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follow at own risk: characters portrayed are v cute and sometimes evil.

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INTROS !

MARA / HARIKA / OLIVER / SAFIYE / MAYUMI / SENA / SHILOH / PRIMROSE / TALIA / REGAN / JULY / KAVYA / KULAP

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 quietepics:

          ❝  IT WAS FUN ,  YES …  i  do  have  a  bit  of  the  wine  left ,  if  you  want .  i  don’t  really  drink  outside  of  holidays  &  it  would  be  a  shame  to  let  it  go  to  waste .  ❞  plus ,  she  was  more  than  happy  to  share  a  little  bit  of  her  home  with  others ,  even  if  mina  often  struggled  to  remember  that  she  once  had  a  life  outside  of  nl .  ❝  they  do ,  which  i  was  quite  surprised  to  learn .  they  don’t  require  too  much  care ,  so …  i  think  i’ll  make  the  mums  my  passion  project ,  hopefully  they’ll  bloom  a  few  more  times  before  they  go .  ❞  otherwise  mina  might  end  up  feeling  like  she  killed  those  flowers  the  moment  she  acquired  them ,  despite  doing  her  best  to  keep  the  plants  alive .   when  the  other  girl  tells  her  it’s  all  right ,  she  gives  a  small  nod ,  somewhat  relieved  to  know  she  hadn’t  crushed  the  chance  of  making  a  friend .  ❝  i  think  i  might ,  someday .  it  would  be  nice  to  spend  a  special  time  of  the  year  with  mom  &  dad .  do  you  have  a  favorite  holiday ?  ❞  

“um, thank you, but i don’t drink.” hari has yet to decide if she ever will, since it technically goes against her religious beliefs. until she’s 21, she’s using being underage as an easy way to decline any offers. not drinking wine is probably considered a sin with the gods, but she can’t ignore the half of her that’s mere mortal. “if you can create the ideal conditions in your apartment, plants always sound like a really nice idea...in theory. i fear i’m not much good with keeping things alive.” hari is the type who’s too afraid to even try tending to a plant or animal. “that’s the nice thing about being here, you can always leave.” although she doesn’t have anywhere else to go, being at nl is the first time hari’s ever had a choice in where she lives. after she graduates, maybe she’ll find another home, but it’s difficult to imagine going away. “i don’t think so,” she admits. “when i was little, it was children’s day.”

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 petalshields:

“No, no, you’re fine.” He wonders if his tone was patronizing, noting that he should watch the cadence of his voice. It fluctuates without his noticing. Garnet wishes she had the answer key but alas, it’s lost to the ether. “Sluggish and stoicism are three letters short. Sluggishness, however….” Twelve letters, too long. “Sluggishly?” One letter too short, damn. “This is harder than it looks.”

“I used to think I was good at crossword puzzles,” she comments with a laugh. This is embarrassing and she feels inclined to make it clear that she’s aware. “I think S is out. Because I can’t think of another word that’s long enough. My final answer is passiveness...unless it also doesn’t fit.”

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 petalshields:

“He said WHAT?” Saber keels forward in his reclining chair, breaking his relax position to plant both feet on the ground for purchase. On the phone was his divorce attorney, and Saber could not believe that his ex’s claim for alimony was so high. “That is an absurd accusation, what is ‘emotional coitus?’ I never so much as –“ Saber, with all due respect, I don’t need to know if it’s true or not. Saber’s mouth hangs for a moment, finding his attorney rude for interrupting, and Sena witnesses this awkward facial expression when she bursts into his office. His eyes ricochet from his colleague to the phone in his hand, jaw snapping shut. “Ah, sorry, we can discuss this later. Over my, hm, lunch break. I have a last-minute client, who has just arrived. Yes, I’ll return your call as soon as I can. Right. Goodbye.” Saber silently apologizes for his dishonesty as he pressed the end call button. Blowing out a stream of air, he turns his attention to Sena, fingers twitching for his notepad and pen but he remembers that he’s technically not scheduled to psychoanalyze her. “Which Ares child is causing you grief today? We may have the same one in mind.” Of course, Theo comes to Saber’s mind, but he won’t offer her up as a suspect. “Anything said won’t leave this room.”

Normally, Sena would never interrupt a phone conversation. But judging by the look on her colleague’s face, he could use the interruption. Once he hangs up, she raises an eyebrow. “I’m a client now?” She asks, slightly amused. As much as Sena does tend to vent to Saber, she does hope he doesn’t think her only interest in friendship is to exploit his skills as a therapist for free. “I’m not at liberty to say,” she quips, though there’s no legal liability if she did. “Take your pick and you’re probably right.” Ares kids aren’t the only destructive ones at NL, but they certainly do a good job sticking out. “Sometimes it’s hard to prove the damage was an accident, which is the ideal outcome. Especially when so many of them seem proud of what they’ve done.”

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 quietepics:

        ❝  DAMN ,  IF I KNEW YOU WERE FEELING  that  bored ,  i  would’ve  invaded  your  room  or  something  &  come  up  with  stuff  for  us  to  do .  maybe  force  you  to  sit  through  the  entirety  of  naruto .  who  knows .  ❞  and  though  she  keeps  a  serious  face ,  her  tone  is  makes  it  clear  that  theo  has  absolutely  no  intentions  of  subjecting  kavya  to  such  an  activity  even  if  she  does  think  one  can  never  have  too  much  naruto .  ❝  hey ,  hey !  it’s  not  just  some  guy  —  it’s  thanos .  questionable ,  sure ,  but  not  enough  to  get  you  canceled .   i’d  argue  people  like  the  genocidal  grape  more  than  they  do  evan  hansen .  ❞  but  honestly ,  the  selling  point  for  theo  was  the  idea  of  kavya  painted  in  purple  like  some  sort  of  muppet  or  sesame  street  character .  ❝  maybe  we  should  all  be  a  little  more  like  batman …  i  meant  tomorrow !  i’m  not  training  tonight ,  no  way .  even  we  need  a  break  sometimes ,  &  i  may  or  may  not  have  had  one  too  many  shots  of  tequila  to  be  carrying  an  axe .  ❞

“instead you decided to abandon me entirely?” she says with an accusatory tone, but in a dramatic enough fashion that theo will know she’s joking. “my arm didn’t take that long to heal, please!” kavya doesn’t even know how long naruto is, but it’s long, she’s pretty sure. “he’s just some guy to me.” she’s not interested enough to do any further research. “sometimes villains are likable, but that doesn’t make them good.” honestly, she’s not sure if she’d prefer being a generally hated person or someone who morally sucks. “i agree in that i’d like to be filthy rich.” kavya had grown up more than comfortable, but not at batman levels. “hm, sounds like now would be the perfect time to take you out.”

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 ofargcnts:

“  oh  i  know  .  there’s  plenty  of  room  to  move  around  so  it  shouldn’t  even  matter  if  they’re  drunk  !  ”  listen  ,  she’s  all  for  versatility  and  comfort  but  she  understands  where  her  roommate  is  coming  from  .  “  aw  thanks  !  i  don’t  know  about  going  for  it  permanently  .  i’m  pretty  sure  colored  hair  and  salt  water  don’t  mix  like  …  at  all  .  ”  that  and  mira’s  the  type  of  person  to  prefer  something  low  maintenance  .  the  most  she  does  is  throw  in  some  leave-in  conditioner  so  the  salt  doesn’t  completely  dry  out  her  hair  .  “  and  that  also  requires  a  lot  of  maintenance  that  i  am  too  lazy  to  keep  up  with  .  ”

"i made sure the wings would stand out and everything.” that went without saying — without seeing, even. because safiye has never been one to rock a costume that doesn’t draw attention. “oh, sure, but there’s gotta be a spell for that. a bunch of the hecate kids change their hair color constantly, they should share the love!” magically dyed hair sounds great, though safiye can’t imagine herself with any other hair color. “i think red fades out the best of any color, right? your hair just gets all auburn-y and when it starts to grow out, it doesn’t look, like, nasty.”

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 ezrastokes:

– “I GUESS I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT THAT MUCH ABOUT…the different distinctions in types of costumes, ” he adds, “ but i guess that makes sense, considering i’ve never really assembled one. ” in terms of comfort, a costume that’s just regular clothes does seem preferable to spandex or giant wings, things that inhibit movement. he does, however, prefer not to have to worry about a costume at all. getting dressed up for these functions is enough fuss when it’s a formal. “ if that’s what you consider lucky, then yeah, ” he wouldn’t. “ i usually just meet everyone’s modes of transportation. ” and cars ? they’re much less chatty. 

“i admire people who can do the whole cosplay thing, i can’t even imagine how you put something like that together. it also seems wildly expensive.” talia doesn’t judge anyone for spending money on a hobby they enjoy, but when it’s just for halloween, it’s hard to see the benefit. “never? like never never?” she can’t say she’s given any thought to his childhood before, but she assumed he was a bit more enthusiastic about the holiday when he was younger. “well, i’d rather meet people when they’re in slightly less distress,” she admits, smiling. most demigods grin and bear it when it comes to injuries, but that doesn’t make the pain less real. “how inconvenient for those of us without any.” aside from her bike, which she’s never needed to repair in any capacity.

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 4memorys:

                       ❝ only upon request , we have some really high tech equipment here .  it’s pretty impressive , ❞   he said into his fake microphone , acting as if he were a true professional .   ❝ i’m kind of the beyonce in the news world so everyone just knows me by my first name but i’m sure you’d know how that is since you are the ladybug . ❞

“then consider this my formal request.” july realized, belatedly, that she should have been doing a french accent. “there’s such thing as beyonce of the news world?” she’d never heard of a one name anchor before. she laughed, “yeah, but i have to get all dressed up and save paris to earn the whole one name thing.”

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 ofargcnts:

“  everyone’s  different  ,  i  guess  .  ”  mali  shrugs  and  sips  on  her  drink  once  more  .  “  apparently  ,  they  thought  it  was  unfair  that  i’ve  had  previous  fight  experience  ,  ”  she  rolls  her  eyes  .  while  technically  true  ,  mali  wouldn’t  say  it’s  unfair  .  everyone  has  to  start  somewhere  and  she  had  to  learn  shit  the  hard  way  .  “  exactly  !  we’re  sparring  to  improve  our  weak  points  .  gods  forbid  something  happens  out  there  with  monsters  .  ”

“true, some people around here certainly aren’t fighters.” kulap knows her own weaknesses in that arena, but thankfully she’s grown proficient enough in her magic to be an asset whenever fighting is a necessity. “still...weird they’d ask someone who’s only gonna push them to be better to train with, instead of someone else on their level. clearly they don’t deserve your help in the first place!”

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 petalshields:

“Yes,” Kaia deadpans with a nod of her head. “Or should I have searched for a ‘mechanic?’ The ‘M’ would make more sense.” She watched Stormie play one of the Super Mario a few times, so she is aware of who Oliver’s impersonating. But she will have her fun, to distract her from how guilty she feels about Homecoming. “I thought you were very original.” The titular character from Super Mario Bros. stood out to her, the green one and the pink princess did not. If Oliver’s friends joined in on his costume, she wouldn’t have found him any easier. “Eager, are we?” Kaia says with a brow hitched high on her forehead. Of course she reads the fear on his face but she isn’t his mother. Reaching for the remote, she turns the television on. In a few button presses the movie begins, captions turned on. “Let me know when you’ll need it.” Her wager is he’ll need it soon. “Yes. Every year since I was fifteen.” Give or take those years when she lived in the greenhouse. “You?”

“I think simply saying ‘Mario’ would’ve gotten you the quickest results. But I wish I’d known you were gonna spend so much time looking for me. I would have dressed as Waldo instead.” A nice, solitary costume, that would have been easy enough to put together last minute! “Well, thank you.” Oliver doesn’t necessarily agree, but he does appreciate the sentiment. “I thought we were going to watch something more like It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” That’s Oliver’s idea of a festive Halloween movie. He frowns slightly, though he takes some comfort in the fact that having a movie on doesn’t really impede him from still talking with his sister. “...why have you seen it so many times? Should I be worried?” He thinks, if Kaia turns out to be a serial killer, siblings are easy targets but he’s probably safe. “No, for some odd reason, I haven’t.”

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 quietepics:

          ❝  BUT BIG FAMILIES AREN’T TOO BAD ,  are  they ?  i  mean …  that’s  just  more  people  to  rely  on .  ❞  and  sometimes ,  mina  wondered  if  her  adoptive  parents  wouldn’t  have  been  happier  if  they’d  had  a  child  of  their  own ,  or  if  they’d  properly  adopted  another  one .  a  human  child ,  not  a  demigod  left  at  their  doorstep .  eyes  go  wide  at  the  mention  of  prim’s  siblings ,  ❝  triplets ?!  h - holy …  that’s  so  many !  i  don’t  know  if  i’d  be  capable  of  raising  one ,  let  alone  three !  my  goodness … ❞  then  again ,  mina  often  thought  of  herself  as  incapable  of  most  things  until  there  was  no  choice  but  to  do  them ,  or  until  someone  encouraged  her  to .  ❝  oh  right ,  right .  ❞  a  giggle ,  ❝  but  talent  &  experience  walk  hand  in  hand ,  you  know ?  unless …  well ,  apollo  kids  are  an  exception ,  but  that  doesn’t  apply  to  us .  ❞  and  so ,  mina  started  looking  for  a  cat  stencil  to  put  on  her  pumpkin .  ❝  would  you  help  me  with  the  shading ?  it  might  be  hard  to  do  on  my  own .  nutmeg  the  cat !  sounds  very  sweet ,  i  like  it .  what  are  you  doing  for  your  pumpkin ?  ❞

“no, not at all! i love my brothers, even though they can be a lot.” prim also doesn’t have many half-siblings at nl, either. she’s thankful to other family, like mina, and as far as she’s concerned, she’ll never have too many people to love. perhaps unfortunately, their godly parents are not the...friendliest. sometimes she wonders what it’s like to be the child of a god famous for their flirtation, with lots of demigods out there. “i’m glad i was old enough to help out with taking care of them. we all had a baby each,” she comments with a laugh, because between prim and her parents, they had just enough hands for all the boys. “of course, practice makes perfect,” she chirps, an idiom she finds to be 100% true. “even the stuff we’re naturally stronger at because of our parents, we only get better when we practice, you know? none of us are perfect at fighting off monsters without working at it.” as someone on the hero track, prim likes to think she gets better and better at it every day. “sure!” prim turns to her own pumpkin, gently placing her hands on either side. “i think i’ll do two ghosts having a tea party.”

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 solarstcrms:

“nice. what are you reading? hope it’s something spooky for the holiday.”  luz waves off the apologetic tone with a smile.  “thanks. it was ace’s idea, though. they roped me and bora into going as the hex girls with them. you know, from scooby doo?”

"i did try to pick horror books for the month,” she admits with a laugh. “right now i’m on something wicked this way comes by ray bradbury.” not exactly recent, but also not as ancient as the play that inspired its title. “oh, yes, sorry, i think i remember them now. i didn’t watch a lot of television as a child.” which probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise.

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 foryourdiary:

“okay, that’s fair,” zay concedes with a smile. “i definitely don’t have the brain capacity to maintain all the different styles of arts and uh… mediums? is that the word, for what you use to create the art?” that feels correct. zay still isn’t entirely sure he understands so he goes ahead and googles it, recognition dawning on him. “oh! yeah, i like that comparison.”

“thank you, i’m very wise for my age.” she’s baby. “our brains would probably pick it up easier than a lot of people, though, i bet.” taking into consideration who their father is. “yes, nailed it!” july isn’t sure why she knows the names of certain things off the top of her head, it’s random knowledge that sticks at best. “i’m glad you also see the vision.”

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 foryourdiary:

“well you’re not not insistent,” tyler counters, but he agrees with her, and is being difficult for no reason other than he can. “how would they even verify that anyway? we can just lie if the stipulation is actually being a couple, but that feels pretty nosy to me.” he nods in agreement, because he is a man, and the bare minimum is his favorite. “when it stops working for me, i’ll consider upping my game.” but he has abs, so. “am i meant to do that too? is this choreographed to music?”

“why are you so annoying?!” she asks, though she’s not really annoyed. “they’ll get someone who can read our minds to check.” regan doesn’t actually know anyone like that, but they probably exist somewhere around here. “oh, right, i forgot about all the girls begging to date you,” she says sarcastically, holding her hands up in fake (and slightly mocking) surrender. regan thinks tyler is a catch in...certain ways. she wouldn’t spend so much time with him if she didn’t think he had something to offer, especially as a bestie. “i think it would add a certain je ne sais quoi, yes.”

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 carlyserrano:

– “THAT WORKS FOR ME. we didn’t enter the contest or anything, so … this is just for fun. but maybe if i knew you were going to lend me your powers i might’ve, since a contest is sort of a reason to put on a show, right ? ” still, when she actually thinks about it, she doesn’t want that many people looking at her. “ maybe i could, like, hop up and down a bunch of times, ” carly suggests. 

“why not?” she wonders aloud. neither carly or mina are super competitive, but they stand a decent chance, mara thinks. it might be more effective if they had the entirety of the teen titans, she supposes. giant group costumes like that always seem so complicated to mara -- clearly, considering her costume. “who knows, maybe together we’ll get you the win without even entering the contest,” she laughs. like a write in vote! “um, how about two hops? i’ll be sure to keep an eye out.”

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 solarstcrms:

“the, uh– sure. i mean… no? i think minions are supposed to have little overalls. i’m actually supposed to be a totally spy.”  he takes another wheezing breath in and stops still to look at her with alarm.  “they do? how do i get it out? do i need to have that checked out?”  maybe he should’ve just let her slap him.  “oh. thanks. i don’t think i would’ve liked it if you slapped me anyway.”

“sure? or no?” she knows what he meant, but she thinks it’s funny how easily flustered he gets, she can’t help but push it. “little overalls, huh?” she echoes, eyeing him up and down, like she’s picturing it. which, frankly, she is. “cool, we’re both yellow cartoons.” because regan’s costume is so spot on and all. “yeah, i think you might need to have them drained, professionally.” that’s definitely a thing, sometimes. “sounds like you’ve never been slapped before. it might awaken something in you. are you sure...?” she offers again, slowly raising her hand. “i promise i’m really good at it.”

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 carlyserrano:

– “JUST SAY YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WITH ME, i don’t need supervision, ” she jokes, though she’s never had siblings or cousins that she knows of before nemean lion – maybe it’s uncool to admit that you want to hang out with each other. she’ll be shameless about it though, she likes shiloh’s company, and he is the closest thing to a brother she’s ever had. “ a thermos would be cool – it’s almost my birthday ! ” she adds with a wink. 

“i would argue it’s a good idea for someone to be keeping an eye on you at all times.” not because carly is prone to crazy antics or anything, but because she is prone to falling asleep at a moment’s notice. and though he may not seem like it, shiloh is the type to worry. at least with mayumi, she’s trained in fighting, so it’s...slightly less concerning. “mm, right. in that case, forget we ever had this conversation.” he doesn’t actually care about things like surprises, he’s only joking.