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[Well, hello there, Camp Halfblood, have a bored looking young man, crossing his arms, and staring out at you with an expression of boredom and arrogance at the same time. Surveying his kingdom, as it were. At least, until he huffs a little, and something of that drops into merely a sulk.]

It occurs to me, Gods favor and patronize whom they will, of course, but back in the real world, that I’ve left behind, there are places where we leave the children no one wanted so the rest of the population can get along with, and go about their daily lives without getting their wrists stepped on each morning, or god forbid, being forced into pretending that we’re all some sort of…happy family

[There would be airquotes around that, if Thomas wasn’t more polished, and as it is, they certainly can be FELT from the way he drawls it out like that. The disdain is more than palpable, even if it IS a tad bit overblown and ventures toward melodramatic.]

As I’ve so lately been informed, this may not be the real world anymore, but wouldn’t it be nice, just think of it, if there were somewhere we could stash the lot of you who Mummy or Daddy hadn't felt the need to bother with just yet until such time as you might become interesting?

And Gods forbid not getting walked all over, but can anybody get a decent cigarette round here at least?

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Well, had to take my chances with that anyway.

[Yeah, Thomas's level of damage is...well, he get the goods, but he's usually a lot more subtle about it, so...throwing up false warnings, maybe? He's not entirely sure what's going on here himself.]

Same. Potentially, at least.

"Potentially"?

Potentially.
[Have a little shrug that's bordering on apologetic.]
I tend to reserve my judgement for the first few weeks of knowing someone.

What, you don't trust me completely after just a few minutes of conversation? I must be losing my touch.

[his smirk keeps it sounding like a joke, but this one's actually at least half true. whoops.]

Someone's got to come along and keep you on your toes, I guess?

[He might actually like this one. At least a little.]

[good to know he isn't really losing his touch, then.]

Easier said than done. I'm a child of Hypnos -- I'm sure most people would say it's difficult enough to keep me awake, let alone on my toes.

[Okay, Thomas can't help but grin at that bit.]

And what, you can't just zap them with narcoleptic fits or something?

I suppose I could, but that hardly seems fair...

[and he would never do anything like that, no matter what gabriel says.]

There's fair and then then there's success.

It may be worth considering.

I'll keep that in mind should I ever be in a situation dire enough to warrant it.

[or, y'know, if it'd be really funny and he could get away with it.]

[Thomas would totally support that second option there.]

Yeah, I'd recommend you do. Can't be too careful, right?

I'd have a sarcastic answer for that, if not for the fact that my life suddenly involves far more people with weapons and magic powers than it used to. So yes, I suppose it really can't hurt.

I...actually feel you on that one. It's not been a month I've even known this, soo....

I've only been here since the end of August, myself. And in that time, there's been a mass kidnapping, a plague of ghosts, and "games" far more violent than any ordinary summer camp could ever get away with.

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So this might be fun after all.
[That's slightly sarcastic, definitely but hey. For Thomas that means things are looking up a little. He thrives on chaos and scrambling to the top as a result of it, he really does.]

We'll see if you're still saying that in another month.

[race you there.]

One more month, I"ll be scheming even harder to get out of here. Like this is someplace one escapes from, somehow. Tunnel out under the stables with a spoon or something. Definitely not the toilets though.

[You're on!]

You might be better off with the toilets, actually. Have you ever seen what comes out of a horse?

They don't shit magical glitter and rainbows? I am crushed.

Is that what you wanted? Try tunneling out under the Art & Crafts cabin, then.

Close as I can get to unicorn shite you know. Good enough to start a collection, right?

That'd do it, sure... it's so straightforward though.

Must everything be overly complicated? An appreciation for simplicity is a sign of maturity, you know.

I start to suspect that in my family, maturity is somewhat overrated. What's an investment plan and secure future when you can shoplift and screw other people over?

[Have a sardonic smirk.]

Mortal family, or this lovely new camp-wide one you've just discovered?

[almost camp-wide, anyway. most demigods are technically cousins or something, if with a few levels of removal. but hypnos is one of those odd ones with no actual relation to any of the other camp gods, so technically saralegui is exempt for this whole familial clusterfuck.]

Ah, the one here, actually. This may be why my interpretation's slightly off, but then again...

[And he's breaking off, looking horrified.]

I am related to practically the entire camp here, aren't I? Shit. I almost liked random strangers better as the approach of choice.

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