halfbloodhill | ANNOUNCEMENT & IM

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ANNOUNCEMENT & IM

[ You'll find yourself looking at a grave centaur first thing this morning, just before the Romans start their training. ] Campers, I've an important announcement to make. Now, you know very well that we have protective borders around Camp Half-Blood. After last summer's incident, we've taken great care to ensure that we have several lines of defense with both force and Mist.

Followers of Lycaon - wolves - have been spotted just outside of camp. It is believed that they continue to align themselves with Gaea.

There have been no attacks, but I trust that all of you will keep your eyes and ears open for any signs of trouble. No campers will be leaving. [ Have a pointed look for some of you. ] However, we must keep our wits about us. Prepare accordingly. The Athena cabin has necessary information on the followers should you choose to educate yourselves on the matter. I hope you will.

[ The feed ends. ]

( mod note | Open to discussion. Plan your patrol groups, change up your training tactics. Welcome to the first plot of 2014! )

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[ Annabeth Chase is on guard, seeing as she was one of the first people Chiron spoke to after the anonuncement. She's already made a schedule for herself - make a patrol team, reaseach during/after breakfast, training after lunch.

She's the resident Greco-Roman walking encyclopedia and will actually be happy to answer any questions you might have about wolf lore vs. wolf truths and the story of Lycaon himself. Or she is a more than willing fighting partner, as many can attest to. ]

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[So Chiron says the L-word and then the w-word in succession, and Scott doesn't know much about them, but he knows enough, knows that those wolves are bad. Knows that he knows a wolf in his cohort that's good, and who knows why Lycaeon's followers are here, what they could want.

Well. Considering Chiron says they're on Gaea's side, they probably want to eat them. Which is nothing new.

So if Scott McCall was getting the hang of order, training every morning in this new place to begin with, he's really kicking himself into high gear now. He's set up a pull-up bar in the doorway of the Nike cabin, and is actually reading a book Annabeth has lent out to him. This is serious.]

[Chiron will easily recognize the annoyed "ugggggggh" Percy's making from his side of the IM since he's... heard it a lot. Gaea's just getting to be more and more of a bitch every day.]

Do we have any idea how many of them are out there? Or where they're camping out? Or you know, if Tall, Ugly, and Toothy is even with them?

[If anyone wants to find Percy after he finishes talking to Chiron, he'll be at the stables with the pegasi, trying to calm them down a little about the wolves and see if they can smell where the enemy is.]

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[The announcement was a serious one that Jason would have to consider carefully. Unfortunately, it had come just before it was time to get to their morning training which gave Jason very little time to change any of his plans for the day.

But, that was no reason to cancel training. It was just another aspect he would need to discuss with Reyna and the rest of the legion. Perhaps later they could try and find Lupa as well, though he wouldn't hold his breath. She was probably helping keep the other wolves at bay and would let the Legion go on as it always did.

If you have something to say to Jason you can catch him on his way to training, at training, or after.]

[ Here we go, Allison.

She hasn't even been here for very long but it's unsurprising that this kind of trouble follows her. She's an Argent after all, this is what she does.

Taking a bite of a blessed apple brings back a couple of very specific memories, none of which she wishes to discuss. Not yet. But she does feel more powerful. Her aim is fantastic, so much better than it was already. She's at the archery range once more, this time with a crossbow in her hand. She fingers the tip of her arrow thoughtfully. ]

Could poison it, [ She says out loud. You know what she distinctly remembers about being Skadi? Baldur. ]

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Are you f -

[ That's the sound of the Hecate counselor stumbling out of her cabin directly after the announcement, tugging her winter boots on, one arm in her anorak. She pulls a beanie over her horrible hair, accidentally swallowing mouthwash as she trips down the stairs.

Sure, she could eat since it's nearly breakfast time, but she's off to look for holes in the borders. Just like old times. ]

[ As soon as the announcement goes out, Derek makes himself scarce.

It explains why he's been feeling edgy any time he's near the outskirts of camp, but he's less than thrilled to have that information. He's done so well to keep his lineage to himself, to those that he trusts-- the numbers are incredibly limited, to those in his cohort, to the praetors, and to an even smaller number in the Greek camp-- due in part to the grim look on the centaur's face.

Lycaon's pack are monsters, and it's hard for some people to differentiate between them and those that mean no harm to anyone.

So for now, he can be found out by Zeus' Fist, pacing and trying to think. Maybe he can send word to his mother about this, but she would never be able to get to the camp in time to lend any help. Not from clear across the country on such short notice. ]

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*Callie is taking this turn of events real well. She's only broken three...*

*Crack.*

*-Four dummies. She's also wearing her street armor, something she hasn't done since she arrived, a scale vest and bracers she usually wears under a shirt or hoodie when she's out and about. Her door is outside of the barrier, it has to be. And it isn't contained in a way she can access it without a short sprint in enemy territory.*

A. For Chiron

[Lydia approaches the centaur when there's a quiet moment, wanting to speak with him privately. She is hesitant, troubled, confused.]

Sir? I want to talk to you about the wolves. About a particular wolf, actually.

B. For Everyone
[Lydia has stepped up her game in training. She's becoming better with her whiplash every day. She can also be found aiding in research.

However, on her own she's been following a trail in the woods, and it's always the same one. She seems to be searching for something, or perhaps someone.

Well, I don't know about anyone else - [ Dean pauses to check his gun. Silver bullets are ready to fly. ] - but I'm not going to stand around and wait for them to make the first move. He who moves first always wins.

For Anyone

The Hunters are on it, [She says grimly. They'd had run ins with this particular pack before.] I'll up the patrols, get Songbird to do some more scouting. [And talk with the wolves before she sends them into an early grave. Demigods are friends, not food.]

Anyone who needs help just needs to ask. I'm more than willing and eager. That's what I'm here for, anyway. To help protect camp. No one's getting eaten on my watch.

For ~~Sojourner~~ Sparrow

I think we've got some work to do, [Elizabeth says, approaching her favorite vigilante.] But I want you to be careful.

[This is not good. Annie will tell you that right now. Hungry wolves? Bad bad bad. She knew what wolves could do, having heard enough news reports back in Seattle. There's something else strange here, though, that gnaws at her, deep in her stomach, at the back of her mind. She's not sure why. But she doesn't like it.]

If, uhm, if anyone needs any help... I'm more than willing to help.

[No one wants her help. She's sure of it.]

[On the steps outside Hermes cabin, Dave scrubs his hands up against his face.]

No one will be leaving. This makes what kind of difference? [Muttered against his palms as he pushes himself up to his feet. Dave has no active powers, so to speak, with time travel and visions being on the more passive end of the spectrum despite sweet swordsmanship abilities, so he'll be heading to the Athena cabin to give himself a bit of extra schooling on what they're up against before he decides what he's going to do.

He can be found anywhere on the route or in the cabin itself (after pacing a little back and forth outside). Maybe someone can sway his mind on where he's going to put himself in the end.]

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