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[center] [b][color=b71d5d]Location:[/color][/b] Arthur's room
[b][color=b71d5d]Skill:[/color][/b] n/a
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Andy entered Arthur's room and pulled him into a hug. She didn't know what to say. She hadn't had friends until coming to camp and she couldn't imagine what her life would be like without it. It hadn't even been very long that she had been there, and it was already home. Something she could easily say she had never felt before. 

[color=b71d5d]"I'm here. I know I can't promise that I'll always be here, but I'll do my best."[/color] Andy didn't know to express what she felt for Arthur, she just didn't have the words for it. She wanted to make sure he was okay and always wanted to be by his side. No matter what. She wanted him to be happy and around her. [color=b71d5d]"We've got each other's backs right? Always?"[/color]

How could an undereducated ten-year-old girl explain to someone she had only met a few weeks prior that they were the only reason they hadn't run away? Between Arthur and Demi Andy had found a family and home at camp half-blood. 

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[color=0080ff]Location:[/color] New Rome - the Augury 
[color=0080ff]Skills:[/color] n/a 
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Niah's heart dropped into the pit of her stomach. That was nothing compared to what lay before them. She took a few deep breaths trying to keep herself calm. Everything else in her brain had ground to a halt as fear tore through her. There was no way to prepare for it. No secret tunnel that the engineers could build for a secret escape or reinforcements. Niah considered taking a drink from Nancy's flask as well, in the end, she decided against it. [color=0080ff]"This changes all of my plans."[/color] 

Niah glanced at her notebook, the quick notes were useless. Would training the teams even matter? There was no sense of the war games if they weren't going to involve the whole camp. She might still keep the one planned for when the Greeks got here if just to have them understand their fighting technique. 

[color=0080ff]"Side note, completely unrelated, why is there a shrine to Apollo there?"[/color] She looked at the painting again. [color=0080ff]"Related, why the gem from our quest?"[/color] There was something unnerving about it being in the painting. It had been the three of them to retrieve it, and now the three of them were going to deal with it again. Mostly these questions where rhetorical she didn't know if either Mads or Nancy had any actual idea of the answer. 


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[color=2B9311]Location:[/color] New Rome Coffee Shop
[color=2B9311]Skills:[/color] n/a
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Emily walked into the coffee shop of New Rome, she carried a hot plate of food. [color=2B9311]"Marco."[/color] Emily said as she walked up to the counter, her boyfriend was making coffee for a customer. [color=2B9311]"I got you some lunch. Can I have a cappuccino?"[/color] She asked. 

[color=purple]"One cappuccino coming up for my pretty lady."[/color] Marco said giving her a little wink. Emily watched as he deftly started making her drink and she paid for it, sliding him the plate of food with the coins. She took her place waiting for her drink and when Marco handed it over she thanked him.  

[color=2B9311]"I'll wait for you to get off your shift. The senator meeting went late so I bet Parker will be by for a drink soon."[/color] The Praetor's addiction to her sugary-sweet coffee was almost legendary. It was at least well known enough at the coffee shop that Emily almost knew Nancy's order by heart too. Emily would be surprised if Nancy went for food before she went for coffee. She figured if that happened it was a sign of the apocalypse.