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POSTED ON Dec 2, 2014 18:01:37 GMT -8

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It had been cloudy and dreary all day. Ani, unlike some campers, had been watching the clouds with a sense of excited anticipation. Her camp-mates had run between buildings, eyeing the grey and darkening skies with trepidation. The storm had been brewing for the last two days, the clouds scuttling forward slowly but surely, with campers and camp staff alike wondering and guessing at how bad the storm was going to be. Some people even wondered if it was some kind of sign, or a passive sort of attack by one of the other camps - Jupiter, or one of the more recently discovered ones. Anicetus had shot those ideas down; she could tell it was a normal one. Then again, she had never felt an unusual storm; all of them were natural, in her experience, from the grey drizzle that lasted all day to the raging storm that was over in twenty minutes.

Sitting on the Hermes' kids' cabin roof - she was certain her great-uncle wouldn't mind too much, though she couldn't say the same for her extended relatives (cousins? second cousins?) - she watched sky. It offered the best view of the moving sky-scape, and just as she started to wonder if anyone was going to come up to kick her off (she did have her own cabin; she was the only daughter of any of the Hyades so she had the whole thing to herself) she heard the front door to the cabin slam shut. Speak of the devil's children... Either one of them had heard her drumming her heels in anticipation, or they just had good timing to kick-start her paranoia. "Time to go!" She giggled to herself, turning around to shimmy and slide down the water spout. Just as her boots touched the dusty ground, the sky opened with a truly spectacular thunderclap. Ani jumped and started down the trail that led behind the dilapidated cabin, throwing her hood up to cover her hair as she went.

It was, in her mind, the absolute perfect weather to practice her swordswomanship. Dressed in a plain grey jacket and scruffy but sturdy boots, the daughter of Coronis jogged down the road towards the training area, dark skin turned up and grinning broadly at the drops of water that sluiced down her face and off of the buildings as she passed. If there was anyone else around, she wouldn't have seen them - no, she was too busy reveling in the moment, sure in herself and her thoughts that nobody but her would be outside.

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POSTED ON Dec 2, 2014 18:33:16 GMT -8

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It rained so little in the camp due to the control Chrion and Mr. D had over the weather, that any time they decided to allow the rain inside was a big occasion for the camp - either a day off for them to bond with their half-brothers and half-sisters, or time for learning how to fight - but in the rain, or ride horses, but in the rain, or do archery in the rain, or climb walls while in the rain - the list went on really. Layla wasn't a fan of the latter days, but she loved the days off that they were rarely given - she never used them to bond with cabin mates, even when she was still unclaimed and in the Hermes cabin. Instead she took to wandering the grounds as it rained, wearing no more than usual shirts and jeans. It wasn't that she didn't get cold or couldn't get sick - she just enjoyed the feel of rain on her skin - plus, even when they let it rain they normally kept the temperature warm enough - not at all like the New York she was used to before she found out what she was and came to camp.

And so with her red hair soaked wet, hanging down past her shoulders, her clothes clinging to the pale skin, she walked through the camp. Most of the other kids would either stay in their cabins, or in the case of Hephaestus' kids head to their forges, so she for once did not need to hide away, fearing confrontation. A lot had happened in the past few days for her - her meeting with the cute Aphrodite girl, her meeting with that girl's half-brother, her Claiming, her mother building her a cabin... it was like every one of her problems and all of the worrisome events just washed away, though, as the rain poured down. She did not expect someone else to not only be out in the rain, but to be out running through it. And she did something unexpected, lifting a hand a little and actually speaking first, a bit loudly, "H-hello!" It seemed to surprise even her that she'd do so, and she blushed softly, partially at saying anything at all, and partially at her eternal stutter, which Tori had made her painfully aware of - clearly her meetings with the Aphrodite kids had made her too bold. She glanced around as if looking for a way to run away without it seeming blatant or being even more embarrassing, but came up with nothing.

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POSTED ON Dec 2, 2014 19:10:09 GMT -8

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Ani came to a stop as she heard someone call out. Turning halfway around to see if it was a Hermes kid - 'vengeful' wasn't generally a strong trait of theirs, but who knew? she'd barely even dented their already kinda-dented water sluice, anyway - and almost missed the redhead meekly calling out to her as she twisted to find who had called her. Once she'd spotted the other camper, Ani strolled over, mind flicking through the mental scrapbook she had of other campers. She wasn't major god kid, Ani knew - or if she was, she was even more of a wallflower than the shy ones tended to be. No, she was probably a minor gods' kid with that attitude, but that still didn't explain why the other girl was out in the rain. Ani knew why she was out in the rain, she loved it, but other kids tended to avoid it - she was kind of surprised the in Poseidon's case, but everyone else made sense.

"Uh - hi!" Might as well introduce herself. "I can't believe there's someone else out here!" Ani couldn't resist blurting out her major thoughts; usually what got her into trouble and then into fights when her temper went off, but she was in such a good mood thanks to the rain that the dark-skinned teen didn't even bother to think about letting her brain-to-mouth filter do its' job. "Whose kid are you? Those wussy kids all stay inside; not us, huh? I'm An - Coronis's daughter, only one in camp whose a kid of the Hyades, and there were a ton of them!" She boasted jovially, sticking one damp hand out towards Layla, irregarding the flicker of social panicked-rabbit look in her hazel eyes.

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NOTES: She's so cheery her brain-to-mouth filter switched off. Oops, poor Layla!

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POSTED ON Dec 2, 2014 19:42:19 GMT -8

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Oh gods above, Layla inwardly berated herself for talking to someone, anyone, having somehow stumbled onto a cheerful and very loud girl, who was successful in making the redhead even more self conscious and nervous. She looked up at the sky and the rain as the rain was commented on, giving a tiny smile before it was quickly hidden by her hands, a soft blush on her face still, "Y-yeah most just... s-s-stay in." She didn't feel any need to mention the fact that part of the reason she was out and about for once was that she wouldn't run into as many people.

And then the question that always seemed to come out, the comment that everyone seemed to make - talking about their parents. Sure, Layla understood that in a world of Heroes where who you were related to mattered a lot that it shouldn't be uncommon, but she somehow was even more uncomfortable with the idea of talking about her mother than she was with saying she was unclaimed just a year before - the latter would get her looks of pity and people saying poor her, while the former... well, if anyone even recognized her mom, it was normally for the worse parts of her. But she still managed to speak over the rain, not wanting to be rude, "L-layla... D-d-daughter of The G-Great Mother Cy-cy-Cybelle. I l-like the rain. It feels good." She blurted it all out at once, stuttering terribly as she thought about her Mother, then quickly seeming to cheer as her thoughts went back to the rain, "Your mom is Coronis...?" Layla read a lot, and knew much of greek myth due to it, smiling softly at the thought of the rain bringing nymphs.

"W-where we were you headed?" She added the little question on very quickly, as if Ani might miss it and go on her way. That'd be fine with Layla, but she didn't want to seem rude or mean or uninterested herself. And unfortunately, her conversation partner didn't seem like she'd pick up on the panic anytime soon.

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POSTED ON Dec 2, 2014 22:15:54 GMT -8

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The rain rushed down, down, dripping and drizzling over the two teenagers as they stood in the rain. Ani was glad she had the forethought to wear a jacket with a hood; otherwise her hair would be getting absolutely drenched and ruined. Of course, the clothes were still getting slowly more and more watered down. But it had almost seemed like a small ray of sunshine when Layla smiled, as small and fleeting an expression on her closed-off face it was. The gray skies washed out her already pale skin, Ani thought, making her hazel eyes stand out more, along with light freckles.

Ani grinned and nodded as Layla agreed with her, her eyebrows furrowing as she tried to think of any legends she’d read with that name. “Cybelle doesn’t...uh, ring a bell, sorry.” She smiled an apologetic smile; she frequently got the same response when her and anyone else traded so-whose-kid-are-you stories; Ani was used to it, and it looked like Layla was a little newer to it - or just thin-skinned.

The water-happy girl perked up conversationally as Layla pointed the conversation back to her. “I was gonna to go train - work on my sword skills.” She nearly jumped up and down as the idea hit her, and Ani grinned excitedly at the meek strawberry-blonde. “Ooh, you should come with me! It would be fun, we’d have someone to practice against that doesn’t mind the rain. I mean, I have ‘fighting’ against, like, bales of hay, you know?” She nearly pulled the other girl down the path to the training area, turning back to smile encouragingly at her.

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NOTES: Ah yes, let's go play with pointy metal objects during a thunderstorm, there is absolutely no way this could go wrong.

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POSTED ON Dec 3, 2014 10:24:17 GMT -8

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Layla let through another smile as Ani revealed her lack of knowledge of obscure deities - at least that meant that she wouldn't have to deal with any of the odd looks that came with that. She didn't seem to notice the look that Ani got when she had smiled the first time, though she did notice how the darker skinned girl was looking at her, blushing a little more. It wasn't exactly uncommon for the redhead to be blushing it seemed, she didn't even seem to notice it most of the time, it just happened. "T-that's fine..." She started to comment on Anicetus not knowing her Mother, before the topic suddenly changed.

Oh, great, sword training in the rain, that sounded like an interesting thing to watch - oh, Ani wanted her to come and spar with her. The redhead gulped a little, and then suddenly the cute daughter of the rain-maker was suddenly right in her face, and started pulling her along - Layla didn't exactly resist, though she did start talking at least, "U-uhm, I-" she didn't know how to explain it - that she was a terrible swordsman probably wouldn't cut it - normally when she told someone that when they wanted to train, they'd just say that's why you train. But Layla hated training, she never got better no matter how much she seemed to practice. "I'm n-not really in a t-training mood. She managed to stutter it out, as they walked, not actually resisting being lead towards the training grounds at all.

"I-I n-normally just r-relax when its raining. I-its soothing." She tried her best to hold in any blush of embarrassment as she made up excuses for not training - and for her hand being held, she had in fact blushed bright red the second the other girl took a hold of her to lead her.

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POSTED ON Dec 7, 2014 0:47:45 GMT -8

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Ani let go of Layla’s arm as she stuttered out her protests, stopping and turning to look at the protesting redhead. Disappointment covered her expressive face, but Ani covered it quickly. “Oh, are you sure? The rain always give me energy, and I really do need to train - if I don’t want to get rusty. I plan on beating at least some of the Ares’ kids next time!” She rattled on, a fierce look in her eyes as she raised one fist in a determined motion. The light sheepishly drained out of Ani’s dark eyes as she came back down to earth; she grinned awkwardly at Layla, shuffling to stick her hands into her pockets, unsure of what to do with them.

“Well if you don’t wanna train, I guess we could hang out somewhere else? The Dining Hall might not be too packed, and it’s warm.” An suggested, perking up from her brief fall. Switching tracks, she started off in the opposite direction, brushing past Layla and looping her arm through the other girls’ as she went, gently dragging her along. “We can watch it rain from inside; it’s fun to just watch it, sometimes, don’t you think? I mean, it really is more fun to be out in it, but I’ve never gotten sick from the rain, either, so…” Ani talked as they walked, her feet moving almost as light and quickly as her mouth.

As she talked and they moved, the rain kept drizzling down - and the dust beneath their feet was swiftly turning a little muddy. Nothing An wasn't used to; she'd been out in the rain almost everywhere she'd ever gone.

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POSTED ON Dec 8, 2014 14:38:08 GMT -8

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Layla glanced away from Ani's face as she noticed the disappointing looks - she had gotten a lot of reactions to telling people she couldn't fight before, but she always preferred the meaner ones that made fun of her more than the ones where people got sad or disappointed. At least if they got mean she could just go away and not feel like she messed up - when they really wanted to do something with her, for some reason, she always wished she could do it. "I-I'm sorr-."

She suddenly became very aware of the fact that she didn't need to apologize at all, as Ani looped arms with her and started sort-of dragging her along, "W-we do't have to..." She knew the Hearth would, as always, be quite inflamed, but she did kind of want to be away from the crowds, as nice as Hestia's warmth was. "If you r-really need to train I can.... watch?" She asked it hesitantly - she wasn't particularly interested in watching swordfights normally, and training on just the training posts seemed even less interesting, but she could at least keep Ani company and not drag her off to do something else.

Her boots were already quite muddy at the bottoms, but she didn't seem to mind at the least - in fact her whole outfit was soaked, her hair was soaked, every little thing as soaked. And yet she seemed perfectly comfortable as such. Unlike any mystical heritage that Ani might claim to helping her enjoy that kind of thing, the redhead just didn't mind being wet - while she did sort of mind the cold, it wasn't that bad at the camp normally.

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