[ AH best surprise ever! there are times where Rachel feels like the camp mom, the one everybody says "yeah, sure, we'll Iris message you!" when they're about to leave on some dangerous quest, but never do. so to see Nico's face pop up on her locket makes her smile bright, especially because he has good news ]

Good, that's very good to hear. I'm alright! Someone decided that attacking both courts with shadow monster- things was a good idea, but they're afraid of dogs, and our court apparently has like, a dog master? So we've all got guard dogs. It's wild. But okay, really. Oh, and they shrink and eventually turn vulnerable when you shout their names at them, so. Everybody can look out for each other. [ which she's pretty stoked about yep ] Though I think they're mostly gone now, to be honest. The rush has slowed, at least.