satisfactory winnings

[endsjustified]

WHO: Lilies
WHERE: Lily barn
WHEN: Morning 88 and through the day.

[and we’re back! probably everyone is kinda wiped from adrenaline and a long night, and could use a lie down.

but also there is much to consider this day and upcoming night]

Comments

[corpseblossom 2.0]

[endsjustified]

[for reference the Blossom limbus clone is

1. full-grown now
2. still on the vine to keep it fresh
3. has appeared to grow normally like any other limbus body so far?
4. is wearing a long white toga-style dress now to preserve modesty
5. has been propped in a seat in the Lily library (which is windowless) so they can keep an eye on it, because it was getting too weird to have it in a bedroom]

[endsjustified]

[a bit llllater in the morning after people are more rested, you can find Charon in the war room with the door open, a spread of notes on the table or pinned to one of the walls. the various artifacts they brought home have been laid out carefully on the table as well, including the dead guard's mask and the other dead guard's ID.

all the notes are like, followup on this trip and future things they need to get on or keep an eye on. the readers Aides provided for the demigods are in plain sight so they can just scan whatever they want to, if they want to

did this man sleep?]

[audacity]

[ at pretty much any point in the morning, there'll be stacks of blue pancakes left out for anyone hungry in the kitchen or living room. the shape may leave something to be desired, but the taste is perfectly acceptable. there'll also be sandwiches after a point later in the morning and closer to lunch, nothing fancy but do taste good!

or maybe you actually catch him in the kitchen fussing at these attempts at cooking, early in the day. it's not hard to guess he was doing this instead of sleeping, but also, he did only just wake up after several days' sleep. ftr he's still older from the forever scales, definitely keeps doing double takes at reflective surfaces. ]

[audacity]

[ will be checking out the notes!! he keeps aides's reader nearby, but doesn't actually use it for the time being.

also he's bringing in a plate of somewhat messily-made pancakes. they're blue and covered in too much syrup. just kind of drops them off in front of charon with absolutely no ceremony before turning to look at the notes. You Will Eat This.

after a few minutes, ]

Okay, I have questions.

[endsjustified]

[even though he saw/heard Older Cepheus last night, Cepheus does catch Charon doing a doubletake the first time he comes in the room, and again when he talks

...tugs the plate close on the second doubletake instead of turning back to the notes]

Thank you for the food.

What questions?

[audacity]

I know. It's weird. [ after the first double-take. and waves a hand, ] I think the pancakes got kinda burnt, so don't thank me too much.

[ as for questions,, ]

Uh, so did we know Ceo can do the mind control-y thing? And is it just him, or are there other wolves that can do that?

[endsjustified]

I heard he was able to control Weeds to an extent. He turned their powers off and used their collars to choke them. He had to be made aware of their presence first, though, through his agents...

From what we've seen, it's a reasonable deduction that wolf and Weed powers come from him, generally. And I've never heard of other wolves controlling their fellows.

[audacity]

Well, as long as it's just him.

[ in the wry tone of, That's Still A Huge Problem, Wow! ]

Didn't you tell me once he called himself the Wolf King's heir or something? Those other guys seemed pretty spooked about the Wolf King, but they weren't as upset about him showing up.

[endsjustified]

Well, he's their leader who hasn't turned into a horrific all-devourer, so that's reasonable.

He is the Wolf King's son, though. Blossom's half-brother, I think.

[audacity]

Sure makes you understand why she'd run away from home.

[endsjustified]

I don't pretend to understand royals, honestly. Baffling people.

[puts some pancake in his mouth]

...these are good. A little burned, but not badly. Why are they blue, though?

[audacity]

They taste better blue.

[ instantly. but then he smiles ]

Kind of a family tradition. My mom's and my favorite food is the blue stuff, so she's always gone out of her way to make food blue when she can. For special occasions, but also pick-me-ups...and, you know, normal days too.

[abandon_hope]

[ Still fuming, to be honest, but it's not remotely directed at any teammates - Hades kid is frankly still mad about shadows being bad here.

Also, sorting through the snacks. ]

This place is biased.

[abandon_hope]

[ did you sleep ]

Did you sleep?

[mykidisthebest]

[Charon probably senses him peaking his head into the room as a person, but what walks into the room is a cat!Lethe who proceeds to jump up onto the table and lay across the papers in front of him]

[abandon_hope]

[ Well Kevin is also double-taking right now; he was so distracted by the shenanigans that he missed that happening. ]

Cepheus--?

[audacity]

[ POINTS AT ]

I know, don't say it.

[endsjustified]

[blinks up from the papers and then glances out the war room door at the windows, checking the light quality. whups]

A little...did you?

[endsjustified]

[,,,

picks him up...]

[mykidisthebest]

[bites his fingers in cat disapproval]

[mykidisthebest]

...We have razors in the bathroom for shaving.

[endsjustified]

Ouch.

[scruffs him gently]

[audacity]

I'm kind of hoping I go back to normal before I have to.

[endsjustified]

...that's a good tradition...does this mean you consider us a little bit family?

[it's been on his mind! Kevin used the d word!]

[mykidisthebest]

[Lethe simply did not go to bed, and can be found fussing aimlessly around the house in the early hours of the morning. he makes a stack of pancakes, waters the garden, and checks on the Blossom body in the library from time to time.

but once the sun is higher in the sky he can be located in the warm room trying to arrange some of the holy beast artifacts they picked up into...a bracelet? might be less clunky to wear than a mask, if they can make it work.]