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Hey. [His voice is stern even if his lips are twitching.] "The cat" has a name, thank you very much. She's Oreo.

[He takes her hand, smirking.]

[ mal makes a face at him like she's reconsidering fighting nico for sole custody of oreo. her fingers close around his. her eyes glow green.

the first touch of her power feels like fire: volatile and wild and primal. but not painful. like recognizes like, rising obediently to their joined hands, there for nico's use: a dragon docilely waiting after being called. ]

[Nico wonders if this is what it feels like to be Percy or Jason (or, well, Mal.) Able to draw upon all of their powers without scraping the bottom of a well run dry for the last drips and puddles. If Nico's powers are a well, Mal's are an ocean, endless, limitless. The difference is astounding. He closes his eyes and breaths in, funneling the power carefully—so carefully, he's never had so much to spare and he doesn't want to take more than he needs—into the bones of Oreo, still playing with the bracelet. He can feel when it's enough, when Oreo is full of enough power to sustain her, and he's quick to stopper the flow.

Nico lets out a shudder that has nothing to do with feeling drained, opens his eyes that he didn't realized he'd closed, and keeps his hand in Mal's as he turns to her to make sure she's okay.]

You alright? [He can't imagine he made a dent in that vast ocean of power but it's not the sort of thing he's going to take for granted.]

[ mal rocks back on her heels wearing an inquisitive look. she lets out a long "hmm" of consideration before raising their joined hands and twirling once beneath them. she drops her arm with a smirk. ]

Seems like everything important is accounted for.

[ the player extends her sincerest apologies that nico's new sister had to be a dick. ]

[The most charming dick Nico has ever met. Affection drips into his smile at that stupid (cute) twirl and he shakes his head, completely repressing the sudden urge he has to dance with his sister. (He doesn't even like dancing.)]

Good. [His eyes flicker to Oreo and his gaze softens further.] Thanks. For doing that. [Mal can play it off like it was a favor all she wants but Nico's not a complete idiot.]

I didn't do it only for you. I happen to like Oreo. [ how dare you suggest her actions weren't somehow selfish.

( the official breakdown is 86% for nico, 10% for mal, 4% oreo herself. ) ]

Now I have to reclaim my property before it's completely destroyed. So, if you will excuse me…

Of course. [To his credit, the words are sincere. He isn't actually intentionally calling out her kindness.]

We need to get her a cat bed. And some more toys so she doesn't constantly steal your jewelry.

Yeah, why do I get the feeling she's still going to get into my stuff?

[ mal comes back with cat and bracelet. ]

This is mine, [ she slaps the cuff back on her wrist, ] and this is yours.

[ she hands oreo to nico. ]

Don't get too comfortable; I will be stealing her.

That's only fair. We did do this together. [He takes Oreo in his arms, holding her gently as if she weren't just a pile of bones. Nico smiles, enchanted.]

Let's go show you the cabin, I bet you'll like it, it's very comfortable. [Oreo tilts her face Nico's way, blank eye holes inspecting him curiously in a way that probably shouldn't be cute but has Nico swooning just a little.]

Should we make her a cat door?

What's a cat door?

[ after making sure they've gathered up all their belongings, mal follows after nico back to the cabin. she smiles at oreo. the skeleton cat is cute. far cuter than most living animals. ( some part of mal still isn't over not getting her own kitten or baby moray eel or hyena cub when she was six and she wasn't invited to evie's birthday party. another still associates animals with her mother's raven, diablo, who would caw and peck at her and one time drew blood. mal hated that animal.

she made her peace with dude. mal would sit in one side of the room and dude would not whimper for carlos or jay or evie. peace achieved with animalkind. )

but as much as she likes the cat, she likes nico smiling more. he's happy and mal is happy to have made him happy. even if this cat had hated her too, mal would still have offered her power just to see nico like this.

the entire scene is precious and mal will happily give a black eye to any misinformed or uneducated beholder. ]

Edited 2019-10-28 02:26 (UTC)

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