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Who: Everyone at camp.
What: Apollo's sacred day.
Where: The ampitheater.
When: August 7, 8:30 PM.
Why: Apollo's at camp today, and as the god of music, he's holding a dance.

It was decided at the meeting of the summer gods, the Summer Solstice, but it took Apollo physically coming to the Big House and scolding Mr. D for being lazy and not putting up any fliers to actually get the god of wine to do it, a week in advance.

Apollo prides himself on being the god of just about everything - though Mr. D would say, out of the cocky god's earshot, that he's the god of everything nobody else wanted to be the god of. Because of this, he's always had a self-assured attitude which is sometimes hard to deal with.

Because of this, when he decided he was going to throw a dance for the demigods towards the end of the summer as a reward for accepting children of other pantheons into their Greek camp so well, most of the other gods decided to just let him have it rather than argue. (Considering that Hera and Zeus had gotten into three separate spats since the Solstice began, they'd all had enough godly screaming for one meeting.)

So at about 8:30 on the nose - since he's used to following a tight schedule on the sun chariot and he's excited about this, he'll be on time - a flaming, bright red Maserati drives up to the ampitheater. Apollo doesn't even have to lift a finger for the trunk to open, and speakers as well as state of the art DJ equipment rise up onto a platform. He waves his hand, and club music with a thumping bassline starts playing.

(Never say that Apollo doesn't like to make an entrance.)

Requests will be taken all night by Apollo, who will be manning the dj booth as well as making up freestyle haikus. He's one of the more amicable gods, especially to his kids, which he's hosted more of at Camp Half Blood and Camp Jupiter combined than any other god. He's charming and younger looking than most gods, with a cocky smile and sandy hair.
If you're a pretty girl, he might hit on you.

(Apologies in advance. He'd say old habits die hard because he's right. Sorry, Hunters of Artemis.)

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[Ven's bearing Heather's mark in his wardrobe, but unlike the other guys he managed to get a tiny more leeway in his clothing. He's not wearing a suit, nor even a jacket, but instead an off-white shirt topped by a dark green sweater vest and charcoal-gray slacks (although he does have a tie tucked under that sweater). She's seen him dance before, she gets that he likes freedom of movement for it, so she's less fanatical about making him fancy.]

[He's spending a lot of time on the dance floor, because he really does like to dance, and he's good at it. A lot of that time is claimed by Heather since she also likes to dance, but not all of it, so if anyone wants a partner he might be available. If he's not dancing, he'll be circulating around the edge of the floor, maybe getting a sandwich or a cup of soda but generally not eating all that much.]

[Wow, he had no idea that Ven was a dancer. That was actually kind of cool. John doesn't spend very much time (try none) on the dance floor, but he can't help gravitating towards one of the few people he's come relatively close to. You know, being family and all.]

[It was kind of hard to believe the summer was just about over.]

Wow, you're a complete maniac out there.

[He can also sing, but that one he shows off much less often. Not that he goes out of his way to dance, but dancing can be done in groups, and singing is usually a solo activity. Hence doing it much less often. But he'll turn when he hears John behind him, with a casual grin on his face and a cup of water in his hand during one of his breaks from the floor.]

It's a lot of fun - I haven't seen you out there, you're not gonna try it?

[One of these days they will have to get together and be musical. John can play a mean piano.]

Hahaha, yeah, no. I would make dance-floor disaster in no time flat. No one needs to see that.

[Maybe they aren't Apollo kids, but they could be entertaining!]

[But unlike a lot of other people, Ven won't push John into trying something he's uncomfortable with doing, especially since this isn't training.] Okay, if you say so. Want to get something to eat?

Now you're talking, hehehe.

[Snacks are always a good idea, and okay, even with Mr. D. guarding the table, nothing was going to deter him.]

So, uh. Are you ...staying year round?

[Mr. D was kind of annoying, yeah, but if you just sort of stayed under his radar it was pretty easy to avoid him. He seemed to like going out of his way to cause trouble to the campers easily riled, so Ven just didn't let it get to him. A sandwich is grabbed and he moves away from the table fairly quickly to not spoil that track record.]

I have to, I don't really have anywhere to go back to if I don't. I'm MIA in whatever records Oregon's keeping, after all, and Mom can't really take care of me. Not to mention the monsters.

[Despite what he's saying, he's not angsting about it at all. His first decade of life was unpleasant, but since arriving at camp, things have been much better.]

I haven't heard of anyone being a "summer camper" at Camp Jupiter; we had New Rome in the valley, so we didn't need to leave it for school or anything.

[John had a feeling he was becoming One Of Those Campers, what with all his visits to the Big House. He mostly dealt with Chiron, but ngh, he did his best to stay out of Mr. D's way in case he was on the guys shitlist for being a pain in the ass.]

[He nods to Ven's explanation but doesn't comment on it. Not exactly a pleasant subject to stay on.]

Oh, right. I'd forgotten about the New Rome thing. It's kind of hard to believe the summer is already almost over. I kind of feel like I just got here, you know?

[Chiron was actually pretty great. Not that Ven had a lot of contact with him, but the centaur reminded him of the teacher that had helped save his life when he was six, when the first monster attacked. At the very least, Chiron cared about the campers; it was pretty obvious to everyone that Mr. D didn't.]

Yeah, but you'll be back - I think I heard someone say that a lot of people come back here for school holidays and stuff, too, at least if they live anywhere close by. Maybe you can come back for semester break or something.

[ Heather's making her way back to him, having wandered away to request a few songs from Apollo himself. She looks as if she's hardly broken a sweat and that's basically true. If she can control her appearance, she can certainly control the state of her makeup.

She sashays through the clearing and does a little spin on her toes before landing in front of him. ]

So, when can I see where your true talents are, Ven?

[He sees Heather coming up to him out of the corner of his eye and turns to face her, since he knows she's coming for him. He's fully expecting her to just drag him back out on the dance floor, so the question gets him a little puzzled.]

We've danced almost every song so far, what do you mean?

[ She has a never-ending supply of energy, it seems like, but she'll take a break for a moment to rest her feet at least. ]

I mean, your other dancing talents! Didn't you mention you could do fancy things or did I make that up in my head?

[He's a bit puzzled at that - yeah, he can do other things, but he doesn't really advertise it. ~~Honestly, he's not sure how he even learned to do it in the first place; maybe combat training helped more than he knew.~~]

I... you're serious?

As serious as serious can be.

[ Her smiles broadens and she even waggles her eyebrows playfully. Come on now, how can you resist this scheming face? ]

For a friend? I'll totally do something, anything you want, if you do this for me.

Come on, Heather, you know I don't trade in favors. [It's true, and he's one of the few Roman kids to not use that as a form of barter a lot. It's fair to trade things, yeah, but he doesn't like feeling like people are indebted to him or something.] But you know I don't like showing off.

You're a really good dancer Ven!

[Naomi catches him when he's circulating the edge of the floor, utterly impressed.]

Thanks! [He'll grin back at her, accepting the compliment for what it is, then looks around.] I think my partner's grabbed someone else for this song, so do you wanna dance with me instead?

Really?

[She grins, face lighting up as she nods.]

Sure!

[Naomi really isn't much of a dancer, seeing as her dancing consists of spinning and swaying. But she'll be watching Ven, trying to mimic some of his moves.]

[He's not doing anything fancy at this dance - yet, at least. Leave that to Heather. There's not all that much room to dance with all the campers everywhere, which is another reason for not going all out, but it's clear he's very coordinated and athletic, easily able to stay on his feet and do more than he's doing right now. He's more following along with Naomi right now than anything because of the space issue, but it's nice to be with someone having fun.]

So you're liking this camp so far?

[She spins, laughing at how her dress flares out. Ven's question makes her nod.]

Mmhmm! At first I didn't like it too much but it's turned out to be a lotta fun.

[A small pause, she bites her bottom lip.]

... Even if it's kinda scary at times. 'm really excited to go home though... But 'm gonna miss everybody.

You think I could visit?

[He was going to pull her into more of a swing-dance style of dancing, but at her more serious reaction to his question than he intended, Ven holds off. Clearly she's nervous about something, and he'll do his best to help rectify that. He smiles at the question.]

Sure you can - I've already heard other people making plans about what they're gonna do over the winter break, and a lot of them weren't year-round. If you can find a way back here, I'm sure everyone will be glad to see you.

[She's just going to miss everybody. And she really hates how everyone who told her the summer would go by quickly when she first arrived as a crying mess was right.]

Then 'm gonna try and visit during my break! I bet if I ask really nicely Tai could bring me... If he's not busy doing goat-man things...

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