open MLP Camp Half-Blood

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Grell smiled "oh yeah I could use your frost berries against you " grell said laughing as he ate an apple turn over "anyways how do they grow those here they are only found in regains with really low temperatures ((OMG we're all here Yay I've missed rping with you guys Yay I'm super excited now this day just got 20% cooler lol ))

Snowstorm frowned. "I meant adorableness, you know," she said, a bit confused. "And I don't think you could; practically everypony knows I adore frost berries." She popped another frost berry in her mouth, and as she swallowed it, she responded. "Well, there are no children of Khione here other than me. I'm sure they do something with magic. And I'm starting to grow them on my own, so I'll be able to eat them whenever." She smirked. "Oh, that'll be the day."

 

((You forgot to reply to me, Dji, by the way.))

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Leif smiled as shadow heart surprised her then nodded" after you " Leif said

shadow heart pouted adorably "how could you almost forget me I'm your brother " shadow heart said

grell nodded " I know but I could take them and use them in a trap " grell said "and Leif may have some pointers on how to grow them "

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Velocity's eyebrow raised and looked over at Gareth. "You may be right but maybe I shouldn't throw anything more at him. Even if it was in fun." Velocity replied cautiously. He grabbed the shuriken he threw earlier ad trotted some distance away before chucking it at the target with his mouth.

 

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I don't know. Guess my mind was elsewhere." Minx said, shrugging her shoulders, making sure Shadow didn't fall off. Thinking about whether or not she should teach Shadow about the more advanced techniques of being a Child of Hades, she then trotted to the Pavilion. "So, what are we going to do today?"

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Leif smiled as shadow heart surprised her then nodded" after you " Leif said

shadow heart pouted adorably "how could you almost forget me I'm your brother " shadow heart said

grell nodded " I know but I could take them and use them in a trap " grell said "and Leif may have some pointers on how to grow them "

Snowstorm continued to be confused, although it was fading. "It was more meant as a metaphor, but do you really think I'd fall for that?" She chuckled. "And I would never eat frost berries on the ground." She shuddered, disgusted at the idea. "I always make sure I know where I'm getting my food, whether growing it myself or ordering it from there. And I'll be sure to ask Leif about growing them. I could probably put a touch of my own magic to the soil. It might make them taste even better."

 

 

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Velocity's eyebrow raised and looked over at Gareth. "You may be right but maybe I shouldn't throw anything more at him. Even if it was in fun." Velocity replied cautiously. He grabbed the shuriken he threw earlier ad trotted some distance away before chucking it at the target with his mouth.

 

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I don't know. Guess my mind was elsewhere." Minx said, shrugging her shoulders, making sure Shadow didn't fall off. Thinking about whether or not she should teach Shadow about the more advanced techniques of being a Child of Hades, she then trotted to the Pavilion. "So, what are we going to do today?"

"Yeah, he looks pretty miffed right now. I was going to try something, but I'll let the poor guy go. For now." He said this in good fun, and chuckled lightly, before going back to practising with his knives as Velocity threw the shuriken. He thought for a bit as he threw the knives, trying to figure out the answer to a certain conundrum he'd been plagued with. "Maybe it's not the shape, but the position of the fields..." he muttered, as electricity crackled over his hoof. "I wonder..." He stopped throwing knives for a bit, and a thin band of electricity encircled his hoof. He let a strand of dancing electricity extend from it, and carefully formed the end into a ball. He held his breath, waiting for the inevitable fizzle...

 

And nothing happened. The ball lazed in mid-air. "Oh. Oh. It works! I should have thought of that a long time ago." He grinned, and twirled his hoof, the ball of electricity spinning around in the air, connected by the strand of electricity. It went round and round, a ball and chain made of electricity rather than metal. "Now that is cool."

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Grell shrugged " I don't but it's an amusing thought though "

Leif shrugged "not sure yet me and grell have a meeting today but be ready normally we get a bunch of assignments from our parents and me and grell hand them out " Leif said - you should be careful how you word things he's only nine - Leif thought at minx

shadow heart felt kinda sad -how could she just forget me-he thought

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'Whoops. Should've watched my mouth. Thanks for the heads up.' Minx thought when she heard Leif speak in her mind. She turned her head around and looked at Shadow on her back. "Hey, Shadow Heart? I'm sorry about before. I didn't mean to say that. Okay?" Minx asked Shadow carefully and softly. She hoped he would forgive her for that little slip up.

 

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Both Velocity and Gareth's eyes widened when they saw Speed form a ball and chain out of electricity. "Woah! That's amazing! Did you just come up with that?" Velocity asked in excitement as he watched Speed swing it around experimentally.

 

"Look at it this way, at least you don't have to use an actual ball and chain now." Gareth said with a small smile.

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Grell shrugged " I don't but it's an amusing thought though "

Leif shrugged "not sure yet me and grell have a meeting today but be ready normally we get a bunch of assignments from our parents and me and grell hand them out " Leif said - you should be careful how you word things he's only nine - Leif thought at minx

shadow heart felt kinda sad -how could she just forget me-he thought

"I suppose it is," Snowstorm replied, before popping a few more frost berries into her mouth. She began absent-mindedly tracing beautiful patterns of ice on the table with her hoof as she ate, lost in thought with plans and schemes, and a certain stallion.

 

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'Whoops. Should've watched my mouth. Thanks for the heads up.' Minx thought when she heard Leif speak in her mind. She turned her head around and looked at Shadow on her back. "Hey, Shadow Heart? I'm sorry about before. I didn't mean to say that. Okay?" Minx asked Shadow carefully and softly. She hoped he would forgive her for that little slip up.

 

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Both Velocity and Gareth's eyes widened when they saw Speed form a ball and chain out of electricity. "Woah! That's amazing! Did you just come up with that?" Velocity asked in excitement as he watched Speed swing it around experimentally.

 

"Look at it this way, at least you don't have to use an actual ball and chain now." Gareth said with a small smile.

Speed chuckled at Velocity's reaction. "No, I've been thinking about it for a week or two," he responded, twirling the ball and chain. "The ball kept fizzling out because I was moving the electrical fields all wrong. They were cancelling each other out in all the wrong ways." He shrugged. "But I thought it was the shape. Now it's ready though." The ball and chain winked out of existence as he hurled a knife at a target, and then he replied to Gareth. "I've never actually used one before." He laughed lightly. "I just thought it was pretty cool, but it'd be better in electricity, so I did this before I would learn to use it. More awesome stuff to train with." He waved his hoof and the crackling knives were attracted back to him, before he started throwing them at the targets around nonchalantly.

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"Oh yeah? Seems like all that has paid off. Can't wait to see what you think of next!" Velocity said excitedly and decided to test his speed. Retrieving his shuriken from the target, Velocity paced back as far as he could. By the time he found himself at the absolute edge of his throwing range, Velocity hurled it at the target and chased after it, planning to zoom past the target before the shuriken hit. Passing the target, he skidded to a stop just in time to save himself from toppling into some armory. Shaking his head, he heard a thunk in the piece of wood. "Woo! I finally beat it!!" Velocity whooped in glee.

 

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"Oh yeah? Seems like all that has paid off. Can't wait to see what you think of next!" Velocity said excitedly and decided to test his speed. Retrieving his shuriken from the target, Velocity paced back as far as he could. By the time he found himself at the absolute edge of his throwing range, Velocity hurled it at the target and chased after it, planning to zoom past the target before the shuriken hit. Passing the target, he skidded to a stop just in time to save himself from toppling into some armory. Shaking his head, he heard a thunk in the piece of wood. "Woo! I finally beat it!!" Velocity whooped in glee.

 

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Speed Boost watched as Velocity stepped back, interested at what he was doing. He twirled a knife in his hand, and watched as Velocity threw the shuriken and passed it before it could hit the target. "Awesome!" he exclaimed. "There's a reason you're called Velocity. You're going to be a beast on the battlefield with that." He grinned and whirled the knife he had in his hoof at a target while he spoke. Speaking without training? Ha!

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Velocity grinned maniacally. He trotted back and decided on something else to test his speed. "I got an idea for testing my speed. I want to be as fast as I can be and I was wondering if I could try and race against lightning? It would be interesting to see how close or far I get from beating it." Velocity suggested to Speed.

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Shadow heart nodded not really paying attention

Leif sighed opening the door to the mess hall "mares first " Leif said

grell smiled watching her "I'll have to leave soon me and Leif are heading to a council to see what's up with the world all the gods and goddess will be there with favors to ask and special assignments and missions for their kids" grell said

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Velocity grinned maniacally. He trotted back and decided on something else to test his speed. "I got an idea for testing my speed. I want to be as fast as I can be and I was wondering if I could try and race against lightning? It would be interesting to see how close or far I get from beating it." Velocity suggested to Speed.

Speed Boost frowned at this. "Dude," he said, simply. "There's no way you can get anywhere near 299.792.458 metres per second. Yes, I memorised the number. It was relevant." He chuckled. "Even a millionth of that would be at 1000 kilometres per hour... Actually, we'd be able to pass that easily. I once tried to let myself get pulled by my lightning. Not even my magic could keep me holding on to it. Although I am trying to figure out a way to harness lightning in a way that lets me travel almost as lightning. Probably not going to happen for a while." He chuckled again. "But if you want, you can try to race the lightning."

 

Shadow heart nodded not really paying attention

Leif sighed opening the door to the mess hall "mares first " Leif said

grell smiled watching her "I'll have to leave soon me and Leif are heading to a council to see what's up with the world all the gods and goddess will be there with favors to ask and special assignments and missions for their kids" grell said

Snowstorm's curiosity was piqued; she looked interested. "Really? Is it for select ponies, or all of them? Or do just some go and collect the assignments to bring back to the camp?"

((Sorry about the mostly dialogue posts. I was really busy and couldn't put in very much action or description))

Edited November 8, 2014 by whizzball1

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Velocity shrugged. "I can always try. I know i can't go as fast as lightning but I can damn well try. It's worth a shot at any rate." Velocity replied and sat on the ground, looking over at Gareth. It appears that he kept whacking at the target with his stick. "Gareth? Can you do anything else other than whack at that target all day?" Velocity asked curiously. Gareth nodded. "I can. I just don't have anything to show you." Gareth said simply.

 

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Minx sighed and walked into the Pavilion, sad that Shadow wouldn't talk to her. She waited for Lief as she walked in. "Shadow, why aren't you speaking to me?"

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Shadow heart shrugged

Grell sighed "i wish you could come but only me and leif are permitted to go only the two ponies that have beem jere the lonest can go" grell said

Leif followed heading up to the line to ge anfew things that he couldnt grow for his salad

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Velocity shrugged. "I can always try. I know i can't go as fast as lightning but I can blast well try. It's worth a shot at any rate." Velocity replied and sat on the ground, looking over at Gareth. It appears that he kept whacking at the target with his stick. "Gareth? Can you do anything else other than whack at that target all day?" Velocity asked curiously. Gareth nodded. "I can. I just don't have anything to show you." Gareth said simply.

 

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Minx sighed and walked into the Pavilion, sad that Shadow wouldn't talk to her. She waited for Lief as she walked in. "Shadow, why aren't you speaking to me?"

Speed Boost laughed lightly. "Okay then, I'll bite. Let's see how you match up to lightning." He looked over at Gareth before starting. "He's training with it. Nothing wrong with not showing anything." He chuckled. "I mean, I wouldn't be able to do this-" He hurled a knife behind him, hitting a target near the centre without looking. "-without a lot of practise."

 

Shadow heart shrugged

Grell sighed "i wish you could come but only me and leif are permitted to go only the two ponies that have beem jere the lonest can go" grell said

Leif followed heading up to the line to ge anfew things that he couldnt grow for his salad

Snowstorm frowned. "Huh. That's a bit weird. I mean, a whole council for gods and demigods and all they want is two demigods. Seems kind of long-winded. Don't you think they would rather just send a messenger with the assignments rather than going through all the trouble of sending all of the gods to one place so they can give all their assignments to two demigods who have the chance, albeit slim, to be rogue? Not that you are, just that it's a fair concern for them."

((In the words of Applejack: "You've got some 'splaining ta do." )) 

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Grell smiled "we go to the gods on Olympus and they put us they literal hell before we get approved i told you the very basic part if the selection process me and leif have proven ourselves to the gods" grell said "and at one point anton was actually approved but only because Aries was able to get the votes for him"

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"Huh. Okay then." Velocity mumbled. When Speed threw the dagger bèhind him without looking, Velocity's jaw almost dropped. "That .... is actually pretty cool. Let's start the lightning round then." Velocity told Speed and went to stand next to him. He flared his wings and nodded to show that he was ready.

 

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"Mmm." Minx grumbled to herself as she realised Shadow Heart wasn't talking to her. She stood in line and waited behind Leif to get her breakfast.

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Grell smiled "we go to the gods on Olympus and they put us they literal hell before we get approved i told you the very basic part if the selection process me and leif have proven ourselves to the gods" grell said "and at one point anton was actually approved but only because Aries was able to get the votes for him"

Snowstorm thought about this for a bit. "Hmm, makes sense. Although it still seems a bit long-winded when they could send a messenger. And if the council is only for assignments, it's still a bit silly to even have it, don't you think? Unless it's for more, but even then, that could all just be resolved in Olympus as usual, I should think, since the gods all live there anyway. So the only real possible reason for the council that isn't just extra work for a simple thing is for the assignments of the demigods. But all that trouble of assembling the gods for two demigods that they take the trouble to put through testing instead of using a messenger like Hermes? And aren't there demigods that have been here longer than you two? Because I'm fairly certain I've talked to a few demigods that have been here longer than you simply by virtue of being older." Snowstorm quickly burned through a good amount of frost berries, exhausted by her little not-really rant.

 

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"Huh. Okay then." Velocity mumbled. When Speed threw the dagger bèhind him without looking, Velocity's jaw almost dropped. "That .... is actually pretty cool. Let's start the lightning round then." Velocity told Speed and went to stand next to him. He flared his wings and nodded to show that he was ready.

 

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"Mmm." Minx grumbled to herself as she realised Shadow Heart wasn't talking to her. She stood in line and waited behind Leif to get her breakfast.

"I'll explain it after this," he replied, and readied himself, electricity crackling in his hooves as he stood next to Velocity. "Ready... Set..." The lightning flared. "Go!" He released the lightning, which travelled at 6000 kilometres per second (17650 times the speed of sound) like any normal lightning bolt would do, contrary to Speed's original estimate. He was mildly surprised that it wasn't the speed of light, but realised that he should have known that with an inward facehoof.

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Soon as he heard he word go, Velocity shot off the mark. By the time the lightning hit, Velocity wasn't even a quarter of the way there. "Okay. You may be right. There is no way I can beat lightning, but I'm having fun with it!" Velocity exclaimed as he walked back to Speed Boost. "Okay. You said you were going to explain after the test."

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Soon as he heard he word go, Velocity shot off the mark. By the time the lightning hit, Velocity wasn't even a quarter of the way there. "Okay. You may be right. There is no way I can beat lightning, but I'm having fun with it!" Velocity exclaimed as he walked back to Speed Boost. "Okay. You said you were going to explain after the test."

Speed Boost laughed lightly. "I bet you are. Anyway, in order to do what I did, I feel around using the electrons in the air. With a bit of tweaking I can make harmless fields of charge in the air or water vapour and feel around with them. I can use this to find objects around me, and find out their shapes. After a long time of training, I got good at aiming at the objects I can feel without looking at them, simply feeling them and figuring out where to throw. I'm not perfect, but I'm getting better every day." As he finished speaking, he threw, in quick succession, three knives, two of them to targets to the right and left and one behind, before attracting them back and hurling a few more again as he fell back into his training routine,

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Grell smiled "being older doesn't matter very few ponies make it here early in life in fact anton was the only pony born here ive been here off and on my whole life and leif grew up just outside camp with the nymphs so we've spent our lives here but most are like you and only come her till later in life"grell said

Leif got his stuff and sat down making his salad

shadow heart nuzzled minx

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"So you use the neutrons in the air and charge them to feel where an object is? Okay, that's really interesting stuff. I just don't understand it all that much though but it's fine,." Velocity said wit ha shrug and proceeded to train his running by racing around the training grounds, zipping back and forth between targets and weaving his way around Gareth and Speed.

 

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After Minx saw Leif get his food, she then got her food. It was just a salad but what she was surprised about was the fact that Shadow Heart nuzzled her. Minx smiled and placed her food at Leif's table before turning around to look at him. "You want to talk to me now?" Minx asked her brother kindly.

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Shadowh heart shrugged "you remeber me" shadow heart asked

Leif made his salad "shadow be nice you know thats not what she meant by that she meant she forgot you wasn't already there" leif said "i don't want you two fighting while im gone" leif said taking a bite of salad

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Grell smiled "being older doesn't matter very few ponies make it here early in life in fact anton was the only pony born here ive been here off and on my whole life and leif grew up just outside camp with the nymphs so we've spent our lives here but most are like you and only come her till later in life"grell said

Leif got his stuff and sat down making his salad

shadow heart nuzzled minx

"It was a hyperbole, for emphasis," Snowstorm explained, to clarify what she had meant. "I'd make a bet that there are ponies who have been here longer, but I don't make bets. But, that aside, what about those other concerns? Explaining all of them again would be tedious." She laughed lightly. "I'm sure you remember them."

 

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"So you use the neutrons in the air and charge them to feel where an object is? Okay, that's really interesting stuff. I just don't understand it all that much though but it's fine,." Velocity said wit ha shrug and proceeded to train his running by racing around the training grounds, zipping back and forth between targets and weaving his way around Gareth and Speed.

 

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After Minx saw Leif get his food, she then got her food. It was just a salad but what she was surprised about was the fact that Shadow Heart nuzzled her. Minx smiled and placed her food at Leif's table before turning around to look at him. "You want to talk to me now?" Minx asked her brother kindly.

"Well, not neutrons, but it's much more complicated for a simple answer. A plethora of science words." He chuckled. "Nice talking to ya." He continued to train with his knives, before experimenting with his ball and chain. His attempts did not go well with him, and they likely would not for a time. But you never got anywhere with practise. He was going to approach somepony that knew how to use the weapon, though. That was for sure.

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Grell sighed "zeus has forbidden gods from seeing there kids and the meeting is about more then us the camp sends representatives so we know whats going on with the gods and any possible conflicts and things of that nature most of which I'm not at liberty to talk about" grell said