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charley montgomery. 18. rainbow child.

[smileycharlie]

enchantingxaidy‌:

Aidy was not cut out for most of camp life; she hated being dirty or sweaty or anything like that, weapons were awful and broke her nails, and orange was not her best color (although really she looked good in anything). So she’d decided to find somewhere quiet and maybe with some flowers to make a flower crown - as long as none of the Demeter kids were around, that hadn’t gone well last time. The relative quiet of the path was broken by singing. Not very good singing, but Aidy liked to be encouraging,  so she beamed at Charley,

“Oh, I don’t know it! You’re doing great though!” Her enthusiasm was genuine; Aidy loved seeing someone doing something they were passionate about, and Charley was definitely passionate. She clasped her hands in front of her as she listened, although her bright smile wavered a little. “Oh - I’m supposed to echo? I didn’t know that but I can do it.” She stopped to clear her throat and echoed the line. “Big things come from wittle minotaurs!”

Beaming, Charley continued. It was the most encouragement she’d gotten all day. “Small, but very scary minotaurs.” She continued and gestured for Aidy to echo once more. Charley gave a little jump as she did, squealing only slightly. “Tiny, fearsome, awesome minotaurs JUST LIKE MEEEEEEEEEE!!!” Charley’s last note was in three different keys, and none of them were the right one. But that didn’t stop her from spinning around in a circle with her arms stretched out. “And that’s no bull!” She gave one last little twirl and a wink as she finished on the button. “I didn’t think anyone would be around to hear me...sorry if I disturbed you with my ‘beautiful’ voice.” Charley laughed, composing herself after her bit.

[smileycharlie]

Who: Charley Montgomery & Anyone

When: Tuesday, June 15th

Where: Path to the Tether ball court

Charley had never been a good singer, or even an okay singer. She was quite awful, but she never let that stop her. Walking along the path to the tether ball court, she found herself singing once more. Just a little song she had made up as she’d daydreamed about what it would be like to be a Minotaur...

“I am the wittlest Minotaur, the wittlest in the world. I’ve got the wittlest hooves and the wittlest horns with a wittle bit of curl...” Charley sang to herself, stretching her arms out to balance on the plank of wood that boarded the path. It wasn’t until she felt a pair of eyes on her did she look up, smiling as she danced along to the song for her audience.

“Sing with me!” Charley pleaded, shaking her shoulders as she danced. “Other monsters don’t think I’m tough, cyclops is a jerk. Just wait until I show my stuff, even though my roar doesn’t really work!” She have a feeble, pathetic roar, as if from a baby Minotaur. “I’m working on it!” Charley insisted, her confidence growing with each warbly note. “I am the wittlest minotaur and soon someday they’ll see! That big things come from wittle minotaurs-“ She gestured to her audience, expecting them to echo back. But when there was silence from the other person, Charley looked back at them expectantly. “You have to echo.” She informed them in a stage whisper.

[rainbowtaylor-j]

Who: Taylor Johnson & Anyone

When: Monday, June 14th

Where: The Arts & Crafts Center

The inside of the arts and crafts center currently looked like a Unicorn had exploded. Or rather, like a bunch of toddlers had been let loose and told to make a mess. Though the current mess had been made by one of the oldest campers there. It was a weekly occurrence that drove the Athena campers crazy. Usually they did a pretty good job in cleaning up after themselves, though glitter could always be found afterwards. “I have no idea what happened. It was like this when I got here.” They said automatically when they heard the door open. 

[smileycharlie]

Charley poked her head up from her easel, a bright water color of a forest scene...a pink forest scene, shone from the canvas as Hugo Francis, the arts and crafts counselor at camp, glared down at Charley’s sibling. Abandoning her work almost immediately, Charley smiled sweetly and put on her best puppy dog eyes. “We’ll clean it up, we promise.” She said before Hugo could open his mouth. “You look very nice today. Very handsome and forgiving. Please don’t write us up, Hugo. Pretty please? With chocolate and whipped cream and sprinkles and-” Hugo threw up his hands in frustration before storming out of the tent. Charley sighed and turned back to Taylor. “Wow...he’s grumpy, isn’t he?”

[fortheloveofcare]

Iridescent 🔮

[mrdiegofuentes]

xxthornedxrosexx‌:

Charley was the kind of nice that Rose always wished she could be. The unapologetic sweet that didn’t let anybody steamroll her into being a shitty person. Rose herself had caved and turned bitter after a bad experience, something the hippie in her continued to hate. “I’m sure,” she stated, her gaze moving around the ground for a moment. “What about peonies?” She asked after a brief pause. “I’ve got a secret stash that I’ve been growing since I first came here.” It was her first garden and though she had wanted to abandon it after… she didn’t have it in her.

“I love peonies.” Charley repeated in a deadpan whisper. Not a second after, her face brightened into a smile once more as she clapped her hands together. “A secret? Really?? I mean-” Charley dropped her voice, realizing how loud she’d been talking and looked around to make sure no one had heard her sudden proclamation. “I will never tell another living or dead soul ever. I pinky swear.” She promised.

[smileycharlie]

messengersthieves‌:

Marcus felt themselves laughing at the dramatics, happy to see that this newest camp activity hadn’t damped her spirits. Though they were 100% sure she had skipped out on the entire thing, which was fine. “I know they’re split, but I’m more of a Jackson Five kinda person. But-” Marcus wheeled around, holding a single finger up (a tad dramatically, if only to match Charley). “I solemnly swear to at least listen to the lyrics tonight as you’re belting them directly next to my ear. Deal?”

“Ooohh, ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh!” Charley belted out, trying her best to re-create the little riff at the beginning of ABC. “Fair enough, but don’t rely on me for the right notes. You know that.” She giggled.

[smileycharlie]

brightxlu‌:

“We did! I’m expecting another fight over the marshmallows now though.” Lux made a mock-fierce face, as if she were ready to fight to the death. “I guess it was about as fun as any of these things are. Probably not as much fun as hanging out at the lake though.”

“Oh jeezle, I hope not.” Charley sighed, even though she knew Lux was only joking. Fighting in any sense of the word was not her thing at all. “Luckily enough, there are usually plenty of marshmallows to go around!” She hoped, walking along the side of the path, using her arms to keep her balance. 

[smileycharlie]

brightxlu‌:

Despite feeling tired and a little grumpy after being forced to play the game, Lux couldn’t help but laugh. “You don’t have to explain it to me,” she said, waving her hand. “I don’t think you really missed much.” That was her general feeling about the games though. It was a relief to spot the armory ahead; she was more than ready to take her armor off. “As I said, I need about a million. I feel like they need more marshmallows to compensate for the game, don’t you? We should take that up with Chiron.”

“Hmmm....” Charley pursed her lips. “I think that seems only fair. After all, you guys fought very hard and long.” She agreed, feeling glad she wasn’t anywhere near that fight. “Did you have fun at least?” 

[smileycharlie]

xxthornedxrosexx‌:

Charley was always such a sweet girl, as much as Rose had wanted to close herself off from the world– she could never say no to that smile. And really, who would she be if she inflicted any sort of pain on someone with such bright ideals of the world? She’d be just as bad as the Aphrodite kids and she wasn’t ready to stoop that low. “I’m not really able to make flowers grow whenever,” she started, knowing that chrysanthemums typically bloomed in the fall. “I just kind of… encourage them?” It wasn’t completely unheard of, a child of Demeter being so skilled at growing plants that they could do it out of season. It just really wasn’t very common. “But it can’t hurt to try, right?”

“Oooohhhhh!” Charley gasped, nodding her head as she realized the child of Demeter’s powers. She was already planning an alternative to her plan when Rose spoke up. “Really? Are you sure?” Charley asked nervously, spinning her glass charm around the chain on her neck. “I wouldn’t want to be a bother, but...” She looked around before taking a step closer to Rose and lowered her voice to an excited whisper. “I was gonna make flower crowns for all the new campers to welcome them!”

[smileycharlie]

messengersthieves‌:

Marcus had definitely heard the song at least once– after all, it had only come out a couple years ago. But they hadn’t actually given it much of a listen. “You’ll forgive me if I only pretend to know the lyrics, I hope.” Charley would sing loud enough for the both of them, they knew that much.

“MARCUS.” Charley gasped, clutching at her collar. “I am not being dramatic at all when I say that that song is the best thing that has ever happened to me, nay, this world!” She put a hand on her forehead, as if she were about to faint. “How are you supposed to be my best friend when you don’t know every word to “I Feel the Earth Move”?”

[smileycharlie]

xxthornedxrosexx‌:

It was always a little obvious when someone sat out on a game. The campers who had actively played look disgusting, for starters. Their bodies covered in sweat and dirt and blood and Gods know what else. They also look absolutely exhausted. Rose was as clean as a gardener could be, but there wasn’t a single scratch on her and she definitely wasn’t sweating. Her sword hadn’t even left the sheath. Charley had a similar look to her, though some of her armor looked like it had been thrown on in a rush. Rose offered her a smile, her own Red helmet under her arm. “Blue lost, Red won. Adara got the flag about five minutes ago.”

“Oh.” Charley dropped the frantic manner, looking around as she noticed the grumbling blue team making it’s way to the showers. “Good for Adara. I bet she looked totally awesome kicking all that butt.” Charley sighed in relief as she realized she wouldn’t be doing any fighting today. “Hey! While you’re here, I wanted to talk to you about some flowers.” Charley linked arms with Rose and dragged her to the armory. “I know it’s the middle of summer, but do you think we could grow some chrysanthemums? They’re my favorites for flower crowns.”

[smileycharlie]

brightxlu‌:

Lux snorted, raising her eyebrows. “Uh huh, clearly you have been. Luckily I don’t really care about the game.” She was a good sport about it and participated and did her best and all of that but games that involved combat never appealed to her. “Listen, I’m not going to lecture you, I’m going to get out of this stuff and then go get about a million marshmallows at the campfire.”

“Really?” Charley sighed in relief. “Oh thank the gods. Look, I was totally gonna walk around and make it seem like I was part of the team, but then I saw Ariel from the shore and he looked so lonely so I went to go say ‘hi’! Then I did, then it was so beautiful out...” Charley walked with Lux as they went to go drop off their armor. “Oh! Marshmallows! My favorite!” She clapped her hands together and rubbed her palms. “I need about seven of them.”

[smileycharlie]

Who: Charley Montgomery + Anyone When: Friday, June 11th 1976 Where: Dock of the lake

Charley let her head hang back, feeling her hair fall down her shoulder blades. The mid afternoon sun shone down as her feet splashed around in the cool water of the lake. It was a gorgeous day and she could hear the sounds of two teams coming in from the woods, bitter and battered from a rousing game of capture the flag. “Shoot!” Charley grabbed her shoes, stuffing her feet into them as she tried to gather her Blue Team armor to make it seem like she had been playing this whole time. “Shh!” Charley shushed the curious hippocampus that had come up from the depths to keep her company. “Not a word, got it? See you later, Ariel.” Charley blew a kiss to her aqua equine friend before jogging off to the edge of the wood, pulling her helmet over her long brown hair as she attempted to blend in. “What happened? I’ve totally been here the whole time!”

[smileycharlie]

charley montgomery//sunshine child, a playlist by Aimée Ward on Spotify

A playlist featuring Anna Kendrick, Renée Elise Goldsberry, The Beatles, and others

[smileycharlie]

messengersthieves‌:

“Mhm, mhm.” Marcus nodded for a moment like they actually believed Charley, before another grin broke across their face. “Marshmellows just might be the best part of the event, I’ll give you that. What do you think they’ll have us sing at the bonfire tonight?”

“People have been begging for our rendition of ‘I Feel the Earth Move’ for months now.” Charley reminded them. “I say we have to give the people what they want, Marcus. Who are we to deny the world of Carole King?” She gripped her hands together in front of her heart. “Have I mentioned how much I love her?” No one spoke to Charley’s heart and soul like Carole King. Charley was obsessed.

[messengersthieves]

“I know they got us there in that last half, but you gotta admit, we were doing pretty good for ourselves in the beginning.” Not that Marcus was a particularly good fighter themselves. But part of being a cabin counselor was making sure the rest of the cabin felt good, whether they won or lost. And hell, they’d pass around those good vibes to the rest of the camp too.

[smileycharlie]

“Oh yeah, totally!” Charley shook her head, vigorously. “For sure, thought we had it, and then...well, you know. That one thing happened.” She shrugged. “Such a shame. Oh well! Capture the Flag is over and done with. Is it time for marshmallows yet?”

[smileycharlie]

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