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Uh--hi, my name is Bianca. Bianca di Angelo. I guess I'm new here?

[ She pauses after that and fiddles with the locket a little, not really sure where she should go now that she's introduced herself. She has a lot of questions, and plenty of concerns, but she's also not really sure where or how to start voicing them. It doesn't help that this whole thing feels very impersonal. It's almost like she's talking to a wall and not a whole bunch of different people. ]

Right, okay. So I get why I'm here. I've got something important inside me, and...all that. [ It's said a little uncomfortably. Not only is it a little weird to think she's been living her whole life with the shard of some otherworldly crystal inside her body, but she definitely has enough on her plate already, She doesn't want to worry about a another war on top of everything else. ] But what if--[ She hesitates again, biting her lip. ]

What if we have something equally important to do back home? Will they send us back? My--friends are in serious trouble. [ And it's definitively her fault they are. She didn't listen to Percy, and now, well, things are bad. Really, really bad. ] I'd like to be able to help them, somehow. Even if I can't return, there has to be something I can do from here, right?

[ And then, just to have something a little less heavy to talk about; ]

Oh, and are the imps always so rude? I tried to talk to one, but it bit my finger.

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[ as soon as he sees her on the network, Percy panics just a bit. because yeah, he knew that people could come back to life here, but he was still unprepared for seeing another familiar face that he'd said goodbye to once before. he sends off a message to Nico first, checks up on him, because if it's jarring for Percy, he can't even fathom how the other demigod is feeling right now.

only then does he open up the video feed, expression bright as ever. ]

If they listened to things like reason, I think a lot of us would be back home by now.

Hey, Percy. [ She can't find it in her to be surprised by seeing him. After talking to Nico--well, she's not sure what to think. She can tell he's a little older, but she has no way of knowing by how much. ]

I guess that makes sense. How long have you been here?

[ Percy realizes that it's almost starting to feel normal, now. seeing people as they were in the past, rather than how they should be now. Luke and Bianca, looking the same they did the day they died, and Clarisse who had just stepped out of the titan war. another reminder of just how much has changed. ]

Two months now, I think. But it's been... a while since I last saw you. [ he pauses, thinking over what her original broadcast had said -- she remembered trying to help the team, which, really, meant she didn't know about something that Percy really didn't want to think about. ] Wait, you said imps? Aren't you in Caer Galem? There shouldn't be any imps here.

That's a long time. [ She doesn't go into more depth on the topic of how long it's been since they've seen each other, though. Because she'd rather not think about it. She's going to need to address it soon, she can't avoid it forever, but she has way too much to take in right now.

She shakes her head and tries not to look uncomfortable. ] No, I'm--I'm not in Caer Glaem. I'm on the Unseelie side, in Caer Scima.

Oh. Oh! That's cool. I mean, not that you're away from the rest of us, but I have a couple friends over there. [ which he hopes will help a bit, knowing that there can be friendships across courts. even if it's... uncommon. ] Uh- One of them is named Thomas? Brown hair, brown eyes, teenager, says things in really weird slang. If you ever need help, he's a pretty good guy.

[ not that he thinks Bianca isn't fully capable of looking out for herself, hunter of Artemis and all, but the rest of the demigods are a little too far to come running if she does find herself needing help. ]

Plus, you have the rest of us on the lockets.

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