Time to Munch an early lunch [open]

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New home, new life. Things were different. He had a lot of adjusting to do. Liam had never been been in such close proximity before to so many people. It was strange. No more orders, no more killing. He couldn't believe that there were people here willing to help him adjust to such life. Apollo and Mercury had helped him find a place to live, he had a job training some of the younger children in Archery and weapons. It was nice and the kids weren't as bad as some of the people made them out to be. He was talking more, relaxing more, finding his way around and despite the fact that he was getting used to the whole gods thing, when he first moved into New Rome, Terminus came as a rather large, loud and surprising shock. The gods were here, moving around and interacting with people, it was strange to say the least. He wasn't quite sure what to make of it. He had an apartment on the top floor above the Apothecary shop. There were all sorts of strange smells that came from the little shop but for the most part they were quite wonderful. They had all sorts of soaps and stuff. Before he came here, he hadn't quite understood the wonders that good herbal soaps could be.

He had been off adventuring, looking around and creating a mental map of the city. He also liked to climb up on roofs and seeing the sun. The higher he could go the better he felt. There was a wonderful bell tower on top of the university that provided such a great  view. It was easy for him to climb up there and scout out his surroundings. It was training that had been bred into him. He could see better. But he found himself at the lake. One of the places that he neglected to take care of in his adventures. Liam had lunch on him. Some fresh bread, some cheese, a few fresh vegetables from a vendor some dried meat, it was actually the best food he had eaten in the longest time. Well Miyuki's food nonwithstanding. What was today, he wondered. It was Wednesday, that meant pizza night. Miyuki and Eve were invited, and if Eve couldn't come into New Rome, he'd go to her. He cared about his family here, Eve and Miyuki and hell, even Apollo. He had put an invitation to pizza night on Apollo's altar. He hoped that he had gotten it but Liam hadn't quite put his hopes into it.

Liam sat down and watched over the water, eating some of the food. It was quite a lovely sight. He felt the sun down on his face as he smiled. He had a lot to smile about these days. Liam tried to smile, he was learning to read, how to do things that he should have learned when he was younger, but he didn't because of how he was raised. He had practiced hard, but he still was having a hard time. It was kindda embarrassing that he couldn't do things that the other kids were doing better than he was.

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Tag: @liam

Word: 582

Notes: lol her saviour!!!

Days had been weird and difficult for the people that had come back from captivity only a month ago. Everything seemed to be so normal, yet so different. Even more for those who had faced torture from the medics or the abusive guards. People in camp were trying to help all of them but non of them seemed to have the single idea of how to help them, thank the gods non of them had ever been captive and tortured. Some had, like Joshua Rogers, Rhiannon Rogers and others, but rhiannon was always in her house and her husband Joshua, he was always training his cohort, kids or in his house, so they weren't an option to ask for help.

For some it had been worse than for others. One of those was Nova Silverwood. Daughter of Vulcan, used to be a very active girl, running up and down, training everyday very hard, almost mastered her tecnique with her chakrams. She had also been a tecnopath, she could communicate with machines and for her it was the most common thing in the world. Back outside when she lived with her mother, she spoke even with the fridge and the microwave, they were always nice to her. Then in camp she also had done it, her computer, her palm, her two robot dolls that moved around only when her mind ordered them to. Now thanx to Saturn, to war and to the Government's medic, her legs were useless, she had no powers and she felt lonly than ever.

She couldn't communicate with her devices, even her dolls were lifeless on a corner of her desk in the forge. But she hadn't quit yet, she wasn't a quiter. So everyday she got on her chair and rolled to the forge, everyday she worked on basic machines, simple connections, her mind was still deaf to machines, but she wasn't quitting yet.

That morning she went out, she practice in the target range with the crossbow she had invented before she was caught by the government. It hurt to use the chakrams, but the crossbow was much easier. Then after that she went to the lake, she loved to see how some nymphs swam there, also the fresh air and the warm sun seemed to help her mind and body to get stronger everyday, so she kept going trying to think on how to help herself to get better. She pushed her chair to the lake where she saw a man sitting by the shore, she pushed it a bit more and then she notice who he was. She got a slight dim blush on her cheeks. It was the man who had helped her while she had been captive. Because of him she didn't die of pneumonia there.

"may I join you?" she asked with firm voice. she wasn't the shy kind of girl, not with people that she liked, well she was shy only with Lance Shade. She locked her wheels so the chair didn't move and then put her hands on her lap. she was wearing some rider pink leather gloves, but her fingers were visible, the tip of them had blisters and were bruised. She worked so hard with wires and metalic parts that she simply got those on her fingers. "I'm Nova silverwood, I'm sure you don't remember me, but I wanted to thank you for... helping me." She grinned at him and offered her hand to him to shake it.

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Liam had an automatically had a reflex that when he heard a sound of some kind, it was danger. Apparently it wasn't just a reflex for him, but something that happened to the demi-gods and legacies. That the general skills for battle were something that happened to be ingrained in their very fiber of being. They were inherently and instinctual to fight and defend themselves. But the sound of wheels on the grass nearly made him jump. He had no weapons here in New Rome. That odd god terminus made it clear that there were to be no weapons inside the pomerian line. Liam felt naked, and vulnerable, he didn't like it at all. But he was here, so he had to make some concessions to his new home. His home. He glanced up at the back of the building where he could see his apartment over the apothecary shop. He then looked down at the ground, watching the sun sparkling over the lake. He liked the feeling of the sun on his face. It was nice, different. He actually enjoied it. Being outside in the air, the sky, the ability to get up as high as he possibly could.

But he glanced over at whomever had addressed him. The voice was familiar, but he looked up, glancing at the form of a little girl in a wheelchair. He didn't remember her name, but she was in the cells of the government compound. He did what he could but she still seemed to get sick, just like Miyuki did. Liam felt helpless, that it sucked that he couldn't help her despite all that he tried to do. He altered the food that came into her cell so she could get the essential things that she needed, plenty of vitamin C to help her get better. He grunted to acknowledge her presence. But then he stopped himself. He didn't have the mask any more. He was speaking more, picking up more and more words from people he watched in the forum market place and from the kids who he taught in camp. He had picked up speaking here and there when he was younger but now it was more than a means to get by, he had to learn it. Eve was so surprised when she found out that he had been speaking more, and getting better adjusted to life in New Rome.

Liam nodded. "Liam." He said as he returned the greeting like he was taught to do. "Liam Brady." He said. He looked at her hand for a moment as he gently took it in his rough hands. "I'm sorry I couldn't do more to help you." He said as he apologized to her. He really felt bad about not being able to help her. But his options were limited without being so open about it. Without putting himself or Nova, that's what she called herself, in trouble. Nothing they did to him could compare to what his handlers did, but he feared for what they would do to her, or Miyuki if he was found out.

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Tag: @liam

Word: 425

Notes: Joyful girl!

The sun was shining all over camp and the city. the warmth of the star seemed to be greeting all those who were enjoying the day outdoors. Which Nova thanked greatly because her little body demanded great amounts of high temperature to feel fine and the sun was the perfect source of it when you could have the chance to enjoy it. not even the torture, the war or the recent painful event for the girl could take away from her heart the light and the innocence that had always been her personal trait, her personal brand of personality. So for her, the idea of spending the day outside knowing a new friend was the perfect way to spend the day.

She had to recognize that it wasn't all her done. After losing her movility she had her friends and family with her all the time. Then the abduction and again her family and friends were with her all the time. They were the ones who made her remember about the life and the joy of it, no matter your situation. So she had decided to be like that, to be again the smily little pixi in the forge. that included to be outside and to thank the man who had kept her alive all the time she laid on the cold floor of a cell in a government's facility.

"Liam..." she smiled as she looked at the lake, a nymph swam to the surface and grinned at them, then went back to the bottom. Nova smiled at her and waved until she went back into the water. ADHD always working weirdly in the mind of the demigods, but Nova's attention went back to Liam the moment he mentioned his full name. It was a nice name, a fine name. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you in a proper way Mr.Brady." She used the title and his last name, because she deeply respected the man and she had been taught to be respectful with older people.

"What?! NO!!" She smiled at him and didn't let his hand go. "You were a guardian angel for me! if it hasn't been for you I'd died back there. You did a lot, and risked a lot, Thank you for your kindness Mr Brady." She said with a dim blush on her cheeks, then pulled back her hand and put it on her lap again. "there were more of you needed back there." Smiled and looked at him and then away again. "so you live here now?"

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“It's just liam. No Mr. or anything.” HE said as he gave a small smile to the little girl that had been his one time captive. He watched the nymph that had surfaced. It's sudden apperance surprised him but still it was something kindda cool to look at. Before now, Liam had never seen a faun, or a Lare, or nymph, or anything like that. Things that seemingly came out of fairy tales walked and talked amongst the people that called this place their home. His eyes quickly assessed the nymphs features, watching them closely in detail as his mind saw the blue skin color and the green eyes that watched him back. She just seemed to small and delicate compared to that walking brick house that was her brother. Liam had seen the one that they called Ronan. He was a massive man, a man that for all intents and purposes should have made Liam quake in his boots. Liam was not accustomed to fear from other people, however he knew when someone could potentially be dangerous. He had learned how to mark targets, how to assess their size. If he really hadn't known much better, he would wonder why they thought that such a little girl like this could be a threat. But he knew better. Liam knew better now.

She praised him, called him her guardian angel. Liam felt as if he really didn't deserve praise. Before New Rome, before Miyuki and Nova, he had always been told that a monster was a monster and you couldn't change it. When you're hurt and scared for so long, the fear and pain turn into hate, hate can change the world, that's what his handlers had always told him. They used it against him. They had said the outside world was too much for people like him, that they would never accept him. But here in the most unlikely of places, Liam had found acceptance. From Eve, Miyuki, Avetis, Nova, people who he never thought would care. “I don't deserve the respect and praise just yet. Mars told me I can't undo what's already been done, but I can face it. Do better then before.” When he had met his other grandfather, Mars, Liam didn't quite know what to think. The god wasn't as gentle as Apollo was, but it was his way with words or lack thereof that seemed to make it's intended point.

“Yeah, New Rome now. Remus let me stay on as a trainer for the legion.” He said as he gave the little girl a sideways glance and a smile. “I have to pay my dues too.” Liam might not have served in the legion but he knew his way around weapons, any sort of weapon but in particular ranged weapons.