Not Built for This [OPEN]

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Tag: Open Words: 593 Notes: XD No Somnia, or Josh please

I'd rather sleep my whole life away Short shorts and a thin girls t-shirt was perfect for the warm summer sun of Southern California, but it fit poorly in the cool damp summer air of Finland. Not entirely Miyuki's fault, she had no idea she was taking a sudden excursion to a cold weather country. It wasn't too bad though, at least it wasn't freezing. The wind that cut through the humidity though, went straight through her skin and to her bones. A shiver wracking her entire body as an attempt to keep itself warm from muscle contractions. It was a bit of doom and gloom over head, clouds not helping her situation in the slightest. Certainly it could get worse though. Rain could begin to fall, a monster not quite killed in the battle might smell her demigod scent and attack her. There was always the human element, humans might attempt to usher her into some sort of payment plan. She didn't dwell too much on it though, the landscape was rather pretty. Her daydreams began to cross over into her vision as she walked to find the nearest town. How she had gotten into this predicament in the first place, wasn't it always her choice in friends? Joshua Rogers was never the type to be well liked around camp. Though he seemed to be getting on a bit more friendlier terms with some people since he began to date Rhiannon and went on that quest. Still he had his share of enemies, and perhaps more again now that he had his wife back at his side. People hating how he forgave the traitor. A few of the less courageous took it out on his friends, and family. Spineless cowards that didn't want to mess with a son of Mercury, fast and agile with his blade. If they could hit him at all, they probably learned to regret it fast. Some had even learned that hurting him physically left no real damage to him, he had a rather devil may care attitude about it. Hurting his friends though, now that left a lasting impression. Miyuki happened to be a rather easy target, since she had always been considered the daughter of a lesser god. Honestly, what god could possibly be greater than her father? He spoke with her every night in her dreams, he gave her whatever she wished. She'd asked him to bring Apollo's children good dreams while they slept during the battle. Even if he was not on the same side she fought on, he was always on her side. It was only a short time he fought with the Titan before halting the fruitless battle and aiding his own family instead. She knew why he went with that fool of a Titan in the first place, part of the very reason she was out here. His children were treated with less respect because they were the children of a so called minor god. Miyuki almost ran into a sign in her bout of day dreaming. Thinking of warm fields of berries, and flowers. The sun over head, instead of clouds. “Vaala.” Well, at least she was getting somewhere. Wherever that might be. Josh would probably know the name of the city, but she preferred to not explain to him why she was stranded near Vaala. Wherever that might be. Roads where nice though. She started to walk towards town, keeping an eye out for vehicles so she might try and get a ride. Or some semblance of language to try and guess where she might be. Than have you keep me from dreaming Lyrics from Fairytale by Sara Bareilles Code done by step

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Neptune was in the mood for some cooler weather after spending a majority of the summer in the warm weather associated with California, and after being locked up in one place for so long he just wanted to relax. Which is why he was in Finland, he had just spend some time at the fourth largest lake in the city Vaala, which literally translated to the phase "in a river before the rapids", the town was proud of their aquatic places, expecially their fourth largest lake in all of Finland. Oulujärvi. It was pleasant and the way the mist rolled off it made for a mystic site. He had always enjoyed Finland, it was relaxing. Granted, he also enjoyed multiple other bodies of water. So he wasn't just here. He was also on a boat in Louisiana enjoying some fishing too. But the two relaxing places made the god pretty content with life. He still needed to find a way to thank Mercury, Josh and Lance for busting him out. Stupid Saturn and his minions. Neptune was pretty sure he was never going into an enclosed space again for at least another fifty years or so.

Neptune walked up from the lake and got into the small, standard sized car and started off out of town when someone was brought to his attention. Not that he didn't know everyone in this city, it had almost four thousand people, but he pretty much recognized the faces after centuries of coming there. But this girl walking down the road really caught his attention, and not in some perverted way. More out of concern. He was a father himself and if his little Clare was walking around Finland in those clothes he would be worried she would catch a cold. He pulled the car beside the girl, rolling down the window, keeping up with her.

"Bonus es, puella?" Neptune asked before blinking realizing his mistake. He had used Latin. He had been thinking in it all day. The poor girl was probably confused at the unspoken dead language he used but he quickly switched to finish and uttered the sentence. "Oletko kunnossa, nuori neiti?" Neptune asked quickly after his mistake using Latin. He was merely asking the young lady if she was okay. Still, he couldn't believe he used Latin. Usually he was sharper than that. He supposed the months locked away made his reaction time to humans slower than normal, having spoken English a majority of time. What a distasteful language. He preferred Latin, even though it was dead, but it was his personal preference. It was a nice strong language, leaving its roots in a majority of the Western languages used to do. For example the Latin word for fish, Pisces, it was used in Western astrology and what was it's symbol? A fish. Rome made a lasting impression throughout the ages. Even Neptune was still represented in the culture today, whether it be for a silly tuna label or something more pronounced. He was pretty proud of the situation. It was nice to live on forever, even if it's small when people believed that your culture had died out. How silly mortals were. That was just a perk of being a big three god, though, a few of the lesser known gods could still be represented within the modern day culture, just not as prominent.

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notes: Hope you don't mind Neptune jumping in, if you need me to change anything or just delete it, let me know

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Tag: Neptune Words: 421 Notes: It was great!! Me too, tell me if I need to change anything.

I'd rather sleep my whole life away The sound of a vehicle came to her ears, not the low loud sound of a truck. The hum of a car, not a sports car. Maybe a family type car? The thoughts and images passed through her slightly distracted mind. She looked back at it and tried to wave it down a bit. Single occupant in the drivers seat, older male. It turned out he had a nice strong jaw line when he got up closer for her to see his face. Some traditional roman features. No tattoos she could see, nothing particularly distinguishing about his physique expect perhaps those eyes. It made her think of the sea, and the air about him was as if he had been a leader. Trust worthy and strong. Her greeting to him at first was only a smile, not something to pass him off but a truly sweet smile and a nod as he rolled down the window. She was excited to hear Latin, though who could possibly think to use that in this day and age. She was confused, but she was putting pieces together. Perhaps another demigod? Older, retired? His accent in Latin was better than she'd even heard Josh. As if he was a native speaker. Then he spoke in another language and she grinned laughing softy at his correction. She must be in a Nordic country from the sound of that accent. “If you can speak Latin, I'd much prefer that please.” she said in fluent Latin herself. It was much prettier than English, to her anyway. “If you wouldn't mind, may I have a ride to town?” She'd learn a bit about him along the way most likely. She was careful around strangers of course, but between freezing to death in a pair of short shorts and hopping in a strangers car, she would take the latter. Even if he suspiciously did happen to speak Latin. Now that the window was down she could see the speckled grey in his hair, the broad shoulders and well worn hands. He worse a jacket, but she was willing to bet he had a warriors physique to him as well. That face, uncovered by glass that fogged and shone with light and clouds seemed familiar. She had seen it not to long ago, most likely at camp at some point. This was certainly starting to bother her now. She knew the names and faces of nearly everyone at camp. Perhaps when she heard his name it would make her remember something. Than have you keep me from dreaming Lyrics from Fairytale by Sara Bareilles Code done by step

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Neptune raised an eyebrow as the girl replied in Latin. Okay, now he was confused. She had to be a demigod, that, or some scholar who was well versed in Latin, though, wouldn't they still speak in their language? Either way, Neptune gave a nod. "Sure, hop in." He said, in Latin, as was requested. He examined the girl as subtly as possible, trying to go through the names of people at the Roman demigod camp that he knew. Though, to be honest, he usually didn't care much for the demigods there unless they were his children, or the person his children were dating, or engaged to for that matter. Gods, stupid relationships. Clare was still way too young in his opinion. She wasn't allowed to get married till she was thirty or something, at least that's how he would have preferred it. But, he knew Jason was a capable young man, despite being a son of Apollo. Their imprisonment together made Neptune more confident in the boy. Something he hoped Clare would realize, she still seemed to think every time he showed up it was to turn Jason into a plankton, which he wasn't going to, even if the thought was still in his head.

"If you don't mind me asking, what's your name and where did you learn to speak Latin so well. Not many people speak the language anymore." Neptune started conversing. He wasn't asking the questions to come off as a weird creep or anything, just, as a Roman god he wanted to know who was in his presence, he had that right. Plus he was starting to question whether or not the girl had the possibility of being a demigod, she was a tad bit scrawny and didn't have this battle worn look that a lot of the older campers had. Not that the look was a bad thing, but you could, just by looking at the campers who were around for the past two wars, that they have seen too much bloodshed in their life, witnessed too many deaths. Their eyes told that they were tired but their stance spoke that they were ready for battle, strong arm and leg muscles from countless years of training and a pristine ability to follow their superior officers command. Just like the Romans during the ancient civilization, the modern day Roman demigods could even put the Spartan army to shame, the older campers at least.

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Tag: Neptune Words: 440 Notes: Sorry it's so late v__v

I'd rather sleep my whole life away Her father would certainly have a field day when he found out she got into the car with some stranger. Which she most certainly did because it was very cold outside. The inside of which was neat and tidy, so figuring out anything else about what he liked or did was a bit difficult. She caught a look as his eyes traveled over her face, and she wasn't quite sure if he was checking her out or trying to place her. Of course he could be a serial murderer and he was trying to figure out if she was the type of girl he wanted to take the eyes of. It didn't particularly matter to her, she would most likely be able to handle whatever came of this. “Thank you very much.” She said when she took a seat, smoothing her clothes as she sat down. Fairly elegant, and willowy in her movement. “It's warm.” she said with a smile, feeling the air from the car on her skin instead of the slightly wet wind. Since it had been that way, most likely she was near some sort of large water source, sea or lake. If it where the sea she might have an easier time placing where she was. She hoped it was the sea. She kept careful guard of her sleep aura, nor wanting to put the person behind the wheel asleep. Her fingers pushed the creases of her gloves back into their rightful place, one at a time. It was unpleasant to have out of place gloves on, especially when they were of the thin sort. Necessary though, in case she wanted to touch someone. Shake their hand. Even trade something with them. If not, they'd have to think of memories they long since tried to hide. She always brought up their memories, though she would live them at the same time. Her eyes followed the terrain outside as she thought about how many times that had to happen before she began to wear gloves. To hold back her powers just a bit, so she wouldn't hurt other people. His voice broke her bit of day dreaming, and she gave him an apologetic smile. “I'm sorry for not introducing myself. My name's Miyuki. I happened to learn Latin at a camp I go to. It's almost like a secret language, though I know others may understand it as well.” It should have been enough of a hint that someone who knew of Camp Jupiter would understand, but outsiders would likely think it was another normal camp. “Your eyes remind me of the sea, a very nice color.” Than have you keep me from dreaming Lyrics from Fairytale by Sara Bareilles Code done by step