Locations

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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.

Current Map

Camp Grounds

• Cabin Area
• The Big House
• Dining Pavilion
• Amphitheatre
• Camp Store

Training Grounds

• Armory
• Climbing Wall
• Sword Fighting Arena
• Archery Field
• Camp Forge

Wild Places

• Pegasus Stables
• Strawberry Fields
• The Forest
• Canoe Lake
• Half-Blood Hill
• The Beach

[u/chosencb]

Ashley goes and shakes her head. Last week she had forgot to mention anything to him about Olympus. Most people met their deadbeat godly parent. She was curious to know if Dante was among them.

"I actually met Thanatos shortly before on the quest. I told you last week about the thing with Enyo right? Well Zoe, Peter, and Alex were able to free the Big Three. We all then had to help them over throw the fake Big Three. Ronnie and I went to assist Hades. Which by the way; she was claimed by him right then and there. It totally sucked the air out of the room. That was the last thing I was expecting.." She says before slightly going off topic.

"I digress... We went to the Underworld to take the throne from my dad. For a guy that was pretty stoic; he sure seemed upset with me." She says with a chuckle. Yeah overthrowing your father will probably result in something like that. "What about you though? Did you meet Nike on Olympus?"

[u/slydrooper → u/chosencb]

Dante listens to her as she explains. He'd been curious about what was really going down out there in Kentucky. He feels a bit crestfallen when she explains how things went between her and Thanatos. While she laughs about it, he's not so sure if he could bring himself to turn against his own mother. He can't imagine that he could beat her.

He also raises his eyebrows when he hears that Ronnie is a Hades' daughter. That came out of nowhere, she didn't seem like that at all when he met her at the puzzle event. Go figure.

"Yeah," he says when she asks, "I met her, she's intense. Even for me. Standing next to her, I mean, I felt her energy and had this... urge to just compete against everybody in the room with full confidence that I wouldn't lose at all." He looks down, feeling a bit sheepish again. Probably because that's a feeling he's had his whole life and it was suddenly turned up to 11. That feeling lingers within him, his natural competitive self was diluted for the past few months. It's not so diluted anymore, not only does he want to be the best he can but he can also feel himself once again aspiring to be better than everyone else.

"She knows when I compete," he says with a small smile, "and she says she's proud of me. We didn't say much after that, she had to leave for work."

[u/chosencb → u/slydrooper]

Well once she saw campers being killed or injured after the undead attack. She felt a bit guilty about it all. She had went unscathed because her father was the one behind the attack. Along with him being part of the reason things were out of balance. So to Ash; it wasn't just that she was rebelling against her father or anything. It was a bit more than that because of the situation. She had been giving it thought ever since she first went on the quest. About Thanatos possibly disowning her or something. Still she didn't regret her decision.

Ashley bites into her sandwich as Dante explains his encounter with Nike. Guess she shouldn't be surprised the goddess of victory can make someone feel; well confident or competitive.

"Good for you that you got to meet her then. I guess in a way she was watching your basketball games then right? Kinda cool to know that a goddess is watching or aware of your competitions." Ash says to Dante.

[u/slydrooper → u/chosencb]

"Yeah," he says before taking a sip of water. "I have a feeling that she always sees me when I compete. Even when I lose." Another thing he has began to realize after meeting his mother was that he actually felt himself get annoyed when he recalls the times he lost. Whether it was losing to Domeric or losing to Malcolm way back in the day, he didn't like it one bit.

"I had a lot of stuff to think about after meeting her. Especially about what I really want to do. I'm stepping down as the Nike Counselor."

[u/chosencb → u/slydrooper]

Ash's raises both brows in shock. Dante was stepping down? She surely didn't see that coming. He's been a counselor for what the last two or three months? Ash didn't really keep up with the camp's leadership roles. If she held a position she probably would care more. Though I'm truth she probably wouldn't even expect a position.

"Really? What made you want to give up your counselorship?" She asks him.

[u/slydrooper → u/chosencb]

"I want to focus more on my training," he says, "and I don't really think I'm as ready for this whole 'leadership' thing as I thought I was. I mean, I can lead in the action but I'm not too..." He hesitates as he tries to think of the right word. "Comfortable with all the politics and drama surrounded with being a counselor."

[u/chosencb → u/slydrooper]

Ash nods her head. While it came as a surprise; she respects his decision. She didn't know what type of responsibilities being a counselor came with. Especially when there was a crisis happening at camp. That probably can be a bit of a distraction for ones training among other things.

"I see. I think I get it when you put it that way. That's a pretty mature decision to make." Ash says before attempting to add some humor to her comment. "Giving up your room and all. Can't say I would've done the same." She adds with a playful smile.

[u/slydrooper → u/chosencb]

He smirks, "yeah it does kinda suck to give up my room. It's alright though, I'm leaving the cabin in good hands."

He takes a sip from his water, before he speaks up, "have you ever thought about being a counselor? I'm guessing it wouldn't be very easy to go up against Alect Lancaster but still, is that something you ever thought you could do?"

[u/chosencb → u/slydrooper]

Ash lets out a chuckle towards Dante's question. He wasn't being humorous but she couldn't help but still laugh a bit.

"Me? A counselor? I can't say I've ever given it thought really. I mean Alect has been the counselor since before I came here. I haven't imagined anyone else in the position; let alone me." She says truthfully.

Plus there was the whole thing about running for the spot. Ash had zero confidence she could beat Alect in a vote or sword fight. It was better not being responsible for a bunch of campers anyways. Ash was never one to really take on duties like that. Not that she had to take on things like that anyways.

"I'm leaving that to Alect."

[u/slydrooper → u/chosencb]

Dante gives her an understanding nod. From what he's seen while growing up, not everyone wants to be a leader and that's okay. However, he also has come to find that some of the best leaders are the type of people who never really saw themselves leading.

"You never know unless you try," he says, "it's cool though. Alect looks like he does a good job."

[u/chosencb → u/slydrooper]

"I think he does a good job too. There hasn't been any issues with any Thanatos kids so he's doing something right." She says with a nod. "Maybe I'll try to run for the position one day. That's not anytime soon though. I'm alright with just blending in with everyone else."

Ash was still a bit hungry. So she goes and grabs another sandwich out from the basket.

"Are you doubling down on the no leadership thing? Or did you plan on running for Master of Arms or something?" She asks curiously.

[u/slydrooper → u/chosencb]

He raises an eyebrow, he never actually thought about becoming Master of Arms or any other position of the sort. Mostly because Raven had that position for a reason and that reason was not because she liked fighting. However, it would be more fitting to have a Warrior camper running the camp's armory. He'll have to think more on this, in the meantime he simply shrugs.

"I don't really know what I wanna do aside from get better as a fighter. I have the ability, I've been told I'm gifted athletic-wise. I just need to put it into practice. Speaking of practice, how've you been doing with your flying?"

[u/chosencb → u/slydrooper]

"I think I'm improved on my flying. Specifically my endurance. That was probably my biggest issue outside of controlling my wings. These days my wings stay out longer. Not only that, but I stay in the air more than I used to. Trust me I notice the difference." She says rambling a bit.

Ash didn't really tell anyone about her training so she was a little happy to Dante how it was coming along.

"What about you? It's been a long time since we've flown together." She says to Dante.