Chaos With A Cup Of Coffee discussion

Adaliah arrived at the Dining Pavilion just in time. Of course, it wouldn't matter if she was late or not. Probably no one knew she existed. She sat down at the deserted Hades table and waited for the usual announcements to end so that she could get this day over with. She glanced over at the other tables. Almost everyone had someone by their side whom they knew well. The Hermes table seemed suspiciously quiet... no doubt plotting a prank on one (or many) of the other cabins. The Athena table was mostly silent, listening to the announcements, though there were some kids who had their noses stuck in a book or were doodling some designs in their sketchbooks. Then, of course, there was the Apollo table which was as Apollo-ish as ever. Barely any of them were paying attention to Chiron. Some were blabbing away about their day, whilst others were playing a game of 'Guess The Song: Quick-Fire Edition'.
Funny how different Cabin 7 and Cabin 13 were, yet the differences between them were what Adaliah longed for the most.

Nemo sat at Cabin 9's table. All his brothers and sisters were so serious. They just listened to announcements the old regular way except some have a few gadgets they were working on while they listened. Nemo huffed a sigh. This was always the boring part of dinner. Most of the other tables were messing around having fun.

The announcements finally came to an end. Adaliah was flooded with relief. One of the few good things about camp was the food. Sure, it wasn't like the lasagna her mom made at home, but it was better than those $3 frozen meals at the gas station she had to begrudgingly have for months. She looked down eagerly at her baked potatoes with Russian salad at the side and dug in.

Nemo was on his 3rd pizza slice. He ate at an inhuman pace. "You know your'e going to choke if you eat like a hellhound." Tamora, his big burly sister, advised him. He shrugged. "I'm a growing boy, I need to get all the pizza I can." She snickered. "As if you were growing." He scowled. "I am." She shrugged and finished her food. ((Agh I forgot about the sacrificing food to the gods thing))

Lyana walked in and sheathed her sword, sitting alone at the Notus table.

Lya scowled at her. Regular stuck-up Aphrodite brat. Probably couldn't fight for the life of her. Besides, the Hephaestus kid was just eating. Was that a federal crime or something?

Nemo looked up at two girls that seemed to have a glaring contest. "Huh." He said. "Is it just me or does everyone try picking fights with Aphrodite kids?" He asked Tamora. "Eh, people think they're stuck up, well some are. But Selena wasn't." Nemo didn't know who that was but he didn't want to bother Tamora with too many questions. When dinner ended everything was cleared away.

Lya glanced around with her piercing gold-hazel eyes. She took a bite of her food, scowling.

Chiron called everyone to Capture the Flag. Lyana grinned in excitement. This would be fun.

Adaliah tried to sneak back into her cabin before Chiron called everyone for Capture The Flag, unfortunately one of the dinner-serving nymphs caught her before she could make any good distance away from the others. Sighing, she waited to be assigned to a team. It woudn't matter anyway: she would just hide in the shadows until her team won, or lost. She didn't really care. She tried to squeeze into the huge group of demigods, unnoticed. Of course, the Fates must've really hated her. She bumped into a person pretty hard. "S-Sorry." She apologized, glancing at them.

Nemo looked at the girl who'd bumped forcefully into him. She was that girl from Cabin 13. For some reason people never talked to her really or even notice her. But he'd seen her around camp. "It's not a problem." He assured her grinning at her.

"Thanks..." Adaliah hesitantly took the boy's hand. She was pretty sure he was from the Hephaestus cabin. Considering the maniacal look of a genius in his eyes and the distant smell of grease, she confirmed her assumptions. Gosh, that was so embarrassing. Another person who knew she existed. This day was getting worse every minute! She looked for a place to stand, preferably away from the boy, but by then, Chiron had already started announcing the teams.

((Transition to the woods, guys?))

((Sure!))

((Okay!))

"Nice! We're both on the blue team....uh what's your name?" Nemo smiled impishly at the Hades girl

"Adaliah." Liah murmured. "And yours?" She quietly asked him.

((Okay, let's transition to the Woods now))

((YAY!))

((#backwhereitallstartedXD))

((lol BTW I'm watching a movie so I won't be on much))

((npp! it's aight! :)))

((Omg #backwhereitallstarted 🥹🥹🥲))

Nemo had slept all the way until dinner. They'd have to burn their burial shrouds that their cabins had made for them as a camp ritual. His siblings had made a simple red silk with the symbol of Hephaestus on it oh and a wrench on the bottom. He pulled on a hoodie glad that it wasn't as cold here as Alaska had been. Then he started walking to the dining pavilion.

((Hey!!!!!! Adaliah I have a super good song u would like! Adaliah not you Annabeth! Nemo: Don't you dare share that pity song to her! Me: I thought you were a true Swiftie Nemo don't you want to spread her awesome songs? Nemo: Not this OnE!! To HeR!!! Me: Adaliah sweetie listen to Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift. Nemo: NO DONT DO IT))

Lya had no cabinmates, so her shroud was made by other cabins. A horse made from wind was the design of it.

((Me: *sees the lyrics cuz I can't listen to it rn* Woah. . . it's like the song was made for Liah
Liah: iT's mE iM tHe pRoBlEm *depression intensifies*
Me: I think it broke her
Also me: *intense grinning* Thanks, Nemo! :>))

Adaliah stared numbly at the black shroud the other cabins had made her. They didn't know her very well, so it was all dark with Hades' helm of darkness symbol painted on it.

((Me: I KnOW RighT?!?! Nemo: Pls no..))

He sat down at Cabin nine's table in between his siblings. They smiled at him proudly but Nemo didn't feel very proud. He felt tired. And scared. Really scared.

Liah kept thinking about the encounter with her dead brother. You killed mommy! Images of him crying flashed through her mind. Liah. . . He was frightened. Left alone in the Underworld with Hades as the ruler. She stared at her pancakes, her eyes following the trails of maple syrup that splotched themselves on the plate.

((Me: Atta boy, Neems
Liah: I come up with better nicknames than you, Annie!
Me: yOu dO nO'!
Liah: Wrench Boy sounds wayyyy better
Me: 'Tis only one nickname. How about clownfish since he's well a Nemo!
Liah: *facepalms*))

((Nemo: I think I like wrench boy wayyyy better.))

Lya slowly chewed her food, not looking forward to the burning of the shroud. She frowned. Ugh, why was life hard even AFTER the quest? Like, seriously Fates?

((Liah: 😎
Me: *mutters* he's only saying that cuz he likes you. . . -_-
Liah: Oh, shut up!
Me: You're not denying it tho :>
Liah: 😶))

((When do you all wanna hv Liah lose her memories? Like rn or after her depression intensifies? :D))

((Me: Oooh slay
Lya: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE))

((Me: Depression it is! :D
Liah: aLl aRoUnD mE aRe FaMiLiAr FaCeS))

((Me: WAHOO
Lya: SOMEBODY SAVE ME FROM THESE LUNATICS))

((Me: Yo Ava wanna give Lya and Liah some girl time b4 Nemo joins?
Liah: Yes, please, I need to apologize to Lya for . . . everything you made me do! 🙄))

((Me: Yesssssssssssss
Lya: Okie then))
Lya tries her best not to slam her fork on the table. She glanced at Liah, also all alone, at the Hades table. Then she did something really, really dumb. She picked up her plate, aware everyone was watching her, and moved to the Hades table. She slid into a seat next to Liah. "Sup."

Liah had a stare-down with her pancakes. Within a few minutes, the fluffy exterior of the pancakes had turned stale and dark-brown. The maple syrup had hardened and looked like granola on a decaying fluff of mold. She realized what she was doing and blinked. Gods, I lost control again, didn't I? She scolded herself.

Liah's body jerked up in shock as she glanced at Lya. "Um, hi?" She felt the whole camp's eyes on her but tried to play it cool.

Lya gave her a weak smile, then glanced at her food. "Here. We can share." She pushed Liah's dead pancake plate out of the way and pushed hers into the middle of them. She tried to crack a joke. "Besides, what did those pancakes ever do to you?"

Liah stared at the Hephaestus table. "Nothing really..." She trailed off as she saw everyone at camp enjoying food with their siblings. Being happy together. Something she couldn't afford, cuz her sibling was, well, dead.

Nemo tried his best not to gap at them. He glanced at Chiron who didn't seem to concerned over them but Mr. D was glaring their way. Nemo poured some syrup onto his waffles not paying attention to the poor waffles which were drowning in syrup. I mean Nico di Angelo and Will Solace had sat at the Apollo table before so? Why couldn't Lya and Liah well they weren't together together but still.

Lya took a deep breath. She put a hand on her arm, trying to comfort her. "Hey." She glanced at the Hephaestus table. "We have each other. And Nemo. We're never, NEVER alone."

Liah winced as Lya hugged her shoulder. "Yeah, um, thanks," She said, still not displaying any emotions. She gently unwrapped Lya's arms around her.

Lya bit her lip. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to- If you want me to leave, I can..." She looked down, her voice barely a whisper. "Sorry."

Liah didn't know what she wanted. She wanted someone to talk to. . . but at the same time, she'd just gotten back from the quest and was pretty sure she wasn't on good terms with Lya and Nemo just yet. She eyed Lya carefully, then exhaled pushing away the plate of decaying pancakes. "Do you. . . could you ever forgive me for what I did?" Her voice was fragile, yet every word weighed a lot, as if asking the question was a burden upon her tongue.

Nemo felt a pang of sadness when he noticed Liah move Lya's hand. Physical affection wasn't really his forte but it did hurt when someone turned it down. He gobbled the last of his waffles. "You're gonna tell me all about your quest later right?" His sister ((whom i forgot her name again)) asked him. He smiled weakly at her. "Yeah sure!" She eyed him like she was seeing him for the first time. "You grew a little while you were gone. Maybe just an inch though." She teased him ruffling his already messy hair. "Hopefully." He sighed.