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[ The video feed clicks on and reveals an extreme close up of an extremely pissed off Clarisse, who scowls down at her communicator, messing with the various buttons. After a couple seconds, she figures out how to zoom out. ]

This is how people are communicating now? Seems like more trouble than it's worth, if you ask me.

[ Which nobody did, but too bad! She has bigger fish to fry, so to speak. ]

Whatever. Listen, if there are any teachers watching this, I'm just letting you know that I'm not going to be attending your stupid mortal school. So don't bother sending someone after me about that. You think I'm scared of your truant officers? Yeah, right.

[ The feed clicks off! … Then immediately back on. ]

Oh, but I'll do the job you gave me, though. Probably.

[ The feed clicks off! … And then on again! She's getting the hang of this thing! Kind of. ]

One more thing. Let me know where the best sword fighting arena is. If there isn't one, I guess I can hit up a gym, but an arena is better.

[ A FINAL CLICK, and she's gone again. Not even a thank you. ]

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permatext

[deadtective]

We're all really proud of you for finding the power button despite all the adversity in your way.

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[laruetheday]

[ It takes her a minute to read the text, but eventually she responds. ]

What? I don't even have a cell phone. It's complicated.

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[quaerit]

[ Mortal school, indeed? ]

You know, the schools here aren't so bad. Xavier's includes power training, for example. So, if you're interested in training, it's a good place to be.

Gyms will depend on which city you're in.

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[laruetheday]

[ Oh, yeah. No mortal schools for her. ]

Maurtia Falls. That's where they're making me live.

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[disorder_heaven]

Good first step. Learning to use this thing, I mean. It should be pretty self-explanatory. [ He doesn't know her, but there's something in his voice dancing between playful taunting and actual pride. ]

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[laruetheday]

[ She'd rather he just flat out made fun of her, because the legitimate pride is confusing and weird. ]

Yeah... I guess. It's not like I've never used a cell phone. We're just not supposed to.

[ And there's a new iPhone like every six months! How is anyone supposed to keep up with that? ]

[illuminescent]

There is no arena, not for swordfighting.

But there are many who would spar with you.

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[laruetheday]

[ Well, THAT'S disappointing. But hearing that there are people who will want to spar perks her up a little bit. ]

Oh yeah?

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[bonely]

[ what is this, a skeleton staring at you?? ]

It's a device humans use to communicate. It's simple. [ But he noticed the whole 'mortal' thing so...??? ] And it's fast. Unlike other methods of human communication.

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[laruetheday]

[ It's cool, she's actually spent a lot of time around skeletons. She does give him a raised eyebrow, but not much more of a reaction. ]

I know what it is. We're just not supposed to use them back home.

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[restingstitchface]

A sword. How delightfully medieval.

[His tone belies the sarcasm of his message; it's soft and inoffensive. One can almost imagine a boyish smile on the other end of the line.

Yes. This is going to be lovely. Munch. Munch. Munch.]

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[laruetheday]

[ Pre-medieval, actually. She gets immediately defensive despite his lack of (obvious) sarcasm. ]

I'm good with all kinds of weapons, not just swords. It's good practice, though.

not here

[huntergames]

[ She's watching you, dirtbag!! ]

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[enucleation]

No one truly cares if you attend stupid mortal schools or not.

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[laruetheday]

[ Her reply takes a minute to come through. ]

Oh yeah? Good to know.

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[maime]

[Well, full marks as far as attitude is concerned.]

why bother with a sword when guns exist
better yet, fists
more fun
[Literally none of this is helpful.]

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[laruetheday]

[ Her reply takes a minute to come through, since she's not great at reading English. ]

I'm good at hand-to-hand.

[ With guns, too, although they don't really use those. Ranged weapons, pfft. ]

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[orions_shadow]

wouldn't bother with school myself.

how are you not mortal?

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[laruetheday]

demidog

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[laruetheday]

[ ... fuck. Switching to video and scowling even more deeply. ]

Demigod.

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[abandon_hope]

[ Oh gods why. It's not as though he dislikes the daughter of Ares, but ... couldn't they have sent someone else...? He's not in his jacket over the comm, instead wearing a comfortable black sweater with a skull pattern knitted into it. ]

Clarisse?

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[laruetheday]

[ It's harder to tell over a video feed, but she's... pretty sure... this kid was not so tall the last time she saw him. Which was a few days ago. So that's pretty odd. All the same, she's not completely surprised to see him. ]

di Angelo. Luke said you were stuck here with us.

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[timeshares]

[Each time she clicked back on the network, it was like another delightful encore. He doesn't even TRY to keep the amused look off of his face.]

You know, I'm almost afraid to ask what they set you up with as a job.

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[laruetheday]

I'm sure it's way cooler than whatever they gave you.

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[huntergames]

It's too much homework! Don't do it, you'll never get out.

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[laruetheday]

[ Ew. It's been a long time since she did homework and she's not intending to do any more. ]

Yeah, that's not happening.

[bindsthedead]

The imPort training facility in Nonah would be the best choice for swordfighting.

And while you should attend school, no one's going to care if you don't cause trouble. I take it you're from Nico and Luke's world?

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[laruetheday]

You know Luke?

[ She's less concerned about Nico. Nico's creepy, but he's not a traitor. ]