus kids may be on the extreme end of the annoying scale, but they're pretty handy when one needs them. ] Useful, but nowhere to be found when you need him.

[ which is the story of every demigods life, it seems. ]

Either of you know how to start a fire with sticks?

[Luke can probably get more out of him than Jason about that stuff, since Luke is technically dead in their world and it proooobably won't hurt. Probably.

Nico digs around in his pack and brings out flint and steel. He waves it over at Luke.]

I do. I put flint and steel in all of our packs, just in case, as well as a flask of oil. We might be able to stop by a town to get some rags to make a torch.

[sipping at some of the fresh water he'd poured for himself, jason just shrugs.]

If we get desperate I can try to light up some tinder with a spark, but I wouldn't really recommend it -- I'm not really good at anything that delicate.

[ so, maybe luke's sort of misjudged nico's use. luke's used to gathering things on the fly, but nico seems to plan before he decides to descend into unknown territory. ]

Might be best if we try and find a town. If these worms keep popping up from the ground, setting the place on fire might be our best bet in getting rid of them for good. [ even though he's certain jason could do that with a simple zap of his fingers, luke kind of wants to feel a little useful. ]

[Probably a good thing that people will underestimate Nico. Means he can surprise them, either pleasantly or nastily.]

It's a good plan. And there's always the chance that we'll come across something that won't be affected by Stygian Iron or Imperial Gold.

[you're such a secretly nice guy nico, trying to make luke feel more useful with his boring normal sword.]

I saw a few towns and cities on that map. Shouldn't be hard to find in real life.

[ “ヽ(´▽｀)ノ” so kind. ]

Unless we find ourselves distracted again. Something tells me these worms won't be so nice and let us stay on the yellow brick road.

[ but following a map shouldn't be so hard ... even if they were to find themselves on the wrong path. luke's (poorly) navigated cities without one. ]

[Who needs a map. Kids today with their maps and compasses....]

I haven't met a thing alive or dead that could sense shadow travel yet. It's an option if worse comes to worse.

We might be better off sticking to that as our first option. It's harder for something to sneak up on us if it can't follow us and doesn't know where we're gonna be until we're there.

[also, less walking.]

[ if this shadow travel allows them to go by undetected, then who is luke to protest? he's spent far too long navigating his way through streets and cities detected. ]

You sure these things can't detect us if we travel this way? I don't know about you, but not all of us smell really great.

[ like, all of them stink. ]

Positive. Only a hellhound could track and follow me, but they exhaust quicker than I do when they shadow travel.

[Well, with luck, they can stay at an inn to wash up and sleep in an actual bed.]

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