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[halfbloodhillmods]

Who: The entire camp + special guests.
What: Wolves have broken through the camp barriers!
When: Late Wednesday January 29 into early morning on January 30
Where: Various camp locations.
Why: Some canines think they can show Camp Half-Blood who's boss.

It starts with a scream.

The evening harpies, better known as camp's alert system for kids who are out past curfew, have some news for everyone, flying through the camp and shrieking through cabin doors to wake everyone up if they're asleep. (Unless, of course, you're untrained and too young or incapable of fighting tonight. Demeter cabin will be your place of refuge.) After the first call to duty, campers have risen to the occasion with their various plans and promises, patrolling the border and building weapons specifically for their new enemies. The Full Moon passed with only a few howls, much to the surprise of many.

No, these wolves have other plans for the New Moon. Aligned with Gaea and followers of Lycaron, they're a group of six renegades looking for a show and perhaps a tasty snack. One of them just so happens to be in the business of fussing with the Mist, undoing someone's hard work to let in her comrades.

They've got bared teeth, blood on their nails, and a penchant for chaos. Camp, it's time to wake up.

Comments

[moointhedark]

I also got stink bombs.

I could probably just cause a big distraction or something and keep them busy. [Maybe write them a poem, too.]

[lefthandedgenius]

"And what about the people where who welcomed you here?" Rather than getting strident about it, Lydia keeps her tone gentle. Gods, she wishes right now more than anything that she actually had charmspeak. "The ones who gave you an apple, who helped you find out who you are? Of course you want to avenge your mother...would she want you to hurt all of these people in order to do it?"

Carefully, Lydia reaches out and touches Allison's shoulder. "This isn't you. I mean, I've only known you a little while, and even I know this isn't you."

[ospreyed]

It's fine. Charlie's built a fort and he and Naomi are probably one more snickers away from a sugar high.

[If she could get any sort of high right now, that'd be swell. Or at least just have something to smoke.]

I'm clawing at the walls here. I hate being cooped up. [She was something of a claustrophobe.]

[ospreyed]

Yeah? Outside they've got silver, which is gonna do a lot more damage.

You're not allowed to play the hero and cause a distraction. That's a one-way ticket to getting caught. [Another thing she knew.]

[pyrkagia]

[Dany feels shaky on her feet - that took a lot out of her - but Lydia helps to solidify her, at least a little bit. She is the blood of the dragon. She can do this.

She takes Lydia's hand in her own, - the whip hand, the cool one, and nods to her, shaking it a little as if to say 'yes, I am strong, I can do this'.]

I would think it's far better to be a rich madwoman than a poor one in any case.

[industria]

[ One finger through the first ring dagger, then the other. She spins them around her fingers until she can curl her hands around the grips. This is when she's supposed to advance, put him out of the misery that awaits, but she finds herself glued to the spot.

She blinks and hardly realizes that her eyes are filled with tears. Stupid, stupid, stupid. This idiot, look at her crying for a boy. ]

You can't - I can't let that happen to you.

[lifeoflies]

[She shifts back into a human and leans down to whisper in Scott's ear]

Enjoy the next full moon, little wolf.

[And she's off]

[usernameallison]

[His entire body's shaking because it's not used to the sensations, and he needs to get to that Apollo cabin, to a singer and fast, because he doesn't know this for sure but he knows the signs of bleeding out and his heart is pounding faster and faster and - is she crying?

Is he crying? His mind's so far gone right now he can barely tell.]

I'll - I'll learn to control it. I'll own it, if it happens to me. I can do that. I'm strong, Allison, I-I promise.

[lefthandedgenius]

Crazy girls are the new hotness. And for you, that's literal.

[Lydia gives her a grin.]

[somatophylax]

Hephaistion had never met Sky before nor knew anything about her more than vague recognition, but they were patrolling the same area, and that sword carried by someone her size was a bit difficult to miss.

He signaled her with a flash of his shield as he approached, and he didn't speak until he was near so he didn't have to raise his voice. "It's been clear so far back that way," he indicated the way that he'd come from. "Have you seen anything?"

[industria]

[ Allison's heard both Elizabeth and Lydia try to talk her down from the each. They'd both made some considerable progress with her but this sight shakes her to the core. She isn't heartless. All of this is further proof of such.

Come to think of it, Skadi wasn't heartless either.

Allison's hands tremble and she wipes her eyes with the back of her black leather glove. ]

People will hunt you, people like -- like me.

LEMME TRY DIS AGAIN

[hyperactivewolf]

[Did someone call for a wolf?

Because one certainly comes crashing through the woods, tumbling straight into a patch of strawberries. Getting back up onto all fours the brown wolf shakes out his fur, for a moment looking like an overgrown puppy.

Then he spots the two girls with weapons. Oh man, and here he thought sneaking through the strawberries would be easy!]

[somatophylax]

['Judge' would be too strong a word, but no news is better than bad news.]

From what few reports I've heard, there aren't many attackers. It seems that most of the camp has gone to face them.

[He glances around, straining to hear anything] Mind if I join you up there for a moment?

[industria]

Allison flinches, acting as if she's touched her with something very cold. She doesn't pull away because the touch -- it's actually comforting. It almost feels as if she hasn't really been hugged in quite some time.

Allison's face briefly softens until she clenches her jaw and shakes her head.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt anyone in camp, I really didn't. This is my life," she explains, her voice too soft, "this is how I'm supposed to be." Allison begins to back away, towards the edge of the roof. "I'm sorry, Lydia."

[unstinting]

It's a big roof and I wouldn't mind the company.

[He slides down to the edge to drop the end of the rope he climbed up down to Hephaistion.]

Yeah, things seem quiet here. Most of the noncombatants are in Demeter Cabin, I think.

[creepyfreezone]

"Eight cabins, two trees, and four arrows," Sky answered cheerfully, her answer coming out mechanically and without much fanfare as she listed out totally harmless objects. "But if you mean threats, no, nothing like that."

She was a bit sad her sensor-net idea wasn't completed yet, but with the sudden requirement of weapon adjustments to fight enemies immune to gold and bronze she was put to different tasks. She didn't seem to be at all concerned in this situation and carried an inhuman confidence. "I wonder if I'll have to fight for real, I've never been in any real combat. Just the practice ones they hold for the demigods."

[usernameallison]

I know.

[It looks as if he's almost trying to mentally gesture to the incoming people with guns and army jackets, because he's kind of afraid to move his arms right now.]

I'm good. You know I'm good- you don't have to do this, Allison. I swear to...swear to the gods. All of 'em. Please...

[biggerbark]

That pain she can deal with, the incessant pecking. It's the boy she has to worry about. Quickly, she lifts her snout and catches the spear between her teeth. The force makes her lose her balance but at least she has a grip on his weapon and she growls, trying to pull it away from him like a very violent game of tug of wawr.

[pyrkagia]

[There's a genuine smile, and Dany's about to utter something that she feels fits the moment, but it's something that she doesn't often say out loud- and then she hears footsteps in the strawberries and turns on her heels, whip at the ready.

She looks to Lydia, a newfound confidence in her eyes, and speaks softly.]

Now, Lydia.

[open]

[dandylicious]

[Truth be told, Lydia had been right earlier on in the day. Courfeyrac as scared as hell. He'd never been on a proper mission, he'd never really given much thought to wielding his weapons or doing anything remotely badass. Not when camp had just been a summer getaway... But now it was a year round thing and shit was going down and he? He was positively useless.

He'd never admit to the sound of those harpies screeching giving him the chills, or scaring him as bad as they did. But between this being real and what had happened earlier that day, he was at a loss of what exactly to do.

How he wished he was an Ares kid or something, so he could just go up to one of the wolves and punch it in the face, curse and spit at it, then walk away. That's something they'd do. Most likely not. But he didn't have the chance to walk up to anything or anyone and punch them or even help others.]

[dromomania]

The shaft is hardened ashwood- it's not Gungnir, but it's not easy to break between her jaws. Losing it, however, is a real possibility and Rhys weighs his options quickly, then kicks her as hard as he can in the face, his heavy boots hopefully doing some kind of damage- at least enough to get his spear out of her mouth so he can stab her with it.

[usernameallison]

...what?

[Because Scott has barely time to register what she said before he gets up and groans from the searing pain, then starts hobbling away.]

[somatophylax]

[During his patrols around the cabins, Hephaistion decides to make a pass by the Demeter cabin where he knew the non-combatants were holing up. He sees that someone has undertaken the task of personal guard for them, and Hephaistion nods his approval as he passes.]

Nothing nearby yet. That's the good news so far.

[open]

[toobitter]

[It didn't take Reyna long at all to be battle ready. One might even have wondered if she had slept in her armor. As soon as those harpies screeched, she bolted out of her bed in the Athena cabin and dashed towards the stables, grabbing her spear on the way. Aurum and Argentum remained behind to watch over the cabins per her orders.

Scipio was already on edge, she could tell as soon as she led him out of his stall. But he knew what was going on. Grabbing the gladius she left at his stall, she strapped it to her back and climbed onto the pegasus to ride him bare back.

Her Legion was trained well enough to know to fall into discussed formations-- to remember their training no matter what. She and Scipio chose instead to patrol the grounds from the sky, calling out orders at anything out of the ordinary she noticed.

She would not see a second camp fall.]

[lefthandedgenius]

[Lydia likewise turns, skirting a distance away from Dany as her whip slides into her hand. She flicks a brief gaze toward her fighting partner and toward the woods before she raises her whip, bringing it around to circle just above her head before letting it snap outward.

She's not looking to hurt the wolf - not yet, only if she has to - but she wants to drive it into the woods where the pit traps are.]