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[So after this quickly escalated on the 16th of February, Nico has decided that he's in a better frame of mind, and heart, to at least apologize to the camp. He is not going to apologize to Percy, and honestly still doesn't want to see him. The son of Hades is currently in the forest, looking a little uncomfortable.]

Ah...so, about last Sunday...I'm pretty sure that you guys may have noticed a small earthquake happened.

[Why does apologizing have to be so hard?]

That was my and Percy's fault. We had a little...disagreement.

["Disagreement" he says. His eyes betray that he means "heated argument."]

For those who don't know or might not realize this, this kind of thing happens when two children of the Big Three have strong disagreements between each other. You get a natural disaster, and luckily this one was small enough to not cause any damage that I'm aware of. Before you guys even think about it, don't try to get all three sets of children into an argument.

[Nico sighs.]

Anyway...since half of it was my fault, I wanted to...apologize for the incident. And for any fear or damage caused by it.

[He can't promise that it won't happen again, since that's an impossible promise to keep, but...well.]

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There's probably a reason for that, you know.

[He sighs somewhat dramatically.]

I suppose so. I liked Osiris, too, but Anubis looked cooler. Might have been because I really liked Cerberus.

Yeah, Dad's blue skin can be a little disturbing, though would you believe I've never seen Anbuis with the jackal head?

Really? [He looks interested.] I wonder if that's intentional on his part...or if you might have true sight. What does he look like without the jackal?

Well, I can do something similar but the thing is--the jackal head's apparently his true form! I've only seen him as an incredibly good looking teenager, though.

I know gods in our pantheon can appear as whatever they choose, and I assume the same thing is true in yours. I wonder why it's always been like that.

Carter thinks he wanted to impress me or something.

[He looks amused.]

Obviously it worked better than he expected. [Nico tilts his head.] You know, I've talked to you about Anubis a lot, but I don't know much about Walt. What's he like? Other than "perfectly amazing."

...honestly, at this point? I'm not sure which is him and which is Anubis. They're both quiet and stubborn and determined and also stupid because boys but...Walt's more of a sweetheart, I suppose. He gave me this.

[She taps one of her charms]

It lets one of us travel to the other almost instantly if we need to.

[He nods. Nico has guessed that being an Eye is also something like the magician's personality being near similar to that of the god's.]

That's clever! Does using it take a toll on your energy?

Not really. That's what charms are for--they hold energy until we need the spell. Walt used a ton of them before joining with Anubis since his line's cursed.

Cursed?

[Nico is trying hard to keep himself composed. Oh, boy, more curses. Maybe he'll direct Hazel over to Sadie for it....]

Yeah.

[Sadie frowns. She doesn't like talking about it, but...]

He's related to King Tut and that whole line's cursed. The more magic they use, the sooner they die. Walt used charms and things to delay it but it was only Anubis that was able to keep him alive. There might be a way to remove the curse, but no one knows for sure. Not even Osiris or Ra.

[Nico is quiet as he thinks about it.]

I'm going to guess that they haven't tried something Greek or Norse. Possibly because they didn't think those options existed. Maybe...when things settle down a little, we can do some research to see if anything might help.

[He shrugs.]

Heck, we can always see if the Golden Fleece makes a difference.

[Sadie grins]

That'd be great, Nico. Thanks.

[He smiles back. Nico almost wants to say, "What are friends for?" But he stops himself before getting a single syllable out.]

No problem. I'll even check and see if the Underworld has any leads.