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CHARACTERS: Jo Harvelle, Annabeth Chase James Potter and more
LOCATION: all over the place!
WARNINGS: can range from gore to psychological things to fluff
SUMMARY: these are my planned empathy links for October, taking place between october 11th through november 7th.
NOTES: this is closed to plotting, but I am still open if you would like to get in on this. my plotting post is here, so leave a comment there and we can make it work.


Because of how behind I am in general RP-terms, I am bowing down and kissing the ground you walk on and asking if you could possibly maybe PLEASE do the starter, if we have pre-plans with our characters. I know everyone's busy and everyone has a life but this would help me IMMENSELY like you don't even know.

HOWEVER, I have no problems with doing the starters if you're having problems with writing them up or coming up with something, so please let me know through plurk disarmingly if you'd prefer I did the opener, which is totally fine! Really! I'm just so behind and I don't anyone to have to wait on me for the start of things.

Also let me know if I have mixed something up or if I misunderstood something with the plotting. c:

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ANNABETH CHASE

[oikodomae]

ROBB STARK >> stage 2, oct. 11th-24th

[oikodomae]

MERLIN >> stage 2, oct. 11th-24th

[oikodomae]

[servant]

[His head has been a mess for days, filled with images and feelings that aren't his own. Merlin knows he's not the only one, and for once he's thankful that he's been on this ship for as long as he has. People know him. Some of them even knew him before they knew him. The need to guard his secret isn't as strong as it is back in Camelot.

Still, there are some that he knows and trusts better than others. Percy would've been among them once, but Merlin knows that he's no long on the Tranquility. So when there are glimpses of him in his mind, a peaceful, happy feelings to go along with them, he can really think of only one other that the memories could belong to.]

Annabeth?

[He seeks her out, thinking that it would probably be as much a relief for her to know who's receiving such private things as it is to him.]

[oikodomae]

[ it seemed to be the way of the ship to invade privacy like this. not only for the people who she saw their lives, but for herself as well. annabeth hasn't been able to find a quiet moment since these flashes have started, images and feelings and urges filling her head what feels like every moment of the day. she tries to compartmentalize them, tries to work it like a riddle - figure out whose memories you're seeing as fast as you can. and it helps, for a little bit.

it's when she starts seeing people dying that her excitement fades. she hears the word magic and sees the people dying and she briefly wonders who, when, why, before something makes her think of merlin.

the idea to find him doesn't strike her as very odd, so she heads out into the halls as soon as she finds her footing again. for one reason or another, it doesn't come to her to message him that she's looking, but just head in the general direction of where his room is, keeping her eyes open for him. ]

Merlin? [ it's by chance she sees the back of his head down the hall, running to catch up with him. ] Merlin!

[servant]

[He turns when he hears her voice, relieved to see her. Annabeth is bright, and between the two of them maybe they can figure this out.]

Are you alright?

[Because the memories can hurt. Not only be traumatic, but hurt. Merlin himself now knows what it feels like to transform into a werewolf, a pain that he wouldn't wish on anyone.]

I saw some things...I think they belonged to you.

[oikodomae]

[ the smile she gives him is tired, but okay. it's becoming something she's too used to having these days. ]

As alright as I can be. You?

[ even though he knows he must be experiencing some of her memories, due to the ones of his she's seen, her face still drops a bit when he mentions it. reeling through her life and her experiences trying to find the worst things he could have seen, and feeling almost guilty about them. ]

What'd you see?

[servant]

I'm fine.

[And there's fatigue in his voice too. But surely there won't be casualties the way that there are when monsters crawl out of the depths of the ship.

Merlin purses his lips as he tries to untangle the mass of memories and focus only on hers. And when he's successful, he can feel a little smile on his lips.]

Percy. And a happy place. Somewhere where you felt at peace.

[oikodomae]

[ they won't have casualties like that, no, not unless they counted their sleep schedule as a possible casualty. the smile makes her feel a little better, though confused, until he starts speaking and at the same time she feels a very physical pang of guilty, she smiles. ]

Camp Half-Blood. You're seeing my home.

[servant]

It seems like a nice one.

[It's soft, because it seemed like such a nice place. And now she's here, far away from it and everyone she loves. He can't fully to relate to the homesickness that she must feel. Even with Arthur gone for so long, he'd had Gwen. And then Morgana.]

I've never known a camp to be someone's 'home' though. They're normally temporary where I'm from.

[oikodomae]

[ she hasn't thought about camp half-blood as much as she probably should. it hurts her too much, in the same way thinking about percy does. but in the same way she avoiding thinking about it, it seems to follow her around.

annabeth tries to imagine what it must be like seeing camp half-blood for the first time. what it was like when she was seven, crossing that hill. it's hard to separate that first image of the camp from the events that happened there, but maybe. ]

Yeah, they're supposed to be. But a lot of demi-gods don't have another home to go to. I lived there year-round.

SIRIUS BLACK >> stage 3, oct. 25th- nov. 7th

[oikodomae]

LYDIA MARTIN >> stage 3, oct. 25th- nov. 7th

[oikodomae]

[mathematically]

[ lydia martin is not a demigod. her mother is human and her father is human. these are facts she knows extremely well. she knows that at best, after peter attacked her is the only time she came close to death. she has no fears of spiders and this is not her life she is seeing flash at her. this stuff got old the first link.

it's only getting progressively more aggravating as the time goes by. the knowledge that it's a demigod, a daughter of athena, though, that does kind of narrow down who she has to chase down. which brings us to to lydia outside of annabeth's door, being officially difficult. ]

Annabeth. Aperies ostium. [ a beat, and right let's try greek too. ] Ανναμπεθ. Ανοίξτε την πόρτα.

[oikodomae]

[ annabeth doesn't even remember telling lydia that she moved into wichita's room. she probably did, during one of the many times they did meet up to discus latin and greek and myths and science and math. it's a thing that they do, sometimes, and she must have mentioned it then.

annabeth can't be bothered to remember it now, because these links have drained her of energy. there have been too many lives flashing before her eyes and too much knowledge filling her memory. she blinks and she's one person, she blinks and she's another. it's not until the day that she blinks and she sees algorithims, equations, advanced studies text books and massive amounts of pink that she knows it's lydia, lydia martin. she pushes the palm of her hands into her eyes to dull the headache, but instead of making it better she sees dead bodies. here and here and here and there, and then there's someone, a figure, wolfsbane. peter hale floats through her mind and she frowns, eyes still closed, trying to follow. trying to understand.

that's when she hears her name, and because of the scarcity at which annabeth hears latin (read as: not at all) she doesn't really understand. it's not until she hears lydia's voice and the greek command that she's up, door flying open as fast as the gears will let it, and annabeth standing there. ]

Lydia?

[mathematically]

[ it's either that or lydia once upon a time asked or stalked her to find that out. both are entirely possible. it's odd, the sort of schedule they've managed to fall into on this ship. they shouldn't have done it, and yet it was kind of hard to resist it and sometimes structure doesn't kill you. ( you have to know how to adjust easily. )

any other time and this might be interesting, lydia might frame it as a good way to learn about people ( what makes them tick ) and maybe after everything's said and done she will take that approach to it. until then though, it's just straight up exhausting. it's why she's half leaning against the door frame when it finally opens. she straightens when it does though, because leaning like that is waiting for her to be attacked. ]

No, her doppelganger. Or a hallucination. Take your pick. [ actual frustrated lydia martin. ] Yes, it's me. Mind letting me in?

[oikodomae]

[ annabeth's not even going to ask. instead, she's just going to stare at lydia standing in her doorway and wait to see if she'll explain herself. which, of course, she should have known it never would be that easy. ]

Depends. Doppelganger's might be dangerous, hallucination will just feed me back my own thoughts. Not sure I have the time for that. [ actual frustrated annabeth chase she's too tired for this shit, lydia. but she does take a step back, leaving room for lydia to step inside. ]

[mathematically]

[ please annabeth, you wouldn't enjoy her company nearly as much if it was simple, let's be real here. ]

Hallucinations don't have to feed you your own thoughts. They can just make you think they thoughts you're thinking are your own. [ the smile lydia has on her face really shouldn't be there but guess who knows all about hallucinations? THIS GIRL. she doesn't miss a beat actually walking into the room and as soon as the door shut she ends up grabbing annabeth's hand. ] So, do I want to know what you got from me?

[oikodomae]

That's only if the hallucination's controlled by someone else. [ but she can keep up with lydia, at least, following her back inside the room and not really reacting when she turns to face her, grabbing her hand.

annabeth visibly relaxes then, the headache that had been pressing against the sides of her skull calming almost instantly. gods, so that's what not being in constant pain felt like. ] They were all that bad. [ her opens her eyes again, meeting lydia's. ] A lot of school things, mostly. [ is that a hint of a smile, there? probably. goes away soon enough. ] Someone names Peter. And uh- the bodies.

[mathematically]

And that's completely out of the realm of possibility on here. Or in general for the two of us. [ because honestly, it's not like either of their lives qualify as simple.

the tension that lydia had felt in her head and in her shoulders feels like it's gone as soon as annabeth's hand joins hers and lydia doesn't bother to hide the pleased sigh that escapes her lips. ] School things. I would have been fine if it stopped at that. Please, you can make the genius comments if you want.

[ it's actually said a bit like she wants to hear it before she hears the rest and frowns. ] Since you're in my head you already know I didn't kill— any of the bodies. [ peter, now, him she did kill. ]

You had a reason for mentioning a hallucination being controlled by someone else. [ it sounds accusing, but if annabeth saw the hallucinations— it makes lydia's stomach twist in knots she wishes would go away. ]

[oikodomae]

Yes, definitely. [ well, she's got a better idea of just how not simple lydia's life really was. but the release of the tension is perfect, makes her relax in a way she doesn't remember being relaxed in months. enough to even smile at lydia. ]

Yeah, I'm sure you would have.

[ and she's so not going there. not at all. so she'll stare at lydia fairly easily until she decides to continue, the easy air sticking around, seemingly unfazed by the mention of the bodies. she does shake her head, though. ]

No, you didn't. [ a beat, and then she nods. ] I saw what he fed you, hallucination-wise.

TONY STARK >> stage 3, oct. 25th- nov. 7th

[oikodomae]

SCOTT MCCALL >> stage 3, oct. 25th- nov. 7th

[oikodomae]

SALLY MALIK >> stage 2, oct. 11th-24th

[oikodomae]

NEAL CAFFREY >> stage 2, oct. 11th-24th

[oikodomae]