Can I Build It? No.

Hey, Jake Mason, son of Hephaestus. Best friends include Lou Ellen, Margo Lim, and my brother, Zayn. Please don't ask about Jane Blackflower or my demigod powers- they're quite hard to access. Other than, I'd love to get to meet you.

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[cecilia-baum]

Just like Lou and Lauren were too busy doing gods-know-what?

Yes, is there a problem? They abandoned me, I would hardly call them sisters. Well, in a nutshell, you’re a demigod with little-to-no powers, no social life, and who’s probably still in a love with a girl who is literally contractually obligated not to love you back. You’re not exactly a beacon of positive messages.

[jake--mason]

Look, I can't really speak for them, but I'm sure they had a good reason.

... Wow. Okay. Um, rude.

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[cecilia-baum]

Yeah. Thanks.

Nice of you to notice. Listen, the problem with all three of them is that they didn’t know how to use it. And I seriously doubt you of all people are going to change my mind.

[jake--mason]

Hey, give me some credit, I've been cooped up actually learning things in the forge.

Are you seriously talking about your sisters like that? And-- hey, what is that supposed to mean?!

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[cecilia-baum]

Yeah, I am, and I couldn’t be happier. Nothing’s bringing me down.

I’m not upset, okay, I’m not a child. Yeah, my siblings and ‘that Dionysus kid’ left, but I don’t care anymore. See, when I turned seventeen, I got my full magical abilities. I have power, Mason, real magic, and I don’t need anything else.

[jake--mason]

Um... Happy Birthday?

You seem... different, kid. I'm not sure magic is all it's cracked up to be. Look at Lauren-- she barely uses hers and she's perfectly happy in Paris. And Lou maybe uses hers too much, she gets in a lot of trouble, Cece. Oh, and let's not forget our favorite, Daphne the Maniac Ghost. Do you really want that?

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[cecilia-baum]

Oh, wow, I feel sooo bad for her. You know, I feel like if she cared, she might have thrown me a Happy Birthday call or something.

Yeah, I’m not calling you that, sorry, Mason. I grew up, that’s what happened. I realized that I don’t need family or a stupid boyfriend, all I need is power. And I have it.

[jake--mason]

Crap... You're seventeen now. That stupid Hecate curse, it's over, you're free of it now, aren't you?

I get it, things are starting to add up. You're upset Lou and Lauren left and especially Jake-- that Dionysus kid. What do you mean you have power?

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[cecilia-baum]

Oh, please. She left me, us, and if she thinks leaving me some sort of guardian in desperate need of a haircut is enough to make up for it, well she’s wrong.

What, so you just watched while poor little Cece crumpled under all that loneliness and anxiety? I can’t really be mad at, you, Mason. She should have left you instructions or somethings. No worries now, I’m perfectly fine.

[jake--mason]

Cece, you have to understand that it hasn't been easy for Lou. She cares, I know she does, but she just can't be here right now.

My name is Jake, and you're right, I didn't know what to do. But it's obvious, you're not fine. What happened?

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[cecilia-baum]

Oh. Well then you’ve done a shit job. Or a fantastic one, whichever way you wanna look at it.

Either way, you shoudln’t blame yourself, blame your ‘best friend’ because I already do.

[jake--mason]

Hey, cut her some slack. She can't come home, not right now, and she asked me to keep an eye on you so she knew you would at least be safe. But what's gotten into you?

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[cecilia-baum]

Okay, that just sounded incredibly creepy. Like insanely so, I’m considering getting a restraining order.

[jake--mason]

Relax. Lou just asked me to look out for you.

You've changed though.

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[cecilia-baum]

Sure you aren’t.

Don’t get all touchy-feely on me, Mason. The only reason I haven’t thrown serious insults your way is because I know Jane cares a lot about you and I care a lot about her.

[jake--mason]

Oh, Jane. Protecting me from your wrath without even knowing it, sounds just like her. I haven't seen you in quite some time, Cece. Not face to face, anyway, but I've been keeping my eye on you.

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[cecilia-baum]

Please spare everyone the turmoil of having to look at you without a shirt on.

[jake--mason]

Ha-ha. I'll have you know I'm not completely out of shape.

Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?

[jake--mason]

I could seriously go for a swim right now.

[danihawthorne]

I’m actually surprised that Chiron and Mr. D aren’t saying anything about it.

[jake--mason]

I wonder if we should ask them... Would they know?

[danihawthorne]

N..o? No. ‘Cause he cares about his kids and he wouldn’t prank them…right?

[jake--mason]

Oh. Good point.

[danihawthorne]

That’s an interesting theory but something’s telling me that even Mr. D isn’t that evil.

[jake--mason]

But isn't he?

[jake--mason]

I’m really tired of this memory loss thing going on recently—I can’t remember what happened during the last few weeks.

Same. This is too weird, but then again, I stopped trying to figure out weird things at this camp. For all we know, this was an elaborate prank from Mr. D to get back at us for not paying attention during his lectures.

[z-riddle]

You’re too soft, you gotta learn how to say no or just pretend you’re busy. Where they the super energetic kinds of kids or the crybaby kind?

[jake--mason]

But that seems so harsh. A mixture of both, it was awful.

Any idea why these kids are all here?

[z-riddle]

You actually helped her with the little kids? Kudos, man. 

Where they really bad or?

[jake--mason]

I had to, she gave me the look. They weren't terrible just... stressful.

[z-riddle]

Bro, I feel like we’ve been teleported to a different camp or something—swear to the gods.

[jake--mason]

Right? There are so many new kids, thank gods they're all teens because I do not wanna cover for Natalie again in the daycare.