We're still both trying to get to know each other and also know each other too well. [ wry. ] It's been a little while since I've seen her but I don't know if she expects too much from me either.
[ but this is sort of positive for him because hazel really does not put a lot of pressure on him which is great. ]
So you get along, then. [ teasing. sometimes people who don't expect things are nice!! ace pressures himself all on his own though he doesn't need help with that ] Did you meet her at camp...?
Mm...it's a little more complicated than that. [ chews his licorice. ] She's my half-sister, but our father was his Roman self when she was born. So she's a daughter of Pluto instead of Hades.
[ ...he pauses, like he's debating if he wants to elaborate too much. but he figures ace will ask if he needs more to understand. ]
I actually brought her to Camp Jupiter after we met. She's one of the praetors now. [ a pause. ] They're like the camp's leaders. There's only two of them at a time.
... I'm going to be honest, I don't know enough about gods to fully get all of that. [ if a guy fucks and has a kid he is the dad whatever name he goes by?????? sure ] But that means you can't see her that much, if she's in the other camp, then?
And I'm going to be honest, too. I have no idea how it works half the time myself. [ haha. ] It's a whole...visualization aspect thing, as far as I know. Our two camps didn't even know about each other for decades because it always ended in bloodshed.
But...my father sent me to pose as an ambassador for his Roman self and infiltrate the camp to try and help bring the two together. We needed both camps to join forces in order to stop Gaea. [ he nods though. ] That's right though. She's pretty far away right now. I could visit if I wanted, but we've all been really busy.
Were. Are? [ ... ] We're in a period of peace. The war ended last summer, and we just defeated the Nero and Python not that long ago. Or Apollo did, specifically, but it's always been on us to help the gods with things like this.
And so because it's a period of peace, Hazel's busy at her camp and Will and I just got back from something else. So we're hoping for a little bit of a break, too. [ there's a smile though. ] But you're right. Even though we only met recently, she's still family. I couldn't leave her behind even if I wanted to. I can still be in touch when I need to be.
Yeah, Will mentioned you guys were planning a vacation before ending up...
[ gestures. this is the worst vacation location. but the family talk makes him smile ]
That's family. Even if you're far apart, you're always linked. [ ace is saying that about his chosen family even though for nico it's blood family it's fine ]
Something like that. We were supposed to have the whole camp to ourselves because summer session's over. I'm still kind of mad we ended up here instead, but I know this place needs some help.
[ to be fair, hazel is also partially chosen family. as in nico found her in the underworld and chose to bring her back to the surface because he recognized her as a child of pluto. it's fine. ]
I can't say I disagree. I do worry less, at least, knowing she has people around here that will look out for her and know everything there is to know in case she's in trouble. It'd just be nice if she were less responsible. [ then they could both slack off. ]
It's almost impressively bad here. [ almost serenely. also, yeah, he laughs at that. ]
That's not a wrong take, seeing how often I take off on my own to do other things besides my counselor duties. I'm sure she'd be very unhappy to hear it.
...I mean up until about a year ago I didn't exactly have friends that cared if I stayed or went. So it didn't make a difference. But at least now it's only for maybe a week at a time, at most.
Something like that? [ ...hm... ] Bianca died when I was ten, and I left camp around the same time to figure stuff out on my own. I kept in touch with some of the others because of the war with Kronos that was brewing. We had to work together to defend Olympus. That happened a few years later, and after we won the war I stayed at camp for a little while. And then...eventually, I wore out my welcome and I left again for a while. Prior to the end of the war, there wasn't even a cabin to honor my father. Usually, you stay in a cabin with your siblings and it's specifically to honor your godly parent. What was the purpose of staying when it was just for me and I wasn't wanted anyway?
So I went to the Underworld for a while. I met Hazel, and I escorted her to California and to her own camp. Father wanted me to pose as an ambassador and infiltrate, so I stayed there for a while. I didn't know why at first, but...[ he waves a hand like he's skipping details. ] Anyway a few months after all of that Gaea started stirring and we had another war on our hands. I met a lot of the others around that time, including Jason. We defeated her last summer, and...even in the last days of the battle I didn't think I was going to stay. I wasn't sure if I could really consider Jason a friend, and I didn't think anyone else would care if I left. No one else tried to stop me.
[ he realizes this sounds pathetic, actually. ]
...anyway you can kind of thank a combination of Jason and Will for getting it through my head that I could have a place there and actually stick around and make friends. Even if it was a long work in progress.
I don't know. Sometimes talking to you feels like it did talking to Jason, so maybe. [ and maybe that's why he bothers talking to ace at all. ] Guess it's a good thing we don't have to guess, huh?
Maybe for you. What if I wanted to split it? Now I can't eat it because it's got your germs all over it. [ he says as someone who does not give a fuck about germs and instead is scouring through ace's own snacks to take. ]
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[ but this is sort of positive for him because hazel really does not put a lot of pressure on him which is great. ]
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[ ...he pauses, like he's debating if he wants to elaborate too much. but he figures ace will ask if he needs more to understand. ]
I actually brought her to Camp Jupiter after we met. She's one of the praetors now. [ a pause. ] They're like the camp's leaders. There's only two of them at a time.
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But...my father sent me to pose as an ambassador for his Roman self and infiltrate the camp to try and help bring the two together. We needed both camps to join forces in order to stop Gaea. [ he nods though. ] That's right though. She's pretty far away right now. I could visit if I wanted, but we've all been really busy.
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[ hmm ]
Even if you don't see each other, she's still your sister. You don't need to see her all the time for that. [ bonds and what have you ]
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And so because it's a period of peace, Hazel's busy at her camp and Will and I just got back from something else. So we're hoping for a little bit of a break, too. [ there's a smile though. ] But you're right. Even though we only met recently, she's still family. I couldn't leave her behind even if I wanted to. I can still be in touch when I need to be.
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[ gestures. this is the worst vacation location. but the family talk makes him smile ]
That's family. Even if you're far apart, you're always linked. [ ace is saying that about his chosen family even though for nico it's blood family it's fine ]
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[ to be fair, hazel is also partially chosen family. as in nico found her in the underworld and chose to bring her back to the surface because he recognized her as a child of pluto. it's fine. ]
I can't say I disagree. I do worry less, at least, knowing she has people around here that will look out for her and know everything there is to know in case she's in trouble. It'd just be nice if she were less responsible. [ then they could both slack off. ]
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[ and then, teasing; ]
Oh, so you're the slacker between both of you. I get it.
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That's not a wrong take, seeing how often I take off on my own to do other things besides my counselor duties. I'm sure she'd be very unhappy to hear it.
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...I mean up until about a year ago I didn't exactly have friends that cared if I stayed or went. So it didn't make a difference. But at least now it's only for maybe a week at a time, at most.
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[ he would've thought it was earlier than that that nico got a whole friend. like. maybe two years?? ]
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Something like that? [ ...hm... ] Bianca died when I was ten, and I left camp around the same time to figure stuff out on my own. I kept in touch with some of the others because of the war with Kronos that was brewing. We had to work together to defend Olympus. That happened a few years later, and after we won the war I stayed at camp for a little while. And then...eventually, I wore out my welcome and I left again for a while. Prior to the end of the war, there wasn't even a cabin to honor my father. Usually, you stay in a cabin with your siblings and it's specifically to honor your godly parent. What was the purpose of staying when it was just for me and I wasn't wanted anyway?
So I went to the Underworld for a while. I met Hazel, and I escorted her to California and to her own camp. Father wanted me to pose as an ambassador and infiltrate, so I stayed there for a while. I didn't know why at first, but...[ he waves a hand like he's skipping details. ] Anyway a few months after all of that Gaea started stirring and we had another war on our hands. I met a lot of the others around that time, including Jason. We defeated her last summer, and...even in the last days of the battle I didn't think I was going to stay. I wasn't sure if I could really consider Jason a friend, and I didn't think anyone else would care if I left. No one else tried to stop me.
[ he realizes this sounds pathetic, actually. ]
...anyway you can kind of thank a combination of Jason and Will for getting it through my head that I could have a place there and actually stick around and make friends. Even if it was a long work in progress.
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Well... I'm glad they did. You probably wouldn't have given me the time of day otherwise, huh?
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I don't know. Sometimes talking to you feels like it did talking to Jason, so maybe. [ and maybe that's why he bothers talking to ace at all. ] Guess it's a good thing we don't have to guess, huh?
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[ offers a red vine. ]
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chomps it when it's offered ]
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You really could have just taken it, you know.
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[ also he has his hands full of other snacks wow ]
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Are you actually bothered by that? [ shameless ]
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Not in the slightest, it's a token protest. [ OKAY THANKS. ] Maybe I'm still learning how to share?
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