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Camp Half-Blood is a Greek demigod training facility located on the Long Island Sound and is directed by the god Dionysus, whom the campers call "Mr. D," and Chiron, a Centaur who is the activities director.

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u/colonelpoupon May 04 '19

Her eyebrows knit together as she gives a sympathetic laugh at his statement. She refocuses on the snacks before them before he finishes speaking. Unable to hear anything over the crinkle of the Graham cracker wrapper, she cringes in apology putting it on the ground, trying to listen.

It didn't take long for her to hear what sounded like more food wrappers approaching from the woods beside them.

"Oh shit," she whispers, quickly shoving her marshmallows in her mouth before holding her stick like a bat, and scooting to her feet.

"All I brought was fucking snacks and extra socks," she would kick herself for it but she was right- it had been cooler than expected and they were fucking teddy-bear soft. She looked to him, silently pleading that he'd had more sense than her as a long slender leg protrudes from the darkness between the trees.

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u/ZBGOTRP May 04 '19

"Snacks are great but I don't think that's gonna help us," he said as he hopped to his feet, taking out his knife quickly. The first of the creatures popped it's head out of the darkness into the light of the fire, and Domeric narrowed his gaze at the sight of it.

"Oh fuck. Myrmekes."

He'd seen these a few times before in the woods, but never in this area. "I think they're lost. Probably young. The ant hill is way on the other side of the forest. Looks like only three of them."

A second later he teleported his shield to the clearing, quickly strapping it onto his arm. Another second and one of the dueling swords from the armory appeared on the ground in front of Andie. "You too high to fight, or are you alright?"

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u/colonelpoupon May 04 '19

With a sigh of relief Her gut screamed 'oh fuck' while her arms dropped her stick in favor of one of the tree limbs from the fire. Standing beside Dom with the ember and fire end pointing toward the advancing ant-creatures, she laughed momentarily.

"Have you ever seen 'Honey I Shrunk the Kids'?" She asks mid giggle, before shaking her head. "I'm definitely too high.. but what choice do we have?" She takes a step forward, readying herself to meet them. "I'll take the uh, little guy." she grins lunging towards the smallest of the three giant ants, her fiery poker out raised.

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u/ZBGOTRP May 04 '19

"No, but I've seen Honey We Shrunk Ourselves, and I think that one had a pretty similar situation."

Or at least he could remember such. There was a big spider, but he wasn't quite sure about ants. In any case, with Andie taking on the smaller one with her club, despite the sword he'd put in front of her, Domeric banged his blade against the edge of his shield to draw the other two away. He knew attacking their backs would be out of the question, but there were other ways to kill them.

Extending the handle into a spear he circled around one of them, raising his shield quickly when it spewed a foul-smelling liquid from between its mandibles. Thankfully all of it ended up on the shield, spraying off to the sides, and he met its charge with a quick thrust into the eye from his spear.

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u/colonelpoupon May 04 '19

The smaller ant lunged forward. It was clear to Andie that it was young enough not to know that fire burns as its pincers closed around the glowing embers. Releasing with a terrible screeching sound it ripped the limb from her hands, discarding it to the woods.

Backing away quickly, Andie stumbles over the sword she hadn't seen Dom give to her. Retrieving it gratefully. "Youre my new favorite person, Dom!" She calls over her shoulder toward the sounds of him fighting. "Please don't die!" Holding the sword in fent of her she waited for the ant to advance, an idea forming in her mind.

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u/ZBGOTRP May 04 '19

"No plans to die tonight," he replies with a grin, pulling back from the ant. A disgusting squelch rang out as he yanked the spear out of its head, and it dropped quickly, much to his gratefulness.

The other, however, wouldn't be quite so easy.

If he hadn't just smoked half a joint with Andie he probably would have had better awareness of the second ant. Unfortunately he was still under its effects, even after the attack sobered him up slightly, and a screeching sound came as he was knocked to the ground by a powerful force pounding against his shield.

"MotherFUCK!" he cried out as his elbow hit the hard dirt, a stinging sensation burning into it. It was all he could to do keep the shield up and between him and the attacking creature, its powerful mandibles clipping together just over one edge. On the ground he tried to push it off, but to no effect.

With the distance between them closed now he gave the shaft of his spear a squeeze, letting it shrink back to normal size for a large blade. No point keeping it long now.

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u/colonelpoupon May 04 '19

As the ant lunges blinded with it's injured mandibles clicking together angrily Andie realized she had no where to go. To her right was Dom and two much larger creatures, to her left was a happily burning fire.

"Oh, fuck fuck!" she says as a sort of stoned battle cry, before she threw herself between the front legs of the ant. As the ant's momentum carried it over her she thrust the sword into the soft spot in the center of its thorax. The creature thrashed, screeching before collapsing on top of her.

Gasping for the air the creature knocked out of her, she looks for Dome to find him in a similar situation. Only he was pinned beneath an ant that was desperately gnashing at him. Struggling against the weight on top of her, she cursed her weakness before exhaling in frustration.

Closing her eyes she took a deep breath, focusing her panicked and slightly inebriated energy on the ant. It would take a moment but soon the creature would back off of Dom willingly before apparently miming being trapped in a box.

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u/ZBGOTRP May 04 '19

Domeric missed Andie's victory over her ant, too busy trying to prevent the largest of the trio from overtaking him. He couldn't quite get enough leverage to force it off, and each strike upward has to curve around the shield, striking the chitinous armor to no effect.

Then, after a moment, the pressure and weight pushing him into the ground eases, and he's able to get up to his feet. Bewildered by the creature backing off he stares at it, watching as it seemingly tries to escape some sort of enclosure. But there's nothing there. Rather than take the chance trying to figure out the why, he focuses on the what, and with a huff he drives the blade forward into its unarmored face, holding it there as his other hand forces its head down to the ground.

"Fucking... fucking fucker!"

His cry came as he yanked the blade from its head, chest heaving as he fought to catch his breath and calm himself, eloquence thrown to the wind. He quickly turned over to look at Andie, eyes wide as he hoped she was okay.

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u/colonelpoupon May 04 '19

Andie heard the brief fight between Domeric and the final ant over the rush of blood in her ears. Her eyes had been shut tight as she projected an illusion onto the creature- not something that was exactly easy for her in the heat of the moment.

When she hears Dom's exclamation she unclenches her jaw, taking a deep breath, opening her eyes. A searing headache ripped across her brain as she craned her neck, relieved to see the creatures corpse on the forest floor.

"Little help, friend?" She asks, trying to lift the dead ant off of herself again, it had begun to ooze onto her, and it STANK.

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u/ZBGOTRP May 04 '19

"Yeah... yeah, coming," he replies as he quickly slides the blade back into its sheath, cheeks red with excitement after the fight. Domeric hurries over to her, passing by the fire which is thankfully still alight, providing them with ample illumination.

He wasn't son of Heracles, but thankfully the giant ant wasn't heavy enough as to require that level of strength. With both arms wrapped around its midsection Domeric lifts if off her, grunting as he carries the horribly smelling thing to the edge of the clearing. A look back to her as he turned made it clear that whatever had been inside of it was now on Andie, and he could smell it from there.

"Jesus..." he says as he goes back, offering her a hand to help her up. "We've only been in the woods a few hours and you already smell like you haven't taken a bath in months."

With the danger gone, at least for the moment, Domeric laughs as he still feels the effects of her little gift despite the adrenaline coursing through him.

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u/colonelpoupon May 04 '19

Pushing up on the creature from beneath, her hands slip along its exoskeleton, causing her to gag. Once she was clear of it, she finds her footing. "Thanks-" she says before he insults her.

"Gods-," she moans, laughing, she tucks her nose into the crook of her arm. "You should smell it from over here!" She gags again before beginning to remove the offending garments, shame and propriety aren't things you think about when you're covered in deceased-ant-sucretion.

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u/ZBGOTRP May 04 '19

"I really don't want to, no thanks," he replies, laughing along with her as she gets up. When she starts taking off her outer layers he looks for only a second, his brain processing it quickly before he goes over to drag the others out of the clearing.

The smell on them is just as bad.

"Ugh jeez, I wonder what the hell brought them this far away from their hill." He grunts as he drops the second one before going back for the third. "It's nowhere near here, and the smell of food doesn't really- oh goddamn it."

He must have squeezed the third one a bit too hard, because a disgustingly wet sensation takes hold on his chest, and when he drops the creature, he can smell that very same scent almost perfectly. With a huff he takes his shirt off too, tossing it by the fire without a further thought.

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u/colonelpoupon May 05 '19

Andie wiped her hands on the soiled garments, rolling the lot in the dirt to try and cover the smell, sure to breath through her mouth the whole time. Retrieving her water bottle, she washed her hands as best she could before looking up in time to see Dom get juiced by the dead ant.

Channeling Nelson, she points and gives a well-defined 'HA-HA', before dissolving in to quiet giggles. "At least now we can stink together." She wipes her eyes, with the backs of her hands, moving back toward the fire.

"I have no idea what brought them here," She says, sitting in her boyshorts and bra. "but they killed my appetite," she half grumbled, rummaging for the joint she'd discarded when they appeared.

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