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[timeshares]

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[abandon_hope]

[ Ha ha. Nico can't help but grin a little at that. ]

Maybe. If I go easy on you.

[timeshares]

What? Mercy? Here? You're terrible on your own reputation.

[abandon_hope]

That's why I'm swearing you to secrecy.

[timeshares]

That's right. We did have that conversation.

[With a tuneless hum, puts Poseidon into play. For as much as it is teasing, it actually isn't a BAD move either.]

[abandon_hope]

[ Oh. You jerk. Nico considers the card ... and sends in Hades on his end. Strange, he doesn't play with the figure for this one. ]

You're going there, huh.

[timeshares]

[Huh...

... ... ... Of course, NEVER MIND THAT. That one move overwhelmed half of his cards in play.

Puts Persephone across from Hades.]

I didn't have Apollo.

[abandon_hope]

Reconsidering going easy on you, Castellan.

[ Demeter. ]

[timeshares]

[He ... ....

There's no good counter for Demeter. WHY IS THERE NO GOOD COUNTER FOR DEMETER?

.... Cedes those cards and plays Hypnos to buy some time.]

No fair bullying a poor little spirit.

[He shakes his head, trying not to grin outright.]

[abandon_hope]

[ 'cause it's Demeter. Nico, meanwhile, starts setting up a game-winning combo in the background. ]

That's part of my job. Didn't you realize?

[timeshares]

[He watches that, trying to figure out what Nico's doing...

... It probably isn't good.

And he has nothing. Really.

So puts Hera's figure into play. Might as well LOSE in a satisfying way.]


Here I thought I was an exception...

[abandon_hope]

[ Ugh, Hera. He makes a face at her as he continues to lay down cards. ]

Almost. Not quite.

[timeshares]

[You know those situations where you don't mean to be surprised but are? That's one of those situations.

The look doesn't last long, anyway.]

...

Huh... so those types work together?

[abandon_hope]

Which types? These cards?

[ He taps one of them. ]

Yeah, these feed off each other. Once I trigger them, the game's over for you.

[timeshares]

[Considers the cards lined up and the figures... that set next to that... so if they go, then that will trigger...

He sets his chin in his palm, looking over his own hand.]

And you're waiting for...?

[abandon_hope]

I'm letting you figure it out. For next time.

[timeshares]

[He takes a good long moment to study the cards and the configurations, then scoops up his own off of the board.]

Challenge accepted. Can I borrow these?

[abandon_hope]

... Sure. Why not?

[ If he really needs them back in a hurry, he can easily find them. ]

[timeshares]

Don't expect the next game to be so easy, then.

[abandon_hope]

Better not be. I'll be disappointed otherwise.

[timeshares]

Good. I could get used to this.

[The last of the small deck gathered up, he stands up.]

Just don't have 'got my ass handed to me' be the next reason for a visit.

[abandon_hope]

[ He softens a little at that. ]

I was doing okay before. These things come up, you know.

[timeshares]

Your hands were see through.





...

They're still see through.


Is that healthy?

[abandon_hope]

[ He glance down at the thin, wavery outlines currently playing the role of his fingers. A guilty expression. ]

No, not really. I need to get back out in the sunlight.

[timeshares]

Can't help with that one.

[... So might actually be a little bit guilty having played around. It's not actually like you can trust a demigod to take care of themselves. He'd taken care of way, way, way too many to expect that as a baseline.]

... It doesn't get WORSE without sunlight right? You're not going to game yourself into a ghost.

[abandon_hope]

[ He snorts a bit at that. Nico may not be great at that whole living thing, but even he's not going to sit around and play card games while he's fading into non-existence. ]

No, I have to actively use my powers. Card games don't affect it one way or the other.

[ If anything, the joy he felt from playing again helped solidify him a bit. ]