a room without books is like a body without soul

[cecilia-baum]

Seventeen feels great.

[cecilia-baum]

Why, yes. It is. Wait, who the hell are you?

[lane-allie]

A-ah, sorry, I'm Allie. Allie Lane.

U-um, happy birthday...!

[lane-allie]

Christmas is coming...

[childofvictory-deactivated20141]

I’m sorry, I don’t mean to eavesdrop, but are you alright?

[lane-allie]

I'm fine, I'm just... homesick.

[cecilia-baum]

Seventeen feels great.

Just staying.

[lane-allie]

Oh. Is today your birthday?

[lane-allie]

Christmas is coming...

Papa is probably decorating the tree... but he's decorating it alone.

I miss papa.

[ekasqueen-deactivated20190426]

Liesel Meminger Coat Appreciation

[harrietlebihan]

Gah, I'm bored.

[harrietlebihan]

Well, being intelligent seems pretty powerful to me.

[lane-allie]

You're intelligent.

[lane-allie]

Climbing Wall? No, nevermore!

[florenceclearwater-blog]

What?

[lane-allie]

..Eh?

[lane-allie]

Climbing Wall? No, nevermore!

[harrietlebihan]

Gah, I'm bored.

[harrietlebihan]

-she thinks- I guess that makes sense… I can’t believe I never thought of that before.

Of course it’s a good thing! Shows you’ve got smarts, sweetie!

[lane-allie]

See?! You can make good use of your powers, just have to find out how; but me- I have no powers.

Smart heh. Thanks; I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but I try my best.

[katashling]

Yeah, everyone used to live on an island instead of this campsite. It was pretty ace.

[lane-allie]

Island, huh. I bet the children of Poseidon used to love it.

[katashling]

Wow, this place is really different from the island.

[lane-allie]

Island?

[lane-allie]

Twice Armed if We Fight with Faith - {Allie/Sherman}

[sherman-jock]

Sherman slowly walked up to the arena, hair sticking up in places and dressed in jeans a t-shirt, if he’s learned one thing since being at Camp it’s that never wear your best clothes to the arena or you will get blood on them. A lot of blood. 

When he arrived to the arena he picked up his sword from a table to the left, it was a wicked sharp blade that was so shiny he could see his face in it. He preferred swords to that of daggers or bows because it was long enough that it had a little reach, but also he could get up close and personal. Of course he preferred his fists, he was very good with those. But fists aren’t very good if your hands get chopped off.  He sighed and looked at his watch. The girl was late. He was wondering if she’d had chickened out, it wouldn’t be the first time someone had, but just as he was about to leave the arena the girl walked in.  "Jeez it’s about time," He said whilst rolling his eyes. "I thought you ran away from me or something. Okay, first things first you need a weapon so let’s go to the Shed." 

[lane-allie]

She finally arrived there and saw the boy; he seemed to be leaving. "Jeez it's about time, I thought you ran away from me or something." That made her reminds she had no idea what his name was. 

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I had insomnia. A-Also, I'm Allie," she smiled at him. "I didn't say my name before nor ask yours, that was rude, sorry. And thank you, once again."

She finally introduced herself, now what? "You need a weapon." he said. Weapon, weapon, weapon.

Actually, she never fought before. 

What kind of weapon? 

Allie saw axes, daggers, knives, swords, bows, spears. She was going to learn how to fight because monsters attack half-bloods. The idea of killing a human/half-blood was... scary. She calmed herself down. She was going to fight monsters. She grabbed a sword and imagined herself as a Musketeer, killing a monster and even with 14 years old only, being admired by everyone.

But what if she had to kill someone? Has any of the Campers killed someone before? She thought and her mind brought her images where she killed the people she loves with that sword. That made her jumps, groans and drops the sword; scared, but she finally came back to the reality. 

Sherman was waiting. "I'm sorry," she said, as she put the sword back and grabbed a dagger.

[harrietlebihan]

Gah, I'm bored.

[harrietlebihan]

Not very useful if I were in an emergency. Sure I could run fast but what could I do? Change the colour of the monsters fur? How scary!

Lucky you, daughters of Athena have special intelligence on fighting, right?

[lane-allie]

Well, if someone has a plan and someone needs to distract the monster, you could run fast around it and change its fur; that would irritate it, while the rest of your group have time to execute the plan. I don't know. 

I don't know, I never fought before. But I won "War" a lot of times. It's because I think a lot with my strategy. T-that's a good thing... right?

[harrietlebihan]

Gah, I'm bored.

[harrietlebihan]

Hm. I’m not much of a book reader but I can do this. -she reaches out and changes the color of the girls shirt- Or this- -she runs a circle around the girl at light speed and stops abruptly, fixing her hair- Not very interesting if I have to say.

[lane-allie]

*Gasps* Y-you have powers! How silly of me, I shouldn't be surprised.

[lane-allie]

Can't sleep. Gotta read a book.

[elijahtustin-blog]

Well, okay then. *looks back at his drawing and continues to draw her*

[lane-allie]

*Starts reading the first chapters*

[vikanderalicia-deactivated20200]

“There once was a girl who had a friend who lived in the shadows. She would remind him how the sun felt on his skin and what the air felt like to breathe, and that reminded her that she was still alive.”

[lane-allie]

Can't sleep. Gotta read a book.

[elijahtustin-blog]

*looks up* I wouldn’t want to disturb you.

[lane-allie]

Don't worry. I enjoy reading for others.