[video]

[abandon_hope]

[ The video shows an incredibly gangly young man in a black aviator's jacket and dark clothing. Black and skulls are all the rage for this kid, and he tops off the aesthetic by having a long, black sword in view of the camera, albeit set off to one side. He could be intimidating, perhaps ... if not for the array of miniatures also set in front of the camera. Nico is just a big ol' nerd.

He's slightly red when he addresses the camera; the color looks odd on his pallid cheeks. ]

My name's Nico di Angelo. [ A beat. His eyes track offscreen; he's clearly reading off a notecard of some kind. ] I'm a half-blood - or a demigod, whatever you want to call it. Son of Hades. [ Better to get that out of the way now before making this kind of request. ] I was here a while back, so if you met me before I'm the same guy. And ... um ...

[ Gods, just get on with it. Why is it so hard to ask such a simple question? ]

Does anyone want to get a roleplaying campaign together? I - er - I'm mostly familiar with Myths and Mazes, but I can build stuff for any kind of d20 based system. I like making up that kind of stuff. I've got three people so far but I can take up to three more.

Comments

Text; Network ID reads "Queen of Heaven"

[purple_reign]

I thought Hades only had daughters.

video response until noted othewise

[abandon_hope]

[ Inanna's text is audible in Nico's video response; it's clear he's using some kind of text to speech function on his phone. ]

Melinoe is Zeus' daughter. [ Said a bit flatly. Not his favorite god in the pantheon. ] And I'm not sure if Macaria is really his or not. The only siblings I know about for sure are all demigods.

Audio for now

[purple_reign]

[That's interesting. Inanna switches the mode over to audio once he notices the text-to-speech happening. His voice is anything but feminine—low, sultry, and strangely appealing even over a tinny phone speaker.]

Interesting... You certainly seem to know your history, but I've never heard your name before.

[ACTION]

[pummelgranite]

[ She's nearby, still working on her Underground. Growing it, more precisely. ]


Tell me if you get anyone interesting.

[abandon_hope]

[ Nico leans over and shows her the post. ]

Just this one girl so far.

[pummelgranite]

[ The cacophony of digging vines halts all at once. ]

[Voice]

[thegriffinofdeath]

Hades. The...greek god of death, right?

[Ana had made a point of looking through this world's religions when she had arrived for death gods.]

video response until noted othewise

[abandon_hope]

[ Nico nods on screen, his countenance becoming gloomier. ]

Yeah. That's right.

[ Best to scare off anyone who thinks that's a bad thing. Or that death gods are automatically evil. ]

Audio the same way!

[thegriffinofdeath]

Mm.

I admit I haven't looked very hard, but I didn't think he was real. The people here treat old gods like that as myths.

video;

[redhott]

How's recruiting going? I got one more on the hook. John'll campaign with us!

[abandon_hope]

... John will? Really?

[ He seems ... skeptical. ]

[redhott]

Yeah, honestly! I didn't even have to break out the bribes!

[text, 20 minutes later]

[pummelgranite]

can you come over

[redhott]

omg am I in trouble
I didnt mean to spoil nicos fun!!

text; comm tag is "Tadashi"

[tadeadshi]

[OH GOODNESS.]

What's Myths and Mazes like? I'm sure people would love to learn how to play it.

[Don't say 'hi again' or anything.]

video response until noted othewise

[abandon_hope]

[ As with Inanna's response, Tadashi can hear his own reply being read out loud to Nico via his comm. He also stares for a moment as he recognizes the comm tag. ]

It's - it's a lot of fun but - Tadashi?

[neverdied]

[Hi, it's sad man.]

You're a demigod?

[Why the shit are all the people claiming to be Gods under the age of 16?]

[abandon_hope]

[ EXCUSE YOU he's in his eighties. Rude. ]

Yeah, that's right. Is that a problem?

[text]

[pummelgranite]

Jack, my friend god here. You should meet him.

[glazedonutholes]

Demigod?! That sounds awesome!

And here I thought they were only found in Simmons table top games.

[abandon_hope]

... It's okay, I guess. Better than being mortal.

text; ID reads 'Sumeragi'

[resoundingpledge]

Do you know Castles and Chimeras?

video response until noted othewise

[abandon_hope]

[ As with the other text responses, she can hear her reply being read for him via a text to speech app. ]

Um ... no, but it sounds familiar?

[video]

[admemoriam]

All that mythology stuff's real?

[A somewhat irreverent question, but asked softly and with deep concern. To the initiated, the reason for his query is simple - this is one very dead teenager, just a scrap of decayed soul stuffed into the Porter's approximation of his living form. And though he was never big into reading, he remembers the posters in his English class, where Hades was always the most rad of the toga-toting old dudes. It's enough to pique his interest.]

And I used to play D&D in high school, but I don't- [A slightly shy pause.] I don't remember much.

Re: [video]

[abandon_hope]

Yeah. Really real. Most mortals don't know, though.

[ He says with a faint shrug. And ... a sympathetic look. Nico can see when a person is dead, mostly in the form of faint black splotches over the person's fatal injuries. Or maybe he can't see a damn thing. His powers don't work 100% here without the Underworld. ]

... About how to play? It's not hard.