AU in which Alabaster C. Torrington meets Nico di Angelo at May Castellan's house as both decide to check on her after Luke dies.
And it's a peculiar sight. May Castellan is still far from sane. Claymore is, well, dead, and alive all at once. Nico and Alabaster are technically enemies still, and yet, at least they are lonely together in a world where no one wants them.
And somehow, the neighbors would see them and think, "Oh, so the crazy lady next door does have a family". And May Castellan would smile, listening to the two children bickering in her living room as she makes the sandwiches.
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So other things I like other than Record of Ragnarok, and of those things is Honkai Star Rail! And recently a character for the 1.6 patch got announced, and his names Dr. Ratio.
And well…
You know who else did the exact same pose, and has the same exact vibes as this guy?
Yeah.
I haven’t been able to stop laughing, I can’t believe this lol
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Imagine Jason approaching Nico to confess he's choosing rebirth over Elysium.
The reason why is because he never felt like the life he lived was ever his (y'know, what with being taken from his family and being raised as the champion of a god and child soldier) and so he wants a do-over. He wants a normal life, where he doesn't have to be a pawn in someone's chess game.
Meanwhile, as he is explaining this, Nico is trying to ignore just how eerily similar it feels to Bianca's situation, because what life did she live beyond taking care of him? Her life was never hers either. Still, he offers, against the screaming in his head, to see Jason through the rebirth process. The lost hero accepts. After all, not many can say they had the Ghost King personally send them off into the waking world.
"I'm gonna miss you," Jason says. Nico laughs, but there's no happiness behind it. They're behind the River Lethe now.
"No you won't," he murmurs, knowing the river's power firsthand, "but I will."
When Jason forgets and his soul is taken to a place no mortal can't follow, Nico fades into the shadows and wills himself to reappear before a small camp. He doesn't flinch when the hunters of Artemis point their arrows at him reflexively. It only takes a couple of seconds before the bows slowly lower once the girls recognize him.
Bianca's little brother.
Thalia tells them to stand down, walking forward and looking at him with electric blue eyes that are both distant yet knowing. They remind him of Jason's, though his were not as harsh or striking. They used to be gentle. comforting.
He will never see those eyes again.
"He chose rebirth," Nico chokes out, "Thalia, he's, he's gone."
And suddenly he's ten years old again, betrayed and grieving. Thalia catches him as he collapses to his knees, and he cries in her arms, inconsolable.
Why him?
Why her?
He doesn't know who he is referring to anymore.
Artemis ushers the other girls away with a neutral face, but she too is shaken by the sight of the demigods. The grief of her lieutenant and the son of Hades remind her of the fear that seized her when her brother was exiled, of what could have been when he was turned human. When the cries from the children of the Big Three reach her own tent, Artemis swears on the River Styx that she will never allow herself and Apollo to come close to such a fate ever again.
They are a tragic sight to behold, Nico di Angelo and Thalia Grace — a younger brother and older sister that don't belong to one another, yet holding onto each other like they do. As the daughter of Zeus's tears seap into his jacket, Nico briefly wonders that if Thalia is all he has left, then maybe it would be nice if Jason and Bianca had each other. As friends, perhaps. Siblings, even.
If the Fates had been listening in when he thought that, there was nobody present with them to know.
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More Sun of Magic shenanigans (aka I am putting random scenarios here because I do not have a written outline and I don't want to forget it)
Apollo: Why do you have a phone I thought demigods couldn't use one?
Al: It’s enchanted! Uhh, totally just trust me.
Apollo: ...sounds fake but I do not know enough about magic so okay :/
Meanwhile, Nero sitting in his office holding his phone and a certain dead author's mistform card:
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