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Another visit to Delphi (closed) Apr 1, 2013 14:52:05 GMT -5

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Post by Porter on Apr 1, 2013 14:52:05 GMT -5

I sighed, as all of us made our way inside the Big House.
"Not again," I mumbled. I still get nightmares from the Oracle. "Can't Finn do it."
Finn raised an eyebrow. "Hell no am I going up those steps."
I gave her an inquisitive glance and she moved closer to me.
"Go prove yourself a leader, Air head." She whispered, so no one else could hear.
I nodded, surprised at the moment of seriousness Finn can sometimes have. I looked up the steps.
"If nobody minds, I'm just gonna barge right in there." I began as I sprinted up the steps like it was no one's business, opening the attic door and quickly climbing in. I glanced up. There she was. A shriveled old woman cursed to tell our fates even after she died. I felt sorry for her, hoping one day that someone can take her place, although who would even dare? My steps slowed down as I walked past all the different arrangements of trophies and souvenirs until I stood right in front of the mummy. I waited for a bit. Her posture against the chair made her look like a Queen, and I was one of her subjects, boring her with another plea for a prophecy. Her cold dead eyes seemed to stare right through me, and the silence became more eerie as I almost expect Delphi to say. "Sorry, one prophecy per customer." I looked around awkwardly, and just as I began to let out a sigh, green puffs of smoke flew at me like a stream of warm, zombie breath. I coughed, it smelled like rotting flesh and worms.When the gas died down to just small trickles down her face, she spoke up.
"A battle of heart versus a battle of wits,
One shall be lost until the truth they'll admit,
Another will be punished with hard decisions,
that three will spin unto unbreakable incision,
One will face the guardians of an unspeakable prison,
And the fourth will carry the most and have the worst in return."
Her words echoed across the attic and her body fell limp again.
"Um... thanks..." I muttered as I turned around and headed back downstairs, my mind pounding with everything she had just said. Okay, Luke, just repeat it to yourself a billion times and you'll remember it. I walked down the steps and ran to a piece of paper before anyone could ask me anything.
"and three will spit untold collisions?" Finn read out. "Dude either your writing sucks or the Oracle found the Hermes cabin's secret stash of weed."
Chiron gave her an inquisitve look.
Finn slowly turned around to Chiron sheepishly. "Did I say weed? I mean we have a stash of.... neeeeeeds.... yeah. Needs. Like, bare necessities." Finn nodded.
Chiron raised an eyebrow, but decided best to brush it off... for now at least.
I repeated the Prophecy the CORRECT way to everyone in the room.

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Another visit to Delphi (closed) Apr 1, 2013 15:46:10 GMT -5

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Post by Teddy on Apr 1, 2013 15:46:10 GMT -5

I stood there with Luke, Finn and Chiron. Remember how I said you had to be really blunt with me in order for me to understand things? Yeah. I guess the oracle doesn't know the meaning of that.
"So... Uh... What does that mean?" I said slowly, knowing I sounded like a complete idiot. Finn turned to me, putting a hand on my shoulder.
"yeah," she said, in a fake sympathetic voice "the Oracle doesn't exactly come with an instruction manual."
"... Maybe we'd have more luck understanding it if we broke into your cabins little stash of bare necessities," I muttered to her, ending the the sentence with a sharp cough and looking up at Chiron innocently. He shook his head slowly, probably trying to come up with a plan to steal the weed from the large cabin of thieves. Good luck, man.
"So," Finn said looking at Chiron, "when do we leave?"
"As soon as possible, I suppose," Chiron replied.
"Wait," Luke said, "The oracle said 'the fourth will carry the most and will have the worst return.' There's only three of us."
"Ah, that's correct." Chiron pondered, "I suppose you'll have to pick one other person to come with you on this quest, but keep in mind, I do need Morgan here," he stressed. The three of us nodded in understanding and stood there keeping quiet as we thought of good candidates. The only other person I knew was Roxy, she would be a really good asset to us, as she's an amazing healer and level headed.
"What about Roxy?" I said out loud, Luke and Finn looked up at me.
"Do you think she'd really be up to it?" Asked Luke.
"Yeah, she's been really sensitive and quiet lately," Finn added.
"Didn't you see her back at the infirmary when we were talking about Lily? She looked worried," I replied, Luke and Finn looked at each other and nodded in agreement slowly.
"Besides, if Chiron doesn't need her too desperately, she would be good to have around. You know, the whole medic thing could come in handy." I said, looking at Chiron.
"War is not upon us yet, I don't think I'll need all the medics I can get, besides, I can fill in for her in the time being," Chiron replied, "you will have to convince her to go." I looked at Finn and Luke and they nodded, yet they looked doubtful. I sighed.
"It's worth a shot," I said, "Should we go now?" I asked, looking out into the dark night sky. I knew all of my siblings would be asleep by now, and most probably not happy to have me interrupting them so late to drag Roxy outside to go on a quest.
"It would be best if you did now, so that you could be on your way early in the morning," Chiron mused. I nodded.
"Well then, let's go," I said, leading the way out of The Big House and over to the Apollo cabin. When we reached our destination I motioned for Luke and Finn to stay outside so that I could quietly wake Roxy without waking everybody else up. I opened the door slowly, and tried to make my footing as light as it could be without losing my balance. Roxy slept on a bottom bunk, which made my life so much easier. I knelt down at her bed and started shaking her arm.
"Roxy!" I hissed quietly, "Roxy!"
"Huh- Wha?" Roxy said sleepily, as she woke with a start sitting bolt upright in her bed, almost hitting her head on the top bunk.
"Fletch? What do you want?" Roxy whispered as her hazel eyes focused on me.
"Come outside for a minute, Finn, Luke and I need to talk to you." I said getting up. I looked back at her, Roxy had a horrible poker face. She looked worried, almost paranoid as she slowly got out of bed. I looked around at my siblings, everyone was sleeping. Success. I started to hurry across the room to the door when there was a large thud and a pain in my toe. I held in a curse and squinted my eyes. I had stubbed my foot on somebody's bed.
"Fucking hell, Fletch." They groaned, "Be more careful when you're trying to sneak out of here." They turned over and went back to sleep. Roxy and I walked out the door and met up with Finn and Luke who were standing a fair ways away from the cabin. I lead Roxy over to them, she still looked like a deer in headlights, why? I don't know. The three of us were quiet for a bit, thinking of ways to ask her if she would join us on our quest, and every moment seemed like it was torturing her.

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Another visit to Delphi (closed) Apr 1, 2013 16:42:39 GMT -5

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Post by Porter on Apr 1, 2013 16:42:39 GMT -5

Finn had placed her fist up to her mouth, looking inquisitive at Roxy, a look of deep thought covered her face. I raised my eyebrow, wondering what Finn was up to.
"Roxy, we have a very important question to ask you," She started. "Are you a raging homosexual?"
Roxy's eyes widened and even in the moonlight I could tell her face was turning as red as a tomato. "W-what?" She asked, her voice shaky.
"Nah, I'm messin' with ya, Rox. We just wanted to know if you wanted to go on the quest with us?"
Roxy looked like she was gonna punch Finn square in the face. But she just sighed and looked down.
"U-uhm yeah." She muttered.
"You don't have to if you don't want to," I added. "We just- our prophecy involves four people and... well I know that Lily is one of your good friends as well as ours so-"
"Yeah, yeah I'm going. I mean, I want to go." She mumbled.
"Sweet, so, um. We have to get moving early in the morning, like, 9, so we better start sleeping now. Pack your bags and we'll meet up at my cabin in the morning." I muttered, not in the mood for giving out orders with the current mood of everyone else. Fletch was basically the only one who looked me in the eye and nodded, while Finn and Roxy just muttered a "kay." and headed back to their consecutive cabins. I sighed and began heading back to mine, totally not in the great mindset for questing. I wish I could just get everyone back with a snap of my fingers, and everything would just go back to normal, whatever normal was for a demigod. I packed what little I had to call my own, a couple of camp t-shirts, my gray sweater, and a few other shirts from the orphanage along with pants and my converse. I would pack a few meals tomorrow from the mess hall, but now, tis beddy byes. I fell asleep, and for once, no nightmares haunted them. Just dreams of seeing Lily again. There was a bit of making out in there, don't judge.
"Yo, Luke. Lukelukelukelukeluke." I heard a familiar voice shaking my bare shoulders. I cracked my eyes open and turned around to see Fletch's face.
"Mmm... yes?" I mumbled.
Fletch looked down at me and then looked back up.
"So... uh, happy to see me?" He asked with a smirk.
"Hmm?" I looked down to see that I got a bad case of the morning wood. "Shut up, haiku face." I mumbled "You wish." I moved back to my side again, flustered.
"What? Haiku face?" Fletch laughed.
"Whatever, I'm tired."
"Dude, unless you're naked under there, get up! It's 9." Fletch said, grabbing my arms and dragging me out of bed, revealing my smiley boxers. Fletch smirked again.
"Stop staring at my nether regions, dude!" I complained.
Fletch let me go and get dressed, and Finn and Roxy waited outside my cabin. Finn looked tired, with large bags showing through her mascara. Looks like she was the one who didn't get any sleep.
"Alright guys, let's get some food and head to Azkaban." I said.
"Alcatraz." Roxy corrected.
"Whatever."

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Another visit to Delphi (closed) Apr 1, 2013 17:56:44 GMT -5

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Post by Teddy on Apr 1, 2013 17:56:44 GMT -5

The four of us headed into the dining hall, crowds of campers were doing the same. We split up when we entered, Luke making his way to Zeus's table, Finn to the Hermes table and Roxy and I to the Apollo table. I sat beside her, looking around for the Satyrs, I needed to find Casper so I could say goodbye before I left. It didn't take long to find the blonde curly haired goat-boy, he was looking around over crowds of people, probably looking for me. When he looked in my general direction I waved a hand and caught his forest green eyes. He flashed a happy wide-toothed smile at me and nodded. He was wearing his favourite white and light gray stripped sweater, which was way too big for him. It fell off his shoulder exposing his freckles and the sleeves fell way past his hands. Kinda cute, I thought with a smile as I looked down at my plate. I looked around at my half-siblings, they were all digging into their food. Roxy picked at her eggs with her fork, taking small amounts, she seemed to be deep in thought.
"I hate to be THAT kind of brother," I said, "but we're about to embark on a quest to Alcatraz. Eat a bit." She looked at me.
"I guess you're right," she said, taking more of her eggs. A feeling of relief washed over me. I smiled at her, although she didn't see it. I looked at my plate and picked up some bacon, I started chewing on it, looking around at the tables. I saw Luke sitting alone, I felt bad for the guy, he was always eating alone with no one to talk to. He had no siblings. I looked over at the Hermes table, Finn was joking around with her siblings, although she seemed to be exhausted. I sat and ate in silence as I usually did, occasionally engaging in conversation when I had something funny, or witty to say. After breakfast everyone made their way over to the fire, scraping the best looking parts of their meal off into the fire and saying their Olympian parent's name. I decided to give dad a large juicy sausage,
"Apollo," I muttered. I met Luke and Finn in the middle of the hall with Roxy after we had all finished.
"Ready to go?" Luke asked us.
"Uh, yeah, just give me a minute," I said, "need to say bye to Cas." Luke nodded and I jogged up to Casper, hugging him from behind, wrapping my arms around his shoulders as he was talking to two other Satyrs and a Nymph. For a minute he tensed before he realized that I was the only person that would hug him from behind.
"Fletch!" He said happily as he turned, "what's up?"
"I, uh, just came to say goodbye," I said looking at him. His face fell from a smile to a sad look. Agh. I hated saying bye to him.
"You're leaving? What? Where are you going? You're a year-rounder and it's the middle of the summer." Casper said starting to sound a bit distressed, as he was a smart Satyr and probably knew where this was going.
"Yeah, I was invited to go on a quest. I'm going to help Luke, Finn and Roxy find out why Charlie is stealing campers and trapping Nymphs in tree's," I said. Casper seemed to know all about what had been going on in camp and he gave me a look, his green eyes reflected a mix of utter worry, and also happiness as he knew how long I had wanted a quest.
"You'll be great," he said softly, he pulled me in for a hug. His sweater was so soft and warm it made him feel like a pillow. I would have stayed there and hugged him all day. "Come back safe, eh?"
"Course I will, Cassy," I said. He pulled away from the hug and watched me go with a smile on his face. When I reached the Luke, Roxy and Finn I nodded, telling them I was ready to go.
"I thought Satyrs usually went for Nymphs," Finn remarked looking at me with a smirk.
"Not unless they want the big half-blood D" I retorted.
"... Why would he choose you if he wanted the BIG half-blood D?" Finn asked, in a fake confused voice.
"hey! don't talk about it that way. You'll make it sad." I said pouting.
"Alright, guys!" Luke said, he had a goofy smile on his face. "Let's go."

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Another visit to Delphi (closed) Apr 1, 2013 21:06:01 GMT -5

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Post by Porter on Apr 1, 2013 21:06:01 GMT -5

I walked up to Morgan, who was decked out in her Greek armor. A group of Demeter kids were standing behind her, also in full combat armor.
"Good luck." I smiled at Morgan, who looked happy leading her cabin mates over to fuck shit up.
"You too," She responded, putting her hand on my shoulder. "You're gonna need it."
"Pfft, you're gonna need it more."
"You're gonna need it most."
"You're gonna need it most...er."
"That's not a word."
"YOU WIN THIS TIME, MORGAN ROSSI." I yelled.
Morgan turned to the others on the quest. "Good luck with this kid as your leader."
"SH. You're not allowed to talk to my quest followers. Shoo. Go talk to your plant-ladies." I pouted.
"Aaaalright there, big guy." Finn started, patting my chest. "Let's get going."
We said our goodbyes and piled up in the car, Roxy took the front seat beside Argus.
"Argus can probably drive you until you reach Manhattan, then it's up to you until there." Chiron informed us, handing us 300 bucks and a handful of Drachmas each.
"Thanks, man." I said, extending my fist out to him.
Chiron smiled, I guess my weird antics grew on him. "No problem... 'dud'."
"Dude."
"Yes, that's what I meant."
And with that we drove off into the sunset.

"So what's the plan, Stan?" Finn asked.
Unlike the last time we went on a quest, I was actually prepared for this kind of question.
"Well, first of all we can try the airport, and fly to San Francisco, my dad shouldn't blast any of us out of the sky." I started. "The flight would be around 250 bucks, we'd have to be frugal with the money the rest of the way."
Finn and Fletch stared at me as if I sprouted a trunk.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing, perfect plan, Luke." Finn started, putting the windows down as if me actually planning something was horrifying and she needed air.
"I actually thought there would be more... inconveniences on quests." Fletch thought out loud.
"Oh trust me, this is only best case scenario. If Charlie is expecting us, and he sure as heck will, there will be a lot more inconveniences than you would ever expect on a simple flight to San Francisco."
"Ah."
We spent the rest of the trip explaining to Fletch about Charlie, and our other friends who had been kidnapped. Finn got really quite when we mentioned Liam, and my ADHD brain itched to ask her why she avoided the topic of him lately, but I figured since before that she had a good reason, and should probably ask her more privately, if at all. We all noticed Finn's silence though, she'll have to tell us all sooner or later. Argus then dropped us off on the edge of the busy streets of Manhattan, nodded at us, and sped off.
"Ah, home sweet home." All I wanted now was to run back into the orphanage that had raised me all these years, and give the orphan caretaker, Sheila, a hug and tell her stories of camp half blood. She'll love to learn about my friends and Lily.
"So, are we going to barge in every place Charlie will be expecting us in?" Roxy asked, breaking me out of my nostalgic trance.
"I'd rather go straight across and expect a lot of trouble than zig zag across the United States which will probably end up in just as much with the lengths we'll go." I explained.
Roxy eyed me as if I was going to rip my face off and reveal my true form is actually some sort of alien.
"What's the closest airport here, then?"
I looked at the street sign. We were on 5th avenue.
"We can walk over to Lexington, there's a transit bus there that'll take us all the way to the Airport."
Finn slapped me.
"Who are you and what have you done with the real Luke?" She yelled, shaking my shoulders.
"Dude! I might be completely lost anywhere else, but this is my home! I know this place like the back of my hand!"
"Don't worry, he's not leading us to some barren UFO landing spot, I think I've been here with my grandparents before." Fletch added.
"Oh really? Where do you live?"
"New York City."
"Sweet!"
"I'd hate to interrupt this beautiful bromance that's budding, but you do know Charlie's badly bothering our buddies?" Finn added.
"Dude, alliterations are an Apollo offspring occupation." Roxy complained.
"Well there's two of you guys and neither of you are being very poetic."
"I'm sorry, let's just start a dead poet's society right here and now."
"I call being Robin Williams."
Roxy laughed for the first time in a while, and Finn grew a tired smile to her face, proud of what she has done.
"Alright, we can go now." Finn said, as if we had all stopped just to try and make Roxy happy.
On a good note, we began our journey to the airport.

Last Edit: Apr 1, 2013 21:15:10 GMT -5 by Porter