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[lowercase_el]

Saw your post about the hotel.

Some of us don't trust the guilds and are living outside that whole situation.

So just a heads up but there are places to live around the city that don't check IDs and will take your word for it if you say you're just a young-looking 18 or emancipated. They're not exactly the Hilton but if you want to stay out of the whole system they're there.

It's not easy because without documentation you have to find a job somewhere that pays under the table, but it's doable.

[demigoth]

Alone isn't necessarily better. I don't know what's worse, alone or the guilds, but I don't want to be stay in an enchanted hotel without a reason. And you can't trust foster parents at all.

[ Nico is fine with sleeping in fields in warmer climates and possibly stealing food, because what would he even do for a job? He has no idea. ]

What about the school thing? They said that all the kids have to go to prove that we can use our powers. If I just - don't. What happens?

[lowercase_el]

The key thing is to just keep your head down after you go off on your own. Like me and my best friend wear masks when doing hero things and using our powers, so nobody knows our civilian IDs and shows up at our front door.

And in the day to day, we just tell everyone he's a very young-looking 18.

[Kon can pass without any lies. It's the face scruff. ]

If you want to avoid the school, they don't go out of their way to seek people out so you mostly just have to drop off the radar and mask up when using powers publicly for plausible deniability.

I'm not gonna lie, it's not easy, especially on the job front, but if something about the whole guild and school thing rubs you the wrong way it's not impossible. And there are a few of us out here. Maybe you can find a roomie. It's easier to get by when you're sharing a place.

[demigoth]

I'm not going to do any hero stuff here.

[ There's something in the way he says it that tips his hand - he has done what his world would call hero stuff. However, there's quite a gap between their definitions. ]

Why would a hero wear a mask? Wouldn't it restrict your vision in battle?

[ But that's the information that Nico has been looking for. ]

So no one's going to come after me if I rough it. They're not coming after you and your friend, and you're barely hiding. And I've been using this phone, and not a single monster's come after me.

text,

[rehandle]

Hey kid. How's anywhere but the Diadem treating you?

[ Wherever Nico is now, he's pretty sure he knows where he isn't. ]

[demigoth]

sunset Falls… exists. it’s not the diadem which nobody should trust. It’s fine.

it kinda reminds me of venice. full of spirits.

[rehandle]

Oh, fun. We're townmates. I can't say I'm surprised you wound up here.

Get through last month okay?

[demigoth]

i don’t think townmates is real

there’s an entrance to part of the underworld here. someone has to make sure nobody does anything stupid

they made me go to school and they said my debit card won’t work in october if i don’t enlist

[Action]

[sol_annoyance]

[After that Instagram comment, Will's pulling on his gloves, a cute, autumn-themed sweater, and a scarf. He heads down, feeling glad that at least he remembers where the McDonald's is. It's not hard for him to find Nico. The son of Apollo doesn't hesitate to walk over to him.]

Hey, Nico. Wanna head somewhere a little more private? Preferably somewhere we can be open, but I'll leave that to you.

[demigoth]

Solace - here. I think it got cold.

[ Hurriedly shoving his phone in his pocket, Nico offers Will a McDonald’s bag giving off lukewarm heat. Then he takes Will by the wrist. ]

Just tell me where to go.

[ He doesn’t want the choice to be his, because he’s dreading the conversation. The thrill of finding kids who think he’s cool without trying to fit in made him want to fit in. Nico thinks it’s on a collision course with reality now. ]

[arrowtotheheal]

[Will takes the bag with a small smile.]

Eh, it'll probably still taste fine. Thanks, Nico.

[Ah, heck. He's quick to recover after a second's thought.]

If you think you can make it, that one spot in Central Park you like so much. Otherwise, there's my room at the hotel.

[demigoth]

I can make it.

[ He’s already mostly in shadows leaning against the wall. Nico pulls Will in closer, and the shadows twist to enshadow them.

Then it’s like they were never there, which will make an interesting story for the drivers trapped in the the drive through.

Where they are is a copse of trees near Belvedere Castle in Central Park. Nico didn’t want to go too far south. He… hasn’t heard anything calling him since he got here, but he doesn’t want to get too close to the Underworld. Just in case.

He wobbles a little. It always feels like more when he’s in a dark mood. ]

I’m okay. But I’m not stopping for ice cream on the way back.

Audio

[robintohood]

[As soon as Jason saw Nico's network post, he calls him]

[demigoth]

[ Nico answers at like an 11. ]

Tell the school to bite me. It's after 3, I wasn't on school property, and they're jerks.

[robintohood]

That's not what I'm calling about. Do you have a plan now that the Alliance knows you're part of the Society? You made it pretty damn public now.

[demigoth]

You're allowed to join either guild. Just because I'm a demigod hero doesn't mean I have to be one of theirs.

secure text;

[overlyprecocious]

[because when you make friends with bats and then do things that are potentially dangerous, you get concerned bats.]

not that I think switching guilds is a bad idea, but is it safe to be so loud about it right now?

[demigoth]

Someone has to be loud about it. They don't care, and they didn't care before Fantastic.

[overlyprecocious]

the way things are going looks... bad, though. and I'm not sure if this is more effective than it is dangerous.

[demigoth]

It would look real bad if anything happened to the kid who just called you out for not caring when another kid disappeared.

Ho ho ho

[robintohood]

[The next time Nico is at the attic safehouse, he’ll find a large but simple black and silver wrapped box labeled for him.

Inside the box are three items. One is a nice bomber jacket because one can never have too many jackets. Second is a large box KitKats of varying sizes. Finally, the third item is a note reminding Nico that he’s always welcomed to the penthouse and to stay with Jason, Dylan, and Nico if he likes]

[Audio]

[robintohood]

[It’s early March when Jason gives Nico a call]

[demigoth]

The guys at school say no one really makes phone calls anymore.

[robintohood]

Call me old-fashioned then. I just wanna ask you something.

[demigoth]

Okay. You're old-fashioned.

[ It's a very Laurel & Hardy delivery. ]