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"Nice try." Ria said with a raised eyebrow. She threw another quiver loaded with arrows at Audrey and said, "But you'll have to try harder." Ironically, Ria would've cut her some slack if she hadn't requested for it. The thought of it made her laugh to herself. It made her realize that she was just as obstinate, but she showed it in quite a different way. "Maybe if you'd just show up in time for your classes, you wouldn't have to start over." She teased as one end of her lips curled to form a smirk.

“I know.” Audrey sighed and gauged the mock sympathy in Ria’s eyes. She lowered her bow, looking tiredly at the targets. It wasn’t that such a few minutes wore her down, it was more of the fact that she knew the camper was going to make her start over, and her defiant side was whispering for her not to do so anymore. Frankly, she enjoyed archery classes. She enjoyed archery. Patience was just never one of her strongest suits and neither was responsibility. “Maybe close enough for me not to start over?”

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Ria was slightly surprised that she obeyed so easily. She was expecting some sort of resistance, even just the slightest, from the infamous daughter of Nemesis, but she was slightly relieved that the other girl chose not to make it harder for Ria and herself.

Ria observed carefully Audrey's almost impeccable shooting skills. Ria would hate to admit it out loud and maybe even to herself, but Audrey's skills were certainly laudable. One might even say that she was better than half of the class. For a second, Ria thought Audrey would make it, but just when she was down to five shots, Audrey's hand shook a bit and her aim titled the slightest bit to the left - a fatal mistake - and missed. "Ooooh. So close." Ria said with feint sympathy.

“Fine then. I’d rather do it myself than have you make me. Or have anyone make me, for this matter.” The thing with Audrey is that despite her initial resistance to punishment, she always obeyed. As a form of defiance. How ironic could that be? There was a time she had to clean up the basement of the Big House for all the weekends of a whole month, and then there was another time she was tasked to feed all the pegasi for six weeks. Plus many other times. And she kept up with them simply because she could.

She heard the other girl scoff as she shot all the targets at her respective area. Ten down. Fifteen more to go. Audrey moved to the next person’s place (since everyone else was on water break) and grabbed a new set of arrows. She couldn’t very well distinguish her feelings but she supposed the fact that Ria was acting all arrogant and superior didn’t bode well with her. She was down to the last five shots when, as she should’ve expected early on, the arrow missed. “Well, fuck.”

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Year rounder. How come I don’t see you as well?

I'm a cabin counselor. So most of the time, I'm too busy running errands for Chiron and Mr. D. That or our paths just never cross.

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I’m not new. I just go unnoticed. (OOC: No, but he’s used to being irrelevant because he’s Clarisse’s back up haha.)

Oh. Well you can't stay unnoticed forever here in camp. Year-rounder or summer camper?

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Mark Tyler. Cabin 5.

Are you a new camper? I've never seen you here before.

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notsopunk-punk started following you

And you are...?

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"I didn't say you said you were. I said you showed by your lack of interest to actually improve your skills, therefore we can assume that you are, in fact, better than most of us." Ria retorted as she focused her attention back to Audrey. She could feel the other campers watching Audrey as she begrudgingly obeyed. At least she's accepting the punishment, she thought to herself. 

Ria raised an eyebrow at the abrupt question. "Do you seriously want to know the answer to that question?" She asked, and stopped momentarily. She was surprised that Audrey even had the guts to ask about that. Just when she was starting to change her opinion of Audrey, she comes back and quickly disproves whatever theory was starting to form inside Ria's head. "The best I could do is make you, and the worst... Well, let's just not talk about the worst." She said, keeping a straight face.

“I don’t remember ever actually saying I was good at this.” Audrey raised an eyebrow but started gathering the arrows she can get her hands on, anyway. She could see how passionate Ria was about all these and she felt a pang of… jealousy? She was never passionate about anything. Or maybe she used to be but she just wasn’t anymore. Either way, the determination Ria showed since the beginning of her advanced archery classes was now starting to take its toll on her. Why couldn’t she just let it go? “But fine. If this will make you happy, Zeus kid.”

She shot about seven bulls-eyes in a row and sighed. Why was she doing this again? Audrey decided to try her luck at infuriating Ria to the point of maybe abandoning today’s class. She faced the other brunette and kept an expressionless face. “Now that I’ve thought of it… what happens if I don’t want to go back to square one?”

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Well, I'm just as bored as you are, so blame my ennui. And go with a random person. It's no fun if I choose.

Oho, that’s a first. I usually have to go with persuasion. Anyway, do you have anyone in mind or do you want someone random?

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Ria rolled her eyes at Audrey's immaturity. She disliked Audrey's insincerity and lack of concern for, if not all, most everything. But that wasn't any of Ria's concerns. Audrey could skip all of her classes for all Ria cared, but not on Ria's watch.

"That sorry could've been just a little more believable if you actually meant it." She snapped as she waved at the other campers, signalling for them to continue their training. "Well, since you've gallantly showed us that you don't need to attend these advanced archery classes, why don't you show us all how good you are. 25 consecutive bulls-eyes, miss one then you're back to square one." She said as she walked towards the other with her arms folded over her chest, as she slightly narrowed her eyes and glared at Audrey. She stopped a few inches from Audrey and turned around. "Everyone else, water break." She announced with a smirk.

“Uh, sorry?” Audrey was meant to cough out a simple, one-worded apology but her tone made it sound more like a question. As if she wasn’t certain whether she really was sorry or not. She picked up her bow and a set of arrows, settling in place before looking her fellow camper right in the eye. “Ms. Ria dela Cruz, reprimanding me for the nth time. I guess letting me go would work to your and my advantage.”

She began to warm up, shot two or three dummy chests and waited for her trainer to react. She honestly hoped Ria wasn’t that angry because she herself was never fond of confrontations. They were a waste of time. That doesn’t necessarily mean she avoided them though. “Really, just woke up late, that’s all.”

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Let's see how good you are then.

The sexually frustrated one. It’s a lot more amusing, trust me.

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And so, another god takes me for a toy. Which one exactly? The sexually frustrated part or the one-sided love part?

I would very much like to use my powers on you. And I shall. That kind of entertainment.

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Entertainment in what form exactly...?

I honestly don’t know.

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Ria observed everybody in the archery range carefully, taking note of even the pettiest mistake, as she tapped her foot on the ground impatiently. It's been 30 minutes since their class started, yet there was still one unoccupied space at the rear left of the archery range.

She heard footsteps from a few feet away and she tell that everyone else had heard it as well, judging from their reaction. She stood still, and waited for the latecomer to take her place. Ria knew who it was, after all, only one student had the guts to be 30 minutes for this class, especially when Chiron put her in charge.

"Ms. Audrey Winters, late for the 5th time." She said, maintaining her stature, as Audrey walked towards the unoccupied spot. Ria clucked her tongue. "What should we do to you?" She asked, shaking her head in disappointment. 

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With a sigh immediately upon her lips, Audrey sat up from the bed and stretched her arms. She chafed her fists against her eyes and slowly, the realization that it was yet again Saturday morning dawned upon her. Grabbing the alarm clock from her bedside table, she noticed the battery already ran out and then threw it nonchalantly to her bed. The thing about being alone in your cabin was that you never had priorities. More appropriately, you never had the motivation to do whatever you had to do simply because there wasn’t anyone to get you started on your day. Damn advanced archery classes. Audrey finally had the audacity to leave her bed, thinking she was already late anyway and murmuring, “Well, shit.”

As she took a five-minute shower and jogged all the way to the archery field, Audrey couldn’t bother feeling guilty. It wasn’t her fault she happened to pass Chiron’s test and go on to advanced archery, was it? Neither was it on her shoulders to actually show up every damn time. She saw everyone already in place and shrugged, holding back a smirk because of all their disappointed stares.

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Are gods always so easily bored? Or is it just you and your constant feel unrequited love in the air?

It will do. For now. Moving on.

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I can summon lightning. Is that good enough for your daughter-of-Zeus standards?

That it? You’re a daughter of Zeus. Gotta be more to it.

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I shoot arrows, y'know, like your twin brother.

What do you do?

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What about me?

That’s a common misconception. Unrequited love isn’t only in the beginning. But more or less, yeah, that’s it. Now, I do think I’ve said too much about myself, let’s hop on to you, shall we?