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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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[He almost says that Tartarus had been a very bad change for him, but he restrains himself. He can't tell her that, at least not when they're in two different places. That...is something that needs to be addressed face-to-face.

So, instead, he focuses on the very few nice changes and tries for a smile.]

I did find a half-sister of ours back on our world. Her name is Hazel, about a year younger than me. She's not here right now, but I think you'd get along great with her. And...I think you'd like a friend I've made back home, too. His name's Jason, and he's here in Caer Glaem with us.

[ She tries not to let jealousy curl up in her stomach. ] How did you figure out she was our sister? [ She would think a sibling of theirs would have been with them, unless they're half-siblings on their godly parent's side? Which means he knows who their father or mother is.

She smiles when he mentions Jason, though. ] He must be--[ "A good friend" gets lost when he mentions Caer Glaem. He had mentioned fairies earlier, but him being seelie hadn't occurred to her. Not because she saw her brother as chaotic, but because she hadn't thought they would be on separate sides. ] You're in Caer Glaem?

[Now he looks uncomfortable. Nico decides to make this a private conversation on the network, and glances around with slight guilt to make sure nobody's about to come waltzing down and overhear what they're about to discuss.]

I...uh...brought her back from the Fields of Asphodel. The day I met Hazel...well, Thanatos, the death god, was a prisoner in Alaska, so...security in the Underworld wasn't what it used to be. [Nico rubs his face, looking both awkward and sad.] At first, I thought, maybe...nobody would notice if I...um...could bring your spirit back. But you'd chosen rebirth at that time, so...I couldn't. Then I found Hazel, which I think was what dad wanted me to do. She was a child of our dad's Roman aspect, though, so I had to take her to the Roman version of Camp Half-Blood, over in San Francisco.

[Steely determination enters Nico's eyes at this point.]

Yeah, but even though we're on opposite sides, I'm not going to fight you. That's one thing the Monarchs are never going to make me do.

Oh.

[ That's really all she can manage. It feels kind of like her brain is going to shut down. This confirms her fears, that she's dead, and Nico brought someone else back, a sister from another time. Bianca doesn't really get it. Why hadn't she waited? Why choose rebirth, instead of wait for her brother? Her brother could be annoying, she had been sick of taking care of him and playing big sister all the time, but she still loved her brother. She wouldn't have wanted to leave him completely...would she have?

Not only that, but was Nico saying...their father is Hades? God of the Dead? It makes sense looking back on the journey she'd been on, but at the same time...good grief. She chews on the inside of her lip and steadies her breathing. She can't deal with this right now. She doesn't know how. It's like every ugly emotion she's capable of is sticking to her insides.

She nods. ]

How far away is the seelie side? Will we still be able to see each other, or is that not allowed?

[He nods, looking a little excited.]

Not very, if you take the faerie rings. Instant teleportation from one ring to another. On your side, there's one in The Llorona, and on my side the Southwood ring is the closest to Caer Glaem. I don't know how it is on the Unseelie side, but the Seelie natives don't treat Unseelie nicely. Any visits to Caer Glaem will need to be...ah...stealthy. Still, friendly visits aren't prohibited on either side, from what I've been able to tell.

[ Ah, that's a relief, at least. She nods. ]

That's good. [ She had been a little worried about that. ] Do the Seelie attack anyone from the Unseelie side, or are they just rude?

[He shakes his head, looking a touch rueful.]

Rude, for the most part. The only time I know of Seelie attacking an Unseelie is when there's a battle between the two sides.

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