forum Welcome to Camp Half Blood (closed)

Started April 06, 2020 by @German_Boats

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Daisy shrugged. “Let’s just do our best to not die?” she suggested. She spun the charm bracelet anxiously, glad her knives were strapped to her belt so she wouldn’t fidget with them.

Angel was simply humming and walking in circles.

Stop! You're making me dizzy! Anna shreiks.

The girl halts, noticing some of the team is also watching her. "Uh…sorry. Nervous habit." She apologized.

"Let's go already," Michael said, tapping his foot impatiently.

Addy sighed listening to Chiron's last goodbyes as he loaded the twelve into a moving van. The oldest person in the group was tasked with driving most of the way, but Addy guessed people would end up taking turns. It was a long way to go to Camp Jupiter. She also suspected the journey wouldn't be very easy either. Even though the van had charms on it to mask the scent of halfbloods, twelve in one place was still very strong.
Except for the one driver, everyone sat in the back on the floor so less attention would be drawn. All the seats had been taken out, but there was soft carpet to sit on, and seatbelts to strap you to the wall. As everyone took their seats, Addy said a prayer to her father, asking for protection.

Angel sat looking out the window, listening to music through her headphones. She never really enjoyed long car rides. She prayed that no lives would be lost.
To her mother?
No. She's christian.
Yes, her mother is a greek entity, but Angel doesn't see her as a god.
(I'm pretty sure you can be the child of an Olympian and have a different religion. Not sure tho.)

Michael sat in the back with a book. Reading. Like always.

He had never really thought about this part of the trip. The uncomfortable parts. But then, that was usually skimmed through in the stories. So he had never realized how much time there was for the tension to build up.

Zyra wasn't sure what to do anymore, the silence was usually comforting but this was one of the few times it wasn't. She was in a corner and was playing with a small ball of darkness, making random shapes and making it do random things.

Addy picked at her nails, groaning inwardly. She almost wished for a monster attack.
"So," she began awkwardly is this everyones first mission?"

Angel nodded and quietly said, "I've only been here for a couple months, but it shouldn't be that hard, right?"

(You're fine; if you ever are gone for to long and you need for someone to catch you up just let me know)
Addy smiled, grateful somebody answered.
"I always hear about missions and quests and stuff. It's a little weird to be sent without the request of an Oracle, but I guess people have been sent on missions before." She though about Nico Di-Angelo, son of Hades. He'd been discovered and brought to camp by Half Bloods sent by Chiron.

"Well, I wouldn't know much about it. All of this is a bit weird to me." She had heard of the legends, of the children of the big three. Perceus, Thalia, and Nico were very powerful. She wished she could be like them. Instead, she was stuck being a daughter of the Olympian of self-centeredness.

Michael sighed and looked out at the landscape.

“As long as we don’t die,” Daisy butted in, once again messing with the charm bracelet. She still couldn’t remember whose it had been originally. Her eyes roamed the group, searching for anything of value that she could take. Just because she was helping the camp didn’t mean she had to turn into a goody-two-shoes.

Lewis was sitting with the group who had also been called on the quest. He was shaken. Through all these years, he had never been selected for a quest- at least nothing major, beyond small things around New York City. He had never shown any signs of power, so he had always figured it was on the risky side to send him out. Oh gods, what if they made fun of him for being the deadweight of the group? Son of a minor goddess? Generally unskilled?
I'm doomed.

Angel all of a sudden looked at Daisy with a stern expression. "We're not gonna die!" she said rather loudly. Then turning back to Addy, shakily added, "Right?"

"Eh, maybe…" Lewis answered for them, "Quests aren't to be taken lightly. Just don't get cocky, you hear?"
He was wringing his hands, absolutely filled with anxiety, but he refused to let that come out in his words.

"But this isn't a quest, we have no prophecy," Zyra stated, still playing with the ball of darkness.

"Think of it as a sidequest," Lewis said, "Still has the potential to be dangerous. Sadly, prophecies aren't the only determinant of that. It'd be nice if the only dangerous missions were those issued by prophecy, but alas. That's not the case."

Angel stared out the window again, thinking of the worst possible outcomes and how to prevent them. Ok, so the 'Prevent Them' department was all out of ideas.
Ok, stop that. Anna flicked her tail.
Stop what? Angel asked, not bothering to look at her.
Thinking.
…I'll try. She thought about going to sleep for the rest of the ride, but she was between Addy and Lewis and didn't think either of them would want her laying against them.

Daisy rolled her eyes at the others. There was always a chance of dying as demigod, and if Angel thought otherwise then she was delusional. Daisy rested her head against the cool wall of the vehicle, letting out a sigh. It would appear she was with a band of dimwits. Awesome.

Lewis tapped his foot. There were so many outward signs of nervousness. He needed to break the tension he felt. Maybe talking to them more would help.
"Remind me why he picked us again?" he asked.
Oh jeez… that might come across the wrong way.

"He really didn't, he asked for Olympians' kids but Addy dragged me here and made me volunteer, and you're Hecate's kid, right?" She replied, glancing at Lewis and letting the ball disappear.

Addy cut her eyes at Zyra. "You wanted to come."

"Because I knew I wouldn't see the end of it if I said no," Zyra replied. "And yes, I did want to come, just a bit."