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WHO: Lily + vistors!!
WHERE: it's the Lily barn!
WHEN: Postgame, morning of 75

[ WHEW LILY it sure has been a busy week! We have a lot of things to talk about!!

which is to say, we probably have assorted pillows and blankets piled into our new basement living room, with breakfast happening in the kitchen and jellyfish hangin' around elsewhere. and our assorted? fish related prizes??? ]

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... I mean. I know I'm complaining a lot, but this is actually about the same average number of problems compared to home.

It's too many problems in both places!

Do you have fewer problems back home?

[ he stares directly at Ananke with those unseeing eyes. ]

[ bro that's creepy :( ]

I'm pretty sure I have, like, one main enemy. And my world isn't on the brink of collapse or infested with demons that have turned existence into a nightmare gameshow, so...yes. Probably less.

[ It is not less ]

...

[ Kevin tilts his head down at the bug in his hand. ]

Scarab, how many problems do YOU deal with? More or less than here?

CONDUCTING FULL MEMORY SCAN...

[ did you know Scarab can put up illusions by himself? because he's generating a little progress wheel over his head that spins for a few seconds ]

EXTANT PROBLEMS LOCAL TO: HOME: NONE. [SELF] DOES NOT HAVE PROBLEMS. [SELF] HAS DIRECTIVES.

[ Ananke is watching this with such dubious suspicion ]

What kind of hero has no problems?

[ that is adorable and it is SUCH a shame that Kevin can't see it right now. ]

I'm with Ananke. Heroes always have problems. You sure your directives aren't actually problems in disguise?

[ he'll have to do it again one day ]

[SELF] IS "SURE". THERE IS NO PURPOSE TO PROGRAMMING [SELF] WITH FALSE DIRECTIVES.

Hmm.

I feel like I should probably reask this question later.

[ He sobers a bit. ]

But ... yeah. I guess Cepheus and I do deal with that a lot more than we should.

ODDS OF [SELF] RESPONSE CHANGING: LOW.

[ Ananke snorts lightly and adjusts his blankets more snugly around himself as the tone shifts ]

Way more. ... But I guess it does happen in my world too. The heroes over in Gotham seem like they're always having a bad time.

Gotham? Where's that?

New Jersey; right on the coast.

[ makes a face ]

New Jersey.

Hey, I didn't decide to put it there.

No, I just -

[ He gestures, accidentally smacking Scarab and swiftly moving to pet him instead. ]

Of course it has problems, it's in New Jersey.

[ Scarab buzzes indignantly, but settles down again with the petting ]

Oh, no I get it. Jersey's just that bad.

[ heh. Kevin cracks a smile. ]

Where are you from? New York?

[ laughs ]

Nah, I'm from El Paso. It's way down on the border between Texas and Mexico.

[ A nod. ]

I've been to El Paso. Well - accidentally shadow traveled there once, anyway. I was aiming for Camp Jupiter on the West Coast.

Oh yeah? It's not a bad place for a quick stop. The Rio Grande's always nice to see.

I - uh - didn't see a whole lot, admittedly. I kind of landed in the basement of the Union Depot and passed out for a couple hours.

Oh, yeah...that'd make touring hard. Were you okay?

Fine, yeah. I don't get shadow traveling sickness like most mortals do, but it still takes a ton out of me. And I was going back and forth between California and New York twice a day for like six months.

[ fuckin roman shenanigans, smh ]

Seriously? That's a hell of a commute. Were you not staying at the camp then?

[ A small headshake. ]

I was an ambassador, and not exactly a trusted one at that. I always left before sundown, and that usually meant passing out at Camp Half Blood on Long Island.