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[thoughts]

yes. he was

[ there's a long, meaningful pause as she tries to find the right word. ]

helpful

[ ??? ]

[righteously]

I mean, you were probably hot, so I wouldn't rule it out.

[divinityfrompain]

Nah I was queen of the nerds. Academic excellence all the way to Columbia and then Yale.

Obviously also very privileged to be able to do that, but I had grand dreams to be a lawyer and help people.

[divinityfrompain]

What did he say to you?

[thoughts]

he said we were special. that we had something the humans didn't and we were rewarded for it.

"we are you and you are us." do you think he was summoned too? is that what makes us special?

[righteously]

You still helped people. Just so you know.
After everything.
Sure, there might've been a few close calls, but... I think all in all, you helped people more than you hurt them. That matters.
It matters a lot.

[divinityfrompain]

I wouldn't have, if I didn't have people like you keeping me sane.
I definitely learned a few things from that about how NOT to be.
Did you learn anything from it?

[divinityfrompain]

There's a Summoned library in the Horizon, and I read in there that there were Summonings thousands of years ago, and that it was speculated that the Cardinal Gods ("New Gods") were them. And Umbvagher is a Cardinal.

I think that's what he was trying to tell us. That all this happened before.

[righteously]

A few things, I think.
I learned how I don't want some things to go.
I learned how much some people matter.
and I learned that I definitely do not plan on signing up to be a god. That's never been me.

[divinityfrompain]

Sometimes you don't have a choice.
I learned that the hard way.
But I wouldn't wish it on other people.

[thoughts]

but

if that's true, and the summoned can become gods, why was the singularity jealous? we stayed. the tethers turned into concrete and i

[ ended up drowning. it consumed her whole. they became a part of the fabric of abraxas and she forgot her ties to her home world completely. ]

i stayed with it. so why was it upset? is it happy now?

[divinityfrompain]

You mean when it was mad about Fred? (Himeka and I have been calling that god Fred for fun.) Maybe it didn't like our attention split between it and someone else. I don't have the answers. Have you seen it? It seemed content enough the last time I visited.

[thoughts]

who is fred?

[ we'll come back to the issue of visiting the singularity in just a mo', her mind is stuck on this first. ]

[divinityfrompain]

We've been calling Umbvagher Fred as a nickname. Himeka's kind of whimsical like that.

[thoughts]

[ oh ]

i think we were friends. or family? i've only spoken to her once but we've shared a thousand meals with

[ their brothers that are not actually their brothers. awkward! ]

fred is easier to pronounce anyway

[divinityfrompain]

Himeka's one of the nicest people out there, she'd probably be happy to keep being family if it's something you wanted.

It is! And frankly from his vibe, he'd probably find it funny.

[thoughts]

maybe

[ to both things about himeka and umbvagher. ]

i haven't talk to them. or the singularity. i haven't seen it outside of the dream.

[divinityfrompain]

You should go in person. It's not as scary as it may seem. I go and visit whenever I'm in the Horizon.

[thoughts]

will you go with me? i don't know if it will remember and i want to make a good first impression

[divinityfrompain]

Absolutely, of course I will. It already knows me, we can do a proper introduction.

eep, sorry for losing this but we can wrap here! 💝

[thoughts]

okay. thank you, julia

backdated to september 9-ish because he would have been on time, ok

[familysucks]

[Either leaving or returning home, Julia will find a potted plant has been left by her door sometime in the early morning hours: a light pink dahlia, several of the flowers on it currently in bloom. A card has been tucked between the stems.

The card is simple, a plain rectangle of sturdy paper with a print of an apple blossom on one side and a few words in Michael's plain, neat script on the other:]

Julia,

Happy birthday.

Michael

[divinityfrompain]

[ She leaves him a note at the inn! ]

Thank you. ❤️❤️❤️

[ Yes those hearts are drawn. ]

Nov 2nd | Delivery

[floeing]

[Julia may not sleep, but hopefully she'll return to her room soon, because her window has been frosted. Flowers and butterflies matching her own have been drawn on it. On the windowsill, there's a wood butterfly decoration, and a little note that says with quite ugly handwriting-]

Thank you ❄️

delivery 🎁

[sophos]

[ at some point over the wintertide & solstice season, likely during their stay in the nether, julia will find a package delivered to her hut after annabeth staked out which one was hers, containing a handmade knitted gift for the celebrations. ]

wrapped neatly and tied with a bow, please find inside a purple hat accessorized with a small flower. there's only a short note that simply reads:

Happy Holidays
♥ Annabeth