The East Woods

[James Selway Rare Rare Rare]

As it seemed a few more took a view of him. James seeing he was the oldest here still ran for it. Dodging around this person or that as he attempted the flag once again. He had lost last year but he hoped to change that for his team this year. Smiling he was having a good time as he loved playing this year after year at camp. Starting the summer off right as camp should always do! Maybe later they would do fireworks again but that was a bit crazy last year so he would need to talk to lilythe about it all. Holding his breathe, would he get the flag? 

[The Chronicler]

James was able to grab the flag and make a break for the Red Team's base. It was a long and arduous journey, with Annie hot on his heels. But eventually he was able to take it back to the Red Team's base, claiming 1 point for his team. 

Red has successfully captured the Blue Team's flag, Blue Team your flag will be placed in a new location (check your PMs). 

[Emberlynn Knight Rare]

RPC13 - 4-

Emberlynn nodded, practically beaming (though not literally this time) at the older camper's endorsement. It felt good to be able to bring everyone together, and even better for them to actually be listening to her plan. She wasn't near as adept a fighter as the Ares campers, nor as great a strategist as Sage and her family. But if there was one thing Emberlynn was particularly good with, it was people. It was a skill she was incredibly proud of, possibly because it was one of the few things that made her stand out even from her siblings. Her flair for the dramatic, her creativity, even her lightbending... all of those were gifts inherited from a mother she'd never met. But her amicable nature and communication skills were - as far as she could tell - truly hers. It felt great to finally express her talents in a way that brought people together against a common foe.

She nodded to the other girls, then charged toward the massive beast. Her hands glinted with rainbow sparkles, ready to release her power. A claw swooped toward her. She crouched down, using the momentum of her charge to slide under the thing's massive swipe. A trick she'd seen MK pull of about a year ago. She'd been weak and confused back then, needing an older camper to come to her rescue. Now it was her turn to protect the other campers. Inside the creatures range now, she raised her hands up close to its vast array of eyes. Nothing should have that many eyes, she thought as she let the light flow from her palms. The scorpion reeled back with a horrid screech. 

Perfect! Ember slid further under the creature. When it reeled back on its legs like that, it made just enough space for a little teen girl to get up underneath. She drove her blade deep into its underbelly, hopefully at the same time it was being pelted with projectiles from their cross-team alliance. Then she rose to her feet. Coughing and spluttering, covered in sulfuric dust. Grinning like a madwoman. "It is done!" she declared proudly. Honestly, she didn't care in the slightest that the other team had taken the opportunity to run off with a flag. This was a far greater victory in her mind.

[Helena L'Amour Rare Rare]

As the last of the scorpions fell, Helena turned to Emberlynn and smiled. "Nice job." Then, looking at the large corpse that was left--because for whatever reason this giant scorpion wasn't disappearing the way that most monsters did--Helena turned to the campers that were there. "But what are we going to do with the body?"

[Emberlynn Knight Rare]

RPC13 - 5 -

"Body?" Emberlynn asked, brushing away the last of the dust from her face. Her vision had been trained on the other campers, hoping to gauge at least a few positive reactions. The smile she received from Helena was more than enough to sate her desire for recognition.  The Aphrodite camper was both older and more authoritative, and happened to possess all the charms expected from her heritage. A smile from that woman would leave most teens starstruck. Ember grinned back, thrilled to have had someone notice her achievement. So thrilled in fact, that it took her a moment to process what Helena was talking about.

She looked down to find that the monstrous claw - the same one that she'd managed to dodge under - had been left undisintegrated on the ground. A trophy! She'd heard that slain monsters would sometimes drop an object or body part for heroes to show proof of their victory. Her heart best faster. Did that make her... a hero? That sense of longing to be seen overtook her once more, along with a growing sense of pride. "An offering," she replied. "We should burn this trophy to honor the Olympians, who have blessed us in this battle."

Thank you, Mom. Emberlynn prayed. Hoping that maybe - just maybe - the gods were up there listening.

Edited June 18, 2023 by Emberlynn Knight

[Helena L'Amour Rare Rare]

RPC 13

"I honestly can't think of a better answer." Helena nodded to Emberlynn It was just about then that she realized that they had been so distracted by the scorpions that they had lost their flag. "Damn it... well, at least we're safe. I'll start the fire." She began building a small circle of stones to help protect the fire from spreading too far, and filling it with dry twigs from the ground.

After several minutes she built a reasonable fire and started slicing off bits of the claw that remained, as the rest of the scorpion's body finally dissipated. After carving it up into chunks, she held out bits to Emberlynn. "To our parents!" She then tossed her bits into the flame. "Now... time to go get that flag back."