[ after the hit of the demigods, luke's uncertain of how to really feel. the only loss he feels is jason — aside from annabeth's, the one that's most paralysing to him as he's lost her yet again; never quite capable of fulfilling his promise of protecting her as he had always meant to — but he understands that the others had ties to the three that had gone as well. it's only a quick text, thalia and percy his main priorities, but he shoots one to her out of boredom and a wish to see her own reactions to him. he may not know rachel elizabeth dare, but he doesn't mind teasing her — it's a nice distraction for him, ignoring how he feels his chest constrict at the notion of annabeth being gone and being incapable of helping thalia not be in pain at the loss of her brother — and he doubts she wouldn't mind the distraction, either. as he's going around drabwurld collecting thalia a few things, he shoots her a message. ]
Do you need me to steal you some glitter so you can turn that frown upside down and be happy again?
A flattering offer ( looking out for me? very flattering. ), but It's been a really messed up...... month. Yeah. The whole month. Which you already know. And I'm ruining your attempts at trying to make things suck a little less, aren't I? Styx.
[ in a weird way, she's pretty sure she and Luke are in the same kind of position with all of this. not super close to the others that left, but Annabeth being here for such a short while just to leave again really stings. and knowing how hard it's going to be for everyone else to take the others leaving doesn't exactly make it any easier to stay optimistic. it's.. basically just a big bucket of suck. ]
This is all backwards, usually I'm the cheer-upper.
[ he doesn't want to talk about the events of this month. seeing may in pain, seeing thalia and annabeth helpless and angry and simultaneously hating him, and hearing kronos so loud and tangible as though he could reach out and snatch his voice from within the air and feel it wriggle in his palm, luke doesn't want to talk about it. instead of running away, he's taking care of thalia. it's how it used to be, before everything went to shit and luke lost everything. ]
A little, yeah.
[ is he meant to deny that she's completely ruining his attempt to be a bit of a smartassy asshole? he doesn't particularly care for rachel — she threw a hairbrush at him — as he doesn't really know her, but ... she knew annabeth, right? he hadn't known how annabeth's friendship circles had changed when he'd abandoned her, but he figured if rachel's a friend of percy's, she's a friend of hers. the co-dependency kind of makes him wary. ]
I'm picking shit up for Thalia. Figured maybe you'd want something ridiculous again.
[ picking, he says, when we all know he's stealing. ]
[ she threw a hairbrush at Kronos, there's a difference. or at least, that's what Rachel has to keep telling herself in this attempt to get along with Luke on some level ]
Nothing I can think of off the top of my head... But you could always just surprise me, monsieur. But maybe not a rock covered in glitter, this time. Glitter messes are only fun for about two minutes.
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text » 19/11
Do you need me to steal you some glitter so you can turn that frown upside down and be happy again?
:( → :| → :)!
text » 19/11
Which you already know.
And I'm ruining your attempts at trying to make things suck a little less, aren't I?
Styx.
[ in a weird way, she's pretty sure she and Luke are in the same kind of position with all of this. not super close to the others that left, but Annabeth being here for such a short while just to leave again really stings. and knowing how hard it's going to be for everyone else to take the others leaving doesn't exactly make it any easier to stay optimistic. it's.. basically just a big bucket of suck. ]
This is all backwards, usually I'm the cheer-upper.
text » 19/11
A little, yeah.
[ is he meant to deny that she's completely ruining his attempt to be a bit of a smartassy asshole? he doesn't particularly care for rachel — she threw a hairbrush at him — as he doesn't really know her, but ... she knew annabeth, right? he hadn't known how annabeth's friendship circles had changed when he'd abandoned her, but he figured if rachel's a friend of percy's, she's a friend of hers. the co-dependency kind of makes him wary. ]
I'm picking shit up for Thalia. Figured maybe you'd want something ridiculous again.
[ picking, he says, when we all know he's stealing. ]
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Nothing I can think of off the top of my head... But you could always just surprise me, monsieur.
But maybe not a rock covered in glitter, this time.
Glitter messes are only fun for about two minutes.
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But you're the only person in Glaschu who owns a pet glitter rock! I did you a favor, Red.
Name's Rouge, btw. Likes sunsets, pasta, and frogs. Take care of him, he's a good little guy. ;)
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