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[ambasciatore]

You know? Today is a great day.

[For those who know Nico, the bright smile and the cheery attitude is a far cry from how the teen usually is.]

I found a new comic shop! They carry a game that's kind of like Mythomagic, which is a card game from my world. It's super fun. It has some of the monsters I'm familiar with, but they've added the cryptids too! The game guide is really hard to read through but I think I've got the gist of it. Though can Jersey Devil really beat Medusa? I don't know.

[That's when he realizes he's excitedly rambling. He flushes a bit, embarrassed before scratching the back of his head.]

Oh. Sorry! That's not why I got on though. I was thinking that we should do another teen movie night! We had a lot of fun that one time with the horror films and I think it'd give us something to do while we deal with [he waves his arms] all of this.

What do you say?

[Who knew all it took was a little magic to cheer this kid up with the smile he's giving the camera.]

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[bifroster]

[Oh, someone's excited!]

There's a card game with cryptids? Can you tell me more about it?

[ambasciatore]

Okay so, each monster has a certain attack power, as well as strengths and weaknesses. You get these energy cards [ He lifts one up to show off ] to help give it strength.

I got a few item cards but they are really, really hard to read. [ He sighs, rubbing his face. ] Like there's too much information so I don't know how they work yet.

I managed to pull Cthulhu, Medusa, Cerberus, and the Jersey Devil. I'm not sure if there's like a guaranteed amount of monster cards you can get in a pack though. [ He's super stoked as he holds up each card. ] Cerberus doesn't really look, like this though.

[bifroster]

That kind of sounds like Magic! As in the card game, not the actual thing. If playing Magic was actually magic, we'd have trouble.

[It would be so cool though.]

Hmm. Maybe you just need to reread them. My teachers say to take one sentence at a time if we don't understand something. And use context clues.

But what does Cerberus look like then? And how do you know?

[ambasciatore]

Reading isn't really my best skill. [ He admits. ] It's hard to focus on English and I get words and letters mixed up all the time.

[ He sighs, but he doesn't seem put out about it. ]

Oh! Cerberus kind of looks like a rottweiler but has these spots in his fur along his legs. He's really good at keeping the Shades in line and he loves playing fetch. [ He blinks. ]

I'm the son of Hades.

[bifroster]

[Jane nods.]

Yeah, English can be weird. Is it your second language?

[She then blinks.]

No. Way. As in Greek god Hades? Not the place. I don't know why people keep getting that mixed up, it irks my mom so much. Are you from ancient Greece then? Does Cerberus really like fetch?

[ambasciatore]

Yeah. I learned Italian first, but I still get letters mixed up.

[ But he's smiling at that. ]Yeah! Hades the God. The Unseen One. I'm not from ancient Greece, but I was born in Italy in 1932.

Cerberus loves fetch. I make it a point to play with him when I visit now.

[bifroster]

Yeah. I do too. It's supposed to get easier with more practice, but there are so many rules!

[She smiles brightly, but then it turns into a frown as she calculates.]

Wait. This world can bring people in from other points of time?? Whoa.

How often do you visit? I thought that you couldn't leave the Underworld whenever you wanted. It's the Underworld.