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[color=9966cc]"Hey Veronica, and it is okay. Just next time, say something before you go and disappear in the darkness."[/color] 

While Sofia had smiled happily at her, Veronica couldn’t help but blush even redder as she heard the annoyance in the other girl’s voice. Of course, this only served to compound the doubt at her previous actions which had been running through her head both last night before she’d slept and again this morning, since she had abandoned her new friend without warning. 

[color=9966cc]"Otherwise, I am glad to see you."[/color] Hearing Sofia’s tone lighten certainly helped to pull Veronica out of her self-imposed and embarrassed wallowing that she had been quickly descending into. And hearing Leo chime in with a greeting of his own did wonders to distract her from her own thoughts, though his mention of missing the party caused her blush to deepen again as she took a seat on the bench next to Sofia. 

[color=cd5c5c]"But about the training, I am sure I will be fine, but yeah, it will not be an easy course for some."[/color] Leo was commenting on the course that was already looming in their future in a much calmer way than Veronica was feeling about it, and she was a little thankful that she wasn’t alone in that when Sofia voiced her own concern. 

[color=9966cc]"That some may be me, Leo, since I have never done an obstacle course before and this one looks.... tough."[/color] Veronica nodded along in agreement with Sofia as she spoke, feeling a little worried the more she looked over what they were being expected to do. Even though she was mostly back to being fit and well and had taken to her own private training, it all felt like nowhere near enough for this. Sofia seemed closer to Veronica’s physical level as far as she could tell, while Leo, on the other hand, looked as if he would barely break a sweat doing this, so that certainly explained his far more relaxed take on the situation. 

[color=cd5c5c]"Do not sweat, Sofia, it looks tough, but it can be overcome. I just wonder how the people with hangovers will do."[/color] Veronica giggled a little at Leo’s comment and couldn’t help letting her gaze drift from the obstacle course to see if she could spot any of her fellow campers who might be struggling this morning. And keeping a slightly cursory look around to see if she could spot a certain someone from last night, whenever he was due to arrive. [color=9966cc]”If you say so, Leo, and thanks for the vote of confidence.”[/color] 

[color=B300B3]"I'm hoping I'll be alright with parts of it, but others..."[/color] as she paused, her eyes were lingering on what looked like a patch of water, and she felt a momentary panic as she thought back to the last time she’d even attempted to swim. [color=B300B3]"Not so much..."[/color] 

Veronica listened as Sofia first inquired about both their new leader and mused about how that would change the dynamic at camp, and starting off with a full obstacle course could mean a few different things. And at the very least, that was likely to mean their lives were going to be a lot more difficult in the days or weeks to come. As if she didn’t need more reasons to dislike her mother, being sent here was definitely adding to the list a few times. 

Leo knew about as much as both her and Sofia, given that they’d all heard the same announcement that morning, so it wasn’t as if he could offer much more insight into what their future held as far as training was concerned. 

[color=cd5c5c]”Do you have any idea why camp is getting a new leader in the first place?"[/color] 

Leo’s question about their leader and the turbulent events prior to his arrival caught her a little off guard. [color=B300B3]”Errr...”[/color] And it was a moment before she’d fully recovered her focus enough to answer as well as she was able. 

[color=B300B3]"Well, um. Yeah? So, there was this whole thing when I first arrived at camp, was it the same day or a few days later, I can’t remember now. But, yeah, so, we’d just had a new leader, Nick...”[/color] She’d already been stumbling over her words as she tried to get the thoughts straight, but mentioning their old leader gave her a lump in her throat. She’d liked him when they met, but then everything happened, and now, he was gone. And it still hadn’t stopped hurting, for all she barely knew him and the others. 

Veronica jerked suddenly back to reality and sank her head down a little between her shoulders and mumbled a rushed, [i][color=B300B3]”sorry, ”[/color][/i] to both Leo and Sofia before continuing in a more audible voice. [color=B300B3]”He was a Son of Posiedon sent here to train us. Kinda the same as River is now. We had, um, these duels to get a feel for how well we could all fight,”[/color] she smiled softly, gave a half shrug and made a rough [i]‘huh’[/i] noise before continuing [color=B300B3]”which I lost. I was trapped in a stone box? Sphere? I think? Then that night, we were all in bed when something happened, and it wasn’t good. Sorry, I’m doing terribly here. Um, we found out later that this box had unleashed a storm along with horrible monsters throughout the camp. It’s all a bit hazy for parts of what happened, but my cabin was filled with shadowy figures who were threatening terrible things... then the windows blew in, and a tornado ripped through and... ju-ust flung me into the sky. I crashed into a tree...[/color] She gently rests one hand against her ribs as she remembered the pain of falling through the branches. [color=B300B3]"I broke my leg on the way down, I was just lucky to be alive,”[/color] she let out a long calming breath and, again, half laughed at her good fortune. [color=B300B3]”Even if not long after that, I stumbled onto a few of us fighting off a Chimera, but yeah, not all of us were as lucky. Nick, and a few others either didn’t make it, or left after...”[/color] 

 
Veronica’s voice had trailed off a little near the end, and her voice had broken a few times while she’d been speaking so by the end she was looking down at her feet with her hands twisting together nervously, [color=B300B3]”Sorry, that wasn’t what you asked, sorry. The camp was pretty much destroyed, and Andy stepped up after that. She’s led the camp since, or at least till yesterday, when River arrived.”[/color]
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