#mythomagic nerds au

[wild-flowerhoney]

to the ends of the earth (would you follow me?) - cabin13

Percy Jackson is twelve years old when he steps into the Lotus Hotel with Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood.

Five days later, they step back out – with two more children trailing after them.

Percy Jackson is twelve years old when he meets Nico di Angelo. His refusal to let go of his new friend is enough to change what had already been written. Permanently.

inspired by @g0thnico

(sorry, it took me far too long, i know!!)

[gnomeonamelon]

Hello! I'm cooking again :)

I'm tentatively calling this au 'Ghost Queen and the Keys of Death' or 'Keys' for short. Its one that's more centered on the Underworld siblings.

There are three main changes:

1. In Sword of Hades, we see that there's a key that unlocks death in this universe and most of HoO is about the Doors of Death.

Well… what if there were two keys and they locked/ unlocked one of the two entrances/ exits: the one in Los Angeles (TLT) and the one in the titular House of Hades. Each key does different things and is in the possession of one of the princes of The Underworld.

The first key, which locks the LA door, is in the possession of Nico. This key can summon the dead (regardless of whether or not there are skeletons nearby) and can tear open fissures in the earth for them to emerge from. It's embedded in the hilt of his sword (a la the Sword of Hades)

The second key, which locks the Epirus/ HoH door, is in the possession of Hazel. This key is worn around her neck and can give her visions of past death and how the people around her are going to die.

2. I split canon!Nico in half.

Keys!Nico is the mythology nerd who gets in everyone's business. He's Hades/Pluto's Ambassador to other pantheons and is at least friendly with both the post-Iskandar House of Life and the Norse crowd. He's learning magic from both but favors memorization over feeling, favoring magics like divine word and charms (but can also do some combat or death magics in desperation) on the Egyptian side while being fairly proficient in rune magic. He prefers to use cards as a medium as he's used to card-based memorization games like Mythomagic, can draw on and throw them, and they burn up upon use (helpful for remaining discrete).

The depressed Ghost King side of Nico is going to Bianca, who survives the events of TTC (I'll explain my quest reshuffling in another post). After Zoe's death, she runs off and runs into dangerous individuals who claim they can get Bianca's memories and best friend back. She meets Melinoe (who's supporting the Titans), who successfully introduces her to Mnemosyne, the titan of memory who reverses what the Lethe did. The goddess of ghosts then says that she'll need a powerful artificial shell/body to bring Zoe back. That's why they're going after Daedalus.

3. This is less relevant to this au specifically because this is also the case in Limen, but I aged up just about every character.

The prophecy is at 18 instead of 16 and I wanted to give every child of the Big Three a fair shot at being The One. Hazel was the closest when the prophecy was made, Bianca was after Hazel's death, Thalia was after she and her brother disappeared. Ana Dakkar (daughter of Neptune) was the first known on the Roman side and joined the Legion first by a couple months, but Jason is the oldest of the three on the Roman side. Finally, through Lotus Casino and Fate based shenanigans, Percy and Nico will turn 18 on the same day.

Bianca was 17 when she joined the Hunters and has been every day since

Nico is 16 in TTC, 18 in TLO, and turns 20 just after HoO

Hazel is 15 when she comes back from the dead a couple months after BoTL and 17 in HoO

[ljlokijinx]

Just had the BEST idea for a pjo x spider-man au, where Peter isn't a son of Athena or Arachne... Instead he's just a regular clearsighted mortal, except he's catnip for all things godly.

!son of Hermes Ned: Oh gods you just got stabbed Peter!

*the knife scatters to the ground*

Peter, at the stabber: Do you have any weapons that aren't celestial bronze??

MJ: *sits down next to Peter at lunch*

Ned: Wait,,, I know you!

MJ: Oh yeah?

Peter: Ah, a demigod, yes?

MJ: ???

Ned: You cheated at Capture the flag last week!

!daughter of Ares MJ: No I did not!

Peter's first science genius best friend being Leo Valdez and that dictated the rest of his friendships.

Adrian Toomes being a dealer for the Triumvirate, and the ferry was actually Princess Andromeda. Spider-man found Percy and Chris, had them run and tried to destroy it himself before Tony showed up.

Peter: I can't believe you two would pair up and leave me alone in lab. Hi! You're a new student aren't you? Can we work together? I'm Peter Parker, by the way.

The new lab partner: I'm Annabeth Chase.

Tony: This is my science child, Harley. Harley, this is Peter, my intern. Oh shoot, I'll be late for a meeting. Try not to blow up my lab, please.

Harley: Look, Peter, I'm a whole lot of trouble, okay? You don't want to hang around me.

Peter: Bullshit.

Harley: I'm serious-

Peter: You can't be worse than my bestie Percy.

Harley: Trust me I can-

Peter: Worse than Percy Jackson?

Harley: You're friends with Percy Jackson?

Peter, having clocked in on the demigod-scent™️ immediately: Who do you think stopped him from dying all the time? Annabeth is a godsend - literally, but even she can't manage all the time. Are you her sister by any chance?

Harley: No, I'm Hephaestus'.

Peter's senses evolving, so now he can sense godly stuff - he can tell demigods apart from mortals and monsters, when a god in eavesdropping etc.

Peter, hanging out with Harry and Gwen:

Nemesis: You stay away from my son, catnip.

Peter: Don't call me that :< Wait, son???

Nemesis: Don't worry about your lady-friends' sanity, by the way.

Peter: Is that a blessing I hear?

Nemesis: No need. She smells of spring and death.

!son of Nemesis Harry and !daughter of Persephone Gwen, confused asf: huh???

Peter absolutely hijacked both wars and helped his demigod besties.

FFH x quest of the seven crossover. Poor Peter not only needs to deal with the chaos of Mysterio but also keep the seven alive. After all, the prophecy says seven demigods. So an eighth questmate is alright if he isn't a half-blood.

Peter is 100% a mythomagic nerd and adopts Nico as his baby brother.

Nico: I don't need your pity! I want revenge!!!

Peter: And I want to watch another episode of Ahsoka. You in?

Nico:.... maybe.

!daughter of Apollo Kate Bishop x !daughter of Dionysus Yelena uwu

[yonemurishiroku]

this sounds like a trilogy of romance. Like each book would focus on each of these ships in the same Universe in the same group of friends etc.

Like. Let’s say a High school AU, I think Ethan and Jason would be the first to get together bc… idk i just think they’re the more mature than the rest (yes Luke u too) so chances are they would realize their feelings sooner, act on it like real people, and figure it out.

Alabaster and Nico would get together after two weeks of shovel talking the other’s cousin/friend/adopted brother/whatever they are. It was a competition until they found out they vibed (cough cough Mythomagic and Yugioh nerds) and then they’re even more clingy than Jason and Ethan.

Luke and Percy are an interesting case. I imagine Percy would at least have some semblance of crush on Luke but choose to hate him on principle. But then both of his cousins are dating Luke’s best friends so the encounters are frequent, and Luke is actually very nice so the prejudice slowly crumbles...

I wrote all of this for the sole purpose of Nico and Jason laughing at Percy’s face when he and Luke finally date.

YOU WANT A RARE SHIP ILL GOVE YOU THE RAREST AND DUMBEST SHIP YOUVE EVER HEARD OF

Ethan x Jason

Jathan, Ethson, vengeful lightning.

Please. Hear me out. HEAR ME OUT.

Two dudes destined to be nothing more then plot continuation to be drives for the in characters but never main characters themselves even though they had ALL the potential to be. Dying so the main character can't get that sweet sweet goal/character development. Just wanting tk make things right for their people and Godly beings. Fighting for what they believe is right even if the line between good and evil seems blurred.

They kiss.

[96percentdone]

i have no idea how you would do this but i think an AU where Bianca lives and thus Nico doesn't have the sharp angsty nose dive would be very fun. What if Nico was just. still a mildly annoying nerd throughout the rest of the series. Nico but he keeps talking about mythomagic while following everyone into the labyrinth against their will.

[bubblegumwitchswriting]

Up Up, Down Down, Kiss and Make Up: Part One

Ao3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15303474/chapters/35503755

Parings: Percy/Annabeth; Hazel/Frank (not yet dating); Jason/Piper; Will/Nico (not yet dating)

(Boarding school AU)

When Chiron bans video games, Leo gets creative and decides they should create their own game. The result is part D&D campaign, part cosplay opportunity and part complete chaos. Hazel might have somehow accidentally been proposed to, Annabeth is frustrated by video game logic, Jason and Piper start a feud, and Nico is trying very hard not to notice Will Solace and even harder not to let himself be video gamed into asking Will out. And Leo? He's in his element controlling it all.

Part One

Chiron had banned video games. He claimed it was because they rotted your brain and that everyone should be getting outside in the fresh air. In truth it was probably because Corridor 13 had gotten a little too competitive during a Mario Kart competition and a wii remote had flown off of someone's wrist and managed to take out both the TV and a window by a miracle of rebound and angles. The window had been fixed very quickly. The TV hadn't.

Chiron had insinuated they wouldn't get it back until after the holidays. After the obligatory complaints, chiding and threats to never speak to Corridor 13 again, the students of The Pantheon School were left to figure out what to do with themselves.

Predictably it was Leo who came up with something first.

"Let's make our own video game."

That didn't get much of a response at first. Piper and Annabeth were sitting in the window seat, not really listening. Of all of them they'd been the least worried about the loss of the TV since they'd only ever shown up to the video game tournaments occasionally to put the rest of them back in their place: Mario Kart wasn't a challenge anymore and it was doubtful it ever had been. Jason was at the desk by the window. He was probably the next level of not interested because he had somehow ended up on the committee to organise the prom and so his and Reyna's free time was usually spent arguing about menus, colour schemes and mildly threatening corporations who thought they could con two teenagers into buying overpriced balloons.

Percy did care about the loss of the TV, because without it he had one less reason to ignore the pressing fact he had a lot of homework to do. When Leo repeated the sentiment, louder this time, he was the first to look up from where he was lying on the sofa.

"How?"

Leo admitted that he hadn't really thought things through that far. Percy sighed and threw his arm across his face.

"Maybe Chiron's right. Maybe we should just go outside or something."

Leo perked up. He was sitting on the floor, playing absentmindedly with an old walkie-talkie and he waved it about as he spoke, nearly decking Frank sat behind him.

"Outside!" he said. "Yes we should go outside."

He seemed way too enthusiastic about the idea. It was enough for Hazel to glance over in some concern.

"You said fresh air was pointless," she commented.

"That was before when we had a TV. Now outside is genius. We can make our own video game."

"That was your first idea," Percy observed.

"Ye-es," Leo admitted. "But this is that idea new and improved. I've got these walkie-talkies that Connor gave me and there's that old playground out back. We can make an obstacle course and control someone around it. Tell them what to do with the walkie talkies and stuff."

"Tell them to do stuff?"

Nico was sitting on the floor behind Percy’s sofa and he'd been so quiet the others had kind of forgotten he was there. He poked his head out.

"What sort of stuff?" he continued.

"You know, jump. Go left. Turn. That sort of thing," Leo said vaguely. “I haven't worked out all the particulars yet.”

"That's obvious," Nico said. Then he shrugged. "Sounds fun. Count me in."

"Really?" Leo asked, then quickly. "Great."

Nico gave him a look.

"I didn't think you'd be the first to agree," Leo said defensively.

"I'm in too," said Percy, still without looking up. "And Annabeth."

His girlfriend looked up at her name.

"What are you signing me up for?" she asked.

"Leo's video game super smash brawl IRL," Percy said. "Far as I'm guessing he's thinking of an obstacle course capture the flag death match kind of thing where someone bosses someone else about through walkie talkie."

Annabeth thought about that for a second.

"We're in," she said. "Right Pipes?"

Piper nodded seriously.

"Be good to kick your butts in real life," she said. "Bagsie Reyna."

And that was how they ended up outside in the grounds letting themselves be bossed around by Leo who had found a mega-phone somewhere and was using it to bellow instructions across the lawn. Jason came out, trying to adjust his glasses with an elbow at the same time as trying to shift a heavy cardboard box into a more comfortable position.

"This was all the tech corridor 13 could scrounge up," Jason said.

"They were pretty apologetic about the loss of the TV," he added as Leo extracted a broken video camera with a worryingly large grin.

"Here!" Leo called as he threw the camera towards Harley, who caught it one handed. "That should be good for section one."

"Section one?" Jason asked. "Leo this is going to be a little game right? A quick distraction?"

Leo barely gave his friend half a second of attention, too busy rummaging through the box.

"Uh-huh," Leo agreed, though Jason was pretty sure Leo had absolutely no idea what he was agreeing to.

"Corridor 13 have started a betting pool," Jason continued. "What exactly have you told them?"

"Video game," Leo mumbled. "Recreating a video game."

Jason sighed, and then jumped back rapidly as Harley walked back their way carrying a large piece of plywood.

"Okay," he said in defeat. "If you need me I'll be talking to napkin suppliers."

"Ooh can you get me any free samples?" Leo asked.

"Sure?"

"Great. And you don't mind me designing your costume then?"

"No that's fi- wait costume?”

Leo wandered off, feigning deafness as he screeched into his megaphone.

“Leo! What costume?"

Leo continued doing a good impression of not being able to hear, waving a set of fairy lights excitedly at Harley. As he passed Reyna, Piper and Annabeth they covered up the several sheets of paper they had spread out on the floor around them and ostensibly stopped talking.

"Go away spy," Piper teased. "We won't let you steal our top secret plans."

Annabeth waited before Leo had got a safe distance away before continuing with her inventory plans.

"And rope of course."

Nico had joined forces with Hazel and Frank. Frank didn't seem entirely comfortable about the entire set up, partly because he wasn't super into video games but Hazel and Nico's competitive streaks were coming out and they were showing their claws, and partly because Hazel's brother made him just a tiny bit uncomfortable.

Hanging out with Nico properly for the first time was a little nerve wracking, because as stupid as he told himself he was being, Frank couldn't help but think that he was one stupid comment away from Nico skewering him with the pencil he was holding, or at least skewering him with a look. Still Hazel adored Nico and Nico adored Hazel and so it was clearly up to Frank to get over the fact he was mildly terrified of the slight, pale teenager with the eyes like shards of glass.

And Nico hardly seemed to be paying attention anyway. He'd had all sorts of plans in the beginning, and Frank had begun to realise that Nico was a bit of a mythomagic nerd. His knowledge of stats and different attacks could come in useful, but equally couldn't, since none of them really knew exactly what Leo was planning on building for them.

Now Nico was just staring into the distance, tapping a pencil distractedly against his knee. Frank followed his line of sight, but all he could see was some of the corridor 13 lot with Lou-Ellen and a couple of the guys from 7 and the younger ginger and green haired girl Frank always saw on the archery range. Callie? No, Kayla.

Frank shrugged it off, assumed that suddenly disappearing into his head was one of Nico's things and began discussing whether or not Hazel thought they'd need a shield.

"Do you think we'll need matches?" Annabeth asked, adding another note to her equal parts frighteningly organised and horrifyingly disorganised list.

"This is Leo," Piper said. "I think we should have everything possible. Up to and including the national guard and a medic on call."

Annabeth added matches under cold weather provisions, cross-referencing it a second later to light-emitting devices and then adding an arrow to warmth.

"Do we have a torch?" Reyna asked.

Annabeth frowned, scanned her notes.

"Yes under electronic items."

Reyna nodded sagely. She was relatively new to The Pantheon School, so really she was dealing with the chaos well considering she’d never had to survive through Leo’s other projects and ideas.  

"How serious do you think Leo is about all of this?" Reyna mused. "I saw him walk past with a drill a minute a go. Where on earth did he get a drill from?"

"Don't know," Piper laughed. "And don't think I want to know."

"Leo's hardly serious about anything," Annabeth mused. "But when he's got a project he's off. He's serious. And we've got a reputation to withhold."

"Well if we are doing this we're doing it properly," Reyna said. "I heard Leo was making his team costumes."

"My kind of area," Piper said with a grin.

"Really?" Annabeth asked. "You know how to sew?"

"Some confidence would be nice," Piper teased. "But no. I do, however, know some girls who love fashion and would be happy to help."

Reyna frowned. Annabeth pictured Drew's scowling, sardonic expression.

"Really?" Annabeth said again.

"Really," Piper said with a devious grin. "My corridor owe me a favour."

Part Two

[so-langelo]

“Hi.”

Hope you guys like this Ari xxx *mortal au* Note: WIll is a year older than Nico

Summary: Will and Nico’s friendship over the years (i suck at summaries but i swear its good)

Word Count: 1666

*disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot* *warning: underage drinking*

“Hi.” Six-year-old Will Solace held his hand out to a small boy he noticed sitting alone in the playground. 

The boy was sitting at the edge of the concrete playground with playing cards spread around him. He had dark hair that hung past his ears and eyes that were pools of deep brown. He looked at Will and seemed surprised that someone was actually talking to him. 

“I’m Wil. What’s your name?” Will sat next to the boy, careful not to mess up the cards on the ground. 

“Nico. Nico di Angelo.”, the boy’s voice was soft and hardly above a whisper, but Will heard. 

“So, you play Mythomagic?”, and immediately after Will said it, Nico perked up.

“You know how to play Mythomagic?”, Nico said excitedly, “My sister always says that Mythomagic is lame, so I don’t have anyone to play with usually.”

“I’m not good, but I know how. My brothers taught me, but they always beat me.”, Will said, “I like Apollo. He’s so cool.”

As Nico dealed Will’s his cards, he looked up at Will with a small grin. “You can have him if you want.”

“Really?! Thanks, Nico. You’re the best.I’ll keep it forever. Promise.”, Will smiled at Nico with a blinding brightness. 

After an hour of playing and Will loosing, a man from the othr side of the playground called for Nico. Nico put down his cards and said, “I have to leave now. Can we play again, Will? I’ll see you again, right Will?”

Will was sad that Nico was leaving; he enjoyed the other boy’s little quirks and the way he talked about Mythomagic like it was the best thing ever. Will put on a smile, “Yea, of course, we’re best friends now.” 

As Nico waved goodbye, Will looked down to to the card that was given by his new friend, and on the back in messy handwriting, it said: 

If found please return to Nico

“Nico.”, Will whispered and smiled to himself.

“Hi.” Will said as he opened the door to Nico’s room. The room that he has been in so many times over the last seven years changed so drastically in just a couple weeks. It was so dark even though it was 2 in the afternoon. 

“Who let you in?”, Nico’s voice was raspy and harsh; just like his room, Nico changed from a happy-go-lucky kid to someone distanced and cold. But Will wasn’t going to be going away, no matter how much Nico pushed him away. He wasn’t going to leave his best friend. 

Nico’s sister, Bianca, died. It was a horrible accident, and it left Nico and their father devasted. Nico wouldn’t come out of his room, he barely ate, and, worst of all, he pushed everyone that cared for him away. 

“Your dad. He’s worried about you, you know.” Will sat at the edge of nico’s bed, where nico was hidden under piles of blankets. 

“No he doesn’t. He’s glad Biance died.”, Nico’s voiced choked at the words, “One less kid to worry about.” 

“Don’t say that. He loves you, Nico. Don’t push him away, please.” Will pleaded. He hated seeing Nico like this. It hurt him and he knew he couldn’t do anything about him. 

“Will. Why are you even here? You’re just like the rest of them, pretending you care.”, Nico spat at him, accusingly. He sat up form his covers and stared with a deadly fire in his eyes. 

That’s when Will’s keep-your-cool persona died. “Don’t you ever say that! I do care, Nico. Everyone cares about you. You’re just too busy wallowing here to notice. Everyone is trying to help you! Everyone misses her too Nico! Bianca wouldn’t have wanted this! She wouldn’t want you like this, rotting away in your shadows.”

Nico’s eyes looked almost black in this room. They were quickly filling up with tears that threatened to overflow after Will’s rant. 

“Will. It’s just so hard. I’m sorry for pushing you away. I’m sorry for saying such horrible things to you. I’m sorry for being a jerk. I’m sorry. I miss her so much, Will.” Nico broke down in front of Will, and Will cradled him in his arms. 

“It’s okay. It’s okay. You’ll be okay.” Will repeated those words like a mantra, and the two stayed there until the sunset and the tears that spilled from Nico’s eyes dried.

“Hi.” Will’s voice was muffled from under the pillow that hid his face. 

It was no surprise Will’s mom let him up. Since Will and Nico became best friends ten years ago, Nico practically lived here.

“Hey, Solace. How are you holding up?”, Nico nudged his leg that hung off the bed. 

“I’m fine. You know, fine as in I found out my boyfriend cheated on me and dumped me because I found out.” Will took the pillow off of his face and got up.  His hair was a blond bird’s nest and his eyes were probably swollen from all the crying. 

“He was a jerk. I tried telling you that in the beginnng. To make you forget that dick wad, I brought you Ben & Jerry’s cookies and cream cheesecake. Your favorite.”, Nico held up a quart of the said ice cream and two spoons. 

“Oh my gosh. You’re the best. The only three men that I need in my life. Ben, Jerry, and you.”, Will greedily grabbed the ice cream and his spoon. 

Nico laughed. “You’re welcome.”

Will looked up at his friend and saw Nico staring at him with an expression that could almost be affection. 

No. It’s just your imagination, Solace. Your hallucinating from your post-breakup depression. 

Will decided to brush it off and just enjoy the company of his best friend and his ice cream. 

The two talked and talked. About Will’s ex and other stupid things. They talked like they haven’t seen each other in years. 

When it was around 3 am, the two were on their backs with an empty ice cream container forgotten at their feet. Nico turned to face Will.

“I have to tell you something.” 

The moonlight from Will’s window shadowed Nico’s eyes. “Yeah?”

“I actaully hate cookies and cream cheesecake.”

“Hi!” Will screamed over the loud music at his best friend. 

His best friend that he may or may not have fallen in love with over the last year. 

“Nice party!”, Nico cupped his mouth to be heard. 

“Thanks. It was Lou Ellen’s idea.” Will looked around for the girl that planned his ‘18th birthday extravaganza.’ 

Nico motioned outside, a place where they can talk without getting sore throats. 

Will struggled to follow Nico, being stopped a couple times because of people wishing him a happy birthday. 

“Hey.”, Will said, when they were both finally outside, away from the blasting music and the people slowly getting drunk. 

Lou Ellen swore that she didn’t know who spiked the drinks,  Will didn’t quite believe her, so he steered clear away from any liquid offered to him.

“Hey Will. I wanted to give you your birthday gift.”, Nico stook a sip from his cup. 

Will’s eyes widened. “Nico the drinks are-”

“Don’t interupt me, Solace. I know about the drinks, and I just thought the the only way for me to get the courage to tell you that I’m fuckin’ in love with you is when I’m a bit buzzed, okay. Now what I wanted- Fuck. I told you. Dammit, Solace! I had a whole damn speech! I’m didn’t even drink that much. Do you see what you do to me. I broke the law for yo-”

Once again, Will interupted Nico. 

But this time he interupted him with a kiss. 

The two broke apart; their foreheads touched. 

“Sorry for interrupting you. I just wanted you to shut up, because I love you too.” Will’s breath tickled Nico’s lips. 

“Nice to know. Now can we kiss again?”Nico smirked at him. 

“Whatever you want.” 

The two connected lips once more. 

“OH MY HOLY GOODNESS! CECIL! GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE! YOU OWE ME 30 BUCKS!”

“Hi.” Will said, as familiar arms wrapped around his waist.

Lips started to travel his neck. 

“Stop, Nico.”, Will chuckled, “We can’t be late to our own wedding reception.” 

“Will, they can wait 15 minutes.”, NIco smiled at him. Will thought he looked absolutely beautiful. 

“Save it for the honeymoon, sunshine You don’t even have socks on. Just get your socks from my drawer. We’re already 4 minutes late.”, Will said, while trying to fix his tie.

“Okay, okay.”, Nico whined.

When Will finally got his tie to look decent, he heard Nico gasp. Will rushed to his side. 

“What happened?”, Will said worriedly. Nico had his hand over his mouth and his eyes looked teary. 

In his other hand, Nico held an old tattered playing card, a Mythomagic card, of the sun god, Apollo. On the back, in faded writing was:

If found please return to Nico

“You kept it? After 20 years, you kept it?”, Nico tackled Will in a hug that almost knocked them to the floor.

“Yeah, I kept it. You gave it to me, and I promised I would keep forever. You don’t break those kids of promises.”, Will ran his fingers through Nico’s hair, careful not to mess it up. 

“You’re such a nerd.”, Nico said, wiping a few stray tears.

“You are so emotional. Such a bridezilla.” Will joked, kissing Nico’s forehead lovingly.

“Shut up, Solace. Come on. You made us late to our own reception.”, the two exited the room to their wedding reception and the rest of their lives together.

OH MY GOSH THIS IS SOOOO LONG SAPPY IK LOVE U GUYS!! Ari xx