othala | video ✺ an inheritance is like a double edged sword - i don't know what to do with either.

[fehus]

[a placid Kurt Cobain impersonator on your feed; he's had a rough month, but right now he's looking resolved, at least. he's sitting with his knees up on a pretty autumnal overlook in the Virginian mountains, hands curled around his first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season. the cup, tilted just enough towards the camera, reads, "HAGGIS"]

Um. For people who didn't know. Laura Wilson -- um, Persephone -- she's left. Gone home. Whatever.

[for a good 30 seconds, it seems that's about all he's figured out to say, grey eyes sort of deer-in-headlights looking. then he blurts] And she's kicking ass in floral leggings wherever she is, so I don't want a bunch of sympathy about it. Or people saying sorry. It'd be better if you left me an irreverent tweet or vlogged at me about eating ass. Actually, I'm requesting it. That's what she'd want her legacy to be.

[he rubs at his face, which has gotten kind of flustered despite himself]

Uh. And I guess I'm a Co-Prince of Hel now. Just in time for Halloween. Which -- is something. Uh. I've got some plans for it, once I get the place more cleaned up. The plans don't involve cool concerts or divine grief counseling or rockstar orgies. Sorry. I'm throwing all those couches away. But I'm -- I'm gonna do something good with it. [he amends] I'm gonna try to, anyway. Something she'd like.

Watch this spooky space, I guess.

[he sips his latte, and after a moment, adds]

And if you left stuff in Hades besides weird stains and good memories, let me know. I'll mail it by cave bat. Cheaper than Fedex.

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[d33tached]

[Here Magnus asked for no one to show their sympathies, and yet...]

I don't suppose you'd like to talk about this?

[Yes, that is D33 actually offering to talk about feelings with someone, perhaps even showing the first feeble signs of empathy forming.

[It's just that he understands now, somewhat, what it's like to really lose someone (even if his few someones have all come back by now).

[He'll ignore that bit about eating ass.]

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[fehus]

[this is definitely opposite day, with Magnus pushing away empathy and D33 offering it; Magnus blinks at the text for a long few moments, before]

i think i'm responsible enough to run my own hell. i watch my friends' pets a lot.

Voice

[craftpunk]

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo Sad.

[ Says the long, drawn out electronic voice.

Truly, he thinks it's a tragedy. ]

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[fehus]

Did you get mountain dew in your melodica? It's sticking.

VIDEO.

[selfconducts]

[ Baal knows what Persephone-- Laura's gone back to all too well, which is maybe reflected in his expression slightly, but he's not about to be the one who rains on someone's positive thinking. Even if raining on things is kind of his job. ]

So that's who it went to. [ Probably a good thing. ] Is there a Grand Re-opening planned?

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[fehus]

Me and another demigod, yeah. [...] I've known for a while, but I -- um. I haven't wanted to go down for a bit.

[it's stupid. he's just said he doesn't want to hear sorry's, but he sort of wants to say one to Baal. he's lost Laura, too. how is he dealing with it?]

Yeah. It won't be a club anymore. Sorry if that, uh, sucks, but I'm 17, I can't even legally drink. I can't be a club owner. And that's not why Hades was important, anyway.

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[knaval]

Aww, bummer! That's no good. Hey, I made some microwave mac and cheese and it came out too watery? So I put some flour in it and now it's gross but what can you do on this crazy world with more than one type of food.

[...]

You want help with moving those couches?

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[fehus]

[Magnus laughs]

Gross. RIP M-N-C.Thanks for the shitpost.

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[fehus]

Um. I could use a hand, yeah, if you're offering. In a week or so. I'm sort of keeping it closed to visitors right now because I already had a mourning fan get in and chain herself to the bar.

[areou]

( she's not particularly close to this situation so despite the fact that she gets the feeling there is probably Stuff He Should Talk About, she also knows she's not the person best equipped to do, you know, that talking thing. ignoring your feelings is cool! )

I'd be happy to vlog about eating pussy instead.

[fehus]

[ignoring your feelings is in fact the one true way in their Tree of Repression. up top!]

[quickly;]

Please don't.

[fehus]

Hey, do you wanna fight a cybertronian?

private

[fehus]

Hey -- is that weird dude still working in your shop?

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[setmatch]

Are you holding up okay?

[ David is clearly worried about this kid. He's seen the roster on the network and knows that his Cousin is gone, too. It makes David worry about the younger demi-god, especially with his questions about how to create a soul... ]

Do you need anything?

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[fehus]

[there's an awkward pause; he hasn't been spending much time on the network or seeing people who weren't Ronan, Odin, or Peter, between Annabeth and Persephone leaving -- and he just doesn't know how to field those questions yet. he doesn't know how to admit he's really never been okay, and he's certainly not better, for losing the women in his life that helped him feel safe]

[he's surviving, like he's always done. trying to find something that means something, and doing it]

-- Febreeze. I'm making a list.

vid sorta

[h2no]

[congrats magnus you win a short video of wailmer and crobat playing; alberta is spinning around in the water and crobat is trying to stay on top of her by running on his stubby little legs.

a few minutes later:] Crobat was fond of that place. You wanna borrow him for a while?

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[fehus]

[five stars. up for emmy nomination. what a moving picture]

[he's smiling gently still, when Archie's voice pipes in]

Sure. I'm not working on it today, but I'll shoot you a text when I'm headed down.

[Video]

[petergraham]

You don't literally mean Hell, do you?

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[fehus]

I literally mean Hades if we're getting Indo-European about it. But it's not the real one.

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[queenofseers]

[ Cassandra's voice sounds strained. Like she doesn't feel well, or she's losing her voice altogether. It's level, but- perhaps it's obvious that she's making an effort to sound firm. ]

Did she actually tell you what to do with Hades? How to take care of it? [ A pause. ] Because like fuck if there's anyone still around who knows.

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[fehus]

[she sounds like she's been yelling a lot. Magnus thinks Laura might smile at that, even with the shitty circumstances]

We mostly built Hades together. I know how to take care of it already.

[Magnus has been Laura's PA about as long as he's been -- in this universe]

And I closed it to visitors for renovations, after the second mourning fan managed to get in and chain herself to the bar for a bit.

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[nightmarist]

[Ronan has spent the better part of the day (and the week) being an incorporeal dream-light, but now he is abruptly a boy again, creeping up beside Magnus to nuzzle against his shoulder. There's nothing to say, really, so he doesn't try. He'll just be eavesdropping on all these other conversations until Magnus is finished.]

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[fehus]

[the wind rustles, and then it's more than the wind, it's his boyfriend -- and Magnus turns his head to press a kiss to that tumble of unkempt black as it materializes. whether holding hands or one of them riding sparkle-side-along, they haven't been far from each other, this week (and what feels like most of the weeks before that, honestly -- more dependent than Magnus imagined himself being, but it's just felt like thing after thing, hitting them. and these last few things -- they were suckerpunches)]

[after a few more exchanges over the network, Magnus may not be finished, but he's finished for now. he lets his phone fall to the grass and dirt, lifts out his poorly labeled pumpkin spice latte in offering of a sip, without dislodging his passenger]

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[dragony]

At least put her stuff in storage, you heathen.

[ Hey, if he doesn't want sympathy, then this is what he gets instead. ]

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[fehus]

That's almost an irreverent tweet. And putting her stuff away's under the aegis of "cleaning up."

text;

[ambasciatore]

[ Nico's not ready to show his face yet over this. ]

what can i do to help?

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[fehus]

brainstorm some cool titles for us.

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[lesterzeppelin]

[ oh. Lester may have not been close with Persephone, but she was his sister. A version of her, anyway. He frowns at the camera, though that frown may be more directed at the latte than the news.

Magnus doesn’t want sympathy, no matter how much Lester wants to give it. So instead, he forces his voice to sound light: ] Do those re-opening plans involve poetry slams or haunted houses?

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[fehus]

Just because I have long hair doesn't mean I do poetry slams...

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[sanguinespell]

[well, her hair and makeup are as on-point as ever, but her expression still seems. a little bothered.]

Shit, we're hemorrhaging them. [right. backing up a step--] Baph's gone, too.

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[fehus]

Yeah? I just found out about Dio, too.

[that one sucks in a special way, knowing -- well, knowing Dio's not doing well, back home]

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[khajidont]

As noble as the request for stories about eating ass is, I can't help you there. But if you need any help with the clean-up, I'll be there. Or, um... I know we don't really know each other, but if you wanna get out of there and go for a drive or whatever, let me know. If I know Laura, that means the bike I got is all kinds of juiced up.

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[fehus]

You got her bike?

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[stylistic_disloyalty]

Don't you touch my shit, Magnus.

[She is not fucking around here.]