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[truesight]

[ alright, time to be annoying for the sake of rounding up the troops. the demigod troops, to be exact, but it's those particular hooligans that she's been feeling a desperate need to round up and talk to for some time now. too much has gone on, and there hasn't been enough talking about it, as far as she's concerned. so, maybe she's hoping being the resident not-demigod camper might get her some pull for this kind of thing. she'll even get on camera and glow menacingly if she has to, but. hopefully she won't. for their sakes, of course!! that ish is crazy intimidating, and she doesn't actually want to scare them into meeting up. but yeah, so. anyway... ]

Have you ever picked
up an awful habit from
someone you know well?

Apollo always
writes terrible haikus and
sometimes I do, too.

So now I'm writing
to tell my demigod friends -
it's time to meet up.

I don't care where, but
if you say no, I'll never
stop the haiku-talk.

Let's pick a time and
place right now to avoid this
horrible fate. 'Kay?

[ gold. ]

Comments

[truesight]

Let me know when you're going to be poking around about that, yeah? I'll totally come with.

[fell_to_hell]

I don't see why not, if you think you can handle it. If Percy gives any trouble with that decision, then we can whack him with a hairbrush.

[truesight]

[ oh, it- didn't occur to her that it was an actual kind of quest thing, she was actually feeling a little bit Annabeth-y, wanting to do research. but this is even better. cramming info from books was never her forte anyway. ]

I'm sure Percy won't mind. He's already asked me to help him with a quest once before, back home. [ SHRUG. yeahyeah rachel's got a quest under her belt and she'll never let anyone forget it ] Might need to finally trade in my brush for something a little more effective though, now that you mention it.

[fell_to_hell]

[There's a glint in his eyes at that. A weapon-wielding Oracle? That sounds bad-ass.]

Have you thought about what kind of weapon you think you could work with?

[truesight]

In my head, my cartoon self carries a giant hammer, but- [ ah making jokes like she hasn't really thought about this ] Bow and arrow might be cool. Plus I already took archery at my dumb school, so I might as well- keep working with that. Maybe. A sword would be really cool, but I don't think I'm strong enough to actually... carry a sword for very long.

[fell_to_hell]

[He thinks about it.]

Well, an archer would be good, since most of us are close combat. How about dagger training? They're light, easy to conceal, and you could carry more than one.

[truesight]

I don't think daggers are for me.

[ because stabbing and close combat. and stabbing. ]

[fell_to_hell]

[He shrugs slightly.]

Can't blame you. A quarterstaff? It has reach, and it doesn't have to be a deadly weapon. Or you could do training for other ranged weapons, like throwing knives or a sling.

[truesight]

I think- I think I'm actually going to try a bow. I mean, maybe later on I can figure out if I want to carry something smaller, but I think I should just focus on one thing and get really, really good at it.

Y'know, for a mortal.

[fell_to_hell]

Maybe you'll be the next Jason or Odysseus.

[He's only half-joking. He thinks she is (or at least can be) as good as any demigod.]

[truesight]

[ she laughs ]

We'll see. Fingers crossed!

Alright, I'm going to head your way now. And hopefully find Percy along the way so he doesn't get lost. [ like he's some kind of wandering puppy ] I'll see you soon, 'kay?

[fell_to_hell]

[He nods.]

Right. See you.