@ruegard-week really late and really bad
Silena loved capture-the-flag
It made her feel strong, even if people still understimated her because of the whole "daughter of love and peace and beauty" thing, which, even if you dont believe that, gave her an advantage, nobody expected to get stabbed by a "soft, little" Aphrodite kid, so she did.
Plus, she loved wearing cute outfits to capture-the-flag, the Aphrodite cabin was also famous famous for making changes to camp shirts.
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Clarisse hated loved capture-the-flag
She used to enjoy it when she was younger, she was the best. But, now, with Percy there, she wasnt anymore. But she was suppossed to love it, Ares kids loved violence, and capture-the-flag was all about violence, so she pretended to still love it, as she should.
Plus, she was always team captain, she got to choose what cabins played with her, they made alliances. And she always won, she had to win.
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The week before capture-the-flag Clarisse went to prepare the alliances with Sherman
"Okay, so first on the list we got Katie Gardner and the Demeter cabin, which is already on our side, then Will Solace and the Apollo cabin after that Beckendorf and the Hephaestus cabin, Travis Stoll and the Hermes cabin, and..." - Clarisse swallowed
"It says Silena Beauregard and the Aphrodite cabin"
"I know, Sherman! I can read!" - Clarisse protested
"But can you though? It didnt seem like it" - Sherman crossed his arms
"I read all of the names before Silena"
"You could've memorized them for all I know."
"Lets just go prepare them, you absolute disgrace"
"Is that what dad calls you?"
"Atleast dad calls me something" - Clarisse crossed out Katie Gardner's name since they've already gotten the Demeter cabin on their side - "come on, Sherman, wait, no, dont go any faster, we wouldnt want you to get tired" - she laughed
"Last one's an Athenian!"
And they both rushed to the Apollo Cabin
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Apollo Cabin - deal (Extra: Will Solace will only play half of the game since he must tend to the infirmary, but his half-siblings will play the whole game)
Hephaestus Cabin - no deal. (Details: when asked about it Charles Beckendorf stated "we always side with y'all, this aint personal, but we wanna have a bit of a challenge, 'kay, 'Risse? Love ya!")
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"Okay, we only got one cabin left!"
"Yeaaaah, your girlfriend's cabinnnn~" - Sherman said in a singy-songy tone
Sherman interrupted her by making loud, sloppy kissing noises
"What's gross?" - Silena's soft voice asked, she was leaning on the soft pink door of the Aphrodite cabin
"Uhm, nothing, Silena, we're just here to discuss the Ares-Aphrodite alliance" - Clarisse hid the notebook with the strategies and alliances
"Yeah, come right in then, loves"
"Thank you, Silenaaaa..." - both Ares kids said in unison
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"Us, Aphrodite kids, as a cabin, dont want an alliance with the Ares cabin." - Silena stated, looking at a pink binder
"The Aphrodite kids, what??" - Sherman almost spit the energy drink he was drinking
"Yeah, we kinda dont like your sister and ours kissing between rounds, you know?" - Drew said from the other side of the cabin, in which the mirror where she was applying her lipstick was
"Wait, which one of your sisters is kissing which one of my sisters?" - Sherman turned to Drew
"Silena's been kissing Clarisse." - Mitchell winced as he brushed out a knot out of Lacy's hair
"Oh, isnt that nice? Looks like Im the new oracle..." - Sherman smirked
Clarisse and Silena's faces were now matching shades of crimson
"Plus, we kinda wanna beat your asSsSsSs" - Valentina appeared behind Silena on the soft pink, puffy couch and jumped to sit down next to her
"Oh, yeah, that too" - Silena agreed
"Oh, I'd looooooove to see you even try!" - Clarisse laughed playfully, it was a running joke with Silena
"And you will, 'Risse" - Silena stood up, walked up to the door and opened it for Sherman and Clarisse to leave, giving Clarisse a quick kiss before she walked out
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The red team went to the Ares cabin to plan their tactics, the crimson walls greeting them, it was pretty messy, well... extremely messy, but there was a part of the room dedicated to weapons and game plans with comfortable dark red chairs and another one dedicated to training which probably had more stuff than the arena.
"Alright, team, lets talk strategy" - Clarisse started drawing the battlefield on a board
"I say we just atack, we aint Athena's, are we?" - Ellis laughed
"Ellis, you may be my brother but I wont stop myself from making you the target if you dare make another joke like that. We need to think smart."
"Oh, yeaaah, she wants us to think smart and win so she can impress her girlfrieeeeeend~" - Sherman put his hands on Clarisse's shoulders
Everyone burst out laughing
"Oh, yeah, laugh, if someone wakes up impaled tomorrow, it would be a complete coincidence, dont worry."
"That felt a lot like a threat for some reason" - said Connor Stoll, who was sitting on the floor
"I wonder why, Connor." - his older brother, Travis, rolled his eyes
"Anyways, back to strategy, right, Clarisse?" - Miranda Gardner, Katie Gardner's older sister pointed at the battlefield - "well, Katie and I may have overheard some of the blue team's strategy..." Suddenly it all fell quiet
"You... what?" - Clarisse muttered
And everyone started cheering and laughing and celebrating at once
"OH MY GODS, WE'RE GONNA WIN IT!!" - Will screeched from the chair he was sitting on
"I mean we were gonna win it regardless..." - Clarisse muttered but smiled when Mark hooked his arm around her shoulder - "okay, calm down, Miranda, Katie, tell us what you heard, yeah?"
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And then the day came, both team captains, Clarisse and Annabeth were reviewing their strategy for the last time before the game
"Okay, Connor, Travis, they think you two will go for the flag, so, they'll follow you. So as we've said before, you take the flag's guards deep into the forest, then Austin will distract the ones left and Kayla, who will be on top of a tree, will shoot them with Will, Demeter cabin, Hermes cabin (except Travis, Cecil and Connor) you will protect the flag, if you need some extra help someone comes warn us, Mark you will grab the flag, and give it to Cecil halfways, Sherman, Ellis, both of you and I will protect Mark and Cecil so if they get atacked we fight and they can continue running with the flag, 'igh?" - Clarisse picked up some bottles with electrolytes and handed them around, while cheering them on
Clarisse looked over her shoulder and glimpse of the other team, and of Silena's beautiful confident smile
"Clarisse? Clarisse? CLARISSE??" - Cecil waved his arms around
"You were staring at Silena" - Connor stated
"And she was staring at you" - Travis added
"Go say something!" - Kayla pushed
"I am not gonna- Hey, Silena!"
"Hello, Clarisse..." - Silena came over to the red team's territory
"What do you need?" - Clarisse walked up to the black haired girl, she was wearing her training clothes, a cropped camp shirt, slightly bedazzled sneakers and white shorts, fashionable as always
"Nothing much, can we just hang out until the game starts?"
"Sure, 'Lena, we just finished strategy, so we're free.."
"No, like... you and I, Clarisse, alone..."
Clarisse looked over at Chris who was making her signals to go with her, so she just rolled her eyes and nodded
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"hanging out" apparently meant kissing, making the stupidest jokes ever, gossiping and complimenting the other
"I heard that the satyrs got wasted last night.." Silena said
"Really?" - Clarisse gave Silena another kiss
"Yeah, like all types of alcohol, wine, beer... even margaritas!"
"Did they steal those from mr. D storage?"
"Well, here's the real tea-" - Silena kissed her - "someone spotted mr. D out of camp's borders, somehow, with a woman that looked just like his wife. Like, exactly like exactly, so some campers say that Ariadne somehow found a way to sneak mr. D out from time to time and they've been sneaking out together..."
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Chiron declared the beggining of capture-the-flag by ringing a bell which sent both teams to begin their strategy, the sound of clashing metal and feet crushing leaves was common in Camp Half-Blood but capture-the-flag always made it louder, more prominent.
The blue team was smart, they always had a plan, but they werent so skilled when it got stolen
Clarisse started hearing the first bow strings being tensed not short after seeing the Stolls run to the forest Austin threw his arrows to the floor, and pretended it was an accident, in front of the people left guarding the flag, so about three campers, so they went for him leaving the flag free for Mark to take Clarisse followed Mark from behind and so did Sherman, to protect the flag
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"Hey, 'Risse!" A voice behind her said cheerfully
"Beckendorf?" - she asked
"That's me-!" She aimed her spear at his throat
"I wouldnt do that.." - he said pulling out a big sword that he definetely modified
Silena and the Aphrodite cabin appeared, she was wearing a short, light pink skirt with some red shorts under it and the usual camp shirt she'd altered some weeks ago with some small ruffles and "SILENA BEAUREGARD" embroidered on the back
"Hey, love, that spear looks great on your hand" - she smirked at Clarisse
"Eugh! Stop flirting, start fighting!" - Drew groaned
"You sounded a lot like an Ares kid right there, Tanaka" - Clarisse wanted to spite them, to piss them off, it was one of the few powers her father had given her, pissing people off, and she did it while she dodged the first two sword swings, courtesy of Valentina Diaz and Mitchell - "I think this is a bit unfair"
"Nah, this isnt unfair!" - she laughed
"Why would it be?" - Mitchell added
"MARK, GIVE THE FLAG TO CECIL!" - Clarisse yelled as she started atacking
"AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN" - a distant voice yelled
"Wait, they already have the flag?" - Drew asked incredulously - "no way, the game started like fifteen minutes ago-"
"Oh, you're gonna pay, 'Risse" - Silena laughed and put her bandaged fists up, Clarisse had taught her that the easiest way to fight without injuring your knuckles was bandaging them "Guys, drop the weapons, we're beating her without them"
Drew dropped her dagger and crossed her arms
Beckendorf rolled his eyes playfully and left his weapon on the floor and the Aphrodite kids followed
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"Holy Ares, Will! Careful!" - Clarisse hissed as the blonde put the bag of ice over her eye and another one over her chest
"Dont be such a baby, 'Risse" - Will rolled his eyes
"Im not a baby!!" - Will put her hand over the ice bag so she held it Silena opened the infirmary door softly, she had some chocolates on a "Beauregard's" reusable bag
"Hey, love..." - Silena muttered - "Im sorry... I brought you an apology gift"
"I got something for you too, Will, thanks for healing her"
Clarisse stood up (even if Wil, told her not to) (multiple times)
"Silena, what are you apologizing for?" - Clarisse leaned on the wall
"Well, the Aphrodite cabin and I... we're the ones who sent you to the infirmary and all that..."
"Why are you apologizing for that?" - Clarisse grabbed her hands - "it was amazing! Im so proud of you!"
"You are..?" - Silena couldnt understand
"Of course I am! You leaded like Areia! And you even broke my nose!"
"I swear on Apollo, you're the only couple who would be happy about that..." - Will muttered and left the room, but not after making Silena give him his "thank you gift"
"Areia?" - Silena looked confused
"Warlike. One of your mom's epiphets!" - Clarisse instantly regretted saying that, she'd been studying stuff about Aphrodite, she even offered her food to Aphrodite instead of her father, thanking her every day for Silena
"Oh, yeah... I remember that... Just got a little question... how do you know that?" - Silena leaned close to Clarisse's face
"Uhm... Chiron! Yeah, remember the last class you missed because you were taking care of Lacy because of the cold? Yeah, it was a lesson on the gods' epiphets "
"Oh, cool!" - Silena nodded as if it made perfect sense - "anyways, apology gift?"
"Your dad's chocolates..?' - Clarisse asked incredulously
"Yeah!" "Doesnt he only send you some once a month?"
"But you gave them to me?" - Clarisse couldnt get it, she knew Silena didnt like the taste, but she ate them regardless because they reminded her of her dad
"I dont mind, they taste like cardboard." - Silena shrugged
