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You won't lose me, Syl. I'd never let that happen" Connor said, picking up Prince, who had been dislodged by Syleste's movements, and giving the forever puppy a hug,
"I'll come back, I promise, Syl" He said, moving over to hug his sister, plopping Prince back into her lap, where the dog promptly tried to climb upon Moe, the larger dog sitting there happily.
"I'll take some Drachma with me, and I'll Iris message you every day, okay? so you can know I'm alive and well" He promised.
Connor didn't particularly wish to leave Syleste like this, yet what choice did he have? He didn't want to leave her distressed, and wondering if he was going to leave and never return. He crouched in front of Syleste, pushing the dogs out the way, he would have taken her hands, had she not had a death grip on Michael's shirt. "
Syleste, if it wasn't such an important mission, if we weren't going up against Ares, I'd take you, but it's important that we do this, and do it as quick as possible, for Alan" He said, his voice soft, unsure whether or not what he had said was true, yet just hoping to sooth Syleste. He knew that Chiron, in particularly, wouldn't allow Syleste to go outside the camp, and he knew that that wore on her.
Maybe he could stand to be a little leniant. Giving a soft sigh, he hugged Syleste again and said
"I need to go pack, but I'll come back before I meet the others. Prince, stay" The smaller dog looked up from where he had perched himself ontop of Moe, and wagged his tail.
connor gave a soft sigh, and he made his way to their cabin, he quickly packed what he needed, grabbing some drachma, he put some in the pack, but kept Seven on his person, slipping them into a hidden pocket of his jacket. zipping it up.
Michael seemed to have lost all capacity to speak, as Syleste holding his shirt, and leaned into him. There was no ability for him to think beyond the fact that Syleste was leaning against him. He wanted to wrap his arms around her, and tell her it would all be okay, yet he couldn't seem to do that. It was like his arms refused to move, like they were nothing but useless apendages. He listened as Niesha spoke, as Connor tried to reassure Syleste that he'd be okay, and that he'd return. Watching Connor go, Michael seemed to find some inner strength.
He wrapped his arms around Syleste, wanting to be reassuring, comforting. He tried to think of the words that would make everything better, yet there really weren't any.
"y-y-your buh-buh-brother is s-smart. H-h-he'll b-buh-bring everyone b-buh-back. And..." He trailed off, losing that spark of courage, he trailed off. She was just so...small and warm. So lovely...he wanted to be able to make her happy, he just didn't know what to do, or say.
He swallowed, nervous.
She's never going to see me as anything but a friend...there's others more worthy of her...I can't even find the right words... Connor's words though about, if it hadn't been such an important quest he would have taken her with him spark ideas in Michael's mind. He knew that Syleste was virtually confind to the camp because of her lack of sight, but...what if he could make something that would help her in the outside world? If Ky' vie wasn't going on the quest, he'd speak with her about it, but...
I'm a child of Athena. I can figure out how to build something I invent, can't I?.
He looked down at Syleste, and he said softly
"p-puh-please c-c-come stay w-wuh-with us. I d-d-don't like the th-th-thought of y-you alone in your c-cabin." He hoped Syleste didn't think he only didn't like the idea of her alone because of her blindness, because he didn't. He just didn't want her to be alone, not when she'd probably be worrying about her brother.
Kalinda followed Arianna down, smiling as she plopped the top hat on Chaos, who took the accessory with good cheer, chattering from her pocket and otherwise acting cute. Kalinda took out a few pieces of cut up really small) carrot to the ferret, who hastily chewed it, and seeming well content, the ferret clutched the pocket and swayed as Kalinda walked, seeming pleased with the hat.
Kalinda chuckled at Arianna's behaviour, walking with the girl to her cabin.
"Perhaps I should paint my chariot black and give it batwings" She mused in response to Arianna's comment about the Apollo cabin being the batmobile.
"The booze is at the cabin, Ari. I'll get you one as soon as we get there" She promised, listening as Arianna spoke, in her weird, wonderful, wacky way.
Kalinda could normally figure out what Arianna met. But she lost track around flappy bird.
Flappy Bird...who did Arianna say that was? Alan? Yet why would Alan say anything about Erin? Skeletor was the nickname Arianna gave Erin-she had heard that one before.
"half the campers don't spend the night in their own bed at times, who is Erin suppose to be sleeping with now?" Kalinda asked, although she was sure that in seconds Arianna would latch onto something else, and that bit of gossip would be gone in the maze of Arianna's wonderful mind.
She smiled at Arianna, and when they got to her Cabin, she nudged the door open, and led Arianna into her room. Despite the inspections, Kalinda's room was slightly messy. Her bow was thrown across her bed, the quiver leaning against a leg of the bed, there were clothes strewn across the floor, as if she had discarded an outfit or two that morning. There were screwed up pieces of paper thrown around the floor, a pencil or two lay on the floor with a notebook under her bed, open face down on the floor, as if Kalinda had fallen asleep and just thrown it on the ground while she was working.
Picking up the clothes, she shoved them into an open draw, shutting the draw, she snatched up the pieces of paper, and dumped them into a waste bin, before grabbing the brew for Arianna, she turned to face her friend.
"Your drink, and Your meds" she said, taking out Arianna's medications, holding both out to her.
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