Evidently, reincarnations have some sort of sixth sense for each other—-something Aris wouldn’t have guessed until he witnessed a fellow student trip on a curb and scrape his hands, and while helping Pat tend to his injuries ( because college students are gross, so who knew what infections he could end up with if they didn’t clean them properly ), he mulled over the fact that there seemed to be something familiar about him. They certainly hadn’t met before, not in this life nor their previous ones; after they both danced around the subject for a little bit, they eventually admitted to what they were.
They became fast friends after that, and Nona and Rhys were included in their group by default before it became an official club. And the rest is history.
While Kyr tried to help a cat out of a tree, the branch he was on broke, and he narrowly avoided flattening Pat. Without his memories to provide any significance to meeting the other, his concern mostly stayed on the cat as he halfheartedly dismissed Pat’s concern about the scrape he received. “I’ll just fight the germs,” he said, and Pat had no doubts about who he’d been in his past life.
His lack of memories did cause distress for Pat, and the club had its first name: Pat’s Support Group. But the distress dissipated as he and Kyr got to know each other and gradually become friends. Once Kyr warmed up to Pat, he became quite attached, evidenced by the fact that they’ve since started dating.
Aris crossed paths with Theon on the street one day. Recognizing him as Theseus, Aris hugged him without thinking... only apologize profusely when he realized that the elder didn’t have memories. He then offered a cup of coffee as reparation, and though Theon really didn’t care one way or another but accepted this. They chatted amicably and parted ways.
About a week or so later, the two crossed paths again after Theon just arrived home from the grocery store, and Aris helped carry the bags up. He met Pyrrha once they got to the apartment, and she asked if he was that weird guy who hugged her brother while waggling her eyebrows knowingly; this convinced him that yes, she is a reincarnation, and yes, she does have memories. As such, Aris invited her to hang out.
No one in the club recognized who she’d been previously, and instead of tell them, she forced them to guess until they got it right—-her only hint being to call it odd that they were only mentioning women. From there, they’re able to get the right answer, mostly because of her cat’s name.
Their first taste of her merciless teasing came when Kyr got hit in the face during a sparring match and ended up with a busted lip and while he explained this, Pyrrha leaned in real close to Pat and, so that only he can hear, said, “I'm surprised,” as though she's about to make some comment about Achilles actually getting hurt, and while Pat was taking a sip of his drink, she continued, “I didn't peg you as being such an aggressive kisser.” Pat choked. Coffee came out of his nose. Everyone else was confused while Pyrrha leaned back with a smug grin.
Lena and Theon have known each other since they were both kids. Their father invited him to their home for her fifth birthday and paid for his plane tickets and such. Lena had already thought poorly of Theon for being an illegitimate child, and when they met face-to-face, her opinion soured further as a result of him being a reincarnation; anything about past lives has a heavily negative association for her. The first thing she said in response to him introducing himself was that she didn’t invite him.
While Theon respectfully kept his distance from her, he still kept in close contact with their father and brother, Caesar, to the extent that Pyrrha helped Caesar with his English—-and in turn, he helped teach both her and Theon Italian.
It’d been Caesar’s idea for him and Lena to visit the States, even if she’d been dragged along reluctantly. He wanted Lena and Pyrrha to be friends... which didn’t turn out so well.
Neither of them had wanted to meet their past life spouse, and yet there they were; while they’d had brief exchanges over the phone ( and didn’t have great impressions of each other even then ), this was the first time they’d seen each other in person and realized who they used to be. They kept a tense peace that lasted until they were alone, when Lena demanded that the younger show her around town.
Long story short, they got into an argument when Lena started criticizing her and Theon, and Pyrrha left Lena stranded at the restaurant they’d been at. Then they had another argument later, and while this culminated in Lena trying to live properly, things remain tense between them.
Lena’s not too fond of the club as a whole, preferring to ignore any attempts at roping her into things, but she does get along with some individual members of it. Her opinion of Theon has since improved as well.
After Maia started working at the university Pyrrha attends, the two crossed paths rather quickly, given how much time Pyrrha spends in the library. Her reincarnation senses tingling, she struck up conversation and tried to figure out who Maia’d been in her previous life; while unsuccessful, she did put together that Maia lacked memories, which meant she couldn’t bluntly ask about the subject.
Pyrrha decided that Andrew would be more likely to know, so while she and Maia took heir lunch break together, she called him complaining about a lack of food money ( referring to him as her brother ), and he came over to the school to fix that. And he met Maia—-and nearly cried yet managed to hold his tears in. They got along well, suffice to say.
At some point later, Pyrrha clarified that Andrew is not literally her brother, but he’s just like a brother. Maia agreed that he’s a pleasant person to be around, so she understands why Pyrrha would adopt him.
Gino’s introduction to the MBM came when he met Andrew. Gino had been injured a couple days before on a job, and due to the fact that he’s stubborn and bad at taking care of himself, he ended up going to the courthouse anyway because he wanted to watch some hearings. Before that, however, he fell asleep sitting on one of the windowsills, a small red stain slowly becoming visible on his white shirt. Cue Andrew walking by, seeing him, getting that vague “Is this person a reincarnation?” vibe, seeing the stain, and thinking, “Definitely another reincarnation.”
When Andrew woke him up to ask if he was okay, Gino, being Gino, responded by making some comment that he must be in heaven because there was an angel right in front of him, and then proceeded to pass out in the middle of asking for his phone number. He woke up in the hospital, and later when Andrew attempted to point out that there’s no time for Gino to drop lines like that while bleeding out, Gino countered that there’s always time to drop lines.
Of course, that just ended with Gino coming up with the idea of making a pick-up line out of asking for help ( something like, “Are you a doctor? Because I need your hands on me right now.” ), which he credited to Andrew. And he definitely did not waste the chance to inform Maia of Andrew’s brilliant idea, much to his protest.
Encouraged by one of her visions, Carissa showed her school counsellor signs of her father’s abuse—-which led to CPS getting involved, Andrew taking her case and then eventually adopting her. For awhile, she mostly stuck with him, Maia, and Evan; her introduction to the club afterwards came gradually, with him telling her about each member first and then meeting them either individually or in smaller groups.
Given her knowledge of psychology and her general skill with people, Pyrrha seemed like a logical choice to be at the top of that list, and she helped Andrew brainstorm ways to make the girl more comfortable. She and Theon also put together a few gifts for her: a whiteboard for ease of communication, a backpack, and a music player. No one pressured her to talk, and Carissa warmed up to them quickly. Carissa noted especially that when Pyrrha gave her the choice between multiple options ( whether in relation to food, an activity, etcetera ), she’d subtly hold up fingers to give corresponding numbers to make it easier for the girl to pick.
Carissa did, however, think she could only borrow the music player, so she gave it back to Pyrrha after a bit... or tried to, at least. Not wanting to directly call out the mistake, Pyrrha asked if she’d listened to all the songs, and when Carissa nodded, she said she’ll add more for her, then. Since then, they’ve been trading it back and forth.
On another note, Carissa was most nervous to meet Kyr, but since Kyr works in a shelter with animals who’d been abused, he’s good at making himself less threatening. They ended up getting along quite well.
Les’ introduction came rather simply: Carissa had a vision of a park, passed by it with Andrew, insisted on going, and sat on the same bench as Les. She wrote a message on her white board to introduce herself—-which he obviously couldn’t read, but he did notice what she meant to do. For a while, Andrew had to be the middle man who read her writing out loud ( until Les eventually made the comment about learning Morse code ), but it worked out well enough for them become fast friends.
The first thing Pyrrha asked him was if he’s okay with blind jokes, and he said yes, to which she promptly asked how many fingers she was holding behind her back. She hadn’t moved at all. That’s the joke. After a moment of processing the question, he answered none. “Wow, you really are psychic,” she said.
With Ciro’s habit of visiting different cafés, he eventually ended up at the one where Rui works—-Rui, who can sense the monster that possesses him. She has to work up the courage to approach him ( and then panic and ask if he likes classical music ), and because her energy is reminiscent of Kaede’s, he lets her talk and ramble about the subject to her heart’s content. He doesn’t fully pay attention, and while he’s distracted, she eventually asks if he’d like to meet her friends, to which he halfheartedly responds, “Yeah, sure.”
And though he realized his mistake quickly, his older brother instincts wouldn’t let him retract his agreement, so he just hoped that said friends wouldn’t be too annoying. They couldn’t be, right? He was wrong. While able to sense that Rui’s a demigod, he didn’t think all her friends would be some flavor of weird too.
Not long after, Kaede ended up at the same café and befriended Rui, and the conversation turned towards Ciro at some point. To confirm, he asked if she knew a scary Italian guy with marks on his face, and she confirmed. Hence Kaede excitedly talking about how great his older brother is! And Rui agreeing!
Kaede got along with the club much better, and he’s the only reason Ciro tolerates them past that first meeting. Nonetheless, Ciro still keeps his distance because his life is questionable and they all lack self-preservation, so he doesn’t want to risk them getting involved.
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