burn1ng-c1nd3r

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

"Hi."

Her voice was raspy, and even clearing her throat didn't help. She kept half of her face covered with her hair. She had seen Althea around camp, and was curious about her.

"I'm... Lysanias. You can just call me Lys or Lyssa, though. Uh- what is your name?"

- @sick-and-sleepy

Althea memorized the page of the book she was on before silently putting it down, her face slowly reminiscing into a smile. Her eyes glazed at the Demigod before her expression shifted into one of slight concern. She didn't... look okay. What happened to her?

"Hi!" She'd started, reminding herself that she needed to speak to form a proper conversation. "I'm Althea. Or Al, whatever you prefer! Nice to meet you, Lyssa." She considered extending a hand before deciding against it. Demigods tended to hate physical touch. And she didn't wanna catch whatever she had.

"Do you need anything from me?"

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

"That Ravi kid really needs help... I hope they find someone who cares about them."

"I'D TAKE A DEEP BREATH BUT I'VE BEEN IMPALED"

"What the fu-"

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

Pretty 🫵

"Oh- I uh... Thank you."

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

She nodded, completely choosing to ignore the fact that this camper was 18 and already had children.

"Putting too much stress on your back is the worst. Always good to have more hands on deck!"

:0

Someone to help me with my job

@demigod-jack-hearth

(I WAS LITERALLY PLANNING ON SENDING YOUR BLOG AN ASK LOL-)

"Yup! I mean, who better to help others than the children of the Goddess of the Hearth, right?" She laughed, biting on an apple as she sat on her bed.

"You looked like you needed someone else to help out when you weren't around, so I offered my own services."

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

"Well... I never got the help I needed when I was younger. So I'm trying to make sure no one else at camp feels the need to put themselves under too much pressure." She began to smell smoke before immediately noticing that the cookies she'd left in there for like an hour and a half were burning.

She took the burning tray out (without mittens, by the way. She had a huge heat endurance), and took a bite out of the slightly charcoal cookie. "You deserve a life where you don't have to live in fear of simply being happy anymore. I want to help you because I care."

So.. Ravi knew they needed therapy

But instead of talking to the girl that said the could likea normal person

She stalks Althea, always lingering

Behind a tree

Conveniently being done with training the moment Althea is going to another part of camp

Just waiting to be noticed so they wouldn't have to start the conversation

- @unwilling-child-of-prophecy (sigh..my antisocial freak)

Althea sighed as she flicked through her copy of [insert fantasy wizard book whose name I refuse to write]. She was meant to be smart, but she still had absolutely no idea that she had practically been stalked for what could possibly be weeks. She was about to stand up from the wooden stump when she spotted Ravi just... lingering behind a tree.

She put the book down, a smile slowly creeping on her face as she waved to them. Was she a bit weirded out by this? Yes! But camp's a mostly safe place, this is gonna be fine. "Hey! You need anything from me?"

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

:0

Someone to help me with my job

@demigod-jack-hearth

(I WAS LITERALLY PLANNING ON SENDING YOUR BLOG AN ASK LOL-)

"Yup! I mean, who better to help others than the children of the Goddess of the Hearth, right?" She laughed, biting on an apple as she sat on her bed.

"You looked like you needed someone else to help out when you weren't around, so I offered my own services."

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

She put away her hand from their shoulder. She just wanted to give them a big hug, but she knew how most Demigods were with physical touch.

"Yeah, parents suck. I got lucky with my mother, but most of the gods don't really care about us... they only show up because Percy Jackson tricked them into caring." She stared at the fireplace at the edge of the room, glowing brightly as ever.

"Camp should appreciate you more. Something I've heard about you that ISN'T pure negativity is how you help a lot of the younger Demigods with quests... that's genuinely something nice. No one's FORCING you to do it, you just do it because you want to."

"Other people suck, is what I'm saying. But you probably already knew that." She laughed.

So.. Ravi knew they needed therapy

But instead of talking to the girl that said the could likea normal person

She stalks Althea, always lingering

Behind a tree

Conveniently being done with training the moment Althea is going to another part of camp

Just waiting to be noticed so they wouldn't have to start the conversation

- @unwilling-child-of-prophecy (sigh..my antisocial freak)

Althea sighed as she flicked through her copy of [insert fantasy wizard book whose name I refuse to write]. She was meant to be smart, but she still had absolutely no idea that she had practically been stalked for what could possibly be weeks. She was about to stand up from the wooden stump when she spotted Ravi just... lingering behind a tree.

She put the book down, a smile slowly creeping on her face as she waved to them. Was she a bit weirded out by this? Yes! But camp's a mostly safe place, this is gonna be fine. "Hey! You need anything from me?"

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

"Oh! Yeah, it is. Got permission from Chiron to do it, so I've just tried to give everyone an opportunity to talk to people without fear of judgment because gods know most of us need it."

She stared at the fireplace at the end of the room. It was pure magic that that thing was impossible to put out. Annoying on Summers, but she got used to it. "Feel free to look around. The cabin's pretty nice to be in when you've got nothing else to do."

(Gracie knocks on the door then looks around as she walks through the doorway a little)

"Woah so this is the Hestia cabin"

@defect-child-of-eros

Althea put down her notebook, smile instantly forming along her face as she heard the voice of the Demigod that had entered the inside of the cabin. She adjusted her pillow and stood from her bed, waving to Gracie.

"It sure is! I'm Althea, head of the cabin. Are you looking for someone, or are you here for a therapy session?"

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

(Gracie knocks on the door then looks around as she walks through the doorway a little)

"Woah so this is the Hestia cabin"

@defect-child-of-eros

Althea put down her notebook, smile instantly forming along her face as she heard the voice of the Demigod that had entered the inside of the cabin. She adjusted her pillow and stood from her bed, waving to Gracie.

"It sure is! I'm Althea, head of the cabin. Are you looking for someone, or are you here for a therapy session?"

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

"Eh, not big on wine. It tecnically does help people relax, but not exactly in the same way herbs and spices do so. We just kept it around incase we ever got an especially bad case." She shrugged.

Hello

"Hey! Anything bring you here?" She smiled as she sat down her notebook on her own lap.

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

I thought Hestia couldn't have children

"TECNICALLY, she can't. She asks for a blessing from the Goddess Eileithyia, who grants her a newborn made out of... well, I guess you could say Pure Magic? I don't know the full details."

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

"Hey- don't think like that."

She looked around the room, walking up and throwing them a Twix bar. "She attacked you first. She had it coming. You might be one of the bravest Cients I ever had, kid... you've carried this all for so fucking long. Killing someone you care about is so, so hard. You lived through it, and you suffered the consequence for defending yourself."

She walked over to them and put an arm on their shoulder. More than that should be something the client initiates, not her. "You deserve to be alive. But you don't deserve the life given to you at all..."

So.. Ravi knew they needed therapy

But instead of talking to the girl that said the could likea normal person

She stalks Althea, always lingering

Behind a tree

Conveniently being done with training the moment Althea is going to another part of camp

Just waiting to be noticed so they wouldn't have to start the conversation

- @unwilling-child-of-prophecy (sigh..my antisocial freak)

Althea sighed as she flicked through her copy of [insert fantasy wizard book whose name I refuse to write]. She was meant to be smart, but she still had absolutely no idea that she had practically been stalked for what could possibly be weeks. She was about to stand up from the wooden stump when she spotted Ravi just... lingering behind a tree.

She put the book down, a smile slowly creeping on her face as she waved to them. Was she a bit weirded out by this? Yes! But camp's a mostly safe place, this is gonna be fine. "Hey! You need anything from me?"

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

"Should have expected that- um..." She looked around, walking towards the closet near the end of the cabin and grabbing a bottle. Wasn't the fanciest, but it was some decent quality wine.

"We tecnically aren't allowed to have this here, but some kid named Jack managed to sneak a bottle once, and we never opened it."

Hello

"Hey! Anything bring you here?" She smiled as she sat down her notebook on her own lap.

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

"Oh, uh..." She slowly looked around the empty cabin. Play it cool, it's just a major god in front of you! You'll be fine, she told herself.

"Want some tea or something?"

Hello

"Hey! Anything bring you here?" She smiled as she sat down her notebook on her own lap.

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

So this was the same Ravi she'd heard rumors about... She'd heard a few things from other campers. That they were cursed, that they would meet the same fate as that awful bastard Luke Castellan. She'd heard that they spent most of their time helping younger kids with quests and things like that, she'd never expect them to be... well, one of her clients.

"Your friend... she was that old Satyr guide I used to see around here, right? I wouldn't expect her to be the type of person to attempt to murder someone she cared about." She thought out loud before shifting the thought away. "But plenty of trustworthy people at camp ended up being traitors, so I suppose I can't be too shocked."

"She disappeared during your quest, I assume you had something to do with it." She wrote something down on her pad. "Look- I don't know much about you, but I can tell just from this that you're nothing like... like Luke. He didn't regret a single thing he did, and that continued towards his death. I can tell that whatever you did, you regret it."

So.. Ravi knew they needed therapy

But instead of talking to the girl that said the could likea normal person

She stalks Althea, always lingering

Behind a tree

Conveniently being done with training the moment Althea is going to another part of camp

Just waiting to be noticed so they wouldn't have to start the conversation

- @unwilling-child-of-prophecy (sigh..my antisocial freak)

Althea sighed as she flicked through her copy of [insert fantasy wizard book whose name I refuse to write]. She was meant to be smart, but she still had absolutely no idea that she had practically been stalked for what could possibly be weeks. She was about to stand up from the wooden stump when she spotted Ravi just... lingering behind a tree.

She put the book down, a smile slowly creeping on her face as she waved to them. Was she a bit weirded out by this? Yes! But camp's a mostly safe place, this is gonna be fine. "Hey! You need anything from me?"

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

Hello

"Hey! Anything bring you here?" She smiled as she sat down her notebook on her own lap.

[burn1ng-c1nd3r]

...Yeah, this was gonna take a while. She just nodded, closing the door and running to grab her notebook and Pen, sitting herself down on the bed as she clicked the Pen's head, writing down some basic information (literally just their name.)

"Alright, we can take this at your own speed. Just know that I'm not here to judge you. I've dealt with a lot of kids who were here during the second Titanomachy and the second Giant War, so there's not much I haven't seen! Tell me anything when you're ready."

So.. Ravi knew they needed therapy

But instead of talking to the girl that said the could likea normal person

She stalks Althea, always lingering

Behind a tree

Conveniently being done with training the moment Althea is going to another part of camp

Just waiting to be noticed so they wouldn't have to start the conversation

- @unwilling-child-of-prophecy (sigh..my antisocial freak)

Althea sighed as she flicked through her copy of [insert fantasy wizard book whose name I refuse to write]. She was meant to be smart, but she still had absolutely no idea that she had practically been stalked for what could possibly be weeks. She was about to stand up from the wooden stump when she spotted Ravi just... lingering behind a tree.

She put the book down, a smile slowly creeping on her face as she waved to them. Was she a bit weirded out by this? Yes! But camp's a mostly safe place, this is gonna be fine. "Hey! You need anything from me?"