Shæ woke with a start. She sat up and looked at the statue of Poseidon that stood in the midddle of the back of the cabin.She stood up and walked over. "Hi Dad. I've been chosen for a Quest." She began. "And Valen, Michael, Shay and Vic are going too. Someone stole the golden fleece and we have to get it back. If you would say hello it would be appreciated. Being a god doesn't give anybody an excuse to neglect their children." Shæ smiled. "But at least you try. Do I have a brother anywhere? or a sister?" Shæ's smile slipped. Being the only known child of Poseidon was lonely. "You don't have to answer that." She turned and stepped out of her cabin.

Shay was enjoying the night air outside his cabin "Boy, being a child of the big 3 sure is a lonely existence." He Said to no one he pulled a picture of his pocket and smiled at it then looked up to make sure no one was watching and kissed it, after securing the picture back in his pocket he sat there looking glum and gloomy "I hate this place." Shay once again said to the air only the gods would hear him.

Michael had stepped outside for a smoke when he first felt the girls presence. He then looked around to see how many kids whre still up and he decided to walk around and see who was on gaurd duty. He found James at his cabin and told him if he couldn't find sleep he should go help the zeus cabin with there perimeter checks. That's when he heard the small group of campers now talking to the girl... Michael couldn't say what it was but he didn't quite trust her, " a party eh? Isn't it a bit late for that? I mean we have 6 hoursuntil we go after this thing." He said looking at the group lit cigarette in hand.

Shæ walked past Shay who was sitting on the ground and headed for the bank of the river. She sat down and hummed a pirate song her mother had taught her. "Heave ho, thieves and beggers, never shall we die..." She fingered her necklace and trailed a hand in the water.

Angelo went with his brother to Thalia tree hearing that they wouldn't go on the quest for the golden fleece many they could put their skills to use protecting everyone here. He soon walked back with his brother back to the cabin noticing he mentioned about a communication system. "I think we need to use a torch system, we need some salts to give to everyone that's on patrol when they're are on patrol there torches remain natural red but when they need rest they use the salts and put them on the torched to turn blue and we will know to send a relief force to them. Sounds good?" Angelo looked to Austin to see if he agreed as they got back to Zues cabin

Valen woke up and stretched. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and sat up. She grabbed her armor and headed for the forge. She entered and found an empty workstation and sat down began working on her armor. She sat back thirty minutes later and decided to test it. Valen slipped her cuffs on and pressed s button. Armor clinked and slid up to her shoulders. She flexed her joints.

Flexible, lightweight, retractable. yes this will work. Valen thought and did the same to the rest. once that was done she went to working on the retractable spear. She made it lightweight and small enough to carry everywhere. In its compact form it looked like a small pipe with a triangular tip. She walked over to where she had seen shay and handed it to him. Her arm clinked and she realized she was still wearing her cuffs fully tracted. she pressed the button and they both changed back to metal cuffs.

When Val handed him off the project he asked for he looked up "Thanks Val." He Said "Oh nice armor too." He then looked down and preoccupied himself with staring at the dirt lost in thought occasionally moving or shuffling his foot "We've got a big day ahead of us soon." He said aloud but not to anyone in particular "I hope we make it."

whizzball1 said
As nothing of much interest came up while Nevea was listening, she eventually walked away, bored with looking at the terribly ugly Hades cabin. It was the Hades Cabin, anyway, so of course it was ugly. Death, darkness, that sort of thing was boring. Eugh. She would have to find out more, but that could wait. After all, they wouldn't be going for at least eight hours. The wind direction that had been keeping her hair in its place around her neck had gone, and so she went back to the cabin in order to change up her hair. Of course, that came with a slight change in make-up, but nothing that took too long.Satisfied with her look, she walked out and back to Thalia's tree, looking around and listening in on the conversation.Her interest was caught by the voice of a young man with wavy black hair, whom she quickly identified as the leader of the Hecate cabin, Seth Zorya. She made it a special goal to know about anyone important. She needed to be careful when using them in any way, even for something little. This one, she'd learned quite a bit more than usual about, especially the colder aspects of his personality. She had to be even more careful with those. As he spoke, she thought for a bit before speaking up."I can set up ice constructs, which I'm fairly sure the Hephaestus cabin can work well with," she began, with a boldness not unlike her own mother. Her voice was silky and smooth, with a noticeable hint of mysteriousness. Although she weaved sweetness into her voice as usual, there was also the detectable coldness that punctuated certain words. "My ice is naturally strong, but it'll need to be kept a bit cool."Nevea heard Lucas' idea next, and decided that she would definitely offer to join them when the time came for it.

It didn't come as a surprise that Nevea would offer to create ice constructs. She was the daughter of the kce goddess after all, and if she could make her icy structures radiate a chilling aura, it would definitely help in slowing creatures down and maybe even dissuade them from getting too close.

"It's a good start," Seth responded as he crossed his arms. "I can make your structures more effective by merging them with my own crystal formations, which other than increasing the ice's sturdiness, can strengthen the chilling energy that seems to emanate from most of your creations."

After a few more exchanges amongst other campers in what they could do to secure the borders, some other halfblood named Lucas suggested they have some sort of parting party. Seth shook his head.

"A party? Really? Why don't we focus on the more important matters instead of trying to forget about them with useless celebrations?"

Val smiled. "Thanks. I hope we make it too." She was silent for a moment. Then she said "I could make you some cuffs too if you'd like. Its really no trouble. Plus i get anxious if i don't have something to do." She fiddled with her cuffs. Her hands turned to balls of fire. it was a good thing her cuffs were fire resistant. She swore and stared at her hands darkly. "Mother fuckin fire power. Wish someone knew how to help me control it." She muttered.

"Sure I'd like that." He smiled "As for your control problem I can try to help you with that" He looked up at her and drew a little symbol in the dirt with his food uncomfortable with dealing with people but trying his best to be civil with Val and others after all he was going to be questing with them and fighting with them.

"ok." Valen was curious. "How could you help me?" She asked. She could tell he was making an effort to be polite to her at least. She appreciated it. Most people either made fun of her power or feared it. Sh wanted to be able to control her power before She burned anything-or gods forbid anyone-into ashes.

He shrugged "I figure I can teach you a technique someone taught me a long time ago to control my emotions." Shay kept going on "It isn't that hard to learn I used to be unable to control my talents too." He looked her in the eyes, found it hard to look her in the eyes he found it hard to look anyone in the eyes but her especially if only he knew why.

Krein said
It didn't come as a surprise that Nevea would offer to create ice constructs. She was the daughter of the kce goddess after all, and if she could make her icy structures radiate a chilling aura, it would definitely help in slowing creatures down and maybe even dissuade them from getting too close."It's a good start," Seth responded as he crossed his arms. "I can make your structures more effective by merging them with my own crystal formations, which other than increasing the ice's sturdiness, can strengthen the chilling energy that seems to emanate from most of your creations."

Nevea thought about this for just a few moments, before nodding to confirm that that would, in fact, work. Why it took her more than one moment to process would never be adequately explained, which was a bother, but a trifling one. "Wonderful; that's that then," she said, with a tone of finality on the matter. She looked over Seth for a glancing moment, before turning her thoughts to the next voice.

kagethekiller said
Michael had stepped outside for a smoke when he first felt the girls presence. He then looked around to see how many kids whre still up and he decided to walk around and see who was on gaurd duty. He found James at his cabin and told him if he couldn't find sleep he should go help the zeus cabin with there perimeter checks. That's when he heard the small group of campers now talking to the girl... Michael couldn't say what it was but he didn't quite trust her, " a party eh? Isn't it a bit late for that? I mean we have 6 hoursuntil we go after this thing." He said looking at the group lit cigarette in hand.

Nevea turned toward the new voice, and registered two things. First, he had a cigarette in hand. Second, if the cigarette were in his mouth, she knew that it would make him look terribly ugly. It was an unfortunate part of being a cigarette. You naturally belied the true nature of your owner's appearance. Besides that, you also unpleasantly changed your owner's appearance for the worse.

She groaned inwardly, but kept her smile. "I think you might have misunderstood the statement," she said, a slight seethe in her tone that only whom the sentence was directed at would hear. She had a knack for that. She would have made a sneering remark about the sad life of the cigarette, but she chose to hold it back for the moment.

Krein said
After a few more exchanges amongst other campers in what they could do to secure the borders, some other halfblood named Lucas suggested they have some sort of parting party. Seth shook his head.

"A party? Really? Why don't we focus on the more important matters instead of trying to forget about them with useless celebrations?"

Nevea frowned at this. Was it they who were misunderstanding, or her? She thought back to what had been said and realised that she had completely missed what the speaker had meant, in a moment which others would quite coarsely call a "brain fart". Disgusting. "Hmm," she mused. "It seems that it was I who misunderstood the statement. My apologies."

Michael took one more look at all the campers getting flustered. He chuckled as he walked away "I'd love to saty and chat but-" he said this looking at the girl " I'm not one to be persuaded into partying" he looked down at his smoke burning away and took another drag. "If anyone needs me ill be at Hades cabin." As he walked over to Hades cabin he pulled out the small flask inside his jacket pocket and took a huge swig. He noticed them as he stood behind fire girl. " bad time to interrupt?" He said sitting on the steps of the cabin, drawing little blades of grass in th sand untill they made a beautiful swirling patern in the sand and he poured a shot in the center.

Valen was grateful for this. "Okay. teach me please." She sat down in front of him and looked at the ground, a bit shy. She pushed her hair out of her face, thankfull it didnt burn. She sighed and decided what the hell. She took her ponytail out and shook her head, curly black hair down to the middle of her ribs. "So what do i do?" She asked.

Valen looked at Michael. "No. Its fine. Shay is going to teach me how to control this." She held up her fiery hands.

Michael laughed, "you telling me you don't do that shit on purpose to mess with us?" He really thought that was the case. The girl who had tried to work her charm on him was starting to worry him. The vibe he felt when she spoke to him had almost seemed deadly, the magic there was strong and pure but there was something underneath it all, a blackness. He didn't like getting into spats with any of the other campers but he wouldn't let someone try to controll him. He thought he was getting ahead of himself, s he took another swig looking over at the campers by the tree. " imagine you are the fire, when I use my tricks I imagine I am the living embodiment of life itself, you wouldn't believe the rush" he said in an almost monotone voice. He couldn't stop looking over at the campers, he then looked back at the ones he was with " how weird of me, would either of you like some? Its scotch from my fathers private stock." He said holdin the flask out.

Shay looked to Michael "No, your not interrupting you can even join in if you want, Now I want you to imagine a void as black as space and a spark." He draws a spark in the dirt with the point of his sword and continues "Feed all emotions into that spark until it's a flame and keep feeding it emotions, It worked for me I now only hear the dead when I want to." He chuckled and looked at the two in front of him and nodded "You try."

"Campers of camp half blood, will the five chosen missionaries please come to the large cabin. If you need it repeated it is Shælyn King, Micheal Feeeman, Valen DiAngelo, Vic Meyrick, Shay Fields, Thank you." Dionysus said.

Val laughed. "You are your fathers son. I'll take a drink when I'm done though." Val did as he said. When she looked down her hands weren't onfir though they were a degree warmer than average. She smiled at Shay. "Thanks. Hand me that flask Michael." She pulled her hair back into a ponytail at the nape of her neck with her leather hair tie.She stood up and walked with them. "Hey Michael check this out." She pressed the button on her cuff and the metal armor slid up.

Shay stood up "This is it guys time to shine." He walked with his new friends to the big house together and when he got there he took a seat on the couch and set his legs up on a table "So Mr.D I'm hungry got any Doritos?" He laughed and fiddled around with his weaponry to make sure it was set for the journey.