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Boredom was a rare thing for Annaleigh Jordana to experience. Usually there was something to talk about; some event that had gone on or someone rising to the occasion or making a fool of themselves so that she could let everyone else know about it. But when it happened, boredom was dangerous. The danger was mainly for the rest of camp, seeing as when Anna couldn’t find anything when she went hunting into leads she would occasionally just make something up off the top of her head and see how far she could go with it before someone called her bluff. And it wasn’t like she ever spread anything particularly nasty… It wasn’t her fault! She was a child of Fama, and rumors demanded to be spread. Anna and her siblings were just the vessels of said spreading. At least they weren’t like their mother, the one who had power to completely ruin your reputation in the blink of an eye. Anna had ruined her fair share of reputations, she’d built many up as well, but it took quite a bit more time for her words to work their magic.

Making things up rarely ended well; basing her whisperings off of what she knew to be true usually helped them last and spread and allowed her to reach her influence over more people. And so Annaleigh found herself walking through New Rome, weaving her way from group to group and trying to find something interesting going on. It was interesting; for the daughter of the goddess of fame, renown, and rumor Anna really did a great job of blending in and remaining inconspicuous. Maybe that was another gift from her mother, or maybe she was just so good because she had practiced being invisible for so many years because it made it that much easier to know what people were doing if they didn’t try to hide things from her. Of course even those who noticed what she was up to weren’t completely safe from her prying eyes and ears. They would try to shy away, take their conversations elsewhere, most likely believing she wouldn’t be able to catch onto what was being said or done. People like that were amusing.

And then there were those who had caught onto the presence of her little black book; the journal where she wrote down notes and ideas as she came across them. They knew what that beat up little moleskine meant, though most of them falsely assumed that Annaleigh kept all of her thoughts about everyone in the Legion written in there and there alone. Of course that had led to instances of people trying to destroy said book. That really just showed how ignorant some of them could be. It held notes and ideas, yes, but why would she trust everything to something that could be so easily damaged? The journal simply allowed her to focus on other things while she observed. The notes and ideas were quickly transferred to the physical and mental files she had, things that documented far more than what was held in the tiny black journal. And those were far harder to destroy; an eidetic memory kept the mental files safe and the places she hid the physical documentation constantly changed.

That little book was out in full force, the pen writing away as Annaleigh made her way down to the forum. The day was quite beautiful, actually, with the sun shining and the temperature nice enough that people were out and about. Even better for eavesdropping. People were relaxed, enjoying their time out in the sunlight and not worrying about who might be listening in on their conversations or analyzing each and every movement they made. It allowed Anna to choose a perch on the central fountain, perfect for seeing and hearing everything that was going on around her. She closed her eyes for a moment, just letting the conversations wash over her and waiting for something particularly interesting to catch her ear as she continued to write.

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New Rome... beautiful place for anyone who visited it for the first time. It really was a copy from the ancient rome, with some marvellous developments. One of those amazing developments was that it already has its own sewers system, so in Summer it didn't stink but reflected the beauty of Olympus! Everyone felt impressed when looking at the amazing city for the first time, but for someone like Lilith McKinnon, it was just another city.

There was a really easy way to explain her lack of enthusiasm when she went to that outstanding City. Lilith was born in New Rome, she spent 8 years of her life there with her parents, She learned to love that place with the most cherishing memories, but also learned to hate it or at least the people who she knew back then. They blamed her for a crime that she didn't comit, they blamed her to have killed her best friend with Hellhound's saliva. They thought she was guilty because she was Grandaughter of Mors! they were so unfair with her. Because of that her parents decided to take her out of there, they moved out to Scotland and there her parents died two years later.

She had to go to the Camp, And was claimed by Mors, because she could talk, see and touch the ghosts, spirits Lares and zombies. She came back to New Rome only because she had a couple of interesting gifts from Apollo, her grand father on her mother's side. She was born with a gifted voice, when she sang, she could make the beings who listened to her to soar their spirits, to ease their pains, but also to make them feel depressed, lost or with no hope and faith at all. Besides that she was an excellent archer.

but she came back to New Rome right after Mt. Othrys war. there was an old man, Son of Apollo who had heard about her voice and wanted her to sing in the forum. She thought it would be a good way to make them see she wasn't evil at all. so for 2 years she had been practicing whenever she has free time from the trainnings. that day she needed to go and check the concert schedule, she knew she was going to sing next weekend, but she didn't know the time, she needed to check it.

She came from the main office, she had already checked the schedule, when she saw a blond woman, she knew she knew her, but didn't remember from where. She saw a pen on the ground so she got closer. "Is this yours?" she asked with a sweet smile at her.

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Mercury wasn't sure what he was doing in camp, much less what he was doing in the Forum. Okay he knew exactly what he was doing. Mercury had been asked buy a few immortals, who shall remain nameless due to Jupiter's over pompous nature, to look in on a few kids. Mostly it was the minor gods and goddesses that asked Mercury to look in on their children. He found that things were as usual in camp. After harassing a few people, turning one rather idiotic kid into a woodpecker (he was some son of mars so it was fitting) Mercury decided to hang out in the forum. He spoke with Terminus, the camp jupiter oddity. Mercury was a god of boundaries at one point, but he had no ill will on passing the mantle off to Terminus. Mercury was always busy with other things so it didn't bother him one bit. Some of the gods disliked getting things shoved at them or taken away from their powers once the Romans took over. Mercury didn't care one way or the other. Mercury wanted some down time, to not be so busy he couldn't even take time to himself or to see his own kids instead of looking in on everyone elses kids.


He wandered into the forum, he purchased a sandwich and few items from a bakery. Then Mercury purchased a double shot espresso from the coffee vendor. For the most part he looked like your average ordinary denizen of New Rome. Mercury knew the values of blending in and knew how to mix and mingle with people to not be known as a god. Even his kids knew how to respect the charade. They knew what he looked like and would greet them in a fatherly fashion, but they wouldn't run up and loudly proclaim his name. Mercury greeted a little girl, blond haired with a rather elfish looking face and a wide grin. She called him grandpa and snuggled her face in his legs. Her name was Britta and Mercury was proud of her. She was already growing up to be such a wonderful little sneak thief. He patted her on the head, produced a teddy bear for her and she ran off, proclaiming that the evil toy killer would never get to Mr. Snuggles. He greeted a few of his college aged sons, talking briefly before letting them get back to their studies to attain their law degree. Mercury was proud of his children and his grandchildren. He secretly had a photo album of all his kids and his grandkids. Sure some would call that creepy, but he tried to be one of the better immortal fathers in the world. Oh Mercury knew he wasn't the best, but he would try hard to be better then his dad.


Mercury sat down before he started to eat his snack. He was always on the move and always had to sit down and eat, it fueled his constant burning metabolism. But Mercury found himself watching two rather beautiful women. One was making notes in this little black book and the other, the other was someone that Mercury knew very well what she was like. Mercury didn't agree with her choices. That was something that he couldn't change. That was the wonders of free will. "My my, two lovely ladies in such a wonderful place. How could someone get so lucky?" Mercury couldn't help himself, he grinned as he spoke to the two girls.