Meal chat. (Mattie)

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Tag: @matilda

Word: 364

Notes: lol hope it is ok.

The mess Hall was usually a crowded place at meal time. The cohorts gathered in there, always in froups, first, second, third, fourth and fifth. they never got onto other groups unless they had something to talk about that couldn't wait or that maybe was of intrest of the whole cohort. but almost always people spent time with their own cohort members. wind spirits went up and down serving food and taking orders, fauns tried always to get some food from the people in there. Lares were mingling here and there, usually checking around, visiting their old cohorts and some of them talking about their glory days. Crowded in deed all the time. And for someone in a wheelchair it was kind of difficult to get around.

But that day Nova wanted to talk to her friend Mattie. She was centurion of the fourth cohort and was almost always busy planning new trainings or executing them. But Nova wanted some words with her friend and it also had to be with the fact of trainings and plan of them. Nova knew that without her legs she was a sitting duck in a battle. She needed to get stronger, she needed to move faster even with the chair or without it, in case she lost it in the middle of the battle. She almost cost her cohort along with third and fifth the winning moment in the past War games. So she needed to get stronger.

She pushed her wheels to get far from the second cohort's place and rolled down the floor to where fourth cohort were. She knew Kate could help her too, but she rather ask Kate to help her with her crossbow usage. Mattie was perfect for combat hand to hand and body conditioning, so she needed that. the Lar of a kid with his dog passed running in front of her. she smiled at him and the boy. Then continued till she got to Mattie's place. "Hi Mattie!" she greeted her friend with a wide smile on her face. "can I have a word with you?" she asked as she saw some people from Mattie's cohort sitting on other places.

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Mattie was peeling the skin off of her grapes aas she glanced at her cohort, talking energetically among each other. She couldn't blame them, they had a pretty decent practice but there was still tons of improvement that could be done. She knew she shouldn't push them too far otherwise it may hurt them but still, it was starting to get on her nerves how slow their progress was going. Something could happen any day now and destroy the peaceful setting they were in. Not too long ago both of the fourth cohorts centurions were kidnapped for Petes Sake. Did that not matter?

Mattie huffed and plopped the peeled grape into her awaiting mouth. Maybe she should take a tip from Apollo and just enjoy herself from time to time. He was always laid back and enjoying life, even if he had visions of countless futures all the time. What a headache that must be. But she just couldn't shake the one edge feeling that had been clinging to her since she was rescued. She just needed a distraction from the monotonous life that was currently happening with just training, eating and sleeping.

Some Gods must have heard her silent prayer because as soon as she heard the clanging sounds of metal she glanced up and saw Nova slowly making her way over to her. She couldn't help but be proud of her cousin. She really tried hard and she was proud of that, she didn't let the fact she was stuck in a wheelchair keep her from anything. She even made a weapon that she could use from the chair, a crossbow, Mattie wondered if she had tried to get back at training with that since they have come back.

Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by the small voice of her cousin as she looked at her and gave a nod. "Yeah, of course, here or..? I mean, I can totally leave, I'm done anyway. Just was playing with my food really. So what brings you by?" Mattie asked as she quickly shoved the last couple of grapes into her mouth after speaking, chewing them and swallowing them quickly. While that might not be the best way to eat food to enjoy the flavor and taste it was the quickest way to get rid of a small number of food in a short amount of time.

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notes: Sorry it was kind of short :/

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Tag: @matilda

Word: 431

Notes: hehehe sorry the delay!

Nova looked at Matilda and smiled. she seemed to be having fun with her grapes. Mattie had always been like that, always seemed that nothing ever worried her at least in fron of her cohort. She was always looking at them as Bellona would look at her warriors. Maybe Mattie didn't know it, but she looked like Bellona a lot. Maybe she could tell her someday, but Bellona had said that Mattie ddn't like her much, and that it wasn't the teen's fault, but the goddess's. She moved closer and there Mattie saw her, or had she seen her before she got so close? Well, maybe she did she had such good reflexes in War and those were also used well in her normal life.

she smiled at her and shook her head. "we could peak here, but maybe by the entrance would be better" She said with a smile. she didn't matter if Kate, Lance or Mattie knew that she was terrified and needed the self confidence to be a good warrior even from the seat of her wheelchair, She trusted them with her life if necessary, so if they knew that, she didn't worry at all. But thinking about others knowing about it... that really bothered her a lot! She hated when other people knew that she was weak, sick, injured. she hated when others knew they had an advantage over her. So if they would talk about it away from her cohort, would be amazingly good!

when they got far enough from the sofas and tables, she stopped and turned to look at Mattie. "Mattie..." she hated to ask for help, for sure that was also Bellona in her, she was sure of that, at least she hadn't lost that. "Mattie I need a huge favor." She said and looked around then back at her friwned. "I need you to train me... but real, hard training something that will force me to move better, to be stronger." she said and then looked at the door where some wind spirits were coming in and out. But she wasn't looking at them, not for real, she was thinking on what made her take that dcsision.

She may had been a girl in a chair, but she was still a roman legionary. maybe they won't sent her to the front, but she would still be able to defend her cohort from the back lines. she would remember how to work with machines, even if it was only to clean and sharp the swords! She wanted to be helpful to the legion!

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When Nova said the entrance would be better she quickly caught up and followed along with her handicapped friend. Which, even with the chair you wouldn't think she was that bad off. She was a fighter and it made Mattie proud to call her family. Though, didn't stop her from getting mad at Bellona for chastising about Nova once before. What did she know? Mattie knew her, Nova was her best friend after all. Eh but that was in the past. Maybe she would get over it, maybe. She tended to hold a tad of a grudge at times. But she had good reason to! First Bellona said her mom just gave up and then talked bad about Nova at that time. Didn't that stupid goddess know those were touchy subjects with her?

Her thoughts were turned when Nova spoke. She leaned against a column to listen to her friend. She raised an eyebrow when she said that she needed a favor. She seemed hesitant and was trying to figure out why but didn't need to as her friend started talking again. She didn't know what to say at first. "What? Yeah, of course. But, Nova, are you sure? I don't want to end up hurting you. You know I'll put you through some tough trainings but I really don't want you to get hurt. You're my best friend, the closest thing I've had to a sister besides Charlie." Thought in Matties mind Nova was more so than Charlie was. Charlie always seemed focus on showing she was stronger than Remus and shoved her to the side like an after thought. Kind of stung at times but she didn't let it show. She learned long ago to keep her emotions in a tight sealed bottle and put the priority first in order to get it done. She was able to detach herself from silly emotions in order to get the job done, even if that meant training her friend. If Nova really wanted her to train her hard she would, but it wouldn't stop her from worrying about her friend after practice. If she hurt Nova by training, she wouldn't be able to completely forgive herself. She just really wanted to make sure that this was what her friend wanted before articulating a plan. She would make a special training program just for Nova and help her gain her strength.

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notes: Sorry it was kind of short :/

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Tag: @matilda

Word: 405

Notes: Sorry the delay!!

Nova knew that what she was asking for was in many ways a very crazy favor. She was a girl in a wheelchair, she couldn't move her legs at all even when they hurt from time to time. She had feels and sensations in her legs, some night she went to bed and they got painful cramps, but she hadn't said that, she wanted to be sure that those were signs of her legs being still alive, of her legs having an oportunity to be back to be useful legs of a warrior. But for that she would have first to talk to a medic, but who?! she only trusted in a medic, well two. Jason and Tessa.

She hadn't been able to talk to any of them yet. Jason had just gotten married and Tessa was very busy with new applications to universities. So she knew she would have to wait till they were a bit less busy with their lives. Meanwhile she wanted to be ready, to be strong enough for whatever they suggested her to do to get back her legs. She needed to train very hard and keep her body fit for a battle, no matter what. "I know Mattie... I know! But... I need to do it." She looked at her and then back at her hands on her lap. It was horrible to be depressed, to know that you were the least useful person in the legion! She knew by that moment that she wasn't that, that at least in the forge she was useful, but what if that kid of Discordia was right?!

"I need to know that I can fight Mattie, that if war hit us again, I won't be a dead-weight bag on a chair, hiding in the forge. I need to know that I'll be able to defend myself and maybe some kids too, that I won't be the damsell in distress waiting for people to rescue me!" for a second she felt the fire of beloona in her blood. She felt like a warrior more than a greasy monkey. that was something weird, maybe only once in her life she had felt that way, and it had been right before she fought in war, hours before she got deathly injured and her back was severly injured. Was it possible that after so long, she finally felt Bellona inside of her? Printed in her DNA?

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Mattie listened intently and just couldn't help but worry some. I mean, yeah she would definitely help and all but this was the one family member close to her age and her best friend. She didn't want to see her in any more pain and for it to be her fault because she forced Nova through some intense regime that she had concocted. Yet, she also knew Nova was like her in one aspect, she was stubborn. It would only make her angry if she denied her request and that was something Mattie didn't want to see either.

With a sigh, Mattie responded, "I know. And no one thinks you're a damsel in distress I just want you to know that it'll be tough. I won't quit pushing you, not even if you're crying, but I also won't hurt you. I wouldn't be able to live with myself, okay? You're still a Roman and you fight amazing, wheelchair or not. Don't ever doubt yourself okay? If I do this, you can't doubt yourself anymore." Mattie said, ending the end of it sternly. She was serious about that. Part of being Roman was having the confidence and she knew Nova had it at one point and that it was still in her somewhere. She just had to find it again and Mattie would definitely help her to find it. After that was found, the training would be easy. She was sure of it and soon Nova will be proving all Romans wrong if they ever doubted her.

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notes: I'm just going to take advantage of that new word count here....