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[sophos]

[It's absently on video, from her suite, and Annabeth looks a little distracted. So much so that it's a good few seconds of looking deep in thought at something off screen before she remembers to speak up. She adjusts herself, sits up a little straighter.]

Is there anyone who might have asked the Emperor about their futures? I've heard she can show you, in a sense. I need to know what that entails. I doubt it's something she'd offer for free.

[that's probably only the tip of what's distracting her atm tbh. If anyone thought she was intense before, it's like there's a little extra dark circles now. ]

ENCRYPTED 100%; ZATANNA
We need to talk. As soon as you can.

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[neverleftharlan]

[He got the shit beat out of him recently. He looks it.]

Well, I'd predict something about your heart going on but I think you might strangle me through the console.

[sophos]

[Do you see this look.]

[This is a face with complete lack of amusement.]

[She doesn't even care that he looks like crap right now.]

They haven't invented that function yet.

[...BUT HE'S ALSO ODDLY KIND OF CORRECT she's just going to pretend she did not relate Celine Dion to her and Percy's fall into Tartarus right now.]

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[wintershepherd]

Show people their... futures?

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[sophos]

Like a peak into it. I've heard some of the kedan talking about it.

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[kelpful]

[He looks like he's just crawled out of the water somewhere, having gone for an actual swim instead of just passing through the water like usual] You okay?

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[sophos]

You're wet. [That's unusual!! But Percy you manage to make her brighten like always.] I'm always okay. I told you I'd ask around.

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[idkmybffcyclops]

She can do that?

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[sophos]

Apparently. Word through the grapevine and all that.

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[aenseidhe]

[ That's... a very bizarre and slightly concerning and slightly intriguing bit of information. Hm. Noted. ]

And if the future you hear is not to your liking? Would you consider it fate or something amendable?

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[sophos]

I already know what's coming. I just want to see it for myself.

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[knowsmadness]

Our futures? What do you mean?

[ what ]

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[sophos]

Individual futures. Like, the trajectory of our lives back home. I should have been more specific, thinking about it.

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[backwordscompatible]

[...well, that didn't sound good.]

What's wrong?

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[sophos]

Not here. Can you come to my suite? Or somewhere else.

[she is too wary of Zatanna's suite right now, with the prior bugging, even if it was unrelated. And too wary of breakable encryptions, even if Leo perfected hers.]

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[fatedchaos]

Why do you want to know the future? [Sounds like a really bad idea.]

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[sophos]

I want to see it. I already know most of it.

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[controlledvariable]

[Annabeth is a friend, so she's paid atttenton to what Leo and Percy have been saying on the network (because friendships mean stalking).

And between the mentions of Tartarus and how Annabeth looks now, Steph is concerned.]

Hey, you doing okay?

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[sophos]

[SO OBSERVANT STEPH.]

Never better would technically be a lie. How about "I've been better?"

[fotia]

[let's pretend he looks a bit nervous here

because i don't have a nervous icon go me]

You... uh... sure you want to do this?

[sophos]

[Y SO NERVOUS LEO.]

[She frowns, less at him and more in determination towards herself.]

Yes. Absolutely sure. I need to see what happens with my own eyes.

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[tangentdarko]

[Have Donnie frowning and not looking at the screen.]

I saw my future once before I came here and it wasn't.. I couldn't do anything to avoid it and it's not worth knowing because if it's going to happen anyway, knowing about it only makes it worse.

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[sophos]

I know I can't avoid it. And I already know what's coming. But I haven't seen it for myself, and I need to.

[zerotoawesome]

There is so much wrong with fortune tellers, I don't even know where to begin.

[sophos]

That's a pretty blanket statement. But the "give me fifty dollars and I'll tell you when you get married" kind are pretty full of crap.

[notdreaming]

Kon-el said something about them. I'm still curious though. Have you found out anything definite?

[sophos]

About the Emperor? No, nothing so far.

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[squint]

Don't worry about the future.
Get some sleep.

--Mr Charles

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[sophos]

[She is full of absolutely ZERO PATIENCE for texting right now, so don't mind as she frowns at the screen, reading it over several times before responding.]

Too late, I already know it. Do you do anything besides text?

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[iron_ego]

She offers the Academy special, if you don't trust what your buddies told you about back home.

[Tony's leaning out on a limb here because she didn't say it, but there's a 'need' in her statement and that puts a bit of urgency to it. Kind of like she needs to know yesterday and why else do that but to get up to speed? He knows. He did it.]

But it's not cheap. I'd go with fortune tellers if you're on a budget, but then you've got to wonder just how accurate they are. [A pause, his head tilting to a thoughtful cant.] Will I really step on the tail of a black cat climbing a ladder or are they trying to fill the hour?

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[sophos]

So you've done it. [It's not quite a question, because that's the implication she's gotten.]

I do trust them. But that's why I still need to see it. They can't tell me things they weren't there for. It's more than just idle fortune teller musings.

How expensive is "not cheap?"