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Andy relaxed a little. It felt good to have Arthur right there beside her. It felt right. And even though they had promised not to split up and they were going to have to. At least she knew they'd do everything to make sure they met back up. They would do everything in their powers to make sure they weren't separated for a long time.

She smiled at her aunt as Niah and Nancy took their leave. She reached out offering her hand to her aunt. Still not letting go of Arthur. Two of the most important people in her life. If only her half-brother was here too. If she had all three of the people it would be perfect. Hopefully she'd get a chance to have the three of them and she definitely had to explain to her brother her future plans. He might help too.



Niah scrunched up her nose at the mention of her being the next praetor. That wasn't something she had been planning on doing. She also hadn't planned on becoming a Senator. There was a lot about her time since leaving her home that hadn't been planned. She gave Mads a half hug and then stood up.

As she and Nancy walked back to the Roman camp Niah let her face show the concern she had for the future for a moment. "A little freaked out." She told Nancy honestly. "I don't know how everything is going to pan out and I just want us all to be okay." She let out a soft sigh. "If I have to step up as praetor I will. I'd rather not, but I'm sure you understand that sentiment. I just can't stand to let Leandra get it. But it'll be up to the voters."

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Stella was super excited when Kristin told her that she could get right into the field after she was settled in. Yes, so many things were scary to her, but being right back in the dirt felt natural. Her whole life she had spent in one greenhouse or another it seemed, either at the school or at home. She knew that her fathers would love to see the strawberry field, even if she knew that they couldn't enter the camp. That had become clear to her when she had heard about only three adults at that point, or at least she thought she had seen three adults. The gods were considered adults right? Two gods, and one centaur.

She did take a handful of strawberries that looked just perfect at that point, and she gently bundled them into her hand. She took a bite of one and it was... divine. There was truly no other word for it. She did wave good bye to the campers and Satrys as they walked off to the arena.

She did affirm to Marygold that once she was settled she'd love to come back to the fields, letting her know she was listening even if she had stopped speaking for the moment. She looked around the arena a bit at that point and paused. "Learning to fight might not be a bad idea, since I would rather not repeat what happened on the way in here. Though thankfully it turns out my big half sister was able to help me out." Stella nearly beamed as she looked at Marygold as she said that. "Also I do want to learn how to use the knife I got. Is knife fighting a technique we can learn here?"

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Lauryn smiled at Demetri as he continued to work on his little project leaning back against a nearby work table as he set up the remaining pieces that would be for the outside. "Maybe you are a Legacy of him." Lauryn said giving a slight shrug, Legacies were pretty common, though mostly with the Roman's. She stretched slightly as she started to grab a few cog looking pieces and whatnot, turning to look at Demi. "Alright so, going to do the more technical parts now, you said you wanted to collapse into something right?" She asked him, they needed to design the inner workings now, unless he wanted just the guitar itself that is, then they needed to be welded all together. "Unless you want it to just be a normal guitar."

Dining Pavilion:

Some of the Harpies continued to clean up the last few remaining tables, while one of them was waiting for both Janelle and Cassian to move so that they could clear out that table as well. The Harpy looking rather annoyed at Cassian, as he played with his pan flute some more, finding it as a weird little device that he had on his hip. A few seconds later Rosie and Chiron were just walking into the Dining Pavilion to get some food as well to. The two of them would be able to hear what they were talking about, and that she had made a Prophecy for three quests and some of the details as well to. Rosie turned to see both Cassian and Janelle there and waved at the two of them as she took a seat in her usual spot. "Hey there guys." Rosie said to the two of them.

Hephaestus Cabin:

The Hephaestus girl listened to Michel as he mentioned what he had been doing, and tempted to say something, but seeing that he was sulking decided to not really talk. If he was in a bad mood then she wasn't really going to be happy getting yelled at or anything like that really and went back to their card game. They started to talk about some video games as well as a few movies that were coming out pretty soon as well to, the girl occasionally looking back at Michel.

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Bryan gave Zeke a little bit of a smirk towards him. "Of course i'm not going to go easy on you at all." He teased his half brother as he looked at the group of new arrivals. Turning to face Zeke and gestured towards them, getting a bit of an evil idea, knowing that Zeke hated Kristin for the most part for whatever reason. "Hey isn't that your girlfriend over there?" Bryan said whenever Zeke did look, he would suddenly be knocked down onto the floor. The training sword was now pointed at Zeke's neck with a bit of a smirk as he then pulled it away and offered his hand to help him up. "Also i'll just fight dirty just to get back at you." Bryan said with a slight laugh.

Kristin winced slightly seeing Zeke getting knocked on his ass a little bit, he probably did deserve it for whatever reason, turning her attention towards Stella and smiled some. "I can teach you how to use a dagger properly if you'd like." Kristin told her, she was really good with most weapons that she could get her hands on. "Just let me know whenever you'd like some training and i'd be happy to help you out." Kristin told her with a smile as she watched Bryan offer a hand to help Zeke back up to his feet.

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Kiera looked over at Leda and giggled slightly, she didn't really have much of an issue with skinny dipping or having any of the naiads gossiping about it. "I do like a good spectacle about it, though it's more romantic at night though in my opinion." Kiera said to her girlfriend, as her eyes scanned the sets of armor. They looked for the most part pretty standard leather armor which didn't look super interesting or protective to her in her opinion. Kiera continued to look until she spotted a set of armor that looked really cool to her at least as she gestured towards the set on the armor stand.

"What do you think of this?" Kiera asked as she went over towards it and pulled the top part off of the armor stand, feeling it was surprisingly really light. She went over and grabbed the arm pieces to and started to look them over, running her hands over the celestial bronze that was on the armor as well to Kiera looked at her girlfriend and smiled some towards her. "I could try it on in front of you if you'd like?"

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Madalyne smiled somewhat and hugged Niah as she watched her best friend getting up and leaving with Nancy towards the Roman's portion of the camp feeling a bit bad that she was kicking Nancy out of her spot right now. She turned towards her niece and smiled giving her a hug, as she started to think about how to tell the two of them that she was a monster now as well due to her curse. She looked a little bit nervous as she eyed the two of them before finally speaking. "What do you guys know about werewolves?" Madalyne decided to ask looking between Arthur and Andy.

Joanie made a sound and started to nibble at Nancy's hair, the usual sign that the baby dragon was getting pretty hungry and would start setting something on fire if she didn't get her way either. Over at the Roman's side of the camp, they would see Leandra sneaking out of the Praetor tent for some reason and headed down over towards the cohort's tent. The rest of the Legion seemed to be having a little bit of downtime some were playing some card games on a few tables set up outside they would turn to wave at Niah and Nancy as the two of them walked past.

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Arthur nodded towards Madsa as she asked for them to hang back to chat in private. He didn't know what she'd want, but whatever it was, he was happy to indulge her. One thing he didn't understand was the Roman politics. He vaguely knew they had some form of organizational structure that the Greeks were sorely lacking, but he had no idea what that actually looked like, or the powers that being a member of their "government" entailed. Whatever it was, it seemed fraught with intrigue and competing interests, so he might bother Nancy or Niah and try to learn more about it in the future.

As the group began to dissipate, and it was just the three of them, Arthur cocked his head at the question. He didn't know what was real anymore, but he had never suspected werewolves. "Uh, people that turn into wolves? Full moon and silver and all that stuff?" He asked, confused as to why she was asking. "Are they real? Or..." His brain then kicked in, and he realized that there was a very short list of why should could be asking, "Are you one? That's cool!" Arthur said, smiling. His friend being able to morph into a giant dog sounded amazing, and he was on board for it.

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Ezekiel slipped into his usual stance, ready to start sparing his half-brother when Bryan shifted focus. Ezekiel stopped and looked over in the direction he had suggested. Normally Zeke wouldn’t care but at the mention of girlfriend, Zeke couldn’t help but think of a certain red head he had just gone on a quest with. Ezekiel tried looking for the familiar shade of red hair but his eye line quickly began to tilt. Zeke was falling.
Ezekiel let out a shout of surprise before he hit the ground with a groan and lay flat on his back. He blinked a couple of times before Bryan filled his eye line. He glared at his half-brother before taking his hand and stood up. Zeke dusted himself off and surveyed the group.
It was Marygold, Janelle’s brother Jason and Kristin and some other young red head he didn’t know. The only one remotely close to Janelle’s beautiful shade of red but he very clearly was not Janelle. Discontented, Ezekiel looked back at Bryan and gestured for him to get ready for the next round. The real round.
”Low blow Bry. It’s a pity that you have such a lack of belief in your ability that you have to cheat to beat me.” Zeke twirled his sword around, smirking before he made the first move. He took aim at Bryan’s side and was able to make a hit before he stepped back.

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He grunted, then laid back down. He tried to fall asleep, but his own anger seemed to be working against him, keeping him awake and aware of all that was going on around him - the talking, the sniffling, whatever else. He also felt the girl turning around and looking at him.

Finally, after a few minutes, his anger ebbed down, and he sat up, once again. Opening up his wheelchair, he lifted himself into it, but decided not to go anywhere else. He'd check his forge later for fingerprints and have another try. He looked towards the girl, still scowling slightly. " Why were you looking at me?" he grumbled slightly. Then, making another split second decision, he asked, "What are y'all talkin' about, anyway?"

Why did he decide to have a conversation? Unclear, but he figured that he might as well try to calm down and not be pissed over a single broken knife. He might as well actually talk to others in the cabin.

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Leda tilted her head at the armor Kiera had found. It wasn't really her taste - namely since it was barely better than boob armor. "If you aren't a fan of your limbs, then it's great luv," she said sarcastically. "I do like the tiara. That part's dope. The rest just seems a bit more like it's for being sexy than staying alive." They were going on a dangerous quest after all with an ominous prophecy - she didn't want to see Kiera die because her shoulders were bare during a fight. She smirked a bit at Kiera's offer to try it on in front of her. "Sure, but that's proving my point luv - this armor is for sex, not fighting. Although I guess to some people those are the same thing, innit?"

Of course, Leda was being a bit picky - a lot of Greek armor was designed like that, where the limbs were relatively unprotected. She supposed that it was better for freedom of movement, which she was a fan of as a speedster, but still - the thought of Kiera getting stabbed in the arm or something with a poisoned dagger made her nervous. She wanted to put a full suit of armor around her girlfriend and keep her safe - even if it wasn't nearly as sexy.

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Nancy nodded, hearing what Niah said - it would've been so neat and tidy for Niah to become praetor, and she would have loved to leave New Rome in hands that she trusted... but she couldn't deny what Niah wanted. Being a praetor was incredibly hard and unpopular, especially since it meant having to deal with Leandra on a daily basis. But more than that, she understood how Niah felt about this entire situation - things didn't necessarily look good. They seemed rather grim. Her best friend, Mads, could die... The physician's cure wasn't even guaranteed to help... And with everything going on with the gods, the future looked grim at best. "I don't know if we'll all be okay at the end - and I don't know if we'll be together either," Nancy admitted.

She was going to leave and join the Hunt at the end of all of this after all. "But... We're okay now. And we're together now," she finished. She didn't know how much the sentiment would help. She smiled slightly as Joanie started trying to eat her hair. "Aww, babes, do you need to eat a brand new camper?" she said softly, before giving Joanie from scritches. She paused though, seeing Leandra sneaking out of her and Mads' tend. "... Or how about a grade A bitch?"

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"Ahh yeah, you should meet 'im sahme time, 'e's nice fahr de mahst part, does 'ave a slight temper at times, but ahther dan dat 'e's great," she said with a slight smile to him, before she contemplated what it was that he was saying with regards to leaving. "You are welcomb to comb wit me, I'm naht truly sure what i'm goin to do dough, might just go fahr a walk ahr sahmethin like dat." Yeah, to her a walk sounded like a great thing to do currently, at least in her mind.

Her attention was dragged away though by the sounds of two people entering the dining pavilion, and she turned her head in that direction, before she recognized the voices as those of Chiron and Rosie. Something about three new quests for a prophecy was what they were talking about or something, however she wasn't too sure if she should say anything with regards to the thing, since it would have just have been something she overheard. "'ello dere, 'ow are ya doin?" she asked with a smile.

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Mary couldn't help but giggle slightly with Zeke getting knocked over like that by Bryan, before she glanced to look at Stella as she asked about the knife fighting. "Oh yeah, you can learn fighting in just about every single different type of way. Hand to hand, swords, bow and arrows, knives, anything works really. Just depends on your preference, for instance, I typically do more sword combat, and then using my powers in fights, learning how to use your powers in a fight also can prove useful, just depends on your preference."

Jason listened on the conversation, before glancing to look over at Bryan and Zeke, watching just in time to see Zeke get knocked over. "I mean, dat could 'ave ended wahrse right? At least you just gaht knahcked over," he commented towards Zeke, before glancing at the others as they talked about the different sort of fighting styles you could go with here. Personally, he found it rather easy for the fighting, but that was just him, well him and probably all of the other children of Ares, that's just how they were it seemed like.

"Yeah, it shouldn't be too 'ard to teach you sahme fahrm o' knife cahmbat later. Just let us know ahr sahmethin when and we'll be able to see about 'elpin you out." Personally he'd be fine to help Stella learn a little bit of fighting, though it sounded like Kristin was the one to offer with regards to it first. So they'd have to see what it was that Stella wanted to do, though it sounded like she really wanted to go do more out in the Strawberry Fields first, that was what she had seemingly wanted to do too.

"Also don't worry about what happened with the fighting when you got here Stella, that sort of thing is nothing really, it happens, a lot, and usually new campers aren't accustomed to fighting monsters, so you aren't alone there. We'll bring you up to speed on everything though, so don't worry too much okay?" she added with a slight smile. That was just how things were around here, everyone fought constantly with monsters, but newer people weren't necessarily used to that sort of thing, it was just how everything worked at the camp.

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Demetri waited for an explanation on how to do the next part, but it seemed as though they had to figure out a few more mechanical things first. He watched as Lauryn grabbed a few cogs, bringing them over as she mentioned the possibility of him being a Legacy of Hephaestus. Something he'd have to talk about with her later. For now he wanted to focus on the what and how of this gift. "Well...I was thinking we could make it shift into a wristwatch. Easy portability, stylish, and helps tell time. If that's possible, that is." Demi was beginning to see why so many kids of Hephaestus spent their time at the forge. It was a great creative outlet and it made him wish he could do more.

He started fiddling with the pieces he already had. Looking them over, inspecting their detail and craftsmanship to ensure they were how he wanted them, but mostly it was a guise to keep from looking at Lauryn in the eyes as he asked his next question. He felt as though he'd been here for so long and yet he still was finding out new things. "So this legacy thing, I thought I was the son of Zeus so...what does that mean for me? If...ya know… I'm a legacy or something."

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Cassian carefully placed a strand of hair behind his ear. He knew that Janelle was blind, but that didn't mean he couldn't keep up his appearances. He'd stopped fiddling with his pan flute as soon as he saw Janelle take in a breath to speak. Giving her his full attention. "I'm sure I'll run into him at some point. As large as this camp is, it's a pretty small world. I'll be sure to be on my best behavior" He said with a playful tease. He didn't mind going for an aimless walk, or even taking her further into the forests to 'show' her the sights. Or rather, describe to her in detail what surrounded her so that she could take in the camp in a new light.

Before they could leave, two others joined the area, Chiron and Rosie, talking about a prophecy that was just foretold. Suddenly he wasn't sure how safe a guide through the forests would be. Three separate quests? And from the sounds of it one of the big three's kids may be involved in one. It didn't sound good. But still, he kept his pleasant smile and offered the pair a wave. "Hello Chiron, Rosie. Hope your days are going pleasantly and that my father's absence hasn't placed too big of a burden upon you." Truthfully he didn't know how much his father did to upkeep the camp, but he was certain his company was surely missed by Chiron.

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Andy thought about what she knew of werewolves. The only thing she really knew was more or less what Arthur had just said. She did remember one night in a foster home she had watched 'An American Werewolf in London' with one of the foster siblings. She frowned. "Are werewolves real then?" She asked quietly.

Andy wanted to know what the rules were for the werewolves really were then. If it was anything like the movie that was terrifying. She hadn't been able to finish the movie running out of the room after the character's had been attacked. Her foster siblings had called her a chicken and she had moved out of that place not long after that. She tried to keep any sort of fear out of her eyes at the idea. If Aunt Mads was a werewolf they couldn't be that bad, right?



"No one gets a happy ending in real life." Niah said sagely. "However, we can keep it as happy as we can for as long as we can." She added with a smile. Niah knew she'd die in battle. If she was lucky she'd live long enough to serve her time. After that maybe she'd be able to have something resembling a decent life. But the life of a Demi-god, even a Roman one, was always dangerous.

She frowned as she saw Leandra. "Great." She shook her head. "We'll have to check and see what she went through." She hoped it wasn't any of the things they used for Mads. A horrible thought of her weakening the silver chains or something equally awful crossed her mind. A part of her wanted to confront her and yell at her, the rest of her just wanted to ignore her. But there was no good in that. Ignoring Leandra completely meant keeping your back open for attack.

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Stella was pretty thankful that at all three of her guides had immediately volunteered to help her learn how to use a knife, as well as how to fight. She couldn't help but smile a bit brighter at that point as she could feel nothing but support from this new demi-god family she had found and was now a part of. "Thank you all, so much. I will probably take all of you up on the offer later. I do have my own knife so I don't need to borrow one, right? I do think mine will work, it looked the same color of the other weapons around here." She smiled a bit at that as she could tell something about the knife metal was different and important when dealing with monsters.

"If I did want to use my powers in a fight would here be the place to do so, or is there somewhere else we can do power training?" Stella was not sure that it would be a good idea for her to start growing plants in the arena, as it seemed that everyone would be using that area. "So what can you show me next? I don't want to take too long here, as I still want to take a shower before dinner at least, even if I don't get one before lunch." She did giggle a bit at that as she looked at Kristin as she still seemed to be leading the group.

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Lauryn nodded as she started to work on the design somewhat grabbing the neck of the guitar and then started to do some measurements on it, while making some markings along it. "The technical parts will probably be more difficult I can make it for you, or walk it through for you if you want." Lauryn said as she then went to the body of the guitar and started to do the same thing making some markings along it as well before turning to face Demi asking what a Legacy actually was.

"So basically it's more common among the Romans but not really unheard of from the Greeks if they make it to adulthood." Lauryn said as she finished making the designs before facing Demi. "So basically a Legacy would be a normal human, or demigod who at some point in their family tree was also a demigod, and they had a child. So say your great-great grandmother was a demigod, she had a kid, then that be a legacy and then so on the Romans keep better track of that stuff though." Lauryn explained.

Dining Pavilion:

Rosie turned around to face Janelle and Cassian smiling at the two of them and gave a slight wave. "I'm doing pretty well and you guys?" She asked as Chiron smiled at Cassian. "It's a bit boring sometimes without my usual game partner unfortunately." Chiron said giving a slight shrug as he wheeled himself over towards his usual spot within the Dining Pavilion. "Is there anything I can get you two?" Rosie asked the two of them, going over and taking a seat next to Chiron as well. "Ive been keeping him company and all that in Mr. D's place, still wonder when he'll be back though." Rosie said, knowing that Cassian was Mr. D's kid as well to, she was thinking about mentioning the three prophecies to the two of them before speaking. "Also had a vision for three prophecies as well to." Rosie informed them.

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The girl gave a slight shrug towards Michel. "Was going to ask whats wrong, but looked like you were going to bite my head off so, decided to not ask." She said looking at her other half-brothers before the other one spoke to answer Michel's next question. "Just some video games that are coming out soon as well as Mythomagic, want to join?" He offered, if Michel wanted to that is but it was totally his choice however as well to.

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Joanie took that as a command and made a squawking like sound and started to flap its wings and started to fly off after Leandra flying overhead before dive bombing and started to harass her some, even managing to set the girl's hair on fire. Leandra yelled loudly before bolting off, being chased by the baby dragon, before loosing interest and started to fly back. Catching something she picked it up and quickly flew back towards Nancy and Niah dropping the small bag at Nancy's feet looking at her expectantly as if wanting a reward or a treat or food for her troubles.

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"People usually do fight dirty." Bryan said with a slight laugh as he started to twirl his sword around as he started to slowly walk around Zeke somewhat letting him do the first attack this time. "So, what should be the wager this time?" Bryan asked as he continued to just size up Zeke waiting for his next opportunity to strike him. He'd ocasionally would look over at the stands to see what the group was doing and what they were talking about as well to knowing that the girl was pretty new Kristin probably giving the tour several flowers started to appear around the arena.

"Personally I prefer using a spear, give you a bit of distance in a fight but a knife is just as good as well to." Kristin said to Stella giving her a slight smile as she started to think for a moment, the arena was just there for training mainly if anyone wanted to use their powers for training it was almost always here. "Most people usually just do their training weapons or powers here really, just be careful if you are using them around others, sometimes they are a bit volatile." Kristin said to Stella she paused for a moment as she could see flowers starting to randomly sprout around the floor near everyone's feet.

A woman would suddenly appear in one of the seats within the arena turning slightly to look at the group of demigods both within the arena and in the stands as well to. "Hello there." She said giving them all a smile, Kristin was surprised to see that it was actually Persephone

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Kiera nodded slightly the armor was light but didnt really protect her limbs all that well really as she looked at her girlfriend and smirked slightly. "Well we could use it for foreplay or something later if you wanted." Kiera said teasingly as she went to take her clothes off for a second to try it on which fit her pretty good. Though she moved around slightly while looking over at Leda giving her a smile. "Well how do I look love?" She asked doing a slight spin, before looking around at the rest of the armor stands not really sure which one to pick out.

"Why don't you pick something out to? Since we are going on a quest together it looks like you could use something to protect yourself as well to." Kiera said, she wanted to make sure that Leda was alright to, even if she had been on a quest before as well to she wasnt going to bring this armor on the quest with her she did agree with Leda that it didnt give enough protection really.

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Madalyne looked at Arthur and gave him a slight smile and nodded towards him before answering. "Yes they are real, and yes I am one." Madalyne said as she pulled up her sleeve slightly to reveal the scar that was on her arm. "I ended up getting bit before you guys arrived in New Rome in a small quest of our own." Madalyne said, managed to in the last few months able to master her shift and could change at will if she wanted to. "I turn every full moon, thats why I kind of disappear early at the end of the month." Madalyne said sighing slightly turning to look at Andy.

"They are considered monsters, but I have control for the most part except for at the end of every month when I do end up changing. Silver is the only thing that is able to kill me, and wolfsbane usually will weaken me as well to. I usually chain myself during that time so I won't hurt you or anyone in the camp during those nights" She told her wanting to tell her niece everything. "If I end up dying i'll end up in Tartarus no matter what." Madalyne said there wasn't any known cure for her curse, and knew that at one point or another she'll end up there probably a lot sooner now from what Nancy had seen.

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It was eerie fighting with Bryan. They had trained often together as was evident with the way they both twirled their swords. There were likely more things Zeke had picked up on with training. Ezekiel liked training with Bryan, it was always a challenge.
As they stalked each other, Zeke heard the others in the background. He waved Jason's comment off, more focused on Bryan now. He went to make a move to dislodge Bryan's hold on his sword but Bryan easily blocked it.
"If you want me to fight dirty Bry, all you have to do is ask," Zeke said with a smirk. As the two taunted each other, Zeke noticed a newcomer. He glanced over, one eye on Bryan still but noted that Persephone had made an appearance. That explained all the flowers but what could the Queen of the Underworld possibly want with them?
"Well that can't possibly mean trouble," Zeke said before he went in to attack Bryan again. Ezekiel missed but he wasn't all that mad. Bryan was an incredibly fighter and was good at pushing Zeke. He grinned at his half brother.
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Leda chuckled at Kiera's suggestion that they could use the armor for foreplay. "Why do I feel like we wouldn't be the first to use it for that?" she joked. She was fine with the idea, as long as they made sure to clean the armor beforehand. She didn't want to be catching whatever Aphrodite cooties were still on the armor from the last person who wore it for sexy times. She smirked slightly as Kiera changed into the armor in front of her. "Like I said, squishy limbs but you look great, babes." She giggled slightly at the spin Kiera did - that was just a little bit extra.

"Aww, and here I thought a tee would be plenty of coverage," Leda joked, before starting to peruse the armor options in her size. She really liked armor that had both protection and mobility to it. She found a bit of a gaudy option - the armored skirt had a bit of an opening to it, but had leather underneath, meaning she'd still be able to run. It definitely would protect her stomach from any trick shots and Leda did really like the tiara. "Whatcha think of this - lingerie or armor?" she asked Kiera.

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Nancy was a little bit surprised by what Niah had said - she would've guessed that Niah would have believed in happy endings. Nancy figured she was the cynical one of the group when it came to the afterlife, as she found the entire afterlife system horrifying rather than comforting - even the so called 'rewards' given out to heroes. The only good option as far as she was concerned would be to be turned into a tree. She couldn't press her friend further on it though, as they had to deal with the Leandra of it all. And Nancy couldn't help but adore Joanie, cackling slightly as the dragon divebombed Leandra. "Wait, no, stop," Nancy deadpanned.

Nancy's eyes lit up with joy as Joanie lit Leandra's hair on fire. "Good girl!" Nancy praised, as Joanie flew back on over, dropping a pouch in front of her. Nancy gave the dragon some ear scritches, before bending down and picking up the pouch. It had a decent weight to it and she opened it up, her eyes widening from shock and then narrowing from rage. "LEANDRA!!!!!!!!" Nancy screamed at the top of her lungs. Nancy pulled the item out of the pouch so that way Niah could see - it was the gem. "I'm going to kill her. I'm actually going to kill that goddamn mega bitch!" Nancy then took off at a run in the direction Leandra had gone.

She managed to catch up with her, only for Leandra to kick her in the shin. "You goddamn bitch!" Nancy swore, hopping slightly on one leg - that was definitely going to leave a bruise. Nancy whistled, manipulating the frequency and stunning Leandra. Nancy kept the whistle going, glaring at Leandra as she tried to send her into unconsciousness. Leandra eventually succumbed, as Nancy knocked her out. "Tell me I have the power to sentence her without needing a vote or the goddamn Senate," she practically growled, her rage more directed at Leandra than Niah - who Nancy just sort of assumed would have run along. She didn't even turn to see if Niah was there. It was very possible she was talking to herself.

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He considered the invitation. On one hand, he didn't know what the heck Mythomagic was, but had been trying to get into it. On the other hand, he didn't know anything about games. He shrugged and wheeled himself closer to the table.

"I was mad, thats all. Plus I was agonising over one stupid knife," he grumbled. "Anyway, what even is Mythomagic? And what games are the people talking about and playing? I know about that one dating simulator game thats super creepy and involves something about the game files, and that block game all the teens are raving about these days," he said, rolling his eyes. "And I think I remember that one that the Ares kids hate. Pardon my ignorance, I never had much opportunity to play games."

Really, he hoped he remembered all the details right. But one advantage of being around smelly, 'gamer' teenagers was that he knew what types of laptops one would need to make a gaming laptop. He wondered if he could build a gaming laptop or PC from scratch, and if he could demigod-proof it. Maybe he could even earn some money for it.

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Arthur's eyes widened, and a small part of his brain made an interesting realization. He'd considered monsters as inhuman beasts that wanted them all dead, but the existence of lycanthropes constituted an interesting exception. Madalyne obviously didn't want to kill him, and had been human, or at least demigod, before. He exhaled, considering if he had to change his worldview a little bit. He did ask a question though, after hearing her out, "I'm a little confused though, if you're a monster, won't you reform and come back after? This seems like a solution to our problem, or it makes it better kinda..."

He didn't know how long it took to reform though, and he still didn't want his friend to die, so he nodded and said, "I'll remember that though, now we know where to look for you if we open the Doors of Death, right?" He didn't know everything about the afterlife, but he assumed if demigods could come back through them, so could monsters. He squeezed Andy's hand in a way to try to comfort her, but he knew that this would be hard for her, and she was going to be scared. The most he could do was be there for her as long as he could, before they were seperated on this journey.

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"It would be mahre surprisin if you dedn't roehn into 'im at sahme point, just me doughts wit it," she said with a bit of a laugh. Yup, it was a bit of a small camp despite the appearances at this point, since they did have the Romans sticking around the camp currently, so it was fairly crowded at the moment. It was a bit tense with how everything was going, since she wasn't actually sure if the Greeks or Romans actually trusted one another, but that didn't truly matter at the moment. As long as they all just sort of got along after everything.

Her attention was drawn back to Chiron and Rosie at this point, as both of them spoke to them. "I'm doin alright," she said in response to what Rosie had asked about how they were doing. Chiron was talking about how Mr. D still hadn't returned to the camp, and Rosie was mentioning how she's been sticking around with him for company, that was probably a nice thing. Of course, the last thing that Rosie said was definitely concerning, the fact that there were three more prophecies that she foresaw. "What sahrt o' prahphecies?" she couldn't help but ask.

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"Yeah, most of the typical training happens here, that's just how things are around here. Though most of the time a lot of the powers people have can be useful elsewhere in the camp, like chlorokinesis, which you have, the whole plant manipulation thing, can also be helpful in making any sort of plant around here that you find or can help to grow," she said with a shrug to Stella. That sort of thing made sense in how things were ran. Personally she did tend to use her chlorokinesis at points around the camp whenever she saw an opportunity and all.

Jason just sort of just shrugged slightly at the comments about how fighting and everything worked in the arena, as he turned to look somewhat to continue just sort of watching Zeke and Bryan's sparring match. He had to stop himself from laughing a bit as they both were talking about fighting dirty or whatever, which honestly wasn't all too surprising. Personally that sort of thing made sense, fight however you could in order to get any sort of advantage. That was his thinking anyway with regards to it, plus he doubted any monsters they'd fight would fight fair.

The flowers that were around the area were a bit strange, at least in his mind. They just sort of started popping up, why exactly? Unless Mary or Stella were using their powers to make them pop up, he couldn't really figure out a real reason for them. Then someone else appeared in the area with them, and he had no idea who exactly this woman was. The others might, but he wasn't like Janelle, he didn't pay any sort of real attention to mythology, but based on what was being said and how she was able to enter the camp, she probably wasn't a bad person. "Who are you?" he couldn't help but ask bluntly.

Unlike the son of Ares, Mary knew who that was, recognizing the Queen of the Underworld fairly easily. Not to mention she technically was her half-sister, so it would have been weird for her to not recognize Persephone. "...That's Persephone," she explained simply to Jason, looking at her still, and giving her a slight wave, "Hey," she decided to say to her. Persephone had said hi to them, might as well give her a sort of response or something right?

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Demi watched as Lauryn began to make some measurements along the neck of the guitar and other locations. He didn't mind small help like that where it would be much easier for her to do than to walk him through it, but the real elbow grease and sweat is where he wanted to keep his own handiwork in. He thought about her proposal for a moment before finally answering. "Hm. Well...I'd like to give it a try first if that's ok? Who knows maybe I do have a little Hephaestus in me and can actually do it. If not then, well, a little helping hand would be appreciated." He said with a slight nervous chuckle. He wasn't sure just how complex this would become, but he did know he wanted to try himself before asking for any help.

When Lauryn switched back to the topic of Legacies, Demetri tried to follow what she was saying, his eyes still glued to what she was doing however. "I think I get it. I guess it makes sense that after all these years there may be some diluted god blood running around out there. Better than thinking that every demi-god ends up dead and last of their line. Is there any way to tell? Some godly 21 and me test?"

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Cassian tried to match Chirons smile. It pained him to have his father away just when he was finally getting to meet him, as if by some cruel fate of the gods. He wanted to make a move to step closer to Chiron and Rosie, but he didn't want to leave Janelle behind. "Well if you're ever in the mood for pinochle my mother had taught me how to play, so I'm more than willing to go a few rounds with you Chiron. Least I can do." Cassian tried to keep his relations with the woodland creatures and especially with someone like Chiron. Some might view it as kissing hooves but he didn't care.

When Cassian had decided the conversation may be coming to a close, Rosie brought up not one but three prophecies that she just had. Cassian wanted to know more about them, but he didn't want to drag Janelle along if she wasn't interested. His hesitation allowed for her to get a word of curiosity out before he could even speak. " I'm a bit curious as well. Mind filling in the details on three new prophecies? Is that normal? I thought they usually went on a one by one basis."

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Andy chewed on her lip thinking. "If you can only be killed by silver..." She trailed off not certain how she was going to ask the question. "What happened in the vision that hurt you then?" She had heard the description, but she wasn't certain how it all fit together.

Arthur was thankfully reassuring. He was determined and it made her feel better. She kept leaning against Arthur, partially for emotional support after all the big news she had gotten over the last few minutes, and partially for physical. His physical presence just made her feel better, and more grounded.



Niah couldn't help but quirk a smile when Nancy gave her deadpan order to Joanie. She wasn't certain if Nancy had ever seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, it was an old enough movie that it was possible, but the way she spoke reminded her of Willy Wonka she couldn't help but smile.

When Joanie lit Leandra's hair on fire she couldn't help but gasp. Leandra was awful, but that seemed extreme. At least that's what she thought until she saw what Leandra had taken. "No you can't." Niah answered mostly automatically to Nancy's question. It was probably rhetorical but they couldn't punish people without some sort of oversight. If Niah could get away with it she would have the motion pass right away.

"We can however call a quick meeting and make sure she's found." It would be ideal if they could dishonorably discharge her.

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Stella blinked a bit at the sight of the flowers blooming around the arena and for a moment she thought it was her own fault, until she saw the woman sitting in the stands. She had a familiar feeling from her, especially as the flowers blossomed all around the arena. Then Marygold spoke up identifying the woman. Persephone, the goddess of the Underworld, and through their mother, that was her oldest half-sister. "Wow... Today must be busy... but she's beautiful." Stella spoke before she realized that the words had come out of her mouth, right in front of the goddess. She blushed so deeply that she could feel the heat seeping into her ears.

"Oh, um, hello. I'm Stella, and I'm guessing your little sister. One of them." Stella waved to the goddess, unsure what else to say. The truth was that she had a lot she wanted to ask but she couldn't really find the right words. She was just impressed by the sight of the goddess, especially since if she remembered right, she should be in the Underworld with her husband. So the fact she was there was either a very good thing or a very bad thing.

She stepped up towards the seats, hoping that maybe she could get a better look at her. She had respect for her, as she knew that they were siblings.