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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!]
cursedtolive: (blood sabbath.)

[personal profile] cursedtolive 2013-06-03 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
[There's at least one person on the camp grounds who doesn't care about the game or what side he's even on. At all. And that is the sneaky little ten year old wandering up to Fuu with a smile on his face. He isn't realizing it himself, but he's stealthy, not making a single sound even on the forest floor as he tiptoes up to the girl with the bow, quickly glancing to see if she's in any danger of hurting herself should he do this.

No?

Good.]


.... Wah!

[He suddenly yells from a foot behind her.]
hououji: [smile] [color] [alt costume] (Surprised ♪ I'll give you)

[personal profile] hououji 2013-06-03 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fuu straightens up so fast it's ridiculous, whipping around to see who's behind her--

And she relaxes again, but with a Very Serous Frown.]


Y-you really shouldn't surprise someone armed like that, Benjamin-san...
cursedtolive: (let's explore the ship.)

[personal profile] cursedtolive 2013-06-03 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehe. I guess it woulda hurt if you turned around and stabbed me with that arrow, but aren't I too close for you to actually shoot?

[He speaks sweetly, but there's something mischievous about it. Not that it could be anything more than childish cheekiness. His face is flushed with mirth and he doesn't seem to be taking Fuu's frown very seriously.]
hououji: [smile] [color] [alt costume] (Embarrassed ♪ If you hold a heart)

[personal profile] hououji 2013-06-03 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It isn't just you, either! I mean, what if there was someone else who was in range?

[JFC kid.]
cursedtolive: (claire's face is really close.)

[personal profile] cursedtolive 2013-06-04 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
What if?

There isn't. I looked before I went up to you.
hououji: [smile] [color] [alt costume] (Sigh ♪ Before my moment)

[personal profile] hououji 2013-06-04 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fuu just sighs and shakes her head.]

Have you been doing this to everyone?
cursedtolive: (miria says i'm a souvenir.)

[personal profile] cursedtolive 2013-06-06 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Uuum, not really. I poured some water on Miss Michelle earlier though.
hououji: [smile] [color] [alt costume] (What ♪ We know the end is overrated)

[personal profile] hououji 2013-06-06 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You were on the other side and you didn't try to steal the flag?
cursedtolive: (surprised confusion!)

[personal profile] cursedtolive 2013-06-07 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
No way, I'm not strong enough to lift and carry that all the way back!
hououji: [smile] [color] [alt costume] (Happy ♪ Waiting for the walls)

[personal profile] hououji 2013-06-07 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a little surprised you made it back unscathed. Michelle-san is an archer, as well, after all.
cursedtolive: (miria says i'm a souvenir.)

[personal profile] cursedtolive 2013-06-08 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
She dropped her arrow when I hit her, so I kicked it away.
hououji: [smile] [color] [alt costume] (Happy ♪ But by the grace of god)

[personal profile] hououji 2013-06-09 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
... Well, so long as no one was hurt.
cursedtolive: (surprised confusion!)

[personal profile] cursedtolive 2013-06-09 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not gonna hurt anyone! This is just a game, after all.