BREAKDOWN
PLANSBreakdown of things I hope to accomplish at various points in the year:
✖ I'm hoping to use this timeskip to develop Hiro's CR and also have him get involved in the Unseelie aspect of the Drabwurld, specifically trying to get involved with the R&D department that Saber's setting up. Update - post-timeskip: busy with R&D stuff from April until about Yule, then disappeared to fulfill the task given by Black Shuck.
✖ I want him to help with the spire projects (specifically spire 10 thanks to his quest) and also spend a lot of time at the Station, building technology that will work outside of the station that he can sell for profit/possibly be building things for Lumina's chocobo ranch. (Also building cat toys for Shijima. This is important.) Update - post-timeskip: the team of natives and sorcerers Hiro recruited during his quest helped finish Spire 10 and he spent very little time at the Station during timeskip. He built a few things for Lumina and Shijima.
✖ He'll also be building up his magical ability by acting as Lemina's Junior Premier, learning how to control his magic and also recruiting for her. He's going to spend a lot of time to effectively wield his magic. Going to learn how to use his crossbow too. Also depending, he may be learning some mild sorcery from Loki. One of his boons will be healing magic so he'll be attempting to be Tadashi be Baymax help that way. Update - post-timeskip: After their fight in June, Hiro hung back on the Guild and just acted as Junior Premier whenever Lemina needed him. He had a few students he checked in with but was largely hands-off while also learning how to control his fire magic and his wind magic. Learned to use a dagger instead. Has mastered level 1 illusion spellwork from Loki and will be looking into runic magic.
✖ If he behaves and proves himself, he will be playing a very large part in the R&D that Saber's setting up in Spire 10 acting as the Head of Project. Once that starts he will begin questioning how to make off-locket communication devices and teaming up with Rin, most likely. Update - post-timeskip: Saber named him head of project at the end of March 2701. When Rin didn't teach him right away, he circumvented her and learned to make the devices himself (accomplished by June 2701.) He's been working and will continue to work with Rin to further develop their partnership and create more tech to sell.
✖ Notable dates include a certain unhappy anniversary in the spring (sometime in the first part of April) that will cause him to basically shut down, along with his 15th birthday (headcanoned August 22nd) Update - post-timeskip: Both of these were acknowledged.
✖ CR-wise he'll be going to extreme lengths to keep in contact with Jason Todd and Loki until the three go their separate ways over the timeskip (possibly developing a friendship with Billy Kaplan via Loki as well?) Around April he'll most likely meet Joshua Kiryu and learn some very important things about him and gain a troll-guardian. Around March most likely he'll also meet Leo Valdez while unfreezing people via fire magic (tentative?) and also he will officially meet Nico di Angelo and soothe the tensions between him and Lumina, who he will also occasionally pop in and visit. In July he'll take a month off to go explore the northlands with Thrall. He'll be in contact with various people he's assisted so far and just let them know he's available if necessary but otherwise he'll be mostly exploring on his own. I want to also use this time to send him to some of the neutral territory (maybe Redgate) and also maybe make some Seelie CR since right now he kinda hates all of them. Update - post-timeskip: Jason and Hiro have had a turbulent year that ended with them splitting up for good until Hiro gathers the nerve to crawl back and apologize. He's developed very close friendships with Loki, Billy, Shijima, Eren, Lumina, Lemina, Thrall, and Howard. He's developed an extremely close friendship with Nico di Angelo as well and has since realized he has romantic feelings for him that he's yet to act on. Joshua Kiryu continues to act as a guardian angel and one person Hiro can be about 95% open and honest with and receive real answers. He developed a friendship with Leo Valdez as he assisted him thawing the Station in March and they spoke of developing secret meeting places during Samhain, along with talks of Leo's apprenticeship. In July he explored the northlands with Thrall to heal the earth and during Yule Thrall made him a member of the Frostwolf Clan. During Samhain, the Black Shuck sent Hiro on a mission with Nico to lay the dead to rest so January-April has been spent traveling.
✖ Other people to meet/build CR with: Rin, Eren, Sakura, Katsa, Shijima, Vol'jin, Saber, Sakura, Merida, Ellie, Colette. Update - post-timeskip: Has built better CR with Rin, Eren, Shijima, Saber, Merida, Ariadne, Colette, Prince Edgar and Katsa. Has met Sakura, and Ellie. Has also met and built decent with Grell Sutcliffe, Wan, Johnny Storm, Teresa, Clarke Griffin, and Lia de Beaumont.
SUMMARY OF KNOWN DETAILS
So far Hiro's only participated in the battle and also tried to play with the jabberwock. Also will soon discover he cannot, in fact, rebuild a special robot friend and will be very upset about that. Otherwise whatever! Update - post-timeskip: Haaaaaaaaaa.
SPRING 2701
SPRING IN 2,701 (Mar, Apr, May)
- MARCH - The new King of Birds, the Roc, brings late snowstorms across the drabwurld; shardbearers must combat its magic to un-freeze each other, natives, and whole areas. Monarchs are still around and boons still occur.
- HIRO'S MARCH PLANS - Hiro will be using his newly learned fire magic to help unfreeze people (team up and meet Leo? Also team up with Merida at some point.) He will also be spending time between Spire 10 and the Station, most likely trying to set up residence in both places. He will also be recruiting for Lemina's magic guild and attempting to learn more about the R&D sanction of the Unseelie that will be housed in Spire 10. Update - post-timeskip: All true save for teaming up with Merida. Hiro worked with several people this month during the freeze (Leo, Johnny, Howard, Wan, Lemina, Katsa, etc.)
- APRIL - Shardbearers shall be struck at various moments by the sound of harp-playing which inspires distractingly, disablingly intense and wild emotions, but be unable to determine the source! Shardbearers will discover that they can follow the sound only in their dreams to the dream-image of a harp which magically plays itself. Smashing the harp in their dreams will disable the spell which affects their waking moments. This is the last month monarchs will be visibly around and which boons will occur.
- HIRO'S APRIL PLANS - Hiro will be hearing the harp and stuck struggling with keeping said-emotions under wraps and will probably explode on someone. Once he figures out how to smash the harp it will be done so. Update - post-timeskip: Had a near panic-attack about his harp and had a loooong talk with Joshua about how the harps worked and also a long talk about death and morality after Hiro smashed the harp. Spent the entire month of April locked away doing research and hiding from everyone/ignoring his CR.
- MAY - Golden swans will migrate to the mainland from the southern coast, devouring newly-planted crops and seeds; slaying them turns them into solid gold swan figurines. (also the Monarchs will be gone, lockets stop working, people opting out go to sleep.)
- HIRO'S PLANS FOR MAY - Once he finds out that the swan figures can become money, he'll most likely be taking his newly-booned cat and chasing/terrorizing the swans to get money. When Mochi won't have any of it, Hiro will team up with Shijima to kill swans and get money. Update - post-timeskip: The first of May was spent hunting down Jason Todd. Afterwards he made his way to Lumina's farm and started building automatic feeding stations for her chocobos. He also hunted swans with Shijima without Mochi (did not boon the cat.) Also researched in the background and worked on his communication devices. Worked with the Guild when he could.
SUMMER 2701
SUMMER IN 2,701 (Jun, Jul, Aug)
- JUNE - It becomes clear that the areas the Jabberwock spent too much time in will grow nothing and have become barren; includes areas around Caer Glaem, the Cothromach, the Station, other parts of the map. Shardbearers may attempt to heal these areas.
Treun holds its famous summer tourney! The purse is 5,000 gold marks for each of these competitions: Magical Duelling, Mounted Joust, and the Melee! The competitions go over the day, featuring many famed individuals participating in secret, and the revels continue over nights. A mod post will go up for this event.
- HIRO'S JUNE PLANS- He's not going to participate in the tourney but he IS going to set up a giant betting pool for non-participants to get involved. Since a lot of his friends are also competing he will most likely spread a few rumors about the stats of the fighters to mess with the odds. His healing plans will take place in July instead. Update - post-timeskip: Betting pool still happened and he almost got his ass kicked for it. Nico di Angelo saved him and his friendship with the boy started. Also handed out communicators to his very close CR. And also found out Lemina was offering the Guild to Seelie shardbearers, got pissed, and stopped talking to her. Hiro's work with the Guild went on pause.
- JULY - Violent anti-shardbearer demonstration in Daonna results in the hanging of a dozen Seelie and Unseelie shardbearers in the city square. Whispers insist that ancient shardbearer Martin Maskmaker is behind the clever fox-masks which magically hide the identities of the killers and help them leave no trace.
- HIRO'S JULY PLANS-If Hiro gets IC word he's going to start trying to work on solving the mystery despite not having clues about the killers. However he will be spending the entire month of July traveling with Thrall into the northlands to assess the damage of the area and start trying to heal them on their own. Update - post-timeskip: Did not do anything about the anti-shardbearer demonstrations but instead spent the whole month with Thrall traveling to the northlands to heal the destruction from the jabberwock.
- AUGUST - Leathann's Festival of Lights is the second week in August, a curious local celebration timed to the arrival of fireflies which will this year mark the induction of the new Oracle; overnight the boats which comprise the Water Market all seem to have vanished, and natives float candles on the river out to sea and let paper lanterns fly, while in the distance the Tower of the Oracle glows golden through day and night.
- HIRO'S AUGUST PLANS- Depending on if he can get there, he might go down and check it out because pretty lights and fireflies and stuff. Around the 19th or so, he'll be organizing a beach trip with friends as a guise to celebrate not only his birthday (August 22nd) but also Jason Todd's (August 16th.) Update - post-timeskip: Came back from his journey with Thrall and immediately was whisked away by Nico to Leathann for the Festival of Lights. Celebrated his/Jason's birthday on August 20th. Background research. He apologized to Lemina this month as well. Guild work is still less but he's helping where he can. R&D research goes back into full-swing at the end of August.
AUTUMN 2701
FALL IN 2,701 (Sept, Oct, Nov)
- SEPTEMBER - The magical power which allows shardbearers to understand Drabbish and each other goes haywire; affected characters will be heard speaking their native tongue! All their writing, however, will still be seen as Drabbish. The annual Treun wreath festival! Harvests are very poor, but the spectacle and scope of the dancing, grain-giving, and public drunkenness are as riotously whole-hearted as ever. The festival ends in drunken bread-riots, however, and fires set in the garden district. The public calls for Fortuna to abdicate his position
- HIRO'S SEPTEMBER PLANS- Language shenanigans! Let's see how many people he no longer understands. Hiro speaks and understands English and Japanese fluently. No other plans thus-far. Update - post-timeskip: He pantomimed stuff with Wan to learn meditation methods better! He also started learning how to write and translate things in Ancient Greek for a certain present for a certain demigod. Month was spent heavily doing research and development and mostly stuck to the Spire save for his time with Wan at the Station near the end of September.
- OCTOBER - 25-30 - SAMHAIN! Sun does not rise; characters can go wherever they please; Black Shuck makes another appearance; giant party on the Cathraon. Mods will post logs for this.
- HIRO'S OCTOBER PLANS- - Samhain! Hiro's going to attend Samhain and probably get into a lot of trouble because it's a giant party. He's going to try to approach Black Shuck with Nico di Angelo and force Eren Yeager into a suit because it's hilarious. He'll probably also be easier to trick into dancing with his CR and he'll be mingling around to meet new people as well. October otherwise is completely open and planless. Update - post-timeskip: Early October he researched blood granite with Edgar, but otherwise pretty much nothing about this has changed other than the fact that approaching Shuck was a Bad Idea and he and Nico were tasked with traveling the Drabwurld to lay the dead to rest. Hiro's secrets about Nico were revealed to Loki after he stopped the fight between Nico and Lumina. Loki also gave him his first kiss to prove it was no big deal. Hiro pushed him in the face a lot. Also began planning secret clubs/safehouses with Leo Valdez and made a lot of new connections.
- NOVEMBER - Inmates from a magical island prison-colony of Leathann have escaped, and some manage to reach the mainland and begin causing havoc! The government of Leathann posts rewards for the return of these criminals, dead or alive. Many are legitimately dangerous mages and sorcerers; others are simply individuals who are debtors to the state and couldn't pay their taxes!
- HIRO'S NOVEMBER PLANS- He may try to team up with some people to go after some of the criminals but for the most part he'll be using the month of November to research High Queen Morla and complete a quest for Ariadne. Update - post-timeskip: First two weeks of November alternated between working on the quest for Ariadne and researching stuff for R&D. The end of November was spent with Lumina traveling to Spire 9's city to work with the vampires to make copies of her chocobo books.
WINTER 2701
WINTER IN 2,701/2,702 (Dec, Jan, Feb)
- DECEMBER - YULE! Giant hunting party with both courts trying to catch the White Hart! Mods will post logs for this.
- HIRO'S DECEMBER PLANS- He's going to wind up building an army of snowmen and one very special Snowmax at the Station if he can get there. Otherwise no real plans. He'll be celebrating Yule/Christmas and provide presents to a lot of his close CR. Update - post-timeskip: Haha he basically exchanged presents with people, argued with Nico until Nico agreed to take him on Shuck's task, ventured on an overnight trip with Thrall to become a tiny Frostwolf, argued with Jason about Nico and cut their ties temporarily and ditched the spire to head out. Last month he researched stuff for R&D. Last month he actively worked with the Guild.
- JANUARY - Caer Scima is at last entirely rebuilt, and grander than ever!
- HIRO'S JANUARY PLANS- Definitely going to return to CS to see how it's been rebuilt. Otherwise he's pretty quiet this month. Update - post-timeskip: Definitely did not return to CS and definitely did not remain quiet this month. Spent the month traveling and training with Nico.
- FEBRUARY -Parrais holds its Ostara Feast! A local celebration of and competition in the arts, chalks harvested from the coast are all dyed and given to local children the full week before, and the whole city is mostly covered in their murals. By the feast's end, several famous elven artisans and musicians are found with their throats slashed.
- HIRO'S FEBRUARY PLANS- He's going to end up bouncing off to Redgate with Billy Kaplan to crash in Loki's dorm and also try to break into the fancy-schmancy library. May also end up meeting a handful of the Seelie in Redgate. Update - post-timeskip: Went to Redgate with Billy to research more/bond with Billy/crash in on Loki. Billy and Loki figured out his romantic feelings toward a certain son of Hades that Hiro adamantly denied. Hiro gained access to the Redgate library for research. In addition, he traveled to Mair and met Grell who spoke with him of death, magic, and runes as she helped him with the next leg of his task for Shuck.
SPRING 2702
SPRING IN 2,702 (Mar, Apr)
- MARCH - The skeletons of unburied soldiers killed in battle begin to rise, devouring whatever living beasts or people they come upon until their skulls are struck off.
- HIRO'S MARCH PLANS- Gonna double-check that this isn't Nico's work and then use a combination of magic and other skills to kill the skeletons. Update - post-timeskip: Rejoined Nico! This probably was tied into their initial task anyway. Also met Jason again at the end of the month and it went as poorly as one would expect. Jason told Hiro how to fix it ("come home", basically) and Hiro shied away from the idea.
- APRIL - Great numbers of imps and fairies begin to go missing in both castles, to the point where many everyday tasks go unfinished!
- HIRO'S APRIL PLANS- Start devising ways to accomplish the daily tasks with inventions while hunting for the missing imps. Update - post-timeskip: He's lost Jason and it's that time of year again. During Yule he set up a meeting with Joshua on the anniversary of the harp-smashing so they could chat and review everything wrong with the world. He also had a friend-date with Merida where the same sort of things were discussed. Lastly, he received a quest from the Unseelie monarchs just as he was getting ready to go find Jason to apologize one last time.
- MAY - End of timeskip.
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SUMMER 2701
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It's a sprawling city with a giant river winding through the middle of it. Normally, there are merchant ships in that river, sometimes so thick that it makes a bridge from one side to the other all along the river, but there isn't a single ship out there this week. No, the river is going to be reserved for candles and lanterns during the nighttime and will remain clear during the day. There are many side alleys to get lost in, too, and the Oracle's tower off in the distance is radiant even in the daylight hours. Merchants are off hawking their wares and having long, casual discussions of pricing with some of their customers.
Basically, it reminds Nico of Venice very much. With exception to the fact that Leathann will tax anything and everything they can get away with. Like shardbearers being in the city in general.]
So, where do you want to start?
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Okay. Okay, so it started like this. Nico di Angelo had slowly become someone that Hiro idly thought about if only because he understood that the other boy understood more about him than most people would. People knew more about Hiro than Nico did, but at the same time he didn't feel like he really had to explain a lot because Nico just sort of got it. It was both a relief and mystifying and that alone was enough for Hiro to settle back and start working on Puzzle di Angelo.
Granted he didn't have much time to think about it in July when he was busy being completely irrationally angry at Lemina and off healing the northlands with Thrall, but nevertheless the thought was still there.
He'd spent some time at the Station the first week of August, mostly reacquainting himself with the modern world and also just using the resources available to work on some ideas he had. It was really just by chance that Nico knew to find him at the Station. (Or, more likely, Nico just happened to show up and Hiro just so happened to be there.)
The boys hadn't seen each other since the tourney in Treun and he hadn't had any way of getting in touch with him either. So when Nico started telling him about the lights festival and about Leathann, well, even he knew better than to say no.
Shadowtraveling a far distance still made him slightly dizzy but not enough to deter him, and he followed through with the same sort of healing magic to try and alleviate the fatigue it caused the son of Hades. It was only after Nico felt rested up enough that they set out on their venture to explore the city. Leathann was beautiful, even Hiro could admit that, and there's a general buzz in the air that makes him realize that this? This is actually pretty damn exciting. He doesn't even think about the fact that nobody else knows he's here. Maybe it doesn't matter. What matters is the fact that he's somewhere brand new with a friend who seems to like adventure as much as he does and that's what really counts.
Of course being a shardbearer still sucks, but he can deal with it.
At the question he hums, hiking his backpack a little further up his shoulder as he looks around.] Well the lights won't be on the river until after the sun sets, right? We've got a couple of hours to just explore. [Even when he speaks though his eyes are on the tower. It's the most prominent thing in the city, so of course that's what he hones in on. Even as they walk he just lightly bumps his shoulder into Nico's in a sort of gentle bodycheck. Better than an elbow to the ribs, right?]
You still haven't really told me how you know so much about this place. Just that you know somebody.
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Oh, it's not a big secret.
[He starts leading them down the main street, careful to keep away from the side ones. He doesn't know Leathann so well that he can navigate that labyrinth.]
When I first came here, it was on orders to help ease tension between Leathann and Shardbearers. That's when I met Sua, and I've been friends with her since then. But, before I got here, I wanted to make sure I understood their culture. So, I read up on it in the library. The books have been true about it so far.
[Nico's efforts might have had better success if the unfortunate murder of the Oracle didn't happen during his final week in Leathann. He puts those thoughts away as now's not the time to think about that. Better to not dampen the mood or the experience by re-telling that tale in this point in time.]
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He's not always used to being the follower, more used to being the leader in these scenarios but he falls into stride with the other boy as he listens. His gaze continues to wander from shop to shop, already making a map in his head as Nico elaborates on the city.]
Probably not a bad idea if we want to keep on their good side. [He's aware of the tension between all shardbearers and all natives. They're all trying to fix it one step at a time.
There's a light of recognition though at the word "library."] We can go there before we leave, right? Or maybe just a bookstore so I can grab something to take back? I know we're here for a couple of days but definitely before we head out. [He's slowly collecting books what do you want from him. And no, Nico, let's not dampen the mood right now. That will come in due time.
Probably knowing these two within a few comments.]What's Sua like?
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[That's how it goes, though. Besides, even Nico has to grudgingly admit that it had been a clever move to set the natives against them.
There's a small smile when he sees a very familiar light in Hiro's eyes. Honestly, this kid would fit right in with the Athena kids, too.]
Yeah, that shouldn't be a problem. Best bet's a bookstore, though, in case you want to reference it again later. I doubt you'll want to trek all the way back for one book.
[...Then again, this is Hiro Hamada, King of Unpredictability.]
She's...cheerful and kind, and she can be tough when she needs to be. Comes from practice, I think, since she's the captain of her own crew. Sua's a good friend to have, especially in Leathann.
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Hiro would 100% be a child of Athena, or at least get along with them quite well. There's a slight bounce in his step as he diverts off the path to practically hover over a cart of various merchant wares. It's weird. It's exciting. There's so much he could take back to Spire 10 to experiment with.]
Of course I want to reference it again later. I've been picking up books from everywhere to write notes in. [A shrug and a smirk follow.] I took a few back from Treun too after I made sure most of the people I pissed off were gone.
[He would absolutely trek back here if he needed to. He's kind of bold and determined that way. He doesn't notice the smile on Nico's face, too busy already picking things up and examining them and completely bringing them to a halt even as he listens to Nico talk about Sua.]
She sounds like a friend of mine from home. [A beat.] Honey Lemon's really sweet and she's literally one of the nicest people I've ever met, but she's brave and tough as the rest of us. She's really smart, too. She's not the captain of anything but she's a chemist. You don't wanna mess with her. [He tilts his head as he thinks.] …nice to know you're making more friends here. [You know. Based on their first conversation.]
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[Hiro definitely gets a straight and honest answer from Nico.
The son of Hades shakes his head, amused. He has to give Hiro points for stubborn determination.]
You know, I'm not surprised you did. You kind of remind me of Hermione. Ah...she's my adopted older sister from another world.
[That's literally the only way he can put it.
Nico...hesitates and frowns slightly. His circle of people he cares about has been growing, but it's still a slow process and a relatively small group of people.]
...Honestly, I think it's more they make friends with me.
[And it still doesn't make sense to him. He's used to repelling people, not attracting them or somehow making them stick with him.]
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[But he's not going into it. If that's how they want to do things, then whatever. Not his place. He's just picking up a glass something or other, rolling it around in his fingers for a moment.] Hermione? [It's not a name he's heard before outside of the tourney and so he looks at Nico again.] That girl from the magic combat bracket that got knocked out by Leo? I've never met her but that was a cool match to watch. [But he notices the tone and quietly bookmarks that in the back of his head. More than likely, if he's going to continue being friends with Nico he'll have to be friends with Hermione, too. Or at least be nice to her.
He notices the hesitation, too, and lifts an eyebrow as he puts the object down.]
You don't think of them as friends? [He doesn't sound accusatory. More curious, actually, if only because he often finds himself in the very same position.]
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[He says it casually rather than defensively. Nico's more than aware that it can so very easily turn into a propaganda campaign. In fairness, though, the Seelie do need more allies. Unseelie Court has the upper hand in that. So, he can't say he can blame them if that happens.]
Yeah. She's very smart, a talented witch, and loves to learn new things. She's...helped me a lot since I first met her. I'm lucky to be able to call her my sister.
[Nico just isn't sure how to show his gratitude for her.
He's quiet for a moment, wanting to word it carefully.]
I'm not used to it. [The son of Hades finally confesses. He's not sure how or when, but...he trusts Hiro enough to tell the truth about it. Or to at least help figure it out.] Friends...don't come easy for me. I made a friend once before, but...he died. Even though he's immortal, it'll still take a very long time for his essence to reform enough to live again...if he ever does.
[It's so hard to say, especially when Tartarus, the primordial god in physical form, had killed Bob.
But he can't bring himself to admit one key thing. He still expects them to abandon him when they find out all of his history.]
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[And it's true. He's had a lot of time to think about the whole neutrality thing but he hasn't readily accepted that they're all in this together. It's kind of the way he doesn't realize that the Unseelie Court really does have the upper hand, but that comes from a skewed perspective and "you ruined everything."
But he can't really blame Nico. Not exactly. Sort of. Ehhhh not to his face and as time goes on, much less blame lies in the son of Hades himself.]
She sounds pretty cool. [He idly thinks that he might actually like Hermione very much if he ever had the chance to meet her. He pulls them away from the cart they're at though, moving to explore another. This has actually become a scene from a Disney film where one has been locked in a tower of isolation and is now dragging the other to look at everything. Yes, you know exactly which one.] I don't really know any witches, but I know a lot of people that know how to use magic. And a god. [There's a short pause.] …I don't know if I'd call these guys family, but it's pretty close.
[He doesn't say anything as he absorbs that. In a way it sorta makes sense. In another way, it's pretty damn sad but he doesn't say so.
Instead, since he doesn't know all of the details, he carefully phrases his next sentence.] All of the friends I've made back home were friends with Tadashi first. He introduced them to me…they were his best friends and so after everything happened they became mine, too. [That is to say that he doesn't make friends easily either, Nico.]
If he's immortal, he'll come back. Not coming back kinda goes against the whole idea of immortality, don't you think?
[And he shouldn't say this, but--] And if it helps, I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna die anytime soon.
[i.e. you're sort of stuck with him for as long as you feel like letting him stick around, di Angelo. Deal with it. (Also there're actually no promises he won't die anytime soon because he keeps doing dangerous shit, but whatever. Nico doesn't need to know that.)]