#euquestionnaire

[euclarisse]

             CHARACTER  QUESTIONNAIRE    ⸺    eutask  number  one.                                       ➥    click  the  read  more  to  proceed.

001.    how  did  your  muse  find  out  about  being  a  demigod,    and  how  did  they  react    ?

          clarisse  has  always  been  under  the  impression  that  she  was  not  like  other  children    (    albeit,    mostly  because  her  brother  would  tell  her  that  she  wasn’t    )    but  she  didn’t  know  the  full  extent  of  it  until  she  was  around  fifteen  years  old.

          as  a  child,    clarisse  was  very  flippant  with  her  powers  as  she  was  never  explicitly  taught  to  hide  them  and  she  would  often  use  them  when  she  wasn’t  supposed  to.    one  of  those  times  was  during  a  field  trip  to  paris.    she  was  in  the  jardin  des  tuileries  with  her  class    ⸺    a  very  exposed  setting  for  one  so  young  and  powerful    ⸺    when  she  decided  to  use  her  cryokinesis  to  turn  the  water  in  one  of  the  fountains  to  ice.    very  quickly,    she  was  discovered  by  the  harpy,    aello,    who  wanted  to  get  back  at  khione  for  betraying  gaea,    wife  of  tartarus.    though  she  managed  to  scare  aello  away  with  her  powers,    clarisse  was  left  incredibly  shaken  by  the  whole  ordeal.

          upon  her  arrival  back  to  her  home  in  avignon,    her  parents  decided  to  inform  his  daughter  of  her  true  heritage.    at  first,    it  was  a  shock  to  the  system    ⸺    of  course  it  was.    how  often  does  anyone  learn  that  they’re  the  daughter  of  a  goddess    ?    ⸺    but  slowly  it  began  to  make  sense  to  her  why  she  had  these  unexplainable  powers  and  why  she  always  felt  at  home  in  the  cold  and  the  knowledge  became  something  of  a  comfort  to  her.

002.    how  does  your  muse’s  mortal  family  feel  about  them  being  a  demigod    ?

          it’s  a  complicated  matter.    her  parents  love  her  dearly  and  her  mother  often  likes  to  say  that  clarisse  is  her  petit  miracle  when  she’s  had  a  good  day,    but  her  siblings  are  somewhat  indifferent  nowadays.    sébastien  was  incredibly  jealous  when  they  were  little  because  her  powers  often  gained  a  lot  of  attention  from  their  parents  and  he  frequently  wished  he  could  have  her  abilities  for  himself.    he  was  something  of  a  bully  towards  her,    especially  after  she  was  officially  claimed  by  khione  in  her  teens,    but  fortunately,    he’s  mellowed  out  now.    josie,    on  the  other  hand,    has  always  been  super  relaxed  about  it,    and  even  almost  admiring  of  her  sister’s  abilities.    but  she’s  always  looked  up  to  clarisse  in  general  so  it  wouldn’t  have  changed  her  opinion  much  either  way,    and  being  much  younger  than  both  clarisse  and  sébastien,    she  doesn’t  remember  when  clarisse  was  told  so  she’s  always  known  her  sister  was  a  demigod.

003.    when  did  they  get  claimed  by  their  godly  parent    ?

          in  a  way,    clarisse  has  always  been  claimed  by  khione,    but  it  was  never  made  official  until  she  started  attending  camp  starke.    it  was  a  very  delayed  reaction,    with  many  of  the  camp  members  wondering  which  god  could  have  been  her  parent  since  khione  isn’t  exactly  well - known  in  that  region.    a  lot  of  people  thought  she  might  have  been  a  daughter  of  apollo  or  even  aphrodite,    given  her  optimistic  personality  and  blatant  beauty,    and  were  quite  surprised  when  she  was  claimed  by  neither  but  rather  by  khione  instead.

004.    did  they  attend  camp    ?

          as  a  summer  resident  at  camp  starke  in  airolo,    switzerland  for  three  years,    clarisse  thrived.    she  was  a  very  trusted  member  within  the  camp  and  took  part  in  both  the  organisation  and  distribution  of  roles  during  events.    as  one  of  the  oldest  camp  members,    it  was  usually  clarisse  who  was  assigned  to  look  after  the  younger  children  since  she  usually  had  a  few  hours  free  throughout  the  day.    she  wasn’t  the  most  fond  of  any  sort  of  weapons  training  they  had  since  she’s  generally  not  the  most  combative  and  doesn’t  particularly  like  handling  weapons,    but  she  enjoyed  joining  in  with  their  games  and  camp  traditions.    clarisse  had  always  been  very  much  a  city  girl  and  is  used  to  being  the  only  person  with  powers  for  miles,    so  being  in  the  wilderness  around  dozens  of  other  children  like  her  opened  up  her  eyes  a  little.    (    she  still  prefers  the  city,    though.    that  will  never  change.    )

005.    was  your  muse  ever  sent  on  any  quests    ?

          there  was  only  ever  one  quest.    during  clarisse’s  last  year  at  camp  stark,    there  was  were  rumours  that  the  muses  had  stopped  performing  for  the  gods.    about  three  weeks  into  her  stay,    the  camp  director  suggested  to  clarisse  that  she  may  visit  the  oracle  for  the  first  time  where  she  was  told  this  prophecy  with  the  intention  of  following  its  instructions    :

un  enfant  de  l’hiver  et  un  enfant  de  la  terre, chassera  le  vent  et  trouvera  leur  valeur. bien  que  ces  deux  visages  familiers  se  recontrent la  fin  du  voyage  n’est  peut - être  pas  douce. car  un  choix  crucial  doit - il  faire, pour  trouver  ce  qui  est  perdu  ou  tout  mettre  en  jeu.

          so  clarisse  and  another  camp  member  headed  west,    following  the  east  wind  to  the  pyrenees  where  they  would  through  the  mountains  by  car  as  it  would  be  easier  than  going  through  the  cities.    it  had  been  explained  to  them  prior  that  the  diadem  of  mnemosyne  had  been  stolen  from  calliope  after  a  performance  in  olympus,    and  that  they  were  expected  to  retrieve  it  before  zeus  found  out.    not  wanting  to  risk  the  wrath  of  the  god  of  skies,    they  were  given  a  seven - day  deadline  and  were  told  to  return  within  the  week.    they  returned  by  day  six  after  having  killed  a  nemean  lion  and  narrowly  escaping  the  grasps  of  both  scylla  and  charybdis.    the  diadem  had  been  found  in  a  temple  on  the  pic  des  spijeoles,    where  it  was  revealed  that  eris  had  stolen  it  to  get  back  at  calliope  who  had  been  caught  sneaking  around  with  harmionia’s  husband.    nevertheless,    both  clarisse  and  her  companion  were  rewarded  for  their  troubles    (    clarisse  with  a  pair  of  ballet  slippers  that  never  wear  down    )    and  they  gained  honours  from  the  muses.

006.    what’s  their  relationship  with  their  godly  parent    ?

          khione  has  been  in  and  out  of  the  prouvaires’  lives  since  before  clarisse  was  born  and  has  been  present  throughout  her  life,    whether  physically  or  not.    it’s  known  that  khione  kept  tabs  on  clarisse  and  would  send  her  small  gifts  for  her  birthdays  and  achievements.    she  would  often  appear  to  them  during  their  annual  ski  trip  to  the  swiss  alps,    where  she  was  always  introduced  as  a  family  friend.    needless  to  say,    clarisse  is  a  little  bit  biased  when  it  comes  to  khione  and  does  not  like  to  hear  a  bad  word  against  her.    although  she  knows  that  the  goddess  has  done  wrong  in  the  past,    she  often  overlooks  that  in  favour  of  her  affections  and  insists  that  she  has  changed.    to  this  day,    she  still  sees  khione  at  least  once  a  year,    and  she  still  receives  gifts  from  her,    but  only  on  her  birthday.

007.    your  muse’s  favourite  part  about  being  a  demigod    ?

          i  wouldn’t  say  there’s  any  one  particular  thing  that  clarisse  likes  above  all  else,    but  if  she  had  to  choose,    it’s  probably  her  siblings.    she’s  a  very  big  family  person  at  heart  and  has  always  made  an  effort  to  get  along  with  her  siblings,    both  mortal  and  demigod.    she  loves  that  her  family  does  nothing  but  grow,    and  she  loves  that  she  gets  to  share  a  house  with  them  and  there  are  people  who  she  can  look  up  to  and  who  can  look  up  to  her.    she  never  has  to  feel  alone  when  she  lives  with  the  knowledge  that  there  are  others  like  her  and  that  she  even  shares  blood  with  some  of  them.    she’s  also  very  fond  of  her  cryokinesis.    it’s  such  a  large  part  of  her  that  she  truly  wouldn’t  know  what  she’d  be  without  it.

008.    your  muse’s  least  favourite  part  about  being  a  demigod    ?           trigger  warning    :    anxiety.

          the  constant  fear  of  being  hunted  down  by  a  monster.    albeit,    she  doesn’t  have  to  worry  so  much  now  that  she’s  at  eonia  and  she  knows  she  is  protected  and  safe,    but  in  the  six  months  between  her  attack  and  starting  university,    she  was  living  in  a  state  of  near - constant  paranoia  that  she    (    or  her  family    )    would  be  attacked  again  and  it’s  not  something  she  ever  wishes  to  repeat.    she  has  had  panic  attacks  in  the  past  over  it  and  still  gets  nightmares  from  time  to  time,    but  at  this  point,    it’s  a  somewhat  irrational  fear,    since  she  knows  that  there  are  demigods  who  have  definitely  had  it  worse  than  her.    regardless,    it’s  still  very  real  to  clarisse  and  she  attends  therapy  every  month  just  to  keep  it  all  in  check.    she’s  also  become  a  little  dependent  on  people    (    mainly  her  friends  and  loved  ones    )    ever  since  the  harpies  attacked  her  and  doesn’t  often  like  to  be  left  alone.    that’s  not  something  a  stranger  would  ever  realise  about  her,    but  close  friends  and  family  members  definitely  have  in  the  past.

009.    what’s  your  muse’s  weapon  and  battle  proficiency    ?

          i  can  confirm  that  clarisse  absolutely  does  not  like  to  use  weapons  and  isn’t  actually  very  battle  proficient.    she  escaped  from  the  namean  lion  by  the  skin  of  her  teeth,    and  barely  got  away  from  aello.    even  though  she  used  her  aerokinesis  against  the  harpy,    she  still  managed  to  receive  some  pretty  gnarly  looking  scars  over  her  left  shoulder    (    they’re  very  visible  and  she  tends  to  get  self - conscious  about  them  when  she’s  wearing  anything  sheer  or  sleevless    ).    of  course,    attending  camp  starke  in  her  late  teens,    she  was  taught  the  basics  in  how  to  fight  and  use  weapons,    but  she  never  would  unless  it  absolutely  called  for  it.    anything  sharp  and  she  typically  tends  to  run  in  the  opposite  direction.

[eujax]

TASK 001. CHARACTER QUESTIONNAIRE.

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react?

somehow, in some weird way, jax was unsurprised. it felt right. it felt okay. the news he was awaiting finally came, that the isolation and abnormality he felt were only in anticipation for what was to come. he knew he was special; adults in his life showered him with praise since he could mumble words. but to a young boy, beginning to resent his intelligence, it shined a beacon of hope. he wondered if he was destined to become a great hero, a marvel of history, that maybe this was the beginning of his incredible odyssey with great things to come. ( obviously, that turned out great. )

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod?

jax is unsure how his father feels about anything, cloak of emotional cloudiness between the two his whole life. he’s sure his dad feels resentment towards his son, barely mentioning athena past the initial discussion. he wonders if he were normal, born of a mortal mother, if his dad would be more affectionate, more proud. his dad feels as if jax didn’t have to work for anything, like he had to, and that he’s wasting his great mind. jax feels his dad wishes he never kept his son in the first place, maybe even regretting meeting athena, and the relationship between the two is kept formal. a piece of him wondered the day he was told the news why his dad raised him in the first place, if he had resented athena so much, and if he was too different from humans to coexist happily at home. his sister is unaware, as is his step-mother.

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent?

when he turned ten, he was claimed by his mother, athena. sent to camp to train, the goddess had high hopes for her intelligent spawn, claiming him so he could coexist in athena cabin with the other demigods. he recalls the owl symbol appearing over his head, her long distance way of saying you’re mine, followed by the arrival of several envelopes. all the interaction occurred over letters and writing, papers jax had to comb out of the trash to keep.

› 004. did they attend a camp?

he attended camp half blood each summer in between his boarding school days, a place he loved since his arrival. never quite popular, a know-it-all of a teenager, he found friends who understood him and his abilities better than anyone before could.

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests?

jax traveled on quests mostly at the request of athena, a brain power to get through the stragetic bumps of the quests. they were usually small, ones where small bits of combat were needed, but usually, he was smart enough to prepare protection amulets beforehand, allowing them to travel short distances safely before attracting monsters. 

› 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent?

the relationship between jax and athena is . . . complicated. she expected greatness from him, a great trophy son, but the need for independence and emotional approval led him to instead resent everything she wanted of him. he doesn’t know much of her anymore, not speaking with her for a while, mostly because he haven’t much to share. he secretly wishes she’d check on him more, encourage him, but his pride scorned any relationship they began.

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod?

he loves his genius intelligence, how easily he can recite his notes and test answers, memorize schematics and fit pieces together. everything was so simple and straight-forward growing up. even now, he barely opens his textbooks if only to read them aloud to memorize.

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod?

the same things he loves he detests. he’s developed an imposter syndrome. the work he’s done is not his own; it’s simply his mother’s, his demigodlyness, his inheritance. he’s not special as a child of athena. in the world of the gods, he is another spawn, but in the mortal world, he is a genius. he only wishes sometimes he was left unclaimed, because then he’d be extraordinary.

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency?

jax is without a weapon and without a single ounce of battle knowledge. he learned the basics of archery through his camp days, but since at eonia, he hasn’t touched a sword, bow or knife. violence is unfitting to him. 

[eusage]

        task one: questionnaire.

                                              & fantasy is hardly an escape from reality;                                                            it's a way of understanding it. 

001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react? 

it is one thing to be told that your mother is a literal goddess, and another to actually believe said words--especially when the speaker of them is not exactly the most trustworthy of sources. 

from the very day sage took his first breath he has been told that he’s special; that his mother is the goddess of witchcraft and magic; that he is “ a fucking wizard! ”. his father has never made a point of hiding his mother from him, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that sage has always believed him. if not for the fact that the man was a complete stoner, then there was still a strong possibility that he had been too absorbed in his fantasy books to have a warped perception of reality (at least sage could still partially relate to that much). 

of course, there have been a couple of incidents that left him to reconsider the chances of his father telling him the truth. his peculiar love for plants and herbs; the fact that he would generally feel far more energized during the night; but most of all, the time where he accidentally set a classmate’s clothes on fire for spouting nonsense about his father. unexplainably, he then managed to pass it off as though it had been set ablaze by a candle next to him (that had not even been lit, but they somehow believed them anyway. it later occurred to him that it must have been the mist).

yet it wasn’t until hecate finally showed herself to him many years later that he finally accepted his father’s words as the truth.

002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod? 

the fact that his father claimed him to be a wizard and even called him sage to take a jab at his heritage.. no more words are needed to describe his sentiment on the matter. eugene (his father) has always held hecate in high regard as well, and was actually the one who tried to convince sage of his powers. perhaps if sage had tried to look past his father’s reputation of being a drug addict who made zero sense, he would have figured it all out a bit sooner. nothing is more poisonous to a child’s mind than the nasty words the kids on the playground feed to you. he might have pretended that their accusations didn’t get through to him; but what was he supposed to do at barely 7 years of age? 

even then, after sage had finally accepted the truth of his heritage, his father has always been his biggest supporter. if possible, he was perhaps even more excited about the magic his son was able to cast than sage had ever been himself. whenever eugene was sober enough to pay attention, he’d spend time by his side to look after him and aid him however well he could (and in return, sage would sometimes pretend as if he truly did need the help, just so he could spend more time with his father).

003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent? 

barely eleven years of age, his world is turned upside down when he finds his father passed out cold on the kitchen floor. it’s fear that has the adrenaline rushing through his young body at the time; the anxiety that puts him into autopilot. check pulse. call 911. cover him with a blanket. there is nothing on his mind but survival; it’s almost as if he has done this before. but he hasn’t, and the cool exterior is nothing but a facade that he keeps on because he knows that he’ll come crashing when he drops it. 

but he doesn’t have to stay strong forever. by the time they allow him inside his father’s hospital room, the emotions finally come pouring out. there’s barely any time for him to catch his breath between sobbing and hiccuping. puffy red eyes and wet sleeves that reveal what he’s been wiping his tears with. it’s the first time he realises the severity of his father’s drug addiction. 

it is also the first time hecate ever shows herself to him. without introduction, she simply seats herself next to him on the concrete floor of the building, arms pulling her son in to soothe him and ease his pain. with her motherly presence, but also with a slight touch of magic. there is nothing but comforting words that she whispers to him while she gently brushes his hair. it doesn’t take long before sage finds himself asleep in her arms, his breathing finally evening out again. their first meeting might have been unorthodox, but at least she’d been there when he needed her most. 

a week later, she shows herself again. although she non-verbally claimed sage as her son already in the hospital, this time she returns to spend the entire day with him. hecate is sweet and patient; but she is also a mother, and very protective of her children. the goddess tells him all he needs to know about surviving as a demigod, and how to practice his skills best. she tells him to protect himself and to never let his guard down. to look out for himself only. she also tells himself that his father is a brilliant man, but to not count on him to save his life. he’s gotta do that himself.

of course, she says, she will always be there when he needs her. all he needs to do is ask. 

004. did they attend a camp? 

sage never attended any demigod camp prior to attending eonia. he did, however, recreate his own miniature demigod camp of sorts back in new york city. 

way back in 2010, when his father’s drug addiction took a turn for the worst, sage had no other option but to leave him behind and seek shelter for himself. on the down side, the young demigod had a bank account with just about fifty dollars in it; barely enough to provide himself with some food for the weeks to come, and definitely not enough to find a comfortable place to reside in. on the pro side: thanks to hecate, he was able to keep himself warm and grant himself protection from the outside world and monsters. that way, sage managed to live on his own for a while, turning an empty building into a safe haven of sorts. 

it didn’t take long until he’d run into other demigods and invite them to stay with him for the time being. not only would it stop him from being so lonely, it also gave them the chance to practice their abilities and grow stronger together. they became almost like a small family, and although it technically was not a demigod camp, it certainly shared some of the same aspects of one. 

005. was your muse ever sent on any quests? 

because sage has never been to any demigod camp, he has also never been sent on any quests. not that he feels as if he’s been missing out. frankly speaking, quests never seemed like his type of thing. he’d much rather be working behind the scenes; if he did go on quests, he’d most likely be focusing solely on protecting the others. 

006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent?  

sage has nothing but admiration for his mother, regardless of how little she has been in his life. in troubled times, hecate has always been there for him. perhaps not always in person, but asking was all sage ever needed to do to reach her. in fact, she is also the goddess he prays to when asking for protection or favors. 

having a deity for a parent will never be the same as having a mortal parent. it is simply impossible for them to constantly be around in their children’s life. sage understands that much, and so he is at peace with not being able to see his mother as often as regular kids. would he wish to see her more? sure. he’d love to spend more time with her and just have some coffee or talk about anything that is not demigod related. but hecate has still been a constant factor in his life more than most other gods have been to their children, and for that he is ever so grateful. 

if anything, hecate has always helped him get a better understanding of his powers. she guided him through the beginning stages of spell casting and helped him get a better understanding of the mist. weren’t it for her, he probably wouldn’t have half the control over his powers as he does now. 

007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod? 

the magic! truly, if he had been able to choose a demigod parent of his own, it still would have been hecate. when it comes to magic, there are infinite possibilities of utilising it and sage absolutely loves discovering all of them. he could spend his entire life practicing magic and never grow bored of it. what else is to be expected from someone who practically lives in fantasy books? this demigod doesn’t even need drugs to lose touch with reality, all he needs is his books, magic, and sleepless nights. 

other than that, the fact that his powers are one of the strongest sources of protecting other demigods is one of his favorite aspects. he’d love to continue doing what he’s done in new york for all those years; provide a safe shelter to other wayward demigods and allow them to learn from one another. 

008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod? 

there is not much that sage doesn’t like about being a demigod, but if he had to pick something, it would probably be the lack of a parental figure in his life. perhaps with more of a motherly presence in his life, he’d better understand himself as a person. when it comes to all things demigod and magic, sage has a pretty good understanding of it all. when it comes to himself and his feelings, however, he wonders if having a more consistent adult presence in his life would have made things different. maybe he wouldn’t be so insistent to please everyone all the time; maybe he wouldn’t start crying over every little thing; and maybe he wouldn’t walk off every time he clashes with someone rather than facing them (or sometimes even use the mist to control their thoughts and feelings).

009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency? 

battlefield related skills? what are those? sage is practically clueless when it comes to physical combat, and so he prefers not to engage in it. however, throughout the years he’s spent looking after younger demigods, it’s been stressing him out that he has no ways of defending himself should it ever come down to it. unfair as it is, his powers do not work as well during the day, and dismissing physical combat and/or defense entirely is a luxury that he cannot afford. 

his weapon of choice would always be his wand; engraved with latin enchantments all over. he doesn’t necessarily need it when casting protective spells, but if he were to go on the offense and attack monsters, he’d still use it for maximum effect. he usually opts to make use of a knife during his battle classes, however. it feels less like a weapon to directly attack an opponent, and more somewhat of a defensive attribute. and, to be fair, if he were to wield a sword.. only the gods would know of the catastrophes that could follow.

[eulohani]

          𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄 › 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘌𝘙 𝘘𝘜𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘕𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘌.

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react? 

on her way home from a three AM adventure, noor ran into what she thought someone messing with her in the alley. walking home was never anything that made her tread carefully, if anything it was relaxing to her. noor often itched to test her tazor on an actual human pursuer, but when she came to face with a snarling creature it was her knives she was missing. her mother had someone looking after her ( so gracious of the goddess * eye roll emoji * ) who had interfered and from there she finally met her mother. 

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod?  

the knowledge gave noor new peace, one where she finally felt like she wasn’t questioning herself too often or not enough. her father never wanted her to know, he isn’t the kindest man and chose many selfish paths, even outside of being a father. he felt as if noor was owed to him, the man would be bitter forever that the goddess didn’t stay with him. on the other hand, noor has an aunt who likes to tell her that she knew from the beginning, that she used to whisper in noor’s baby ear that she was a tiny piece of the moon given to her father as a gift. 

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent? 

it had been right after her findings of the camp. pretty sure it was noor’s absolute rage that forced aphrodite to have to confront her daughter, and once she did, she regretted it. noor let her mother have it, there was no shock that she had to process through or universal questions. just rage. sadness. confusion. and aphrodite reacted exactly as expected. 

› 004. did they attend a camp? 

only for a few years before college, merely because she didn’t want to go home and she didn’t want to feel the eyes of her mother now that she had the knowledge of who she was. noor was quiet at first, she didn’t want to risk using her powers to weave relationships and at this point she felt like she couldn’t trust anyone. but it didn’t take her long. noor found her warmth again attending camp.

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests? 

a few. only one given to her but she sought out any companionship she could if she heard another had been sent on one she would be quick to offer help. this didn’t always benefit her, since more than a few had almost took her life. still, it never stopped her from going on more.

ii › 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent? 

noor and her mother do not have a good relationship. she thinks aphrodite’s selfish, arrogant, and more of a child than the many that she had. usually the goddess only shows her presence when the girl is in danger. 

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod? 

the other demigods, to be honest. noor is super interested in their relationships with their parents and their powers, she often asks too many questions and eavesdrops just to know things. the lore, the fact that she’s a piece of greek history amazes her every time.

 › 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod? — has it hindered your muse at all in the past? effected their relationships at all?

she’s lost every relationship she had back home, really. noor feels like she’s used her powers on accident, especially when she was younger, too many times to count. she has really conflicting feelings about this. 

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency? — you can mention other weapons your muse is proficient in, as well as any battlefield related skills, but be sure to highlight what they’re the most skillful with.

noor specializes in dual daggers, she was trained in hand to hand combat since she was nine. using her size to her advantage, she stays up close — she’s fast, and finds her opponents pressure points as a debilitating defense. 

[eumadd]

maddy desai’s task one

TASK ONE › CHARACTER QUESTIONNAIRE.

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react? — did their mortal parent tell them, were they attacked by a monster, or did someone seek them out to join a demigod camp? how did they react?

Maddy found out she was more than who she thought she was early on, specifically when she accidentally prevented a fight between her parents as a young girl. It was actually her older brother, Suraj, who helped her make sense of it all, her powers, the fact that she was born despite her parents already having difficulties staying in one room together. A week or two after Maddy brought her parents back into each other's arms, however, their house was attacked by a rogue harpy. While her parents were quickly incapacitated, Suraj protected Maddy despite being a mere mortal. He at least bought them time until one of Hestia's virgins, who was posing as their neighbor all that time, interfered and chased the harpy away. The same woman then discussed Maddy with her parents and suggested that she join a demigod camp when she comes of age, which she did. Although scared during the attack, Maddy was pretty much impressed at her savior and decided then and there to one day repay her in kind. She never did meet her again, though.

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod? — were they supportive and proud of your muse? or did they reject your muse, ignore them, or try to hide it? or did they have a change of heart over time? 

Their parents, mostly their mother, simply believed it was a miracle that Maddy was born, all things considered, while their father grew suspicious of the birth, always watching Maddy and her mother until she unintentionally used her powers on them, turning them both very contented with their life together and forgetful of past ills, seemingly erasing years of anguish. Her older brother Suraj took it upon himself to protect Maddy out of a combination of believing it was his duty as her brother and hoping that there was a greater reason for her existence and its proximity to his own.

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent? — did their godly parent claim them when they found out when they were a demigod, or was it a delayed reaction? 

One of Hestia's virgins, who had been posing as their neighbor when Maddy was just a little girl, was the first to reach out to her. It wasn't after she came of age and attend a demigod camp that Hestia herself reached out and expressed pride at her kind heart. Maddy had always been thankful of her own existence, a miracle according to her mortal mother, so she was thankful to her godly mother for bringing her to life. Although Maddy did ask about meeting the virgin that watched over her as a little girl, as a means to thank her for all those years, it was with deep sadness that Hestia could not bring them together again, as that same woman was already lost. Maddy didn't press further, even if she wanted to, believing the reason for that loss may be of divine matter and Hestia sounded like she was in pain just letting her know about it.

› 004. did they attend a camp? — if so, talk about their experiences here.

Maddy did attend a demigod camp where she made a few demigod friends and experienced demigod things. She didn't really excel in anything during that time, however, and basically just flew under the radar, only really having forgettable interactions with others. She did attempt to help everyone and be the kindest person in the camp but, well, it was a demigod camp and everyone was showing off while she was just contented with watching and supporting them all.

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests? — if your muse attended a demigod camp, were they ever sent on a quest? more than one? what did the quests entail, and did they fall or succeed? 

If memory serves her correctly, and it does, Maddy has only been in three quests so far: (a) helping feed a starving village of satyrs that were mysteriously cut off from the rest of the world, (b) restoring an abandoned mansion and its hearth before it could be demolished, and (c) reuniting a lost child, blinded in an accident, with her parents in a populated city. Maddy was successful with all three quests but she also had help with other Hestia children, some even of other godly parents.

› 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent? — is it positive, negative, ambivalent? how much contact do they have? does your muse wish it was more or less? 

Maddy's relationship with Hestia is a very positive one. Every now and then, Hestia checks in to make sure Maddy is okay, and Maddy definitely appreciates the warmth she receives from her godly parent. It's neither very suffocating nor absent, just the right balance of contact. She does often find herself wondering about that virgin from when she was a child and would like to know more but feels that it would be a line crossed if she asked any further. In the end, she's a demigod, not a god, so she believes she probably has no right to go further than what she is told.  

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod? — has it benefited your muse in any particular way? if so, in what way?

Maddy has a bittersweet relationship with herself being a demigod. On one hand, she's met all these cool people, made all these cool friends, experienced these cool things. On the other? She often finds it difficult to weigh the use of her abilities, almost always burdened by the uncertainty that they may not be as ethical as she hopes they'd be. Still, she enjoys the practicality of being able to summon food as easy as 1-2-3, being able to heat them up whenever she can and whenever she needs to, and of course the immunities that go with being a demigod.

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod? — has it hindered your muse at all in the past? effected their relationships at all?

The ethical and moral dilemma about her using her abilities of serenity inducement and bond manipulation have always weighed heavy on her shoulders. When she was a young girl, she accidentally used her powers to induce serenity between her parents who have been fighting for years, just snapping her fingers and washing all those petty arguments and rational anguish off of them without much effort. When she got older, she realized it was most likely a terrible thing to have done, and she's been debating with herself ever since. To this day, she tries to keep her own use of her abilities at bay, and even then, she often finds herself second-guessing her own relationships, past and present.

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency? — you can mention other weapons your muse is proficient in, as well as any battlefield related skills, but be sure to highlight what they’re the most skillful with.

Maddy's weapon is her heart and her battle proficiency revolves around staying away from the actual frontline and sticking to the back where she can help others heal and recuperate. Maddy is not someone anyone would consider to fight beside them in direct combat. She's more the kind of support that should be relegated to keeping the soldiers fed and somewhat healthy, which she's more than happy to be. She is, however, really nifty with kitchen tools and has a pretty good aim with a rolling pin and even a frying pan.

[anyaeu]

                     TASK ONE: CHARACTER QUESTIONNAIRE

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react? 

while athena claimed anya when she was born, she only had a relationship with the goddess for the first two years of her life, so she was never fully aware that she was a demigod. when anya was twelve, athena came back into her life. one night, she walked into her bedroom and there she was. there was something familiar about her even if anya had no recollection of meeting her, and while she could have freaked out that there was a stranger in her bedroom, she felt at ease. that is because anya and athena did know each other, for years anya had simply thought she had been a product of her imagination. however, athena was always there and while she didn’t show up, she was always taking care of her.

athena explained everything to her. it made no sense at first but the more she found out about being a demigod and godly parents, the more her life made sense. she was shocked to find out but eventually she accepted going to summer camp. convincing her mother was a different story, vika didn’t want to believe it despite that her ex-husband (and anya’s biological father) had told her. slowly but surely, vika understood that if she wanted to protect her daughter she would have to let her go.

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod? 

liudvika vilkienė: vika is anya’s adoptive mother, although to anya she’s just mom. when vika found out she refused to believe that her daughter was athena’s child. given that she could never conceive children, anya’s arrival became her biggest blessing and the thought of sharing her daughter’s love with another woman was hard, let alone share it with a goddess. however, athena explained vika that anya had to go to summer camps and possibly go to eonia as well for her own safety. after anya encountered her first monster, vika finally accepted that anya had to leave for her own safeguard. she still doesn’t understand what it means to have a demigod for a child but she is very supportive and talks to anya almost every day.

nicholas hughes: anya’s biological father whom she doesn’t really know. athena gave anya to nicholas as a gift but he was married to vika at the time. the two agreed to take care of anya but before her first birthday he left and moved to the united states. she doesn’t know much about him except that he’s a famous cartographer and honestly anya doesn’t care about him. when athena told him that anya was his gift, he was shocked but he was so in love with athena that decided to keep anya, however, he wasn’t ready for fatherhood, especially raising a demigod.

tomas navickas: anya’s stepfather and her fatherly figure. he married her mother when she was six years old. tomas was the last one to find out about anya’s demigod status but surprisingly was the one that wasn’t shocked. he always knew that there was something special about anya, and this just confirmed his theories. he knows more about demigods than anya’s mom, and he tries his best to understand what anya is going through. overall, a supportive father.

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent? 

anya was claimed at birth but she didn’t find she was a demigod until she was twelve.

› 004. did they attend a camp? 

yes, anya attended summer camp since she was twelve. her first camp was in spain, she chose this camp because at the time she was learning spanish. there, she met iker bizcay who became her best friend. her experiences at camp were fun, but she often felt homesickness. she had never been away from her mother for more than a weekend, so the first summers it was very hard but having a close group of friends helped her. she mostly did camps in spain and france, but she also attended one in russia but she only stayed there one week before asking to transfer to her usual camp.

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests? 

while she is athena’s daughter, anya has never been sent on a quest. it has taken a bit of time for her to realize that she should take combat classes more seriously but she still has no interest in fighting.

› 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent? 

she doesn’t get to see athena very often, but the two share a strong bond. anya knows that athena is always looking over her and that’s very comforting. when they get together, they usually talk about anya’s interests for athena is a very involved mother. she loves to talk about architecture with her and overall, athena is a supportive mother.

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod? 

honestly? the friends she’s made. however, she also likes having powers and she appreciates the skills she has. she loves learning languages and they come very easily to her, so she is happy about that. also she loves having half-siblings, she grew up as an only child but she always dreamed of having a sibling and now she has, so she tries to have a good relationship with all of them. having them makes her feel like she has a home here.

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod?

the thing she hates the most is the pressure that comes with being athena’s daughter. everyone expects her to always be perfect, or that’s the way she sees it. the fact that she is not into war is strange to people and she is tired of pretending that she likes to fight. also, anya is a perfectionist and that brings a lot of anxiety. she was diagnosed with ocd when she was fourteen and while she’s been in treatment, she still gets panic attacks very often, but this is something she tries to keep as a secret which only makes it harder to deal with.

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency? 

while she is not into combat, she is very gifted which obviously comes from her being athena’s daughter. her favorite weapon is the crossbow, and she’s rather good at it but she wouldn’t like to use it on a real battle, although she knows that it could happen. anya also knows a ton about other guns but she lacks practice.

[vedeu]

Ved Singh’s Task One

TASK ONE › CHARACTER QUESTIONNAIRE.

(under the cut: ved’s rambling replies)

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react? — did their mortal parent tell them, were they attacked by a monster, or did someone seek them out to join a demigod camp? how did they react?

it’s a funny story, actually. my parents already knew i was a demigod because hephaestus, for some reason, went up to them and just told them he was trying something out and made me, i guess? i only found out on the week they decided to ship me out to demigod camp. (laughter) i was, like, mom, dad, if you just don’t want me around anymore, you could just tell me! but then centaurs and satyrs and nymphs and i just went with it. i haven’t met hephaestus, though, so i can’t confirm whether my parents were exaggerating things, but then again, centaurs and satyrs and nymphs, so they were most likely telling the truth. i mean, that explained how fast the microwave always heated up my food and stuff. also how i was so good at fixing my dad’s car as a kid. that one got me a lot of fans in the neighborhood. it was technically child labor but they always gave me applauses and praises, so, yeah...  

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod? — were they supportive and proud of your muse? or did they reject your muse, ignore them, or try to hide it? or did they have a change of heart over time?

oh, my parents loved it. they were too doting, to be honest, because all they ever wanted was their son to be an engineer, and there i was, fixing cars and building stuff from scratch at such a young age. my sister hated it, which i completely agreed with, but we always had each other’s backs, so it wasn’t a thing. the rest of the family, and by that, i mean my aunts and uncles and the entire neighborhood just thought i was really, really, really good at machines and stuff, but of course not as good as their favorite niece or nephew.    

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent? — did their godly parent claim them when they found out when they were a demigod, or was it a delayed reaction?

i guess hephaestus always kept tabs on me, his experiment, so once my powers got good enough for him, we received a letter directing me to attend a camp and later to join eonia. i never met him but my parents said he actually arrived that day to personally deliver the letter (they had drinks, apparently). i had my own thing, unfortunately, so i missed his visit. i was playing video games with my two friends. 

› 004. did they attend a camp? — if so, talk about their experiences here.

oh, yeah, i attended a camp. it was very, very, very interesting. i remember going on this hike and one of the routes was down a slippery hill and i slipped and fell and almost broke my tailbone but didn’t? i mean, i guess i should have but that was probably a demigod thing. oh, and i also got yelled at for making a phone out of scratch to watch videos online when we were told that we couldn’t use phones that time. they even confiscated my vedphone. it’s all good, though, because i made three more. 

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests? — if your muse attended a demigod camp, were they ever sent on a quest? more than one? what did the quests entail, and did they fall or succeed?

i was sent on three, actually, but they all felt like i was just being sent by my dad to get groceries. there was that quest where i was supposed to help procure precious iron ore for this master smith but the ore was in a mine supposedly infested by monsters. when we got there, though, the monsters got spooked by my drone when it exploded. (laughter) i, uhh, meant to make it explode. i think they were just sleeping in that mine and thought some sort of godly power was trying to bomb them out or something. we didn’t even see the monsters, just heard a lot of scratching and clawing and yelping.

the other quest, i was supposed to retrieve a sacred or godly weapon hephaestus made that fell into the hands of minotaurs. well, turns out, that weapon? it was a spare hammer and the minotaurs didn’t even want it. it just fell straight into their home, so we just waited the night, and when they finally left, we just grabbed the hammer and i turned it in to our camp leader and that was that. it was pretty uneventful.

the last quest was just a (clears throat) “contest of crafting” to honor hephaestus, and i won it when my drone played music and didn’t explode this time. i beat a satyr who made a “centaur chair”. yeah.

› 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent? — is it positive, negative, ambivalent? how much contact do they have? does your muse wish it was more or less? 

to be honest, it’s really hard to have a really good relationship with hephaestus when we don’t really have that much contact. i haven’t met him physically and most conversations we have are through my phone or my laptop. the only reason i’m not assuming someone’s just catfishing me is that the messages always knows things that someone who’s just playing with me wouldn’t even bother to know. i’d like to think it’s a positive relationship, though, because he does check up on me every now and then, and he did congratulate me on those quests, but sometimes, i’d really like it if we met physically. it would probably be pretty awkward but it might be nice. i don’t know. 

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod? — has it benefited your muse in any particular way? if so, in what way?

i mean, i don’t have to call plumbers or electricians when something goes wrong. i can fix my own stuff, so that saves money. i can also fix people’s stuff, which gets me more money. the practicality of it all... that, i like.

oh, and also i can heat up my own burrito without needing to use a microwave. pretty nifty.

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod? — has it hindered your muse at all in the past? effected their relationships at all?

hmm. that’s a hard question. i haven’t really had any problems so far about who i am. maybe on the more ethical level, or philosophical level, that kind of thing. like, being a demigod gives me certain advantages over other normal, ordinary humans, so is it really fair that i make money off my abilities or have an easier life than others? most of the time, i don’t really think about it. not at all. my brain’s more into making and fixing stuff, so things like that rarely bother me. when they do, though, oof. also, if i made out with a non-demigod, would that actually be a good thing for them or a worse thing? really deep stuff, you know?  

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency? — you can mention other weapons your muse is proficient in, as well as any battlefield related skills, but be sure to highlight what they’re the most skillful with.

robodog. definitely robodog.

[miaxeu]

TASK ONE › CHARACTER QUESTIONNAIRE.

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react ?

her mom explained to her the whole thing when she was thirteen & mia didn’t believe her at first, thought it was some weird method acting workshop or wtvr but then she got attacked by a monster on set a few days later, rip. she prayed for dionysus to come help which he did

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod ?

its just mia n her ma & her ma p much tried to ignore/hide it. she figured mias powers werent that wild that she Needed to live a diff life. even when mia found out and started going to camp, it wasnt that big of a deal. shes supportive of w/e mia needs to protect herself but in general the stoeger household has an indiff relationship with her being a demigod

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent ?

mia was claimed when she was 13, and it was just her mom who saw the hologram and she told mia abt it all afterwards

› 004. did they attend a camp ?

yes ! several camps, from 13 onwards in diff states n countries, mostly wherever is nearest to where production just ended. she didnt Love the experience at first & didnt wanna go, but she developed a decent enough relationship with it. she knows she needs it and its nice to have a few months where shes not on edge abt monsters all the time. she made some friends too so its grown on her after a while 

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests ?

nope ! n she loved it that way. politely refused whenever she got picked/suggested as a companion too ; shes just truly not abt that demigod life

› 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent ?

theyve had p much no contact ever since he saved her that one time when she was a kid. she doesnt want to have to need him, and she lowkey hates the gods lol

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod ?

she knows her career & success is largely thanks to her powers, so she likes that about it. it’s cool to be good with plants too and to be a natural sommelière but that’s ,.,.., p much it.

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod ?

alcohol immunity lmao & also, yknow, monsters wanting 2 k*** her. she still thinks its a cheap trade. she loves her job but would she trade it for safety ??? yea, she would.

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency ?

mia is Not a fighter but she knew she had to learn if she wanted to Not Die. at camp, she first tried learning w swords but ended up favoring daggers and knives. she would do some specific monster training at camps then supplementary ones like knife throwing outside in the mortal world. started taking some martial arts training too since the threats started n also learned parkour. if plants are around, she can do some vine manipulation to help her out. in general shes proficient enough to survive and maybe escape an attack, but shes not really the warrior badass conquer n kill type

[eumomos]

TASK O N E / CHARACTER QUESTIONNAIRE

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react?

— SHE WAS AT HER LOWEST when she found out. it had been about three months since she reintroduced herself to the world as monica. and, even though her father welcomed her, most kids at school didn’t seem to have as equal of an open mind. for those weeks, she felt more alone and helpless than ever before. it was her mother, iris, who reached out to her. a rather dramatic rainstorm had hit her hometown, and, not one to waste an opportunity, she decided to run onto the lawn and splay herself out on the grass. the rain was cold, yet exhilerating. her eyes were shut tight, embracing the feeling of freedom. momo still can’t say for certain how long she remained out there. the next time she opened her eyes, the most beautiful woman in the world was standing above her, a fond smile on her face as a rainbow began to appear behind the woman. ‘it was like something out of a fucking movie’ momo will tell anyone excitedly.

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod?

— HER FATHER WAS NEVER NOT SUPPORTIVE. he always knew the day would come where momo would find out the truth. richard was ready to play his part of cheering his daughter on from the sidelines, because that’s what fathers did, in his book. momo doesn’t have any other family to speak of aside from her now deceased father.

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent? 

— it was immediate. the moment their eyes locked that first day, monica was claimed. iris felt like a home that she didn’t realize her body had been aching for. a mother.

› 004. did they attend a camp? 

— MONICA IS A PROUD ALUMNI of camp half-blood! sometimes, the woman wears her old shirt as pajamas. she attended for seven years in a row, taking part in most activities. even though she isn’t much for battling, archery was one of her favorite pasttimes, along with arts and crafts. if you were her friend at chb, it’s almost a 100% guarantee that she made you a bunch of friendship bracelets.

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests? 

— NEVER. LITERALLY NEVER. monica’s happy for that. though, she might have gone on a quest with a friend, if she was asked (possible connection??)

› 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent? 

— SHE HAD GOTTEN COMFORTABLE with her mother almost immediately. monica fondly refers to iris as her mama. she always wishes she could talk to her more, but doesn’t want to appear too clingy. after her dad’s death, momo grew a bit distant, anyways. it’s uncertain whether or not she meant to do that.

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod? 

— BEING PART OF A COLLECTIVE is something monica’s never not dreamed about. belonging somewhere so she didn’t feel so alone anymore.

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod? 

— IT’S FOR SURE HINDERED any sort of normalcy of a social life. momo’s grown to be confident, but in the same breath she’s been blocked from mortal society. at least, that’s how she feels.

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency? 

— MONICA ISN’T THE BATTLING TYPE, if she is out on the field, she plays defense, protecting anyone she is fighting with. you can usually see her with a shield. if not, she’s also very nimble on her feet, and makes for both a good distraction or any sort of stealth one may need.

[euanais]

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react? — did their mortal parent tell them, were they attacked by a monster, or did someone seek them out to join a demigod camp? how did they react?

they’ve always known to some degree? she grew up with her dad telling her she was special but she didn’t really understand it until her powers came in, and when her dad found out about the powers, he came clean about her being a demigod, about the note that was pinned to her when he found her. how she’s always been the kind of kid who can make others feel calm. 

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod? — were they supportive and proud of your muse? or did they reject your muse, ignore them, or try to hide it? or did they have a change of heart over time? 

her father is fully supportive, if not a little clueless. he does his best, really, everything for the sake of his child. and when he found out she has a destructive power, his only instinct was to make sure she’s protective. he took the responsibility of a kid with the full knowledge that she’s a little different. and maybe he’s not entirely prepared, but he wouldn’t trade anaïs for the world.

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent? — did their godly parent claim them when they found out when they were a demigod, or was it a delayed reaction? 

it’s weird, because she’s technically been claimed since she was a baby. there’s some level of knowing she isn’t technically meant to exist, because she’s a hestia kid. and the mystery of her birth, creation, whatever, simply adds to the fact sometimes she feels a little out of place. she was claimed again when she got to camp, a glowing hearth above her head.

› 004. did they attend a camp? — if so, talk about their experiences here.

she went to camp half blood, which was daunting as hell because one, it’s an entirely new country and english is NOT her first language, nor was she particularly skilled in learning it before she was immersed in the american camp. but it did not deter her from trying to befriend as many people as possible. she was absolutely that annoying kid who came up and spoke to you when you were clearly doing something, because she’s just a little ditzy. she quickly became someone to go to to seek advice about friend relationships, and was a shoulder to cry on for anybody homesick. she wasn’t exactly as active as others, but what she lacked in combat and athleticism was made up for in heart. 

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests? — if your muse attended a demigod camp, were they ever sent on a quest? more than one? what did the quests entail, and did they fall or succeed? 

absolutely not! very much a lover, not a fighter. unless you want her to talk a monster to death, she doesn’t really do well as someone combative. good to have for mediations, though.

› 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent? — is it positive, negative, ambivalent? how much contact do they have? does your muse wish it was more or less? 

she’s only met hestia once in her life, and it was at camp half blood. she doesn’t really have much of an opinion of her, just like most people with hestia, but she recalls feeling very loved from the interaction. like she knew her mom was watching over her from wherever the heck she was.

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod? — has it benefited your muse in any particular way? if so, in what way?

she likes that there’s other demigods, and how different they all are. she thinks this is an important community, and it makes her feel less alone knowing there are other people like her out there. maybe they didn’t have similar upbringings, but they understand the struggles of being as powerful as they are more than anybody else. 

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod? — has it hindered your muse at all in the past? effected their relationships at all?

she doesn’t like her pyrokinesis. it’s become more of a love hate thing, now, but at first, she thought she was an absolute monster. it freaked her out. especially because it’s so destructive, and she thinks she’s very much the opposite of that. she wants to build things up, not destroy them.

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency? — you can mention other weapons your muse is proficient in, as well as any battlefield related skills, but be sure to highlight what they’re the most skillful with.

she doesn’t have a weapon of her own, but she’s proficient enough in battle. she took combat classes because she had to at camp, but everybody was pretty much on the same page that she is not meant to fight. she has it in her back pocket just in case people need help defending, and some instances, they have, but as for what she fights with, it’s mainly the fire. or any small dagger/knife she can get her hand on before then.

[charlotteu]

❛ she’s what we’d call, AN OPEN BOOK. ❜

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react? — did their mortal parent tell them, were they attacked by a monster, or did someone seek them out to join a demigod camp? how did they react?

how often can things happen before it’s no longer a coincidence? for charlotte & her uncle, that number was well over two dozen instances of display of power. there had always been weird creatures that lurked in corners of restaurants, the dimly lit alleyways of downtown's, the teacher that seemed just a little bit too interested in her personal life. but it came a shock, regardless. greek mythology was never really a huge interest in her life, only a small amount of knowledge that had been obtained from passing discussions within her household. needless to say, charlotte had drowned herself in books in information about the culture surrounding greek mythology.

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod? — were they supportive and proud of your muse? or did they reject your muse, ignore them, or try to hide it? or did they have a change of heart over time? 

charlotte’s uncle had started to push her away more, leaving to an unknowing family staff to take care of her. she hasn’t really talked to her uncle since she moved onto campus & she does not talk to the rest of her family at all.

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent? — did their godly parent claim them when they found out when they were a demigod, or was it a delayed reaction? 

charlotte was claimed shortly after her uncle told her about her origins. she had quite literally just woken up & looked in the mirror to see a fiery hammer hovering above her head. eyes were roughly rubbed & a hand waved above her head to make sure that she was saying things correctly. she promptly ran out of the bathroom & back to her bed where she hid for the rest of the day. 

› 004. did they attend a camp? — if so, talk about their experiences here.

no, she did not.

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests? — if your muse attended a demigod camp, were they ever sent on a quest? more than one? what did the quests entail, and did they fall or succeed? 

n/a

› 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent? — is it positive, negative, ambivalent? how much contact do they have? does your muse wish it was more or less? 

the contact between charlotte & hephaestus is honestly bare minimum, but she still appreciates it. she deeply wishes that there’d be more contact with her father, but she also realizes that there are demigods that have no contact with their parent. most of the experiences she has are on the positive side, on the rare occasion that they do happen. charlotte does indeed spend a lot of time praying, talking, and making small offerings to both her father and the other gods and deities within greek mythology. she doesn’t entirely know if they listen, but she likes to think that they do.

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod? — has it benefited your muse in any particular way? if so, in what way?

charlotte’s favorite part of being a demigod is the extended family & the abilities that she has to help with her hobbies. she greatly thinks that her heritage has influenced a handful of major life choices & has lead her down a better path than one of not having any godly blood. she now has a wide team behind her to support whatever she does.

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod? — has it hindered your muse at all in the past? effected their relationships at all?

she is deeply afraid that she’ll end up spending the rest of her life living in constant fear of the monsters around the corner. the idea of living a perfect life to only have it ripped apart because she dares to leave the grounds keeps her up at night & wakes her up in a cold sweat when she falls asleep. any type of relationship - specifically romantic - leaves her deeply anxious. her worst fear is that her girlfriend or wife would die because they just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time & charlotte had no way to defeat them in.

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency? — you can mention other weapons your muse is proficient in, as well as any battlefield related skills, but be sure to highlight what they’re the most skillful with.

charlotte's preferred weapons will always swords (specifically a curved sword, long swords, & short swords,) any type of shields (but she’ll go for a lighter - weight one most of the time,) & daggers (scottish, trench, & stiletto.) most of her weapons end up being both designed & made for herself to ensure that it’ll fit well with her body type and fighting ability. fighting wise, charlotte chooses to focuse/use more skills centered around the concept of pankration (which, quite frankly, wears her out quickly & is the least intelligent way to fight.) she follows the traditional greek way of battling which uses defensive moves versus offensive moves in an effort to outsmart her opponent. this battle style uses things such as slashing, tumbling, using her shield as a weapon rather than a protective item, etc. etc.

[roryeu]

task one: questionnaire.

001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react?

as a child, rory knew there was something different about him. he never made friends easily, other children were afraid of him. he was never invited to play with people on the playground and, at his mother’s insistence, when he tried joining without asking, they just brushed him of and left to do something else. even his teachers found him off putting, though they were better in not showing their prejudice against a child.

his mother promised she would explain everything to him when he was older, that it was okay that he was different and that differences were what made for variety, otherwise life would be boring. her words had made him feel better, she had made him feel better, just with her presence. to rory, there was nothing that couldn’t be solved by spending time with his mom. and like all children, he liked making or giving her stuff that showed his appreciation. macaroni glued to a picture frame? check. drawn pictures in crayon of the two of them hung up on the fridge? check.

but also like all children, he liked sparkly objects and when he saw something red and glittery in the ground, he brought it to his mom because he thought it was beautiful like her. he thought she would like it. being told to put it back where he found it and quickly had almost broken his heart because he thought she didn’t like it. but later that night, she said it was another thing she would explain to him when he was older.

she never got the chance to explain.

finding out his true parentage wasn’t something happened until years down the line. a fury, though he hadn’t known the name of it, attacked him while he walked home from school as a teenager. when he found shelter at a camp in the hills of scotland and finally had everything explained to him, things clicked.

the reaction wasn’t pretty. he spent the majority of his first night at camp, miraculously without a scratch, asking the older kids if they had alcohol, any kid of alcohol, or cigarettes, or weed. a hermes kid two years older had supplied him with tequila and he spent the majority of his night in his cabin (alone, as he always was) getting drunk for the first time.

002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod?

there isn’t a single soul still alive that rory considers part of his family. the twin sister he’d never known had died when they were born (rory blames that on himself as well, after learning that he was the reason, he’d taken all the nutrients and she couldn’t survive). his mother died of a disease that had come on rapidly and taken her life just as fast despite having been on the mend. the foster families were close enough, maybe, but not enough that he feels close.

the rhodes were the closest thing he would get to a family and he has never viewed them as parents. even as a kid, he referred to them by their first names, the entire time he’d been in their care. they were easily the best of the bunch when it came to the foster families he’d been placed into throughout his youth, he lasted three years with the rhodes. there had even been talks of adopting him when he had started to make progress in therapy and he began opening up little by little. that same week he’d been attacked by the fury and had run.

sending them a letter explaining that it wasn’t their fault was one of the hardest things he’d had to do. he didn’t explain even a fraction of the full story, rationalizing to himself that they were safer if they didn’t know the truth about him. they haven’t seen him in eight years but they keep in contact with letters. he always leaves out the details about where he is, about what he is, despite them asking almost every time. he just promises that he’s safe. they always tell him that they love him but he never says it back.

he might not see them as his parents, but they see him as their son.

003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent?

for most demigods, they get claimed by their parent after their true nature comes to light and their godly parent can no longer deny it. even so, it has to be when the child was no older than thirteen. at thirteen, rory was getting attacked by a fury and led to camp by a ghost, the first and one of the few times he’d been able to summon a spirit.

the second he’d found people inside the camp, the director looking him over for scratches, which he was surprisingly without for having a fury on his ass the entire way across the country, was the second a glowing skull and crossbones appeared over his head. rory kinnon, son of hades.

004. did they attend a camp?

camp, like everything else in his life, was a mixed bag for rory. at camp, he had his first kiss, his first drink, his first heartbreak. the bad outshone the good, like always. he was alone in his cabin there, as there weren’t too many children of hades to begin with (rory doubted he strayed as often as other gods and goddess did). he never made any effort to be included, as he had been burned and shunned too many times in his childhood to make that mistake again but sometimes he got included anyway. and despite the protests, the begrugding attitude as he went along with it, he was always thankful to at least feel like he belonged. after all, wasn’t everyone at the camp an outsider at one point in their life.

when he was fourteen, he’d found himself in a relationship with a son of athena, parker. the relationship lasted less than a year but rory still regards him as one of the only people that he’s ever actually cared about and who cared about him.

from that point on, it just solidified the idea that him being around other people was bad luck. he hated himself for interacting with someone who had less than a year before they died. he thought it would be okay and maybe he could change it.

005. was your muse ever sent on any quests?

parker going on a quest was the closest rory had ever come to going on one himself. when he was packing that night, rory had been in the athena cabin, trying to convince him to change his mind. they’d only allowed three demigods to go on the quest, anymore would draw too much attention, and rory had been told that he wasn’t going. the entire night, he was plagued with visions of how parker would die and he thought, maybe if he went with them instead of some vapid daughter of aphrodite, he would die in parker’s place. he was of more use to the world than rory was. people would be upset to lose parker. no one would feel that way about rory.

despite being told to stay at camp, he’d tried shadow traveling for the first time when he started to feel antsy waiting for parker to get back. he wasn’t allowed to go on the quest but what the camp directors didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them.

shadow traveling wasn’t one of the few things he was naturally gifted at. through sheer dumb luck, he’d managed to get himself to the right place but it had exhausted him so much he hadn’t been able to save parker when the moment came. at most, he had parker’s head in his lap as he died and threatened the other demigods on the quest with death if they told anyone he had been there.

006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent?

hades is not dad of the year as far as rory is concerned. everything that has ever gone wrong in rory’s life could be attributed to him in one way or another. the death of his first, and only, boyfriend had plagued him thanks to his gift of sensing death.

he wouldn’t have ever met parker if his father hadn’t sent a fury to chase him, scaring him enough that he summoned a ghost without even realizing it to lead him to camp, where he would be safe.

he wouldn’t have needed to be chased to camp if his mother hadn’t died as a direct result of misfortune falling her after rory gave her one of the gems he found in the ground as part of his ferrokinesis. she would have told him and taken him to camp herself.

he wouldn’t have been born if hades didn’t take an interest in his mother to begin with.

rory refuses to hold his tongue when speaking ill about his father. he regularly curses him out, talks shit, and speaks as if he was speaking directly to him, though the words have never once been spoken with kindness. he doesn’t fear retribution.

what’s the worst that happens? hades sends someone an infernal army to kill him. if there was even a chance of it happening, rory would step foot outside of the safety of eonia and tell him to do it already.

007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod?

there are very, very few things rory considers a perk of being a demigod and the only one he actually enjoys is the means of making money. though taking gems from the ground brings misfortune to others lives, rory cares very little for other people and happily takes all of the gems he brings to the surface. self taught, he cuts them and makes jewelry out of them, selling them on etsy. there’s mail going out from him on any given day, which is more money going into his pocket.

along with that, rory has moments where he enjoys being a son of hades. people have always been put off by him and as a child, it was upsetting. he hadn’t been doing anything wrong as a kid, he just wanted to make friends. as an adult, making friends is the absolute last thing he wants. and while some people aren’t necessarily affected by the air of ... off that comes with being a child of hades, there tends to be a disconnect from him and the rest of the student body.

008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod?

rory can count the amount of people on one hand that he’s close with. (it’s zero.) his relationships are superficial at best and nonexistent at worst. being able to sense death is a curse in and of itself. after being there while two people died, the grief is endless and he knew it was coming. he would rather have it be a surprise, as horrible as it is, when people die. to be able to spend time with them and enjoy it while it lasts, not be counting down the months, weeks, days, minutes, until someone meets their end.

he would give anything to be able to just be without seeing someone’s death ahead of them.

009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency?

his weapon of choice is stygian iron knife. he had summoned the iron from the ground once after hours of concentrating and had promptly taken it to a hephaestus camper who would be able to craft something out of it far better than he ever could. there wasn’t enough there to make a sword so he settled for a knife. a weapon was a weapon and this one was deadly to anyone who pissed him off.

along with that, he is pretty handy with a bow and arrow, though not even close to the children of apollo’s skills. he’s used stygian iron to make arrowheads and treats them with the most care possible. stygian iron goes through the river styx to be made and being able to bring any at all to the surface is a gift he was unwilling to overlook.

[eusamson]

                       𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐊  𝐎𝐍𝐄  :  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑  𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄.

›  001.   how  did  your  muse  find  out  about  being  a  demigod,  and  how  did  they  react ? 

samson’s  first  experience  with  his  demigod  powers  came  when  he  was  eight  years  old  ;  an  instinctive  reaction,  he  sang  what  he  thought  was  a  lullaby  in  english  learnt  from  his  mother  (  but  was  in  fact  one  from  his  father  in  ancient  greek  )  in  an  attempt  to  calm  his  best  friend  lila  down  when  she  skinned  her  knee.   little  did  he  know  that  this  would  become  his  unofficial  claiming,  her  wound  healing  almost  instantaneously  as  apollo  responded  to  his  healing  song. 

easy  to  dismiss  as  an  overactive  imagination,  the  two  friends  kept  it  a  secret  from  their  parents,  and  it  isn’t  until  he’s  twelve  and  narrowly  escapes  an  attack  from  a  snake  way  bigger  than  average  thanks  to  a  man  with  the  legs  of  a  goat  (  just  when  things  couldn’t  get  any  weirder  )  that  the  satyr  fully  explains  his  demigod  heritage  to  him  and  his  stunned  family.

he  took  it  well  considering  ;  the  prospect  was  quite  exciting,  puzzle  pieces  slotting  into  place  that  he  hadn’t  realised  had  been  missing  (  the  absence  of  a  father  had  never  been  a  huge  point  of  contention  in  his  life  thanks  to  the  endless  love  offered  by  his  mother  and  grandparents  ).   going  off  to  camp  was  an  adventure,  and  he  wouldn’t  realise  the  seriousness  of  the  danger  he  was  in  as  the  son  of  a  god  until  many  years  later.

›  002.   how  does  your  muse’s  mortal  family  feel  about  them  being  a  demigod ?

his  family  have  been  nothing  but  supportive.   grace  always  had  her  suspicions  but  never  fully  believed  the  claims  of  her  golden-haired  lover  when  he  boasted  he  was  the  god  of  music  —  until  even  she  couldn’t  deny  the  presence  of  something  other  when  the  satyr  appears  in  their  living  room  and  proclaims  samson’s  life  is  in  danger.

of  course  they  worry,  but  samson  has  a  relatively  smooth  upbringing,  summer  camp  more  of  an  enriching  experience  than  one  that  teaches  children  to  fight  for  their  lives.   it  isn’t  until  the  attack  at  the  theatre  that  it  truly  hits  home,  and  when  grace  is  seriously  injured  and  lila  killed,  there’s  a  growing  resentment  towards  absent  father  and  ‘  the  demigod  curse  ’�� that  he’s  put  upon  their  family.   but  that  resentment  would  never  extend  to  samson  —  even  if  he  feels  nothing  but  guilt  over  his  mother’s  injuries  —  and  they  support  him  throughout  his  studies  at  eonia,  visiting  annually  when  they’re  able.

›  003.   when  did  they  get  claimed  by  their  godly  parent ? 

samson’s  unofficial  claiming  came  the  first  time  he  used  his  healing  powers  at  eight  years  old  ;  his  official  claiming  came  the  second  he  stepped  upon  the  island  of  camp  haumana,  a  golden  lyre  blazing  bright  upon  his  forehead  and  only  solidifying  feelings  of  wholeness  at  knowing  that  missing  part  of  his  heritage.

›  004.   did  they  attend  a  camp ?

 camp  haumana  (  mixed  meaning  ;  literal  translation  is  ‘ student ’  in  hawaiian,  ‘ peaceful  spirit ’  in  tahitian  )  was  samson’s  home  every  summer  from  ages  12  to  17.   situated  on  the  equator  between  hawaii  and  french  polynesia,  the  uninhabited  island  was  repurposed  as  a  refuge  for  demigods  from  all  pantheons,  especially  favoured  by  those  born  in  the  oceania  region.

being  quite  isolated,  there  were  only  23  others  at  camp  during  his  time  there.   instead  of  being  split  up  by  god,  they  were  split  by  pantheon,  and  samson  found  himself  sharing  a  cabin  with  the  other  greek  demigods  on  the  island,  making  quick  friends  with  twins  of  poseidon  kai  and  malia.   their  schedule  was  based  less  around  war  strategy  and  more  around  nurturing  activities  that  made  use  of  the  natural  landscape,  incorporating  local  sports  such  as  outrigger  canoe  and  surfing  while  being  careful  to  be  respectful  to  the  island  and  the  gods  once  worshipped  there.

a  haven  of  peace,  samson  still  carries  fond  memories  of  his  time  at  camp  ;  climbing  through  treetops  on  makeshift  obstacle  courses,  firing  arrows  in  a  clearing  lined  with  blossoming  wildflowers,  singing  tahitian  songs  his  grandmother  taught  him  around  a  roaring  campfire.   in  comparison,  camp  athen’s  stricter  fighting  schedule  took  him  a  while  to  adjust  to  when  he  was  first  on  placement  there,  and  he  found  his  edges  softening  in  response  for  the  new  demigod  arrivals,  remembering  his  own  warm  welcome  and  how  that  impacted  his  stay.

the  people  he  met  at  camp  haumana  became  family,  and  he  has  plans  to  visit  the  permanent  residents  as  soon  as  the  school  year  is  over,  wanting  to  make  amends  (  there  have  been  opportunities  to  visit  before  now,  but  he  always  found  reasons  to  avoid  going  since  the  funeral  ).

›  005.   was  your  muse  ever  sent  on  any  quests ?

he  was  never  sent  on  any  quests  during  his  time  at  camp.   there  was  a  request  to  join  on  one  by  the  two  demigods  he  was  closest  to,  but  he  turned  it  down  in  favour  of  performing  as  fiyero  in  his  school’s  production  of  wicked,  the  promise  of  the  head  of  juilliard’s  admissions  attendance  what  swayed  his  decision.

the  quest  was  doomed  from  that  point  onwards,  samson’s  proficiency  in  healing  unmatched  by  even  the  resident  camp  healer  who  wasn’t  of  apollo  ancestry.   by  the  time  kai  and  malia  are  found  their  wounds  are  too  great  and  the  quest  is  deemed  a  failure,  samson  told  in  person  by  his  father  after  his  own  monster  attack  at  the  theatre  which  only  exacerbates  the  guilt  he  feels  over  rejecting  their  request.

›  006.   what’s  their  relationship  with  their  godly  parent ?

complicated.   he’d  be  surprised  if  any  demigod  didn’t  have  a  similar  relationship  —  over  the  years  since  he  last  saw  apollo  he’s  grown  a  great  deal,  having  come  to  terms  with  his  own  faults  and  the  part  he  played  in  their  happenings.   the  raw  resentment  he  felt  for  his  father  at  eighteen  is  now  dulled  by  time,  but  there’s  still  a  barrier  he’s  put  up  between  them  at  the  god’s  apparent  unwillingness  to  accept  responsibility  for  the  monster  attacks  he  and  his  family  are  in  danger  from  every  time  he  steps  outside  eonia’s  walls.   he’s  grateful  for  him  for  healing  his  mother,  but  his  father  still  leaves  much  to  be  desired.

›  007.   your  muse’s  favorite  part  about  being  a  demigod ?

while  he  believes  he’d  still  have  the  same  love  if  he  wasn’t  the  son  of  apollo,  samson  loves  just  how  connected  he  is  to  music  and  how  easily  he  picks  up  anything  music  related.   despite  the  path  of  a  performer  being  one  he  left  many  years  ago,  there’s  no  better  place  than  losing  yourself  in  song,  expressing  his  mana  and  allowing  himself  to  be  free.

he’s  also  come  to  truly  appreciate  his  healing  powers  and  how  much  good  he  can  do  with  them.   he’s  always  wanted  to  inspire,  to  be  a  beacon  of  light  for  people  that  when  he  was  younger  would  express  through  the  arts.   now  he  channels  that  energy  into  being  there  for  his  fellow  demigods,  kids  like  him  who  had  no  choice  in  being  born  into  their  circumstances.   he’s  found  his  true  calling,  and  while  there  are  fleeting  times  he  wishes  he  could  just  be  normal,  he  knows  this  is  where  he’s  meant  to  be.

›  008.   your  muse’s  least  favorite  part  about  being  a  demigod ?

the  danger.   the  feeling  of  always  watching  over  your  shoulder  when  you  step  outside  protected  walls.   he  hates  that  people  were  hurt  because  of  him,  and  will  carry  that  guilt  around  as  a  permanent  reminder  for  as  long  as  he  draws  breath.   he  hates  that  despite  demigods  dying  around  the  world  seemingly  every  day,  their  parents  are  loathe  to  react,  to  protect  those  they’ve  helped  create.   it’s  a  big  subject  of  contention,  and  one  he  will  always  make  known  to  his  closest  friends  who  are  aware  what  he’s  campaigning  for.

›  009.   what’s  your  muse’s  weapon  and  battle  proficiency ?

samson’s  primary  weapon  is  a  bow  and  arrow  gifted  to  him  by  apollo  just  after  his  twelfth  birthday.   after  his  attack  and  how  he  didn’t  have  it  to  hand  when  he  needed  it,  he  made  a  deal  with  his  father  to  imbue  an  arrow  tattoo  he  had  inked  on  his  forearm  with  a  simple  recalling  spell,  meaning  all  he  has  to  do  is  place  the  three  fingers  he  uses  to  draw  back  the  bow  to  his  tattoo  and  the  weapon  will  appear.

he’s  proficient  enough  in  hand  to  hand  combat,  but  prefers  long  range  in  a  fight  ;  his  archery  skills  unmatched  by  those  that  aren’t  apollo’s  children,  using  them  to  help  teach  at  camp  athens  whenever  he’s  there  on  placement.

[eusjason]

                                                         ʷᵉ ᵃʳᵉ ⁿᵒᵗ ˢᵘʳᵉ ᵒᶠ 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓻𝓸𝔀,                                                              & 𝕛𝕠𝕪 ʷᵃˢ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ˢᵘʳᵉ ;

› 𝟎𝟎𝟏: 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵?

          in the northern reaches of canada, playful outdoor hockey on frozen lakes known as shinny is as sure of a past time as huddling up by the fireplace. never one to be bothered by the cold, jason spent most of the young childhood skating out on some lake or another, usually with friends or teammates until they eventually called it quits when the sun started to sink lower and the even colder night chill began to roll in. he should’ve left with them, really, his mother was going to worry as she always did — though never as much as the other mothers, not out of any less concern, but perhaps she knew that water would not harm jason. all the times he’d gotten picked out of the frigid saguenay fjord and didn’t get so much as a cold were probably a dead giveaway.

          so he’s alone when it happens, probably for the best : it means the mist doesn’t have to work overtime to alter the memories of his friends. winter is just starting to break into the warmer season of spring, the worst time of year if you ask jason. it just signals the end of outdoor hockey, soon to be moved to the confines of a temperature controlled rink. he’s stubborn, intent on getting every hour out of the frozen ice on the lake that he possibly can, even if that means avoiding certain spots of the lake. but he must miscalculate because he hears the telltale cracking of ice beneath his skates — and not the comforting deep cracking sounds that accompanies a freezing lake. this is the bad kind of cracking, the one that proceeds plunging into freezing water and possibly dying of hypothermia. tyler’s mother had showed them all a video of someone falling through thin ice when they were all old enough to want to skate on the lake, probably to shake fear and caution into them ( it’s worked, for the most part ). for the first time out on the lake, jason is terrified.

          it’s probably this terror that unlocks what will become his specialty in the years to come. he never plunges into the icy depths of the lake ( even though if he had, he would’ve remained dry and unaffected ), because he freezes the whole thing solid. he then passes out because of it, the volume of water he just changed something he won’t have the stamina to repeat for quite a while. his mother and the father of one of his friends find him on the lake much later, burning up from fever, his eleven year old body trying to cope with the excess energy it just absorbed.

          it’s a mystery what happened exactly, to everyone but his mother had known eventually the godly part of his blood would demand to manifest as more than an ease on ice or the way beluga whales always seemed to come to whatever boat he was on. it’s on a boat in the middle of the saint lawrence that she tells him the truth. jason takes it pretty well, for someone just told his father is the lord of the sea. if anything, he knows it to be true the moment his mother tells him, the final piece of a puzzle falling into place.

          not long after his twelfth birthday that summer, instead of staying in saguenay, he’s shipped off to camp voreios even further north in canada.

› 𝟎𝟎𝟐: 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘥?

          leila goldhirsch never had any doubts of the child she carried for nine months and then loved from the moment he was born. she always knew it was a bit of inevitability that his godly side would present itself, much like the ocean never deigns to be ignored. there was always more to that man she had a brief but momentous relationship with, more than just the kinda captain of the ship she used for that whole summer studying beluga whales in the saint lawrence. she didn’t know whether or not to believe him when he said he was the lord of the sea, but like the ocean, the truth is undeniable. and so she did her best to raise jason normally, worried like any good mother though his father had promised to keep him safe.

          ( he still doesn’t know this — but one of those fisherman who picked him out of the fjord had been him ).

          — and she worried after the attack, wanting to protect her son but having no way of protecting him from the monsters that were inside his head. she’ll always worry, probably, though she’s happy that he seems to have found himself again at eonia.

          jason’s stepfather is a whole other story, just for the simple fact that he doesn’t know about poseidon, still believing jason’s biological father was simply the boat captain of a ship many, many years ago. jason and his mother never figured out a way to too tell him and well... it feels a little too late for that now.

› 𝟎𝟎𝟑: 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵?

          he’s just arrived at camp voreios, age twelve and fitting in even more easily than most despite his young age — sparking the rumor that he must be a son of hermes. he’d been aware of his godly parentage even for a few months now in an unofficial sense, though still officially “unclaimed,” not that it made a whole lot of difference at camp voreios who roomed attendees by age instead of godly parentage. he remains quiet to the fact though, appreciating the suspense of it all even at a young age.

          it’s a few days later after the first campwide game that things get official. jason’s fresh off scoring a game-winning goal when the glowing sea-green trident appears over his head effectively hushing the previously rowdy arena.

          camp voreios had never had a child of poseidon before : he was the first.

› 𝟎𝟎𝟒: 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱?

          camp voreios, the northern camp ( grammatically i think it should actually be voreios camp but to stick with pjo naming conventions... ), sits in some of the most remote reaches of quebec, far by pretty much all terms, and it is here that some of the most elite demigods are trained. obscured from mortal eyes as a longterm and extremely competitive program for only the most elite youth hockey players, there’s a bit of truth to that. most who attend that camp are between the ages of twelve and eighteen, the graduates commonly accepted into colleges with impressive hockey programs and a very select few like jason into the canadian hockey league. though almost all in attendance could easily fit in talentwise in the chl, most opt to not go through the additional testing and training into order to determine if they’re fit to go the professional route. their “recruitment” is a smattering of satyr scouts and coaches who scour youth hockey programs for demigods.

          the camp sits on the edge of a lake, something jason found incredibly satisfying and it was on this lake this he truly honed his abilities of phase manipulation of water and water sensitivity. he did dabble in the other aspects of hydrokinesis ( specifically, the manipulation of actual water ) at least enough to be respectable at it, but he found it more dull and less useful, preferring to explore control of water in its ice state. you’d never see him try to create a tsunami wave or something.

          a hockey centric demigod camp was as exciting as it came. though they would play against mortal teams to learn to exercise control over their abilities in the heat of a game ( and as a result, learn to control themselves in high emotion situations ), there were plenty of demigod hockey games that were almost a free for all. the only thing they didn’t allow jason to do was manipulate the actual ice of the rink, citing that was a bit of an unfair advantage even for them. camp voreios was also the home to the art of swordplay on ice, more for pure fun than any true necessity — though it was argued that the heightened speed of a fight on ice was good for developing reflexes and training the mind to analyze an opponent more quickly. there’s probably some truth to that.

          camp voreios, unlike many demigod camps, was not a summer camp. instead it ran around the hockey season, meaning it took students for the duration of the school year and released them to do as they pleased in the summer though many stayed the duration. occupants are schooled with a mixture of online and at local schools. jason was in attendance at camp voreios from ages twelve to sixteen almost year round, save for the month of july when he returned home to saguenay. the intent of camp voreios was to rigorously train their attendees for the real world — practically the epitome of tough love.

          at sixteen, jason knew he wanted to try to peruse hockey professionally if he could, the fourth of camp voreios attendees who expressed this intention. the camp only allowed the most elite on the ice and more apt at protecting themselves to enter professional leagues where there was a much higher profile and higher risk. jason passed their aptitude tests and so at sixteen, he was drafted to the rouyn-noranda huskies and left camp voreios, though he’d return in the summer occasionally as well as encounter and maybe help a little bit some on their yearly scavenger hunt.

› 𝟎𝟎𝟓: 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴?

          camp voreios didn’t get sent on an awful lot of quests compared to much bigger camps, though the directors of the camp often sent campers out on their own in an unofficial capacity in order to gain “real world experience” tussling with real monsters and getting a taste of real danger — call it that tough love. most common was a massive scavenger hunt that took up nearly three weeks every spring after hockey season ended where the entire camp was split into groups of two or three and sent out across north america to retrieve increasingly rare items.

          however, jason was sent on one official god-sanctioned quest at the tender age of thirteen. he’d been at camp for about a year and a half at that point and participated in one scavenger hunt and thus deemed ready. gotta start them young, right ?? besides, it was a quest for one of the missing prongs on the trident of poseidon, and as the only child of poseidon at camp voreios who else was supposed to go ?? he was dispatched with a daughter of aphrodite ( 15 ) and son of hermes ( 16 ), though jason’s leadership skills soon became evident even as young as he was. the quest took them two weeks to complete, and took them everywhere from the stiffling grand canyon ( not jason’s favorite place ) to niagara falls ( marginally better ), culminating with them on the coast of nova scotia, the first time jason had seen the real ocean. he’ll claim he jumped, witnesses claim he fell, but either way, he ended up deep in the atlantic ocean where he finally met his godly father for the first time.

› 𝟎𝟎𝟔: 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵?

          jason met poseidon when he was thirteen and he was nothing like he expected. he wasn’t sure what he was expecting, but much like the sea he supposes it depends. poseidon has never felt different than the sea on a calm day. he’d say his relationship with him is more the positive side of neutral then negative, despite the fact they’ve only spoken face to face a handful of times. 

          jason never was someone who needed words to know he was cared for and he recognizes the ways poseidon cares for him as his son in ways other than words : in the safe passages he grants him every fall and spring as he sails over the atlantic, the way he feels at home in the ocean, and the way he’d been soothed and in some ways healed by the ocean after the attack. he just takes their contact it as it is, seeing no reason to wish for things to be different than they are.

› 𝟎𝟎𝟕: 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘥?

          the day jason learned about his water sensitivity was one of the best in his life. though it’s hardly as flashy as his hydrokinesis, the additional perspective is one his cherishes quite closely. there’s something to be said for feeling like you connect to the world, even in the oddest of ways. he can’t deny he loves freezing water though — there’s nothing like skating under and open sky and with a bit of work, his hydrokinesis ability made that possible.

          there is, of course, his prowess on the ice, though he’s not sure if he wants to contribute that to being a demigod. he’d like to believe that even without godly blood in his veins that he still would’ve been good enough to be drafted into the chl. 

› 𝟎𝟎𝟖: 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘥?

          power comes with a cost, and sometimes jason thinks that price is too high. as much as he knows he can’t wring the godly blood out of him, there are days he wishes he could is only to save what he’d been building in rouyn-noranda. evan had been young, beautiful, talented, and very much mortal. there’s no reason he or any of the others of his team should have had to die because a pack of monsters were intent on slaying the son of poseidon. it’s an endless battle in jason’s head between what he knows to be true and the endless guilt he still feels constricted around his heart. because what’s the point of having power if it still wasn’t enough to protect the people he cared about ??

› 𝟎𝟎𝟗: 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦’𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺?

          it’s rare to see jason without osisko, his celestial bronze sword that also takes the convenient forms of a hockey stick or a bronze bracelet on his left wrist. it was a gift to him when he was drafted into the chl at sixteen ( visuals and more detailed information on osisko HERE ). it is without a doubt his main weapon, and the one he’s most trained at, though if he had to he could fight with a trident pretty well ( thanks dad ). given osisko’s ability to return to him even if lost in battle, he rarely has to default to other weapons, though at even closer hand-to-hand combat with daggers or knives, he’s proficient as well since the concept is quite similar. where he severely lacks is in any long range weapons like archery or spears — sadly his accuracy with a puck does not seem to translate to arrows or anything of the type.

          jason isn’t absolute top tier elite at swordplay, though he holds his own quite respectively and probably comes in the top ten percent, aided in part by his sheer athleticism due to the strong, active life he’s lived since he was quite young, training both to be a demigod and a good hockey player. factor in his hydrokinesis when available, and you can probably get him to the top five percent. he can get quite competitive in matchups, which also informs his ability to hold his own out of sheer will. there’s also something to be said that he attended a demigod camp practically year round for four years, allowing him a much longer length of training in his formative years than just the typical three month summer camp.

          he has extremely good endurance ( endurance and like... endurance 😉, y’know ?? alsdkfjlsks ) and often fights smarter, not harder, using his opponent’s weaknesses and the environment to his advantage. as a defenseman, he’s quick to analyze offensive players of the fastest paced sport in the world to hinder their plan by the time they get to the blueline   — this ability transfers beautifully to battle proficiency and fights. he has to work quite hard to get as good as he has, the observing part he was always quite good at, it was getting his fighting ability up to the level where he could actually do something to hinder the offense he knew was coming. he obviously most easily gains the upper hand when on the beach, a boat, or if someone foolishly decides they do want to face him in one of camp voreios’ created past times : swordplay on ice.

[ameliaeu]

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react?

Demeter popped back in out of the blue on her eight birthday!! Her father had known Amelia’s mother was actually a goddess but he’d made such an effort in pretending it wasn’t true that Amelia and her stepmom had no clue (she’d even baptized Amelia). That pissed off Demeter and so, she broke the news to the rest of the family: Amelia was in aggressive denial (and also made a little demonstration of her unknown powers: an earthquake that made a crack in between them and herself, her stepmom was  successfully freaked and took off forever. Things have really just gone downhill since then.

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod?

Amelia’s father has always known, and he really shows no resentment towards her. If anything, it pains them both to have her struggle with the demigod life (powers out of control, monsters lurking around every corner). Her stepmother– not ex-stepmother is an entirely different thing. A woman devoted to the catholic church, she was shocked and scared about the whole thing... it was almost as if her daughter had died right then and there. They haven’t spoken since.

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent?

Demeter pretty much claimed her at birth... but on an official account, Amelia was claimed the very same day Demeter showed at her birthday party.

› 004. did they attend a camp?

Amelia attended camp in France for about 10 years... it was torture for her. She didn’t care for her powers and the fighting and the training, all she wanted to do was to go back home and pretend nothing of this whole godly business was real. Unfortunately she couldn’t, because of the monsters and because of her very out-of-control powers. For a summer she was transferred to the Athens camp where a sword was forced into her hand but they couldn’t really do much about her powers. Then, she came to spend a year in Camp Half-Blood where they forced her to train her geokinesis. she went on her first quest and everything, but that one soon proved to be her last as her powers got out of control and she made a vow never to intentionally use them again. Until the age of 18, she spent her days on France’s camp but she really trained the minimum.

› 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests?

( specifics tbd )

She was sent to one quest. A camper asked her to join, thinking it would encourage her training, boy were they wrong. At the climax of the quest, something went wrong and Amelia’s geokinesis got completely out of control. Somebody got hurt because of her and to this day, she hasn’t used her geokinesis on purpose ever again.

›006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent?

Definitely negative. While Demeter definitely has tried to reach out and fix things a bit, Amelia i deadly set on hating her forever. It’s definitely drastic and childish, but that’s just how she likes it. Things went wrong the minute Demeter showed her face once more and Amelia needed not to look any further for an object to place all of the blame on.

›007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod?

She hates it here. If anything, she likes that she can now help plants stay alive, but that came after a whole lot of effort.

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod?

Everything else. The woman she called mother left her for it, she was forced to spend half of her life away from her home and her father, she can’t seem to manage living in the mortal world without awful consequences and to make things worse, her powers, the ones that should make her excited about the demigod life, only seem to be tools for death and destruction.

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency?

She prefers the sword to everything else, if only because it doesn’t require as much contact as the dagger does. She’s fairly decent with it, probably could be better if she bothered to train more. In combat, speed and strength, Amelia’s fairly decent too– she’s especially fast and light on her feet. Honestly all of this doesn’t really come from natural talent, rather than 10 years worth of training. She’d be a force to be reckoned with if she’d been determined to actually be a good warrior ten years ago.

[casheu]

(OCTOBER 7, 2020) ƎᴚI∀NNOI⊥SƎ∩Ό ᴚƎ⊥Ɔ∀ᴚ∀HƆ ˙I ⋊S∀⊥

› 001. how did your muse find out about being a demigod, and how did they react? — MINNIE was always aware that she was special; all she ever had to do was think of something she wanted to see play out before her on a screen and instinct would possess her; she would code madly, work her fingers sore in sketch and 3D mold, and in a matter of weeks her game would be made. Without any prior schooling in animation or complex code, she’d achieve what she dreamed, and her work spoke for itself in brilliance. She was successful, and she knew it was due to no prodigious bone of her own. Like any demigod, Minerva is a mortal medium for godly power. It is an inhuman, unexplainable self-knowing. 

› 002. how does your muse’s mortal family feel about them being a demigod? — MINERVA was adopted as a baby and raised by a quaint, pious community in high green, united kingdom. she briefly grew up around 2 other foster teens before she began her early career; and in time they moved onto their own lives outside of the church. before he left the oldest boy, colin, told her that when she was his age she would have the right idea like him, name this place a ‘deadend cult.’ and do the same. she never called one particular woman “mother,” albeit there was only one “father.” they all believe she was touched by an angel in her mother’s womb, and brought to them as a ble$$ing. she feels they have the right enough idea to be spared of the polytheist details. she loves her family, they hate her tattoos, and she’s very sensitive about the church. the word ‘cult’ makes her stomach sick. they aren’t bad people, just a little medieval. 

› 003. when did they get claimed by their godly parent? — AROUND AGE 12, minerva had fallen into a work-driven hysteria. she hadn’t slept in nearly three days, and was obsessed with finishing the last details of a first-person dragon quest for PC by a self-assigned deadline. she test drove the 5th avatars flight, soaring through a flaming hot sky of her own design, eyes glazed with its stars. she spotted an unsightly fold in number 6′s left wing, and began exhausting tears of frustration. the dark room felt sticky with lights, and they swirled above her while the young girl sobbed into her aching hands. the inside of her eyelids were dark with pressure spots, dissipating and rippling while they leaked. minnie cried often, but this time was different. she felt heavy with self understanding and compassion, not her usual self pity. and that feeling alone made her realize she wasn’t the only one in her head at the moment. she opened her eyes, but the world around her resembled the backs of her eyelids; and minerva began panicking, fearing she’d gone blind. but a gust of wind made her skin pucker, a neon rainbow flashed before her like a screen turning on, the grids of color flowed like waves in her direction, and on its horizon appeared her mother. there was a sudden flash of knowing, purpose, clarity, divinity, nirvana, that overwhelmed the tired minerva’s entire soul. for a moment, she knew each truth and godly whim. then, a soft reminder of her mortal form set into her. iris told her to save her progress, and to get some rest. the wonder faded, and she could see again.

she slept into the day after next.   

› 004. did they attend a camp? — in the summer of her 13th year, minerva was visited by a cherub of iris, and encouraged in a letter from her mother to attend a camp half-blood stationed in japan. she never went, afraid they’d make her part with her computers and have her go outside in the daylight and exercise and do all the things she’d dread. as an adult, minnie regrets never going for at least one summer. however, she figures her life at eonia so far was everything she would have missed anyways.  

  › 005. was your muse ever sent on any quests? — non-applicable. 

› 006. what’s their relationship with their godly parent? — since her vision of her mother, minnie “dreams” of her mother every full moon. they fly in the night through a neon heaven, dance in the clouds, eat unearthly fruits, talk of her ideas, and all the things she could only simulate in the waking world. she looks forward to their monthly meetings. 

› 007. your muse’s favorite part about being a demigod? — MINNIEGAMES would not exist without her demigod abilities, and she knows without them she’d live an ordinary, sheltered life in the church. the fact that being a demigod gave her an alternative from a life of being ordinary and incapable of manifesting ones most elaborate daydreams, is her pulse at this point.  

› 008. your muse’s least favorite part about being a demigod? — BEFORE arriving at eonia, minerva loved everything about her identity. upon seeing the abilities and proficiencies of other demigods, however, she realized how much her satisfaction with life relied on HER being the big fish in the little pond. she wont admit it because she knows her individuality complex is her most distasteful trait, but her least favorite part about being a demigod is other demigods. 

› 009. what’s your muse’s weapon and battle proficiency? — MINERVA is a mental fighter to a major fault. she’s simulated combat countless times for her games, but she’s never been in a proper fight of her own. her dancing skills are decent as hell, but the correlation between dance and combat doesn’t dawn on her easily. she has no weapon of choice, nor any first-hand experience in using one. she assumes she’ll breeze through life without an encounter with danger.