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@kittyluna45 @Kirah Greg looked at Marco and rubbed the back of his neck a bit and looked at himself over a little bit and then over at his older half brother. "I'm fine really I don't think I need to go to the infirmary or anything like that." He said giving a slight shrug. As the Demeter kids looked at Emily for a bit they weren't that hungry yet since they had already eaten. "Enjoy, and see you later tonight as well for CTF." Eva said towards Emily as they went back to continuing to do what they were all doing. One of the Satyrs came up to Emily and gently took the basket off for it to get packaged up and sent out to be shipped off somewhere in the country.

@Morose The girl looked up at her older sister a little bit as she listened to her and gave a slight smile and started to listen as well as she started to look around the room. Before finding a can of soda that was on a nearby table that wasn't opened, and then she eyed her half brother who made the comment earlier. She lifted up her hand again and started to do another incantation as the can moved over towards him, and then started to do Rebecca's suggestion as the can suddenly started to shake a bit and then was turned inside out making a rather large mess getting soda all over him. Which he didn't like as he started to scream a bit in an annoyed voice, the girl was certainly a prodigy it seems. "Hey Becca tell her to make sure she doesn't make a mess like that again." He said before storming off, to get cleaned up. The girl couldn't help but smirk a little bit and started to laugh a bit and then looked over at Rebecca.

@BlueSky44 A few seconds after Amalia had climbed off of the climbing wall Scarlett came down a few seconds later whipping away a little bit of sweat. She looked over at Amalia and smiled a bit as she started to walk over towards her and gently rested a hand on her shoulder. "You did good, what are you doing the rest of the day?" She asked looking over at her for a moment raising an eyebrow as she watched Aella heading off towards the dining pavilion.

@LadyRunic @Natsu The Ares and Athena kids stopped for a moment as they watched the two Hades siblings sparring against each other, they seemed to be really getting into it. Some of the Ares kids were exchanging a few bets handing a few drachmas over to see who would end up winning. Most of them were betting on Arthur to win, which pretty much did, as they finished then Alannah walked over towards Ash and gave her a bit of a smile. "You did good, both of you if you need any training just let me know Ash." She said, and then looked at her other brothers and sisters, they all seemed to be done now along with the Ares kids as well Alannah started to make her way over towards the armory.

@Saltwater Thief Alannah stopped for a moment as she watched the Ares kid storming out of the armory and started to make her way inside seeing that Erika was there and looked back towards the door. "Did I miss something?" She asked as she made her way over towards a nearby table and grabbed a clipboard and started to go over the list of weapons that were there, and eyed the Stygian Iron weapon locker. There wasn't any damage there as she looked back at her. "Someone trying to get to the stygian weapons again?" She asked.

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Kiera watched as a lot of people started to enter the dining pavilion which was weird since breakfast was pretty much over at this point, she just came in to get a quick bite to eat. She gave a smile towards Chiron as she watched him wheel on off to somewhere else in the camp. As Kiera walked over she eventually found herself at the buffet that was set up seeing Zeke there, she did feel bad for ditching him earlier to go talk to Rosie at her little cave with Ryland. She also did see Aella coming over as well, and Ryland near the Athena table seeing him talking to Brynn she shook her head slightly.

Kiera then gently gave Zeke a slight nudge and smiled at him. "You should ask Aella out." Kiera said as she grabbed herself four pieces of toast as well as four pieces of bacon as well and started to put them on her plate. Kiera then started to take a few bites out of the bacon on her plate. "So doing anything today?" Kiera finally asked him while still eyeing Ryland, Zoey and Brynn as well.

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As soon as Aella wandered over, everyone seemed to just...leave. In fact, nobody even said a damn word to her. She decided it was fine...after all, it's not like she wanted to talk anyway, right? Even Zeke didn't say anything to her, which admittedly stung just a bit.

It probably didn't sting as much as hitting the table, though.

Aella couldn't help but smirk as she watched him stop and curse, then stalk off toward the Apollo table. Divine retribution was such a sweet thing. "Dumbass," she mumbled to herself, shaking her head. Aella's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a familiar voice, causing her to turn. "Hey, Alana. No problem, some little jackass finished before everyone and stopped it. You didn't miss much. Honestly, I wish I just slept through it too." She glanced down at her arm, looking at the still-bleeding wound from earlier. "It's nothing. Just got scraped up a bit," she responded, dismissing the injury altogether. What was she going to do? Ask some stupid-yet-unfairly-attractive Apollo kid to patch her up? Absolutely fucking not. "I'll be fine," she continued, her eyes moving to linger on Zeke's face for a moment.

Aella looked back at Alana, giving her sister a soft smile. Growing up an only child, Aella wasn't too keen on having 13 siblings at first. Some of them she wouldn't even really call siblings; but Alana was someone who, to Aella, very much deserved to be called a sister. "I'm starving. Skipped breakfast for the Climbing Wall. You wanna get something to eat?" she asked, already taking a few steps forward into the Dining Pavilion.

"For my sanity, and the fact that not only am I your older brother, I am your head counselor too, please get yourself checked out. Please. I'd rather not have Zeke or Chiron come after me later because you fell over during another activity." Marco was not overly fond of Zeke... though he was a talented healer. "Maybe see if Brian can look you over, okay?" Marco knew his fellow head counselor would the one to see as well, as he was a talented healer as well. Most children of Apollo were, but there was the old adage about being 'jack of many trades, master of none.' Apollo sometimes fell into that category, but so did Hermes sometimes.

Marco leaned over to kiss Em on the cheek. "Save me some breakfast? I have the feeling I might miss it. Thanks sweetie. Love you." He mostly whispered those last words to his beloved and stroked her cheek for a moment before turning his attention back to the pegasus that needed attention. He gently rubbed the pegasus's muzzle softly and the lead him on by his bridle.

Once there, he put the creature back in his stable and sighed. He made a mental note to grab Kiera and have her maybe talk to the horse, and figure out what had gone on. Maybe Greg had just done something wrong, when Marco wasn't looking. He had been distracted, he would openly admit that, but there was a lot on his mind.

Emily nodded along with Marco as he talked to his brother. She agreed with Marco. The kid might not feel like he was hurt, but it was possible some internal thing had been damaged. "Love you too." She whispered back when he kissed her cheek. She definitely wished he was kissing her mouth, but that would be inappropriate at this time. Mostly she was just happy he was here. She had missed him over the last few months.

"Yeah and we're gonna destroy you guys." She grinned at Eva as she watched Marco walk away for a moment, enjoying the view before she ran off to the dining pavilion.

Emily was a little startled by the crowd, she waited to grab bacon and bagels until most of the crowd dispersed on purpose. She shook her head amazed but grabbed food for her and Marco real quick. She saw Brynn and had to double take. Brynn was blonde! "Nice hair! I love it." She grinned at her friend. Emily wrapped up Marco's share of food and put it in her pocket. Then started her apple with a quick wave at her friends. She needed to get Marco's food to him so she could get her cabin started on their KP for the day, then over to the training field. They also had a round on the climbing wall, but that was after lunch, but before CTF.

The daughter of Athena had filled her plate with some scrambled egg whites, a piece of white bread toast, a little side of vanilla yogurt, and who could leave out a couple strips of bacon? Not this girl. The girl carefully spooned some eggs onto her piece of toast, about ready to take a bite when Zoey popped up with both a question and a suggestion, making her smirk a bit as she dropped her hand slightly with the toast in it to speak.

"Honestly, I'm not too worried about it. Kel isn't exactly the worst of my worries." Brynn glanced over in the direction she and her sister had left said boy, catching him running right into the corner of the table, wincing out of sympathy for the poor guy. "Yikes," Brynn mumbled to herself, shaking her head as she turned back to her food, taking a bite and using her hand to cover her mouth while she spoke. "Besides, Ryland could use a swift kick in the rear after our sparring match the other day. I, er, slipped up and he had me on my ass before I could blink. Kel gets a free pass today."

Bronwyn turned to look out at the other tables as she chewed on another bite of toast and eggs. The girl wasn't so used to eating breakfast so late, but it was actually kind of nice with the minimal foot traffic going in and out of the place, and only being her and Zo at the table for a change. The quality morning time with her best friend was much appreciated. Brynn turned to look at Zo, tilting her head slightly. "How should we run it, tonight?" The girl took another bite of her toast, setting the piece down. "I'm always game for a mad dash, but it's too ballsy of a move, and doesn't always work. We need to decide who's gonna guard and who's gonna go running as attackers."

It was then that Brynn noticed Alana and Aella talking close to the entrance of the pavilion, raising an eyebrow. "Quite honestly? Dream Team. I want those two to run with us, when it comes time." Brynn strained her eyes slightly, squinting at the black-haired Nemesis daughter. She was bleeding. What the hell did she do to herself? She piss off the wrong kid, or had she been training early this morning and ended up getting the wrong end of the stick? Climbing wall, maybe? Brynn pressed her lips into a thin line, turning back to her plate of food as she picked up her spoon and took a bite of yogurt.

"If you ask me, this-" Brynn couldn't finish her sentence, as she was startled from behind by a set of arms wrapping her up in a.. hug? The poor girl, caught off-guard, jumped and screamed, clapping a hand over her mouth as she turned to see it was only Ryland. Brynn narrowed her eyes and quickly smacked him in the chest, purely out of reflex to his antics. "Ryland! That's not funny! I could have choked, you jerk." The girl shook her head and sat down, turned slightly towards Ryland as he spoke, her face now a light shade of red. Mainly from the embarassment of being scared. "Last night, actually. Marco helped me out, with a bit of encouragement from Em."

The Athena girl tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear, giving Zo a glance before turning a smirk towards Ryland. "We were just plotting your demise," Brynn laughed softly, her gaze wandering slightly till she found herself zeroed in on Keira from across the way who seemed to already be staring her down. The girl's smile faltered slightly, her heart beating a bit faster than it had prior to meeting her friend's eyes, swallowing nervously as she averted her gaze back to Ryland. "Anyway, Ry... would you be up for some sparring later after classes are through? I could use a pre-game before C.T.F. tonight. You in?"

It was then Brynn heard a familiar voice, a smile immediately spreading across her face as she met eyes with Em. "Thanks, Em! Love ya." Her smile was a bright and genuine one for her sister from another mister, giving the girl a friendly wave back as she watched Em gather and pocket food, most likely to take back with her to her boyfriend. Brynn always got the biggest grin at those two. They really knew how to make it work. She had to give it to them. They were definitely one of her OTP's.

Alana still pondered what exactly pulled her sibling's attention on Zeke most of the time. The guy was overly loud and probably had an even bigger stick up his bum than Ry. The Zeus son was doing it out of some weird misguided 'duty' he felt he harbored where Zeke mostly appeared to be doing all that and being noisy and annoying a lot of the time because he felt some weird minority complex or something. Then again she supposed some girls were into brooding heroes or something...

“We could pass by to at least bandage it up later.” Alana suggested to Aella with a small smile, noting the slight injury her sister had.” Or you know... we could go all olden days on it and cauterize it with a fiery blade.” She added a slight bad joke at the end. Frankly she wasn't really good on the whole joking thing. Granted she supposed some guys would actually do it to look real good and have a sexy scar afterwards to prove how cool they are... Actually she might suggest that if a good chance presented itself as to check her theory on the matter.

“Yeah, let's grab a bite.” She smiled and headed to grab a plate, putting some simple meal on it. She wasn't going to stuff herself to bursting. Having full stomach slowed the flow of blood and made you less energetic so yeah. She also noticed Emily and waved back to her before turning back to Aella.” So what's your opinion on the CTF game later?” She asked with mildly dispassionate tone about it.” I hear they are pulling almost everyone into it or something.” Alana said, taking a bite of her toast before they even were to go to the Nemesis table.

"From the looks of it we're getting a lot of hte powerhouses in our team, but I heard something about the numbers being against us... I think? Also apparently even non combat focused people will be participating to fill up the numbers. What's this, a ancient war where they conscript even children?" She asked with a sigh.

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Arthur's smile widened at his sister's reply, "That would be another solution." He agreed, and locked arms tight with Ash. He drew breath at Alannah's comment towards them. Maybe she hadn't meant it to come across as such, but it sounded a bit like she was singling out Ash for his loss. Taking a moment to turn back and face her, he said, "I'm sure we both will come back, I'd love to get some tips." He said, flashing a smile the daughter of Athena. Just because he beat his sister this time, that didn't mean that he was the superior combatant. He'd been beaten by his sister plenty of times, and he didn't particularly like the implication that she might need help that he didn't.

Stretching a bit, he turned back towards the the path towards the dining pavilion. He looked over at her, and said, "We should figure out something for Chatter's, I don't want to wake up to that again." He said, thinking, "We could put him in a box over night," He said, letting his shields form back into accessories around his wrists. "I doubt he'd care for that though." He said, almost sounding glum. Being awake this early was something he just didn't care for. Having days when he could sleep in was something he cherished, and he wanted to mitigate losing them in the future. He thought maybe he could speak to some Hypnos kids, hoping that they might have something for him that could help him sleep through any morning interruptions.

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Ezekiel found himself accompanied to his table by his best friend. Misery must love company. He sat down and barely got the food in his mouth before Kiera mentioned that he should ask Aella out. He started to choke on his food and quickly drank half his milk before his airways cleared. He gave his friend a bit of a glare and looked around her to find Aella looking at him. His face turned beat red and he slouched, hiding behind Kiera.
”Have I told you how funny you are? Because you are a honest to goodness riot Kiera. Really, I’m killing myself laughing here,” he said.
Ezekiel played with his food a bit, clearing his head and his embarrassment before he started to eat a bit. He sat up and threw a piece of bacon at her.
”No immediate plans. Avoid most people if I can until the game. I’m hoping Chiron will let me sit this out again. Did you want to do a bit of training? Perhaps a jam session? I’m nearly finished that song I’ve been working on,” he spoke proudly.
He then followed Kiera’s gaze to look at Ryland and his groupies. He watched them curiously before looking back at his best friend.
”So what end of the world problems did Ryland need to talk to you so desperately about?”

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Athanasia brushed a bit more of the annoying dust off herself. It really wasn't too much of a damage to her clothes, being sensible enough to have made them out of reasonable material. Though she smiled sweetly at Alannah's suggestion. While she was generally agreeable to most things, Athanasia made it a point to train almost exclusively, with exception, with Ryland and Arthur. It wasn't that she disliked the other campers or thought less of them. She just enjoyed the time spent with the two people who mattered most to her at the camp, and only she was allowed to hurt those who were hers. Possessive? Perhaps, but she saw nothing wrong with that. Then again it wasn't always sunshine and roses when you have two over protective figures. Rolling her eyes at Arthur's smile, she gave a soft one herself. "I shall be sure to take you up on that at some point." It wasn't a lie, she would take Alannah's offer at some point though it most likely would be a rare thing.

Turning on her heel she looped her arm through Arthur's as they walked towards the open aired dining pavilion, only half listening to her half-brother's complaints about the talking skull. A bit of accident she had created when her powers came upon her one dark night. Shadows and bones were hers to command, and it was positively fun to get a jolt out of people by appearing when they least expected it. Her poor mother had long gotten used to such antics. For the rest of the population? It was always amusing to the girl to charm people after giving them a good jump start. Such a perfect individual! She could blend in quiet well and be forgotten in the background then to speak up with some knowledgeable comment or other. Her dark eyes studied the skies above the peaceful, as it could be, camp. "Do not worry so much about Chatter, brother. He will not be waking you again, or me for that matter." The sly smile on Athanasia's lips was nothing short of trouble as she giggled. "Surely you could stuff your ears with the Stygian iron? I doubt you could hear then!"

The dining pavilion itself was thick with people, and the smell of food swept with the breezes from it. Practically hauling Arthur behind her, Athanasia made a beeline for the tables as she noted a familiar blonde head among the others. Food being secondary on her list. Tackling Ryland, son of Zeus's, waist in a giant hug. Thanking abandoning Arthur to do so. "Ryland!" Athanasia beamed up at the hero who had brought her to Camp Half-Blood to begin with. Grinning with sweet, and false, innocence at Brynn she chirped a quick 'good morning' and 'lovely hair!' to the older half-blood.

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Ryland raised an eyebrow simply at Brynn's explanation of everything before smiling. "I don't even know why I am surprised Marco was involved if it involves beauty or fashion. But hey, you're rocking it pretty well." He said with a grin as he let go of her after having scared her pretty damn well by the looks of it. Then the girl popped him with another question that made his brow furrow. He didn't really want to do any training or capture the flag today. Rather, he had things on his mind that needed to be cleared up before he could even consider doing something just because it was fun. Yet, he couldn't let any weakness show. Others depended on him, and he couldn't let them see that he was anything except confident. With that in mind, the boy gave an easygoing smile towards Brynn. "If you wanna lose before the CTF game, sure. But yeah Brynn, I'll spar with you." He said, just hoping she hadn't noticed that brief moment his mask had broken.

Before he could say anything else, Ryland yelped slightly as he was knocked off his feet and taken to the ground by a tackle at the waist. Before he could really get mad or respond, however, he recognized the voice calling his name and gave her a brief hug in return as he started getting to his feet. Ash. The little demigod who had become his little sister, he most certainly knew he couldn't let the mask slip around her. The poor girl idolized him and he only wished he could be half the hero she thought him to be. Although on the flip side, Ryland knew other than Ericka that Ash was the most likely to see through his mask of calm with little issue. Still, he had to try for her sake. "Hey Ash, surprised to see you up this early." He joked, knowing that the girl very much liked to sleep in and stay up ungodly late every night. Though his stomach growling soon interrupted Ryland, declaring loudly to those around him that he was rather anticipating breakfast. "I uh... should go get food." The boy said with an embarrassed look and dismissed himself to get something to eat.

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Ericka looked up breifly as Alannah walked in, then quickly turned her attention back to cleaning the two swords that had been on the counter when she got in. They weren't all that dirty or bruised, so it wouldn't take much, but it still needed to be done. "Yeah," she replied to her Cabin Head's question, "Old Gregory there that just left. Was cursing at the lock when I walked in, so I showed him the door."

The first sword was done by then, so she put it into its scabbard, added it back to the rack, and then took the rag to the second one along with a bit of oil. "I wish I knew who put him up it though," she added, almost absentmindedly, "Gregory's not smart enough to think of something like that of his own accord, so someone from the Ares Cabin probably told him to do it. Or maybe not, who knows."

Still, it was something worth thinking about. Someone had wanted the Stygian weapons- who? And for what reason? The game that evening came to mind, of course, but surely nobody in their right mind would take Capture the Flag that seriously. Given that they'd thought to try and go around the normal rental process, it was probably a safe bet that they wanted it for some purpose they knew wasn't okay with the Camp.

Ericka shook her head. Worrying about such things wouldn't get her any closer to solving them. And, now that she was in for the day, it was unlikely anybody would try again. "Do you happen to know the yard schedule for today off the top of your head, Alannah?" she asked, "I thought I remember somebody wanting a bulk rental, but I can't seem to find the book around here..."

The Daughter of Athena (well one of them) had pondered upon Brynn's suggestion about running straight at the flag. "Do we have anyone fast enough to do that?" Zoey was pretty sure that they didn't have Usain Bolt at this camp, so she wasn't entirely sure as to who she would assign to attack the flag. They needed speedy, nimble people on both sides of the game. Resting her face on her hands, she tried to think about who she could assign to carry out the dirty work and play defense. Zoey could've joined that team, but she definitely wasn't as short and nimble as say... Ash was. Nobody was as nimble as the 4'5 little girl and that meant she was going to be hard to catch. She just wasn't sure what Ash would think about her being the one to gun for the flag. Being short and nimble was one thing, but making it back and past people gunning for her was another thing.

"You know that short little chick? Ash? I think she'd be perfect to send to the flag." Tapping a finger on her chubby cheek, she then looked over to where Brynn was looking, eyeing over the girls conversing at the door nearby. There was Alana and Aella. "I'd put Alana on defense. People will cower when they see her pointing a gun at them." She laughed, before shifting her hazel eyes over to Aella." "Her... I don't know as much. I think I'd send her to the flag. She looks like she's quick enough to get there." Zoey shrugged. Maybe she'd have to talk to this Aella chick and watch her a little closely. Maybe gain a little more insight as to what she could do. "I think my ideal lineup would be you, Alana, and Marco on defense... and then send me, Ash, Arthur, Rebecca..." Zoey trailed on about what she would do. She was starting to use pieces of bacon as diagrams as to how she would go about grabbing the flag. It was a little... elaborate for a game of capture the flag. Zoey was just about to get into flanking and other ways to get to the flag before she heard a little shriek from Brynn.

Nearly standing up and getting into fighting stance, Zoey nearly decked Ryland in the face "on accident" before realizing what was going on. It was just a friendly prank. Sighing a small breath of relief, she sat back down, before looking back up at Ryland's bitch ass face. Her eyes migrated over to Brynn once she spoke, prompting Zoey to shoot her a squint. "What do you mean 'could've'? You absolutely should've and would've." Zoey smiled, before looking up at Ryland once again. "Do you like what you see? Doesn't she look like such a queen?" Zoey squeed, a stupid smile on her face as she gassed up her sister. Letting Brynn and Ryland converse for a bit, Zoey went back to her food momentarily, placing a piece of bacon that was previously known as Emily inside her mouth.

Hearing a tiny voice a short time later, Zoey perked up. There was only one person in the entire camp that could have had a voice like theirs. It was none other than the girl of the hour, Ash! Swallowing the sausage in her mouth, she cleared her throat and turned to Ash, smiling. "Hey Ash! You excited for CTF tonight? I know Brynn and I are!"

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Rebecca couldn't help but laugh, holding her hand out for a fist bump with the girl. This was her favorite use of magic - silly little accidents that had a huge potential for pranks. It made her want to go team up with the Hermes Cabin and declare a prank war on some of the cabins here. Perhaps Zeus - Ryland needed a good blow to his ego every now and then. If they weren't careful, it'd grow too large and then explode. "That was wicked," Rebecca said, her New England accent and dialect betraying her for a moment. "Make sure to take breaks - don't push yourself too much."

Speaking of breaks, Rebecca's stomach rumbled. She hadn't eaten yet that day, having spent her morning working with her cabin mates. They had more or less come to an agreement as to the Capture the Flag question, and she had helped one of the kids out with her studies. "I have a feeling you might be our next Cabin Leader," she whispered to the girl with a wink. Rebecca then got up, waved to her siblings, and left the cabin, tugging a bit on her camp necklace. She was thinking she'd grab some food and then make some potions for the infirmary - the Apollo Cabin always was going through them. Then, maybe she'd practice some particularly ancient spells she had found in one of the Cabin's grimmoire - there was always more magic to learn and she wanted to master as much as she could.

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It took her a second to pay attention and notice who it was who was talking to her. There were quite a few kids in their cabin, so it did take a moment for it to register in her mind. It was the cabin leader Scarlet, and it made her wonder what she was planning to do later. Amalia had no idea what to do, at all, wishing she could just go back to climbing the wall again, but knew that that was nearly impossible. Besides, it wasn't fun if you didn't have someone to compete against.

"I wasn't really planning on doing anything... Haven't exactly thought that far ahead, though now that I've got the time, probably should think of something..." she mused slightly, speaking aloud so that Scarlet could hear her. It wasn't something she had thought about, and knew that she should think of something so she wasn't just wandering around aimlessly or super bored if she wasn't careful.

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@kittyluna45 Greg looked at Marco as he leaned in and kissed his girlfriend Emily and smiled a tad bit, before walking alongside his cabin mate. A few of the other Aphrodite kids were flying the Pegasi in the air above them, he couldn't help but grumble a bit, and just nodded after being ordered by his cabin leader. "Alright, alright i'll go." He said, before making his way over towards the Apollo cabin in the distance where one of them was just coming back from archery practice. Once the troublesome Pegasus was back in it's pen it let out a whiney as if it sounded like it was laughing a bit. Then the other Aphrodite kids were coming back down to put them back in their pens once more.

@Morose She smiled towards Rebecca at her compliment. "I'll certainly make you proud." She said, before putting her magic book away on one of the shelves. The rest of Hecate cabin were all getting ready to get out and leave as well to get ready for their own duties at camp for the day. Some were making their way to the dining pavilion while the others went to split off and do their own thing, Rebecca would be able to see a number of people were coming and going from the dining pavilion as well going on about their late breakfast.

@BlueSky44 "Well if you want we could spar its if you are free to that is." Scarlett offered as she watched the rest of their cabin mates went on about their business. "Saw Aella getting injured on her attempt scaling the tower." She pointed out, as she stretched a bit, Scarlett's clothes were slightly burnt from the lava but she didn't get burnt herself which was a good thing, she started to make her way towards the training grounds whether Amalia wanted to join her or not.

@Saltwater Thief "Hmm I think it would have been Jace's doing since he is really competitive when it comes to events like capture the flag or the chariot races." Alannah said as she crossed her arms over her chest as she started to think a little bit and shook her head slightly. But made her way over to one of the many lists that were tacked onto a nearby corkboard and plucked it off of it and handed it over towards Ericka which was what she was looking for. "Here you go." Alannah said smiling towards her half sister and went over and sat down and started to sharpen one of the celestial bronze swords that were there.

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Keira couldn't help but smirk at Zeke a bit and gave him a playful nudge as she pulled up a seat next to her closest friend as she quickly snatched up a piece of food off of his plate. "Oh I totally plan on becoming a comedian when I graduate high school." She teased looking over her shoulder seeing Ash and Arthur coming into the pavilion and smiled seeing Ash tackling Ryland for a moment and eyed Brynn as well, and then Aella and Alana both Nemesis sisters talking about something. And then at the Athena table overhearing what they were planning on for Capture the Flag later tonight.

"I'd be down for doing a bit of both, I don't have much planned for the rest of the day i'd love to hear what you've written so far as well. Which did you want to do first, sparing or our usual jam session?" Kiera asked as she ate the bit of food she snatched off of Zeke's plate, then she thought about the whole prophecy going on, and then she looked at Zeke. "Ryland wanted to talk to Rosie about the whole prophecy thing he got a dream vision thing last night that shook him up a bit." Keira told him as she stood up, she was ready to get up and leave now she spotted Emily entering the dining pavilion as well and started to wave towards her.

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Ezekiel laughed and shielded his plate from anymore food staching. He liked his breakfast in the morning and he didn’t want to give her anymore than she had already taken. He thought on her words for a moment, on what they should start with first. Ezekiel looked over, towards the sparkling water and grinned.
”Jam session definitely,” he declared. He generally wrote slower songs, with no lyrics and he was looking forward to having someone finally hear it in its completion.
There was some laughing from the surrounding tables but Ezekiel just ignored them all as he ate and watched Keira. He had a tendency to block out the world when he was with another person, he made sure to focus on them rather than the outside things. Now, that wasn’t always smart, especially if you were being hunted.
Ezekiel rolled his eyes at the mention of Ryland’s dream vision.
”You two still haven’t figured it out yet? I thought it was pretty obvious. Have you talked to Chiron yet or are you both going to be the unwavering heroes and save our lives without outside help?” He may have spoke a bit bitterly but it wasn’t directed at Keira.
She stood and he quickly finished his last few bites of food before standing up with her.

"Good. I only pester because I do care about you." Marco smiled a bit as Greg walked off and then went to put the pegasus back in his pen. He heard the sound and frowned a bit as he heard the 'laughter.' "Oh I hope you're not laughing because you threw my brother off... I'm gonna ask Kiera to talk to you later. Though..." Marco was sure that the daughter of Poseidon also had a lot on her mind. Thing had seemed a bit different about Kiera since he had arrived back at the camp a few days ago. Of course after Rosie's little prophecy, no one was feeling quite their usual self.

As his other siblings arrived back at the stables, Marco looked over at them. "Hey, I want to have a cabin meeting later today. Pass it on. However, I want to talk to either Zoey, Brynn or Ericka or Alannah first. We're going to be be participating tonight." At the collective groan of his siblings, he rolled his eyes. He heard them grumbling about their looks, their nails, or how boring Capture the flag was. "C'mon guys. We will be participating. The other team has the Hermes cabin and Ares cabin... we need to show them that we're not all surface."

"Alright. Before or after dinner?" Grace asked as she look at Marco.

"Before. Now go get some breakfast before you head off to your activities. I'm gonna go find Em before I give more riding lessons for a bit."

While pondering why her sister was being quiet, Alana casually followed where the other nemesis child was looking at and found a certain Ezekiel on the other end who also looked at Aella and the guy turned comical within seconds taking refuge in Kiera's shadow... sort of. He hid behind her. She made a rather unimpressed expression, seeing the usually annoying competitive and filled with minority complex son of Apollo act like that. 'Hiding behind the back of a girl from another girl who sort of has a crush on you...' she sighed in her mind, looking at her sister. Seriously what was she seeing in him? Like he could be a decent hang around, but Alana couldn't comprehend why Aella had a crush on the guy.

Frankly after seeing him hiding behind Kiera, Alana wondered if a punishment wasn't in order. Well not her problem really, but she wasn't sure how Aella would take it. Then she heard noise and turned around to look at the source, finding the cute little Ash and her equally as adorable brother Arthur. They were being all cheery and noisy with Ryland. Ahh youth... It was nice they were well though. She didn't like the idea in pulling them into the CTF games though. It wasn't of some misguided notion that they couldn't take it. Ohh the two little ones had the fighting in them, they would do well, it was more the fact that even if they could fight, she was of the opinion that putting children in mock up wars was not cool. Not cool at all and she didn't like it. That said they presence was going to be a boon non the less even if she didn't like them being dragged into it. Children should be having innocent playing time, not mock up trying to kill each other time. She sighed and looked back at her sister.” Aella... if you do not not pay attention, I'm going to eat all your breakfast right from under your nose~” Alana stated reaching to snatch some of it. She was doing it to mostly snap her sister from focusing on the Apollo's offspring. Usually no one who got liked by Apollo ended well in history. She hoped Ezekiel wasn't going to bring the same fate to all the people he comes to like though. Hopefully he wouldn't inherit the all my crushes turned into flowers or something gene of Apollo.

"Competitive is one thing," Ericka replied as she took the list and began perusing it, "Wanting to anonymously use Stygian Iron in a friendly match is another entirely. Those things can be serious danger to other campers, I'm not about to let anybody use them unannounced tonight. If Jace has a problem with that, he can come settle it with a sword in his hand tonight."

It was not, of course, that she was making light of the Ares Cabin Head; she'd crossed swords with him on several occasions in the past. Sometimes she had won, sometimes she had lost. But Ericka was confident she could handle him if he was incensed about her interference, which he likely was. Pushing that aside for now, she took the list from her half-sister and started flipping through it.

"Ah, right, it was David! Looks like he's doing some spear drills today. I'll start getting those together." She said as she started walking about the room. She began to pull a number of spears from their living spaces, making sure to inspect the heads and shafts of each to make sure they were in good shape, then setting the ones she deemed servicable on top of a small tarp she laid out. After a while she found herself in a sort of zen state, and she started to hum to herself as she worked.

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Rebecca glanced around, seeing that a clump had gathered over at one of the tables. She didn't especially feel like going and interacting with them, instead going to the Hecate table and she filled up her plate. She then walked up to the front and tossed in a sacrifice to her mother. She was quiet throughout the little ritual, before she went back down to the table and sat at one end by herself. Hopefully no one would come up and try to interact with her. She needed her space from time to time and this was one of those times.

As she picked at her food, a thought occurred to her - a delicious thought - and she smirked slightly. Perhaps her mother was smiling down on her as she came up with it. Looking around the dining hall, at those who were plotting out CTF plans and the like, Rebecca couldn't help but be excited as she thought more and more about how they'd react to it later. It was certainly nothing that they would have ever seen coming. And she knew just the sort of people to recruit to be a part of her plan.