mykidisthebest

[getting used to holding onto things somehow makes it extra worse when you lose them]

We'll get him back.

[it is a simple statement of fact that needs no further elaboration. they will.]

[ Standing in the middle of his psyche, Lethe can easily tell the half-crazed determination from earlier is for this specifically: getting Charon back. ]

Yeah. We'll drop him in your pillow pit and force him to relax for an entire week while he gets handed books and food.

[oh, that makes him tear up; he hugs Minuet tighter. his voice is wobbly]

I bet he'll hate it after the first day. We'll have to keep putting people in there to keep him occupied or he'll start sending out cubecalls.

[ He kind of wants to start crying again too tbh ]

That's okay. After all, who do you think's gonna do the pampering?

[don't cry it'll start raining again

very seriously:]

You, Perci, and Styx.

And you, idiot.

Of course me too. Just maybe not at the same time.

[ Just snorts ]

Well, that's fine too. Wouldn't wanna deal with the horrors of anyone seeing you kissing.

[...steps on Minuet's foot]

"Horrors?" I kiss just fine. But that sort of thing is private.

[ Flicks him in the forehead ]

I'm talking about your horror, not anyone else's.

[swats at his hand too late for it to stop him from getting flicked in the forehead]

It's not like I don't know who he's dating. Kiss him as much as you want. It would be weirder if you didn't.

[ LOOKS AWAY ]

I'm planning on it.

Good.

[is it weird to say that

if it makes Charon happy it's probably not weird to say that

smushes Minuet's hair down with a hand]

...I'm giving myself two days before I go search through the mist section by section. But we're putting together an actual plan, so it shouldn't come to that.

[ Stop fucking up the metaphysical manifestation of his signature style ]

I know Lily can handle it, but . . . just . . .

Keep me in the loop. Please.

[it's too 90s, no]

We won't go anywhere without you. And I'll let you know what we find out. Ananke and I had a few ideas, but we have to run them by everyone else. They might have better ideas of how to proceed.

. . . Thanks.

I told Ananke what I can. Aside from running out there myself, I dunno what else to do right now.

If we're dealing with demons then any information you have on what can counteract them would help. If anyone on Bluebell knows how to counteract them...things like that would help.

I'm gonna give him a holy item, just in case. Dunno what it does against demons, if anything, but it's better than nothing.

A holy item? Like the holy beasts?

Yeah. It's something they drop -- like a scale from the serpent in the lake.

If you know what a holy beast is then tell me! There's a snake in the lake? Is that the only one? Do you know anything about the shepherd's dog? I don't think that's a holy beast, but it doesn't hurt to check.

Yeah, there's a snake in the lake that's made of hallways or something? I dunno.

Crescendo and Pond Fiend discovered it, and came back with the scale. It's the only holy beast I know of for sure.

I've got no idea about the dog thing, though.

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It's fine, no one knows about the dog. I've never seen a snake made of hallways, though.

[that's weird]

Isn't half of the lake in the mist right now?

It looks that way from the shore, anyway.

[your kids doing dangerous shit all the time, Minuet???]

...You've got it rough, huh.

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