[ there is a significant amount of commotion coming from behind bluebell's castlebarn... a bunch of their sheep scurrying around to decorate their garden gazebo. tempo is helping too! taking and lifting a sheep here or there to help them string fairy lights around. ]
[ fantasia, meanwhile, looks like he might hyperventilate himself to death. ]
hesitates, then tosses in a memory coin before he can think better of it. but rather than anything new, what plays is something familiar...
a not-so-old memory ] cepheus is recognizable, if younger, all of fourteen years old. he doesn't have his tattoo yet, his camp necklace only has two beads, and he sports a grey lock of hair — surprising, because the cepheus in the pasture doesn't. the tall, blonde girl he's talking to has a similar grey streak in her curls; and all of them, including the satyr they're also standing with, wear orange camp half-blood shirts under jackets and other winter clothes.
the girl, annabeth, says that they have to tell chiron about something, but cepheus tells her no. at grover's prompting, he explains that no one can know that kevin is —
"a son of hades. cepheus, do you have any idea how serious this is? even hades broke the oath! this is horrible!"
"i don't think so. i don't think hades broke the oath."
cepheus and grover explain to annabeth about how bianca and kevin were kids even before world war ii, born before the oath was made. they'd probably been in a place called the lotus casino for decades. all three agree that they can't let anyone find out about bianca or kevin anyway, because the news would just cause all the gods to start fighting each other again. grover points out that they can't keep secrets from the gods forever, but cepheus just shakes his head.
"i don't need forever. just two years. until i'm sixteen."
annabeth points out that "the prophecy" might not be about him after all, but instead about kevin. they have to —
"no. i choose the prophecy. it will be about me."
"why are you saying that?" she asks, aghast. "you want to be responsible for the whole world?"
"i can't let kevin be in any more danger," cepheus explains. "i owe that much to his sister. i...let them both down. i'm not going to let that poor kid suffer anymore."
"that poor kid," grover points out, "who hates you and wants to see you dead."
undeterred, cepheus suggests, "maybe we can find him. we can convince him it's okay, hide him someplace safe."
a shiver from annabeth. "if luke gets hold of him — "
"luke won't," cepheus says firmly. "i'll make sure he's got other things to worry about. namely, me."
[ he shrugs, frowning slightly at the water ]
Yeah, uh, I was there. I remember that one.
[ and around closer cr, he pulls a second coin out of his pocket and gives it a considering look ]
[Walking through the library with a stack of books in her arms, minding her own business, when one of her legs seems to give out randomly mid-step. She stumbles, dropping some of her books, but catches herself on a nearby table before she falls over completely.]
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cepheus is recognizable, if younger, all of fourteen years old. he doesn't have his tattoo yet, his camp necklace only has two beads, and he sports a grey lock of hair — surprising, because the cepheus in the pasture doesn't. the tall, blonde girl he's talking to has a similar grey streak in her curls; and all of them, including the satyr they're also standing with, wear orange camp half-blood shirts under jackets and other winter clothes.
the girl, annabeth, says that they have to tell chiron about something, but cepheus tells her no. at grover's prompting, he explains that no one can know that kevin is —
"a son of hades. cepheus, do you have any idea how serious this is? even hades broke the oath! this is horrible!"
"i don't think so. i don't think hades broke the oath."
cepheus and grover explain to annabeth about how bianca and kevin were kids even before world war ii, born before the oath was made. they'd probably been in a place called the lotus casino for decades. all three agree that they can't let anyone find out about bianca or kevin anyway, because the news would just cause all the gods to start fighting each other again. grover points out that they can't keep secrets from the gods forever, but cepheus just shakes his head.
"i don't need forever. just two years. until i'm sixteen."
annabeth points out that "the prophecy" might not be about him after all, but instead about kevin. they have to —
"no. i choose the prophecy. it will be about me."
"why are you saying that?" she asks, aghast. "you want to be responsible for the whole world?"
"i can't let kevin be in any more danger," cepheus explains. "i owe that much to his sister. i...let them both down. i'm not going to let that poor kid suffer anymore."
"that poor kid," grover points out, "who hates you and wants to see you dead."
undeterred, cepheus suggests, "maybe we can find him. we can convince him it's okay, hide him someplace safe."
a shiver from annabeth. "if luke gets hold of him — "
"luke won't," cepheus says firmly. "i'll make sure he's got other things to worry about. namely, me."
[ he shrugs, frowning slightly at the water ]
Yeah, uh, I was there. I remember that one.
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Hey, could you help me out with something?
[he needs five not-Thistles!
Or you can grab him for not-Red things, that's cool too]
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I'm sorry! I'm sorry I taught you how to bite each other back then... it was horrible and I feel just terrible... and you still want to welcome me?
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I'm still choosin' ta think it won't be bad.
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