#neeks: 17

[dr-flipflops]

(NOTE: We never got around to it- so here's Nico's 17th Birthday :D)

*It had been a couple days since their lake date: https://www.tumblr.com/dr-flipflops/762404871405223936/on-a-date-with-the-love-of-my-life-hope-he-likes?source=share And while Nico's birthday was fast approaching. Will did his best*

*He just had to hope it was enough, and that his boyfriend liked it*

*Will had spent the night at Nico's cabin, so sneaking in had been easy (he was there already), it was trying to crawl out without waking up MrGrumpTM that had Will sweating bullets*

*The blanket shifted and Nico made an annoyed sort-of grunt, burying himself further in Will's arm, of course he did. Will squeezed his eyes shut- willing every muscle to be still* *Will was in a war-zone, and the gods were laughing*

*Trapped in a convoluted version of the tango, Will was so utterly fucked. Half his body hung out, tense, it was a sacrifice. Cold air brushed him mercilessly as his senses fought whether or not Will freezing his ass off was worth it for not waking Nico up. (it was). One arm was being held in an iron grip, shackled with Nico's sleeping face resting on it, shoulders trapped by the fear of awakening the Son of Hades. Was 17years of good deeds enough to release him from his predicament? He loved Nico, and Nico using him as a personal pillow/space heater was his favourite thing ever...*

*But by the Gods did it stop him from wishing and praying to every God ever that Nico would roll over- just like- A LITTLE BIT- PLEASE? Fuck no.* *Will steeled his heart. Now or never. He took a deep breath, his pure and fair Montague heart surging him on, there was a breakfast at stake. His darling Juliette needed him.* *Will took the chance and shifted his arm a little bit and Nico grumbled, scowling in sleep* *....*

*Will was a weak, weak man...*

@nico-sees-dead-people

[dolly4stxr]

the beanie situation.

Okay first of all I was defending one of my best friends I needed no further explanation all I knew was that someone was being a bit of a bitch to him and beanie said that deimos started it. No he didn't beanie did.

beanie sent this ask. And deimos simply answered it and deimos wasn't being mean at all it was beanie that was being mean.

Second of all the "groomer situation"

Your fucking disgusting man you're not "technically dating him" "I don't count online relationship genuine relationships" well for one guys if you like this mf he won't think it's genuine anyways you saying you're "technically dating him" you're fucking weird man so weird. You're 17 man and he's 12 or maybe 15 I don't believe all that my little brother stole my phones shit and changed it. and neeks is dating someone irl if. I was that person I would leave his ass in a heartbeat ain't no way I'm letting my partner flirt wit another person sexually.

And saying that you'd slowly fuck off wit the sexual jokes and shit and all that stuff. Nah you should quit it immediately not slowly. Js bc you're not grooming him into doing anything he's a child you're almost an adult. You should be blocking him once you found out his age but that's me man you're still fucking weird with sexually talking to a child while you're almost a adult. You're 17 beanie grow the fuck up and stop talking to children.

and you saying you're planning to leave, you should've left a long time ago buddy. A long time ago. As soon as he put the age range 12-16 on his blog.

and beanie. Saying yall have a "mutal obsession" is fucking weird, why the fuck are you having a mutal obsession with a fucking MINOR WHOSE SO MUCH YOUNGER THEN YOU??????????

I'm done with this whole drama it's honestly so fucking funny to me man.

Anyways thank yall for listening to me rant <3

[hadeslegacyhephgirl]

It was 6 in the morning when Nico received the phone call from Lou Ellen.  

"Whaaaat" 

"It's Will, Nico. He's in a coma" 

The words crashed into him like a tsunami. Fear and worry made a home in his chest 

"Where are you?"  "Hospital"  "… what?"  "Ambulance go there before I could call anyone. And our chariot crashed bad, it's basically disintegrated" 

"I'm going to wake Jason and Kayla and meet you there"  "Can you get Annabeth and Cecil, too?"  "Why?"  "Annabeth 'cause I'm gonna need brains here. Cecil because- just- because"  "Fine. Where?"  "Carra Hospital, Room 304, I'll send you a picture"  "I'll be there in 10"  He hung up  

Waking everyone up was… mixed.  

All Jason and Kayla had to hear was 'Will' and they got up immediately. 

Cecil only came when he heard Lou was there. 

Annabeth insisted they take along Piper and Percy. 

So it was a party of seven that turned up in room 304. 

Cecil wrapped Lou in a hug from behind as Lou talked to Annabeth, who was holding Percy's hand. Kayla and Piper went to see if they could charmspeak a nurse to bring another IV for the nectar Kayla had brought, and Jason went along just in case there were monsters. 

Leaving Nico standing by Wills bed, staring at his wounds. 

He counted each and every nick and scratch on Will's face and arms (37) and took in the propped up, bandaged leg. 

Suddenly he couldn’t bear to be so far away from Will.   He climbed into the bed and tucked himself between Will's side and arm, nesting his head on Wills chest, closed his eyes and let the tears come 

~*~ (Will) 

It was dark 

He felt around 

There was a fuzzy silence  

He couldn't remember anything 

Except that he was a boy 

Chink 

He looked up. Something, a piece of light hung in the air. He touched it. 

"Boy"  "7 boys, two girls"  "Hey, boy-o" 

Oh. 

These were memories. 

So he had to piece himself back together. 

He could do that. 

He will do that. 

Chink 

Another shard of light, right next to the first. 

"Will"  "Hi, Will"  "Will?"  "William!" 

His name was Will 

There was solace in knowing his own name 

Chink 

This time, only one voice rang out 

"Solace"  The voice sounded annoyed, slightly raspy with a slight Italian accent.  

This time it was accompanied by a picture. 

Two dark brown eyes, so big and beautiful, yet so dark and knowing they looked like they were staring into your soul. 

The image hung in the air, away from the other chinks of light. Like the beginning of a picture. One he would figure out. 

~*~ (Nico)     

"Should we wake him up?"  "Nah, leave him. You know he can't live without his Will"  "What if he never wakes up, though?"  "He will. He has to. Besides, Nico wouldn't let him die"  "But-"  "No buts. We'll contact Hades, Hypnos, Apollo, anyone that can help. We're not losing him" 

Nico drifted in and out of sleep, not wanting to confront the waking world, but scared of the nightmares that threatened to take him. 

Finally he opened his eyes to find Jason sitting in the visitor chair. 

"Hey, Neeks."  "What time is it?"  "A little past-"  He checked his watch 

"- one in the afternoon. Listen, we're gonna get Will outta here."  "how?"  "Piper'll be here in a few minutes with the van, Kayla and Annabeth. She's gonna charmspeak him out." 

Nico looked down at Will and grabbed his hand.  "We're getting you out of here, Will. So don’t you dare go dying on me."    ~*~ 

My name is Will Solace  I am 17 years old  I am one of Apollo's children  My home is Camp Half-Blood  I'm a doctor, medic, head councilor 

I have siblings, family, friends.  And I will get out of here. 

~*~ 

"Careful!"  "We are being careful!"  "… sorry" 

They loaded Will into the back of the van 

Piper had, quite literally, worked like a charm. Within ten minutes they had Will on a transportable gurney and out the hospital. 

It was a silent drive back to camp 

~*~    He'd done it. 

The door was nearly complete. A door of light, of memory. The chinks of light had formed the rectangular shape as he'd gathered more and more information. 

All that was missing was a doornob. 

The picture was done too. 

A picture of a boy with raven black hair framing milky white skin and big brown, almost black eyes. Dressed in a leather jacket with ripped black jeans and a black shirt that read Camp Half-Blood 

But it felt wrong. 

Like there was something missing. 

The boy's name. 

He began looking though the memories of the door, each piece a word with memories attached to it. 

Then he remembered. 

There was one that only had one memory attached 

Maybe it was longer? 

Hesitantly he touched it. 

"Solace" 

Silence. He waited  "Fine." The Italians voice again. 

"There we go. See, it wasn't so hard, was it?" His own voice now.  "But just three days, you hear me?"  "Sure, unless I need to keep you longer"  "Solace, I swear-"  "C'mon, Neeks."  "Do not call me that"  "Alright Death Breath-"  "Or that"  "Zombie Lord?"  "Absolutely not. It's Nico, full stop"  "Alright, Sunshine"  "… that's okay too, I guess" 

Ding 

The picture of the boy - Nico - suddenly seemed vibrant, alive. 

And the door had a doornob. 

Hesitantly he reached for it. 

Back home. 

Back to Nico 

If there was any chance the son of Hades could love him back. 

~*~ 

It had been a week since Will had gone under the coma. 

Five days since he'd been moved to the infirmary 

Jason had given up on trying to get Nico to leave Wills bedside, except to shower every so often. 

So it was just Will and Nico and silence. 

Silence that was broken with a raspy voice coming from the bed 

"Nico?" 

Nico looked up into Wills brilliant blue eyes that were open and he was awake. 

A sob wrenched from his throat and he flung himself into Wills arms. 

"Hey, Sunshine. How long has it been?" 

Nico sniffed and buried his head into Wills shoulder. 

"A week"  "oh."  Nico sniffed again and looked up into very much open celeste blue eyes  "But your back now, right?"  "Yeah, Sunshine. I'm right here. And I always will be." 

~*~ 

[average-yaoi-enjoyer]

hey I’m making a small discord server for queer ppl under 17, who wanna join?

@neeks-commits-faggotry @c0nstantlyscreaming @chernobylcatfish09

idk how old yall are but I’m assuming u ain’t adults lmao(yes the moots are indeed top priority shush)

[broken-egg-yolk-blog]

“It’s simply the best part of the year, neeks, you’ll see”

The sunny faced boy lay next to him, propped up on his elbows, eyelids half shut and face turned to the warm afternoon sky. Will Solace seemed to glow in the sunlight, not that Nico was noticing it. Will was currently sharing how ‘magical’ camp was the first week after the summer session ended, Nico wasn’t so sure. Then again he had never stuck around long enough to see. That would be changing this year.

“Maybe,” Nico replied, mindlessly running his fingers through the grass by his feet.

“The first day or two are always strange, but once the initial shock of how empty camp is settles in, that week is the best,” Will continued, a soft smile settling onto his face, “the change from summer activities into year round activities always takes a little, so we basically get a week off to do whatever we want”

Nico contemplated, not entirely sure on how different that was from the state of camp currently, “and you don’t get bored?”

“Gods no. At least, I don’t. It’s like, the first time I get an actual break from the infirmary”

Nico hummed a response, that did seem nice, Will had a tendency to overwork himself so a break was more than deserved.

“Plus it’ll be extra good this year.”

“Why?”

Will slid his eyes open, looking sideways at the boy beside him, “because you’re staying, idiot.”

Despite himself, Nico found the familiar feeling of his cheeks warming with a flush. Will cracked a grin upon seeing his reaction, causing Nico to valiantly roll his eyes and bury his face into his knees.

Nico found it odd how the son of apollo still sought out his company. Don’t get him wrong, he was forever grateful for his company, more so than he would like to admit actually, but at times it felt strange to him. At first he was convinced it was because Solace felt it was his medical duty to make sure that he didn’t fade away into the shadows completely. His mandatory stay in the infirmary was easy proof for that. However it had been 17 days since he was released, not that Nico was counting, and he still found Will Solace jogging over to him during his occasional down time. The two of them had spent a good portion of the days together in the recent weeks.

After the battle, the infirmary had been overflowing, Nico had seen it first hand. Injured demigods, hunters, and allies alike were fit into beds, chairs, corners or tables wherever they could be. Will, as bold and unmovable as he was, refused to turn away anyone seeking medical attention. Not after what they’d been through. While he slept for the majority of the first two days, and was practically force fed during his every waking moment between, the last day of his stay Nico found himself sitting in his bed, prepping bandages and sorting whichever supplies Will had tossed his way. It could’ve been the fact that it give him something to do with his hands or kept him busy, or the fact that Will had thanked him so profusely, meeting his eyes without any fear and giving him a genuine look of soft kindness, but Nico found himself back in the infirmary after a day or two of being freed. This time however he was simply volunteering.

“Earth to Nico,”

“What?” Nico turned to Will again, seeing him with that same smug smile and hint of amusement in his eyes that made his stomach flip. He held back another eye roll.

“I was asking if you had any plans for the rest of today, but it seems you were too busy sniffing your jeans and hiding from my beloved affection to hear me,”

Nico pointedly ignored his remark and instead bit his lip, calculating a response before letting himself speak.

“Not really, I already sparred with Jason this morning and that was about all that was on my to-do list I guess.”

“Perfect,” Will laid back fully, stretching his arms overhead, causing his shirt to ride up and expose part of his lower stomach. Not that Nico was looking. “After lunch you can come help me in the infirmary, it’s mostly empty of people now but I like to restock at the end of each summer.”

Nico suppressed a small smile, an invitation to help do a chore was not anything to get all excited over. He had a reputation to uphold, obviously. One that did not include getting excited to help his overly bold friend organize gauze pads.

“If you absolutely insist that I must.” He flourished his statement with a small dramatic sigh.

“I absolutely do.” Will sat up again, shaking the grass from his hair, “Now, stop blushing and help me up, death boy”

“I was not blushing.” Nico mumbled, pushing himself to his feet.

“Mhmm.” Will dragged out as Nico pulled him up by the wrist, despite the fact that Will was significantly more substantial than him.

“You’re so full of yourself.”

“Am not, I just have a naturally appealing personality that makes everyone constantly swoon,”

Nico rolled his eyes once again, tactically turning away from the blonde, “Point and case, Solace.”

“You’ll see one day, Nico, you will see and you will beg for my forgiveness,”

Nico scoffed a response as he strode away. He was trying everything in his power, his extremely large demigodly amount of power, to not see. It was the last he needed right now, yet he knew it was too late.

“Go eat. I’ll see you in the infirmary in an hour. Doctor’s orders.” Will tacked on the last part, his voice clearly displaying the smirk on his face.

“Screw you, Solace.”

“I bet you would love to.”

Nico’s face burnt red. Will Solace would be the absolute death of him. How ironic, considering he was supposed to be a healer.

part two

[paladin--strait]

Could you do timo with 17? :)

meeting his team

-

when i step out of timo's freshly cleaned and shiny car, i smooth down my dress, looking down at my new shoes to make sure they're clean. i let out a huff of nervous air, looking up at timo, who opened my door for me.

he's always been such a gentleman. before we even became girlfriend and boyfriend, he was always opened doors for me and pulling out my chair for me to sit in. the day after he met my family, they wouldn't stop calling me to tell me how much they loved him and about how much of a sweet, kind, and caring, gentleman he was towards them.

for years i hid my true laugh because of how much i was picked on for it. it's loud and ugly, but the more i laugh, the more i wheeze. people cracked jokes about it so much to the point where i would go home and cry, mentally cursing my loud family who raised me to be this way.

but with timo, he has a sense of humor like no other. he assured me that my true laugh is beautiful, and that he would never be mad at me for being my true self. whenever i'm around timo, i can feel the kindness and the reassurance radiating off of him.

i'm pulled out of my thoughts by a hand on my shoulder, looking up to see timo looking down at me with a concerned look on his face. "honey, are you alright?" he steps in front of me, "you look worried, like something's on your mind?"

i smile up at him, "i'm okay, just thinking." i say, pulling his hand away from my shoulder and clasping it into mine.

"thinking about what?" his eyebrow raises while he laces our fingers together.

"you." i say blushing, then looking down at the ground.

his fingers grab my chin, pulling it up so i have to look at him in the eyes. "me? how so?" he asks, his fingers lingering there.

"just thinking about how much you light up a room when you walk into it and about how much you love and care for the people around you." i say, smiling while i look into his eyes.

timo just chuckles and shakes his head, smiling. "you're always thinking about something, my love." i giggle at his words as we walk closer and closer to the porch of nico's house. i've met nico before. but, he's the only teammate of timo's that i've met.

nico is similar to timo in a lot of ways. they way they both can just smile and the world will smile with them. they radiate a loving heat and a sense of security towards the people around them and even the people who are watching them on a tv screen.

as we trudge up the steps, nico swings the door open, "you're here!!" he yells with a grin on his face. "we've been waiting on you two!" nico walks to timo first, dapping each other up then coming in for a hug. nico then looks at me with a smile, slowly coming in for a tight hug.

"hey neeks!" i say, smiling. "sorry we're late."

"it's all good!" he says, pulling away from the hug and patting me on the shoulder. "come on in, the guys are excited to meet you!" he motions us inside the house, shutting the down behind us.

a few of the guys come up to timo to say hello, and i recognize most of them immediately. i've seen them play and hang out with timo, so i know who most of them are but i've never met them before.

a tall blonde man walks up me, "hey! it's nice to finally meet you." he extends a hand for me to shake, "i'm jesper."

i smile and nod, "i know who you are." i say with a laugh, "i know who most of you are, i've just never met you guys before."

"ah, i see. well, let's introduce you to some people, yeah?" jesper nods with a smile, "come on." i look at timo and he smiles, giving me a nod to signal that he's okay with me walking off to meet the other players with jesper.

i follow him around the living room, the kitchen, and the outside deck to meet most of the players and their wives or girlfriends. they're all very kind and i find myself taking a special liking to curtis and his wife, reanne. it seems like they are kind of like parent figures to the younger guys.

once we all settle down for dinner, the table is full with loud laughter and chatter until nico stands, catching the attention of everyone. "can i have everyone's attention? thank you." i giggle at his words when they immediately cause everyone to be quiet. "today we are welcoming a new member to the devils family. everyone, please welcome y/n."

i smile with a red face at his words. i can feel all eyes on me while he speaks. but the eyes aren't judging eyes, they're kind and welcoming. reanne smiles at me, raising her glass towards me. i see her wink playfully which makes my smile widen.

after everyone settled down, we all ate while we engaged in quiet conversation. while speaking to luke hughes, i feel a hand on my right thigh. i look down at my thigh, then up at timo, who's giving me a mix between a smile and a smirk. i smile wide and choke back a laugh. i shake my head, earning a laugh from timo.

after dinner, we settle on the deck outside. some of us are sitting around a fire while some are sitting on the dock, legs hanging over the dark, wet, wood and feet dangling into the cold water. we all just sat around and talked about the upcoming season, along with other things too.

-

after a while of conversation with everyone, timo and i are walking out to the car. he opens my door, then shuts it for me after i get in. once he gets in and starts the car, the air conditioning blows cold, immediately making my eyes water. i think back to right before we made it to nico's house, my palms sweaty and my mind racing with nerves. i kicked on the air conditioning, not bothering to turn it down before i got out.

i reach over and turn it to the red side, instantly heating up the car. i wrap my arms around my chest, attempting to keep warm. after only a few seconds of shivering in my seat, i feel a cloth lay over my lap. looking down, i notice that it's timo's jersey. my face lights up in happiness and i immediately put it on, relishing in the warmth of the jersey that smells like timo.

i look over at timo, who is keeping his eyes on the road, but still looking over at me every now and then. i smile at him, to which he returns with a laugh. his hand comes to rest on my upper thigh, the same place it always is when we get in the car. "did you have a good time tonight?" he asks, using his free hand to turn the wheel in the direction we need to turn.

"i did. i'm glad they were all so nice and welcoming. especially curtis and his wife, reanne." i say, looking out the window to try and figure out how far away we are just by my surroundings.

"i noticed that you really took a liking to them." he says, pulling into the apartment complex and up to our parking spot. "curtis is a good guy, and his wife is very sweet. they're good people to hang around and be friends with."

"from what i could tell, i felt that way about everyone. i think could be good friends with a lot of them." i say, unbuckling my seatbelt and sitting the car to continue our conversation. "i hope i can, at least."

"well, i'm glad you like them." timo says, also unbuckling his seatbelt. "when i walked inside to get a drink, the guys were telling me about how lucky of i guy i am to have a woman like you." timo gets out of the car, opening my door and holding out a hand to help me out.

i take his hand and hop out, wrapping my arms around his waist almost immediately. i smile into his chest and pat his back softly. "and i'm lucky to have you. i could never ask for a better boyfriend and i've never been so happy in my whole life."

i feel timo's arms wrap around me, pulling me closer to him. i can practically hear his smile when he starts talking to me, "i love you and i agree, i could never be happier than i am right now. thank you, for always being there for me."

i smile and kiss his cheek, pulling away from our long and meaningful hug and grabbing his hand to hold. i lead him back to the apartment, smiling and laughing along the way. our night lasts longer than expected, but it was one of the best nights of our lives.

[not-annabeth]

Hey guys I'm Annabeth Chase!!

☆ she/her ☆ 17 ☆ cabin 6 ☆ aspiring architect ☆

☆ My friends ☆

@seewead-brian seaweed brain sunshineeee

@proud-tree-hugger Grover my bestie

@theghostsaredancing pip <333

@nico-sees-dead-people neeks

@the-one-who-returned Bianca!!!

@dont-call-me-beantown Magnuss my crazy cousin!!!

@mrmcshizzleandh-miester Valdez and his little brother Harleyyyyy

@thalia-grace1248 pineconeeeee

@swirly-lord Clarisseeee pls dont kill me

@praetorofthebestlegion Reyna!!! The icon

@cresent-solace cresent!

@from-the-owls-nest noa!

In the process of tagging everyone give me a moment

☆ Tags ☆

#annabeth bitches જ⁀➴ random thoughts

#annabeth's bitches જ⁀➴ my friends!!

If you dont like this interpretation of annabeth feel free to leave <3

Main: @stars-and-leather

Also all the pictures are from pinterest so credits to the original creators

[joellalovestoread]

IT’S HAZEL LEVESQUE’S BIRTHDAY! On December 17, 1928, Hazel was born…

so she is TECHNICALLY 96…

but she was brought back to life 70 years later! (Thank you neeks!)

So if you just forget that fact-she’s 26! HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAZEL!!!!! 💜💜💜

[alpineshift]

Hello! My end of week plans have been ruined by non-stop rain & localised flooding 😭 (everyone is safe, the dog is mad I won’t let him out to splash in the newly formed lake in our yard) if you are still doing the prompts, please could I request number 17 - dewy meadow perfect for a picnic, but much like here, it’s pouring with rain & we have some very wet, bedraggled, throughly unhappy hockeys?

Thanks for all the stories so far!

oh no I'm sorry to hear about your plans 😢 I hope the rain lets up! I'm glad you're all safe!

#17 is yours ❤️

[17] a dewy meadow perfect for a picnic (except it's not anymore)

"Well. I don't think we can do a picnic anymore."

It's worse than the weather forecast had predicted. Nico had been particularly agitated by the storm overnight, pacing back and forth until Jack had called him to bed. And now, he's standing under the awning of the porch outside, expression faintly devastated by the ongoing inclement weather.

Jack walked up behind his boyfriend and rubs his back soothingly; Nico had been so excited about this trip, eager to organize their picnic after Jack had looked through the rental property photos and mentioned how beautiful the nearby meadow was. Now, he's looking like someone's just canceled the hockey season again.

"It's okay, babe, I'm sure there's other things we could do--"

Of course, that's when they hear the short bark, a bang as the screen door flies open, and see Rosie shooting off into the rain, paws splashing through the puddles and mud as she makes a break for it.

Jack has never run faster in his life.

Two soaked outfits, a very zoomie'd out dog, and a long, hot shower later, Jack's finally plodding back into the main area of the cottage, drying his damp hair, dressed down comfortably in sweat pants and Nico's long sleeve.

He feels awful; he's the one who didn't latch the door shut properly and they'd returned looking like drowned rats, but Nico hadn't even gotten mad--just sighed fondly at their mischievous dog after they'd washed and dried her, pecked Jack on the lips and let him take a shower in the master suite while he used the downstairs bathroom.

"Neeks?" Jack calls. "Babe? Are you done showering?"

"Yeah--over here, Jack."

He's in the den, and Jack happily heads that way, a suggestion for a movie and popcorn on his lips, only for the words to vanish and his jaw to drop when he enters the sitting area.

Nico's rearranged the entire place, clearing the floor for their picnic blanket, sitting cushions, and all the food, including two bubbling glasses of champagne. The lamps are dimmed and there are fairy lights strung up, glowing warmly. Rosie is sitting dutifully on one of the cushions, her tongue lolling happily as she smiles up at Jack, wearing a very cute red ribbon around her neck.

Nico's at the edge of the picnic blanket, and he's down on one knee with a little velvet box in hand.

Jack drops the towel. "Oh my god," he says faintly.

"Surprise," Nico manages, a grinning shyly up at him. "So, uh, this isn't a picnic in the meadow that you liked, but I figured we could make the most of it. I had a whole speech planned and it was very cliched and you would've called me cheesy, but I think the universe has a different plan for us."

"Oh my god," Jack repeats. "Is this why you were so upset about the rain?"

"Partly," Nico admits. "But honestly--I don't think it matters anymore. Life is kind of crazy and things can go sideways so fast and dogs can just run outside before you can stop them, but if anything, today's just proved that being with you makes it all easier, rain or shine. And I hope that we'll have that with each other forever."

He takes a deep breath and cracks open the lid; the ring inside is so handsome, so elegant, so perfect. "I love you so much, Jack," Nico starts, a faint tremble in his voice. "Will you--"

He doesn't even get to finish. Jack is already tackling him into the cushions, shouting his yes in delight, feeling Nico exhale in relief and hug him back and laugh happily into the curve of his neck. Rosie immediately leaps over them, wriggling excitedly into their arms, and Jack can't think of a better surprise to turn the gloomy grey day around.

"I love you, babe," he whispers back, curling into Nico's warm, adoring hold. "I love you so much too."

[wyllzel]

A Brief Honor Mode Reflection 🎆

Hello!! Now that I've beaten BG3's HM (on Patch 6, Hotfix 19), I am here to share my builds (and a mini retrospective). 🥳👋

My team relied on stealth, a few instances of barrelmancy, and some amoral choices... 😔 But we did not use any illithid powers!

I did not have a main party and instead swapped characters out depending on the situation. I did my best to remember how combat encounters played out, and prepared accordingly! If I was really worried about an encounter, I tried to follow these awesome guide videos from YouTuber neek. 😁

(Possible spoilers ahead!)

Party Builds

The party that I brought to the final battle against the Netherbrain! A lot of white hair, lol.

Unfortunately, I don't remember my party's exact stats and I can't go into an old save to find them (haha) so I'll do my best to remember their key traits/items here.

All of my party members took the Alert Feat at Level 8! I consider this feat key, if not necessary, to winning Honor Mode.

Tav (Asa): 12 Monk, Way of the Open Hand (Drow)

20 STR / 14 DEX / 23 CON / 8 INT / 16 WIS / 10 CHA

Tavern Brawler Feat

Helldusk Armor

Gloves of Soul Catching

Amulet of Greater Health

Haste Helm

Boots of Uninhibited Kushigo

I got Asa to 20 STR by starting her off with 17 STR, using her Level 4 feat to take Tavern Brawler (+1), then pressuring Astarion for Araj Oblodra's potion (+2). (😭)

A Way of the Open Hand Monk is a superb DPR hitter that can also apply handy conditions to bosses, such as Stunned or Prone. It's a popular class with powergamers, and for good reason!! Personally, I really like it because I can pretend to be a wuxia heroine, haha.

Gale: 12 Wizard, Abjuration School

I don't remember his exact stats unfortunately, but I prioritized INT (20), DEX, and CON.

Robe of the Weave

Markoheshkir

Viconia's Walking Fortress

Gloves of Belligerent Skies

Boots of Stormy Clamor

Psychic Spark

Abjuration Wizard can hugely increase your chances at survival with Arcane Ward. My party was basically invincible by the time we reached Level 10, thanks to Gale's Arcane Ward and Shadowheart's Warding Flare!

I had Gale carry the Spellsparkler staff for basically all of Acts 1 and 2. I'm a huge fan, especially when combo-ing it with Magic Missile. 😁

Astarion (Vampire Ascendant): 4 Rogue (Thief) / 6 Ranger (Gloom Stalker) / 2 Fighter

See my build guide for Ascended Astarion! I followed that, but took his last two levels in Fighter rather than sticking with Ranger. Fighter's Action Surge came in handy a few times.

I forewent the Alert Feat on Astarion in favor of an ASI (+2 to DEX). His Initiative was already very high due to Gloom Stalker Ranger's Dread Ambusher.

Alongside my Tav (Asa), Astarion was easily doing the most DPR.

Shadowheart: 12 Cleric, Light Domain

I have a proper build guide in the works 😁 but I highly recommend prioritizing WIS, CON, and DEX if you can!

Amulet of the Devout

Luminous Armor

Luminous Gloves

Boots of Striding

Selûne's Spear of Night

Ketheric's Shield

Callous Glow Ring

Coruscation Ring

This build does highly rely on Radiant Damage, and there are a few enemies who punish you for using Radiant Damage (ie. the Undead Justiciars, Raphael, Viconia) - so be careful about where you're using her and how!

In most cases (especially with Invisible enemies), I had Shadowheart start by dropping a Radiance of the Dawn among clustered enemies. Thanks to her gear, this delivered a mass output of Radiant Damage and Radiating Orbs.

EDIT: Guide completed and posted on March 2, 2024!

Wyll: 12 Warlock, The Fiend, Pact of the Blade

See my build guide for Fiend Bladelock Wyll!

Unfortunately, the gear in the above guide ended up overlapping with other characters :') So instead of being a frontliner in this run, he was largely Eldritch Blasting and acting as the Party Face. As such, I had him in the following:

Potent Robe

Hat of the Sharp Caster

Daredevil Gloves

Envoy's Amulet

Band of the Mystic Scoundrel

Ring of Arcane Synergy

Lae'zel: 12 Paladin, Oath of Vengeance

Lae'zel was sadly kidnapped and killed by Orin. 😞 So her build isn't as complete, but I had her in the following for most of Acts 1 and 2:

Adamantine Splint Armor

Sussur Greatsword ➡️ Soulbreaker Greatsword

Crusher's Ring

Gloves of the Growling Underdog

Like my Tav (Asa) and Astarion, I would bring in Lae'zel when I needed an extra heavy DPR hitter! Paladins are a very powerful class if you don't mind Long Resting often, especially in the early game before you get Extra Attack on martials at Level 5.

Retrospective

To be honest, I'd already beaten the game five times (oops! 🥲) before completing my Honor Run. 😆 So I had a huge leg up just by virtue of remembering which encounters were where, and what was the best way to beat them! IMO, Foreknowledge, Initiative, and Stealth/Surprise are king in Honor Mode.

I also followed some tips that I normally find overly tedious:

Donate gold to traders to get better prices when buying + more gold when selling.

Meticulously collect camp supplies and barrels, especially smokepowder barrels.

Stock up on Invisibility Potions in case you need to Flee a combat.

Stock up on Strength Potions (Hill Giant, Cloud Giant) for your Strength-based builds, so you can prioritize other Ability Scores - particularly in the early game.

Always try to initiate combat with Surprise if you can.

Make good use of Shadowheart's buff spells!! I don't know why I never used Enhance Ability and Calm Emotions before this, haha!

Get two Hirelings through Withers: one Transmutation Wizard and one Cleric. The wizard was our camp alchemist, and the cleric was our camp buffer (Heroes' Feast, Freedom of Movement, upcasted Aid).

I even cut a deal with Philomeen for her Runepowder Vial then entered turn-based mode to kill her before she could flee the scene, thus securing the Runepowder Barrel as well. 😭

Sadly, I very much set aside my moral code for this run. :') Astarion got the extremely, extremely short end of the stick 😞 - and unfortunately, so did Wyll. 😭 I broke his pact with Mizora, but instead of rescuing his father and properly closing out Wyll's companion quest, I skipped the Iron Throne and Wyrmway quests... (I did not like my chances against the Steelwatch and Ansur...)

So, after fully building my party, we ended up briefly allying with Gortash (IYKYK haha) and heading straight for the Brain. Orpheus was our team's Mind Flayer.

The items I brought with me to the final Brain fight include:

4 Elixirs of Psychic Resistance

8 Potions of Flying (though I only ended up using 4)

10 Potions of Invisibility (though I only ended up using 5)

5 scrolls of Globe of Invulnerability (I only used 1, LOL)

10 Potions of Speed (I only used 2)

8 scrolls of Disintegrate ⭐

I will let you figure out what I did with those. 😁 (Unless you'd like to see my full strat, in which case I may post that later!)

Hope this helped anyone who's planning to attempt Honor Mode!! YOU'VE GOT THIS! 👏 Panic is the mindkiller in this version of the game, so just keep a level head, check your inventory before ending your turn, and read the BG3 Wiki (especially when facing bosses), haha - and you'll be a-okay 🥳🎆 !

Best of luck! 🍀✨

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And the countdown continues with 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20!!! (This is because 18, 19, and 20 have to be read together and 16 and 17 are to short for their own)

Chapter 16: that way (Cresent's POV)

Summary:

Birthday, sketchbooks, and Quinn What is going on?

Notes:

Ok, so I know I haven't updated in literally two weeks but I've been going through shit and the words haven't been coming to me, and I wasn't sure about this chapter yet But I got tired of waiting and rotting, so here it is Songs: that way and hate to be lame

“Ok, Neeks, how are we going to get you and Will together?” We were in our cabin, thinking about the messy situations that our feelings had put us into.

“Do we have to deal with this right now?” I stop my pacing to give Nico a bit of a side-eye.

“You’re the one that asked.” He sent me his own look “Fine, what would you rather be focusing on?”

“It’s your birthday on Saturday. We could plan that, and deal with all this emotional stuff later.” Right, I’m turning 15, that’s great.

“I rather not do birthday this year, not sure if I want to deal with that.”

Look, I used to love birthdays, especially mine. They are amazing and fun for other people, but not mine, changed, so to speak. But my last one doesn’t make me that excited for my next one at camp.

Imagine that for 4 years, you weren’t able to see one of your favourite relatives, not on your birthday, not on theirs, or any other special holiday where you got to see them. Then when you finally get to see them again, everyone is preparing for war. You don’t have time for traditions, there are campers that need help. Cake can wait we’re literally in the middle of a war. That is how I spent my 13th birthday. Helping build the camp's defences and finding celestial bronze to make more weapons. It was not fun, and also kind of lonely. Quinn had left a while ago for his quest, and I missed him, but I had a job to do, on my birthday. 14 was spent in my cabin wondering what Quinn was doing and staring at the empty pages of the new sketchbook Will got me. I loved it, but I was still sad.

I hope that helped you understand my situation better. Maybe this year could be different, I’m still missing relatives, but I have a new family, one that treats me better. It doesn’t feel as lonely as it was at the beginning of this year. There are people that care, and then there is Quinn. I knew they cared too, but it felt different from everyone else. It was on a different level, and it confused me, but also excited me. It gave me hope, though I don’t know what for.

“WHERE?! IS?! MY?! SKETCHBOOK!?!?!?!” I was wandering through the cabin, flipping over everything in sight. My sketchbook was missing, I couldn’t find it anywhere. It wasn’t under my bunk, or Nico’s, or Hazel’s. It wasn’t on my shelf or desk. It was gone. “How is it gone?”

I used the mist to see if it had been lost in it, shifting the cabin into rooms. I went to my door and stepped through, and it still wasn’t there. I let the mist go and went out of the cabin.

(A/N: hey so I had an idea, and it didn’t match how it would go in canon, but I wrote it. So here is how the conversation would have gone if they were already dating, it will be in italics so you can skip if you want)

I went to the Nike cabin to see if Quinn could help me find it. I knocked on the door and heard a thump. “Did they just fall? Ha!”  I was too busy giggling to myself to notice Quinn answering the door.

“Hey Cres, what’s up?” I was still giggling but I tried to hide it. Quinn took notice of this and pouted. “I’ll have you know that was not be falling from my bed.” (A/N: It was)

 I collected myself from my laughing fit and spoke. “I can’t find my sketchbook and need help finding it.” Quinn made a face, a scared one if I knew anything about them, which I did.

“Uh… what sketchbook, I haven’t seen a sketchbook, you had a sketchbook. Interesting, I didn’t know that. You should show me sometime, well bye.” And they slammed the door in my face. Rude.

(A/N: That’s it, now back to the story)

I didn’t know what I was going to do. That book had my deepest thoughts, my hopes and dreams, struggles and fears. It had my feelings, all in the form of drawings. The only person that has ever seen inside is Rachel, and she doesn’t have a reason to take my sketchbook. Not even Quinn has seen inside, usually just saw me drawing sometimes.

“Quinn” Gods, I still haven’t talked to them, and my birthday is in 2 days, which is something I would very much like to at least spend with them. But would I even say? “Oh, hey Quinn. Things got interesting at Capture the Flag, didn’t they? Congrats on the win, will you go out with me?” I can’t just say that, wait what was that last thing? Not again, I thought we agreed not to bring those up. “Did we, I don’t remember” I hate you “I know, hate you too!!”

I tried muting my brain, but it wouldn’t shut up, so I ignored it. I had greater things to worry about, no. 1 my sketchbook and no. 2 Quinn.

Ok, so searching for my sketchbook isn’t working and my birthday is tomorrow. I’ll have better luck finding it if Quinn helps, but to get that I would have to talk to her first. How will I do that exactly, I have no idea but I’ll figure something out. I mean I’ve managed so far right? “As if” Shut up “I’m good” Of course, you are “Well I had an idea to help, but you don’t seem interested” Wait no tell me “Nah” Please “Fine, but only cause we like Quinn”

So me and my stupid brain came up with something, now it was just to make it work.

Chapter 17: Senses (Quinn's POV)

Summary:

Red pen and gold accents Quinn may have plans for this Saturday

Notes:

Mini chapter cause I need to move this story along and once again SHIT LIFE!!! Songs: Senses and her

It’s Cres’s birthday tomorrow and I have no idea what I’m doing. Should I get her something, write her a poem, does she even want to celebrate her birthday? I haven’t even talked to her since Capture the Flag, what am I doing?

As usual, I was wandering about my cabin. Silently berating myself for the very dumb situation I’ve put myself in when someone knocks on the door. I know it couldn’t be Laurel and Holly, at least it shouldn’t be. They were supposed to be racing on the climbing wall (current score is 3:4, I won’t say who has more)

I went to open the door, to find no one there, whoever knocked was gone. I thought that the Hermes cabin was just pranking me when I looked down and saw an envelope. It was black, with purple and yellow accents. Seemed like something Cres would come up with, which made sense cause she did, her signature purple heart in the corner. The envelope was addressed to me, I walked back to the cabin and settled into my bed. I opened the letter gently, revealing an invitation written with red glitter pen ink.

“Hi, it’s Cresent from Cabin 13

Tomorrow is my birthday party and you have been invited

You don’t have to keep this cause it’s going to be in the big house

But I wanted to make invitations so here’s yours.

Hope to see you at my party!!

From the moon and back

Cres 💜”

Cres was having a birthday party, and she thought of me. I was this close to just running out of my cabin and flying to the sun. I had a few things to sort out, but everything is going to be fine, I hope.

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Chapter 18: The Good Part (Cresent’s POV)

Summary:

The plan is in action And family is missed

Notes:

1 of 3 for today, it's a. Bit longer than usual, but still. Sweet Songs: The Good Part and Birthday Party

So, a party in the Big House. And I invited Quinn, obviously, but now what. Now I have to plan a bunch of stuff, for something that’s happening tomorrow. Ugh. Lucky, I know Rachel, and Rachel knows people, so my introvertedness has not failed me yet. While they take care of that, I have to handle the invitations (which we don’t really need, and I already made Quinn’s and sent it, with a sweet message at the end, why did I do that) and my outfit. Would it be cheating if I used the mist to my casual dress into a more party type. Actually, I’ll just ask Valentina if she has something.

I made my way to the Aphrodite cabin, with hopes that they wouldn’t be too busy, since it’s Friday and that’s when they do their manicures. I know that because sometimes they would ask for a small gem to add to them, and sometimes I say yes if they agree to do mine as well. Now that I think about it, I am in desperate need of a manicure (hey just because my dad is Hades doesn’t mean I don’t want to look good, the opposite actually, and whoever just got the idea of me being a pick me, I’m coming for you) I’m about to knock when I hear talking coming from inside. “Quinn talking.” “What is Quinn doing in cabin 10?” “What were they talking about?” No, Cres, no spying on your friends, remember what Hazel told you. “But I need to know, I also need that dress and a manicure, we talked about this.” And we promised Hazel we would stop. “Fine, but only for Hazel” Good.

I decided I would get my dress later, I went to the archer range, I needed to think. I took out my head band and let my hair fall “We should really get a hair clip, Quinn has hairclips” First, I can’t sneak into Quinn’s cabin while she’s in some… meeting, second, those are hairclips are a sword and shield, and I don’t know if she has any others. “Even more reason why we should check, come on. It’s just a quick pop in and out. And we’re besties, she wouldn’t mind.” You do have a point. I’ll just go in, get the hairclips, and then get back here as fast as I can. “I think you mean us, but yeah” 

I made my way to the Nike cabin, and I used the shadows to get me in. (I don’t want to get caught, I’m in love, not in stupid) the cabin was very neat, but a few things were out of place, like my invitation, which was open, so she saw it, yay. I ignored the open envelope and made my way to Quinn’s bunk. It had photos of her with her dad, some of her competitions outside camp. Even a few colourful ones that were probably some cultural celebration she never told me about. “She’s so lucky, I miss home” I few tears started to prick my eyes, and I moved on. I couldn’t be thinking about home now, I managed for almost 3 years now, this makes no difference.

I went to the next thing, it was a box. I opened it slowly, and found a dagger. It had moons and stars engraved on the handle, which was the colour of twilight, the blade itself silverfish material I had never seen before, but felt a connection to. “Where did this come from?” I don’t know but it’s not what we came for. I looked back in the box, and still no hairclips. “Dam it Quinn, where are they?” I put back the dagger and closed the box. It was getting late anyways, I have to go get ready for dinner, then check in with Rachel, then talk to Will cause he’s the only other person that can understand my pain. 

I woke up today, and my hair chose to be frizzy. Which I’m mad about because now I have to spend way longer in cabin 10 than I was planning to yesterday. “The fates don’t like us and I don’t know why.” I got up and did all the morning thing before going to the infirmary. I knew Will would be there because where else would he be, he’s probably been awake for hours, unlike yours truly. I also knew that Nico wasn’t in there because somehow he was still asleep, at least he was when I left, and he takes forever doing his hair, “the things love makes us do.” Oh, shut up. 

I made opened the door to find Will decorating a pretty big box. He looked up at me for a second before trying to hide it behind his back.

“Hey Cres, what are you doing here.”

“I came to check on my favourite cousin” 

“Last I checked, I’m your only cousin”

“Even better. There’s no competition”

“Do need something, shadow.” Sudden worry made their place in his eyes “Are you hurt?” he asked before he jumped over the table to check on me. I’m serious, he jumped over. I stepped back before he could start his look over. He grabbed my hand as I tripped.

“I’m fine, I promise.” I straightened myself, but Will didn’t seem to believe me, probably because of the fact I wasn’t smiling anymore when I said “I just wanted to ask you something.”

 “And what would that be?” He asked, still holding my hand, that made me feel a little better.

I took a deep breath, and responded. “Do you ever see Mama, when you go back home?”

Will hugged me as I slowly found myself crying. I missed my family, so much of it was missing. I haven’t seen any of them in 2 years. (Not counting Will, but there is still that four year gap you must remember)

Will shifted out and got my some tissues. “I’m sorry Cres, I haven’t seen Aunt Sofia in… a long time.” He sat down on a cot and I followed suit. “She doesn’t come to Spain anymore, or visited the farm, at least not when I’m there.”

“What about the nuggets?” I said, still with tears falling. 

“I haven’t seen Kristy, Cora or Kim either, I tried asking mom but she wouldn’t tell me anything, and they haven’t contacted Abuela. I’m sorry, shadow, I know you miss them” “You have no idea.” I used the tissues to clean my eyes and stepped off the cot.

“Thanks anyways, I think I’m going to check on Rachel.”

“See you, Cres. Happy Birthday.” Will went back to whatever he was doing, and I went to the Big House.

Rachel was handling pretty much everything. Very well too, so instead of there I went to my cabin. I had to clean up after, that. I found that Nico was finally awake. Yay, another human interaction. 

“Hey moon, happy birthday. Why are you crying?” I couldn’t say my reason, Nico actually lost his family, I’ve just been avoiding mine. I shouldn’t even be crying, it’s my birthday. My second birthday without them, I was fine the first time, I will be fine now.

“Oh, um, I’m just excited, you know, happy tears.”

“Ok, well I wanted to give you my gift first, so here.” He handed me a small box, and inside were stars. Not actual stars though, star earrings. I loved them instantly.

“Oh, thank you Nico, these are, beautiful.”

“Hazel may have helped. You can wear them for your party.” Oh yeah, I had to go to the Aphrodite cabin and ask Valentina for help.

“And you just gave me another gift.”

“And what’s that?”

“That I have a party in 10 hours and I’m still not ready outfit-wise.”

I ran out of the cabin, lucky the cabin 10 wasn’t that far from 13, thank you math!!

I knocked on the door and Lacy answered.

“Hey Lacy, where’s your sister?”

“Which one?”

“Valentina. Where is Valentina?”

“She’s working on something. I could help you.”

“Can you do my nails?”

“Yes.”

“Then you can help me.” She let me into the cabin and settle me in.

I have to give way more credit to the younger campers (I am completely aware that she is only a year younger and has been here longer, but we’re not talking about that) She did them amazingly, even if it did take a hour. I guess that’s what happens when you want layers. I still had to find someone to help me with my hair and everything else.

Everything is ready, and I haven’t seen Quinn all day. Not a single sign that they were there. I tried checking their cabin, the training grounds, the archery range. I couldn’t keep on my search for them though, cause the party was starting and I had to be there. Unless I chose to make an entrance, which I did choose to do. I’m amazing at entrances.

Notes:

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Chapter 19: Bang! (Quinn’s POV)

Summary:

I am amazing at planning parties Quinn is the one that is terrible at describing them

Notes:

Here, here I announce that these two are adorable Songs: Tell her and Bang!

Here is one thing you should know about Cresent Solace, when she sets her heart on something, she goes all out, and I mean all out. Our “break up” as kids, do you know how dramatic that was, it’s like it was some novel or something. This was no different. Everything was so intricate, and Cres. It was all so Cres. The mural on the wall that they probably shouldn’t have had the permission to add, the glamorous cake that had “Dare riches” written all over it. (Rachel Elizabeth Dare is an amazing friend, I’ll give her that) The décor that put her colour pallet in the best light possible. I don’t know if Cres just had a secret talent to event planning or Rachel helped with her knowledge of big parties, but whatever it was it worked.

Everyone was talking, or enjoying the food. This was probably one of the most interesting things to happen in camp right now, since it's November and most campers haven't come back yet. But those that were here seemed excited. I spotted my sisters having some contest on who can get the most star shaped napkins. Random. 

It had been a while, but Cres hadn't turned up. I was starting to get worried when mist (the non magic kind) covered the floor. Everyone's eyes turned to look at the source of the mist, and there stood Cresent, looking amazing as always. Everyone started clapping, I saw Nico and Hazel run up to to her, Hazel handing her a small box, a gift probably. A could see the stars in Cres’ eyes when she opened it, I could only hope she liked my gift that much. 

“Attention, everyone!” Hazel called out to the crowd, “Can we all wish a happy birthday to my sister, the birthday girl, Cres.” Everyone started coming up, some with gifts of their own. 

“Thanks everyone, now let's get this party started!” Cres addressed the group while making shadow puppets on the walls.

The crowds stared to dispersed, and I caught sight of Cres again, she was happy. And that was when I remembered that I still had her sketchbook. I had to give it back, without being killed (which is easier said than done) 

As I stood there someone walked up to me. It was the other girl, the one that asked me out. (awkward) I tried to get away, but it was to late for me. “The fates want to give Cres 2 reasons to kill me!”

“Hey, Quinn. You never came for the… you know, date.”

“Oh yeah, a friend needed some help and I got distracted.” “It isn't that far from the truth.”

“If that's the case, then it's fine. Are they OK?”

“They're fine now.” “If you don't tell her, it will make things worse later” “Umm… I have something to tell you, and I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier, but I don't like you like that.” She seemed really disappointed, but took it well. “phew” 

“That's fine, glad I asked anyways. I'll see you around, Quinn. And tell your girlfriend I said happy birthday.” And with that she left. And what was that last thing she said. 

“Why were you talking to her again?” Cres asked from behind me. I nearly jumped, but I managed to compose myself. 

“She was just asking something, and now I have to ask you something.”

“And what would that be?” I grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the big house, straight to the strawberry fields, the sunset making just the scene I was hoping for,the one.from Cres's book, the one I had to give back right here, right now “Quinn, I shouldn't be here, I could accidentally mess up the strawberries, then the demeter kids will be out for me.”

“Its quick, I promise.” I stopped walking to face her, then pull out my gift. I hand the first one to her, and she give me a confused look. Cres slowly took the lid off and and her eyes widened. 

“This… was meant for me? Quinn it's beautiful, where did you even get it from?”

“13 year old me was a really good gift giver, and the hephaestus cabin was a huge help.” Tears filled Cresent's eyes, I may have also started crying. A lot was attached to the dagger that laid inside the box, for both of us, even if one didn't always have some details. 

“This is what you are working on, and even after everything that happened you still want to give it to me.” She hugged me, “Thank you so much Quinn, I don't know what to say. I don't deserve a friend like you.” She was fully crying now, and it was probably about get a lot worse. 

“There are something else, please don't be mad.”

“Why would I be m-” She started to say when I put out her sketchbook “Where did you get this from?” She glared at me through a continuous stream of tears. 

“Before I answer that, look inside” Cres opened it, and took out the loose page. The one with my peom, “That's for you, I hope you feel the same, but if you don't let's also fine.” She started reading through it, with each line a change of expression. 

“Quinn, I-” I accidentally interrupted how with my ramble. 

“I hope we can still be friends, I am really sorry for crossing your boundary. I didn't mean to well I sort of- ” Then she interrupted me , by kissing me. It was amazing. I felt like I was flying, for all I know, I could have been. 13 year old me was so jealous right now, then she pulled back. 

“You are forgiven, well for now. We will talk about this later and all the other stuff when we aren't literally at my birthday party. Now, I have to clean up so those guys aren't worried when we go for cake, thanks for the water works.” 

“You’re welcome, princess.“ I had no idea where the nickname came from. 

“Did you just call me princess?” 

“Yes, yes I did, it seems fitting. You are a princess after all.” 

“Okay then if I am a princess then eres mi campeona ,” She gave me a peck on the cheek then started running. Laughing as she went.

“Hey, you're the one that said no names in our home languages, what does that mean?” I yelled running after her, feeling over the moon. 

Notes:

All hail the princess and her court Well sort of

Chapter 20: Risk (Quinn’s POV)

Summary:

School is not an amazing place Luckily dad doesn't care if you go

Notes:

Here is some of Quinn's past Also,i just really wanted to see Quinn struggle but I failed Songs: Risk and I’m Not a Cynic

(1 year ago) 

I was at home, trying not to think about something that happened a whole year ago. Like we didn’t even know each other for that long, why was I so attached (A/N: I wonder too, it's me, that's why your attached) It’s not like it’s happened before either, she’s just different. Maybe it’s cause she’s also a demigod, or that we’re both autistic. Nah, that's not it. 

She got me in a completely different way, and I messed it up. 

“Why did I mess it up!?”

“Quinn, you ok?” Dad yelled from the kitchen. I didn’t realise I said it out loud. Or that my wings came out.

“Yes, I’m fine, just couldn’t find a line for the poem I writing and I got frustrated.”

“Alright, just be careful.” I silently tucked my wings started to pick up the stuff that had fallen over. These were going to get in the way a lot, aren’t they?

The next day, I had school. Did I ever mention I hate school, it was already hard being the new kid, but they just had to come at me for being gender fluid too. I found out a few months ago, and a few friends I did make at school weren't really accepting. The last thing I needed was Hartley to start running her mouth. I could just send her to like, Virginia or something with my powers, but was too mature for that, or my dad wanted me to be. 

“Hey, Mechai, what the daily gender cast look like?” She said in a mocking voice, then turned and laughed with her friends. Thank the gods for my mother, and Cres never taking shit from anyone. 

“It's looking they/them with a chance of kick your ass if you don't leave.” Hartley turned back to me, not expecting a response to what was supposed to be a hurtful comment. 

“Oh, really. And how exactly do you planning on doing that.”

“Oh, Hartley. I don’t think you should be talking with that C in English.” The whole group stared back at me, a few now giggling the girl in the middle. I continued. “Instead of coming at me, and trying to get under my skin about something I am, and proud of by the way. You should be focusing on that disappointing grade.” I walked up to her and glared, “I'm autistic, dyslexic, and Thai,” “Not to mention a demigod” I thought to myself “I don't even speak the language at home. But I'm definitely doing a better than you. So please stop wasting my time and,” I then turned around and started collecting my stuff “come back when you can actually piece together a grammatically correct sentence.” I gave a simple pat on her head and left her gapping. 

I was ready to collapse when I got back home. Dad somewhere in the kitchen. If monster didn't kill me then social anxiety would. I stopped by the fridge and grabbed some water, and I guessed correctly, cause there stood my dad by the stove. 

“Hey sport, it's comfort food today, so should I order pizza for you, or you can have some noodles.”

“I'll take noodles thanks.” I started making my way back to my room, when a question nagged me. “Uhm, Dad, when can I go back to camp?”

“I mean, you could go back whenever you please, but I would really love to celebrate my favorite daughter's 15 birthday.” I may have rolled my eyes. 

“It's son right now, but fine, I'll turn 15 first, then I'll go back. Are you really OK with me going in the middle of the school year? Shouldn't you be telling me to first finish 10th grade, not my 15th cycle around the sun.”

“And risk you being mad, or having to watch you miss your friend until summer. No way, I love having you around sport, but I'm lucky you even came home.” He looked at me, with almost sad eyes. “But I never doubted it.” 

I walked over and hugged him. “Thanks Dad. Does this mean I don't have to do next term.” 

“Unless you wanted to.”

“Please, no”

“They no, you don't have to do next term. We can just hang out, you could show me some stuff from last summer. Or your writing, whatever you want until February.”

Or, I can stay in my room for 2 months. Writing and hiding and daydreaming for 2 months. I would probably be fine. Now I just have to somehow get enough pizza and paper. 

Dad then stepped away and went back to cooking, and I went to my room to try and think some of what I would tell Cres when I see her again. Then I got, well definitely not bored, but if I stayed in my daydream, I would have jumped out of my windows and flown to camp, which would have taken only 6 hours if I had rushed. I picked up my pen and started a new poem, since my other was actually making me pissed. 

“You stand there with a crown” 

“Atop your head, but”

“out of you comprehension”

“You are the same” 

“With or without it” 

“A royal without her subjects”

“I stand here with my sword” 

“At my side” 

“at all times” 

“I am the same”

“with or without it” 

“A poet forced to fight”

“We stand separated”

“Can't hold each other” 

“They way we used to” 

“I don't know if” 

“we're the same”

“with or without you”

“Stuck a soldier that they use” 

“with or without you”

“I must move on” 

“but how can I do that” 

“with feelings so strong” 

“with or without you”

I had no idea where that came from, but I liked it. I'll think of a name later. (A/N: someone sing it, please it would sound beautiful sang) I put away my book and started planning for the rest of the winter. 

Notes:

And that was chapter 20 I can't believe Ive been writing this for 3 months And it's no where near done This story will probably continue until I'm. Like 20 or something (I'm 14) Thanks for reading this far, and have a good 2025!!! (Might post some more for new years but don't get your hopes up.)

I was wrong, but ooopp.

From the moon and back,

Kas

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Layzie Bone. Krayzie Bone. Bizzy Bone. Wish Bone. Flesh-N-Bone. Five friends from Cleveland, OH, bum-rushed the rap game in the mid-1990s with a distinctive singsongy flow, street tales and their own unique personas. Flesh-N-Bone's legal troubles would estrange him from the group at times, but there was no denying the talents of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. After independently releasing their debut as teenagers, the Midwestern group signed to gangsta rap godfather Eazy E's Ruthless Records in 1993. Their debut EP Creepin' On Ah Come-up made Bone Thugs-N-Harmony one of the hottest new groups in Hip-Hop.

After Eazy's death in 1995 and the release of the critically-acclaimed E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs became major stars in music. One of the most popular acts of the 1990s, the Grammy-winners would go on to major success and over the next two decades, established a following as devout as any in the game. With their rapid-fire flows and DJ U-Neek's darkly melodic production, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony set a new standard for Midwest rap stardom and reinvented the art of rhyming. You can still hear their influence today. 

We ranked the 25 Dopest Bone Thugs-N-Harmony songs. 

#26

"NOTORIOUS THUGS" - THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. FEAT. BONE THUGS N HARMONY [BONUS SONG]

Our BONUS SONG pick is a celebrated classic guest spot! "Bone-and-Biggie-Biggie" is a musical marriage that may have seemed odd at the time, but it yielded one of the 90s dopest rap collabs. 

#25

"B.N.K." W/EAZY-E

R.I.P. Eric Wright. The revisited/remade version of one of Eazy-E's darkest tunes, this posthumous collab would eventually turn up on the first Bone Thugs compilation in 1998. 

#24

"HOME"

Chris Rock (who seemed to like mocking BTNH, more on that later) poked fun at this collab, but it actually works a lot better than one might expect. Bone revisits one of Phil Collins' biggest 80s hits. 

#23

"CREPT AND WE CAME"

An unofficial sequel to their 1994 track "Creepin' On A Come-Up," it's morbid and, in a strange way, kinda beautiful. DJ U-Neek is fully in his bag, as Bizzy, Wish, Layzie and Krayzie lean into the groove. . 

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#22

"IF I COULD TEACH THE WHOLE WORLD"

Following the massive success of "Tha Crossroads" (more on that later), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's singsongy style became more polished and tuneful. And the best example is this melodic single from 1997s "The Art Of War."

#21

"DAYS OF OUR LIVES"

DJ U-Neek flipped two eighties classics for this one. Originally released on the soundtrack of the classic 1996 heist film "Set It Off," this Force M.D.'s-sampling (along with Herb Alpert) track became one of the group's biggest hits. 

#20

"I TRIED" FEAT. AKON

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's biggest hit of the 2000s, this heartfelt ballad was also one of the group's biggest hits as a short-lived trio following the departure of Bizzy Bone. 

#19

"BUDDAH LOVAZ"

The Isley Brothers' "Choosey Lover" is the obvious jumping off point for one of Bone's best weed anthems. It's one of the best songs on "E. 1999 Eternal."

#18

"DOWN FOE MY THANG"

An early Bone Thugs gem that serves as one of the grittiest tracks on their classic 1994 EP "Creepin' On Ah Come-Up." That squealing opening synth doesn't set you up for the gut-checking groove that drops in. 

#17

"E. 1999"

A stellar showcase for estranged group member Flesh-N-Bone, this is an all-timer. The title track from an undisputed classic, this banger is also one of the group's most polished and distinctive songs. 

#16

"NO SURRENDER"

An early example of just how unique (get it?) the production has always been on Bone Thugs projects. It's both aggressive and druggy, it's midtempo but feels hyperkinetic. Eazy and the group have the official co-credit, but this has U-Neek's trademarks all over it.

#15

"MEET ME IN THE SKY"

One of the crew's most heartfelt latter-day tunes, it's the quintet tapping into some of their "Crossroads"-esque energy and delivering a gorgeously melodic ode to forever. 

#14

"NO SHORTS, NO LOSSES"

The gurgling slow-as-molasses guitar line and that synth-driven hook let you know what time it is. It's druggy, it's infectious, it's dark--and it might be the most slept on track in their catalog. 

#13

"AIN'T NOTHING CHANGED"

One of the more underappreciated tracks in their lengthy catalog, this standout from 1997s double album "The Art Of War" wasn't a single, but maybe it should've been. 

#12

"CROSSROADS" (ORIGINAL VERSION)

The version that appeared on early pressings of "E. 1999 Eternal" sounds nothing like it's much more famous counterpart, but the mournful spirit is the connective tissue between the tracks. 

#11

"BUDSMOKERS ONLY"

Armed with an interpolation of the distinctive rhythm from Earth, Wind & Fire's "Reasons," Bone Thugs showed that they could turn a rapturous soul classic into a 90s rap weed anthem. 

#10

"LOOK INTO MY EYES"

A haunting track that originally appeared on the soundtrack to 1997s disastrous "Batman & Robin," it's one of Bone's biggest mainstream hits and a good example of how their sound and songcraft quickly evolved. 

#9

"MO' MURDA"

The slowed down vocal and looping piano line are DJ U-Neek trademarks, and this standout from 1995s landmark "E. 1999: Eternal" is a quintessential BTNH song. 

#8

"EVERYDAY THANG"

An underrated gem from 1995s platinum-selling "The Show" soundtrack, it's a good indicator of how strongly Bone had already established their sound even after only one major label release. 

#7

"CREEPIN' ON AH COME UP"

One of the tracks that epitomizes DJ U-Neek's woozy production, this slow-roller is one of the group's most low-key psychedelic efforts. All squealing synths and syrupy basslines, it's like the Dirty South and the West Coast converging in Cleveland. 

#6

"MR. BILL COLLECTOR"

With a snippet from Eddie Murphy's classic "Coming To America," Bone Thugs flips the script and instead of rapping about paying bills, they make it clear that they're the ones coming to collect. "Yo' rent's due, muthafucka!"

#5

"THUG LOVE" FEAT. 2PAC

In the wake of Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder, Hip-Hop was reeling. Bone Thugs had this brilliant track already in waiting, and when the world heard the fallen Pac alongside the Cleveland spitters over that now-legendary, gunshot-led beat; it was like the legendary Shakur had never left us.

#4

"FOE DA LOVE OF $"

Eazy-E's most prominent feature on a Bone Thugs album and one of the singles that came to define the group. The Ruthless Records founder gave an assist to his newest proteges in 1994, delivering a street anthem for the ages. 

#3

"THA CROSSROADS"

A monster hit. A decade-defining classic. When Bone Thugs remixed their somber album cut "Tha Crossroads," they delivered one of the rap game's most iconic elegies. The fact that the Grammy-winning smash also doubled as a tribute to their fallen mentor Eazy only made it more poignant. 

#2

"1ST OF THE MONTH"

Chris Rock joked that this classic 1995 hit was "niggas sangin' welfare carols," but it helped cement Bone as the most unique hitmakers of the 1990s. Following their acclaimed EP "Creepin' On Ah Come Up," this was the song that let everyone know they were just getting started. 

#1

"THUGGISH RUGGISH BONE"

It wasn't their first single, but it was the single that announced them to the world. With an instantly-memorable hook from Shatasha Williams and those uniquely rapid-fire flows, five Midwestern rhymers shot out of the gate with a song that was unapologetically (shout-out to Rev. Calvin Butts) thuggish.

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What.

Fuck that Neeks- and besides you really think you can stop me?! I'm going crush 7 years worth of birthdays together, just you wait.

Also- oi, I'm 17. And no- you'd be like 105. Yeah, old old man.

Um- I hope you like your gift.

*inside the parcel is 2 hoodies, one black with a skull and one a soft yellow with the words "I'm ADHD (a damn hot dude). Beside those were a pack of Mythomagic cards- the newest editions Nico had been talking about on their picnic date, there was also a jar of authentic Italian candy and finally Pokemon Go*

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On a date with the love of my life- hope he likes it

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