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Who: It's a Percy
What: He's new
When: About a week from current day?
Where: Miami Site

[ For anyone actually within Miami Site, you probably heard some yelling - if you know Ancient Greek, you know some people are being told some very unflattering things about where they could shove... something? somewhere??? It's nearly impossible to make anything else out, even for those who have great hearing.

But someone sounds super angry at a ridiculous morning hour.

It's hours later, this guy's being shoved into Containment, yikes.

About a week later, he can be found wandering the halls, looking just . . . exhausted. Empaths will easily be able to feel how angry and lost and generally upset he is. Those who are skilled at reading someone's eyes, might get the feeling he's been through a lot.

Sometime later that day, he's by the beach, sitting so that his bare feet are hit by the tide. ]

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[Ko not only knows Ancient Greek, he's pretty sure he's actually said some of those exact words about the Foundation...

He ends up finding Percy on the beach, walking likewise barefoot along the sand. His hood is down and resting on his shoulders, and he tilts his head thoughtfully at the demigod.]

Percy Jackson, right?

[ He looks maybe a fraction of surprised over some guy immediately knowing his name, only to quickly settle on cautiously relaxed, instead. There's something weirdly familiar about him... but in a good way.

... Yeah, it's super weird to feel that, but what about his life is normal these days?

While this Percy doesn't know anything about it, he looks a little older and stronger than the Percy from the start of that one game, and there's no white streak in his hair. Maybe that's a little ironic given this one looks even more run down in a way. ]

I'd ask how you know, but I'm starting to think I should just expect that around here.

[ He sounds kind of bitter, but at least it's nothing like the words that were coming out when he first woke up and went through that pretty invasive intro to this place. ]

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I could give you a weird reason, a weirder reason, or an almost normal reason if you ignore the part where we're from different worlds in the first place.

[Kosuke moves to sit down next to Percy, knees drawn up to his chest so he can rest his arms on them. He huffs at his hair, trying to blow it out of his eyes.]

My name's Kosuke. Or Apollo. It's a long story.

[ He seems largely unfazed by the part about them being from different worlds. Or about how there might be a variety of strange reasons for why the guy knows his name. ]

What do you mean, nearly everyone being from different worlds is the only way anything makes any sense...

[ That's... only partially a joke. If they were all from the same world, things would be even weird - especially after he hears the part about how this guy's name is Apollo. There's a soft blink as he takes a moment to just. Study him . . . ]

... Oh.

[ Oh. ]

Guess... that explains it. [ shaking his head and just letting out a sort of tired laugh ] But after that place, I wasn't sure if it was safe to trust my gut anymore... And you don't look like the Apollo from my world.

[ But he sounds like he's just going to accept this for what it is. What else can he do? ]

Either way, nice to meet you.

You know what, that's valid.

[The part that isn't joking also kind of isn't wrong. They're a bunch of weirdos around here. Ko shifts a bit under the studying; scrutiny is pretty hit or miss for how he reacts.

But that tired laugh has him a little concerned.]

Well, I don't even look the way I did back when I was, you know, just Apollo and not also Kosuke. ...after what place?

[ His gaze softens and he gives a dim, apologetic smile. And there are very few options as far as what he could imagine being the reason for multiple names and forms. ]

Is it some kind of rebirth thing?

[ As for that question, he doesn't exactly seem excited to answer. ]

Let's just say there was a doctor with an ironic amount of compassion for others. [ a beat ] We were kept in a house, played a few games, examined a few... crime scenes.

Yeah. Reincarnation cycle. It was the only way for us to keep existing, in my world.

[Ko doesn't exactly seem excited to hear that answer. His expression darkens very noticeably at the part about crime scenes.]

You mean murder scenes, don't you? That fucking shit again.

[ Since Nico doesn't live at the Foundation and only goes there to visit a few people, he misses the arrival of the new Percy. But when he sees the familiar figure on the beach, he diverts towards him. A frown on his face.

He's fairly certain this isn't the same one he saw after the failed Round Three game played by Lucina. ]

Percy?

[ He blinks and looks up with a pretty significant amount of surprise - the kind that's easily on the same level as "never thought I'd see you again"... but it's probably nothing. ]

Nico?

[ There's a tense breath that eases into a somewhat breathless laugh, though all of that fades away as he moves to stand. He barely bothers with dusting some of the sand off of him as he studies Nico for a moment. Which probably gives Nico plenty of time to take in even more obvious signs that this can't possibly be the same Percy from Lucina's game.

It's glaringly obvious that there's a lot he's thinking about - a lot he possibly wants to say, but instead? ]

... Hey.

[ Hey. That's it. That's all he has to say right now, smh. ]

[ Nico is examing Percy closely, as if that will be enough for him to tell just exactly what point in time the other demigod is from. That look on the older teen's face kind of narrows it down - so long as this isn't a Percy from an alternate world. ]

Yeah, Nico.

[ He glances around as if expecting to see someone else - anyone else from home. So far it looks like Percy is here alone. Somewhat unusual but then again, the Foundation is an odd place. ]

Hey. You just get here?

[ Someone has to start this conversation off with more than them saying each other's names. ]

[ He gives a dim kind of smile at the way Nico looks around. He's making a few guesses on what that's about and... yeah. He only wishes there were others from home, but... honestly, even just seeing Nico, a familiar face, is a comfort all its own, even with the other feelings that come with that.

Percy nods at the question. ]

Yeah... I was...

[ One hand rubs at the back of his neck. ]

... Tartarus. From there, I wound up locked in a house where we were stuck playing a woman called The Doctor's game. We were trying to get our memories back and get back home...

[ His gaze goes distant. ]

But the game wasn't over... so...

[ Well, Nico's smart. He can most likely guess what that means. ]

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[ Honestly, Nico can see why the Foundation would want Percy Jackson around. The demigod is pretty powerful - so are some of the others - which is why he expects to see some of them.

He looks back at the other. ]

Oh. [ From Tartarus. That was a while back. ] I'm from after. Six months after.

[ It doesn't give away everything but should at least tell the other something very important about what happens. ]

So you don't have certain memories? [ Percy remembers him, remembers Tartarus - which is more than Percy remembered last time. ]

Was it just you there from our world?

[ ... Oh.

The way his expression flickers and cycles through a few looks, only to settle on one of cautious relief... Well, that might tell Nico he'd been unsurprisingly worried. He's quiet for a moment. ]

So, we...

[ It's breathed out. He doesn't smile - it might seem he's forgotten how, judging from the look in his eyes, but he gives an appreciative expression for even that much information. There's a nod at the first question. After the next question, he just answers verbally. ]

Yeah. Just me... [ rubbing at the back of his neck ] ... And we were forgetting people as they were killed.

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