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Tammy looked towards her sister for a moment she did feel bad for what she did say, and Ash was pretty young as well, she looked around for a moment. Everything seemed to be quieted down and Chatters was gone now as well, she really did want to kill the creature as well, but he had disappeared now as well. She looked around before finding Ash' head and picked it up and disappeared to run over to the Big House.

Theresa was still speechless after seeing Ash's magical item suddenly turned and gone homicidal, she rubbed the back of her neck slightly while looking at everyone else. She wasn't sure what else to say right now, and nodded towards Mona she did want to take out some pent up aggression as well. "I guess i'll join you in a bit." Theresa said to her half sister, and started to leave the barrier to the camp behind. Only to stop seeing Andy coming back over, feeling bad though there was a bloody spot where Ash' body was and gently led Andy a bit away from the scene. "I'm really sorry your friend Ash died.." Theresa said to Andy softly.

Camp Half-Blood, Dining Pavilion:

Alannah looked towards Arthur when he asked what a Primordial was they were the beings before the Titans and the Greek gods. "They are the beings that came before, the Titans or Greek Gods, Tartarus, Gaea, Ouranos, Nyx, to name a few of them." She said, as she looked around and then sat down at the table and stretched out slightly. She did notice that Ash wasn't among them which was really weird as well, since she seemed be around the younger ones a lot as well.

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Kristin felt a little gust of wind coming through and into Big House, Chiron and Mr. D looked at each other for a moment before they both got up. "Hold on for a moment." Chiron said, while motioning for Kristin to stay there with both Jason and Janelle Kristin turned towards the daughter of Hypnos and smiled towards her slightly. "I can get some of my cabin mates to work on a new sturdier and better one for you, or maybe the Hephaestus cabin to, and add some fancy features in it for you or something." Kristin offered, she knew that Janelle could fight despite being blind and all as well.

Chiron and Mr. D found Leda pretty easily and stared directly at the body of Ash that was on the nearby table, he rubbed his face slightly, seeing someone so young dead. "What happened?" He asked while looking over at her, just as Tammy came rushing in and gently setting the head down. Mr. D looked at both of the girls for a moment wondering what happened as well, though he was pretty quiet, he was used to seeing a lot of young demigods dying.

Over in the room both Zeke and Rebecca would feel a slight gust of wind going through the Big House, as well a few seconds later Rosie the camp's oracle came down from the upstairs. She looked a little bit off, as she stumbled down the stairs looking at the two demigods that were in the room talking about something medical and potions or something she really wasn't to sure, but Rosie didn't look to good either.

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Kiera looked down feeling bad, she wasn't really sure what to say, Ash was her friend and she really wasn't expecting that either as well, just seeing Ash getting killed so violently. And then seeing the look on Leda's face as well before she picked up Ash's body and ran off to the Big House Ash was her classmate after all as well. She rubbed the back of her neck slightly and looked over towards Mary when she asked about sneaking out of camp and shrugged slightly.

"I was thinking of going out of camp later or something to the city for a little bit.." Kiera said, as she looked towards where Ash' body was as well there was some blood on the ground. Annabelle and Jade both walked off towards the Hecate cabin most likely for whatever reason, and then thought about going to get some air as well to.

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Demetri looked over at Alannah and gave an impressed whistle. "Well someone knows their onions huh? So, are there many breaches like there was today? Or was this some random occurence brought on by the two new demi-gods that waltzed into the camp?" As he sat down atop of the table he heard a loud boom resonating through the camp. He rolled his eyes as he gestured outside with his thumb "Let me guess, the kids of Hermes are having a race to see who can go the fastest? On one hand I get how that could be training but on the other...imagine the injuries if you manages to accidentally trip and fall. The force of the impact, the speed at which they're traveling, it's like throwing an egg at a brick wall. Speaking of training, when do you want to start sparring Arty? Get those dagger skills honed as sharp as your blade and all that."

His eyes darted to the right looking towards the outside where Andy had left to gather Ash. He really did hope that they got all the Empousas. If they managed to fail and defeat even one of them and something were to happen to Andy or Ana...he couldn't forgive himself. His fairly neutral tone began to shift into a more somber one as his worry started to grow about Andy out there all alone. His pointer finger began to subconsciously dig at the cuticle of his thumb, leg bouncing slightly before he lifted his hand and started biting his nails. She'd be fine she was a tough kid with the power of Lightning. What's more, he was sure (or at least strongly hoped) that Zeus was watching her back and would strike down any who dared to attack her. Yeah. If she was in serious danger theres no reason why he couldnt interfere, or hell any of the many other demi-gods just roaming around the area. Demetri shifted his weight, turning slightly so that his legs hang off the short end of the table before fully laying back and sprawling across the top of it.

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Mona needed to do something to get her mind off of things. She had never had someone she was close to die before. Sure, she had family pass but being adopted meant she didn't feel the twinge of their loss when she was younger. This was different because she chose to include Ash in her life, even briefly. Plus, they all were in the school together when they came here. And now she was gone.

"I'm down for some casual rule-breaking. Are there even rules in this camp? Who dictates them anyway? Doesn't matter much, I'm cool with ditching to go explore the town a bit. I need to do something to forget today." Plus, she was curious about what the town close by would be like. Was it filled with kids like them or was it just some random town unaware that they had a camp filled with children of gods nearby?

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Andy stared at Theresa unblinking as she was told her friend was dead. That didn't make sense. Ash had just been there. She finally blinked. What was the point of being here? It was no safer. It was worse actually. There was a false sense of security. Andy wanted to run away right then a there. Just walk away from the camp and forget this last week like a bad dream.

She didn't though. Andy wanted to talk to Arthur. It overrode her desire to run away. Her eyes burned. They never had for a person before, not like this. Andy turned away from the barrier and Theresa and walked back toward the dining pavilion where she had left her half brother and now best friend. "Something bad happened. Ash died." Andy said through tears when she finally joined them.

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Leda's blood was still boiling slightly at the reactions of the others towards Ash's demise. In her opinion, it was bloody ridiculous. Sure, she found the daughter of Hades to be creepy and unsettling at best, but she was still just a little kid. Maybe seeing so many monsters die had desensitized the others, but Ash hadn't been a monster - she was a demigod just like them. Would they have reacted differently if it had been Kristin on the ground, stabbed by the animated skull? Or Mary or Zeke?

"After we finished off the Empousai, her talking skull... It made itself a body and it killed her," she told Chiron and Mr. D, her voice somehow managing to be steady. "It must've stabbed her over a dozen times..." she trailed off, thinking for a moment. Beyond the unsettling manner of Ash's death, she had to wonder just how it had happened. Shouldn't the dead know better than to assault the children of Hades? Hadn't that skull been a gift from Hades to his child? "I don't get it, her magical item shouldn't have done that... right?" she questioned, looking at the two staff members for an answer. "She's the bloody kid of Hades... So why the hell did the skeleton attack her? The way I see it, that only could have happened if something else was controlling it..."

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Rebecca noticed that Zeke's mind seemed to be elsewhere - no matter, she could guess as to which potions the healers of the camp were most likely running short on. And even if she had no clue what to brew, she could always let her mind go idle and pick a recipe from her grimoire at random to work on - sometimes she found the most breathtaking hidden gems of magic that way. The craft required a great deal of patience, but also intuition and cunning - traits that Rebecca had in spades. Her eyes flickered to the side as she felt the gigantic gust of wind go through the Big House. Of course, her attention was more focused on Rosie.

"Rosie? You look like you've been at a crossroads," Rebecca murmured, going over to the Camp Halfblood Oracle and putting her hands on her to steady her. "Come on, you should sit down for a spell - I can make you some tea or something to soothe you," she suggested, since they could hardly give her nectar. Tea had magical healing properties in Rebecca's opinion anyways. The natural world provided so much if only people could stop for a moment and pay attention to the whispers of the secrets of the universe hidden within the trees.

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Ezekiel was bobbing his head away to the music pumping from his headphones. He had a tendency to listen to it rather loudly so it was no wonder he hadn’t a clue Rebecca had asked him a question. Not very good spidy senses on Ezekiel’s part. He did however, feel the guest of wind that came through the house and he had a pretty good guess who that was. Ezekiel sighed, pulling out his headphones and slipped them into his pocket. ”What, the ambrosia didn’t work?” He figured Leda had come to her senses or the adrenaline had worn off. When he turned around he gave a start, seeing Rebecca and Rosie suddenly there. ”Holy gods, like drop a book or something next time,” he said, annoyed.

Ezekiel’s annoyance faded though at seeing Rosie’s condition. She looked rather out of it and Ezekiel wasn’t sure if it was because she was straight up sick or about to have a vision. ”We’re fully stocked on our herbs and things. All natural items, things she can have if you want to brew her something Rebecca.” The annoyance in his voice was gone, completely replaced with the calm medical voice he had adapted from his childhood. Ezekiel bent down in front of Rosie and started looking over her more closely, looking for any signs of distress. Having Rebecca here or any of the Hecate kids helping out the Apollo kids was a great help, especially in times like this or serious battles. Sometimes one Apollo kid just didn't have enough hands.

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"A new one that won't bend so easily definitely would be appreciated... I don't care if it has anything fancy about it, as long as it aids me in moving about. And that will be helpful in trying to take on anything that tries to attack me again or something," she said simply in response to Kristen's suggestion. Anything would be better then relying on someone else to sort of lead her around. That in her mind was the worse possible thing imaginable. At least in her mind, she preferred being independent.

"Cool, so you can essentially replace her fancy walking stick," Jason said, he essentially was teasing his sister somewhat about it. He knew that she generally needed the stick to more or less get around the place, but it didn't mean that he couldn't crack a joke or something about it. "So now what do we do? Just sit here, or go to the cabins or whatever? No one really said what we do now honestly."

"You are so nice to me Jason," Janelle responded to him, shaking her head as she felt the gust of wind heading into another part of the Big House. She was a bit confused, especially considering the fact that Chiron and Mr. D had left the area. Did something happen to result in what appeared to be a sense of urgency? There were so many questions, but she supposed that if someone got hurt or injured from the attack earlier, then that wouldn't be all that surprising, but something that resulted them in leaving? It was strange.

"...Did something happen or whatever?" Jason asked Kristen, looking over at the direction that they had gone, into the Big House. "...Sounds like something major happened, and it sounds urgent... Is it just me or does anyone else want to know what's going on? Then again most of what happens around here has yet to really make any sense I suppose... Makes life more interesting in the long run I guess."

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Mary listened to what Kiera had said, and nodded her head slightly, before glancing back in the direction that Leda had gone. It wasn't that surprising, most of the other campers had sort of brushed off Ash's death. She had more of been wondering what the hell to think about everything, more of having a bit of a shocked reaction, but now she was more of worried, as that shouldn't have happened in the first place. Why would something that she had literally been given just attack her like that? It didn't make sense at all.

"That sounds like fun, I think more then a few people could use with time away from here... Hey listen, I'm going to go after Leda to see what could have possibly caused that to happen, you are more then welcome to tag along if you want... And for the record, her outburst was totally understandable, hardly anyone around here acted like they cared that a little kid just died," she said simply, before she started walking towards the Big House, figuring that she might learn what had happened. And maybe get a chance to talk to Leda.

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Arthur nodded at Allanah. He should've figured that, a part of him wondered then, if they were children of the gods, whether or not there were children of Primordials. He was about to ask about that, when Demetri moved the topic back to training. "Well, I don't have my dagger on me right now, we'd need to borrow one fro the armory or run back to the cabin." Just about as he finished this, Andy had rejoined them, sans Ash. About to ask about his missing sister, he stopped dead as Andy explained.

Not totally processing that, he started initially in disbelief. She... couldn't be serious. She wouldn't joke about this though, surely. He felt numb, that wasn't something his brain could handle. "But. How?" Were the only two words he could force out of his mouth. He felt frozen in indecision, wanting to run to confirm this, but desperately wanting to escape this, to hide in his room and not let people see him break down. His eyes closed, face twitching as he attempted to keep himself from crying, his eyes closed tight, as he covered his face from view.

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Camp Half-Blood, Dining Pavilion:

Theresa looked towards Mona and nodded towards her. "Manhattan isn't that far so we can go to the city or whatever if you'd like. "Theres a curfew, around 9PM or something like that after the campfire events. And obviously no killing since that's a big no, no." She said before following everyone towards the Dining Pavilion.

Alannah looked at Demetri and smirked slightly towards him. "Helps to be a daughter of the goddess of wisdom." She said with a slight shrug as she leaned back, before turning her attention towards Arthur and gently laid a hand on his shoulder to try and comfort him as best as she could. "I'll try and get some more information for you if you'd like?" Alannah offered both him and Andy as well.

Camp Half-Blood, The Big House:

Rosie looked up at both Rebecca as well as Zeke for a moment, when her eyes suddenly started to glow green and a green mist started to come out of her mouth and nose, enveloping both of them. They both would start to receive a vision, the area around them looked more like it was a hellish landscape. And there was a whole army of monsters looking like they were starting to amass in force as well, it looked like it was the deepest and darkest part of the underworld Tartarus. The army of monsters looked like they were all moving to one location before the vision ended, Zeke being a child of Apollo would know that it was a prophecy vision. Rosie then would fall down onto the floor unconscious and started to mutter a prophecy. "A Child of Sleep, A Child of Wisdom, A Child of Medicine, to stop an army, to seek the mother of monsters."

Mr. D and Chiron both looked at one another for a moment when Leda said what had happened, and why would a magical item suddenly turned on Ash all of a sudden. "I am not sure, even if the undead are from Hades some of them are spiteful and can be vengeful as well. Though if it was a gift from Hades himself I am not sure why it would suddenly attack her.." Chiron said as he moved and found a blanket and covered up Ash' body while looking at both Tammy and Leda. "Would you two mind making preparations for her tonight?" He asked the two of them.

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Kristin looked at Jason when he asked if it was something serious, and nodded slightly it wasn't common for both of them to suddenly leave like that. "No something must have happened." Kristin said, though she was pretty sure that they would inform the other campers on what had happened later. Before getting up and looked at the two of them for a moment, she had forgotten about showing them around where they needed to go for their cabins. "I'm pretty sure that they would tell us what happened later. I can take you guys to your cabins if you'd like." Kristin said.

Kristin followed along the trail, there were other demigods going on about their day now that lunch was over as well when they got to the cabins there was just over twenty cabins or so. Each one of them had their own theme it looked like, the closest one which was the biggest and bulkiest one of them all with marble columns.

"That's Cabin one for Zeus's kids." Kristin said, as she then gestured to the one next to it which was Hera's cabin, which looked to be almost the same. She eventually went down the line to the cabin that was painted blood red, with barbed wire on it and a boar's head on the front entrance of it. "That's where you will be staying Jason, the Ares' Cabin the head counselor is named Jace i'm sure you will like him." She then went down the line further towards the end, and gestured to the cabin that looked more like an old prairie house. "That's where you will be staying Janelle." Kristin said.

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Kiera didn't mind going out of camp and to the city for a little bit, it certainly would be a lot of fun she stared at where Ash's body one last time before letting out a slight sigh. Before turning her attention back towards Mary and nodded towards her, she decided to follow her towards the Big House. She shoved her hands into her pockets when she came up to the porch just in time to see Kirstin heading to the cabins.

Kiera entered the Big House, and paused for a moment at where the infirmary was seeing Rosie on the ground unconscious as well as Rebecca a girl she didn't really get to know yet, and Zeke were there and made her way over towards the two of them. "What happened?" Kiera asked the both of them. Wondering what had happened she was worried something else bad had happened while they all were at the barrier entrance to the camp.

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Leda hesitated for a moment, thinking over what Chiron had said - it seemed like there was a chance Ash's gift somehow wasn't from Hades. That was an even more troubling idea in Leda's opinion. The barrier prevented monsters from entering Camp Half-blood, unless someone summoned them or let them cross. Was there something out there powerful enough to send the skull into camp and pass it off as a gift from Ash's father? Or was there someone inside Camp Half-blood that had a grudge against the daughter of the Underworld? "Could someone else have sent that gift into camp?" she asked Chiron, not sure what answer she was hoping he would give her.

However as he asked her and her sister to make preparations for Ash's body, she nodded. She had barely known the girl and she never really liked her, but it was the right thing to do. The others may be fine with just jetting off to the city and acting like this hadn't happened, but that wasn't in Leda's nature. She could be bitchy, yet she was empathetic. She would help with Ash's burial preparations, even if her only real reason was in the hopes that someone would prepare herself for burial once she had left the mortal coil. "Yeah, we can do that..."

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Rebecca rolled her eyes at Zeke. "One - why would I abuse a poor book like that? And two - we have bigger problems at the moment." She nodded at Zeke, thinking quickly as to the various potions she could try to brew for Rosie but for the moment, the priority was getting the Oracle over to one of the beds. Rebecca awkwardly started to escort Rosie on over to one, only to freeze as a green mist poured out of Rosie. The mist swirled around them and Rebecca could not help but inhale it.

The infirmary was gone, replaced by something out of her nightmares. She saw the gigantic force in front of them, legions upon legions of monsters in what must have been the Pit. They were moving slowly in a uniform direction and Rebecca coughed as the vision faded away. Rosie fell to the floor and Rebecca barely managed to cushion the intensity of her landing, trying to grab the Oracle to keep her from banging her head too hard. "Hypnos, Athena, and Apollo..." Rebecca whispered, listing the gods that corresponded to those titles. The army she assumed was what she had just seen before her, but who was the Mother of Monsters? She looked at Zeke, hopeful that he might be familiar with that moniker.

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Demetri lay there peacefully as the three of them had a bit of a chin wag. Listening to the sounds of the plates clatter while the Harpies continued to clean up the area. The sound was fairly reminiscent of back home, hearing his father pick up the dishes to bring over to him mum who would clean them. There was a bit of a bitter sweet feeling to this nostalgia. Showing just how far and hmm ow fast life can change in such a short amount of time, seeing a veil that once covered his eyes in fog now lifted to see a world he didn't know was possible. This ofcourse came at the price of seeing his family less, and making bonds with a new family he would find here at camp. Demetri made note of the demi-gods affiliation with the goddess of wisdom and saw that as a bit of an unfair advantage when it came to wits and knowledge. Arthur mentioned once more how he didn't have his dagger on him but that they could either go to retrieve it or grab one from a training shed nearby.

Before Demetri could speak up his opinion that they should get his personal dagger, Andy came into the cafeteria by herself. Hearing her steps approach them he tilted his head back to see how sister upside down and with a look of concern plastered across her face. As if she had read his mind, Andy told them what was worrying her, the news that Ash was dead. It was as if the whole world fell silent, nothing else could be heard besides his own thoughts and Andy's voice echoing the statement on repeat. How could this happen? They killed all of the Empousa's. Didnt they? Did he miss one? Or more? Was this his fault? He never should have allowed for them to enter the battlefield. He should've kept them safe within the walls of the cafeteria where he could protect them if any managed to slip by. There was a knot in his throat as he attempted to speak, only able to sit upright on the table now and turning to face Andy and Arthur. "How could I let this happen..."

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It hadn't quite occurred to her that the nearest city was Manhattan of all places. Given their location, she had assumed that the camp would be in its own remote location, or perhaps in some state with not a lot going on around it. Instead, they were nearby one of the largest cities in the country. And no one batted an eye at this. "Manhattan it is then." Of course, she had no intention of obeying this curfew rule anyway. Who would enforce it? She wanted to see that as much as she wanted to leave the camp for a bit.

She followed Theresa back towards the dining pavilion. Her mind was in planning mode, because any other thought would have drifted back to you-know-who and she didn't want to deal with that at the moment. She wondered if they could leave with weapons? Hers transformed into a bracelet, and the city was known for being sketchy. She wondered how those rules came to be and if those before them had broken them and what happened? Surely the police didn't intervene in such matters. Though she would like to see them try.

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Ezekiel smirked at Rebecca’s notes of disgracing a book by dropping it. Only she would feel that way. If this was Hogwarts, she would so be a Ravenclaw. Ezekiel moved out of the way as Rebecca took to guiding Rosie. That was his job. He reached over and grabbed a stethoscope before moving to follow Rebecca when Rosie’s eyes shifted and green smoke filled the space around the three of them. Ezekiel froze mid step and his eyes rolled as the vision overtook him. The vision he saw was a thing of his imagination. He knew the stories of this place, they all did. Everything was taught in classes or scary stories around campfires. He had never seen it other than pictures and his imaginings. It was much worse than he thought. The eeriest thing had to be the troops moving in steady formation to one location.

The vision cleared and Ezekiel stumbled forward, nearly tripping over Rosie who had fallen on the ground. Rebecca was more on top of things and cradled Rosie as she spoke her prophecy which usually followed her visions. Ezekiel heard the son of medicine bit and hung his head, making an annoyed sound in the back of his throat. ”Seriously?” He looped the stethoscope around his neck before he scooped up Rosie. She had a vision so there was no need to be cautious about moving her and he laid her on one of the beds. He adjusted the pillow under her head and even laid a blanket over her before he started to check her vitals, just encase. ”Hypnos, Athena and… Apollo,” Ezekiel repeated, hesitating on his father’s name. I seriously hope she means more than one of each. As for the mother of all monsters. I believe she is referring to Echidna. You know, Typhon’s wife.” Which would explain seeing Tartarus in the vision. ”And if she’s involved, this won’t be good. We should probably get Chiron and Mr. D.” Ezekiel knew a lot about Echidna, if Rebecca had more questions, he should be able to answer most of them.

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Andy nodded at Alannah through her own struggling to keep from crying. She, however, unlike Arthur, was failing. Her face was wet and she was trying to keep it from being so, and at the same time look like she wasn't crying. Making the ten-year-old a mess. Andy wanted to run and hide. She also wanted to curl up against her own brother and beg him to never leave her. How had she gotten so attached to people? Andy knew better than to get attached. She had refused to make friends since she was eight and here she was sobbing over someone she had known only a week. She wanted to tell Demetri it wasn't his fault. How could it have been? Andy didn't even know what had taken her best friend ever from the world, but it wasn't Demetri's fault. It couldn't be.

The part of her that wanted to hug her brother snapped and flight took over. She bolted. Running as fast as she could to the cabin. She only was going there cause she had some things she wanted to keep. Another thing that was new. For the last few years, the only thing she worried about keeping was her bracelet. The one given to her by the strange man just before a monster had attacked her.

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"Alright, if you are so sure that they'll probably tell us... It's more then a little bit concerning honestly... It must have been something big, if they both just sort of took off like that... Well, I'm excited to see the cabins, or more of "see" them the way I do... Any idea when I might be able to get a new cane? It would make moving about places a lot easier for me if I'm being perfectly honest..." Janelle said, turning her head to face the sound of Kristen's voice, giving her a smile.

"If you're sure they'll tell us later..." Jason muttered, though it was somewhat obvious that he wasn't too convinced about that. He'd been in places where people in authority would say that they'd say what was going on, but in reality they didn't. Holding out his arm to his sister, he helped her to her feet again, and led her along the path after Kristen, going somewhat slowly. Problem with having a blind sister, just about any sort of root or plant life could trip her and cause her to fall. However he didn't speak these words out loud, since he knew that Janelle would just punch him or something.

When they reached the Ares cabin, Jason just sort of looked at it, finding it incredibly strange looking and weird. Who the hell would want to stay in a place that looked like that? Well, he supposed it was the cabin for the children of the God of War, so it shouldn't be all too surprising. He leaned over to his sister and whispered into her ear, describing the cabin in detail so that she'd be able to get a mental image at the least of what it looked like, it was really the best he could do at the moment.

Janelle just listened to her brother describe what it was that the cabin looked like, or at least the cabin that he was going to be staying in. She giggled slightly, hearing how the cabin looked, but didn't say anything else as they made their way to where the Hypnos cabin was, and once there, she listened patiently as once again her brother described the cabin. It made her imagine it somewhat, a picture forming in her head as she heard his words. "Thank you for showing us our cabins Kristin..."

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Mary reached the Big House, and was going to go find Leda, as she wanted to talk to her friend about what had happened, only having to have the difficulty of getting Leda to sit still for more then a few moments to actually really talk to her. The whole thing that had happened with Ash was still bugging her somewhat. That shouldn't have happened, at all, especially the way that it had. Now wasn't really the time to worry about that though, at least not immediately, as something else happened that she didn't expect, and it was what she saw when she glanced into the infirmary.

Why was Rosie on the ground? It only could really mean one thing, and she went into the room, glancing around at everyone in the room. Hearing what Zeke and Rebecca had mentioned about who the kids that she had mentioned were, she started to think a little bit. Children of Apollo, Athena and Hypnos? It certainly was an interesting mix involved there. "Well, I can definitely say that it is a bit interesting... And Zeke, you know usually it means only one of each half the time when it comes to these sort of things..."

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He wanted to tell Demetri wasn't his fault, but he didn't know enough to say that. Whatever had happened, he couldn't be near it. Reality felt wrong, like something was just broken and couldn't be fixed. This wasn't how things were supposed to be, but it was the way they were. He'd never felt real grief before, and this was burning him up inside; he knew not how to react, nothing having prepared him for this. The world tuned out to him, not being able to process things how they were.

Until, that is, Andy ran off. He found himself running after her. He didn't need Dem right now, he needed somebody who was feeling the same pain he was. The feeling of being lost and afraid in a new world, and having one of your closest friends ripped away. If he knew were Des was, he might've found her, but he was acting on impulse right now. Thought was something he wasn't capable of right now, reason being far behind him. Stopping at the door of her cabin, he followed in after her, tear streaming down his face without restraint now. Normally, he wouldn't knocked and asked to come in, but that was beyond him. He simply looked at Andy, almost whimpering, "[color=662d4286f491]How can she be g-gone?[/color]"

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Alannah watched as both Andy and Arthur both ran off to what looked like was the cabins, she was about to go and try to catch up to the two of them, before looking over at Demetri for a moment. She could tell that he was blaming Ash's death on himself and reached out to gently rest a hand on his shoulder to try and comfort him. "Hey, don't blame yourself it was something that was completely out of our control." She said softly to try and cheer him out. Alannah had another camp necklace around her neck with some beads on it and held onto them for a moment, they were from a friend she was really close to who had died out on a Quest a few years ago. "I am sure she will have a place in Elysium." Alannah told him as she tried to cheer him up.

Theresa nodded towards Mona and gave a slight smile. "We can sneak out after curfew then, that's when pretty much no one wont notice a few of us sneak out." She said as she looked towards the others, seeing both Andy and Arthur had ran off towards the cabins, feeling bad for the two of them who were pretty close to Ash by the looks of it more so for Arthur being his half sister and all. "Want to go to the arena or something in the meantime?" Thresa offered.

Camp Half-Blood, Cabin One Zeus:

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Kristin looked towards Janelle and nodded towards her. "Of course, I can get someone from the Hephaestus cabin to get you a new cane if you'd like. Probably wont be ready until the evening though since their workload is pretty big with them making weapons and other gear as well." Kristin said as she then spotted Lauryn walking out of her cabin with some soot over her face and clothes, and waved her over for a moment. "Whats up?" She said and then seeing both Jason and Janelle who she hadn't seen yet. "Could you help make a cane for her for me when you get a chance? Oh and this is Lauryn she's the head counselor for the Hephaestus cabin she's really good at making things." Kristin said.

"Of course, and nice to meet you two." She said, and then looked at the bent cane for a moment. "There was another blind girl here she also requested one so i'll start making two, i'll hand it to you later tonight." Lauryn said before turning around and made her way back to her own cabin. Kristin smiled towards Janelle when she thanked her and gave a nod, and then started to think for a moment. "Are you two hungry or anything?"

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Rebecca was easily able to catch Rosie before she hit her head or anything on the ground, but it looked like she was still out of it for now as well, Zeke as checked her vitals they were a bit elevated but nothing serious right now. She was asleep for the time being right now as she was tucked in. Kiera looked between both Rebecca and Zeke as the two of them spoke wondering what they were mentioning about Hypnos, Apollo and Athena for or did were they mostly talking about kids. "So what exactly happened?" Kiera asked while looking over at the sleeping Oracle as she walked into the room to get a better look and she looked over at Mary as well who seemed to know what they were talking about as well.

Mr. D who was quiet during the time finally spoke up looking over at Leda and shrugged slightly. "I'm not sure, but it's a possibility the gods do have enemies as well." There were instances where people did turn or act like spies or find ways to hurt the camp and it's campers as well. "We will look into it." Mr. D said before turning and started to leave the room behind and Chiron looked at the two of them. "Is there anything I can get you two?" He asked them, Tammy shook her head slightly.

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Demetri watched as Andy ran off unable to speak in protest. Arty soon followed and he found himself lost. He stared blankly for a moment as the two ran off towards their cabin. A warm gentle hand was placed on his shoulder, seemingly lifting some weight that he had burdened from Ashs death. "It was under my control...I could've said no, I could've stayed here and protected them from the attack, I could've told her to follow along with us as we headed back to lunch...I could've..." Demetri stared off for a moment, his long gaze only coming back at Alannahs second comment. "Screw Elysium, she should be here instead." He stood up off the table and moved away from her, her hand sliding off his shoulder as he looked outside. He didn't want to seem overbearing and was sure the two young ones needed some space to address their feelings, but he didn't want to leave them alone, vulnerable and unsafe.

Demetri shifted himself into a Raven, flying off and soaring above the camp. He hadn't seen any sign of her body, most likely being dealt with by other campers of the appropriate house or perhaps there was a sort of ritual that was enacted each time a child of a god passed. He saw no sign of Empousas or other such creatures, only stains of blood he could assume were hers. The wind carried the scent of iron towards him and it made his stomach churn as he turned away from the sight and headed towards his cabin. Perched atop the roof looking in he could see Andy and Arthur crying and he could do nothing to help. But what he could do was watch, remain vigilant, and be there incase there was another attack towards them.

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"A pint of rum wouldn't hurt," Leda said, her quippy nature starting to come through again despite the horrible circumstances. She doubted Chiron would give her any alcohol, but truthfully there wasn't anything she could think of needing from him. She reached into her bag and took out a tiny piece of ambrosia, eating it to heal up the wound she had suffered during the fight. Leda tugged on her braid as she looked at Ash's headless body for a moment. She knew that she ought to go and find her brother, Arthur, and get his opinion on the burial wreath... It was the right thing to do, but how was she going to tell the little kid that his sister had died and they still had no idea why or who had caused it? How should she inform him that Camp Half-blood might not even be safe?

Leda sighed slightly. "I'll go break the news to her brother - he might want to have some input on her burial," Leda stated. She took off at a run, trying to find the surviving child of Hades. It took her a few seconds to do so, which at superspeed actually felt like a relatively long time. She came to a halt outside of Cabin One - Zeus' Cabin. One of the other little kids of Camp Half-blood, Andy, was in there with him. There was no really good way to do this. "Hey, erm, Arthur right? I need to talk to you about your sister..." Leda said, knocking on the wall slightly to get his attention.

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Rebecca could understand the hesitation in Zeke's voice as he stated his godly parent's name. As exciting as going on a Quest was in theory, the reality tended to be far more chilling. Failure meant almost certain death for the heroes involved and the unleashing of whatever horrors they had been trying futilely to stop. Mary, one of Demeter's daughters, had come into the infirmary and Rebecca's eyes moved over towards her, the rest of her body remaining still. Thankfully, her mother was the goddess of trivia and while it took a moment to jog her memory, Zeke's description of Echidna and Typhon did the trick.

Typhon was the Storm Giant, the Father of All Monsters, the most powerful son of Gaea. Her expression hardened slightly as she recalled those horrible facts. Most of what she knew about Echidna was that a large number of infamous monsters were her children - her children with Typhon. Her heart started to beat a little more quickly... This had to be why so many children of the Big Three had arrived at Camp Half-blood recently. There was a war on the horizon - one tougher than any they had faced before. She bit her lip slightly. "If it is Typhon and Echidna... I think we need to tell more than just Chiron and Mr. D," Rebecca said, her voice calm. She claimed to not be afraid of anything. "Olympus should know about this... Maybe you should try praying to your parents," she suggested, looking at Zeke and Mary. "I can try contacting my mother. She might know more."

Rebecca then looked at Kiera, not certain who she was. "Sorry, I don't think we've met... I'm Rebecca."

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Rebecca was probably right, everyone needed to know of Rosie’s most recent vision. It was probably in conjunction with her earlier one anyways. Ezekiel wrote down Rosie’s vitals, keeping an accurate record was important and you couldn’t rely on memory. He set the chart down on the table beside the bed Rosie now rested on and looked over as Kiera walked in and then Mary. ”She had a vision and it does not bode well..” He looked back at Rebecca and frowned. The last time he had seen his father was him coming down to send him Leda and Kristen on a quest of their own. He really didn’t want to try summoning his father. As much as Ezekiel loved proving himself, he didn’t enjoy the whole putting your life on the line thing that came with it and if Ezekiel was the one to summon Apollo, he would probably put Ezekiel on the task.
Ezekiel ran hands over his face and through his hair, interlocking his fingers at the back of his head and blew out a breath. ”Feel free to stick around you two if you want to hear the dramatics. I’m going to call for Mr. D and Chiron and then we’ll explain everything again,” he told Mary and Kiera. He didn’t want to have to explain everything twice over, especially with the heads of the camp near. Ezekiel dropped his hands and walked over to the door. ”Hey Mr. D, Chiron! Could you come down to the infirmary for a moment.” Ezekiel simply called out the door. The house was big but it wasn’t that big and he hoped his voice would carry.