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[ Ping! Suddenly you receive a photo of.. a piece of paper with text on it? Apparently someone wanted to send you something, but didn't want to bother finding out where everyone lives..

It's a photo of a card that has text on it in perfect yet somehow also still legible calligraphy. It looks ridiculously fancy for what's written on it, which is-- ]

You are hereby cordially invited to:

ADAINE AND FABIAN'S BREATHTAKING BIRTHDAY BASH!

It will be held today, June 3rd, in the rec room of the apartment building. Presents are not necessary, but a good attitude is most definitely required! There will be drinks, dancing and general merriment, because we all deserve something good after that labyrinth!

Trust me - it will be the party of the century here, and you DO NOT want to miss it!

- Fabian Aramais Seacaster

P.S. If you do not know my good friend Adaine yet, make sure to get to know her at the party. She is an absolute delight, and I want her to have the best birthday party possible!

[ For all characters who would attend, there is a log right over here! ]

@vdova ; text

[waytodie]

You didn't disappear on me, did you?

@derolo ; text

[littlestderolo]

I'm still here.

[And the moment she received this text she headed off to go find Yelena. She wouldn't have asked that question without a reason. And Cassandra is fairly sure that that reason might require company.]

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[waytodie]

She didn't expect the kid to just show up immediately, but maybe she shouldn't have been surprised by it; Cassie has been pretty stuck to her side in some ways since they met. She trusts Yelena in a way she doesn't most other people here.

She'll find her downstairs in the compound in the main living area but not in her room. She hasn't changed from what she was in when they came back from Moorecroft yet, there's an open bottle of vodka on the table in front of her with a significant amount of it already gone.

Yelena hears it when Cassandra comes in, it's too quiet in the compound for her not to, and that gives her that tiny split-second to swipe at her face and try to pull herself together. "Hey, I didn't know you were coming so fast." Her voice is a little hoarse, the way it would be if she'd been crying, and her eyes are a little glassy to add to the image. She doesn't go any further out of her way trying to hide that she's upset, though; she knows the girl would see through it anyway.

[littlestderolo]

Cassandra pauses just inside the entrance, giving Yelena a moment. Because she has a feeling she knows why it is that she asked that question. (And she knows what it feels like, to lose someone you love. To lose family.)

"You wouldn't have asked that question if there wasn't a reason for it. An important one," she tells her softly. "So of course I would."

[waytodie]

"Natasha is gone," she says, no dancing around it, no fanfare, just simple facts. She thinks Cassandra deserves that much, especially for being here so easily. So quickly. "And so is Steve..." though, admittedly he's more an afterthought than her sister. She had only started getting to know him here, and had no prior attachment otherwise to the Avenger leader.

She doesn't remember in the muddied mess of her thoughts right now if she's ever told Cassandra much about Natasha, other than maybe introducing them once after she showed up here. But this reaction is not just 'My sister went home, and I'm stuck here', there is clearly more to the story.

[littlestderolo]

Her heart breaks for Yelena. To lose two people, so close together… and one of them her sister. It has to be awful. But there’s clearly more to the story, and Cassandra is a smart girl. Her reaction is more than just “I’m stuck here and my sister went home”. It’s so much more.

If her sister returning home is this bad… it has to mean that something back home is wrong. Is it the world itself somehow? Or is it something else? She thinks, for a moment, how she would react were she to see one of her sisters, or brothers, here. (Not Percy. She staunchly avoids all thoughts of the brother who had abandoned her to die.)

The final piece clicks into place.

Oh.

Cassandra sits down quietly beside her, gently pressing her shoulder to Yelena’s. “Did something happen?”

[waytodie]

When she comes to join her on the couch, Yelena can’t help leaning her head onto the younger girls shoulder. Logically, she knows she shouldn’t put her burdens on a child; emotionally, Cassandra has been through as much as any Widow ever had by her age.

“She is gone… at home, too…” she admits, her voice quiet, accent thicker than usual from the emotion and her earlier crying. “She sacrificed herself for the world.” Her sister grew up a trained killer, the same as her, but she died a hero. At what cost? The worst one of all.

text; un: blake

[plangona]

what court did you end up in?

text; un: derolo

[littlestderolo]

Sirena

[Which she doesn't like. She knows that yes, according to what they've been told they're all competing against each other to prove their worlds worth saving. But Cassandra will forever feel that it ought to be everyone against this place.

Which means they have to play their games. Doesn't mean she has to LIKE it.]

[plangona]

[ octavia may have been curious at first with the mission mostly because of the novelty of it all but at this point, she pretty much feels the same way]

guess we ended up in different ones. i'm in umbrean.

[littlestderolo]

[Cassandra ignores the way her stomach sinks at the news. It's fine. She's fine.]

I hope they don't expect us to keep only to our courts. Because I have no intention of doing that.

[Not when Octavia isn't in Sirena.]

[plangona]

yeah, i don't plan on staying put either.

i mean they shouldn't have anything against anyone exploring, right? [because run ins with people from other courts could totally be coincidental. surely that is totally fine outside of the big events that she has heard happening ]

[littlestderolo]

You would think, but you never know with the Fey. It's worth taking the chance, though.

[plangona]

yeah sounds like it from what i've heard. [mostly from how they have to use fake names too]

i think it's worth the risk too. the market might be a good meeting place, what do you think?

[littlestderolo]

I think the market would be perfect. It allows for coincidence, on the off chance that they disapprove of court mingling.

[plangona]

yeah, exactly. that's what i was thinking too. it'll be easier to pass it off a chance meeting and see if it is something they're okay with or not.

[littlestderolo]

Once we know their feelings on the subject we'll know better if we need to continue to take precautions.

[They might want to continue, regardless. You can never tell with Fey. Better to tread carefully.]

[plangona]

yeah, definitely. i mean so far the only precautions we know for sure would be to how we need to come up with fake names.

[littlestderolo]

We'll want to watch our words, too. Keep your word exactly as given. Avoid taking gifts, and don't say thank you. Even if they're not exactly like the Fey in my world, taking similar precautions can't hurt.

[plangona]

oh yeah. good idea. i'll keep that in mind too just to be on the safe side.

[littlestderolo]

Better to be safe than indebted. Or worse.

[plangona]

yeah. is that how they are in your world?

[littlestderolo]

They are, yes. For the most part. The Feywild is vast and the Fey themselves varied, but the basic rules are the same.