PC: Tama 💀

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If you're sure. I'm not really good with that kind of stuff so I wouldn't even know what you're looking for to begin with.

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There are so many of you who aren’t good with tech. [ pls ] I guess you and Phoenix can chat about the joys of dial-up or something?

[ talk to your leader, nico. ]

Not that I think they know what dial-up is.

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They probably don't, but we do have wi-fi where I'm from. And smartphones. [ they have all of the modern tech of the 2020s, he just personally doesn't use it.

also it's very nice of tama to truly derail so hard that it's getting him out of his own head. he would appreciate that if he had a single clue that it was happening instead of just going with it. ]

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[ taps the crayon mental health degree on the wall ]

And yet— I thought teenagers were surgically attached to their cellphones?

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If they own one and it's not dangerous for them to do so, sure. But they're kind of honing beacons for monsters, so we try to avoid them.

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I’m pretty sure they’re beacons for advertising spyware and government tracking too, but that doesn’t stop people.

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[ he shrugs. ]

It's mostly kept out of camp for that reason, and I really don't feel like making it easier for a monster to find its next demigod to-go meal, you know? But there's always exceptions.

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[ thonk ]

When you say camp, do you mean like... a camp site? [ because you know what doesn't sound like a safe place for kids? a campsite. ]

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You could say that? But more like a training camp. [ but he kind of grins. ] A camp site, Tama?

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That's what most people would think of when you hear camp! Like camping!

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We've camped out before while we're on quests but I don't think it's the same as what you're thinking. But no. Camp Half-Blood, it's where we stay most of the year. We're allowed out into the city for things if we ask for permission but it's sort of like a boarding school except we're learning how to survive and beat up monsters instead of other stuff.

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A... boarding school for the not-entirely-human, only it's in the woods somewhere with no internet access.

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A training camp for demigods just outside of Manhattan with internet access and minimal computers. And whatever technology the Hephaestus cabin feels like making at the time. We're not that removed.

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[ give her a moment here ]

… So, you have tech but it’s different tech.

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Made by the god of artisans, fire, metalworking, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, metallurgy, sculpture and volcanoes. [ as you do. ]

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Made by his kids. [ gentle correction. also he's now kind of grinning like an asshole because tama has successfully distract him and he thinks this line of conversation's a little funny. ]

...whatever it is you're thinking, you can ask.

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You already said demi-gods before, so I have something of an idea.

[ and he talked about poseidon’s son, AND he talked about necromancy. me checking our thread days. ]

So, your godly parent would be someone from the Chthonic deities.

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[ i truly just realized she's very close to realizing that he was not fully honest about the pact the zeus-poseidon-hades trio made and how he plays into this but that's okay. he does not seem to realize it himself. ]

That would be correct, yes.

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[ they all really went “no kids” and then had kids. ]

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A big named Chthonic deity, or one of the less well known ones? [ how to ask “is your dad hades” without asking if his dad is hades. ]

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[ :thonk: ]

...the biggest and probably first you think of, yeah. [ that basically confirms it, huh. ]

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I thought the big three had a pact? I mean, I know it got broken, but all three of them?

[ looks at the age lore and looks away. ]

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They did. But my father never broke that pact. [ he says, realizing it's probably just easier to let her draw conclusions. also he is too mentally exhausted to play keepaway about the subject right now. ]

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[







(jeopardy theme while she thinks about it. ]

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[ patiently waits for tama to math things out or for her to just ask how that works. ]

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[ hm. ]

When were you born, exactly?

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[ it's complicated because rick's math is inconsistent with canon, but. ]

The 1930s. [ he figures saying it this way is the same effect. ]