Fifth Floor Common Room, Tuesday Evening

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Jason and Momoko had agreed to take turns with their droid baby, and since he didn't have any classes on Tuesdays, the baby had gone into Jason's care today. Things hadn't been so bad for most of the day, and Jason had made the mistake of thinking that this week would be fairly easy. That, of course, had been when the baby started crying and just. wouldn't. stop. He'd finally managed to get it to stop making noise by holding and cradling it, but every time he put the baby down, it started to wail again.

So, he was sitting on the couch now with a droid baby cradled between his cast and his chest, and a freshly delivered pizza sitting next to him. Making dinner in this state had seemed like a recipe for disaster.

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"Yeah, I guess you're right," Jason said, sighing. His course selection skills clearly needed some work. "Do you want some pizza? I can't put the kid down, so I ordered out."

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"Why can't you put it down? Is it broken?" Nico didn't really understand how these things worked. His questions didn't stop him from sitting on the side of Jason away from the doll and grabbing a piece of pizza.

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"When I put him down, he cries. I'm hoping he'll fall asleep soon, but I'm not making bets or anything," Jason said. "Luckily, it'll be Momoko's turn to take care of him tomorrow, so I can relax."

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

That sounded...horrible. "Seriously? Sounds like a curse to me. Though, I'm a little sorry to hear you're the dad."

Nico was still a little bitter about that.

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"It's only for a week, thankfully," Jason said. "I don't think I'll ever be as good of a mother as you were, obviously."

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Nico elbowed Jason's side. "You officially get none of my pity this week," he told him. "What's the uh, electronic bundle of joy's name? Another Junior?"

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"Um," Jason started intelligibly. "Not exactly. His name is Nikko. Momoko picked it." 'Cause that explanation would surely clear things up.

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Nico blinked, looking horrified. "Momoko named your creepy doll after me? Why would she do that?" Also, how would she know to?

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"No, no, it's not named after you. It's...she spelled it differently, it's more Asian, with Ks and stuff," Jason said. "I probably should have mentioned that first, huh?"

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Yeah..." Nico was just staring at Jason. "You're aware that's a little weird, right?"

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Jason nodded quickly. "Yeah, I'm fully aware that it's weird, but I couldn't think of any names myself, so I just went along with it. I don't think she meant for it to be weird."

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"So...you're on crying kid duty for the next week, huh?" He couldn't help the disappointment in his tone. Yeah, totally still cursed.

[dontvotemeout]

"Only every other day," Jason said, with a bit of a brighter smile for Nico. "Momoko's going to take him later tonight, and keep him during the day tomorrow. Um, you know, for the record."

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Well, for the record, I was kind of hoping you'd say something like that, because if I wanted to get no sleep I'd stay in my own room and hope for nightmares." Rather than hanging out with Jason and sleeping a little better.

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"Have the nightmares still been bad?" Jason asked. "Um, if you want to talk about them." He'd totally understand if Nico didn't want to talk about them.

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"No, but I'd prefer them to dolls crying," Nico replied, giving Jason a little nudge just to prove he didn't have to worry.

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"Oh, okay," Jason said, with an embarrassed smile. "Sorry, I just don't want to leave you hanging if something's going on in that head of yours."

[deaths-demigod.livejournal.com]

"Not much goes on in there, but I don't mind telling you when it does." Since Jason was probably the only person who would think of asking. Which was kind of cool, really.

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"Okay, good," Jason said, giving Nico a little nudge. "Have some pizza before it gets cold. If Momoko comes for the kid, you might need energy."

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"If?" Nico didn't like that it might not happen. "I'm sure I can find her room if it's necessary."

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Jason laughed. "I meant if she comes here. I can find her if she doesn't, don't worry," he said. "You really want me all to yourself tonight, huh?"

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Was it wrong Nico wanted all of Jason's attention to himself? "Is that a surprise? Should I write a reminder on your cast where you can see it?"

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"And here I thought you didn't want to mess with my cast," Jason teased. "It's not a surprise, it's just...nice to hear."

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"I don't wanna mess up your cast," Nico told him. "Like too much jostling will hurt you or something." And writing required jostling...sort of.

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"I don't think you can mess up my cast. It's pretty solid," Jason said. "I mean, that's the point, to keep everything in place. Do you want to write something on it?"