optimistically doomed

“Perfect!” Adriana giggled. “Well, usually I design or make jewelry, or maybe hop a train into midtown. Ooh, or dance around istening to music. I’m kind of boring, honestly.”

“Are you kidding? I love all those things!” Sheri nodded enthusiastically at her sister. “You have to show me the things you make, I could definitely buy some. Think we could get our siblings to join in on a dance party in the cabin?”

Adriana grinned. “I’ve never had a problem with heights. Flying sounds amazing!”

“Great, I found our first sister activity!” Sheri laughed. “What do you usually do for fun?”

Hades: Have you ever had a near-death experience?

“Oooooh so many times. I’ve been a daredevil most of my life. The first time might have been when I tried bungee jumping off the roof of our house.”

Tartarus: What’s your personal hell?

“Being bored. I always want to try new things, see new places. Basically, being trapped in a house forever with nothing to do is my hell.”

Adriana beamed, nodding her head excitedly. She laughed as  was pulled into a hug. “I’m Adriana. Or you can call me Adi, I go by both.” She couldn’t wipe the smile off her face. “I’ve never had a sister before.”

“I haven’t either, this is so exciting!” Sheri beamed as well. “There’s so much fun stuff to do here, how do you feel about flying? Because I heard we can ride pegasi from the stables!”

“it’s okay.” she reassured with a shake of her head, her expression still showing hesitance. “uh, two… three months? not sure, but not that long.” mei shrugged, then nodded as if telling her to follow her. “i can show you where the cabin is.” 

mavis shrugged, “there are campers that can’t sleep, some have PTSD, others are insomniac. I’m a nyx kid so i kinda have an excuse, but maybe others just want adventure,”

“Nyx huh? That sounds pretty intense,” Sheri listened with wide eyes of interest. “I love adventure, that’s the main reason I came here. Finding out about all this, learning about my father and what I can do...this place is magical.”

“Like you said,” he nudged her, “hands on first lesson.” Jack turned on his feet, his walk becoming a jog, then a full sprint as he headed in the direction of the core fight. Six-armed giants wreaked havoc while golden-eyed campers turned on their own. Flipping a switch, the rifle went from kill to stun. He shot at the campers, watching orbs of electricity incapacitate them, causing them to drop. “Don’t give them time to think… Surprise ‘em and drop ‘em.” 

“They’re possessed… Killing them’s not necessary, but they will kill you without an ounce of hesitation, so I sure as hell recommend you try to knock them out.” Jack reached for his side, retrieving a magazine, pushing it into the rifle. “Ready when you are.” 

“I’m glad you’re okay.” Upon processing the fact that Sheri was safe, an unexpected wave of relief washed over Jack, but he had to focus, so he took a second to take a breath before answering her question. “We’re under attack. Gegeines managed to break past the barrier, they’re inside the camp.” His eyes quickly glanced at the weapon in her hand. “Nice blade… Wanna break it in? I’m heading right into the fight.” 

Chaos had erupted. Everyone was scrambling back and forth across the camp grounds. They’d been expecting an attack, but not now, not this soon, definitely not inside the camp, but they had to deal with it and fight. At the sound of weapons firing and people yelling, Jack had gathered himself, tossing on his armor, sliding on his helmet with two small ears on its sides that made it resemble a wolf. With an assault rifle in his hands and extra ammunition strapped to his body, he ran toward the threat. 

It was on his way toward the source of the threat that Jack noticed someone familiar. Sheri. He caught up with her. “Hey, you alright?” @sherimasters

“How much do you know about The Big Three? Look into that and you’ll find the answer to your own question… I think you’re really going to surprise yourself, in a good way. They don’t have that title for no reason.” Jack chuckled. 

“Oooh, homework already, you’ve got this mentor thing down,” Sheri chuckled, teasing him. “So, what kind of skills come with being a child of Ares? Oh, and I hope it wasn’t rude of me to assume you’re a good fighter or anything. You look like you’d know what you’re doing, it wasn’t just an Ares thing,” she blushed. 

Adriana nodded. “I think so! Maybe with a crown on it? Just to differentiate it from the Thanatos kids.” She stopped, a slow grin creeping across her face. “Wait a sec… Are you a Hades kid too?”

“Too?” Sheri asked with growing excitement. “Are you my sister? Oh, I could tell there was something about you I liked even more than my regular amount of liking for people!” She wasn’t sure that made sense, but she didn’t care. Sheri pulled her into a quick hug, which seemed to become her usual sibling greeting now. “It’s so great to meet you! I’m Sheri.”

mei nodded, but when she was pulled into a hug, she immediately stiffened, not used to physical contacts from practically strangers… even if this one turned out to be her sister. “woah, okay! careful there, i just made this milkshake and i’d rather not spill it.” she said as soon as she felt her hugging her, even if it was quick. it still threw her off guard. “alright… sheri, hi. i’m… i’m mei.” 

Mavis started walking slowly, biting the inside of her cheeks and she thought. “Well, the stars here at night are beautiful. You don’t get a view like them very often. Capture the flag is fun, if you like kicking your friends’ ass, and for many people… though it’s not actually part of camp, we like to go into the forest at night. I don’t really know why, it just happens.” She joked.

Sheri nodded, liking what she was hearing. “This is all good stuff, personally I’m a huge nighttime person so this is all fantastic. Do you guys do anything specific in the forest or do people just roam around there for no reason?” she laughed.

“I kinda need it.” She mumbled, feeling a little put off and weak.

“Wait, are you talking about summer camp or this camp specifically? Because I was just talking about regular summer camp,” Sheri asked, her brows furrowed. 

“You know,” Adriana started, shaking her head. “They really ought to start handing out ‘My parent’s a diety and all I got was this lousy T-shirt’ shirts.” She laughed at her own stupid joke, hoping to make a friend so that she wouldn’t be the loner new girl for any longer than she had to be. “Maybe I should make them and start selling them. I’d make a fortune.”

“I’d buy one of those!” Sheri laughed at the stranger’s suggestion. “You could put a symbol on it to represent the parent too, like a skull for Hades or something. Would it be a skull? I don’t know, I’m pretty new here myself. Not sure about all the details,” she shrugged. “What’s your name?”

SPIRITUAL PROFILE

Birthday: May 16th 1996

Star Sign: Taurus

Western Element: Earth

Planet: Venus

Chinese Zodiac: Rat

Eastern Element: Fire

Yin-Yang Force: Yang

Celtic Druid Zodiac: Chestnut Tree

Name Number: Seven

Divine Color: Gold

Birthstone: Emerald

Season: Spring