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"Oh, don't get me wrong, having an older brother can be a lot of fun, but let me just say that the best part about it is that I can tease him relentlessly. The worst part about the entire thing, as I think I mentioned before is that he is way too over protective in my brain. That is the worse thing possible, but I've learned to deal with it for the most part, just get to crack more then a few jokes about him whenever possible," she said with a bit of a laugh to Kristen.

"Wow, you are so nice to me Ellie! Why do you find it so much fun to do that to me! So mean!" he said, but he laughed a little bit, smiling slightly at his sister. He then heard Kristen's other comment about them being a long way from home. "Well yeah, I mean, Ireland is kind of on a different continent entirely... Only came to the US around 2 years ago, which, you know, is fun. I at the least do miss our old home there..."

Janelle nodded her head slightly at what her brother had said about missing their home. "I agree, I miss Ireland sometimes too... I mean, this country is definitely different from back home... Though we of course didn't exactly have too much of a choice in whether or not we came to this country..." she said softly, before shaking her head slightly as she took a moment to think about the other thing that Kristen had said, as well as take the pretzel. "What sort of lessons would that include if you don't mind me asking?"

Jason nodded his head slightly, at his sister sadly mentioning what had happened to cause them to end up in the US. Their parents had died and none of their family members wanted to take them in aside from their uncle who had made a life for himself in the country across the ocean. It was a bit sad over that it had to happen that way, but it couldn't be helped. "Yeah, what sort of lessons would they be?" he asked as he took the other pretzel.

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Mary watched as the entire situation more or less played out in front of her as Mr. D and Chiron were more or less brought up to speed on the entire situation, and Zeke of course mentioning that maybe the gods should be told what was going on. Her mind instantly wandered to what the odds were that the gods would do something, especially considering how Mr. D seemed to act about it, and she knew that odds were that the demigods would be on their own yet again to play hero. That was always how things seemed to work in the long run.

However, the one thing that stunned her the most at the moment was the fact that Zeke of all people seemed to snap pretty easily at Rebecca. Usually, it was Zeke being annoying and causing others to snap at him, not him getting mad at everyone else. Not to mention, Rebecca had only been trying to help out. "Seriously Zeke? She's only trying to help you..." she said softly as Kiera asked a question, and she just sort of shrugged, figuring that Zeke and Rebecca could potentially answer that better then she could.

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Taking a step back, arthur nodded. He didn't feel great about having to bury his sister, but maybe, he thought, it would help him. This might give him some kind of closure, but he knew it'd be hard as hell to do. Pushing his thoughts away from that, he contemplated Leda's proposition: Finding somebody to teach him how to use his powers would help him survive but, after what just happened, he didn't want to be raise the dead again for awhile. He felt like if he did something like that again, he wouldn't be able to handle it.

How he was going to honor Ash, he had no idea. He could think of things she liked, but what that meant in the context of putting his sister to rest, he had no idea. "If... we're gonna be burning her body, maybe we could put some things she would've liked along with her." He said, uncertainly. "She had a backpack she was really fond of that's back in the cabin." His voice died out as he said that. The once refined and quiet allure of the mausoleum-esque halls of the Hades cabin now seemed like an icy tomb for him and him alone. The thought of spending the coming night by himself in that place seemed impossible, and scared him to death at the thought of it.

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Ezekiel wasn’t sure he wanted to go to the arena, after all he did have the nice excuse of having a patient. He looked over at Mary when she spoke and he sighed rubbing his face over his hands. ”I truly am sorry Rebecca. Just, I’m getting tired of being pulled in different directions because of our parents and I just snapped. It was nothing you did,” he reiterated. It was to be expected that they would all be going on these quests and putting their lives on the line daily because of who they were was dangerous, but Ezekiel was still a fifteen year old kid and was bound to snap on the occasion from the stress and fear of it all.

He looked over at Kiera then back to Rosie, watching her eyes roll and shift under her closed lids. ”I wouldn’t say it’s anything special, after all, we all dream but she could be seeing the vision again or hopefully something happier. I wouldn’t be overly concerned about it unless she starts thrashing around or talking in her sleep,” Ezekiel said and shrugged. The kettle shut off, signalling that it was hot and he added the hot water to the herbs he had gotten ready for her headache. ”There isn’t much to do Kiera and Rosie doesn’t know you yet so I wouldn’t want you doing any of the heavy lifting if there is any. You may as well head to the arena. You too Mary, if you want.” He took the cup of hot tea and set it on the table next to Rosie’s bed.

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There was a certain fear on him as he awaited a response. Time seemed to be sta doing still, and the moment dragged on for what felt like ages before the man spoke to him. Once Thanatos finally did, Demetri let go of a breath he wasn't even aware he was holding. The thick white fog rolling out of his mouth as he exhaled, shoulders lowering and then quivering once more as the cold hit him again. She was alright, for now. The Underworld was an unpleasant place, and those who dwelled there were seldom happy. But she was under her father's wings for now and that alone would being Demi comfort. That is, before Thanatos decide to speak once more. He spoke of an oncoming war, one that would require the union of Roman and Greek children; from what Aster had mentioned before, it didnt seem likely to happen. The words set a pit into his chest, an emptiness that sunk and became dark before a new feeling arose, urgency. No sooner did the fig lift and the warmth return than did Demetri feel his legs jitter and the need to run.

He began sprinting through the forest, leaves crunching beneath his shoes as he made his way for camp. He closed his eyes for a moment, trying to shift himself into a Raven to cover ground faster, but his powers wouldnt give, the anxiety and urgency was overriding all else as his disorder was now hyper focused on the task at hand. If he ran past anyone, he didn't know, he was blind to all but his goal. His shoes skid as dirt piled up to their left halting him to a stop before running into the Iris Cabin. All who was there was Eva, the head of the Demeter Cabin. Not who he was looking for, nor was he sure if she could help, but either way he relayed his message. "I saw Thanatos, he says a war is coming." Before Eva could speak, Demetri was already off, his mind zoned into the next cabin, the Hermes Cabin. If the speedsters of Iris couldn't help him perhaps the ones of Hermes could. As he finally reached the other Cabin, he leaned against the door frame, looking inwards at the kids of Hermes present as well as the head for Apollo, Bryan. " I don't know who else to tell, but I figure the children of messenger gods is a good start. Thanatos has spoken to me, says there is a war coming, one involving creatures of Tartarus..." his breaths were labored as his body attempted to readjust to both the warmth as well as the drastic changes in adrenaline. "...He said we must strengthen up, and that this will require the aid of the Roman's as well."

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The two of them continued to spar as they spoke. Mona saw Theresa's point though. She saw firsthand during the game of capture the flag how useful her powers were. She just didn't feel like she could connect with her other siblings. Theresa stood out, as did Aster to an extent, but that was the gist of it. She wouldn't be caught dead trying to fit in with any of them though, especially if they were like stereotypical preps.

Mona accepted her weapon back, thankful for the distraction, but she was right. The burial would be taking place soon. This would not be Mona's first funeral, but it would be for someone she considered herself close to. She had attended such before with her foster family, but being a foster child meant she didn't feel an emotional connection to the dead. She went out of obligation or by force. This was different. She knew Ash, she liked Ash. This was going to have to be something she got used to.

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Camp Half-Blood, Cabin One Zeus:

Tammy looked over towards Arthur when he mentioned about taking something of Ash' to use for the funeral, she smiled slightly towards him and nodded. "Sure, want me to come with you or something?" She asked, she wasn't really sure if she could go around and search through the dead girl's things, but she could be there to comfort both Andy and Arthur. She looked over at Leda for a moment wondered what she wanted to do. "Or I could help you Leda getting whatever you need for the burial shroud as well." Tammy offered, she was more than willing to try and help out the three of them.

Camp Half-Blood, The Arena

Chiron looked at both Theresa and Mona there as well letting out a slight sigh he hated loosing campers, but it was something that was inevitable as well. "We are going to be using the arena to prepare for the service for Ash, if either of you two would like to help out that would be good." Chiron told the two of them, Theresa looked over at her half sister if she wanted to help out she could, and Thresa nodded towards Chiron.

"We can for sure." Thresa said as she put her gear away, and watched as some of the other campers who were in the arena were all starting to store away the training equipment for now. The area was pretty quiet now at this point as well, as Thresa went and started to grab some of the training weapons and racks away as well.

Camp Half-Blood, Outside of The Divine Cabins:

Eva stared at Demetri when he barged into the Iris Cabin while she was talking to some of the other kids in there, she wasn't really sure what he was going on about right now. She was a little bit confused it wasn't really common a god would appear to anyone really unless they were to give a warning or to give someone a little nudge while on their quest. Bryan stared at Demetri as well for a moment, word did spread fairly quickly in camp.

"Yeah we can spread the word a bit." Bryan said, having heard of what had happened to Ash was still pretty much fresh in everyone's minds as well. Bryan then gestured towards the Zeus' cabin for Demetri. "Though i'm pretty sure Leda and Tammy are in there still going over Ash's service or something if you want to talk to them about it." He said shrugging slightly.

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Kristin smiled towards both Jason and Janelle as she took another little bite of the snack as she listened to the two of them as they talked, and then they asked what kind of lessons that the camp had to offer. "Well there is training, in any kind of weapons we have here which are useful in case you are off of the camp grounds and you have another encounter with a monster. And then there is also survival training. If you are ever on a quest of some kind you'd need to know how to survive off of the land if you aren't close to civilization, oh and also you have just regular school lessons, and ancient Greece as well." She said.

As she thought a little bit more and watched some of the campers still going on about their usual duties during the day. "Also just physical training to. But theres also some fun stuff like chariot racing which is held every so often as well as a game of Capture the Flag, which is held every Friday evening, and arts and crafts to."

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Kiera looked at Zeke for a moment and nodded slightly as she started to back up a little bit to let the two of them do their own thing as well. "Alright then." Kiera said while looking at Rosie who was still out, the girl looked like she was out like a light until Rebecca could give her whatever she was going to make to revive her as well. She thought a little bit for a moment and decided to go and see if she could help out with Leda and the others.

"I'll go and see what the others are up to and see if they need some help." Kiera said as she turned and started to leave the Big House, and made her way towards the cabins leaving Zeke and Rebecca to tend to Rosie. The room was pretty quiet now that everyone was gone as well, Rosie continued to stir a little bit more but she still wasn't waking up just yet.

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Leda shot a look at her sister that clearly communicated the message - seriously?! It was an incredibly blunt way to explain the process to these little kids and Leda really didn't want to have to deal with calming them down again. Emotions were tricky and fragile. Maybe she needed to talk to Chiron and Mr. D about getting sensitivity training for some of the older demigods. Today's events definitely proved that they could all benefit from it majorly. At the very least, Arthur had a helpful suggestion for honoring Ash - using some of her belongings, even her favorite backpack. "Yeah, we can definitely grab her backpack and maybe fill it with some other things. You could even put in some of her favorite snacks."

"I can go with Arthur and Andy, if you want to handle the shroud," Leda offered. She didn't really trust Tammy when it came to handling the emotions of the kids at the moment and she didn't trust Arthur by himself. For all she knew, he might have wanted to go grab something from his cabin just as an excuse to slip off and try summoning Ash's spirit again. Besides, these kids shouldn't be alone at the moment anyways - it just wasn't healthy for them after what had happened.

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Rebecca didn't even flinch as Zeke snapped at her, seemingly undisturbed by his unwarranted outburst. In her experience, those who reacted with hostility to offers of help had delusions of their true capabilities, often exaggerating them in an attempt to cast a spell on those around them... to appear better than they really are. Apollo's ego was well noted, so it hardly shocked her to see Zeke display something similar under stressful circumstances. "I'll see if I can procure some peppermint - there is likely some in my cabin," she told Zeke calmly.

She gave a slight smile to Kiera. "Thank you for the offer - it is appreciated," she told her sweetly. As much as Rebecca was morbid and calm, she was also a kind person by nature. She administered the herbs to Rosie gently, hoping that they would revive her without too much trouble. Once Rosie was awake, she then planned to figure out a source for the peppermint. She could have ran to her cabin immediately, but then something occurred to her. "Marygold, could you sprout some peppermint?" she asked the daughter of Demeter. A fresh supply would be lovely.

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Andy listened to the directions they were given on what normally happened with a burial. She couldn't really sew but she could maybe draw the symbol on something. Andy thought of how Ash loved frills and ribbons and looking pretty. Things Andy had never paid attention to. Who had time? It also hadn't helped that she had only had regular access to a shower just now.

"Arthur will you help me draw Hades symbol on a cloth for her? I want to see if the Aphrodite kids have any ribbons they would be okay letting her have." Andy didn't care for the Aphrodite kids, not really. They were so different from her. Except for Mona of course. But she knew that Ash had made friends with some of them over clothes.

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"That certainly sounds like more then a little bit of fun," she said with a bit of a smile in the direction of Kristen's voice. It made things more then a bit interesting, to hear that this place had training more of in combat and lessons like that. Sure, it was nice to hear that there was some normal stuff that went on there, but training in combat? That just sounded like a whole lot of fun, no matter what anyone else really said. She enjoyed that sort of thing.

Jason nodded his head slightly, it certainly was to be expected based on everything he knew so far about this camp. Nothing was normal, and everyone seemed to know how to fight if the incident at the gate wasn't some sort of sign. He had some training of sorts in fighting, usually it was something just for fun that he'd do after school, but here clearly it was a lot more serious. As in if you didn't know how to fight, it could mean the difference between life and death or something.

"I mean, I've learned more than a few little things when it comes to fighting, I mean... I took up sword fighting at one point out of boredom, since there wasn't exactly anything else to really do... Well besides sports for me at the least..." he said with a bit of a shrug. Most people tended to just see him as the jock type, and he usually fit into that stereotype well. This seemed like the sort of thing he'd do back home, despite the fact that now it would actually be more of survival based skills.

"Honestly, that sort of thing just sounds like fun to me, as does the other stuff you mentioned... The chariot races and Capture the Flag. Guessing your version of Capture the Flag is more then a little bit different then the typical one you'd play back in school," Janelle commented to her brother. "Honestly, this sort of thing sounds interesting to me, and I'm all for it, sounds like we'll have some fun with it, even if the skills we'd get would actually be necessary for survival or something..."

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Mary nodded her head slightly at Zeke as he essentially told her to leave and head over to the arena. She had been planning on doing that anyway, but didn't really care too much for the fact that Zeke was telling her what to do. That was more then a little rude in her mind, but she didn't care, as her attention was pulled away by Rebecca asking her to see about sprouting up some peppermint for them. "Will do," she said simply, giving her a bit of a smile, before she started concentrating on it.

It took her a moment, but the peppermint sprung up in her hand, allowing her to then hand it over to Rebecca rather easily. "Here you go, I'm going to see about following after Keira to the arena. Guess I'll see you both there later," she said simply, before she followed after Keira to leaving the Big House. "So that certainly had been an interesting situation to walk into wasn't it?" Mary asked her, walking along beside her.

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Arthur nodded weakly at Andy. That sounded like something to do to keep his mind off of all of this. "I... yeah sure." He said, clearly drained from all of this. He knew that they still had to go to get Ash's stuff. He was grateful for Leda's offer to go with him, he didn't think he could be alone in there right now. He nudged Andy and said, "We're going to need to grab Ash's stuff first though, okay?" His heart felt heavy in his chest, like living itself required a new burden for him to bear. The permanence of what had happened was beginning to set in; there would be a time before Ash's death, and the rest of his life after.

The idea of him going back to his cabin tonight still seemed too much for him, and he looked nervously over at Leda. "Do... do I need to sleep in my cabin tonight?" He didn't like showing vulnerability like that, but he didn't think he was strong enough to go it alone in there. "It's just... I'm the only kid in there and..." He found himself trailing off, unable to really complete his thoughts on the matter. He hoped that Leda would understand the source of his discomfort, even if articulating it was hard.

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Once Rosie was brought awake, Ezekiel helped her sit up a bit, stacking some pillows and offered her the tea straight away. ”What do you remember?” he asked her curiously. He stepped back a bit, giving Rosie some space and looked over when Mary started to grow some peppermint. Ezekiel grinned, being a demi-god was pretty cool, when your life wasn’t being threatened. Peppermint was a well known herb that could have immediate benefits in helping with headaches and other body aches. It was an essential herb, right up there with lavender.

”Thank you,” Ezekiel added to Marygold before she left. He then looked at Rebecca. ”May I?” He wanted a couple leaves to rub between his fingers and break apart to put it into Rosie’s tea. The rest of it he would attempt to make a salve to rub into the back of her neck and temples. ”How important do you think it is to have to go the arena?” Ezekiel asked Rosie and Rebecca absentmindedly.

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Demetri nodded at Bryan, taking note to make his way over towards his cabin. It seemed Leda, Arthur, and Andy were all still there, Tammy having joined them at some point. There was a heavy sigh before one foot moved in front of the other, making his way towards Zeus's cabin. His steps felt leadened, heavy, as his chest tightened fearing that he would come across her live body still standing there. As he approached the party, his head hung low, catching the tail end of what Arthur was saying. "I don't see why you couldnt stay with us in Zeus's cabin if youd like. It doesn't have much but I'm sure we can move some of your stuff into it to help out." Demetri tried his best to put on a smile for Arthur and Andy. He reached forward and tussled Andy's hair slightly before turning towards Leda and leaning in to whisper something to her.

He kept his voice low, trying to ensure that Arthur and Andy couldnt hear him. His head kept down as he spoke to her "I spoke to Thanatos. I was shown and ensured that Ash is fine but... but he didnt leave without dropping me a warning. I had the Hermes kids spread the word but incase you hadnt heard He told me that a war is coming. Beings from Tartarus will play a part in it and that we must unite the strength of both camps if we are to win. I assume he means the Roman's but, this cant be a coincidence. The child of one of the big three falls just before the loom of war approaches?" He backed away and spoke up so they could all hear once more. "Have you guys decided on the funeral proceedings? Is it to be cremation or burial? If the former perhaps we could have the hephaestus kids make a vase for her. If the latter then I doubt we need a coin for Chiron seeing as how shes already passed the river, and a tablet is out of the question seeing as how she has the best guide there is."

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Camp Half-Blood, Cabin One Zeus:

Tammy looked at Leda for a moment and nodded towards her sister hearing Arthur's question she could understand not being alone in a cabin to yourself which was hard after loosing a sibling. But sleeping in another's cabin was frowned upon, but Tammy didn't say anything else and turned to her sister. "Sure thing, I can get some of our brothers and sisters on it." She said, as she watched Demetri coming into the room, when he asked about the burial rights.

"Usually it's a cremation, i'll asked Lauryn or something to work on a vase to." She said, as Tammy turned around and started to speed off towards the Iris Cabin leaving Andy, Arthur, Leda and Demetri in the room to themselves a horn going off that required everyone to meet at the arena.

Camp Half-Blood, The Big House:

Rosie opened her eyes and slowly started to sit up feeling a massive headache going on, she rubbed the back of her neck slightly and cracked her neck a bit to relive some of the tension. She looked over at Zeke and Rebecca who remained in the room, and turned towards Zeke asking what she remembered. "Aside from the vision itself? Not much really.." Rosie said when Zeke made her the tea she took it and started to take a sip from it.

"Though Echidna, the Mother of Monsters is planning something what though i'm not sure.." Rosie said as she laid her head back down on the pillow and thought for a moment about going to the arena it was important to now. "I need to go there, if you two are heading over there now anyway." Rosie said as she started to get back up slightly, a horn going off that required everyone to meet at the arena.

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Kristin smiled towards Janelle and nodded. "Capture the Flag here is pretty intense, you also get weapons and armor to it kind of gets bloody." She said, Kristin turned to Jason and smirked towards him a little bit. "You and I should spar sometime i'm pretty sure we can learn from each other or something." Kristin didn't mind having a little sparing match at all, whenever they did have the free time to anyway. Kristin watched as some of the campers seemed to be going towards the arena, which felt like there was something off a little bit looking at Janelle and Jason.

"We should head to the arena next, I have a feeling that something is going on." Kristin said as she grabbed one more soft pretzel and started to take a bite out of it, and then a horn sounded off as well everyone in the camp would be able to hear it., and started to make her way over there she noticed Kiera and Mary there on their way and waved towards the two of them. "Is there something going on?" Kristin asked.

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Kiera turned to look at Mary and smiled towards her and nodded slightly. "It's been a pretty weird day all around." Kiera said, as she started to walk down the trail, towards the arena. "So, have you ever gone on one of these quests before?" Kiera asked Mary she was curious and how they went as well. Hearing the prophecy that Rosie said didn't sound like it was good at all either and she had only really dealt with cyclops before.

She looked over seeing Kristin coming over towards the two of them and smiled giving a slight nod, she looked over at Mary for a moment whether she wanted to tell her or not. She was still a little in shock seeing her friend Ash dying like that and she felt helpless as well to. Kiera didn't really answer as she found the arena and then moved over and found a seat seeing some of the other campers starting to fill in as well.

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Mona turned her weapon back to her bracelet as she helped put the training weapons away. It was a bittersweet moment as she enjoyed training, but they were about to use the place to prepare for the funeral. She didn't quite know how to react. She was sad, but should she be more upset? The girl was with her in her former school when they were all transported here. But she didn't really know the girl. She would not have called her a friend, but an acquaintance, sure.

She shook the thoughts out of her head. She would help set up. It was what Ash deserved. A life was taken and it should be honored and remembered. She let the others take the lead, but she followed them, helping where necessary but keeping close to Theresa.

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Leda didn't know how willing the children of Aphrodite would be when it came to parting with some ribbons, but she would force them to go through with it regardless. If some ribbons would help the two youngest campers, then ribbons it would be. Besides, sometimes the Aphrodite kids needed to be knocked down a peg or two anyways - it was good for their egos. But before she could awkwardly explain to Arthur that there might be some problems with him sleeping in another Cabin, Andy's brother came up and volunteered Zeus' Cabin to house him. "Just maybe don't go around shouting to Chiron or Mr. D that you're bunking in a different cabin - they can get weird about that stuff."

"...You spoke to Thanatos?" Leda whispered back furiously to Demetri, trying her best to stay quiet enough so that way Arthur and Andy couldn't hear her. That was a bloody hell of a bomb to just drop on her so casually. It confirmed her suspicions though - there had been more to Ash's death than a simple accident. Her eyes darted over towards Arthur and Andy. They were kids of the Big Three - they'd be dragged into this one way or another, those kids always were. Leda was relatively safe in her mind - the children of Iris were usually the messengers, not the heroes. She tilted her head as the horn went off. They'd need to wait a bit to deal with Ash's funeral prep.

"Right, we've got to crack on - the horn means we all need to go to the arena now, it's obligatory but I promise we can start collecting some of Ash's things afterwards," Leda explained. "I'll run us over, it'll be faster," she said, before she grabbed the trio and quickly sprinted them over to the arena.

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"Thank you," Rebecca replied to Mary, taking the peppermint sprigs. She then nodded at Zeke's request, handing the small portion of the plant over to him. Rosie had risen and her words were concerning, although not new information - they more or less confirmed what Zeke and Rebecca had told Chiron and Mr. D. The horn answered Zeke's question before Rebecca had a chance to - the meeting at the arena was obligatory. Given that they had been the ones to experience the vision with Rosie, she doubted there was any scenario where she and Zeke were not needed at this meeting. The prophecy though made it clear that Rebecca would not be needed for the quest itself, but those heroic quests dealing with the end of the world often required a coordinated response back at Camp Half-blood to deal with some other threat.

"I believe our presence is required," Rebecca mused. "I'll aid you in your journey." Rebecca glanced around the room for a moment, trying to think up something to help Rosie. The Oracle needed to rest and seemed to be having trouble already, so perhaps she could enchant something to assist her. Rebecca spotted a chair and she walked on over to it, closing her eyes and muttering some Latin phrases as she imbued the chair with magic. Slowly but surely, it began to float and hover, Rebecca opening her eyes and smiling slightly as she guided the floating chair over to Rosie. "This should function for you much like a mortal wheelchair," she explained.

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"That just sounds awesome if I'm going to be blunt, being able to take down your opponents with swords and other weapons, that just sounds like it would be a lot of fun. A bit dangerous, and if I'm being completely honest painful, but a whole lot of fun! I can't wait to try that out," she said with a bit of a smile, completely ignoring the fact that at this point her brother likely would not be too thrilled at the idea of her going anywhere near weapons. He still wasn't too sure about her having taken some self defense classes and such.

"It certainly sounds interesting... Not too sure what to make of the idea of you going charging in with a sword or something, but I honestly know better then to try and stop you," he said with a slight laugh, before looking over at Kristen when she mentioned the idea of sparring and he nodded his head. "I would love to spar with someone, been a while since I had someone to really go up against, after a while people back home stopped wanting to spar with me."

"That's because you always won," Janelle pointed out. "No one else seemed to be able to keep up with you, so going to be blunt, you kind of took the fun out of it for them." When Kristen mentioned that others were heading towards the arena, she tilted her head slightly, thinking partially back to when Chiron and Mr. D had essentially headed into the Big House. "It might have something to do with what was going on a little bit ago..."

"Yeah, it might, when Chiron and Mr. D more or less took off somewhat into the Big House..." Jason said, nodding in agreement as he stood up and held his arm out to Janelle, helping her to her feet as well. "So let's get going," he said as he led his sister along after Kristen, heading towards the arena. He saw that Kristen seemed to recognize one or two people, and so he followed along after her in order to maybe find out what happened.

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Mary glanced over at Kiera when she asked about going on quests, and she just shook her head slightly. "No, I haven't... Not really, I do know a few people who have though. Quests aren't something to laugh about, they are difficult, and more or less a bit of a pain, figuratively and literally and you could easily be killed if you aren't careful... I'm curious as to who the ones are that have to participate in this particular quest," she said, before waving slightly at Kristen when she came over towards them with the two newcomers from earlier.

Thinking for a moment, Mary contemplated what exactly she should tell Kristen about it, but figured she'd go all in on it, and just explain it. "...So a few things happened after you left the camp entrance earlier... The daughter of Hades was killed by her talking skull thing, and they are still trying to figure out how exactly that happened... Then when I went to the Big House following after Leda who had taken her body there, ended up walking into Zeke and Rebecca, as well as Rosie, who had a vision... So it sounds like a few people are going to end up going on a quest." That was essentially the short version of things more or less, figuring that Chiron was going to explain more probably as well.

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Andy nodded when her brother offered their cabin. She remembered she had almost slept in the Hades cabin before Demetri had joined them. Being alone in any of the cabins felt wrong. But especially the ones of the big three. They felt so hollow without someone else there. Andy didn't like being the cabin alone at any time of the day. "Also be warned that there is lightning and thunder in our cabin at random times. It is like Zeus is trying to keep us on our toes."

When the horn rang Andy was a little annoyed. She wanted to get started on gathering the things for Ash. But she let Leda grab her and carry her to the arena. Was Chiron going to make an announcement about Ash? Were they going to get an explanation for what happened? For why her best friend, her first best friend ever, had literally lost her head? Andy needed to know and everyone so far had avoided the question. How had Ash died? Why? She was more frustrated at not knowing than anything.

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Arthur took not as Demetri returned, delivering some kind of message to Leda. Normally, he might try to hear what was being say, but he just didn't have it in him right now. Instead, he nodded at what had been said directly to him, that he would be able to stay in the Zeus cabin. That sounded nice, not just that he wouldn't be alone, but that he'd be with a friend. Forcing a smile for a moment, he said, "Sounds like the sort of thing that can help wake you up in the morning." He tried to sound relaxed as he said it, trying to push these horrible things that had happened behind him, at least momentarily.

Looking up in the air at the sound of the horn, he was surprised to be quickly whooshed away by Leda. Feeling his head spin for a moment, he closed his eyes. He didn't know she could move that fast, so needless to say he was caught by surprise. As they stopped, he wobbled a bit. "A- a little more warning next time please." He felt just a tad dizzy, never having gone anywhere near that fast on foot before. What this was about, he could only assume to be Ash. He felt uneasy, not ready to have everyone staring at him, as he thought they would, now being the only surviving child of Hades.

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The horn sounded, signalling that everyone was to drop what they were doing and head to the arena. Ezekiel sighed, he wouldn’t be able to hide from this one. Ezekiel took the peppermint and put it away so it wouldn’t completely dry out and then he could make the paste or another Apollo could make it for Rosie. He topped off her tea before taking the cup from her so she could get into the floating chair. ”Just as long as it doesn’t suddenly drop out,” he said, eyeing the chair suspiciously.
Ezekiel helped Rosie get into the chair before giving her the tea back and they made their way to the arena. The one thing that everyone in this camp was quick about, was getting to that arena when the horn sounded. That and maybe the starting of Capture the Flag. Even when monsters would attack the barrier, not everyone rushed to go see what was going on. This was different though. Ezekiel looked around, finding where his house and half-siblings would all gather and normally sit. He found them easily as most of them all had the same shining blonde hair and any sunlight was usually attracted to them, making it seem like they were glowing. Ezekiel looked away from them, all nerves and decided to stick with Rosie just encase she needed something.

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Demetri thanked Tammy as she agreed to help get some supplies ready for the funeral, or cremation he supposed. Either way her heart was in the right place and he couldnt be any more thankful for that. He supposed that Leda was right, he wasn't entirely sure what their connections with the gods was like, nor was he aware how frequent they may try to speak to them in person. He was about to say something when Andy and Arthur spoke up, taking his attention for a brief moment away from anything he may of been able to retort back to Leda. He offered Arthur a warm smile, as he looked around the empty cabin. Perhaps he could speak to the Hephaestus kids at some point and see if they could create a bed frame or something for them? Sure it wasn't exactly in their wheelhouse but he was more than certain theyd be up to the task.

Demi turned to say something, and his voice was caught in his throat as a horn sounded off in the distance. Leda informed them that it meant they needed to make way to the Arena and Demetri couldnt help but wonder if this had anything to do with the news that he gave the Hermes cabin. Before anything could be said on it, Leda swept them all up and rushed them to the Arena. The feeling was not unlike a rollercoaster, his stomach dropped, his head reeled back, and his feeling of sickness kicked in. As soon as they stopped, Demetri took a second to look around, the nausea having not caught up to him as he say Zeke with his stupid golden glow and stupid beautiful hair with his stupid cute smile. As he was about to insult him all that came up was vomit, as his hands clasped against his thighs as he wretched onto the ground. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and looked at Leda and Arthur panting out the next few words "What...he said..."