Demigods : Version 3.0 { Closed, Started }

[PrinceOfShapeir]

Jia responded with a smile of her own, hers more self-assured than anything else. "I'll do my best." She reached up to her shoulder and unslung her sword, then drew the Rose of Sunrise from its sheath. "Let's try to avoid killing each other, though."

She saluted Freya with the blade, raising it to head-level before stepping back and turning her body so that her side was presented to Freya, gripping the Rose in a low guard, gripping it at about waist-height with the tip around head-level, angled to point at Freya. By her guess, Freya was a fairly aggressive sort. She'd let her make the the first move. She started slowly circling, ready to leap, duck, dodge, or parry as the inevitable attack warranted.

 

[Lambi]

"I make no promises." Freya said with a light chuckle. She wasn't really going to kill her. She could be a ***** and didn't really like most everyone, but a murderer of humans or Demigods she was not. She raised her shield to guard her and held her sword out like an extension of her own arm.

"I suppose I should warn you that this is a sword made out of Stygian Iron. I'm sure you're aware of the properties of it." With that out of the way, she charged towards Jia with her sword ready and struck towards her side. This match would be rather fun, she thought. A chance against an actual opponent outside of the missions was rare.

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

"N-no, that's quite alright." stammered Nina in response to Dorofei and standing somewhat shakily, having been planted on her feet so shortly after getting knocked off them.

"I'm a healer myself, so I don't need to go to the infi- what's wrong with your arm?" she asked, noting the icy coating of the limb and a hint of redness underneath. She supposed that if the man was suffering frostbite he'd notice, but she still couldn't fathom any scenario in which encasing a limb in ice could ever be considered a good thing.

"I got this, but I think you need to go to the infirmary more than I do." she said, some measure of authority returning to her voice with the chance to play doctor. She pointed towards the infirmary with her right hand but kept a finger of the left pressing down on her nose. It was still red like she'd downed a bottle of wine, but it was no longer crooked and smushed so it almost looked normal again. There was still a fair bit of blood on her chin and coat, though. Maybe Apollo ought to pick up being the god of detergent as well.

Keeping the right index finger perfectly horizontal, Nina turned her head towards Elizabeth and Jess.

"Uhm, kinda no, actually. But- but I will be, so don't worry." she said in reply to the both of them, giving a weak smile.
It would probably be a little more credible if her raised arm wasn't still spattered with blood.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

"Intimately." She brought her blade around to deflect Freya's blade upwards, simultaneously ducking so it whistled over her head. The impact had sent shocks into her arm. Damn, she's strong. She ran a quick analysis in her head - letting the Hadeschild be aggressive was playing to her strengths. Given the opportunity, she could just batter Jia until her defenses faltered.

That was not an acceptable outcome.

As the sword whistled past, she raised back into her stance and launched an attack of her own, snapping a quick kick towards Freya's midsection, aiming for the solar plexus.

 

[Lambi]

Freya used her shield to quickly block Jia's kick and stepped backwards a little. "Heh, nice kick. I prefer using my arms. So much more satisfying in combat." She couldn't help but grin during their fight. This was pretty exciting, even if it had only just started.

Not getting too lost in thought there, she charged again and prepared another swing, aimed towards Jia's legs.

 

[Pm0n3y]

Before he knew it, Gabe's bout of misguided wandering brought him towards the north of Halfblood, and lingering about the threshold of the camp's large entrance. His eyes floated about casually, eventually coming upon the cluster of buildings that adorned the east wing the camp. He gave a brief thought to what the establishments might hold when he first appeared at camp, and thought of checking it out after his formalities were taken care of. And, seeing as they were (and nobody thought of giving him a tour), he figured now would be the best time to see what they were all about.

He made mental notes on what was what, thinking of eventually stopping by the armory some other time just to really see what they had in store, but not before seeing (or more like, almost falling into) the combat arena. What seemed like a massive hole in the ground, he found himself fairly impressed at the daunting size of the whole thing. As he stepped down into the bleachers, the sound of clashing metal, grunts, groans, and cries could be heard down towards the middle of the arena.

Even as he looked about the place, his eyes always gravitated back to the center, where he realized the two in charge of all the loud action, were the two female campers there, each of which seemed to be giving their all in an armed brawl. And by the way their weapons were sounding as they bashed against one another, one could tell that they weren't made for sparring.

"Hmph. Hardcore." He mumbled with a scoff. It wasn't what he was expecting, but it wasn't something he was dejecting either. He thought of moving on from the arena, but eventually found himself sitting upon one of the arena's enlongated stone bleachers, watching the fight with some fascination, despite his facial features staying neutral and disinterested. There was something about two girls going at it that he couldn't take his eyes off of.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

Jia kicked off the shield, using the momentum to lift her over Freya's strike, then as she returned to earth brought the Rose around in a fast strike. She knew it wouldn't hit, the Hadeschild had strong defenses, but a lot of promising warriors got tunnel vision. While Freya was engaged with her sword, Jia would try to slip a palm strike past her defenses, going for her shield arm's shoulder.

 

[Lambi]

This girl was fast and evasive, thought Freya. An interesting challenge set for her. She liked it. Neither one was getting a hit on each other, but then again getting in a hit would mean either of them would be bleeding. She just about blocked Jia's strike, which again reminded Freya that Jia was fast. Giving off a small chuckle, she used a powerful swing of her own towards Jia from above.

 

[SkyeNeko]

Meow? Purr... purrr... meee-owww...

"LETHE!" Ambrose got up and pushed the cat off her bed. She jumped off, landing on the floor as graceful as ever, before continuing to ask for food. All the other Hypnos demigods were sound asleep, not even stirring when she shouted. All safe in dreamland. Ambrose sighed in complaint before begrudgingly getting up and dragging a box out from under her bed. Lethe's food bowl was soon filled up, and the meows were replaced by crunching. Ambrose just sat and watched her eat, zoning out. I could be sleeping right now.

Unfortunately, her cat had other ideas. As soon as she was finished, she bolted to the door, meowing to go outside. I got to get someone to make a cat flap... Of course it had to be like, noon outside, too. Sun everywhere. Ambrose was one of those people who baked fast in the sun, so besides the fact that it made it uncomfortable to sleep, it meant the sun was on her "do not like" list. And there were other demigods outside, and it was hot... and Lethe had sprinted off. Probably to the lake. She liked to talk to the nymphs in the water, and they enjoyed the kinda company of the land mammal.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Uhm, kinda no, actually. But- but I will be, so don't worry."

Jess wasn't entirely convinced. Sure, she knew about Nina's considerable healing powers, but it always worried her when someone bounced back from injuries so quickly. "You sure? That's a lot of blood..." Said blood needed to get off of the Apollo girl's coat before it dried and left a mark. And Nina, too, needed to get cleaned up as well... Most Aphrodite children were neat-freaks, and Jessica was no exception.

"Come on, let's get that blood off of you," she suggested, indicating both the Aphrodite and Apollo cabins. Nina could clean the blood off of her face in either one, since all cabins were equipped with bathrooms, but one of Jessica's magically inclined half-brothers knew a spell of renewal, and that would get the blood out of her coat.

[hr]

It was done. The blade sharpened to near perfection, the tang locked in place inside the hilt, the balance exact. Royce's latest creation promptly went into a box with a dozen others waiting to be tested in combat, all made by people either learning how to work celestial bronze, or improving their skills. The son of Hephaestus removed and hung up the forge apron he had borrowed, and promptly left the forges after giving a nod to Forgemaster Dugan.

Despite the sun beating down on the demigod, it was cooler outside of the forge than inside. His smithing practice concluded, Royce found himself without anything immediate on the agenda. Maybe it was time to return to Cabin Nine for a bit of relaxation, maybe read a book, build a gadget or do something else entirely. He began to wander back towards the cabins, taking his time for a change.

 

[Lefthandofgod]

In the space of a few moments, the Hades Child stomped off, cursing at everyone around her. The Athena Child was quick behind her. I'm not sure who would win that fight, but I wouldn't want to fight either of them,Dorofei thought to himslef. There was still the matter of the small girl with the bloody nose. One of Aphrodite's children was fussing over her coat, which perplexed him. After all, it was just a jacket.
"Should we not be taking her to infirmary?" He asked, a little uncertain. "I think nose is broken. Should worry for clothing later."

 

[Lizmichi]

Mitsuko was sitting under a tree minding her own business drowning out the sound of the other campers with her iPod having ether Green Day or some other band playing. She didn't have a favorite type of music or band, she liked a little bit of everything from JPop to rock and blues. Whatever helped her focus on her current project was good enough for her. Her current project was a drawing of a gorgon.

"Hmmm something seems... I don't know off. Could be the face or the eyes. Oh well I'll just keep going, I might figure out what it is or I could be too hard on myself." Mitsuko said to herself deep in thought biting on her pencil some.

"I wonder what everyone else is up to. I've been working on this drawing for a few hours now, for all I know I could of missed a meal or a mission. Damn these eyes are bugging me."

Mitsuko decided she was done for the time being. "Well I should go see what everyone is up to. Maybe I'll run into Jess or Colt." she thought out loud as she dusted off her pants to free it off dirt and bits of grass then set off. On her way, as she folded up her drawing pad and put away the pencil, she ran into the mess Jess was dealing with on her back to the cabins.

"Hey Jess what happened? Do you need any help or something?" Mitsuko asked worried for the other campers. "I mean I can't heal but I'm sure I can help somehow." Mitsuko said kind of quietly.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

For what seemed like hours their blades danced, clashing again and again with the sound of steel clashing on steel filling the arena. Jia's lip was bloody and swollen from a sudden hilt strike from Freya's blade, her skin slick and her clothes soaked with sweat, her arms feeling like lead, but she was still pressing the fight and there was no sign that either one would give up any time soon.

Finally Jia stepped away, the music of steel on steel going silent once again, although she kept her blade up. "I don't think this fight is going to have a conclusion any time soon. Call it a draw?" She was panting lightly - she wasn't winded, but it was certainly a more intense workout than what she usually got.

 

[blaze96]

Elizabeth had followed Jess and Nina into cabin 10 and heard the question Dorofei had asked.

"She is the infirmary, she uses healing magic. I've had to see her more than once. Giver her a bit of time to work and she'll be fine. Also clothes are the lifeblood of Aphrodite children, so it was inevitable one of them would work on the coat." Elizabeth said with a bit of a smirk. She was already however planning her prank against the child of Hades that had injured Nina in the first place.

 

[Lambi]

Freya wanted to continue with their fight, but she concluded that it was enough for now. She panted lightly as well and gave a slight chuckle along with a smirk that showed a few teeth. "Hah. Yeah, I'll call it a draw. You're quite skilled for not being a child of Hades. I admit, you gave me a challenge. I didn't catch your name before you arrived." Jia had definitely moved up from people she hated to people she tolerated. Which weren't many, but then again there weren't a lot of people she liked, either.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

"Jia Shang." She slid the Rose of Sunrise back into her sheath and slid it back into place along her back, then bowed to Freya. "Your mastery of the blade is commendable, I haven't faced anyone before who was able to stand against me sword to sword who was not a child of Ares or Athena." She rolled her neck, releasing a cacophony of cracks and pops. "I don't believe I learned your name either."

 

[Lambi]

"I'm Freya Glace. And, as previously mentioned, I'm a daughter of Hades." She walked over to her t-shirt, picked it up and threw it over her shoulder, not wanting to put it on just yet because of all the sweating she did due to the training and dueling, in no small part thanks to Jia. "And of course my skill with a sword is awesome. I've been training most of the time I've been here. When I'm not training, it's because I'm on a mission, fulfilling some sort of bodily need or getting involved in something that wasn't even my fault. Like that thing with the girl that bumped into me earlier. I could have used those few minutes to train, but oh well. At least I got some more training than usual thanks to you." She started to do stretches on one of the stone benches so that she wouldn't be sore the next day.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

"Less of your time would have been wasted had you controlled your anger. Wasn't the collision just as much your fault as hers? You could have stepped aside and averted the whole thing, or simply let it slide rather than lashing out." Freya's mindset - or at least, the one she claimed, Jia wasn't convinced it was the truth - wasn't that uncommon in the Athena cabin, particularly among younger Demigods who had always been the biggest fish in a small pond now having to become used to them no longer being inherently the smartest, fastest, strongest, the most skillful. Most refused to accept that - Demigodhood came with a pretty substantial swollen ego.

"You aren't doing yourself any favors by being hostile. I won't say that you're wrong for being focused or being a loner, but you would perhaps be better served by more measured responses. Some day these men and women you demean may be the ones you need to watch your back - do you want them to be considering sliding a knife into it?"

 

[Lambi]

Just because Jia had been a good swordswoman, it didn't mean that she could criticize Freya like that. At least, that's what Freya thought. "I'm not some fucking loner. I can tolerate people when I want to. They just piss me off most of the time. And I do not have any damn anger issues. I can control myself just fine." She was never good with taking criticism, only seeing it as someone just finding an excuse to tell her she wasn't good enough in some way. The last time someone did that, they had to be taken to the infirmary. Yeah, she had her weapons and gear taken away from her and had to work off her punishment, but she didn't care.

This time, though, she couldn't be bothered to try and fight it out with Jia. They'd done enough dueling earlier, and she knew they'd exhaust each other eventually. And even if she could try a surprise attack, there was no telling what Jia was capable of doing. Freya was strong, but she wasn't stupid. "I don't need them to watch my back. I can handle myself just fine. If anything, they should stay out of my way while I take care of the mission." With that, she headed out of the arena, but not before catching the sight of a Demigod sitting on one of the stone benches who had apparently been watching them. "The fuck are you looking at? Does the sight of two women fighting get your pants wet? Weird fuck." She didn't stop for long after that, again heading out of the arena. She was in dire need of a shower and a change of clothes, and hadn't bothered to put her t-shirt back on. Not like she cared what anyone else would think of that, they'd just get a shield to the face if they had anything against it.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

"Of course not. No anger issues at all." Jia's voice was even enough that it was kind of hard to be sure if she was being sarcastic or not, although she most assuredly was. She let Freya leave, no need to annoy her. She settled back for a few seconds to watch Freya yell at another Demigod who had been observing them. Jia gave Freya a minute or two, then left in the same direction, returning on her path back towards the Athena Cabin.