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[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...

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

Almost. Not quite.

[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?

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.

[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...?

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

[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?

... Sure. Why not?

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

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

Better not be. I'll be disappointed otherwise.

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.

[ He softens a little at that. ]

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

Your hands were see through.

...

They're still see through.

Is that healthy?

[ 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.

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.

[ 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. ]

You can make that sound. We once had one of Hecate's kids that nearly dropped from exhaustion rather than tell anyone they'd messed up an experiment with the Mist. Thought a fanged duck was going to eat them if they slept.

Apparently.

He was a little incoherent by then.

[ He shouldn't laugh. He really shouldn't laugh ... He's ended up in China after a shadow-travel gone wrong, after all; he's no stranger to power experimentation having weird effects.

So he manages to dial it back to biting his lip kind of hard. ]

Good thing I don't have any Mist powers then.

Yeah, I'd say you're topped out on over powered abilities.

[That expression was great though.]

Though... I will say we had a good time with it once he got it mastered. Animated one of the life sized idol cardboard cut outs in the Aphrodite cabin... ... And then there was the time we spent one night building and one spell later ... we'd convinced the Ares cabin that a drakon was attacking. Most valiant kite slaying Camp had seen in a hundred years.

[Hermes might actually have been the WORST cabin to put young, innocent, unclaimed campers in.]

You say that, but Hazel has them.

[ Technically she's stronger than Nico, probably - just with different focuses. He has to bite his lip again at Luke's story. Boy, he kind of likes the idea of living in a cabin like that for good... ]

Whose fault was that? Yours?

That's mildly terrifying.

[He spreads his hands wide, the picture of innocence.]

I don't remember anything about it.

Sure you don't. It doesn't sound like one of your plans at all.

Glad we're in agreement.

[ This is definitely an affectionate sigh. ]

Come on. Let's go get your paperwork.

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