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Nico di Angelo ([personal profile] zombiedude) wrote in [community profile] estoria2016-06-15 04:19 pm
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Who: [personal profile] zombiedude and OTA
When: After the event
Where: The park or around Cerealia if you want to run into him walking about
What: Nico is back from his canon update that was about a six months time jump for him, so come get reacquainted with him if you're already established CR or come meet him for the first time if you're interested in meeting a demigod son of Hades with a three-headed Rottweiler.
Rating/Warning: Probably some references to things that have happened in The Hidden Oracle

[Nico feels a bit strange being back in Cerealia. He'd been here for almost nine months without ever seeing home and without ever knowing when he would see it again. He'd started a relationship with Will, gotten tossed into the sewers with a group of others and had an unexpected and not very pleasant adventure happen, lost Will after he disappeared a few days after that, then finally - finally - went home too.

He'd spent almost nine months in Cerealia before, but he'd been home for almost six, so now he has that much appreciated buffer this time. He has mixed feelings about being back. It's Cerealia and when has anything good ever lasted for very long here, but he's in a better place now because of that trip back home and what had happened during it, and he's more prepared to deal with whatever Cerealia throws at them next. Apparently, he'd returned during some sort of weird going on (no surprise there) even though nothing had happened to him. He'd taken the time to go through his returned memories of his stay here before during it instead.

A part of him is quietly amused that he and Will started up a relationship here then had the same thing happen when they had gone home. He's not quite as upset about Will not having returned with him, now that he has six months of memories full of good times at camp, getting to know Will better, starting to date him, and settling into a comfortable relationship with the son of Apollo during that time. It'd been six months of finding his place at camp, gradually being accepted by the other campers, strengthening the friendships that had started during the war against Gaia, and most importantly of all, six months (mostly) of peace. Sure, there had been disturbances going on here and there, but when you're a demigod, that becomes normal fast. Then trouble had started up again, and Nico hopes that things can get resolved with Apollo and the Oracles before another big war erupts. At least he knows for sure now that he won't miss anything. He'd showed up at home the exact moment he'd been brought to Cerealia the first time.

It'd been amazing to see his sister and friends again, but now that he's back and remembers the people he knew only here, he's making a list of all the people he remembers to see if they're still around and go pay them a visit. It might be strange for them to have him suddenly pop in because it probably hasn't been that long since they've seen him, but for him, now that he remembers, he misses certain people and wants to see how others are doing. He probably looks slightly different to them, a little older and taller, hair a bit longer. In his time in Cerealia before, his skin had stopped being so pale due to all those months spent outside of the Underworld where the colors didn't get leeched from him, and while he's still pale now, he's nowhere near as bad as he was when he first arrived after shadow traveling halfway across the world and practically literally fading away into the shadows.

Speaking of people he's missed, a few barks make him look up from his list and smile softly when he spots a red rubber ball resting nearby his hand. Cerberus definitely falls into that category. He's been throwing Cerberus' favorite toy to him as he's been writing down names, and he picks up the ball to give it a good throw, watching as Cerberus tears off after it excitedly. He definitely doesn't have the same sort of bond with the three-headed Rottweiler back home. In his father's kingdom, Cerberus is Hades' guard dog. Here, Cerberus is his dog and practically his best friend. He's one of the few things that have been constant in this consistently changing place ever since the canine first showed up in Cerealia months ago. Cerberus isn't something he's going to take for granted while he's back, especially not now when he's once again the only person from his world here.

All in all, of course Nico wishes he could have just stayed back home, and he already is missing a few people again, but now that he's back, he's more prepared to deal with whatever comes next than he was before.
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[personal profile] protectthecastle 2016-06-30 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Veronica definitely recognizes that invitation and accepts it very happily. At least with belly rubs, she's can put all her attention to one spot and not three.]

I do not think having three heads makes him irregular. He is unique, but I do not think it is a bad thing. I am glad that he is more relaxed. My dog Glen always liked having fun as well: chasing balls, napping, taking walks. Though I suppose that is because he has never had to be a guard dog.

Thank you. I am not sure that I will know to miss them, which is why I worry. But I would be very glad if it proves unfounded and I regain everything that I have lost.
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[personal profile] protectthecastle 2016-07-03 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
He was a German Shepherd. [And she missed him a lot...but tucks the thought away, her smile just a bit more wistful as she ruffles the ears on one of Cerberus's heads.]