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[color=808080] [color=#47815a] “Sure. We need to sharpen our skills and get some routine again, but who made him leader? And [i]why?[/i] He’s all up to date with camp’s roster, the past events and leaderships. But where’s he been?”[/color]

A knot formed in her stomach as Daniel spoke her exact hesitance on River. They knew nothing about him other than he was Poseidon’s son and likely elected by Poseidon himself to lead which meant…[color=#ffc300][i]Had Zeus left camp behind?[/i][/color] Evelyn tried to brush all the growing unsolved queries aside, only offering silence so the cycle didn’t resume. They weren’t going to get answers, at least not for a while yet and she doubted River would like being interrogated. Though, maybe that was answers he owed them. One day.

Such thoughts preoccupied her time alone until her company rejoined her. By then, Evelyn was able to shift subjects. With a gentle smile, Evelyn scanned Daniel as he seemed pleasantly surprised that she actually remembered one of his most wicked adversaries that he conjured. From what she could gather anyway. Though, it was a time before she joined camp thankfully, it stuck with her because she found the idea barbaric but fascinating. In general, she also made a point to listen to people.

 The son of Hecate dove inward, giving Evelyn a surface level consensus. [color=#47815a] “Those scary Algonquian things. Mmm. They’re pretty jacked. Even for demigods. And especially for a son of Poseidon. But can they drown? I’ll get back to you on that.”[/color] He winked to tease her.

Evelyn sighed quietly. There was no need to reinforce how and exactly why that was a bad idea. She let him have his fantasy and theories in his thoughts. He rolled his shoulders, Evelyn’s eyes sharpening to the movement. [color=#ffc300][i]Where the creature bit.[/i][/color] [color=#47815a] “At least not until I learn how to teleport,”[/color] he barely said aloud.

[color=#ffc300]“You outdid yourself literally,”[/color] she remarked, only able to make light of it because he had made it one piece.

Seemingly unable to help but to inquire on more serious matters all to showcase she cared, the mood sunk at the mention of the daughter of Apollo.

[color=#47815a]“Ahh.”[/color] His joking and perky demeanor changed. [color=#47815a] “Fine. Fine. I miss her. She was a spec of sunshine. It felt like we were in a good place and going into a better place and then, you know, Rae didn’t make it.”[/color] She was surprised by his spoken honesty, even when she sensed there was more under the surface. [color=#47815a]“I would’ve loved to have held her and talked to her at least but, I woke up and she was gone.”[/color]

Evelyn averted her gaze. [color=#ffc300]“I’m sorry,”[/color] she said, both for bringing it up and what happened. [color=#ffc300]“It was probably a tough decision but something she felt she had to do.”[/color] No one could get the daughter of Apollo’s side and Evelyn didn’t like to speak for anyone but a decision like that had to come with turmoil.

She let them sit and digest for as long as silence as he wished.

[color=#47815a]“What about you? Tell me your great Pandora tales of woe,”[/color] he said after a beat or two.

She smiled tightly only feeling an obligation to respond honestly because he had. Her shoulders slackened with a breath she didn’t know she was holding. As she braced to exchange her significantly less traumatic experience he spoke again.

[color=#47815a] “And all your great forecasts for training,”[/color] he said waving his fork. [color=#47815a]“You know since, if we get stuck with any [i]teamwork[/i] exercises, it’s singlehandedly your fault.”[/color]

Evelyn rose her brows. [color=#ffc300]“Is that right?”[/color] She gave a nod. [color=#ffc300] “Very well.”[/color] She dragged her chair closer, taking it one response at a time. [color=#ffc300] “I’m doubting and questioning people more since the box. I don’t know how it got on our grounds or who opened the thing.”[/color] That was how she was since the box. A finger popped up.

Her lips paused apart. She took a moment to measure the words speaking on her box experience. Evelyn cleared her throat unwilling to give full transparency. [color=#ffc300]“I was fortunate with my first encounter. I woke to a blade over my head.”[/color] She was only saved thanks to Sylas’s reaction. [color=#ffc300] “Then I ran. Deservingly right into some winged humanoid who…”[/color] Her eyes dipped to her forsaken scar before inhaling and blinking back on Daniel. Maybe her scar was the permanent mark of karma for attempting to flee. She shielded it again subconsciously, even when it was obstructed by the table, her leggings and top. [color=#ffc300] “Eventually made my way to the lake and was spared in time before we could drown.”[/color] Another finger added.

Before she ‘forecasted’ their training, her third finger joined the count. [color=#ffc300] “If there are teamwork exercises, it’s because [i]most of us[/i] need it,”[/color] she stated matter of factly, only tainted by the small curve of a smile. [color=#ffc300]“We’re a horrible unit.”[/color] She sat up straighter ready to defend her bleak statement. [color=#ffc300]“I know we don’t all like each other but there’s always a bigger threat out there. It would benefit us mutually to learn to work together as long as we’re in the same territory, defending the same thing.”[/color] 

The very second she sensed a retort coming from Daniel, she raised a hand and finger beating him to it. [color=#ffc300]“The course was an independent assessment. And I know it’s all very idealistic.”[/color] There was no way teamwork was beneficial in the course scenario unless they were evaluated as a group. Meanwhile, some feuds burned deep.


[color=#ffc300]“But no, I think we should be safe from teamwork and trust building exercises. If they were going to do that it would’ve been in place of the trials.”[/color] She drew stray patterns on the table, pursing her lips thinking on their collective punishment. [color=#ffc300] “Probably powers?”[/color] she suggested. Beyond that, she had no clue and too much speculating proved a never-ending pit. [color=#ffc300]“As long as he keeps collaborating with your sister or you, I imagine the sky’s the limit.”[/color] Which could be its own form of bad news for the rest of them.

[color=#ffc300]“With all your abilities and the promise of future assessments and training, what if you conjured a chiropractor? Or a masseuse?”[/color] Evelyn tilted her head side to side and rubbed at a niggle in her shoulder closing her eyes with a grimace. The one of many discomforts she had throughout her whole body at the moment.

Slowly, she rose to her feet. There were too many thought-provoking subjects brought between them by no fault of his own. Usually, Evelyn would thrive and appreciate the conversation and topics, but she found herself exhausted, craving the solace of her own cabin and privacy. There was no rule that she had to speak to Daniel in a certain way on certain conditions. She only felt her energy waning and didn't particularly want another public "crashout".

[color=#ffc300]“I'm going to go.”[/color] It sat as a statement initially, no comment pending. But on account of not sounding dismissive, she continued [color=#ffc300]“... Take a nap or something.”[/color] She added a smile for good measure. [color=#ffc300]“I'll see you later.”[/color] She placed her jacket back on and stepped into the snow to head for cabin.  
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