004 ♌ [video]

[fundemetal]

So. Woke up this morning to a couple of things. Good news, I'm back in my own body.

[As is probably obvious to everyone when they see his face, which looks too sad for this post to be about the curse being over.]

Bad news, Percy and Annabeth are both gone. Checked the list and everything.

[He pauses to sigh and looks away from the camera for a moment.]

Gotta remind myself that at least they've got each other this time.

[He reaches his hand out to turn off the SFC, his hand blocking the camera as he says one last thing.]

I just wish them being gone didn't mean they're free-falling into Tartarus.

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[action]

[fundemetal]

[Leo doesn't feel any less awkward about this. He didn't even get hugged this intensely during the cuddle curse. In fact the last time he had been cuddled like this was the last day his mom was alive, back when he was 8.]

[action]

[onlyasign]

[Let's just say there's a reason so many youngsters around the bubble call Sufferer "Dad."]

[He lets up a little, though, sensing Leo's discomfort.]

I'm sorry.

[action]

[fundemetal]

[He's not entirely sure if the apology is for the intensity of the hug or if it's about the fact that his friends have returned to their world.]

Thanks.

[It's an answer that works for either possibility.]

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[onlyasign]

[Maybe both!]

Where is Tartarus?

[Sometimes talking about these things helps.]

[action]

[fundemetal]

It's the deepest pit of hell where all the monsters are sent when they're defeated. They regenerate there and eventually make it back topside. But it can take a really long time for that to happen.

[At least it was an easy enough question to answer, even if it does make him worry more for his friends.]

[action]

[onlyasign]

Oh.

[That sounds... rather unpleasant.]

I thought the human world didn’t have monsters.

[action]

[fundemetal]

[Leo snorts.]

Nope. We've got a lot of them. The mortals don't know about them, but they exist.

[action]

[onlyasign]

Are you an immortal, Leo?

[action]

[fundemetal]

[He laughs]

I wish man. My mom was mortal and my dad's a god. So that makes me a demigod.

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[onlyasign]

[At least he's laughing. It's a definite improvement over the doom and gloom.]

So... if your father is a god, then... have you seen the Neverending Light?