( i.m. ) ♬ january 1

[fairplay]

( When the Iris Message begins, a fairly unspectacular-looking fellow fades into view, but not without a deep, deep sigh first. He may be a familiar face to some, having attended camp a few years prior, though it’s been over a year since he’s been in the States. He looks, for a moment, to be searching for the right words, and when they finally come, they’re accompanied by an Irish accent: )

Hey there. Some of ya may remember me – maybe not, actually, it’s been quite a while – but anyways, I just figured I’d let everyone know that I’m back. Some stuff happened, had to go back to Dublin, but things’ve gotten better, I s’pose.

To everyone else? I’m K-- ( -- and he stops abruptly. )

No one important, really.

Comments

[fairplay]

( Oh, he's missed her blunt honesty; it brings a grin to his face. )

Sorry, Dany. I think I got a bit o' cold feet once I started talking.

You been well?

[pyrkagia]

You can do better.

[His grin matches her own, and she pushes some wavy blonde hair out of her face.]

As well as one can with the madness that has happened here.

[And she knows all about madness. It's kind of a Targaryen Family Trait. One she worries she'll inherit.

But anyway.]

I trust someone's filled you in?

[fairplay]

Madness, eh? ( He raises an amused eyebrow. )

From what I've heard, just a bit of drama, though I haven't quite heard any specifics. Not sure what I should be imagining, either, considerin' I'm not exactly familiar with anyone else from the other pantheons.

[pyrkagia]

It's the best word for it that I can think of.

[She laughs a little bit.]

Well, I'm certain you know of the Battle of Manhattan...but that's ancient history by now. It seems...it seems like the children of other pantheons had their own ordeals to face at the same time, and now we're all here and expected to get along.

It's proven less than successful at times.

[fairplay]

Yeah, it was frustrating to watch on the telly with me da -- reporters kept goin' on about the terrible weather conditions in Manhattan and I knew it was something more. Had a feeling the stuff happening on the west coast was much of the same, though I'd have never guessed that Romans were involved.

Gods, it's strange to think that all of these other pantheons have been here the whole time, right under our noses. Stranger that they're all here now. Though I s'pose it's not so strange that things aren't exactly a hundred percent peaceful all the time because of that, either.

[pyrkagia]

To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't have, either. I expected all the fighting to be on this side of the country, though. I mean...Olympus is in the Empire State Building, after all.

[She gives him a little nod, a finger to her chin.]

I like it. I just wish there wasn't so much in-fighting.

[fairplay]

Well, t' be fair, even siblings fight every now and again, especially over petty things. Maybe all the in-fighting is really just a bonding experience or somethin' like that. ( Hah. So optimistic! )

[pyrkagia]

If this is what bonding is like, I can only imagine what it'd be like to drive us apart.

[The last time it happened, there was a civil war between demigods, so.]