Right. [Nico doesn't look convinced, but he's working on it too. He's been trying to look on the bright side lately, not that it appears to have landed him anywhere good...
He shakes his head to clear it, squaring his shoulders. If he really survived everything that he survived just to die here, he's going to be so annoyed.] Yeah, okay. Maybe there's an attic? [Going up when he's already afraid goes against every instinct Nico has, but he's explored the whole first floor pretty thoroughly by now, and he's nervous about staying anywhere near the dining room, especially with the way his joints are starting to get stiffer and stiffer, the way his hands harder to move now than they were ten minutes ago. It gives him some deeply uncomfortable theories about what might be going on here and he can't figure out how to articulate them to Percy just yet.] I can't find a basement, and I've looked everywhere else.
haha he's great and I love him!
He shakes his head to clear it, squaring his shoulders. If he really survived everything that he survived just to die here, he's going to be so annoyed.] Yeah, okay. Maybe there's an attic? [Going up when he's already afraid goes against every instinct Nico has, but he's explored the whole first floor pretty thoroughly by now, and he's nervous about staying anywhere near the dining room, especially with the way his joints are starting to get stiffer and stiffer, the way his hands harder to move now than they were ten minutes ago. It gives him some deeply uncomfortable theories about what might be going on here and he can't figure out how to articulate them to Percy just yet.] I can't find a basement, and I've looked everywhere else.