·§·Camp Half-Blood·§· 1x1 Sparks Fly and Fallen

[wolfie.]

"Obviously" Tsume said, walking over and picking up the cards. He vlew on them, sending a cloud of dust into the air. He let out a cough, waving his hand through the air, as if to blow it away. "Well, I guess they thought we wanted to play cards" he stated, removing the rubber band that held them all together. He lifted one of the cards off the stack and looked at it incredulously. Instead of the usualy numbers and suits, there was a scorpion. He furrowed his eyebrows, looking at it carefully.

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Paris grinned mischeviously. "Ready?" she asked, leaning over the deck of the boat and looking into the water again. The gentle breeze blew her hair into her face, and she reached up to push it away.

[valiant.]

Kyra stared at the strange deck of cards after brushing some dust away from her face. She could see Tsume narrow his eyes to look at something. Letting him do so she wandered around the kitchen to get some water. None was to be found and she scoffed, turning back to see if Tsume was done. "What is it?" she asked him, the question had been begging to be said.


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Eric nodded and looked down to the water again. "Yea.." Then he swung his legs over the railing. The sea spray tickled his bare legs and he looked to Paris. She looked happy enough.

[wolfie.]

Tsume was now looking at another card. Without moving his eyes from the card he was looking at, he grabbed the card with the scorpion on it and showed it to her. "Each card is different." he stated simply, drawing his eyes away from the card he was looking at and seeing what Kira's expression was. He found it strange that in a whole deck of card, not a single card was repeated. But, since when was his life normal?

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Paris swung one leg over the side and paused, casting a quick glance over her shoulder at Eric. Then, with one quick movement, she swung her other leg over and dove into the water. She closed her eyes and held her breath as she hit the water, making a clean streak in, leaving a small splash behind her. She heard a shreik of worry fom her guardian, and when she rose back to the surface, she saw the large black bird flying over the water, searching for her. "Night!" Paris scolded, wiping water from her eyes and moving her legs in smooth movements to keep herself afloat. Night returned to the deck, latching her claws onto the railing and watching Paris carefully.

[valiant.]

Kyra raised an eyebrow and looked at the card he was showing her. "They must be Greek symbols. I recognize some of them." she told him and rested a palm on the table. A low purr emitted from the bedroom and Zephyr appeared at the corner. He appeared to be in his cheetah form, obviously just roused from a nap. The guardian padded over to sit at Kyra's feet and peered up at Tsume. His ears flattened and he growled at the other half-blood. Kyra narrowed her eyes and looked back at Tsume who was still holding the cards, hoping he didn't mind. The guardian pawed at her leg with a yowl and she sent him off. "Sorry about him.."


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Eric looked over to Hosanna who had heard Night's shriek. She scuttled to the railing and sat on his hand in her mouse form, shrieking hysterically. "Don't worry Hosanna, Paris is fine. We're just going swimming." he told her before setting her down beside Night. Looking back down at Paris he bit his lip and lept into the sea. The water engulfed him and he surfaced. The water felt good on his it body. It was a perfect day to go swimming. Hosanna had never taken his eye off of him, squeaking to him as if to tell him to get out of the water.

[wolfie.]

Paris Lee Gates - Aphrodite
When Eric finally surfaced, she beamed at him. "I'm sure glad we got in the water" she said, "this heat is nearly unbearable!" The sun beat down on them ruthlessly, and she was thankful that they were traveling over water and not land. Traveling over land in this weather would be pure torture.

Tsume - Hades
Tsume laughed softly. "Yeah it's fine. I don't think our guardians get along to well though." he said, looking at Titan, who was glaring at Zephyr with bared teeth. Tsume stopped him with a raise of his hand before turning back to Kyra. "What do you suppose we do with them?" he asked.

[valiant.]

Kyra looked at the cards again and swiped one quickly from the pile. After studying one she shrugged and held it up in the light, icy eyes curiously examining it. "I don't know.." she admitted. Her eyes wandered to Titan before looking back at Tsume.


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Eric pushed some hair out of his dark eyes before smiling to Paris. "Yea, me too." he replied happily. Treading the water smoothly he looked up at the bright blue sky. "Nice day." he said to her, his eyes studying her face. He was glad Paris had asked to go swimming it was hot.

[wolfie.]

Paris Lee Gates - Aphrodite
Paris nodded, looking up at Night, who was still eyeing her carefully. She blinked the sunlight from her eyes, raising one hand to shade herself. "How long can you hold your breath underwater?" she asked Eric curiously, her amber eyes looking golden in the sunlight.

[wolfie.]

Tsume - Hades
"Only one way to find out." Tsume said matter-of-factly, setting the cards down and looking at her.

{EEK. I've got bad writer's block.}

[valiant.]

(Haha, it's fine. ^^)

Kyra looked back at him for a brief moment before studying one of the cards again. "Well what type of game is supposed to be played with these?" she asked him a tint of annoyance in her voice. "I've never seen these type of cards before, let alone learned about them in camp." It was strange, even holding it up to the light there wasn't anything hidden, like most Greek creations. Even her compass had hidden symbols when it was in the bright sun.


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Eric bit his lip nervously and hesitated to answer. "Ten seconds, or at least I think so." he answered. Eric had never swam often at camp. He was usually in the forest or practicing archery. "I never counted." he added in. At that moment he realized that her eyes were a bright gold. Had he noticed that before? Or was this some type of reflection of the sun? Whatever it was, it made her look even more beautiful than he had thought before.

[wolfie.]

Paris Lee Gates - Aphrodite
Paris shrugged, struggling to ignore the fact that he was taking sudden interest in her eyes. She knew they were golden, but only because she had been told so before. She had never actually seen her eyes when they were golden, so it always surprised her when sudden interest was taken in them. "That's not so bad, but you will definitely need to practice more." she said, grinning.

Tsume - Ares
Tsume shook his head. "That's why we're going to make up a game to play with them." he said, picking up the cards. He headed over to the table and pulled a seat out for her to sit in. "Ladies first." he said charmingly, his eyes playful as he figured she probably wouldn't react kindly to him hitting on her.