i see dead ppl

Wh– Oh, I forgot about your whole ghost thing. Melinoe, right?

That would be my mom, yeah. To this day, I still know, like, two things about her and the ghost thing is one of them. What of it?

Rory Geist, son of Melinoe (& a general nuisance)

For once, Rory, your silly quips aren’t so silly. I’m gonna nap for like twenty years. Wake me up for the next crisis, I guess.

... Okay? Don’t count on me. Unless you’re dead, I’m not gonna know.

Hey! Uh… Don’t mean to bother you,

But you didn’t happen to talk to me recently? Like the other me? From the Island? I’m just… so sorry for anything he said or did to you. So so sorry.

Yeah, talk about an asshole. I can’t even remember his name, I was that distracted by how rude he was. Are you gonna make up for that, then? Like, pay for my restitution and shit?

Oh, thanks gods… Oh thank gods… Everything and everyone is back and I just wanna… sleep for a little… Maybe a month.

Dude. Just take a nap. You’re stressing me out just looking at you.

assassin-anderson:

warmblooded-killer :

Alright, now I’m not saying that I expected a fanfare, or a confetti canon, or a cake but c’mon now…

I can’t even see a balloon. Not a single balloon in sight. And just when I was starting to warm to you, Camp Half-Blood.

@assassin-anderson , @aria-garcia , @rorygeist

[ a wild Claire appears- there may be some legit jumping up to hug him properly and that totally isn’t happy tears you see ] Kane!

I will get you a million balloons and I’ll do my own solo fanfare on one of those shitty whistle lollipops if I have to! Just promise me that you’ll never disappear on us like that again. [ and she’s totally still hanging on him ]

@aria-garcia, @rorygeist, @warmblooded-killer·

Oh gods, Kane… I’m so glad you’re safe and you’re back and– I’d, uh, hug you too if there wasn’t a beautiful assassin still hanging off of you.

Missed you, kid.

Claire-bear, babe, you know I love you--- But if you don’t make room, I’m gonna shove you out of the way, I swear to every god.

Yeah, you would think, but you never did seem like the intelligent one of your little squad. Who knows, though? Maybe this alternate you is playing with a full deck. You’re already winning what with being alive and all. Never knew you could talk to ghosts, though. Does that even come in handy, like, ever? “Hey, Casper! Be a doll and knock out this cyclops with a lamp!”

Right. It’s Nyx Guy, by the way. Jared. Awesome. [ pulling out his cigs and offering them to him ] You want one?

Rude. If I really was dead, that would be so disrespectful. I’d probably have to curse your entire lineage or something for that. Yeah, thanks, I love being ‘alive and all’. Really keeps me going, you know? No, are you fucking kidding me? It’s literally the worst thing ever. Ghosts can’t even move things around. They’re just chatty little assholes.

Pretty sure I was clear enough so why are you still standing here, huh? You— [ shakes his head ] Shit. That is exactly the kind of obnoxious ass thing that he’d say. Nah, man. Just the special few.

… Rory?

Look, if you wanna fight, just come out and say it. This hemming and hawing is not only confusing me, but it’s really starting to piss me off. I don’t care what you look like, dude, meet me in the fucking pit.

Who literally asked you to say anythi— [ It was definitely some kind of cruel, cruel trick. What else could it have been? He’d had yet another mission fucked up for him and now this. Guess the universe (all of them) would never be done with punishing him for he’d done. To Claire. To…Rory. So he looked anywhere but at him and shook his head as if it’d help. ] Yeah, nope.

This isn’t happening. I’m not doing this.

Not doing what? Yo, bargain brand, what’s your deal? Is everyone where you come from required to brood 24/7 or something?

Good. I’m glad. Last thing you need right now is more injuries. [ sighs ] When people fell from the portal it pulled some of our people through it. Aria thinks they probably landed wherever these people are from. So… you know… Kane’s probably okay.

You know I’m always here and ready to be your back up snark, but when the timing is appropriate. Wait, who’s pissed at you already? Do I need to fight someone?

You’re telling me. The tiny blonde healer is the only one I trust and even then, she’s got a sketchy look about her. I mean, who let’s a five year old just walk around and handle medicine like that? Sorry, probably? Oh, man. Oh, gods, no. Well, how do we get him back then? There has to be something.

Anyone actually going to do anything about this or…?

Take us back, don’t take us back but I don’t wanna spend another second here. The longer no one points me to the exit, the more this feels like a prison with bells on.

Oh, gross. Nothing worse than the knock-off version of a true masterpiece. What do you know about being Kane anyway, huh?

Rory! There you are! [ running in for a hug ] When I heard people were pulled into the portal I couldn’t see you and- Well, Aria told me you were fine, but it’s really good to see you myself. Kane’s gone. We have to help Aria get him and everyone else back.

But yes, I did notice this and I’ll definitely join you on calling bullshit once we know Kane’s safe. So behave for now. They’ll be stuck here too so they’re probably scared and they’ll probably end up sleeping in our cabins if they can’t get back soon so… be nice.

Oh. Well, I’m alright, as you can see. Not even any new bruises or anything today. Just--- Kane’s what? How? I mean, I know how, I just saw everyone fall out of that portal but---... Right. We have to get him back.

Fan-fucking-tastic.

What is this anyway? Some fucked up alternate reality? Like you know you’re dead, right? Corey, or something? I saw you die, man. You got a light?

Uh, I think I’d know if I were dead. I don’t think talking to ghosts works in reverse like that, thank the fuckin’ gods. I would never know true peace.

What the actual fuck?

Did I seriously just fall from a battlefield into a party? Hey, you! Where am I? The island isn’t exactly winning any awards, but this place is a fucking dump.

Welcome to hell. Pull up a seat and get comfortable, my friend, because no one around here is competent enough to help you. Good luck.

Okay, everyone else just saw that, right?

Do people fall from the ceiling all the time here, or is this something I can check off as unusual? Aria really wasn’t kidding when she said this place was something else.

And they called us intruders. Notice how they haven’t tried to kill any of these guys yet? I call bullshit.

“Ow!” she placed both of her hands over the area Rory touched. Fake tears form in her eyes as she dramatically asked, “Why??”

“What?” He frowned and took a step back. “I didn’t--- It wasn’t even that hard. It was basically a poke. Are you... okay?”