whizzball1 said
Nevea noticed Austin looking at her, but made nothing of it. He wasn't her focus right now, her focus was defence, and subsequently boosting her reputation. Some could say she put safety after standing, which was nearly true, but could not be proven satisfactorily. She was later found to be the unfortunate victim of a certain rare and misunderstood disease called "caring what other people think". She, of course, thought this completely and utterly absurd.Ah, there he was, Seth. Her eyes turned to him as he came toward her and she waved him over, with a slight smile on her face that fit perfectly with her business air. She had completely expected his next question, and as he cut short, she quickly responded, "Yes. Yes I did." She did not care to explain, for it was a very lengthy and tedious description of the reason for her constant changes of outfit. This is that description:She liked to be perfectly dressed for every occasion.You can now see just how boringly long it is and understand why she didn't like to explain. Most anyone would get bored after the first letter, that was how long it was."So let's get to business," she began, with a slight steeliness in her voice that also added to the business air about her. She also adjusted the tones in her voice when she changed outfits, in case it hadn't been noticed yet. She was thorough to a fault. Not that she made any. "The Hephaestus cabin is ready to hear me out on weaponising my ice constructs. And of course you can add what you will to the conversation." That was the end of it, so she opened the door to the cabin and walked in.Immediately, she felt warmer. That was not good at all. She was not comfortable with warm temperatures, not at all. So, she quickly cooled herself down, making sure that the temperature effect wouldn't go much farther than half a foot away from her. "So, we're here because of defence," she began, to strike up the conversation. "Particularly mechanising and weaponising my ice constructs."((If you could play the Hephaestus kids, that would be absolutely peachy.))
Seth dismissed her first statement since it wasn't exactly of importance to him she had changed her outfit, or how many times she had done so in a single day. He was amused by it really and figured that Nevea did so to try and appear "appropriately" for each situation she went to face.
"Straight to the point then? Good."
He was thankful that she wasn't the type to drag things out. After the long and vexing conversations he had had with the idiots in the Big House, Seth wasn't in any mood to talk with anyone else. Furthermore, he knew they should set up their defences fast.
The Hephaestus cabin was hot, though that was expected seeing it belonged to children of the forge god. He allowed Nevea to start off the talk since it was her ice constructs they'd be using. With her finished, a kid named Trey responded and asked what kinds of things they'd be wanting to create, and that's when Seth did begin speaking.
"As I'm not sure Nevea's capable of producing an entire wall of ice around the entire camp in one go," he said as he spotted a map of the camp and placed it on a table, "My suggestion is that she and I form ice and crystal 'turrets' along the border. Let me show you."
Small crystal formations began to rise on the map as Seth's magic energy condensed. They were blue and red to indicate that they'd be fusing their creations together. The exact places where the crystals formed where at the main entrances of the camp, and other separate mini constructs rose along places where monsters might try to breach for surprise attacks.
"With my crystals ensuring her ice has a greater chance of staying intact, they should have no problem in releasing a chilling aura to and from each other to create a pseudo barrier. The cold should ideally slow and weaken most of the monsters that try and get through, and deter any lesser monsters from even trying."
Seth then remembered the mention of traps and weaponizing Nevea's ice. Since his crystals had the tendency to become volatile when fused with Hephestean creations (at least when they were fused in the first place by amateurs), using her ice would be safer.
"I'm sure you Hephaestus kids can rig up traps to place along the borders. However, my siblings and I can assist you in creating rune traps. As for Nevea's using ice... perhaps she should explain that part herself."
Seth now turned his attention to the recent arrival, Angelo. A child of Zeus obviously, but he didn't particularly have a significant problem with him or his siblings. As Angelo had said, they were organized and disciplined, and more mature than other halfbloods here.
"Your siblings will be good in further securing the perimeter. It shouldn't be too hard to fight off anything that might get through the pseudo barrier, especially since it'll be weakened if it does cross. Another thing you all should take care of are the crystal-ice constructs. They're more durable now they'll be fused together, but not entirely unbreakable from constant and heavy damage."