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[ ever had to skype over an infinitely shitty and slow wi-fi? imagine that but worse - with all the lagging and pixelated video you can imagine. nico's no tech expert and generally avoids using the console when he can, but amongst all the chaos, not everyone can just easily shadow travel to other districts to find out if people they know are okay. hence, the sort of psa to follow: ]

Th▒▒re ▒▒ome▒▒▒ng — [ the video pauses, glitching, but in the corner of the screen, something still appears to be moving. a few seconds later, the feed tries to resume it's horrible quality self. ]

— ▒thing wro▒▒ w▒▒ th▒▒▒s.

[ the video glitches again, this time stuck on a repetition of that last syllable, so it sounds like it's fading out with a hiss. ]

[ ooc: all he said was "there's something wrong with this", roughly twice before deciding to quit the broadcast! ]

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[Hayley, on the other hand, has ~ideas~. The video watches her writing, glitches, then resumes with her holding up the sign. Even frozen, the words are visible.]

I figured that out.
Any bright ideas
on how to fix it?

[ he tries to look around for something to write on, but when it doesn't work, he figures he'll just have to stick to video for now. he shakes his head a couple times and even with all the glitching, at least once should've made it through okay. ]

I'm n▒▒▒ ▒ure. We▒▒ n▒▒d to fin▒▒ ▒▒▒▒one who knows — knows — knows how ▒▒▒▒ work.

[She frowns. It takes her a moment to try to puzzle out what he's saying. Then she's writing again.]

I think it's bi
bigger than just
bad computers. I'm
kind of worried about
If you need help, let
me know, OK? But I have
no idea what to do
right now.

[The scribbled out bits might be legible if he's really trying, but they're obviously not meant to be read.]

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[ he frowns, squinting at the paper as he tries to read it. the jumping video, even on the still shot of the paper, is making reading twice as annoying as usual. ]

Bom▒▒▒ngs? Were y▒▒ ▒▒kay?

[ it's not hard to think that the two might be linked somehow. maybe whatever made these things work properly got destroyed as well. ]

[She grimaces and then returns to a more neutral expression right before the video glitches. Suddenly remembering about Percy's trouble reading and his telling her about demigods' dyslexia, she sighs and tries speaking.]

I'm ali-li-li-ive, if that's wh▒▒▒ ▒▒▒u mean. Yo▒▒ ▒▒ay?

[And a sign.]
You OK?

[ he appreciates the consideration, even if her answer makes his expression wither for an entirely different reason. ]

Ear▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ector not ba▒▒. [ he nods too, in case the audio messes up, but the feed only results in a frozen shot of him while the audio continues in a rare perfect moment. ]

Were you hurt▒▒?

[Hayley looks down in silence for a moment, the video freezing her frown before she even tries to speak. She knows hiding isn't exactly honorable or heroic, but it's not like she could really help.]

N▒▒▒.

[She moves to switch on an encryption, not realizing they don't work.]

The Bi▒▒ ▒▒d Wolf controls d- death, ri-▒▒▒▒▒▒▒? Do you f▒▒▒l diffe▒▒▒▒?

[ he wouldn't find any shame in it for her, especially when the safety of everything around them was threatened. ]

Ther▒▒ a — a — a— ▒▒▒ lot of hur▒▒ ▒▒ple. [ and plenty of restless souls from those who hadn't been able to make it. but death, it all works differently here. ]

▒▒ don't kn▒▒ how I c▒▒ ▒▒elp.

I don'▒▒ ▒▒▒ther.

[And that's probably the most frustrating part of all.]

[ he's silent for awhile, both a combination of the faulty console and nico himself thinking, but eventually he resumes speaking. ]

▒▒o you wa▒▒ come ov▒▒▒?

[Hayley honestly doesn't expect the invitation and it catches her by surprise. She looks a little like a deer caught in the headlights before she nods between glitches.]

Yeah. ▒▒▒▒ere do▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ve?

Ear▒▒ sec▒▒or. ▒▒▒th one▒▒.

[ he frowns because this whole console freaking out thing is making simple things way more difficult than necessary. ]

Whe▒▒ ▒re y▒▒? [ she might catch a flash of him miming writing in between glitches. ]

[Hayley might consider sharing where she lives with Nico - only because Annabeth trusts him and she trusts Annabeth's judgment - but with the network being glitchy, she worries about the knowledge becoming public. Instead, a compromise.]

M▒▒▒t you a▒▒ ▒▒▒rk I▒▒-stri-ies?

Meet you at
Stark Industries?

[ he makes a confused face because he's not quite sure why she'd pick a different place, but he also doesn't seem to want to question her reasons. at least if they meet somewhere else first, it'll be easier to show her the way to his suite. ]

Fi▒▒ m▒▒utes. Okay?

[Hayley rips off the 'OK' she wrote before to display it alongside a thumbs up.

Then she clicks off the console and moves to get ready.]

[ if she manages to catch it, there's definitely some creepy shadow lingering on the screen long after they've both ended the conversation. nico only manages to get a glimpse of it before he leaves, but when he does a double take, the image is gone. he shrugs it off before shadow travelling straight to the entrance of stark industries. ]

[Hayley's surprised to find Nico already waiting for her, having heard him say he lives in the Earth Sector and Stark's building not being far from her own suite in Metal. She wonders if maybe he can fly or summon a skeletal horse or something - or maybe he was just in the area.

She almost hugs him when she finds him but decides against it, simply coming to stand not far from him with her hands curled around the strap of her messenger bag.]

Hey. Okay, I'm not blaming you and I know you might not be able to control it, but I saw the creepy ghost shadow thing on my screen. You should consider warning people about horror movie side effects from your powers? Because honestly? Totally creepy.

My powers don't do that.

[ if he sounds a little bit defensive, it's because he's pretty sure there's misconceptions about what the children of hades can do even amongst the demigods and part of him hates the idea of being automatically associated with something creepy. ( the other part of him totally embraces it head on at times, so he isn't entirely blameless ).

it's soon replaced by a look of concern because if the weird shadow hadn't just been a trick of the light on his console, that's not a good sign. ]

Did you see it after you turned the console off too?

Oh. Sorry, I thought.. [She frowns apologetically. Hayley shifts awkwardly from one foot to the other, resenting that she's already put her foot in her mouth with one of the few allies she has here. But his concern pulls her from her brooding.]

I thought it was right before I turned it off, which is why I thought it was you, but it totally could have been after too.- Wait, you saw it? Uh.. what the hell was that then?

[ he waves off her apology because they've got bigger things to worry about right now. ]

It was the first time I've ever seen something like it, so I don't know for sure... [ he trails off because whatever's happening is making him mighty wary of everything. ] But I bet it has something to do with why the consoles have been acting all weird.

Yeah. That's kind of what I was thinking. [She shifts uncomfortably again, though this time it's as a result of the idea of Malicant and not anything she or Nico have said or done. Hayley gives him a forced smile.]

Maybe we should.. go somewhere we can talk about it? [Away from prying ears.]

[ nico nods quickly, equally uncomfortable with the implication, and surveys the area around them with a frown. the consoles weren't everywhere, but they were certainly enough of them around any areas that he could think of heading — or at least the ones that hadn't been targeted by the bombs a few days earlier. the only place left isn't in the city at all and maybe that'd be their best option after all.

he steps closer to hayley, lightly resting a hand on her arm. his own aversion to physical contact hadn't initially been a product of his own nature, but rather of the fact that few dared to go beyond his current withdrawn demeanour. as hayley hadn't run the other way yet, he figures that it won't do any harm. ]

I think I know where we can go. [ he pauses for the length of a breath before looking her right in the eyes. ] But I need you to trust me on how to get there.

[Hayley had been thinking about simply going back to his place, not really considering the consoles might be listening in or something equally science fiction based. When he looks around, she follows his lead, wondering if he sees something. Then she stiffens when he touches her, not from the cold of his touch but simply from the surprise of it. She's not big on physical contact herself and Nico's not one she expected it from. Hayley stares at him for a moment.]

Oh-kay. Don't kill me and don't pick me up without asking. Otherwise.. I trust you. [She doesn't trust him so much, but she trusts him here, in this.]

[ she doesn't need to tell him twice about those two things, especially the whole picking up bit, which he might've made a slight face at the mention of. all he really needs is for her to not freak out, since mortals aren't normally meant to be privy to what he's thinking of doing. although if she already knows about demigods and their history, she already wasn't a normal mortal anyways. ]

Okay. [ he tightens his grip on her arm slightly before letting shadows engulf them. seconds later, they're emerging right out of them by the edge of the city and he lets his hold slacken. it's been a while since nico's had to take another person along, so it takes a few moments to steady himself before he can stand up straight. ]

[His grip makes her nervous and she doesn't entirely hide the wariness in her features. But then there's a much more pressing concern as shadows begin to surround them. Hayley reaches for his arm with her free hand, holding tight to it. She opens her mouth to say something to him.

Then she closes it as the shadows are already falling away and the two are somewhere else entirely. She feels strange in ways she can't even begin to describe. The girl is about to let go when she looks at him and notices how he suddenly seems tired, putting the thing together with a very small frown.]

That was you? [She sounds more impressed than upset. The hand on his arm loosens, though she holds it there a second longer to ensure he's not going to fall over or something.] Are you.. okay?

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