Half-Blood Hill

[ So today is a certain daughter of Hecate's birthday, and a certain boyfriend of hers has been working on how they should celebrate that. The most obvious thing? A cake, which he has been collaborating with some of the nymphs to make a reality. Sometime after lunch is when the big reveal happens, and they bring it up to Natalie's table with bright grins.

It's... a relatively plain cake, compared to the one she'd had made for Leo's birthday. There are colors swirled in icing, blues and purples with runes dancing over the surface of it in glowing green - what they mean, or how they're glowing, Leo isn't entirely certain, but it looks awesome. His particular contributions was a little fog machine meant to emulate the Mist, the little clouds hugging the layers of the cake but not hiding it entirely. Oh, and the pair of lit torches in lieu of candles, sized down to fit.

And there's another surprise he's put into this, but hopefully that won't be revealed until he's ready. ]

Happy birthday, Nat!

[ Wow, it's been a while since Leo needed to address the whole camp. But this is important, so here he is, standing in the forges by the fire, not even phased by the heat. ]

Okay, I know things have been pretty quiet since Chiron warned us about the werewolves, but since we're basically just little piggies here waiting for the Big Bad Wolf to huff and puff and blow our barriers down, I got to thinking. A little birdie told me that celestial bronze and imperial gold are useless against Lycaon's wolves (thank you, Cabin Six), but they told me about something shiny that would even the odds a little.

[ He holds up a metallic brick, grinning at the rainbow. ]

Silver! I had some brought into the camp, so know we can make some awesome weapons that'll actually work. I don't know if there's enough to make full swords or spears out of, but we can make arrowheads or line blades, and that should work well enough, right?

[ Shrug. ] So if anyone wants a little advantage, Cabin Nine's got you covered!

[ Leo's not even looking at the rainbow when the message pops up. There's something in his hands that is apparently more interesting. When he finally glances up, he's wearing an impish grin. ]

Hey Gabe, remember that bet we made a couple weeks ago? [ Stepping out of the IM for a moment, he reveals a holographic scroll up on the wall of Bunker 9, currently playing Iron Man 3. ] I'll give you three guesses who won, and the first two don't count.

Oh, and Karrin? [ He steps back into the frame, holding up a decorative bronze and gold gun with little regard to where it's aimed, still grinning. ] I finished your gun.