The question as to what it is that she was wanting to do now and what her favorite thing to do was, that was a bit of a not so easy question to answer. Personally she didn't have too much of a preference as to what it was that they did, personally just sort of being on the beach or whatever would be fine with her. Staying here at the beach was okay, but if Isaac wanted to do something else, she was fine either way.
"I dahn't really 'ave a favahrite din to do, I enjoy mahst dings, though stell somewhat prefer anythin dat isn't overly loud. But if you want to peck sahmethin out, I'm fine wit whatever, whether dat's stayin 'ere ahr goin off to do sahmethin else," she ended up saying with a bit of a shrug. Wherever they go or whatever they did, she personally didn't care one way or the other.
@Kirah@Morose@KazAlkemi The rest of the Senators agreed with the choice that Niah had proposed and they nodded as Nancy gave her sentencing. The member of the legion would approach Leandra again as she wrote it down onto a sheet of paper and then then they would approach Nancy sliding the piece of paper to her which said her oath. "I swear on the River of Styx of non aggression." One of the other senators looked over at Nancy before another spoke. "We will have a member of the Legion escort her out of Camp Half-Blood's grounds. Is there anything else that we need to discuss?" They asked aside from the trial there wasnt much else that they needed to go over now.
Kristin Reynolds
Location: Camp Half-Blood Skills: N/A
Isaac started to think for a moment as he looked at Janelle for things that they could do. "We could go and swim for a bit if you want, or we could go and do some training if you want." He suggested. "Or we could go and walk around camp some more as well to or go to the strawberry fields and pick some to." Isaac suggested being on the beach was nice but there wasn't much else to do really there other than swimming.
Kristin looked at Stella and Andy and nodded as she started to stand up and stretched slightly. "So are you two ready for some training now?" Kristin asked the two of them, it was something she liked to do and it always did help keep her fighting skills up whenever they had to go out on their quest again and save Mads and Leda from the monsters down in Tartarus. She started to make her way towards the trail again back to the main area of camp where the arena was and spotted Janelle. "Hey Janelle how are you?" She asked her.
Kiera Donovan
Location: Camp Half-Blood Skills: N/A
"Just because I am a daughter of the sea god I am not a fish. But i'm just going to hangout around camp until we are ready to start this new quest." Kiera said rolling her eyes at Demi when he called her that and sighed slightly as she started to think. "Lots and lots of rainbows she likes that." Kiera said to Alexios as he nodded before turning his attention back to Demi. "Well if you don't want to help with the actual planning maybe you could show me a good place to host this party?" Alexios asked Demi.
Kiera watched as another camper bumped into Sera spilling all her food all over her. "Sorry!" The other camper said as they went and picked up all of the dishes. Kiera quickly got up looking at Demi for a moment and then at her sister seeing her going off to their cabin again. "I'm going to see if she's okay i'll be back." She said as she quickly went to catch up to Sera. "Are you okay there Sera?" She asked her.
Madalyne Crane
Location: Tartarus Skills:
Madalyne started to think what would actually live here, cyclops were really large but this was a lot larger than what a cyclops actually was then she started to think before realizing as she looked over at Leda. "I'd have to guess that it's either a Titan or a Giant.." Madalyne said, if it was a Titan maybe they were able to take it down but she doubt it. But if it was a Giant then they were pretty much screwed since it required a demigod and a god to kill. In the corner of the room Leda would be able to see a very interesting sword, the blade looked like it was made out of bone while the hilt was made out of Drakkon scales.
Just then the door to the hut suddenly opened revealing a giant he was quietly humming to himself carrying a massive caldron as it made its way towards the fireplace setting it down and started up a fire. Madalyne quickly started to look around before spotting a small spot where they could hide under the bed motioning for Leda to join her she couldnt remember which Giant this was.
Demi gestured towards Sera as she offered to aid in the party planning process. ”There ya go, two lovely ladies capable of helping plan the party of a lifetime.” Not too far after he'd said so, Sera was getting up from the table and instantly became coated in another camper's breakfast. Leaving them to shower up and giving Kiera an excuse to leave and follow after her in the vein of sisterly love. Demi wasn't sure if the party god was the reason for this party foul, but he wasn't pleased at the fact that they were now the only two left at Poseidon's table. ”Rotten luck to have it happen so early…”
Demi stood from the table, giving a bit stretch before picking up his tray. ”I figured the party could be held here. But then again maybe there's a spot in camp Leda really enjoyed that we could try and decorate. Either way it's probably best that I get moving. Can't have a kid of Zeus sitting at his brother's table without a single kid of the sea to stave off the gods.” Demi put his dirty dishes where they belonged and began to make his way out of the dining area and towards where the council would be having the trial. Hoping it was over or ending soon.
The rest of the Senate agreed with Nancy, for which Ezekiel was grateful. However, he would have added a little clause about not seeking help from Camp Half-Blood either, but he figured the only one here who might want to help Leandra would be Demi. Hopefully, Zeke would be able to keep Demi from that particular path.
Ezekiel shifted forward in his seat, ready to get up, but the meeting wasn’t quite over yet. He wasn’t sure if Nancy would want to be the one to escort Leandra out of camp. It made sense to him if she wanted to see it through until the end, and Zeke would go with her in a show of support and solidarity.
Location: Camp Half-Blood -> The Beach to the Main part of Camp Skills: N/A
"Exercise sounds good to me. C'mon Arbor~" Stella gently dug her feet out of the sand, and stood up and brushed herself off at that point. She was glad that Andy did to agree to Strawberry cake, now she would just need to make sure she got enough of them and the time to bake them for Andy's birthday when the time came. Of course there was time before that, and also a quest apparently that hadn't started yet.
She started walking with the others and paused as Kristen address Janelle. Stella looked to the side at that point and started petting Arbor for comfort. She always felt a little awkward around Janelle, as Janelle had been Jason's sister. That loss still stung a bit when Stella thought about it, and it still haunted her nightmares. Seeing Jason...
She pushed those thoughts away and then pet Arbor some more, even as he started to whine a bit. It was as if he could sense his owner's distress, and he nuzzled in closer to her. She shuffled her feet a bit as they got closer to the arena and then pulled off to the side. "Ah... maybe I'll got pick those strawberries instead. I said I'd help out with that today..."
"See, that's what I was afraid you'd say..." Leda trailed off, her eyes darting over towards a corner of the room. There was a sword leaning up against it, the blade made of bone and the hilt out of scales. If they were going to be fighting a giant - or even a Titan - both options were completely insane to go up against without some sort of weapon. She snatched up the sword, feeling good to have a weapon in her hands again - even if it lacked the familiarity of Ultraviolet.
It was mildly embarrassing, but she did miss that sword. Ultraviolet had been an extension of herself. And even if they made it through Tartarus and Leda got her life back, there was no way she'd see Ultraviolet again. Her sword was gone, buried underneath a pile of rubble she suspected. Maybe Kiera had it. She wasn't sure.
But the door swung open, and Leda dove into the hiding spot Mads' indicated without a second thought to her old sword.
Of course it's a fucking giant...
☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️
Location: Camp Half-blood Skills: N/A
"I will escort her myself, alongside two volunteers," Nancy decided. She wasn't about to let Leandra wander through the rest of Camp without the escort of someone she trusted. Even though she was the leader of New Rome, her circle of trust did not expand far. There could be others in the Legion that sympathized with Leandra, who also had received false promises and decided to forsake their vows. And even then, it was possible that Leandra might make a mad dash, that she might try to overpower her guards, that she would bring another safe haven to ruin... So no, Nancy could not just allow someone at random to escort Leandra. She would go herself, and she would bring others with her.
She hoped that Niah would come - and Zeke, too. Even though Zeke was not part of Rome, he was her brother - more so than any other child of Apollo Nancy had met before. He would have been her brother regardless of their father. For a brief moment, Nancy imagined what that life would have been like - to grow up with a sibling, rather than suffocating in her mother's shadow alone. And then she chased the thought from her head. She couldn't afford distractions. Mads couldn't afford distractions.
Andy followed after the others, trailing behind a little, but not too far. Chocolate was at her side, almost pressed against her leg. She didn't notice Janelle at first, it was Kristin talking to her that drew Andy's attention.
"Hi." Andy said as well. She didn't know Janelle well and expected she probably never would now. There was little reason for the two of them to interact. So unless they ended up on a quest together it was unlikely they'd ever know each other well.
Location: Camp Half-Blood Roman area Skills: Oath Binding
Niah touched the small bottle of water from the River that she always carried as Leandra wrote. Niah had never witnessed a written oath. However, she still felt the bindings of the oath pass through the water and her and into Leandra. The oath sank into the air around Leandra. There had once been another oath, an oath to Rome itself, but that oath was gone and broken. This oath would have to do.
"I Niah Bautista, daughter of River Styx, bind this oath in my mother's name. She sees the oath and confirms its binding."
"I volunteer to assist." Niah said quickly. Hoping to beat out anyone else that might think they would join. Nancy had asked for two others.
Janelle thought about the suggestions and ideas that Isaac gave her, before she responded, "Goin to de strawberry fields might be fun." She wasn't too sure what else to really do, and that was at least fairly calming for the most part. Sure training was fun and all, but that seemed to be what just about everyone was doing constantly.
Her attention shifted a bit when she heard Kristin say her name, and then she heard Andy also start talking to her. "I'm alright, what about you two? What are you guys up to?" she asked the two of them. Sure heading to the strawberry fields would be fun, but she was a bit curious as to what the other two were heading off to do.
@Kirah@Morose@KazAlkemi The oath was binding and Leandra would abide by it as she sat there looking at Niah and Nancy as Nancy asked for volunteers to escort her out of camp. No one else seemed to want to step up as the others on the Senate talked amongst themselves, when Hercules the cyclops stepped up. "I can help." He said raising his hand, just leaving an opening for one more person to join them and escort Leandra out of Camp Half-Blood.
@Trainerblue192 "Oh yeah we can totally have it here or maybe the arena down over there where y'all do your training would be good to." Alexios suggested as he watched the two daughters of Poseidon wander off to get cleaned up. He got up and followed alongside Demi through camp. As they entered the Roman half of the camp some legionnaires were going about their duties like normal. They would pick up pieces of some conversations going on that it sounded like the Roman Senate was wrapping up the trial now. "So what do you think will happen to the girl?" Alexios asked looking at Demi.
Kristin Reynolds
Location: Camp Half-Blood Skills: N/A
"Strawberry fields it is then we can go whenever you want." Isaac said as he looked up at Kristin and smiled at her and waved. "Hey whats up?" He said as he turned to look at Andy and Stella, he didn't know them all that well really but they seemed to be pretty nice. "Not to much really some of us were going to go to the arena and do a little bit of sparing and training the usual. I'm doing pretty good thanks for asking." Kristin said to Janelle and Isaac.
Kristin looked over at Stella for a moment her sudden change wanting to go to the strawberry fields was a little bit weird but she did say she wanted to go there at some point but didn't think to much about it really. Kristin didn't really want to bring up anything to do with Janelle's brother and upset her for any reason so she decided to stay away from the subject. "If you want you can come." She offered to Janelle.
Madalyne Crane
Location: Tartarus Skills:
The giant looked pretty tired as he stretched slightly and grabbed a few logs tossing them into the fire warming up the room a bit, before it turned and headed outside briefly for a second and coming back with a carcass of a Drakkon. Madalyne looked at Leda for a moment she didn't want to say anything as she watched very closely. The giant closed and locked the door behind him and sat down the giant took a skinning knife, though to Leda and Mads size it was a lot larger. The Giant started to skin the dead monster tossing some of the meat into the fire to cook.
"Do you think you can speed us out of here without being seen?" Madalyne whispered looking over at Leda, they needed to get out of here and soon. However the giant picked up on the voice and stood up. "Whos there?" The giant asked as it started to look around the room and started to sniff the air realizing that it was demigods. "Come out I won't hurt you." The giant said as he set the skinning knife down onto the nearby table holding his hands up in a non threatening way. Madalyne took a moment looking at Leda in her experience she never did see a giant be friendly to any demigods. "What do you think?" Madalyne whispered to Leda seeing what she thought.
"I'm... well just a little annoyed, but I know it wasn't on purpose. I feel like accidents just somehow find me easily. Ive always been clumsy. Surprised I can even wield a sword without hurting myself with it." She responded while getting back to the cabin. "I wish this had been milk that spilled on me." Mumbling to herself while looking for clean clothes that she can put on after washing up. It was a good thing she always made sure to have plenty of shirts and pants around just in case anything happened. "That oatmeal was damn hot, glad it didn't burn me at all. Just very sticky is all." Seraphina looked at her sister. "But ah thanks for checking on me. I'll be back out as soon as Im done cleaning up. Won't take too long, I'd really like to try and help plan the party."
Ezekiel remained silent, even though he wanted to jump up and volunteer immediately when Nancy made the call. He listened to Niah and Hercules volunteer to escort Leandra to the border with Nancy. He waited a moment more before he stood.
”I volunteer as well.” He descended the steps to the ground quickly and stepped up next to his sister. ”I mean, I was going to come anyways.” he said and grinned lopsidedly at his half-sister before looking at Leandra. He crossed his arms, frowning at her. ”I think it goes without saying, but don’t expect any help from Camp-Half Blood, either.”
Andy had no idea how Janelle fought. She wondered if she had a way to fight even blind. She smiled. "Yeah, you can come if you want. Stella was going to go to the fields." She told Janelle, trying to make sure her smile came through her voice.
Andy was a bit antsy. It felt like days still till the Door would appear. She wanted to be doing something now. This morning she had allowed herself to wallow a little and her friends had indulged that. Now she was done with that and needed to be doing something.
Location: Camp Half-Blood Roman area Skills:
Niah nodded. Though Nancy had asked for two volunteers there was no reason not to accept three. The strange Cyclops seemed eager to help. She wondered about him.
Niah did wish for some alone time with Nancy, but she had no idea how to talk to her anymore. How could she talk to her? There was a huge gap between them. She didn't know what to do. At least getting Leandra out of here would be a good step Niah felt.
”Really any open space would do, though maybe something a bit more nature-y than fight-y. Like the kind of place you see others jog around to clear their minds you know? Maybe do something to do with comics? She's a bit of a nerd when it comes to them so that could be a thread we can follow.” Demi said as he shoved his hands into his jacket pocket and stopped just near the Roman area where the trial was being held. He could hear the sounds of chatter coming from inside, but the cadence was off, like they were wrapping up and trying to figure out the finer points of whatever decision they'd made.
He turned to look at Alexios and then back at the tent. ”I don't know…” Demis voice was distant, his mind trying not to think the worst of the Romans. ”She always was at odds within New Rome from what she'd told me back then. Nothing against the gods or values more so…the way certain people acted or treated her. It couldn't have been easy. I hope they take pity on her, show her mercy. Just because someone stumbles doesn't mean they deserve to fall, sometimes they simply need a helping hand to lift them up. Maybe…maybe a god can do that for her, help her reform. Artemis is always taking young maidens into her grasp and helping them escape terrible situations right? Perhaps she can do so while reforming someone as well. Showing them what they'd needed all along.” But that was wishful thinking. He doubted the gods would intervene in such a way.
Location: Camp Half-Blood -> Main Part of Camp Skills: N/A
Stella gently pet Arbor more, trying to distract herself a bit at that point, and felt him nuzzle in closer. "Yeah, I'm going to the fields... I'll see you guys later, unless anyone wants to join me." She decided to peel away from the group and head off to the fields. She did say good bye to Andy and hugged her before walking off with Arbor, and kept him nice and close. She needed her pupper with her as she took the path away from the arena and to the fields.
She started to feel better as she could smell the blossoms on the wind, and her pace picked up a bit. She always felt better when digging around in the dirt, and that probably had to do with whom her mother was. She could see some of her other siblings, and a few of Mr. D's kids out in the fields, and waved to them as she went to join them.
Janelle thought about the invitation about going to the arena for sparring now. Isaac had mentioned potentially going there and a few other places, she wasn't entirely sure what would be better now. She had more of hesitantly agreed to go to the strawberry fields because it seemed like it would be nice, not necessarily since it was the best option or anything like that. Now there were others talking about going there, and thinking on it that might be more fun to do with more people.
"Actually, I dink I change me mend," she said to Isaac, after hearing the invite from Kristin and Andy, "Sparrin sounds like it might be fun wit mahre people. I dink taggin alahng wit dem to de arena would be fun," she finally ended up saying with a bit of a smile that was directed towards Kristin and Andy.
Leda's eyes widened, and she stiffened as the giant called out to them, claiming that they would be unharmed. She didn't trust it. Some monsters could be good - Mads was a werewolf and she had a good friend who was a cyclops. But a giant? Never. She shook her head furiously at Mads, praying to every god that would listen that Mads wouldn't make a sound, that she wouldn't move a muscle. Leda was already dead - she didn't know what would happen to her if she died here. That could be it. Mads, Mads would just reform elsewhere in Tartarus, just another monster going through the gods' recycling bin. But Leda, she'd just be dead. Dead dead.
It wasn't worth the risk.
The odds were too high that it was a trick, that the giant was just hoping to lure out some easy prey.
But if they timed it right... Leda bit her lip slightly, squeezing the sword's grip tighter. Could she grab Mads and dash out without being seen? With even her speed, a giant was still a fucking giant. And if they fought one, they'd need divine aid in order to triumph.
Does Leda think she'd be able to outrun the giant, if it came to it?
☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️
Location: Camp Half-blood Skills: N/A
Nancy frowned slightly as the cyclops volunteered to help - she had only wanted two to join, but she had asked for volunteers, and volunteers she received. Zeke offered to join the escort as well, a third - she hadn't wanted four guards for Leandra, purely as Nancy's trust in the capability of others was rather limited these days. She could almost understand the nature of the Greeks and their solo heroes, their small trios - so different from the massive armies of Rome, but at least then, you could be sure that each of your companions were someone you could depend on. She could depend on Niah. She could depend on Zeke.
The monster?
Well, he was strong - and Leandra would have no means to befuddle him without her tongue.
So she nodded. "Thank you. Volunteers, with me. The rest of you... you are dismissed." She clenched her jaw, before turning to face Leandra once more. "Time to go." Bitch.
@Kirah@Morose@KazAlkemi@Trainerblue192 "Sounds like this meeting is adjourned." One of the Senators said looking over at Nancy and Niah seeing that one of the Greeks who decided to attend also spoke up and everyone seemed to be ready to go now as well to. They all started to slowly file out of the tent. Demi and Alexios were able to make it just outside of the Senate tent, as he looked over at Demi some of the senators looked at Demi and Alexios as th. "Maybe the lake or something nearby?" He suggested, he didn't go to Camp Half-Blood all that often but he knew of some of the places around the area Alexios watched as the Romans started to leave the tent.
@kittyluna45 Stella would be able to make it over to the Strawberry Fields with no issues really and she would be able to see some of her half siblings. They were all busy tending to the strawberry fields along with some of Mr. D's kids in the mix as well as a number of Satyrs as well. Eva would be seen with a Satyr who was holding a basket of strawberries as Eva put a few handfuls of strawberries into the basket when she caught Stella and her little pup there and smiled waving at her as she stood up. "Hey Stella whats up?" She said giving her half sister a friendly smile.
Kristin Reynolds
Location: Camp Half - Blood Arena Skills: N/A
"Cool sparing sounds like fun." Isaac said giving the group a little smile he was kind of surprised that Janelle decided to join in as well to which he didn't mind. Kristin smiled as she offered her hand to Janelle who decided to join in on the little sparring session, she wanted to make sure that everyone was ready for their quest for the Doors of Death later. "Alright then lets go." Kristin said whenever Janelle got up she started to make her way over towards the arena.
"So do you guys want to do a little two on two sparring match or one on one?" Kristin asked looking at them she watched as Stella had gone off to the Strawberry Fields. She hoped that she was alright as they started to make her way over towards then Arena, while looking over at the others. "I'm fine with either honestly." Isaac said whichever worked for the rest of them he didn't really mind what the others decided to go with.
Kiera Donovan
Location: Camp Half-Blood Skills: N/A
"That has happened to me more than a few times honestly getting that stuff out is annoying to." Kiera said as she followed her sister into their cabin she took a seat on her bed while looking over at Sera. "Sounds like a good plan to me then, I think I remember Demi saying that he was headed over to the Roman side to see Zeke or something we can meet him there." Kiera said as she leaned back on her bed slightly while waiting for Sera to get changed.
Kiera looked down on her bed for a moment as she remembered the times whenever Leda would spend the night with her in the cabin were always really great. Luckily Leda would always get out of their cabin before Coach Hedge would come to the cabins and do his rounds trying to make sure that no other campers snuck around into other cabins for whatever reason. Though it was really amusing seeing Hedge catching Demi and Zeke in their cabin.
Madalyne Crane
Location: Tartarus Skills:
Madalyne looked for a way out they could try to get out the same way that they had came in before she thought due to the area being pretty small and the giant being near the door it would be pretty easy for them to be spotted. "I am Damasen I will not hurt you I promise." The Giant said as he sat down on a chair. The name would be pretty familiar with Leda now when he mentioned his name, he was a giant that was known for helping out mortals despite being the Bane of Mars/Ares he was quiet the opposite. Damasen was also the one to help Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase out of Tartarus itself.
"What should we do?" Madalyne whispered unfortunately for her Mads wasn't really familiar with the name and only knew that most giants were always very evil and worked for Gaea. She could shift into her wolf form and distract the giant and allow Leda to maybe escape as she looked at her friend waiting to see what she would do first.
Ezekiel nodded and patted his pockets. The comforting pressure of his keychain reminded him that he had his sword on him should he need it. Once Nancy turned to look at Leandra, Zeke moved forward and stepped out of the tent. He glanced around, making sure no one was loitering, when he spotted Demetri with Alexios.
Seeing the god annoyed Zeke, but seeing Demi made Zeke smile. He wasn’t expecting to see Demi until after; it was a pleasant surprise. Ezekiel glanced back before he walked forward, closing the distance between him and Demetri. As he walked, he searched his boyfriend’s face, searching for distress or annoyance from the god hanging around.
”Hey,” he said, once he was close. ”I’m helping Nanc escort Leandra to the border, after that, I’ll be free,” he added. Ezekiel kept his eyes trained on Demetri, although the urge to glare at Alexios was strong.
Stella did feel a little bad as she walked off at that point, but she wasn't sure that she could really do combat practice at the moment. Her mind was swirling a bit with thoughts, and gardening would help clear her mind. She looked up as her half-sister, Eva, spoke to her and waved a bit before walking over. "Hey Eva, I came to do some work out here. I wanted to get my hands in the dirt today." She smiled softly, and then headed over to pick up a basket and gently handed it to Arbor.
The pup gently held the handle in his mouth and followed Stella around. She gently plucked ripe berries from the vines and placed them into the basket. She knew she'd want to go digging up any weeds and the like in a bit, but she wanted to get to the berries first. She hummed to herself as she worked, and deposited the berries into the basket. It was getting her mind off of things for sure, and it was helping.
”Escort her? I…what was the verdict?” Demi couldn't help but feel pity for Leandra. A sorrow for the first kind person he had met back at New Rome before it was destroyed. A part of him wondered if he should deliver this news to Em and Marco. Was it even his place to? He wasn't Roman. He realized his brows had furrowed both in deep thought and discontent with his own thoughts. He tried to relax a bit more, putting on a pseudo smile. ”Need a hand? I'm sure a kid of the Big Three and a God could handle escorting Leandra as well.”
Demetri doubted they'd take him up on his offer. Nancy already…disliked wasn't the right word for it, so much as she didn't care. Having him around would seem more like a nuisance than anything, doubly so for the particular God who would be accompanying. So he'd have to settle for waiting for Zeke to finish his errands, then more than likely spend more time talking to Nancy about her feelings on the matter and what not, then more so about Mads and their inevitable meeting at Central Park, so…it looked like his day with Zeke wouldn't start till late day. He tried hard not to sigh at the thought out loud.
