Posts by Mer~

Gold! Yay, thank you so much! Also, about nicknames, what if instead of Goldie, I started calling you Gold-san? Oh, or maybe Gold-sempai? And then when I need your help I can say "Notice me sempai!"

Gold! Whoops, I'm sorry, didn't mean to say it wrong. Thank you for the lesson on honorifics though, that's really interesting and I didn't know about it before! I was only partially kidding about senpai though. I could definitely call you Gold-san, but it might take some getting used to since I've called you Goldie as long as I've known you. Also, I love Mer-chan, I like how it sounds, and I always suspected it was a form of endearment for you which makes me happy.

{Kihyun Chae ~ 18 ~ Son of Hades}

While Kihyun was infamous for a number of things around camp, one of the lesser known ones was that he tended to be a late riser. It wasn't that he wasn't a morning person; no, if you happened to wake the boy, he would greet you in a sleepy voice but would still smile at you all the same, able to keep up his usual happy demeanor even in the face of being pulled from sleep, a situation that would make others quite crabby. No, it wasn't that at all. In fact, if he was woken by someone, he tended to rise much easier. Because as it was, if Kihyun was left to get himself out of bed, his internal clock would wake him up at around the appropriate time. But instead of actually getting out of bed, he'd lay their for a while and think about how soft and cozy it was, and about how he was still sleepy. He might fumble sluggishly around the sheets for one of the many unicorn plushies piled on his bed, and when he found one, he'd probably examine it a little bit, pet it, squish it to his chest with a tight hug, all the while thinking about how he really should get up and get the day started, but in bed it was warm and getting out of bed meant it wouldn't be anymore. He'd stall like this for so long that he'd eventually just fall back asleep, so he would remain in bed for most of the morning hours, dozing lightly, his dreams usually pleasant.

That was exactly what had happened this morning, and so, unlike many of his fellow campers who had risen early to exercise and train and start their days off on a good note, the son of Hades didn't even make it out of bed until almost noon. When he finally did though, he made it through his morning routine without delay--washing his face (dis bab showers at night), doing his hair, picking out an outfit. Today, he selected a pair of denim jeans and one of his orange camp t-shirts, though he opted to tuck the hem of his shirt into the waistband of his jeans, as well as roll up its sleeve so his biceps were fully visible. He completed the look with a black belt and a silver chain attached between two belt loops, the two camp beads threaded through the cord around his neck resting gently in the hollow of his throat. The boy sat on the edge of his bunk as he pulled on a pair of ratty black Nikes, clearly well-used and well-loved. The only decent part of them were the neon orange laces which looked brand new. Kihyun had bought them to replace his old ones, almost too frayed to tie, and the thought of the laces matching his camp shirt had made him giddy, so orange he'd bought. On his way out the door, he stopped at his bedside table and withdrew from a small box two rubies, rimmed with silver, the size of nickels, and stuck them into the holes in his ear lobes with the practiced hand of someone who had done it a thousand times. He ran a tiny silver hoop into his last piercing, right beside one of he rubies, and then he stepped out of the Hades cabin, the door slamming loudly behind him.

The bright sunshine caught the streaks of red in his hair, causing the color to become even more vibrant. As he walked, Kihyun yawned a little. "I want waffles today..." he mumbled in a tiny voice to himself, thinking of the food at the pavilion, where he'd be soon enough. He meandered slowly along the path, making his way there in no immediate rush. However, before he arrived, he titled his head slightly in confusion, a slight twang going through his mind as he sensed something out of place. Kihyun looked left, then right. There was nothing around here though. That's so weird, I thought I sensed something dead, he thought to himself, mildly confused. Was he getting out of practice? But how, he practiced a lot. Frowning, he glanced to the right again, just in time to a small boy running down Half-Blood Hill, a skeleton just a few paces behind him. Alarm immediately shot through Kihyun at the sight of a little kid being chased (or so he thought) so he immediately cleared the distance between them with only a few strides of his long legs and caught the little boy by the shoulders, hopefully stopping him. Kihyun crouched down to be eye level with the boy, and while doing so, simultaneously removed one hand from the boy's shoulder and threw it out, palm forward, into the face of the skeleton. A clear sign for it to stop, and the creature should have been able to sense Kihyun's own heritage; for it not to obey would've been out of its own favor. Kihyun's regarded the little boy's face, his dark orbs flicking up to meet the boy's own irises. He smiled widely at the little boy, dimples deepening, and the hand held in front of the skeleton shifted into a gesture of pointing, Kihyun's index finger forward. "Is he bothering you?" Kihyun asked the boy lightly, his voice light and melodic, a gentle tone carried in it. He was sure the boy was scared, and he was trying to calm him down by remaining as calm as possible; an easy feat for Kihyun who's cute smile was second nature.

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{Holly Whittaker ~ 17 ~ Daughter of Hecate}

Meanwhile, Holly had already been up and around for several hours now, despite having been up and awake long into the night. Although Holly was much more of a night owl, no matter what late hour she made it to bed by, she always seemed to manage getting up at a decent one the next morning as well. Some people had to wonder if she actually got enough sleep. The truth was, she was really only an early riser during summer camp, because she simply didn't want to mess any of the activities that went on during the day. And today was a very important day: Capture-the-Flag. As head of the Hecate cabin, it was up to Holly to decide who's team her cabin would play on, which also meant determining which team they would play against. And she honestly wasn't sure which team to select yet. Both of them seemed evenly matched this week. Holly herself wasn't known to do too terribly well when they played. Her magic was only strong at night, and most of the games they played were in the afternoon or the early evening, a time when her magic was growing in power but still not at a level where she could be of much assistance. However, she knew some of her siblings, who weren't handicapped during the day, enjoyed the chance to unleash a myriad of practiced spells on their fellow campers, so Holly always tried hard to pick the winning team, at least for their sake.

The trouble was, she couldn't decide. Part of her had wanted to speak with either the Ares counselor or the Athena counselor, but she didn't know much about the first personally, and she had no idea where to find Larkin; he was always so busy and out and about that her only real chance of seeing him today was probably stumbling upon him by chance. And Holly didn't think that was likely to happen. She contemplated all of this as she walked back towards her cabin from the dining pavilion, having eaten her fill at breakfast. Deep in thought at first, she realized she should probably try and pay a little better attention to her surroundings in case she did run into another counselor by chance. She realized she was near the sparring circle, and she just happened to notice that Ethan, a son of Ares, was seated at the edge of it. She thought he might be taking a break? He wasn't the head of Ares, but he was one of the camp's most skilled warriors, so she stopped in her tracks, wondering if she should approach him and ask his opinion. Holly had never spoken to him before and he didn't seem all that friendly. Truthfully, she felt a little intimidated by him, both physically and emotionally. So she stood their awkwardly in the middle of the path, wondering what she should do. Anyone that looked over would probably see her staring at Ethan with a deeply concentrated look upon her face.

Gold! (kinda)

Dianemu   Illuna YES HELLO, MER IS PRESENT! I play Holly, and I am totally fine with whichever team you wanted Hecate cabin to be on, do you guys have a preference?

So, I had to have my car repaired today and I had to wait for it to be done, so I spent three hours in the waiting lounge while it was being worked on and this is the result.

YES! I'm sure absolutely nothing could go wrong with putting this fish boi next to a drunken child, there is no problem with that at allllll.

Sanctuaryforall1 Zero is so cute and trusting of Kiki, he has all my uwus already.

Absolutely, this duo is gonna be bad for the camp. What if Morgan just like, channeled a small river and Devin just turned it all into booze and they just had this small pond's worth int he middle of camp.

SUGAR. OMG, yes my smol son is being well received! They're gonna have such a cute relationship, like I am so freaking excited for it. And they gonna hermit crab hunt together and he'll probably follow her around for no reason sometimes just because he's annoying and he will give her all the bear hugs she needs if she is ever upset and will try and give her the very best advice but he's probably gonna tease her for being short (um, most people are compared to him ???) and he might put thing son high shelves int he cabin so she has to ask for his help and he's gonna tease her in the most brotherly way and love her and protect her always. This is gonna be so great.

SUGAR. Morgan won't really have a preference either way, but I would kind of like if Poseidon went opposite of Hades, so I can play Morgan and Kihyun from two different team perspectives.

I believe Hecate is going blue, then?

Also, everyone, I LOVE the idea of having a big monster battle break out at the end of the game, that sounds like so much fun! Both my boys will 100% be making sure their siblings are safe, and since it'll be early evening, Holly will actually have some powers so she can fight!

I also just wanted to say a lil sorry, I know my posting has been semi-erratic, but it should be more consistent once I get back home. I'm traveling right now.

Viserion I just finished making Morgan, so he's open to interact with Valyria or anyone else really. I'm not sure how well they'll interact (would she have a lot of patience for his meme-ness?) but he is open!

{Kihyun Chae ~ 18 ~ Son of Hades}

"Oh, okay then!" Kihyun said cheerfully. "I didn't realize Zeffer was a superhero. Hmm, a good name... I'm not so good with names." He glanced to the side, regarding a tree. The boy's eyebrows furrowed a little as he gave it some thought. Clearly, to someone who was probably a little more mature, Kihyun was intentionally humoring the kid. "Maybe... Mr. Bones?" he offered, his eyes sqinching with laughter, giving a little giggle at his rather obviously failed naming attempt. "I bet you'll think of something better," Kihyun said, reaching out and giving the boy a gentle pat on the head. His warm smile didn't leave his face even once. "So, if that's Zeffer, than who are you? Oh, you're real name, not your superhero name," Kihyun stated, one eyebrow quirking up in a humorous gesture as he implied the boy was a superhero himself, too. "My name is Kihyun," he added, introducing himself with the same gentle lilt to his tone that had carried throughout the conversation.

Internally, Kihyun was pondering the nature of this boy. Clearly he was a demigod; not many little kids went around being escorted by skeletons. And he had mentioned "Grammy," his grandmother then? She'd probably dropped him off here for his own safety. Kihyun couldn't help but be curious as to the boy's godly parent. Skeletons were, obviously, usually associated with Hades, but Kihyun had learned quickly when he started attending camp that there were several other demigods who had some level of necromatic ability. Kihyun's dark eyes regarded the boy as he waited for a response. He'd be lying if he said he wouldn't be excited by the prospect of this kid being a younger brother of his. As it stood, the only children of Hades at camp were himself and Vivi, and he treated her as more of an older sister figure. He loved Vivi of course, but the idea of having a younger brother, a cutie like this, made Kihyun's heart flutter lightly in his chest. He forced the feeling down, though, and it disappointed him slightly to do so. It was very unlikely this boy would be a sibling of his. Kihyun knew Hades rarely had children as one of the Big Three, because they were so powerful. Of course Kihyun would be so happy to help this boy grow at camp, no matter who's kid he was. "But I want him to stay with me," Kihyun thought to himself, once again taken by how cute the boy in his grip was.

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{Morgan Moon ~ 18 ~ Son of Poseidon}

Meanwhile, Morgan laid sprawled out like a starfish on his bunk in the Poseidon cabin, limbs thrown this way and that and pillows and blankets all over the immediate area around him as he laid there, still sleeping softly. Eventually, at a random moment, he woke up with a start, snorting slightly as he sat up. Fortunately, even with his height, he managed to avoid banging his head on the bunk above him as he blinked blearily in the bright sunlight coming into his cabin. "Layla?" he asked, sounding and looking dazed. When there was no response, he glanced around the cabin, over to her bunk; it was empty. His brain sluggishly processed that she must be out and about already. Or rather, that he had slept in quite late. No surprise there though, that was a constant occurrence. Most days, Morgan could sleep through a giant hellhound charging right into his cabin. It took such a long time for the boy to fully wake up; he sat there literally forever just staring off into space, looking like there was no one home upstairs. Finally, evidence of lucid thought flowed into his expression and Morgan got up out of bed to prepare for the day, washing up, doing his hair, picking some clothing out. He pulled on his camp t-shirt as well as a pair of floral print board shorts that were more than appropriate for summer as well as ensuring his camp necklace was still securely in place around his neck. Although he would have preferred flip flops, that wasn't very practical at camp since a loose blade could easily be dropped, so he put on tennis shoes instead. Before he left, he approached the big aquarium, hermit crabs scuttling across the bottom, and made sure they were well fed. He also greeted each individual hermit crab with a cheerful good morning before he turned and happily skipped out of the Poseidon cabin.

Morgan began his trek over to the pavilion, his stomach rumbling. He wasn't sure what he was going to eat, mostly because he didn't know if he should have breakfast items or if he should move into having something for lunch instead. "Or maybe both and we'll just make it brunch!" he said aloud, doing a little happy dance at the prospect of it as he walked on. The sunlight flickered off the assortment of pastel colors in his hair, making the area near the crown of his head appear almost as if it were sparkling very slightly. Morgan noticed a few campers he knew on his way there, and was more than happy to exchange hearty good mornings with them, despite the fact that many gave him a few flat looks ("Uh, it's afternoon dude."). Currently, Morgan was also unarmed, but that was honestly because he had already gotten sick of lugging the clunky trident he was using these days around camp. When he'd used swords, it had been easy to strap his to his waist and go about his day, no problem. It was not the case with the trident, and given his slow progress in making any sort of serious combat advances with it, a teeny tiny part of him was wondering if maybe he should just stick with the sword instead. If it isn't broken, don't fix it, right? Morgan wasn't entirely sure but he knew it'd be a lot easier to figure out once he'd gotten some yummy food!

{Holly Whittaker ~ 17 ~ Daughter of Hecate}

As Holly stood there, internally having a raging debate with herself on the pros and cons of whether or not to approach Ethan, she failed to notice that he'd taken notice, so completely caught up in her thoughts. So, for a little while longer, she remained in the same position, just kinda staring at him. Eventually, her brain reached a conclusion. "Okay, enough! This is no big deal, I'm just going to go over there and talk to him! What's the worst that could happen?" she thought fiercely to herself as she took a determined step towards where Ethan was sitting. As her confidence grew, so did her physicality, so she was practically stomping in her gait by the time she came to a stop in front of Ethan. She had thought in her head carefully how she intended this conversation to go: she would greet him and cut straight to the point, asking his opinion on Hecate's position for the upcoming Capture-the-Flag game. He would respond to her accordingly, she would thank him for the assistance, and then off she'd go on her merry way! But, as she made eye contact with him, her mind went totally blank and she froze up like a dear in the headlights. Through some force of the gods, she managed to speak. "Hi," she said awkwardly. She attempted to smile, but it was probably just as awkward. Then she clammed up again, trying to figure out what she had even planned to say to him in the first place as she stared at him.

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Dianemu   Illuna Morgan will ABSOLUTELY join whatever hijinks-related squad that will allow him to hang with them. He just wants to make so many friends and have a good time at camp.

Also, I am a huge fan of Magnus Chase, that series is amazing and the humor is really on point for me!

serenne I completely accepted Hades as red team, so I guess that means Poseidon will be on blue!

Gold! So, Goldie, you know how I am with the number three, and I was kinda thinking since I already have a Hades bab and a Poseidon bab maybe I should just complete the set and have a Zeus bab too? Would that be okay with you, do you think? If not that's okay, I just wanted to ask because I really feel like I should make it happen for the sake of Rule of Threes.

Oh, Magnus is definitely my favorite, but I also love Sam and Alex a lot too! Also, I really like Thomas Jefferson Jr.

Gold! Yay, thank you so much! And I am totally open to her making/being friends with Ethan, she's gonna me a wild child tho!

Okay, my last babe is officially done!

Aww, thank you guys for the love for her!

Sanctuaryforall1 Yes, for some reason I like the idea of Zeus kids being either redheaded or blonde? Creatures of red and gold, I suppose! But I am so excited for Windie to interact with Pyrrha, I hope they end up being close sisters because Windie will love her so much!

Hmm, I’ve never seen Pet Semetary (I scare so easy) but isn’t it where a little girl comes back from the dead or something like that and attacks her family? Goldie, can’t you easily overpower most people anyways, let alone a little girl? So if it was going to happen, which of course it won’t and whatnot, wouldn’t you be kinda just... well, fine?

Illuna Aww, thank you’ I’m so glad you like her that much!

Gold! Thanks Goldie! I am totally okay with Ingram messing with her a lil bit, it’ll be so funny!

I had to drop in here because I saw someone called my smol cinnamon roll baby a smoker son of Hades and I had to say how I approve of this! ALSO!!!

we are all mad here Hi, I just wanted to say I love Sylvie, and I hope she is ready because her half-brother Kihyun is at camp waiting to show her all the love and support and affection in the whole entire world.

SUGAR. VIXEN IS WONDERFUL I LOVE HER!!! But I think we might have a small conflict? I saw that Zero Sanctuaryforall1 is her child, but Zero is also Kihyun's child, so I think Kiki and Vixen are gonna have to do some co-parenting! Heehee! BUT! That said, Kihyun will also show all the love and support and affection in the whole entire world to Vixen as well, and although he's not a good boi for her to love (I mean, he's a good boi for someone) or a certified best friend, he is her brother, and he will always be there to listen to her no matter what if she wants to talk and will also fight literally anyone for her.

Here are my babs.

we are all mad here I am completely okay with her developing a crush on Kiki! I cannot say for sure if he will reciprocate her feelings or not yet, but I am always, always open to exploring different relationships and seeing how they might play out. This should be really interesting too, because I think SUGAR. 's Layla might be developing feelings for Kiki at some point too, so we gonna have some drama.

Also, just wanted to talk a minute about my style in case anyone else wants to know/wants to interact with my babs, I am always open and willing to explore just about any kind of relationship between my characters and yours, but I cannot commit to anything happening 100% right out of the gate. This is because, the way I RP, I let my characters guide me, rather than me guiding them. So whatever relationships they build in the RP have to kind of grow organically, if that makes sense? But, having said that, if you think our characters might be romantically compatible or something, I am always down to put them next to each other so we can see what kind of interactions happen!

So, basically, I can't promise Kiki to anyone because later he might be like, "Nah, I don't like her" and then I'd be all like, "oh no, but I said you guys would date?" and he'd just be like, "Nope." so yes, that's how it goes in the House of Mer. But super excited for a love triangle, I love those!