Do You Carry Water?

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by skyfullofzoes

by skyfullofzoes

The cabin climbed up the bleachers that surrounded the rock climbing wall. Once everyone was seated, Chiron stood in the middle to gather everyone's attention. The room quieted down when he raised his hands. He announced who would go on the rock climbing wall. 2 kids from the Ares cabins strutted down and took sides of the square rock wall while a kid from the Athena cabin and the Aphrodite cabin started to climb their way down. The rock wall started turning and they started climbing. An Ares kid pulled in a stick that the Aphrodite kid was using to as a foot rest. His feet dropped below him and he dangled on his arms. Alarms went off and I looked over at Matrix confused. She learned over so I could hear and said, "Just wait." The Aphrodite kid just yelled, "HELL NAH!" before dropping. Soon tipped over selected buckets with lava.

"WHAT THE FUCK?! IS THAT LEGAL?!" I yelled to Matrix. She laughed and told me nothing here was legal and the government did not know about this camp. Well, that didn't make me feel safe. Wasn't the point of this camp is to keep us safe? I gave her a confused look and continued watching. Next to me a guy with black hair sat down next to me. Matrix bumped my shoulder and whispered it was Percy. So that's the dude that all the gossip has been about? I nodded and turned to him, "Hello! I'm Margo. I heard your Percy." He looked at me weirdly for saying he was and looking back at the rock wall.

"I have a few questions. Being a son of Posiden, do you carry a water bottle with you? You know water healing and all." He looked at me and thought about it.

"You know, I've never thought about it."

"Yeah. That's cool. Does the rain heal you too?"

"No," he said. Noticing that I could start to become annoying soon, I just nodded and continued to pretend to be interested in the rock climbing. When I looked back I saw that another kid was out. It was the Athena kid. And they looked seriously pissed. The two Ares kids seemed to be fighting it out. Watching them I wondered about how sibling rivalries went here. Do you hate all your siblings like you do with your blood siblings? Do you love them all somehow? Are some your best friends and others are your enemies? I'll update later with observations. I was pulled from my thoughts when the crowd went "oooooo". One Ares kid was laying on the floor while the other one was at the top. I saw them flip each other off before Chiron interrupted and told them that was unacceptable. The kid wobbled away angrily and the other one climbed down bragging about their victory. We were all released back to our cabins to get ready for Campfire later that night. Matrix turned to me and explained it. It was very simple.

Big fire

Changes color

Singing

S'mores

And damn I am a slut for S'mores!