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[deathdiduspart]

WHO: Nico di Angelo and you!
WHERE: Libra Network
WHEN: New Year's Eve
WHAT: Nico is introducing himself to the network as one of the latest representatives from Zodiac. He's so looking forward to meeting everyone (he is not)!
WARNINGS: Just language!

[The camera turns on to a tired goth. No, not the unhinged blacksmith goth.]

Right, so, I guess I have to introduce myself or else Janet will get on my ass. But I'm not doing it on company time or else I'll get in fucking trouble.

[Nico sighs deeply.]

Nico di Angelo. I work part-time at Zodiac doing data entry and generally being an errand boy. I work way above my pay grade and the best I get are gift cards to Panera. Also, I'm a part-time intern at Captain Kenway's ship. I literally thought he already knew I wasn't a normal intern, but whatever more entertainment for me. Oh, and I also take classes at Kaisou U. No major declared yet.

Think that's it for the small talk questions.

Comments

text | un: shinope | private on some service not Libra

[killerapp]

Gemini

youre welcome

[deathdiduspart]

1 how the fuck did you find this

2 fuck you no I'm not clicking on a link from some weirdo on the internet

[killerapp]

1 im the guy your guys cursed for hacking into Zodiac how do you think I found this?

2 so you dont want an app that works like Libra but is free of Zodiac so you can bitch about Zodiac at will?

[deathdiduspart]

Absolutely the fuck not will I click a link from a guy stupid enough to get cursed by Zodiac AND stalked me on the internet to find my personal contact info

You find me people that are way more trustworthy to verify this isn't some phishing scam and I might consider clicking the link

[killerapp]

its not stalking jfc this stuff is baby easy to find nowadays. dont accept every pop up that the internet gives you, make this harder

im POKEGO if that helps. if it doesnt ask literally anyone else on the app.

1/2

[deathdiduspart]

2/2

[deathdiduspart]

This user has been blocked!

[Oh no, his hand slipped.]

[killerapp]

[Holy shit.

Honestly?

Respect.]

[prunedworlds]

"Nice to meet you, Nico! I'm Fujimaru Ritsuka; Edward's a friend of mine, so you might've seen me visiting before."

A beat.

"Well, and if you ever saw a fox on the Jackdaw that was probably me."

You know, a multi-tailed, winged, teleporting fox.

UN: hikari-vi | Video

[whiteshroud]

... So don't do work above your paygrade?

video | UN: Songbird

[welcometomyworld]

Welcome to the app, Nico!

I'm looking forward to working together.

[deathdiduspart]

Unfortunately, it comes straight from my boss. Apparently, I'm trustworthy. Not sure where the hell they got that idea from, but sometimes I get a certain supervisor's work and that's when I put in overtime to do it better, and faster, than they could. Spite's a powerful enough motivator, and so is the overtime pay.

video | un: laluna

[crisantemo]

[ It's a little bit later when Lapis sees this post. And when she sees it, she wonders if she's seeing things.

He's older but she knows that name, knows that face despite the grump and exhaustion now added to it. It... It really couldn't be him, could it? After what happened years ago, she hasn't been in any contact with her family - and maybe it might be better to keep it like that. She's changed so much, but... ]

... Nico? Ni-ni? [ A dumb, childhood nickname from a girl to the boy she saw as her little brother, just to tease him. It slips out without her noticing. ]

[whiteshroud]

I... see.

Well, just make sure not to burn the candle on both ends too often for them. I don't see Zodiac being the charitable type when it comes to employee burnout.

[deathdiduspart]

Oh, you're that weird fox.

[Oh, that ADHD bluntness has come out strong. He almost facepalms.]

Sorry, that's... not what I should say to your face like that. I've just never seen a fox like that, even in my mythology geek phase.

video; un: captainkenway > private voice

[jackdawvision]

Don’t you start too, I don’t know how I managed to miss that either.

[Bullying! His beloved interns are bullying him! But anyway he’ll quickly cut this feed short and then call Nico privately:] Oi, Nico, lad, anyone linked you that Gemini thing yet? So you can have a place that’s free of your employers’ eyes.

[deathdiduspart]

[Uh. Hm. It's weird to have someone showing sincerely decent concern for him.]

They're totally not, but it's what happens when you feel like they're the only employer that won't fire you for when you just... suddenly have your legs turn into a mermaid tail because you got caught in a sudden rainstorm. "Can't come to work today, boss lady, my legs are gone and I have to pretend to be cosplaying Ariel until help arrives."

Still... I appreciate it. I'll keep it in mind. [He guesses.]

[deathdiduspart]

[BIG SISTER ALERT]

Hey, Robin. Same here, actually. Didn't know you of all people got assigned... whatever this even is. I'm still not really clear on what we're supposed to do.

un: shadowsword

[rupturingheaven]

Oh. Hey, Nico. I'm not sure how the captain missed it either.

[Taking things as in stride as ever...]

[whiteshroud]

[That's Jun for you]

I see... that does make employment more difficult. Especially among normal businesses. [He wonders if he could do something, but he's not going to offer anything unless he's sure]

So why do you intern on Edward's ship? Isn't the water there a concern?

1/? I'll let you know. Probably.

[deathdiduspart]

[Nico gets the ping on his phone for the notification and he takes a look at it.

Only to go very quiet and very still as his expression goes through multiple emotions in the span of a few seconds. Disbelief, pain, grief, hope—

It's an old wound that has healed over the decades, but now it's bleeding in a new way when she calls him Ni-ni. Only his big sister in all but name called him that.

She's... alive.]

[deathdiduspart]

[She's alive.]

[deathdiduspart]

[She's alive.]

4/4 Done~ and PRIVATE :D

[deathdiduspart]

[Nico tries to compose himself, but tears are flowing freely down his face traitorously anyway. Holy shit, he's missed Lapis so, so much. He isn't sure whether or not he should thank the Fates.

He has to take deep breaths before setting this to a private filter. He wants so badly to be angry, to shout at Lapis, how dare she come back into his life after making him think for so long that she was dead and leading directly to Bianca's own death—

But even he recognizes that last part isn't fair.

And even so, his voice only comes out so small and fragile as he speaks in Italian instead of English.]

Lapis... y-you're alive? And you didn't... tell me?

Private forever!

[deathdiduspart]

Absolutely not, boss man.

[Edward deserves being given all the shit.

But, hey, a... arguably trustworthy and also not at all trustworthy advocate for the Gemini app.]

Yeah, some weirdo sent me a link to it on my private social media account. I blocked him 'cause he was being a shit, and I didn't trust someone I didn't know coming outta nowhere to send me a shady link. It's legit?