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Accession Mods ([personal profile] empirestategods) wrote in [community profile] partyofthree2013-05-31 12:14 am

Event ϟ Cabin 11 vs The World

Who: OTA
When: May 31st
Where: The woods
What: Capture the flag!
Warnings: Violence! If anything specific, please mark it in the subject lines!

Friday morning, before training, Chiron pulls each of the campers aside to the armory. Everyone is fitted with a breastplate and helmet, and loaned the weapon of their choice. Parent by parent, of course, starting with Zeus’s children, and ending with the unclaimed in Cabin 11. Yeah. Sorry about that. Cabin 11 is outfitted with red-plumed helmets. Cabins 1-10 and Cabin 12 are given blue plumes.

Keep it safe, you’ll need it later if you don’t want severe head injuries, he says. Completely casually. Like that’s not worrying.

Mr. D and Chiron wait at the edge of the forest, just after lunch, waiting for the demigods they’ve informed of the mandatory meeting. It’s time for a time-honored camp tradition to come off of hiatus. Though Chiron seems enthused at testing the thus-far-unexamined skills of the new campers, Mr. D is obviously just here because he needs to be.

Nevertheless, he steps up to explain.

"Right. So."

He's already rolling his eyes. Evidently, someone can't wait for this to be over.

"For those of you who have never had the privilege to play this exciting game. You people," he points at those with the red plumed helmets, "and you people," now at those with blue plumed helmets, "each get a flag. Each team picks a part of the forest, and puts their flag someplace visible. While I don't particularly care, if you put more than two people there to guard it, we will be here all day, so don't. The rest of you, go out and grab the other team's flag, and try not to kill each other because that is a mess nobody wants to clean up."

A sigh. He looks so put upon, honestly, why can't you kids already know all this?

"Right. The creek will be the borderline, so if one team manages to grab the other flag and carry it all the way across, they win. Questions?"

He doesn't actually wait for anyone to speak up.

"No? Good."

“What,” Chiron sighs, trying not to seem exasperated, “Mr. D means is that we are playing this to help prepare you for what’s really out there. This is to see how your skills have progressed, where you still need work, and how you all work together as a team. When you become more accustomed to camp and more of you have been claimed, you will choose your own teams. Each of you have your own strengths and weaknesses. Now, it’s time to see what they are.”

He smiles at the campers. He’s ridiculously fond of you all already. He likes that no one’s died yet! It might very well be a record. “You’ve all been here for a month and aside from one or two... incidents, you’ve performed well. Continue to do so and rewards might be in store. It isn’t uncommon for the unclaimed to find their parents in this game.”

He looks Very Meaningfully at Cabin 11.

“I will reiterate what Mr. D said, however. You are not to purposefully maim or kill any other campers. You’re all on an even playing field at the moment. Play fair, work hard, and most of all, have fun. Guards of the flag can be no closer than ten yards away at any given time, magical items (when you have acquired them) are allowed, the flag must be displayed in your territory--it cannot be hidden, and the game is won when the flag crosses the river.

“Now, go make your bases!”

The blue team’s flag waves with a beautiful painting of Mount Olympus--all the Olympians but one. The red team, a caduceus--the symbol of Hermes.

Fight hard, tiny demigods!

[OOC: It was determined via coin toss that the Blue Team will be the victors this round. How close you want this to be is up to you guys and don’t forget, we do have a plotting post!

Please feel free to make your own threads, but the mods have a thread for both the blue team base and red team base!]
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[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2013-06-02 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Umi doesn't want the flag herself. As quick as she is, she's not confident moving in this goofy armor, or in making herself a target for literally everyone. Just getting barely close enough to see it has her sweating and nervous, hand clenching and unclenching on her weapon.

Some blond chick guarding the flag, looking totally unenthused. Slowly, she leans down, grabs a rock, and chucks it in Mariya's general direction. It'll distract her, get her to fight Umi, or just mess with her head - she's fine with any of that. ]
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[personal profile] insheepsclothing 2013-06-02 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Mariya's eyes follow the sound. He doesn't seem very impressed, not even rising. He puts on his best sweet girl voice, though. He can be Prince Fucking Charming if he has to.]

Are you coming for the flag?
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[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2013-06-02 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...has to be the plume. That has to be why the girl didn't have to try to see her.

Not like her armor back in Cefiro wasn't bright blue or anything but she could shoot blasts of water and stuff there. It was a bit different. Straightening up, Umi made herself openly visible, leaning on her sword and glancing around. ]


Are you gonna stop me if I try it?
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[personal profile] insheepsclothing 2013-06-02 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not very much of a fighter... [Mariya looks away from Umi after making eye contact, blushing a little. Shy. Timid.] I think it's silly to try to hurt others for just a game.

I don't think they'd be happy if I just let the flag be stolen, though...
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[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2013-06-02 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh come on, she can't just beat up someone like this. Why'd they leave her here anyways? Imagine if someone without Umi's sense of restraint showed up. ]

No one's supposed to get hurt too badly, so I don't think it's a big deal. We have to get strong enough to fight. That, and... [ She steps forward. ]

I like winning.
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[personal profile] insheepsclothing 2013-06-02 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[He watches her step forward. Let's try this again. He's heard about it now, he wants to see if he can.

His voice sounds the same, but there's something more appealing about what he's saying.]


You really ought to go before the other guard finds you...
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[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2013-06-03 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Aaaand Umi stops, and looks around. ]

...you know, even though I'm sure I can take you, there's no way they'd leave you if you can't fight. Unless you're bait. [ The other guards could be waiting to pounce! ]

I don't think I can win more than two on one unless they're really a bunch of wimps.
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[personal profile] insheepsclothing 2013-06-04 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
But would you want to win a game like this and make the claimed campers your rivals?

After all, once you're claimed, you might be siblings with some of us.
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[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2013-06-04 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
I think they'd all understand, but... [ Umi frowns. ]

Maybe it would be better if I found out which ones were into being really competitive first. [ Justifying compulsions to herself! ]
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[personal profile] insheepsclothing 2013-06-04 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! You wouldn't want to start things off poorly, would you?
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[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2013-06-04 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Someone has to be coming by soon anyways, right? ]

If someone comes after me or my friends though, it's totally on their heads.

[ And yet, she's starting to move away. ]
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[personal profile] insheepsclothing 2013-06-04 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think anyone's going to hurt you or your friends. After all, it's just a game...
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[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2013-06-06 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
We have weapons, and I don't know most people here very well yet.
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[personal profile] insheepsclothing 2013-06-06 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
You can trust me, I think.
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[personal profile] dragon_blossom 2013-06-06 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
If you're not sure, how can I be? [ You LOOK trustworthy, and sound trustworthy, but Zagato didn't look or sound either and look where that got her. ]