Paying a visit. (Rhia)

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Tag: @rhiannonwarlow

Word: 466

Notes: lol I did it!! XD

It has bee several months since last War happened... it had past many things since that horrible and bloody even finished. People in the camp and New Rome were still trying to recover, to heal in many ways... trying to move on. In camp, centurions had tried to relax a bit within their trainings, they were kind of giving their legionaries some... time off from being soldiers, letting them to be what they really were... just a bunch of kids and teenagers with special skills and abilities. Praetors were also relaxing, one of them was engaged, the other... well the other had a very complicated love life.  In other hand it was New Rome, the magnificent city that was a shelter and home of many demigods, old legionaries, babies, young couples and lonely ones. All of them living in the city in peace and safety. They were also healing from war, but in different and in same ways than in Camp.

Nick 'walked' among the peaople in New Rome. He looked at them and he was glad to have changed teams back in war, he was glad to have made the sacrifice he did, in many ways he was glad to only be a Lar. A kid passed by running with his little sister and smiled at him. he waved and then continued running. Nick smiled back and waved too, then he... the right word would be mingled or floated, not really walked, but the action that his purple transparent body was doing was to walk, so... he walked down the via Apia and looked around.

That afternoon Kaylee was training the young and fresh legionaries, she was helping them to find their way in the legion, which was very good, someone to help them see what were they good at in the legion. He was proud of his Kaylee. So as she was busy that day, he simply walked around. His absentminded steps took him to the recidential side of the city, there he recognized the name on the mailbox... "Rogers" he said and then looked at the house. he knew that Rhia was alive, she got married and had a baby. But he hadn't talked to her since war, sine that morning when Saturn's army marched towards Camp Jupiter. would it be ok... to talk to her?... would it be ok if he just knocked at the door and talked to her... after all, before his betrayal to her army, they had become... sort of friends.

He walked to the door and realized he wouldn't be able to knock, so he looked around and saw a kid. he convinced the kid to knock at the door, then the kid left running and Nick stood there by the door, waiting for someone to open it.

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Rhiannon had a bit of time on her hands while she was pregnant and home without much to do except watch TV and worry about the idiot she married. She tried painting the mailbox a little, most people didn't really have family names on their mailboxes. No one really. With such a small city it wasn't really needed, but they were new. She was bored. She couldn't paint anything fancy, though she tried painting a fox face on it for Inek. He put a paw print or two on it as well. Took a few baths, which Inek hated, to get the paint all out of his fur. It didn't turn out too bad. Though you could tell it was hand painted by an amateur. The name was stenciled in though, so at least the letters where perfect, and even had a little shadow where she painted them badly the first time and went over it again when it dried. She learned the hard way you have to wait until it dries.

There was a knock at the door, a quick little knock of a child. “One minute!” she said, covering Arthur's ears first so she wouldn't hurt them. She was not a fan of changing diapers, that was absolutely certain. It seemed like he needed it every 5 minutes though, probably because he really did eat a lot. Maybe not as often as she had expected considering he was Josh's son though. It was a slow learning experience, he ended up getting a rash from one of the diaper brands, and the baby wipes she had gotten at first seemed to disintegrate every time. It was a little terrible. So was not getting to sleep for any really lengthy amount of time, though thankfully Josh didn't sleep that much to begin with. He'd usually be up with Art when he didn't have to do Centurion work, and Rhiannon would sleep for a little while. Not too long though, she still liked spending time with him, and she had learned in Orthys how to go without sleeping a lot.

Picking up the newly changed baby Arthur she wrapped him up in a blanket before opening the door. Cool air curled around her feet, and a wind blew her hair. To her shoulders now, something Josh seemed thankful for. “Uh... hey. Been a while.” Nick wasn't exactly someone she expected to show up on her door step. He was a bit crazy in Orthys, they tried to help each other out. Inevitably though he fought for Camp against the monsters. She hadn't. She was full traitor, and he was still a legionnaire legacy of Mars. “Ooh, uh....right. Arthur was claimed by Mars so...you're kinda related. Where....you here for a reason? or....just checking if I'd gone crazy again?” she gave a bit of a smirk, trying to make it at least a little less awkward of a meeting than she felt like it was.

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Tag: @rhiannonwarlow

Word: 464

Notes: XD

After the kid ran away, nick waited patiently for Rhia or anyone to answer the door. then he heard rhia's voice coming from the inside and he just waited, he looked around and looked at the mailbox again, he noticed the paws and the shadow on the name, he smiled imagining rhia trying to do it by herself. He knew it had to be rhia's work because of the paws, rogers would have maybe only put their name there and maybe his father's symbol, but it was more than that, the paws were for sure for that fur ball friend of Rhia. that was sweet of her. 

then finally she opened the door, he turned again and looked at her, it wasn't  like a common, nice, sweet reunion. he knew it was more than that, he knew he would bring some bad memories too, but he also knew he must be there, he must let her know she could count on him, Still count on him even when they were again in camp, even when he double crossed her back in war and even when he was dead and she wasn't. he could still be her friend if she still wanted him to be that.

"good day Rhiannon" he said with a slight smile on his face. in the past, he had been crazy, mad and lost in pain for the one that he had loved and had been ripped away from him. but in that moment his face didn't reflect that madness, but peace and some kind of calm. Having Kaylee again with him was what his soul had needed to be in peace once more. Still he knew that Rhia would remember him as the crazy guy who had gotten to Mt Othrys all covered in blood and with a crazy lost look in his eyes.

"Really?" he asked when she told him that the baby had been claimed by mars, that had been such a nice thing to know, he was sure the baby would be a great legacy of Mars, even more with the parents he had. "Yes, we are. But I didn't know that he had claimed the baby, what's his name?" he asked as he was looking at baby Art, then looked back at Rhia at her next question, which make him smiled sadly and then shook his head slowly.

"No, I didn't thinnk you would be crazy again... rogers is with you again, he is like your sanity anchor, like Kaylee is mine." he sighed even when he didn't need the air. "I just came by to say hi, to check on you. to let you know that even when I'm not crazy anymore, or that crazy at least, I'm still a friend you can count on."

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The face looking back at her was pale, a ghost, but some how so much more alive than she had ever seen him in Orthys. Nick wasn't someone she walked to much before he turned traitor, before she decided to fight on the Titan's side, but she wondered if this was what he used to look like. Not a madness in his eyes, the anger and hate that she would see sometimes when they were in that jet black fortress. Though seeing him did remind her when he first showed up, bloody from those boys he had murdered, ripped apart with his bare hands. She still didn't know exactly what happened, hadn't pried. Only knew that they had killed the woman he loved. Josh was a legacy of Mars too, but she hoped he would have enough thought in his head to not murder people and leave to side with a Titan. Not for her. She never wanted to push him into any decisions, wanted him to be himself no matter what. That's exactly what he had done, and even forgiven Gunnar for torturing her. Though honestly Remus and Jason where the ones to order it. Before she would have said that there was no reason to hate Gunnar, because he was just order to do it. Now that she had been on the other end, where Josh had been the one tortured, she didn't know how he could do it. Never could she forgive the person who did that to his hands. To his mind.

A bit of a nod was the main answer to his question, Arthur was claimed by Mars. The last person she had expected to claim her son. “Arthur Sebastian Rogers, he eats like a Mercury baby though.” she said holding Arthur so that Nick could see his face and those squirmy little arms. He wrinkled his nose and started crying a little bit when he saw Nick though. “Sorry, he always does that with guys.” she said rocking him and cooing at him to get him to calm down. He hadn't done that with Charlie, but had done it to Edmund, and Ethan the first few times they came to see him. It took him a while to get used to guys she noticed, and hoped it wasn't any kind of indication of things to come. Sometimes she thought of Arthur growing up, being a teenager, but it was so difficult when he was still just a little baby in her arms. Begging for attention.

It was a relief he hadn't thought she'd go crazy again, because she was sure thinking she might sometimes. Nights she woke up in a cold sweat, or the times she was found huddled on the roof or in corners. Trying to hide, but always found. Josh was the one to keep her sane, him and Arthur. She could be a good mother if she was crazy, though she was sure nothing she could do would make her a good mother. Just that she'd have to try as best as she could and hope the others could make up her faults. Edmund, Josh, and the others she had gotten to meet art and say they would be okay with helping him grow into a good man. Being a good roman wasn't what she cared about, so long as he was a good person, and happy. Defiantly happy. “Thanks Nick. Yeah. You want to come inside?”

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Tag: @rhiannonwarlow

Word: 411

Notes: Calm nick XD

Nicholas looked at the pink ball that was in rhia's arms. He got closer to look at him in a better way, and the kid started crying in that moment. Nick pulled back a bit scared, not for him, but the kid. Maybe it wasn't good for kids to be close to Lars? for a moment he felt a sting of panic, but then Rhia told him that Arthur did that to every male he had met. Well that was comprenhensible, the kid then was a mommy's boy. Nick had been one once. He loved being with his mother, play with her and do everything around her. He remembered also that as a child he had hated weapons and training. He loved his Venus side and his mother was always so sweet, so caring.

"Then he must enjoy a lot being with you. get used to him reading on magic books and trying spells." he smiled at her. He asumed that maybe the boy would be like he was as a child. So as he used to watch catwalks and models, the son of Joshua and Rhiannon would love to read about magic and spirits and stuff. It was something good, after all he would have it in him. Then he looked at her as she invited him to walk in. He nodded at her and slowly glided into the hall. He turned to close the door, but he remembered suddenly that he couldn't close it. So he just carried on till the living room.

"thank you for recieving me." he smiled at her and looked around. it was a nice place, spacious and fresh. Not that he could tell if it was fresh or hot, but usually wide spaces gave indoors fresh temperatures. "I've meant to come for a long time." he said and then looked at her. He smiled at her, the normal smile he had before insanity. but it also had a hint of sadness. "I'm sorry I wasn't around as a friend when you needed support." he meant when Josh had been kidnapped. Well he hadn't be able to go and talk to her. He was still getting used to his new state of living. "but I am here now. and with the head a bit more... clear than before." perks of having a lar friend?... well, it can watch over you, your kids, grandkids and so on for all eternity. pass on the stories and memories.