Amelia just laughed and handed her an empty cup. "Now, we give a small sacrifice to the gods." She pointed to the small fire and led her over to it. "It's a way to pay tribute to our parents for deciding to have us. Then afterwards, chose a table to sit at and eat."
"Oh,". She said placing a couple fries into the fire. She took the cup and thought of the chocolate milkshake. She looked at Amelia, "Erm what table should I sit at?"
"It doesn't matter right now. Usually, we sit with our cabins but Chiron has given up enforcing that rule. Eat quickly though, so we can get on with your tour." Amelia gestured to the tables. A lot of them had emptied as the dinner was nearing its end.
"Oh um okay!" Mazie said walking over to the table Amelia was sitting at. "I don't know anyone else here." She stated. And began quickly eating her food.
Adin looked back at his table before nodding, "it seems we have a deal, partner." He held out his hand to her to shake. So they could seal the deal.
Eden gave them a smile as she shook Adin's hand. "Indeed we do." She went back to her table and started telling her siblings the good news. But her siblings were looking at the new camper who was sitting next to one of the Aphrodite children.
"Who's she?" Eden asked Coral. Coral shrugged as they ate. "Dunno, new camper obviously, but who knows who her godly parent is."
Mazie looked over at two other girls sitting at the table. They seemed to know each other very well. Mazie felt awkward. All these people knew each other. Mazie didn't know a soul. She finished her food and turn towards Amelia, "Wear do I put my plate?" She asked.
Wynn was casually sitting mostly by himself as he finished up his food. He would soon return to the forge so he could get back to working. It was nice that he was able to get a small break though, a little bit of fresh air.
He noticed Amelia talking to the new girl and decided to go over to the two of them. Well, he decided too and then decided against it. Unfortunately someone had spilled there drink on the ground and Wynn ended up falling infront of them.
Mazie looked over and saw somebody fall over. She quickly got up and reached her hand out. "Do you need any help?" She asked the fallen man.
Amelia laughed as she watched Wynn fall in front of them. Laughing still, she walked to him to reach down to help him.
"This buffoon is Wynn. Pay him no mind. He's annoying."
She took Mazie and Amelia's hand and used them to pull himself up and dust himself off.
He shook his head with a irritated grin, "if I'm so annoying then how come you stayed at the lake the whole time, and walked back with me.' He rose a brow at her as he spoke, arms crossed. He looked over at mazie and offered his hand, "pay no mind to what she says, sometimes her mouth dosent always match up with her brain. You new here?"
Amelia glared at him. "You're the one who interrupted my tanning time. It's not my fault the dinner bell rang why you were there with me." She reached over and pinched his side. "Just because I'm a daughter of Aphrodite doesn't mean I'm dumb."
Mazie looked over to the boy who had fallen, he must be Wynn. "Yes I am new here," she told him whilst fidgeting with her fingers, something she did when she was nervous.
"Oh but you still chose to stay the entire time until the bell rang when you clearly could have left me there alone. You also could have just sped off towards the dinning hall to leave me behind, and you didn't." He winced at the pinch on the side before moving to push her away with his long arms.
"What's your name?"
“You’re too kind to me,” he said, smiling and shaking their head. Taking their hand away, he also returned to his food.
He moved to go throw his plate into where ever you put your plates, since I don't know if they are plastic plates or real porcelain.
"I don't think so. Though you are my only friend and I enjoy hanging out with you. I can't help but be nice."
Amelia scowled at him. She reached to pinch him again only to be pushed away. She would get him later. She couldn't help herself from stomping on his foot. "Maybe because you're almost a foot taller than me and have a longer stride than I do. And I hate running. Hate it. So why try to run ahead of you?"
"My name is Mazie," she responded. Looking at the older camper. "So umm where to now?" Mazie asked confused.
"I'll show you around camp. We better hurry whole we still have sunlight. And there's a show tonight at the amphitheater." A show was putting it nicely. It was mainly just the Apollo children fooling around. Sometimes there was music or plays, but it almost always ended in disaster. It was fun to watch though.
“Again, you could have left before the bell went off.” He winced when she stomped on his foot.
“Oh come on! Ow-“ he winced as he held his foot before setting it down.
“It’s good to meet you Mazie.” He spoke as he moved to shove Amelia to the side.
Amelia yelped as he shoved her to the side. She stumbled back and found herself slipping in the same puddle Wynn had fallen on. Her butt hit the ground before her head did. She immediately tried to sit up, wincing.
Mazie followed Amelia very excited to see the camp. She also couldn't wait for the show. Chiron never had mentioned the show but whatever, Mazie was still excited.
(Did Mazie not notice Amelia fall?)
Wendi forced a smile at Ash's suggestion. It was rare for her to make friends and the thought of having Dove leave for the school year struck a chord in Wendi's heart that Wendi had forgotten existed. She wasn't going to let her displeasure be known to Dove though, since Wendi knew how much Ash meant to Dove, "Yeah, almost all the satyrs in camp go out to be guardians during the school year. But if you can convince Chiron, you can probably tag along with Ash."
“Well, not all of them,” Ash pursed his lips. “Some do stay behind to help out around here. And then, of course, there’s the council… But yeah,” he smiled. “Who knows, if you’re feeling brave, you can come along.”
Dove smiled back, but looked unsure. “I don’t know. I’ll probably be back with my grandma by then. I don’t want her to worry about me…”
“It’s just a suggestion.” He nodded and patted her head.
Dove chuckled, though sadly. She had mixed feelings about going back to live with her grandmother, if she was being honest. She looked back to Wendi. “I wonder if you could go with Ash, Wendi,” she suggested. “I think you could help a lot with bringing new campers here.”
"Oh no, I don't think I would be all that useful," Wendi quickly denied Dove's suggestion. If Wendi left camp and had to actually go interact with people she didn't know, she would probably have multiple panic attacks. And Wendi completely forgot that Dove still had a family to go back to, so Wendi would just have to live without her closest friend for a little while. But she kept her thoughts to herself, instead opting to continue, "But speaking of your grandma, when do you think you'll go back?"
(Did Mazie not notice Amelia fall?)
(Idk)
(I’m just asking because I figured sweetpea might not have noticed)
(It is true I did not! I typed it out and then i saw she fell and I was to lazy to change it so lets just say she didn't notice)
Dove frowned a little, but after a moment nodded in understanding. She too didn’t want to be separated from Wendi, but didn’t want to see her in distress either.
“Ahh, I can’t remember. I think in a couple of weeks?” She put a hand to her chin in thought. “Something like that. Chiron suggested I visit at some point though, to practice controlling my… ability.”
Going out of control and causing a plague or something was still a fear of hers. Just making Ash or Wendi get a runny nose was enough to make her feel guilty. And it tended to be less controllable when she was at home…