It's not really venting if I asked. [ a pause. ] And I don't mind. It's probably easier when it's someone who isn't on your team anyway.
[ he looks a little uncertain at the question though. ]
...to be honest, I didn't have a specific thing. [ hm. ] But since we're all going to be here for a while, I thought I should at least try to get to know all of you a little even if you're not Phoenix.
[ "i can't keep foisting this on my boyfriend and ox said you probably needed a friend and i truly felt that in my soul because damn." ]
[ DON'T DO THIS TO ME, WHOEVER YOU ARE. but he shakes his head. nope. does not need a thing. just visiting. ]
I think I've had enough of "everything" for a while. Parties are okay but they're a lot of...stuff. [ parties are fine in smaller groups or people you know, but yesterday and the day before were Different.
it brings up something else he thinks of though. ]
What do you usually do when you do have time to yourself? I know you all must be busy with the rebuilding and all.
[There seems to be a light of understanding then.]
You're looking for a quiet place? I know of one. It's where I spend a lot of my free time. This city can be too much for me too, so there's places I hide to decompress.
Come with me.
[They will start walking in a direction, expecting that Nico will follow.
[ you know he hadn't actually realized it but yeah, that's kind of a thing he'd like to know about. usually when he wants quiet he disappears into his own cabin or fucks off into the woods but cities are different. so yes. tiger's correct, nico will begin to follow. he's also curious in general. ]
Is the city different than where you're originally from?
It's a different city, yes, but there are a lot of similarities. Cities in general tend to be a lot alike.
[They will actually lead Nico over to the college library. Once inside, they head towards a section near the back of nonfiction, where very few people seem to go. Way back in a corner, tucked between some shelves, is a small nook with one of those library benches. Not very comfortable, but it suits its purpose. There is also a table and chairs a couple shelves away.]
Nobody ever comes back here, so I can grab whatever book I want and sit here for hours undisturbed.
True. Camp's a little bit away from the city but I've been enough times that this is familiar enough to me, too. If a little smaller.
[ it's more conversational than anything as he walks along, careful about jostling his hood too much and keeping his hands in his pockets. when they reach the library he seems to perk up just slightly, still following until they reach the reading nook. ]
Oh. [ huh. ] You're right, I never would have thought to come back this far. How'd you find it? Just from wandering?
I've always been drawn to libraries. It's nice to get absorbed into stories of different times and places.
[They don't have a book, but they will sit down on the bench and sigh. They stick a finger under the collar of their high-neck black shirt and run it around the ring of their neck, pulling the clothing away from the skin a little bit.]
There are a lot of libraries in the city, but I haven't been to many of them. I have friends who are pretty big readers though so sometimes I'll borrow their books or ask for recommendations.
[ gods bless the athena cabin. but since tiger is on the bench, he will be polite and have a seat on the floor in front of them to give them some space while also giving them his attention. he is kind of sitting in a way to counterbalance something in his hood, but not enough to be uncomfortable. sometimes you just like being on the ground. ]
But yeah, camp. It's a summer camp, but some people live there year-round. I just happen to be one of them.
It's a place for people like us to stay if we don't have other homes, or if we come from families that we can't stay with full time or anything. Or even those of us who just want to stay to keep training.
It's home. [ it's the first thing he says, more out of instinct but in a way that says he firmly believes this is a good thing. ] It wasn't easy at first. I didn't stay for a long time. Back then, I...didn't feel like I belonged there. But eventually things got better. I met people who made me realize otherwise after a lot of arguing.
[ haha. but...he grins a little. ]
It's important for me to get back there. And keep our world safe.
Yeah, I think so, too. But I also think that as long as you have people who make you feel that way you can be pretty much anywhere. [ ... ] Was the place you were before a place you felt safe?
...can I ask why that might be? [ mostly he sounds concerned because that...seems very unpleasant. and a good way to be demotivated to fight for your own home. ]
[ he does not like that he's not able to sense these things anymore, so unfortunately for tiger nico's staring at them for a moment as if that'll help. ]
Death is a constant in every world. You can live a long life, but eventually you will meet it head-on. And oftentimes it's my face people see in their last moments.
[They tap their visor.]
That's what this costume is for, to keep people from being scared of me on sight.
If anything, the last face I'd ever see when I do eventually die is my father's, and that's going to be the face I see for every day I'm in his domain. [ plainly said. ] ...do you cover your face like that back where you're from then?
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[ he looks a little uncertain at the question though. ]
...to be honest, I didn't have a specific thing. [ hm. ] But since we're all going to be here for a while, I thought I should at least try to get to know all of you a little even if you're not Phoenix.
[ "i can't keep foisting this on my boyfriend and ox said you probably needed a friend and i truly felt that in my soul because damn." ]
That's still okay, isn't it?
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[They sound confused. Like they can't imagine why anyone would talk to them unless they needed something from them.]
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I think I've had enough of "everything" for a while. Parties are okay but they're a lot of...stuff. [ parties are fine in smaller groups or people you know, but yesterday and the day before were Different.
it brings up something else he thinks of though. ]
What do you usually do when you do have time to yourself? I know you all must be busy with the rebuilding and all.
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You're looking for a quiet place? I know of one. It's where I spend a lot of my free time. This city can be too much for me too, so there's places I hide to decompress.
Come with me.
[They will start walking in a direction, expecting that Nico will follow.
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Is the city different than where you're originally from?
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[They will actually lead Nico over to the college library. Once inside, they head towards a section near the back of nonfiction, where very few people seem to go. Way back in a corner, tucked between some shelves, is a small nook with one of those library benches. Not very comfortable, but it suits its purpose. There is also a table and chairs a couple shelves away.]
Nobody ever comes back here, so I can grab whatever book I want and sit here for hours undisturbed.
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[ it's more conversational than anything as he walks along, careful about jostling his hood too much and keeping his hands in his pockets. when they reach the library he seems to perk up just slightly, still following until they reach the reading nook. ]
Oh. [ huh. ] You're right, I never would have thought to come back this far. How'd you find it? Just from wandering?
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[They don't have a book, but they will sit down on the bench and sigh. They stick a finger under the collar of their high-neck black shirt and run it around the ring of their neck, pulling the clothing away from the skin a little bit.]
You said you were at a camp?
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[ gods bless the athena cabin. but since tiger is on the bench, he will be polite and have a seat on the floor in front of them to give them some space while also giving them his attention. he is kind of sitting in a way to counterbalance something in his hood, but not enough to be uncomfortable. sometimes you just like being on the ground. ]
But yeah, camp. It's a summer camp, but some people live there year-round. I just happen to be one of them.
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[Because it IS unusual, but White Tiger knows better than to assume it's for a good reason.]
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[They are cautiously optimistic that this might be a good thing.]
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[ haha. but...he grins a little. ]
It's important for me to get back there. And keep our world safe.
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That's good. Everyone should have a place where they belong.
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...no. It wasn't. Not for me at least. Though I think the same would be true regardless of what world I was in.
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Death follows me everywhere I go. It's been in me since birth, and I will always be its agent.
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...a curse? Or your world's embodiment of death?
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How is always guaranteed?
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[They tap their visor.]
That's what this costume is for, to keep people from being scared of me on sight.
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If anything, the last face I'd ever see when I do eventually die is my father's, and that's going to be the face I see for every day I'm in his domain. [ plainly said. ] ...do you cover your face like that back where you're from then?
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Yes. Though it was everything except my eyes that were covered then, so this is a bit of a change.
[Then, curious:]
Are you a demigod too?
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[ well. there's no sense denying it. ]
Yes. Which I can only guess means you already spoke to Will?
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