[img]https://i.imgur.com/2kXbvW7.jpeg[/img] [hr] [center][color=#808000]#808000[/color] ~ [url=https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1743433789-mhl-wrkout-rhone-438-67eaafe783ec4.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*]Outfit[/url] ~ Arena[/center] [hr] [img]https://i.imgur.com/sk2CPzp.jpeg[/img] [hr] [center][color=#4a766e]#4a766e[/color] ~ [url=https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmYq8dKciEKEjbu6wIZR551bac62XSLO5R2g&s]Outfit[/url] ~ Arena[/center] [hr] [img]https://i.imgur.com/aPPCL3t.jpeg[/img] [hr] [center][color=#f1724b]#f1724b[/color] ~ [url=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/64/94/26/6494266701af21262f6e9def368b0a0e.jpg]Outfit[/url] ~ Arena[/center] [hr] The new leader was quick to great Heath, but he was caught off guard by the quick laugh. He wondered what was funny but River's next statement answered that question quickly. [color=#86a8ad]"Give it time. You’ll change your mind,"[/color] he said. Now that was an interesting opinion, and an honest one too. River might be someone who expected the worse to happen. Still Heath did mean what he said. For his own personal reasons, he was here to learn. His mother didn't have the time to educate him, so he was hoping to learn from someone who could. Heath would have replied back but he saw the man's expression change to a kinder one and he thanked him. [color=#808000]"You're welcome. Welcome to camp, River."[/color] Giving him a nod, he turned and went back to his sister and Nelly. Iliana figured she better give her brother that ointment she made before she forgot. However before she could get a word out, Heath spoke up. [color=#808000]"Thanks for watching my stuff Lia. I'll move now,"[/color] he said before he started getting his stuff. Chewing on the inside of her cheek, Iliana thought a second, but spoke up quietly, [color=#4a766e]"We're going to start soon, so you might as well stay. Plus, I have something for you to try."[/color] Heath smiled and sat down. His sister was becoming unpredictable, but she was still a nice person at least. Patiently, he waited to see what Iliana had for him. Iliana pulled out one of the ointment samples she brought and handed it out to him. Heath recognized the packaging immediately for her knew his sister used it for her samples. He remembered when she told him she wanted to work more on healing remedies from her crops. He supported that decision 100%. Smiling, he thanked her as he took it. [color=#4a766e]"This one is for sore muscles. I already have one for myself. I know I am going to need it after this, hopefully it works."[/color] Before Heath could comment, Nelly spoke up. [color=#f1724b]"Oh that's so cool! You know Iliana, if you need another guinea pig, I volunteer hehe."[/color] The two siblings looked at Nelly, having forgotten she was there. [color=#4a766e]"Uhh, I don't have any extra at the moment. I'll ask you next time though, just be aware it may not work or well, you might have a reaction to it."[/color] [color=#f1724b]"Hey as long as nuts weren't used in the making, I'll be fine!"[/color] She didn't look too great in Heath's opinion. He wondered just how much she had to drink last night. He had seen a few cousins have full blown hangovers and while Nelly wasn't fully in one, he could see the way her eyes strained a bit. Iliana could feel Nelly's energy was a bit 'off' too. The trio watched as more campers started arriving. They saw Veronica show up and wave in their direction. They waved back and Iliana was slightly surprised to see her not join them, instead she joined two of the new campers. Iliana didn't recognize either of them, but Heath and Nelly recognized Sofia. Heath wondered if Sofia met Mason yet, while Nelly wondered who the other redhead was. She remember seeing him several times yesterday. [color=#808000]"Looks like Veronica is making more friends. Nice to see that."[/color] Heath commented. [color=#4a766e]"I wonder who those two are. I haven't met a lot of new campers yet. Honestly I didn't think we get this many."[/color] [color=#808000]"Well I don't know the guy, but I've met the girl. Her name is Sofia. I think you will like her, Lia."[/color] Heath would have told Iliana she was Hades's daughter, but Nelly was there and while he liked Nelly, he didn't trust her to keep quiet either. Nelly chimed in too. [color=#f1724b]"I met Sofia last night too. She and Veronica joined me on the ice last night. I might have talked her ear off though, but she asked about camp."[/color] Heath groaned and said, [color=#808000]"When do you not talk someone's ear off, Nelly?"[/color] Nelly laughed at that and agreed. It wasn't something she was ashamed of, but she did try giving the Cliff notes version of things, but it didn't always work out that way. Iliana couldn't help but keep looking at Veronica, Sofia, and the other guy. Even though Iliana was too far to feel their energy, she could tell they were already close. The guy with them looked like he could take on this course easily. Realizing she was staring at his muscles, she looked away as her cheeks turned pink. Both Heath and Nelly caught it, but Nelly was the one to speak up. [color=#f1724b]"Nice view, huh, Iliana?"[/color] Turning bright red, Iliana just nodded. She needed to stop staring at people. Nelly padded Iliana on the shoulder with a giggle. Heath just shook his head. By the time Fiona greeted them, Iliana had thankfully recovered. [color=#024B30]”How’re ya both doing? Also, bollocks to that though.”[/color] Nelly laughed and replied,[color=#f1724b]"I am doing okay considering how much I drank last night. Got a nice headache, but it shouldn't affect me too much. Still bollocks for sure. Thank the gods for all of the traveling I've done over the years. Only thing I worry about is anything involving balance hehe."[/color] Iliana dreaded the whole thing but didn't want to admit it. Sure she climbed trees and knew how to swim, but added all of the other things together, yeah, she was not in for a good time. [color=#4a766e]"I am doing fine right now, Fi, thank you. I just want to get this obstacle course done and over with."[/color] [color=#808000]"I'll help you out Lia-"[/color] Heath started to say, but Iliana cut him off. [color=#4a766e]"No, I need to be able to do this on my own. Thank you though Heath."[/color] Heath sighed and nodded, but he would help her if she needed it. After that, Fiona moved on and Nelly turned to see where she was heading. She saw her sit next to a figure laying down and Nelly soon figured out it was Blair, who totally looked out of it. Feeling sorry for Heath's other sister, Nelly turned back around. Once again the three continued to wait as campers continued to come in. One thing that Heath noticed was who hadn't arrived yet. Most obvious one was Duke. Duke had been longer than him and Iliana, and he wondered what happened. His thoughts were diverted when River decided to get things started. Heath was pleasantly surprised on how well-informed River was of past events. At least Poseidon hadn't decided to throw his son off the deep end. Hearing what he had planned for them made a lot of sense too. Heath wondered how he would fare. He was sure he could do this obstacle course, but he already knew he wouldn't be as good as someone like Andy, Mason, and Trinity. River continued to earn points with Heath as River led by example by example by doing the obstacle course. He played close attention. Nelly for once was doing the same thing and memorized his exact movements. She may have perfect memory, but she would still have to physically execute it herself. While Nelly was average height for a female, she would have to compensate being shorter than all of the guys here. She would make up for that with her natural speed. She could always use her speed too if need be. However that idea was squashed when River finished and mentioned no one was allowed to use their powers. Oh well. Both Heath and Nelly looked at Iliana when they heard no one could help each other either. This didn't make Heath happy, so that wasn't one thing he dox points for. Iliana saw their looks and sighed. [color=#4a766e]"Knock it off you two, I'll live,"[/color] she said quietly. Soon the first group got started and they watched as Andy took an easy lead, but Sylas was doing his best to keep up with her. While watching them though, Evelyn showed up. After greeting them, Evelyn zeroed in on Nelly. [color=#ffc300]“Oh, how did your, uh, rectifying regrets go? What was that even all about?”[/color] Both Heath and Iliana were just as confused by that, but Nelly giggled. [color=#f1724b]"Poorly, but it was my doing. See back when we did Seven Minutes in Heaven at the previous party, my bottle landed on Sylas. Sadly I don't have any of my parents' charms, so I was clueless on what the rules were and made a fool of myself with Sylas in there. Didn't you were supposed to make out in there. So to remedy that here, I basically asked Sylas if I could kiss him, that was all. He flat out rejected me. It's fine though. It's pretty clear I get on the guy's nerves too, but I am used to it."[/color] She didn't want Evelyn to get the wrong idea about her and Sylas, especially since she remembered how Sylas kissed Evelyn last night. [color=#f1724b]"But yes, sorry for any confusion, Evelyn, and thanks for checking up on me. You just take care of yourself too okay?"[/color] Watching the first group finishing when Sloane finished, the second group was called out. Only ones they recognized was Blair and Lochlan. No clue who the other ones were. Nelly decided to stretch during this time. Iliana felt bad for Blair and even Heath sighed watching how poorly his other sister was doing. Nelly saw how Blair did too. She had returned to her seat before she finally managed to finish. Nelly was relieved to hear her named be called in the third group. [color=#f1724b]"Oh wow, finally!"[/color] she said as she jumped up and went to the start of the obstacle course. She was obviously revved but still wasn't feeling her best. Under normal conditions, she knew she be one of the first ones, but even she was a little unsure. [color=#f1724b]"Good luck guys!"[/color] she said cheerfully to Mason, Sofia, and two other female campers. The redhead she recalled seeing last night, but the brunette she didn't recognize at all. Even though this wasn't exactly a race, Nelly couldn't help but feel like it was one. She had been itching to get involved in stuff and now it was her chance since she never got to have a duel when Nick was still in charge. Soon it was time to get started and Nelly took off. The tires were pretty easy as she perfectly recalled how River did it. Next was log jumps. Under normal conditions, this would be a piece of cake, but Nelly felt slightly off because her image blurred a little bit and she almost slipped when going from the 2nd log to the 3rd. However she managed to stay on, but that enable Mason to get ahead of her. Feeling her competitive nature awaken, she speeded up slightly and finished as the same time as him before going to the next part. The low crawl was something she was very much used to doing since she did things like this when spelunking in caves. She paced herself though to make sure to not overdo it. The rope climb was one she knew she wasn't going to enjoy. She preferred basic pull ups or rock climbing to this. She wasn't surprised when Mason overtook her here either. She couldn't help but get slightly distracted by his biceps either, but she for sure didn't want him overtaking her for long. She got to the top and came down but slightly burned her hand though and cursed. If the rope climb was bad, then the rob bridge was worse, but it wasn't the worse thing. She did her best to maintain her balance, but her foot got caught in a hole and she almost fell through if not for her own upper body strength. She picked up her pace again though and almost caught up to Mason as they approached the rope swing. Leaping quickly, Nelly laughed, feeling like Tarzan, and landed a nice distance from the water before jogging to the one thing she truly dreaded, the balancing beam. Taking a deep breath, she went about it as quickly as she could, but her vision swam again and unfortunately this time, not only did she slip but she fell off landing on her back. [color=#f1724b]"Ow!"[/color] Seeing Mason and even Sofia and the brunette getting ahead and entering the pool, Nelly felt a fire in her belly there. Getting up, she this time focused and got past the balance beam. Sprinting towards the pool, she dived right in and quickly passed up the bruntte and Sofia and raced for Mason. He was still ahead of her when they got to the log ladder. Almost there. Nelly by this point was starting to get tired, but she wasn't bound to give up. She was pretty much neck and neck with Mason going up the ladder, but she was quicker going down. Seeing the last obstacle in her sights, Nelly had one last kick in her as she sprinted one last time and leapt over the pool of water. Landing on her feet, she saw she was first across with Mason right behind her. It was then she noticed she wad fully dry too. However, she was for once too tired think about it. Instead she turned to cheer on the others in her group as they crossed the finish line. Once she saw her fellow red-head come over the ladder, she cheered more. [color=#f1724b]"Come on, you can do it!"[/color] she clapped. After she finished, Nelly clapped for her one more time before returning to her seat. Iliana was first to greet her. [color=#4a766e]"Are you okay, Nelly? That fall looked bad."[/color] [color=#f1724b]"My head is worse now. I'll just get more aspirin from my cabin. But hey I beat Mason, how about that huh?"[/color] [color=#808000]"You know this isn't a full race right?"[/color] Heath reminded her. [color=#f1724b]"Hey! Let me have this right? I know it's not, but I couldn't help myself. I don't think I did as well several of the others who went before me though."[/color] Heath shrugged and waited patiently for his and his sister's turn. [hr] [center]Interactions ~ River [@Mjolnir], Fiona [@Fabricator], Evelyn [@xNocturnax] ~ Mentions ~ Sofia, Veronica, Leo, Sylas, Andy, Sloane, Blair, Lochlan, Mason, Callista, Rae[/center]