Who's Strong and Brave Here to Save the American Way?

[halfbloodhillmods]

Who: Steve Rogers, Annabeth Chase, an NPC demigod...and a surprise
What: Going to get the demigod Tybalt and Dave heard about in Saratoga Springs.
Where: Northern New York
When: May 14-15th
Why: Because Captain America

For once, this quest doesn't have an official prophecy telling the questors to go. This time, it's mostly a warning.

Where the cat and red-eyed one had gone
To save this child they need brains, then brawn.
Siblings two shall go forth
And one shall come into his worth.

But mind the dangers in the Springs
For there shall be one to pull the strings
Of others that are still unknown
And one who will one day atone.

Cheerful little ditty, isn't it?

They had planned to send Annabeth anyway, but the prophecy mentioned siblings so Chiron (reluctantly) told Steve that he was going to get to go on this quest as Edmund was too new. There's no big to-do over this one, though there's still a chance to tell the two good-bye.

Comments

[thestarspangledman]

...Thanks?

[cavalrys]

Yeah. You're... Welcome.

Can I, ah, still kiss you? Or did someone else get there, first?

[thestarspangledman]

Uh. If you'd like to? Why would someone else get there first?

[cavalrys]

I do. But only if you want me to? I don't want you to hate me.

Because, uhm. Have you seen yourself?

[thestarspangledman]

Only in Annabeth's knife. .....I'm pretty sure I could never hate you, Hazel.

[cavalrys]

Oh. Well.... You're kind of a dish. The inside matches the outside.

[That being said, Hazel leans up and kisses him. On the lips.]

[thestarspangledman]

I, uh. [--Well, that's certainly getting him to blush. And give an awkward little smile, to boot.]

...Gosh. Thanks.

[cavalrys]

[for a moment, she was afraid. Afraid that he'd shove her away or lash out. But he didn't. He blushed, the same as her. Hazel smiles up at him as a result, biting down on her lower-lip.]

Uhm, you're welcome?

[Oh no. Was she a bad kisser?]

[thestarspangledman]

[No, Steve is just awkward as all hell. He glances down and rubs the back of his neck a little, looking sheepish.]

I, uh. Gosh.

[cavalrys]

[She chuckles nervously. At this point, well, she may as well say it.]

Sorry. I kinda... I kinda like you.

[thestarspangledman]

Well. Uh. I kinda figured that out. [WHAT DOES HE DO HERE? He has no idea. :C]

[cavalrys]

Okay...

I mean, if you don't like me, you don't need to. I wasn't, ah, expecting you to. At all, really. [She's blushing scarlet.] I wouldn't like me, if I were you.

[thestarspangledman]

I never said that, did I? I think you're real swell. [He ducks his head a little, paying close attention to his feet.]

I just. Well. This is all new.

[cavalrys]

You do?! [She's red as a beet.] I mean, you're really swell, too.

I haven't really... Done anything like this. Not in a long time.

[thestarspangledman]

Um. Me neither. [Well, ever, really. He kind of left that to Bucky.]

[cavalrys]

Good to know.

[She swallows.]

I won't- I mean- I'm not expecting anything. If you don't want to.

[thestarspangledman]

I.....let me think about it? Maybe?

[cavalrys]

Oh. Uhm. Yes. Right.

[The fact that it was awkward didn't make it hurt less. he had to think about it. She was only a maybe. She should have known. He'd never like her. He was a nice boy from a better part of town, with better powers, better looking girls, white girls, all over him now that he came back. And what was she?

Hazel Levesque, the dead girl walking.]

Sure, Steve.

[Trying to hide her hurt, Hazel turned away.] I'll- I'll see you around.

[thestarspangledman]

No, I -- don't be mad, please, I'm just -- I got no idea what I'm doing. Honest. I didn't mean to....I...this is all just. Moving really quickly.

[cavalrys]

I'm not, [She said, blinking rapidly, her voice tight.] I'm not mad, Steve. I can't be mad.

It's fine, I understand.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kissed you. [Back at home, that would have been bad news bears.] I should have known you'd never like a girl like me.

[the earth seemed to move a little, small pieces of what looked like gold and silver springing up around them. Oh no. Not now.]

[thestarspangledman]

What? [He sounds honestly baffled by that statement. Then, a little hurt:] Why would you -- it ain't that. I don't care about that, at all; it's just -- this whole thing...[He gestures to himself, somewhat helplessly.]

It's a lot to get used to. It's weird. It's nothing to do with you, or how you look, or anything; you know I think you're real swell, right?

[cavalrys]

[She squeezes her eyes shut for a moment, trying to stop the metals, trying to focus on Steve, or something or anything.]

I know. You said that. And I think you're really swell, too. I- I get it. I think I do. It's just... your outside finally matches what's inside. [It's a complement.]

Do you really not care? Even boys today, they care. Some of 'em.

[thestarspangledman]

I guess, but that doesn't mean I'm used to it yet.

Of course I don't. Why would I?

[cavalrys]

'cause most people would.

[thestarspangledman]

Well, I guess I'm not most people.