Who: Abby, Lev, Clarisse and Bella (plus others? perhaps guests) What: Settling in! Catch-all for house shenanigans When: Month of September Where: At the team's joint abode, located in Ache
[ Is her amnesia a joke to you?! But Clarisse is just rolling her eyes, not summoning more dead soldiers to harrass her, so let's call it a win. Besides, she's too busy being relieved that little bits of memory are returning, even if they are patchwork. ]
(you know, once she's... decided to stop entertaining the whole what if my closest friend never remembers who i am thing. wow, don't think about it don't think about it)
Hmm... how about those months we were stuck working out at home because the gym went to shit, and I won an arm wrestling match one day and you cried about it.
[ The tips of Clarisse's ears go red at the sheer audacity of this girl. She does remember being depressed about the gym collapsing, which makes the rest of Abby's story possible, but... no. No. She would never lose at arm wrestling. Or cry about it if she did, which she wouldn't. ]
(she'd keep teasing clarisse under literally any other circumstances but like this it feels mean, like she's got a leg up. two legs. abby's long since stopped laughing, but her eyes are still bright.)
Yeah, okay. The gym part was true, the rest wasn't. I can't win against you in arm wrestling, you're too good.
(it's a novelty, actually, having other people beat her at it. so she doesn't much care.)
[ Clarisse gives her a slightly suspicious look, waiting for Abby to follow up with another jab, but she doesn't. The compliment mollifies her... somewhat. ]
You're an idiot to wrestle a child of Ares. [ Arm wrestling or otherwise!!! ]
[ Clarisse looks down at her arm for a couple seconds before punching Abby back. It... seems like the thing to do? She's distracted, though, trying to remember "the house". She thinks she can. Maybe. She has a vague memory of being on some couch in the middle of the night, lights on, arguing with people. Sounds like her. Also the yard, covered in mist, with a tree out back. ]
I... Nico. [ She sounds a little hesitant, but Nico is at least somewhat familiar, and once she says his name out loud it's almost a relief. Nico is weird, but useful. He was going to show her how to do... something important. ] Is he here?
(the punch in return is a happy surprise. it's reassuringly normal, even though clarisse is making an expression that indicates she has no idea why she just did it. oh yeah, she's in there alright. abby feels hopeful in general, or at least she does until she's asked that question.
sucks to have to give bad news.) He was there.
He left, after Lev died. (and never came back, he just... disappeared. abby still feels strange about it, like she could have helped if she'd only thought to reach out to him in time.)
[ There's a strange expression on Clarisse's face. She's not sure why hearing that Nico is gone is making her feel this way—annoyed and guilty and a little bit regretful, too. ]
He was going to show me how to summon the dead. To talk to them. [ Not dead soldiers, it's pretty clear by her tone. She and Nico were evidently up to some secret bullshit before he disappeared. ]
... anybody who died? the thought makes abby shiver, torn between being longing and unease.)
Huh. (maybe it's a good thing he never did show her. abby thinks she would be tempted to ask her to use that power if she had it.) I didn't know you could learn how to do something like that.
I don't know. He said anybody could, but we never got to try it.
[ Anyway, it probably would have ended up a useless project. It's not like they could have brought back anyone who actually mattered to either of them. It would have been Clarisse trying to summon some old ghost from the Deerington cemetery while Nico judged her technique. ]
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[ Is her amnesia a joke to you?! But Clarisse is just rolling her eyes, not summoning more dead soldiers to harrass her, so let's call it a win. Besides, she's too busy being relieved that little bits of memory are returning, even if they are patchwork. ]
Tell me something else. Maybe I'll remember it.
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(you know, once she's... decided to stop entertaining the whole what if my closest friend never remembers who i am thing. wow, don't think about it don't think about it)
Hmm... how about those months we were stuck working out at home because the gym went to shit, and I won an arm wrestling match one day and you cried about it.
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Bullshit!
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Yeah, okay. The gym part was true, the rest wasn't. I can't win against you in arm wrestling, you're too good.
(it's a novelty, actually, having other people beat her at it. so she doesn't much care.)
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You're an idiot to wrestle a child of Ares. [ Arm wrestling or otherwise!!! ]
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(and she gives her a punch on the arm.) D'you remember anybody else from the house?
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I... Nico. [ She sounds a little hesitant, but Nico is at least somewhat familiar, and once she says his name out loud it's almost a relief. Nico is weird, but useful. He was going to show her how to do... something important. ] Is he here?
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sucks to have to give bad news.) He was there.
He left, after Lev died. (and never came back, he just... disappeared. abby still feels strange about it, like she could have helped if she'd only thought to reach out to him in time.)
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[ There's a strange expression on Clarisse's face. She's not sure why hearing that Nico is gone is making her feel this way—annoyed and guilty and a little bit regretful, too. ]
He was going to show me how to summon the dead. To talk to them. [ Not dead soldiers, it's pretty clear by her tone. She and Nico were evidently up to some secret bullshit before he disappeared. ]
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... anybody who died? the thought makes abby shiver, torn between being longing and unease.)
Huh. (maybe it's a good thing he never did show her. abby thinks she would be tempted to ask her to use that power if she had it.) I didn't know you could learn how to do something like that.
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[ Anyway, it probably would have ended up a useless project. It's not like they could have brought back anyone who actually mattered to either of them. It would have been Clarisse trying to summon some old ghost from the Deerington cemetery while Nico judged her technique. ]
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You're kind of the most determined person I know.