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Hazel Mires | 21 | Daughter of Athena Archery and Battle Strategy Instructor. Cabin Six Counselor. Hailing from Bath. "Sometimes the strongest women are the ones who love beyond all faults, cry behind closed doors, and fight battles that nobody knows about."

[viv---casey]

Vivienne giggles as she knocks on a cabin’s door. Her breath smells of alcohol, which explains why she seems to have come to the decision that standing is too much effort and promptly slides down to a seated position–– her fist still tapping incessantly against the wood.

[hazelmires]

Hazel pulls open the door to cabin six, a smile already on her face. “About time you, wait.” The blonde’s eyes narrowed, staring at her friend before sighing and leaning against the door frame. “You are un-fucking-believable, we agreed we wouldn’t start drinking without each other!”

[halvgods]

character aesthetics + hazel mires

“anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. but to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.”

[hazelmires]

mikey-brooks:

Mikey nodded, with his tender smile still on his expression. After entering the cabin with Hazel right behind him, he couldn’t help but notice all the differences that this new cabin came with. It was still the Hephaestus cabin, still in the same spot but maybe a bit bigger now– but it was becoming painfully obvious to Mikey that it’d never feel quite like it did before the war. “I don’t know what we want to do. We can watch something,” He offered, dropping his bags of junk food onto his bed. “Or, we could play a game. Or… I don’t know,” He sighed. “–What are you even supposed to do on your 18th birthday?”

Following Mikey into cabin nine, trying to not to falter in her footsteps as she looked around.  She hasn’t been inside the Hephaestus cabin as much as before the war.  Her eyes drifted around, lingering on the beds that use to belong to Andi and Brielle, and could only look at Sean’s for a short amount of time before turning her back to them to face Mikey again, putting another smile on her face - though this time it was slightly more forced.  She dropped the bags next the pile the birthday boy himself was carrying, giving him her full attention so that she wouldn’t start looking around what use to be a second home to her.  “That’s the beauty of it being your birthday, we’re going to do whatever you want to.”

[hazelmires]

sophie–lee:

“Besides training?” Sophie repeated, “Not much, it’s been kind of quiet for me, so I’ve been getting to know some of the other campers a bit better, which is nice. How about you?“

Hazel smiled, moving to bump Sophie’s shoulder. “Good, I told you that the others around here are nice.  Though I haven’t really been up to anything.  Teaching, training, counselor meetings, nothing terribly exciting I’m afraid.”

[hazelmires]

brentvale:

Brent liked running because it allowed him to leave everything behind. All he needed to focus on was whatever was directly in front of him; the rest became noise and noise and noise. The sun wasn’t even an hour risen, and camp was starting to wake. The smell of breakfast wafted from the dining hall. After taking a lap around the border— as was his custom— Brent headed back to the cabins. He saw someone else nearby and slowed to a jog, stopping a few feet from them. “Morning,” he greeted breathlessly, wiping the sweat from his brow.

Hazel was sitting on the steps of her cabin, leaning against the railing as she read a book.  She could smell breakfast as it drifted it’s way towards the cabins, but the blonde made no sign of getting ready to stand up, instead just picking up her mug of coffee and taking a sip.  Hearing a familiar voice call out, Hazel finally lifted her head away from the pages, smiling lightly when she saw the son of Ares.  “Morning, have a good run then?”

[hazelmires]

sophie–lee:

Sophie smiled up at the head of her cabin. “Thanks, Hazel.” She said softly, only now noticing how tired and hungry she was, linking arms with Hazel, she started off towards the dining hall, “Some food does sound nice right about now.”

Hazel let out a small laugh, walking alongside her sister towards the dining hall.  “You don’t have to thank me, although I thought it might sound pretty brilliant.”  She looked her shoulder quickly, making sure they had everything before focusing back on where they were going.  “So, besides training, what have you been up to, Soph?”

[hazelmires]

raemccray:

A triumphant smirk graced Rae’s face as Hazel gave her nod of approval. “And, who was it who doubted my skills?” She leans in, as if trying to listen for an answer, “Oh, right, that’d be you.” With a wink she fetched her own cup and poured herself some of the smoothie. “Never doubt my skills, Hazel Mires, I’m queen of everything.”

Seeing Rae grab a second glass, Hazel shrugged, pulling hers back to take another sip.  She quickly swallowed through a mouthful when Rae spoke up, pointing her finger at her. “Oi, I was not doubting you, I was doubting Pinterest. Huge difference, you prat.”

[hazelmires]

sophie–lee:

“No.” Sophie thinks for a second, “Well, at least not all of my time..” Sophie lets out a sigh before continuing, twirling the sword in her hands, “I just want to get better.”

Hazel cracked a smile, moving to rest her hand on Sophie’s shoulder. “Soph, you have gotten better.  Trust me, it took me a little while to get use to all of the fighting stuff so I know exactly what you’re talking about.  But you can’t run yourself into the ground with nothing but training, you’ll ware yourself out.” She moved to link her arm through her sisters, tugging gently. “Come on, you and I are going to pop on off to the kitchens and get something to eat.”

[kerriganmcguire]

Kerri looked at Hazel when she came out. She shook her head silently at Hazel’s question.

[hazelmires]

Hazel moved forward, reaching to place her mug on the small table next to them before tucking her feet beside her.  She wrapped her arms around her sister, running one through Kerri’s hair.  “Do you want to talk about it?”

[raemccray]

“Okay, but like eight times out of ten they don’t fail me. So I’d say that’s a pretty good track record—Hold on, this is gonna be loud for like, a few seconds.” Rae places the lid on the blender and holds it steady before turning it on, pausing her words until the smoothie is done. She smiles, triumphant with herself, before turning to Hazel again. “Wanna try it?”

[hazelmires]

Hazel looks at the smoothie, raising an eyebrows at the color, before shrugging.  “Why not? Hopefully I won’t get poisoned.” She reaches towards Rae, taking the glass and taking a sip.  She pauses for a second, looking down at the glass before nodding and handing it back.  “Right, that one has my complete approval.”

[kerriganmcguire]

Kerri is seated on the porch of the Athena cabin. She stares down at her coffee trying not to remember what happened last night. her fingers tap against the coffee cup anxiously. Her eyes are bloodshot, not only from lack of sleep but from crying. 

[hazelmires]

Hazel walks out of the front door of the Athena cabin, closing the door softly behind her.  Holding her own mug in her hands, she walked over to the small porch swing beside Kerri, moving the swing with her toes. “Hey.” Hazel knew that Kerri had been awake after she herself fell asleep.  “Did you get any sleep?”

[scout-watson-blog]

Sophie let out a small laugh as Hazel scolded the camper she’d nearly decapitated, “Yeah, I’m fine, thanks.” Sophie smiled, “Pretty happy I didn’t accidentally chop off somebody’s head.”

[hazelmires]

Hazel smiled, reaching up to fix her ponytail that had started to fall apart during her workout.  “That makes two of us.” She looked at the sword still in Sophie’s hand and tilted her head slightly as she playfully narrowed her eyes at her sister.  “Your form’s gotten a lot better, by the way. You haven’t been spending all your time training, have you?”

[gabrielcostas-blog]

Gabriel opens his mouth in shock but before he can speak a tear drips down his face. “I- I look for Kerri.”

[hazelmires]

She shook her head, immediately becoming even more worried when she saw him start to cry.  “She’s not....Kerri’s not here right now, she left just a little bit ago.  Do you need anything?”

[scout-watson-blog]

Sophie was out in the yard training with her sword. She focused in on her movement, completely ignoring the world around her. Then she swung the sword around and narrowly missed the throat of another camper she hadn’t noticed standing behind her. “Gods, I’m so sorry!” She gasps, “Are you okay?”

[hazelmires]

Hazel watched the situation between her sister and another camper, letting out a small sigh as she walked over, pulling an earbud out of her ear.  Stopping next to the camper that had nearly gotten hurt, she crossed her arms as she looked down at them.  “Pay attention to what’s going on around you or you might not be so lucky next time.” She tilted her head in a gesture for the camper to leave, which they quickly did, then turned to face Sophie.  “You alright, darling?”

[mikey-brooks-blog]

Mikey nodded his head. It was still weird to him just how much could actually happen in a year but, hearing Hazel’s laugh made his minuscule smile brighten a bit more. “–O’course, you can,”  He responded as he let her take some of the junk food from his arms. “…I couldn’t decide, so, I just went with everything that sounded good.” He confessed.

[hazelmires]

Hazel made sure she had her bag was still on her shoulder before taking multiple bags, looking at them. She nodded her head in approval before skillfully adjusting the bag of pretzels so she could open them as soon as they got inside.  “I’d say that this is pretty much the entire kitchen, but between the two of us we can eat this no problem.”

[gabrielcostas-blog]

Gabriel walks to the Athena cabin. He didn’t eat much for dinner in preparation for this conversation but he still feels like he’s going to be sick. He walks to the door and raises his hand to knock, tears already rising to his eyes. Taking a breath, Gabriel raps on the door five times, biting his lip in fear.

[hazelmires]

Hazel pulled open the door, the smile she forced onto her face turning into a look of confusion when she saw the look on Gabriel’s face.  Despite barely knowing him, she still immediately became worried for him, and stepped further out onto the porch.  “What’s wrong?”

[raemccray]

“Hey, hey! That was not my fault. The recipe was shitty, my baking skills had nothing to do with it.” She points and Hazel and jokingly squints when she takes some fruit “This shit runs in my blood.”

[hazelmires]

She sees Rae narrow her eyes and slowly bites into the honeydew, watching her best friend add the rest of her fruit medley.  “I’ve eaten enough of your cupcakes to know to never even suggest that. I’m just saying pinterest has even let you down.”