WISDOM’S⠀DAUGHTER.

❛ think you can handle it? ❜ for JASON, from ANNIE! / @warbraind

Does he, actually ? Debatable. Jason has no doubts in his training as a legionnaire; he has the callouses and scars and battles and endless late nights as a testament to what Camp Jupiter had trained in all of its soldiers. He'd be a fool to diminish his own skill that much. And he's also had recent, and vast, experience fighting outside of formation. On his own, even when it feels like he's missing a limb.

But New Greece is strikingly different from everything his muscles have memorized. Clashing with Percy taught him that much: reasoned tactics and practiced formations can easily fail against the chaos and improvisation that seems to be the style at Camp Halfblood. He's learning it piece by piece, but he's no expert.

Besides that, Annabeth is like Reyna: smart, quick thinking, relentless. A Greek warrior with a Roman's tactical mind, which undoubtedly makes her far more imposing to spar against than Percy. Or, really, anyone else at Camp Halfblood.

Jason only grins, though, spine straight and gladiolus in hand. A son of Jupiter and legionnaire of Lupa is not going to show a glimmer of trepidation. And for that matter ? Neither will Jason Grace, as is.

EVER SINCE THE SECOND TITAN WAR, there remained only a few campers at camp half–blood with a drive that could keep up with that of annabeth chase’s. between tasks upon olympus and the rebuilding of their camp, sparring became few and further in-between, before ultimately coming to a halt following percy’s disappearance.

the events of the SECOND GIANT WAR, though indescribable (and could easily classify as the worst in her life), would inevitably lead annabeth to be able to NOT ONLY forge new friendships across the boundaries of camps, but support her favorite (and arguably least violent) means of distraction: physical exertion.

(THE ROMANS NEVER SEEMED TO GROW TIRED OF TRYING TO BEST THEMSELVES, AND IT WAS A DRIVE ANNABETH COULD GET BEHIND.)

❛ and who are you to tell me where i should or should not be, luke? ❜ annabeth’s words feel as heavy as stone upon her tongue, noticeably more hesitant than the way she’d brandished her knife. though it had only been visible to luke for mere seconds, annabeth’s knuckles were already turning pale: a sign that it was being held long before then. ❛ you’ve already lost that privilege, if i must remind you. ❜

(  dialogue  prompts  taken  from  quotes  of  various  f.  scott  fitzgerald  works.  feel  free  to  edit  as  you  seem  fit.  )

❛ you are afraid of being in love then? ❜

❛ i’ll kiss you if you want me to. ❜

❛ we’ll survive, you and i. ❜

❛ come and kiss me and let’s forget. ❜

❛ hard to sit here and be close to you, and not kiss you. ❜

❛ i’m not used to being loved. i wouldn’t know what to do. ❜

❛ sometimes i don’t know whether we are real or whether we are characters in one of my novels. ❜

❛ wouldn’t it be awful if we fell in love again? ❜

❛ i’m yours - you know it. ❜

❛ you’ve a place in my heart no one else ever could have. ❜

❛ books mean more than people to me anyway. ❜

❛ you’ve got an awfully kissable mouth. ❜

❛ i won’t forget you. i will promise to remember you always. ❜

❛ if i wait till i fall in love again i’ll just wait forever. ❜

❛ things you’ve just said and forgotten, i’ve put myself asleep night after night remembering. ❜

❛ love isn’t like it is in books. ❜

❛ i’m telling you all of a sudden, but it isn’t new with me. i love you. ❜

❛ i keep the light burning on your desk so i’ll think you’re there when i wake up. ❜

❛ the odd thing is that i’m in love with you anyhow. ❜

❛ won’t you let me lean against your shoulder just the smallest bit? ❜

❛ it’s been very rare to have known you, very strange and wonderful. ❜

❛ it’s sweeter to be alone. ❜

❛ if you’re tired of kissing me, i’d better go. ❜

❛ i’ve formed the habit of liking you. ❜

❛ there’s something between us- a sort of pull. something you always do to me and i to you. ❜

❛ i won’t have to build my love up. it’s up in the skies now. ❜

❛ you’re trying to leave yourself behind, but you can’t. the more you try to run away from yourself, the more you’ll have yourself with you. ❜

❛ i’m sorry i had such a devastating effect on you. ❜

❛ i forgot everything. your lips were so beautiful. ❜

❛ say you love me. say it now — can’t you say it now? even if you don’t mean it? ❜

❛ i still love you. that’s the odd thing. ❜

❛ my god, you’re fun to kiss. ❜

❛ i wouldn’t change you for the world. ❜

❛ it’s all so simple. he loved me and i loved him. that’s all there is. ❜

❛ you’ve fallen for me — completely. you’ve got me in your dreams. ❜

❛ tonight there’s got to be no past or future, no time, just tonight, you and i. ❜

❛ of course you could never love anybody but me. ❜

❛ i’m a lost soul maybe — i don’t feel at all like i ought to feel. ❜

❛ i fell in love with you the first time i saw you. ❜

❛ in my heart i love her all the time. ❜

❛ and what in hell could we ever be to each other? ❜

❛ i realized what was the matter, what had always been the matter — i was deeply and incurably in love with her. ❜

❛ i’m more beautiful than anybody else, why can’t i be happy? ❜

❛ you intoxicated me. it was just as though you were making me love you by some invisible force. ❜

❛ it’s because i love you, dear— ❜

❛ i once imagined you loved me a little bit, if you’ll excuse the presumption. ❜

❛ i loved you once — for a year i thought you were the only person in the world. ❜

❛ sometimes you think you’re so much in love that your love could fill the biggest palace conceivable. sometimes you haven’t got enough to fill one room. ❜

❛ his dark eyes took me in, and i wondered what they would look like if he fell in love. ❜

you're not doing it right.

i'm just going to sit here and watch you.

that's not how it works.

all right, since you're such an expert, why don't you show me?

let me know when you need my help.

is that the best you've got?

you're holding it all wrong.

try to swing your sword.

was that you trying?

i've never done this before.

i look like a fool.

you're getting the hang of it!

you know what they say, practice makes perfect.

i'm never going to be ready in time.

let me walk you through it.

this is where you went wrong.

watch how i do this.

see? it's not so bad!

i feel like i'm making a fool of myself.

who taught you how to do this?

i wish i had more confidence in myself.

i'm never going to get it.

try again. harder this time.

put your back into it.

that was weak.

i expected better of you.

you've really disappointed me today.

it's easier to just give up.

hold it like this instead.

watch me, and then you try.

who taught you to hold it like that?

no no, you're doing it all wrong.

see? a little practice always helps.

keep going. don't stop until you've perfected it.

i'm going to leave and come back, and you'd better be ready by then.

again. do it again.

i'm not giving up on you.

maybe i wasn't meant to do this.

maybe i'll let someone else handle this.

this is too complicated for me.

you're not giving yourself enough credit.

you came this far. don't give up now.

i believe in you.

i know you can do it.

if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.

the last person i taught was your mother.

the last person i taught was your father.

you're just as stubborn as they were.

i'm not letting you give up this easily.

a little hard work, and you'll get it.

i always believed in you from day one.

see that? that's where you're aiming.

deep breath in, deep breath out.

you're stronger than you think.

if you give up, you'll never forgive yourself.

a lot of people are counting on you.

everything rides on your shoulders.

they need you to learn this.

this is the only way you're going to prove yourself.

' what did you have in mind? '

' i really like to think things through. '

' i'll find you immediately. '

' i'm not sure this is the right fit for you. '

' i do have a pretty active imagination. '

' i want to be friends with [name]. '

' i'm a bit of a people-pleaser, sorry. '

' i'm having fun, i promise. '

' other people tend to get in the way. '

' let's get going! '

' i'm right here, so tell me what's going on! '

' is it really you? '

' i keep my anxiety bottled up, where it belongs. '

' she liked it! '

' am i dreaming? '

' has anyone told you that you look like [name]? '

' looking at [name] has my heart racing. '

' we spend all our time together. '

' i believe this suits you better. '

' soak it in. '

' i'm in a bad mood. '

' ugh. fine. '

' what? i was thinking of something else. '

' we haven't met yet, have we? '

' it looks like someone wants to talk to you. '

NON-VERBAL:

[ WAVE. ] SENDER waves at RECEIVER.

[ BEACH. ] SENDER and RECEIVER splash around at the beach.

[ PICNIC. ] SENDER and RECEIVER share a picnic at the park together.

[ GARDEN. ] SENDER and RECEIVER work in the local garden together.

[ STARGAZE. ] SENDER and RECEIVER stargaze at night together.

[ PLAY. ] SENDER and RECEIVER play a song together. instruments are up to you!

[ MUSIC. ] SENDER sits with RECEIVER to listen to a new album.

[ STARES. ] SENDER stares silently at RECEIVER.

[ FOLLOWS. ] SENDER follows RECEIVER around town.