Fucking hell, Percy? [ his voice ticks up at the end in obvious uncertainty. then, he sort of laughs, a disbelieving huff of breath. ] You best look fantastic after all that beauty sleep.
Not too bad. [ percy doesn't look hurt, anyway, which is what eggsy checks for first. the relief is obvious in his smile. ] Fucking weeks, mate. Lucky for you, it's been pretty slow planetside.
[ no one was kidnapped or murdered or accused of murder, so. pretty chill. ]
[ there's a hint of something that briefly tugs down his own smile a fraction, but he's not about to bring down the mood by discussing his suspicions about the natha...or what they might want from him. ]
So I guess that's a no. [ to his original question. ] Glad you guys haven't had it too rough while I was gone.
[ something flickers, but it's understandable, isn't it? when percy's only just got back from a space coma. ]
Promise there was plenty of time to stare longingly at your pod, thinking of how much we miss your strange anecdotes about monster fighting and the gods and other fantasy shit.
[ jokes!!! only JB knows how much time eggsy unwin spends up in stasis, checking up on all his slumbering friends. his features soften for a moment. for all his quips, he takes this seriously. ]
[ okay, that's enough to almost make him laugh again, dispel any worries for the time being. ]
Shut up, Unwin.
[ at the question, he warms, wistful. the memories are some of the nicest of his life, which made the waking that much harder. ]
Peaceful, surprisingly. I mean, more or less. A god was stripped of his immortality and sent to earth to fix our oracles problem and stop some crazy Roman emperors, and apparently my girlfriend's sorta-dead cousin was trying to stop Ragnarok, but you know. [ SHRUG. ] Graduated from high school. My little sis was born. Not too bad, all things considered. Last I remembered, it was January. But now? Like, around summer.
[ oh my god, it's like he never left. eggsy follows and follow and follows. well, he shakes his head a bit in exasperated amusement (sorta-dead cousin? that's just, wow, okay). mercifully, percy loops back to normalcy.
summer's a long way off january. must've felt like half a year for him. 'course eggsy doesn't latch onto that, as serious as it sounds. ]
Congrats on graduating, Percy. If I'd known, I would've got a card. [ seriously! after the spotty record and, uh, god stuff, that's an achievement. ] A sister, though! What's her name?
[ amused. the idea of getting a graduation card sounds so -- he doesn't know, normal, compared to what normally goes on around here. and it was an achievement, really, after his struggle to make it through school all these years, after quests and god stuff and monster stuff interrupted his classes (and a whole semester once), after all the times they weren't sure he'd even survive to graduation. and his mother, who hadn't been able to finish high school herself, had made sure he knew what a big deal it was. ]
Estelle. It was my grandmother's name -- my mom's mom.
[ let's not talk about percy's grandparents on his dad's side, the titans of ancient stories. rhea might've been okay, but kronos...ugh. percy doesn't even like thinking of the guy as his granddad.
truthfully, percy's only ever gotten along with one of his immortal siblings, so a mortal sister is a relief. and thank all the gods that both of her parents are mortal, that she isn't a demigod; he's had nightmares imagining her having to face monsters and ghosts, and, honestly, he doesn't know how thalia or hylla -- who both have half-blood younger siblings -- do it. it'd been like a blessing: she'll have a normal, safe life.
since waking up, it's felt more like a promise that he needs to keep. ]
Yeah, she is. I checked before coming back down here. I don't know if she was there before, but -- I guess I wouldn't have recognized her, anyway. [ then: ] Peggy mentioned you know a thing or two about younger siblings.
[ maybe they can go up to this stasis halls some time, point out their families just in case they wake up while the other is away. the station is a fickle thing. ]
Might be that I do. [ fondly. ] 'Course I've only got the one, so I can't be an expert.
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[ hi, eggsy. ]
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that ID is certainly unexpected. ]
Fucking hell, Percy? [ his voice ticks up at the end in obvious uncertainty. then, he sort of laughs, a disbelieving huff of breath. ] You best look fantastic after all that beauty sleep.
[ people don't normally wake up again. ]
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You tell me. I keep hearing it's been a while.
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Not too bad. [ percy doesn't look hurt, anyway, which is what eggsy checks for first. the relief is obvious in his smile. ] Fucking weeks, mate. Lucky for you, it's been pretty slow planetside.
[ no one was kidnapped or murdered or accused of murder, so. pretty chill. ]
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[ there's a hint of something that briefly tugs down his own smile a fraction, but he's not about to bring down the mood by discussing his suspicions about the natha...or what they might want from him. ]
So I guess that's a no. [ to his original question. ] Glad you guys haven't had it too rough while I was gone.
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Promise there was plenty of time to stare longingly at your pod, thinking of how much we miss your strange anecdotes about monster fighting and the gods and other fantasy shit.
[ jokes!!! only JB knows how much time eggsy unwin spends up in stasis, checking up on all his slumbering friends. his features soften for a moment. for all his quips, he takes this seriously. ]
How was it on your end?
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Shut up, Unwin.
[ at the question, he warms, wistful. the memories are some of the nicest of his life, which made the waking that much harder. ]
Peaceful, surprisingly. I mean, more or less. A god was stripped of his immortality and sent to earth to fix our oracles problem and stop some crazy Roman emperors, and apparently my girlfriend's sorta-dead cousin was trying to stop Ragnarok, but you know. [ SHRUG. ] Graduated from high school. My little sis was born. Not too bad, all things considered. Last I remembered, it was January. But now? Like, around summer.
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summer's a long way off january. must've felt like half a year for him. 'course eggsy doesn't latch onto that, as serious as it sounds. ]
Congrats on graduating, Percy. If I'd known, I would've got a card. [ seriously! after the spotty record and, uh, god stuff, that's an achievement. ] A sister, though! What's her name?
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[ amused. the idea of getting a graduation card sounds so -- he doesn't know, normal, compared to what normally goes on around here. and it was an achievement, really, after his struggle to make it through school all these years, after quests and god stuff and monster stuff interrupted his classes (and a whole semester once), after all the times they weren't sure he'd even survive to graduation. and his mother, who hadn't been able to finish high school herself, had made sure he knew what a big deal it was. ]
Estelle. It was my grandmother's name -- my mom's mom.
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That's pretty. [ estelle. he doesn't think he's ever met an estelle. ;course there's something nice about having an uncommon name.
naturally, he thinks of daisy. eggsy hasn't met a child among the refugees in all his time planetside, but he remains hopeful. ]
Is she up on the station?
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truthfully, percy's only ever gotten along with one of his immortal siblings, so a mortal sister is a relief. and thank all the gods that both of her parents are mortal, that she isn't a demigod; he's had nightmares imagining her having to face monsters and ghosts, and, honestly, he doesn't know how thalia or hylla -- who both have half-blood younger siblings -- do it. it'd been like a blessing: she'll have a normal, safe life.
since waking up, it's felt more like a promise that he needs to keep. ]
Yeah, she is. I checked before coming back down here. I don't know if she was there before, but -- I guess I wouldn't have recognized her, anyway. [ then: ] Peggy mentioned you know a thing or two about younger siblings.
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Might be that I do. [ fondly. ] 'Course I've only got the one, so I can't be an expert.
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I don't know about that. Besides, I bet you still know more about it than I do.
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It's a lot of trial and error. Don't know if you've ever had a quest as hard as this one.
[ absolutely saying "quest" because of percy's hilarious fantasy lyfe. ]