OctavianTheAugur

[miniaturepropecies]

That Damn Graceus!

yoo welcome to my first pjo blog with my eep my octavian

Muse Details -

this is an au octavian, in which he is a hades kid. while he still is haunted with the visions, it's worse with The Voices. also his hair is dyed blond and he has a tail that he wraps around his torso like rin okumura from blue exorcist.

Tags!

#AuguryGoingWrong - main tag! #MakeYourInquiriesQuick - answering asks! #ShadowTravelAttempts - canon or main plotstuff #ShadowNaps - noncanon or side interactions #Apollo'sCalls - other interactions!! #kristuningin - the mod's back my friend

Mod Info -

i'm Kris/Wiltinglily ( @yourlocalchaosdemon ) and i am a minor so no nsfw or suggestive asks. i also have no idea what I'm doing but the autism.

[miniaturepropecies]

(Cutely calls my OCs on you like attack dogs)

“Ooh, you look just like ‘Tavie! Are you his brother or something?” Aluca giggles, poking around Octavian curiously. “Hey Jett, come see this!” She calls a boy over, who doesn’t look as amused. He scowls upon seeing Octavian, “Ew. There’s another one. Look, Aluca, we don’t need another snarky Roman ’friend.’” He grimaces at the word ‘Roman.’

@sleep-deprivation-thing (Aluca.)

@muzzle-your-local-roman (Jett)

OOC: RAAAH HII YES RELEASE THE EEPS ON HIM //

“No..? We’re the same person”

//ooc message: the eep is aware of alternate universes, just doesnt care for them much//

[jokerized-fries]

Aluca looks delighted, “Two ‘Tavies!?” She squeaked like a mouse that had been stepped on. Jett looked like he was gonna barf. “Great, there’s TWO of them now. And I already barely tolerate one Roman R3tard..”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why must you call us that?"

[jokerized-fries]

”What , Roman R3tards?” Jett grins. Aluca shoves him aside “ignore him, he’s always this grumpy. And I call you guys ‘Tavie because it’s cute!” Jett scoffs and crosses his arms, unamused.

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't really mind the 'tavie thing. also, I'm primarily Greek, not Roman."

[piper-no-peter]

Jett looks mildly less disgusted. Aluca looks confused, “So.. you’re the same but not the same?" she asks.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[jokerized-fries]

//Eey yay I forgot abt this//

“So, are you still a legacy of Apollo? Do you have the same family n stuff? Do you have that twin telepathy thing with other ‘tavie?” She buzzes, flapping her hands excitedly. Jett stands to the side, watching Aluca fondly.

[miniaturepropecies]

//AS DID I LMAOOO//

"of course I'm still a Legacy. and I do not possess twin telepathy with the other."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Just sounded mad…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose I could see how that could have been covered."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

“Yeah I’m great! Are you?”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just got extra confused, flicking his ears in response.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Anyway let’s go!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

he follows after him, albeit slower than Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian walks in, a bunny toy in one of his hands. "thank you."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“No problem.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian is unsure what to do now, simply fiddling with the rabbit.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Follow me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦/𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

he follows, steps barely even making a sound.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“You feeling okay?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"i'm afraid of needles, they make me uneasy." he explains, watching the needle Will had as he scooted himself back against a corner.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦. “You can close your eyes if you want and I’ll make it quick, or I can put some numbing cream on your arm then put the needle in.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, still a bit scared. the rabbit is held against him as a comfort.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Just sounded mad…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose I could see how that could have been covered."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

“Yeah I’m great! Are you?”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just got extra confused, flicking his ears in response.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Anyway let’s go!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

he follows after him, albeit slower than Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian walks in, a bunny toy in one of his hands. "thank you."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“No problem.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian is unsure what to do now, simply fiddling with the rabbit.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Follow me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦/𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

he follows, steps barely even making a sound.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“You feeling okay?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"i'm afraid of needles, they make me uneasy." he explains, watching the needle Will had as he scooted himself back against a corner.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Just sounded mad…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose I could see how that could have been covered."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

“Yeah I’m great! Are you?”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just got extra confused, flicking his ears in response.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Anyway let’s go!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

he follows after him, albeit slower than Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian walks in, a bunny toy in one of his hands. "thank you."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“No problem.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian is unsure what to do now, simply fiddling with the rabbit.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Follow me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦/𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

he follows, steps barely even making a sound.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Just sounded mad…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose I could see how that could have been covered."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

“Yeah I’m great! Are you?”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just got extra confused, flicking his ears in response.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Anyway let’s go!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

he follows after him, albeit slower than Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian walks in, a bunny toy in one of his hands. "thank you."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“No problem.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian is unsure what to do now, simply fiddling with the rabbit.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Just sounded mad…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose I could see how that could have been covered."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

“Yeah I’m great! Are you?”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just got extra confused, flicking his ears in response.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Anyway let’s go!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

he follows after him, albeit slower than Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian walks in, a bunny toy in one of his hands. "thank you."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Just sounded mad…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose I could see how that could have been covered."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

“Yeah I’m great! Are you?”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just got extra confused, flicking his ears in response.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Anyway let’s go!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

he follows after him, albeit slower than Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Just sounded mad…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose I could see how that could have been covered."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

“Yeah I’m great! Are you?”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just got extra confused, flicking his ears in response.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Just sounded mad…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose I could see how that could have been covered."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Just sounded mad…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose I could see how that could have been covered."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"why are you apologizing?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Hey, you okay?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course I am, why are you askin'?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian!”

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

his pointed ears perk up, the ears swiveling before his own head does towards Will.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

**The Next Day**

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had been waiting by the apollo cabin since 6AM, since he wakes up early.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Actually, correction, you should get sleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

“See you tomorrow Octavian!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he nods, heading for the Hades cabin, de-feathering on the way.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

after a few seconds, Octavian enters the infirmary. he's a bit annoyed, but willing to listen for once.

//ooc- off anon if you do RP and so I can link my octy's appearance to the name if you wish to see them//

Will looked up from his desk and smiled slightly.

"Hey Octavian!"

( Sorry but I'm a tad bit confused? )

[miniaturepropecies]

"hello, Solace."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Come sit!"

He gestured to the Infirmary bed to his side then got up and walked over to it.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian plops down on the infirmary bed, pretty calm for being in the camp they tried to destroy awhile ago.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“So, how are you feeling?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"not that good. it's harder to breath than usual."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He nodded.

"Okay, I'm going to check your vitals first then your airways and lungs then."

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He got his equipment out.

"Can you tell me how long you've felt like this for?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"since I regained consciousness."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"And how long has it been since you regained consciousness?"

He hummed to himself.

[miniaturepropecies]

”i dont know,a few months maybe? I dont keep track of time often.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He frowned and shook his head.

"No that's not good, that's too long. Why didn't you come earlier?"

[miniaturepropecies]

”i didnt arrive here until a few days ago, Solace.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

"Yeah, a few DAYS ago yet you only came to me today. Why is that?"

He watched him with worry as he waited for an answer.

[miniaturepropecies]

"because you told me to?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”So you didn’t think to do it before?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course not."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

“Oh my Gods…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian unspools his tail from his torso, the black, fluffy thing flicking beside him.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

His eyes widened with shock.

"Woah, wow."

He blinked then grinned.

"How'd you get a tail?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"i've had it since I was little. it's always been there, I just don't often talk about it. it's why I don't have a tailbone, which is kinda obvious if you think about it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Yeah I guess…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“It’s cool though, I wish I had a tail.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's got some downsides too. if I had it unwraveled all the time, people would always be stepping on it."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“It’s still cool. The downsides aren’t that bad except from having your tail stood on hurts or gets injured?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"if I don't wrap it up,it likes to give away how i'm feeling at any moment it can."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

“What does it do?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"you know how you can tell how an animal's feeling sometimes by their body language, which includes their tail? that's what mine does."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Awww. So if you’re happy your tail wags.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

he huffs, tail doing a sort of trail-slink (funky wording yippee,and the explanation: it pulls itself back before flicking the tip.)

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry uh…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"it's fine. so, are we gonna get this over with?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Right, yeah.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian flicks his tail, resting it on the top of Will's head because he's bored.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He couldn't help but laugh and smile.

"Do you like your tail?"

He reached up and touched it gently but softly.

"In my opinion, it's cute."

He grinned again.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hey, if i'm a Legacy of Apollo, and you're an apollo demigod, doesnt that mean you're like my generatons-ago grandparent seperated a thousand times over or something?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝.

“Um, no idea. You should probably ask Annabeth that, not me.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“I’m better with Medical stuff than History unless it’s the evolution of Medicine and stuff.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

"plants are fun."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah, I guess so for you. I love it so…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian had found a stray pen, so he was doodling on his leg with it while he waited.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.

“Mostly fine…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"and what's the part that's not fine?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Your breathing problems…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“I can help you but you’ll need to stay in the Infirmary for a bit, if that’s okay with you of course?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"yeah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Alright, great!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“I just need to go fill in some paperwork.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"okay."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

boredly,Octavian started looking around the room, trying to find something that could keep him occupied.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧.

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian just watches him, a bit concerned.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[miniaturepropecies]

Otavian closes the window to stop more from escaping, going outside to catch what he could.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

“For the Gods’ sake…”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian's eyes were reflective, so he could see quite well in the dark. he was just trying to find the rest of the papers.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Octavian…?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩.

[miniaturepropecies]

"hm?" Octavian pawed up one of his arms to slam it down on a trying to escape paper.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Sorry… I fell asleep.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “Thank you.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian has no idea how to reply to that, so he doesn't.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He hummed to himself as he formed a pile with the paperwork.

"When do you want to start your surgery?"

[miniaturepropecies]

"..surgery?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“Yup! How else would I be able to help you?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“Are you okay with that? I do need your consent anyway so…”

[miniaturepropecies]

"why would I need surgery..?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭.

“Well, a load of your bones are slightly broken which we’ll need surgery for to fix them and you have blood in your lungs. So surgeries our best bet.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

[miniaturepropecies]

"ah.. okay. is that all?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲.

“I- uh- yes.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he's un-pawed his arm,holding onto his tail.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Do I have your consent?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course you do."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. “Yeah just- just give me a second.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"are you alright?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.

“Yeah just- Flashbacks.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..ah."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Yep! That’s what Tartarus and everything else does to you!”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤.

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”What?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

"..was I not supposed to reply with that..?" he flicks his tail, a bit confused.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”No, I mean- I was just surprised.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

“Sorry.”

[miniaturepropecies]

Octavian was quite confused now. he tilted his head, much like a confused puppy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

[miniaturepropecies]

"what?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

“Sorry…”

𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“So… are you okay with surgery?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"of course, if it's needed."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”Okay.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩.

“Get some sleep, we can do the surgery tomorrow.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"tomorrow?"

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

He chuckled and smiled as he nodded.

"Yeah, my friends and my boyfriend would give me lectures if I didn't get any sleep or anything before a complex surgery like this. But you also need some time to process too."

[miniaturepropecies]

"yes, but that's quite quick. it simply surprised me."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.

“That’s one benefit of this place being a Camp inattese of a Hospital. No waiting lists.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"interesting. I think i've only ever been to the hospital for when i ate magnets once."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

”You what?!”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

“You’ve eaten a magnet?”

[miniaturepropecies]

”you havent?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

“You thought I had? I-“

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. “You do realise that it’s not normal to eat a magnet or several magnets right?”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I assumed everybody did something dumb like that when they were little."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Well… I shot myself in the foot with an arrow before when I was younger.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝.

[miniaturepropecies]

”hm. I once peeled my hand with an apple peeler. I refuse to use them now.”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.

“On purpose or by accident?”

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[miniaturepropecies]

“Accident, of course. Why would i peel my hand on purpose?”

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Some people do it on purpose.”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

“Just wanted to make sure you weren’t.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I don't like getting hurt. i'd never do it on purpose."

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Good but if you ever do…”

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

“I’m always here to talk or if you need me.”

[miniaturepropecies]

he fluffs up himself with feathers, hugging Will because he's happy.

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“Thank you…”

[miniaturepropecies]

octavian was a bit confused, but fluffyed up his feathers

[southernblondehealerwillsolace]

“Anyway.”

𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

“You should go and get some sleep.”

[miniaturepropecies]

"I suppose so.