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[chiron]

[One very exhausted centaur starts the IM up this morning at around eight. The wolves are gone and Allison's hunters are all taken care of as well.

He's getting too old for this]

Thank you, campers, for your defense of the camp last night--and thank you Gale Hawthorne, for trapping one of the wolves and Hephaistion Amyntoros, for activating the shabti sent to us by Pharaoh Kane. Sadie Kane and Natalie Goodman also deserve our thanks as they captured one of the mortal invaders. Mr. D and I will question the captured werewolf and decide what to do with him later. I would also like to remind the camp that no matter what, all of you are safe here until you are proven to be a threat. Should I find anyone attacking another camper because of who or what they are, I will not be happy. As for Miss Argent, she has been allowed by the gods to stay in camp despite her behavior as she has no where else to go. This means she, too, is covered by that rule.

[This is mostly said for Scott and Derek's benefit.

He sighs]

Unfortunately, while we were otherwise distracted with the werewolves and Miss Argent's allies, the Red Room managed to infiltrate our borders. Demeter's counselor Jean Prouvaire informed me that he saw former legion member Zane Jolton coming out of the Athena cabin. One the harpies also saw someone driving off in Dean Winchester's Impala. We are doing a sweep of the camp to determine what they were after and I am ordering everyone to stay in the camp until we can get a retrieval quest together.

[End the feed. He may or may not respond to people as he's busy with the werewolf and the hunter. Later, the harpies will find these items missing]




There's a sign. The sign is actually posted on all of the cabin doors as well. As much as it felt inappropriate, it had to be done.

The following campers have broken the rules and have been punished appropriately.

Anna Arendelle. For disobeying her counselor's orders to stay inside and recklessly endangering herself, she has been assigned weeding duty in the strawberry fields for a week, no powers.

Lydia Martin and Gale Hawthorne. For leaving the camp unchaperoned, they have been assigned to the stables for a week and will have a daily check in with a counselor/Praetor for three.

Callie Jacob. For repeated and long term antagonistic behavior, a refusal to cooperate with those who approached her with concerns, and for abandoning her chaperone in the trip to New York over Christmas, she has been removed from her position in the Third Cohort and is back on proabtio. Miss Jacob has been made aware of the requirements to restore her position as have her Praetors.

Allison Argent. For betraying the trust of the gods and the camp and bringing in mortals who injured several campers, the Artemis cabin no longer welcomes Miss Argent as a camper. As she cannot leave the camp, Miss Argent has been moved.

It's signed "Chiron". No one will be told where Allison has moved to unless she tells them, and it's not likely anyone will know what Callie's requirements are either.

[[Callie's requirements to return to Legionnaire status are: two people must vouch for her behavior this time, and one must be a counselor/Centurion/other person in a position of power. One of those people also must be from another pantheon as her behavior affected all of the pantheons present here.]]

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[annieisntokay]

[Finnick, she manages to register is next to her. She didn't hear him come in, not over her cries. Her trident is laying on the floor, not even a hair-pin yet, her braids a complete mess. The night had been long, long and hard, and this was the last straw. Giving orders, being a Centurion, it was hard-work. She'd just wanted to curl up in bed and sleep as late as she could but... Renny.

With another sob, she throws her arms around Finnick, burying her face in his neck, not caring about his armor or the fact that she's probably getting blood on him, or anything. She can't find the words, they're gone. Gone the way of her last bit of lucidity for the day.]

[findthisdistracting]

[He promptly wraps his arms around her and just holds her close, one arm at her waist and the other rubbing her back.]

It's okay. [It's not, that's clear, but he doesn't really know what else to say. Finnick isn't really good at this soothing thing.]

Just, um. Breathe. I'm not going anywhere.

[annieisntokay]

[She fits easily in his arms, a hand grabbing on to his shirt, balling around it. It doesn't matter if he isn't good at it, she just needs someone to be here with her, holding her, making sure she isn't alone.

The reminder to breathe is needed, as she takes a deep, shuttering breath.] Gone. She's gone! Took her!

[findthisdistracting]

[Then he will stay, and it's likely they'll have to drag him away, sooner or later.]

We'll find her. I'll find her, by myself if I have to.

[annieisntokay]

No, no, always here, but she's gone! [This is the mad Annie that people paint her as. The Annie she hates people seeing. Her free hand moves to her hair, pulling at the pigtails.]

Ren- Renny- gone!

[findthisdistracting]

We'll get her back. [His voice is firm, trying to be reassuring.]

Maybe you should tell me what she looks like?

[annieisntokay]

[She shakes her head, but tries to find the words anyway, through her tears.]

No- small. Gray. Blue eyes. Soft and warm. Mine. From my daddy. Important. Very important! Have to get her back, Finnick! Have to!

[findthisdistracting]

[He gives her a nod, moving to rub her back again, gentle.]

I get it. [--And he does. He doesn't know what he'd do if he lost his surfboard, the one important thing he'd brought from home here, one of the only reminders of his dad he had.]

We'll get her back. I'll go as soon as Chiron or Mr. D lets me, I promise. We can do it together.

[annieisntokay]

Want to go. Don't want them to have her. Don't know- why? Why? Already hurt me so much, why take the rest?

[A thought occurs to her and she looks up at him, her eyes bright red with tears.] Will they take you?

[findthisdistracting]

No. [He's just going to tug her a little closer, now.] No, I'm not gonna go anywhere unless it's with you. Promise.

[annieisntokay]

Don't leave. [She whispers, her eyes searching his desperately, unfocused.] Then everyone will be gone. Maybe I'll follow.

[findthisdistracting]

Hey, no, you're not going anywhere if I can help it. [He's trying to keep his tone light, but it's not quite working, taking a moment to shift away and squeeze her hand, gently.] I'll never leave you, mermaid.

[annieisntokay]

No, no, I tried to follow before.

[She squeezes his hand back, snuggling up against him.]

Why did they take her? Where? Hate this! Hate this hate this!

[findthisdistracting]

Well, I wasn't there last time. I'll come after you.

[Yeah, now that he's got her hand, he's definitely not letting go.]

I don't know, mermaid, but we'll find her. We have to.

[annieisntokay]

No. You can't follow there.

[She pulls at her hair again, her bare wrist and the scars there visible.]

Need her. All I have left of them.

[findthisdistracting]

We'll get her back. I promise. [--That might be a nuzzle. A very careful one, to be sure, but it exists.]

[annieisntokay]

No. No promises you can't keep.

[Annie nuzzles him back, holding him tightly.]

Took my porpoise. Renny. She never hurt them.

Have to get her back.

[findthisdistracting]

We will. [He strokes her hair, for a moment.]

I'll go to the Big House as soon as I can and tell Chiron.

[annieisntokay]

No, no. No, Finnick, they'll laugh.

[She was sixteen, far too old to have a stuffed animal that held such importance to her. She was a Centurion, who'd just done very good work in the previous attack, and Chiron was too busy taking care of the fall-out, she was sure. Renny was gone.]

[findthisdistracting]

They won't. Chiron won't, I wouldn't tell anyone else.

[annieisntokay]

Shouldn't have told you.

Stupid. Stupid stupid, stupid! [She brings the heel of her palm down on to her head, hitting herself.]

[findthisdistracting]

Nope. You're not. [We can't be having with that, Annie. In fact he's taking that hand, carefully.]

Okay. We'll figure something out. Just trust me, huh?

[annieisntokay]

I trust you. [She whispers, looking up at him again.]

Can't let them take everything from me.

[findthisdistracting]

Good. [And he gives her a small smile, nuzzling close again.]

I won't let them, either.

[annieisntokay]

[Annie falls silent for a few minutes, letting the rest of her tears fall as she clings to Finnick. Eventually, slowly, the tears stop, and the world comes back to her.]

I'm sorry.