IM | Re: Land Mines

[kissmyass]

Yo. Ben.

[ Ares cabin counselor, guy who wanted to javelin people in the face about a month back, sup ]

Ares cabin was running a drill out in the training field. [ This next part said slightly amused and you can see a couple of the younger Ares kids in the background snickering, tbh. ] We put down some live landmines and practiced getting around 'em without getting blown apart. We did pretty good, no one at the infirmary today.

[ Y A Y ]

Thing is, we're not really sure we got all the ones that didn't blow dug out. Looks like we're missing a couple if the count's right. [ Ben this is not even funny, stop smirking. ] So if you're wandering around the training area, keep an eye out. You know. If you're attached to the thought of having legs.

[ He might... actually be lying about the live mines still being buried on the training field. :'3 WE'LL SEE. But there are some pretty big potholes where some others exploded that you might want to look out for. And he's got a full on toothy grin here as he gives a douchely little wave, sarcastic in its friendliness. ]

Thanks, have a good one.

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[commandertoolbelt]

[ In support for the upcoming holiday, Leo has decided on an uncharacteristic show of patriotism. Some of those missing landmines? Leo snatched them up a while ago, and only after tinkering with them for a bit does he replace them around the Ares cabin.

He doesn't need to be around to know when one of them goes off. Nope, they'll all know it by the fireworks show. ]

[kissmyass]

[ ....................................


OMFG LEO. For his efforts, around an hour or so later, there will be a lovely fireworks show above the Ares cabin and a whole lot of yelling.

Hephaestus help you if they ever find out who did the thing 8| ]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ He's over at the forges now, watching it all go down and trying to suppress roars of laughter. ]

IDK IS ACTION COOL? WANTED LEO TO GET TO LAUGH SOME MORE 8'3

[kissmyass]

[ Ben's actually on his way back from the armory, putting up field equipment and armor pieces he and the rest of the cabin were using, and let the others head back before him. Too many Ares kids in a packed armory isn't always a great idea considering some are young and stupid and like messing with pointy shit.

He's about halfway past the forge when he sees the fireworks going off and sees about what cabin they're going off from, and he comes to a dead halt, mouth gapping and eyes wide. ] Son of a bitch!

[ He's not really sure if it's his cabin being stupid as hell or someone else having planted something, but either way, it's seriously bad. Which is about when he hears Leo laughing like he's on some kind of gas. ] The hell are you laughing at, Valdez?

3 2 1 ACTION

[commandertoolbelt]

[ Uh-oh.

Leo turns in record time to see who's addressed him and... yep, just as suspected. Ben isn't someone he wanted to see right when the landmine went off. In an attempt to cover his tracks, he puts on a goofy smile (not hard) and points at one of the new security automatons. ]

Millard. You should talk to him sometime; the guy's a riot.

ACTION 83 OKAY WELL MIGHT BE SHORT B/C CABIN MEBBE ON FIRE

[kissmyass]

[ Ben is just... squinting at him like he is a complete moron. Are you for reals right now?

...And okay, he'll buy it, shaking his head he snorts. ] Whatever. You're freaking weird. [ And starts to walk towards the cabins because holy shit they might be setting things on fire ]

[renegadehero]

Seriously? Do you want to kill someone?

[She's frowning at you Ben, arms crossed over her chest.]

Can't you Ares kids just, I don't know, stop threatening people? Or do you get your kicks out of others misfortune?

[kissmyass]

[ Trying to hide a smile while talking. Which honestly makes him look a little cray. ] Everything's trying to kill us. Look at it as training.

[ shrug. they aren't that bad. these ones have a smaller blast radius, makes it better, right? totally. ]

Or just don't go to the field today. Tomorrow we'll throw rocks around and see what blows up.

[renegadehero]

Oh yeah. Everything's trying to kill us so let's maim one another. Makes total sense.

[Eye roll.]

You get dropped on the head or something?

[She really doesn't get it, not at all. Why can't they just throw rocks now?]

[kissmyass]

Not maiming if you're good enough to get out of the way.

[ aka get better, scrub. a snorted laugh here. ]

I dunno, a goat man told me I'm half god and now I spend time climbing lava walls and living in a secret base inside a pretend strawberry field. This is the lesser weird part of it.

[ he's just sayin. also, because they are going to eat now :| and then it will be too dark to go out. pfft, there're land mines out there, it's dangerous! ]

[renegadehero]

[His response gives her pause, then a nod.]

Touche.

Seriously though, you Ares kids have got to keep better track of your stuff.

[She shakes her head, waving him off. Go on and eat, she'll laugh later on when she sees the fireworks though.]

[kissmyass]

Yeah, I'll put little bells on the land mines next time.

[ Sarcastically, because a, it would do zero good, and b, having a method of finding them sort of defeats the purpose. ]

[renegadehero]

That's a good idea! You would be able to find them a lot quicker.

[The sarcasm goes over her head. Sounds like a perfect plan.]

[angeliaforos]

Okay, first the javelins, now the land mines?

[Gabriel gives a mock-exasperated sigh, looking into the rainbow and crossing his arms over his chest.]

You guys have seriously gotta learn to keep track of your equipment.

[kissmyass]

[ Oh hi gabriel :| But he's in a good mood today, or a sadistic mood? Sometimes these things coincide, but either way, there's just a snorted laugh. ]

Marking where they are would be sort of defeat the purpose.

It's a bitch, though, 'cause you lose mines and then you have to build more and there's only so much explosive material Mr. D will let you have, know what I mean? [ spoken with a smug grin and all said in a way too cheery not to be sarcastic tone. don't you want to wonder just how much explosive material the ares cabins have? ]

[angeliaforos]

I mean after you guys are done. There're some Hecate kids around, you know the drill.

[He raises an eyebrow, shrugging.]

Hey, at least he'll let you have explosive material, is all I'm saying.

[kissmyass]

Make the Hecate kids run through and hope they levitate fast enough?

[ Eyebrow quirk. Okay he's not actually suggesting that and they're magic adept to there's probably something they could do but w/e w/e ]

We made a petition. [ They didn't. They just started bringing stuff in. Some of it they hid. ]

[angeliaforos]

I'm sure they can. I mean, half of them are daredevils, anyway - you know how Stiles is about that stuff, for sure.

[He snorts, imagining the kid trying to float through a mine field while his mouth's going a mile a minute.]

Funny, I never signed it.

[kissmyass]

Stiles is special about a lot of stuff.

[ That kid is a spaz ]

It was an underground kinda movement.

[angeliaforos]

Definitely one of the weirder guys I've met at camp. He's interesting as hell to watch, though.

[Gabriel scoffs, mock-offended.]

So are you saying I'm too 'mainstream' to sign your petition for explosives? Sorry I don't listen to The Decemberists on the daily or whatever you hipsters do nowadays.

[serenesuccessor]

La-Land mines?

[Have a very terrified looking Daughter of Demeter. She looks from the rainbow to the training field.

Well, this is another reason why she's terrified of Ben and the Ares Cabin.]

[kissmyass]

Yeah. That's what I said.

[ said in a duh kind of tone ]

Like twice at least. [ gurl u need 2 listen ]

[againstallodds]

[You, Ben, are getting Percy's best deadpan face. And it's a pretty good one.]

Really?

[kissmyass]

[ kanye shrug homeslice ]

No, we dug out the pot holes on the field for fun.

[againstallodds]

Even Clarisse wouldn't leave live land mines out where anyone could step on them.

[Although that's at least partially because that'd be a waste of ammunition.]

[kissmyass]

Do I look like Clarisse to you, Jackson?

[againstallodds]

No, Clarisse has a lot of bad points but at least she's got some honor.

[Percy doesn't like you, Ben. Brb going to go blow up those mines you left lying around.]