Camp Half-Blood discussion

The paradise for the afterlife

Elise sat still on a bench, looking past the pleasant haze and on to the fields of punishment, ankles crossed and hands folded in her lap. She'd been crying, or as close to crying as she could get in heaven.

A golden sparkle fizzled behind Elise, and Apollo materialized behind her, leaning against a tree. "Long time no see, sweetheart."

"I'm not in the mood, Apollo," she said, wiping her eyes on her long, white sleeve. Other spirits here felt warm. She was sure that it was as cold as any other part of the underworld.

"Hear me out. I've got a proposition for you." Apollo perched his sunglasses on top of his head, looking around.

She laughed bitterly. "I'm dead. There aren't many propositions left, unless I give it all another whirl, and even then I'll never see him again."

"You sure about that?" Apollo asked, smirking. "But whatever, you choice, sweetheart." He put his hands in his jean pockets, and slowly turned on his heel, ready to saunter away.

((I'm just going with it and improvising as I go along, so if there's some specific idea, just tell me.))

((Hmm, I was thinking he goads her into going for Elysium again, but you have ideas?))

"Wait," she said. "What's your proposition?"

((He offers a deal: he can get Hades to send her back (bc hades owes Apollo some favor) at the age she died, but she looks, sounds, etc, completely different. All her memories are taken away. Her soul is the same, though, obviously. The one thing I don't know is why Apollo does this... There's something he has to get out of this.... ))

((She looks different, but she must have red hair. :D Prometheus trait, you know. He does it because he can't date a ghost? Idk... And he hopes without her memories it might prove easier?))

((Sure! And that's a good start, but I feel like there needs to be an extra push... Hmmm... I'll think about it, and Apollo simply won't reveal his hand of cards until I know what cards he'll be playing :) ))

He turned back around, smirk still in place. He knew she would say that. "Here's the deal: Hades can put you back on Earth, but you are someone else entirely. Red hair though, stupid Prometheus trait. And you are the age you died at. Con: no memories. They're all mine. Think on it, sweetheart."

((Yeah, okay, that sounds cool!))

She stood and faced him. "Please, Apollo, can't you send me back the way I was? If I don't remember him, if I can't even recall his name... Will I even be Prometheus's child?"

Apollo rolled his eyes in exasperation. "Didn't you just hear me complain about those stubborn Prometheus genes that result in red hair? Yes, you'll be Prometheus' kid. And you'll just have to figure it out. Hey, sweetheart, at least you won't be 5 when he's 23 or whatever."

((This is kinda funny, because one of my charries had his memory stolen by Hera....))

((Lol, that's funny!))

She bit her lip. "I have one condition. I don't wake up as some silly girl in your arms, or you don't suddenly appear and save my life. I wake up in camp half blood, in Prometheus."

Apollo snorted. "I don't have time for that. I got a busy agenda, sweetheart. Poems to write, suns to drive, the likes. You wake up wherever you please. But in case you thought you would be able to cheat, Prometheus thinks your still dead. He won't be helping you at all."

((Can we continue tomorrow? It's late here))

((Okay, G'night!))

She bit her lip. "But... if he never had me, this new body, how will it be explained? ((Mind alter? A random mystery?)) What if I don't meet Sebastian, what if he's gone back to Tartarus? Can you at least tell him?"

"Prometheus will be told you were created when he first made man, but never animated for some reason. And new body... don't worry your pretty little head about that." Apollo smirked, waving his hand dismissively. "And no. Little monster boy won't be told."

((*light bulb flashes over head* What if some girl made Apollo REALLY REALLY mad somehow (gotta figure something out) and Apollo is punishing her by putting Elise onto her body? ....Mmmh... It's a start...))

((Errrrmmmm..... Elise kind of made Apollo REALLY REALLY mad. And I suppose so. Maybe he had Dionysus make the girl go mad and he's using the body for Elise, but when she dunks in the Lethe, it'll make Elise's genes dominant?))

"Then... I accept," she said simply. "But so help me, if you use this opportunity to try to date me, if I ever remember, I'll hunt down your Godly rear and kick it."

Sebastian grumbled, trudging through the fields of punishment, sniffing each of the ghosts. He couldn't go near Elysium, so he hoped she hadn't gotten through yet.

Unfortunately, the gods had known exactly the way to keep them apart. If it weren't for Apollo's arrogance, they might never have seen each other again.

Sebastian roared angrily, and opened a portal, going back up to the human world.

Elise thought she heard something and she whipped around. "What was that?" It hadn't sounded like screams or moaning...

((No offense, but this is taking a while, so I'm going to tie it up, okay?))

Apollo shrugged. "I didn't hear anything." He took her hand, and she didn't like it, but she let him lead her out of Elysium. That was strange, actually. She hadn't been able to leave before, but now it seemed as if she could just walk out on her own.

She heard the river before she saw it. "The river Lethe," she murmured.

"Yes," he said. "You'll change almost completely, you know. You'll probably be smaller, maybe weaker than the way you were before."

"I don't care!"

"Fine, fine by me. It's your memory." He let go of her hand on the shore and gestured to the water. "Go on, just walk in, dunk your head, and it'll all be over, you can start again."

She took a few tentative steps. It felt like her body -or her spirit- was being sucked down with the river, ripped off her bones. It didn't hurt, but... it was strange. She looked at Apollo with wide eyes, "How do I get back out again?" but he just gestured at her to continue.

She stepped under. And was flooded with light. And when she opened her eyes, she was in a cabin. She sat up quickly, feeling strange, like she was maybe too short, or as if she was too hungry. "Where am I?" she asked. That didn't sound like the right question. "Who am I?"

((Ok... Sorry...))

((We can re-rp it, I just wanted to get her out.))

((No, it's fine, don't worry. I just had things to do, so I wasn't able to get on to finish it.))

((I'm really sorry.))

((Really, don't worry! I'm just really busy with tennis and dance and school work, and there's a festival that I do a lot for coming up soon, so I haven't really had much of a chance to get on except late.))

((Yeah, I know what you mean, kind of. Do you want to Rp?))

((Sure, though warning you, doing homework at the same time. Where, who?))

((New Elise, anywhere?))

((Border? I'll bring Adric, and just say he heard about Elise through word of mouth))

((Yeah, okay!))

((Posted!))

((At Thalia's pine?))

((Ooooh, switching to there!))

((Sorry, I was confused, lol))

((Haha, I noticed!))

Adina tripped over something and grabbed onto the nearest object, which happened to be Ty, and righted herself. "Sorry about that." she said and looked up, finally noticing her surroundings, "This is..." It was different and... beautiful.

Tybalt nodded. "Welcome to the best place ever," he said, looking around. "Well, there are the Isles, but I can't take you there," he said, waiting for her to let go of him. "Are you alright?" he asked, looking down at her. He didn't want to be rude, but he wasn't exactly a touchy person, and she was exceeding the acceptable limit of friendly physical contact.

"Yes, I am, thank you." she said, meeting his eyes firmly. She realized she was still holding onto him and she quickly let go. "Oh, sorry about that." she murmured, her face started to get hot and her hands flew up. No, she couldn't be blushing, she hadn't done that since... Well, she hadn't done that ever. Adina looked out into paradise and noted the peaceful expressions gracing everyone's face.

"We didn't bring any food, did we? A pity, since you can't eat anything here," Ty said, pushing his glasses up nonchalantly. "So, what do you want to do?" he asked, turning away from her to look around.

"Why are you talking about food?" she asked, shaking her head in bewilderment. "Anyway, I don't go to the underworld in my spare time, so I don't know what the extracurricular is down here."

"Well, we could just walk for awhile, or go home, or, you know, sit around and do nothing," he replied, yawning. It wasn't like he spent a lot of time here, or anything like that. He just spent more than most others.

"I am not believing this." she face palmed. "You're yawning and we are in the underworld." She shook her head and grabbed his hand. "Come on, let's go jaywalking through Elysium. What's the worst that could happen?" she smirked.

"Would you like me to start listing off catastrophes?" Ty asked, looking down to their hands. He raised an eyebrow, then shrugged. He supposed he could allow it... for now... But just this once. It wasn't like he'd make a habit out of it.

Adina grinned at her small victory. He was getting better with the hand holding thing and whatnot. "Nope, it's much more fun to go into it blind." she said. Spinning around, she pointed north, "Let's go that way."

"Lead on, then," Ty said, nodding. He didn't really care where they went, since he had explored it all. He was a lot more adventurous as a child than he was now, and he'd sneak down to the underworld often to look around.

"Do you know what's that way?" she asked. "If it's something that will be our certain demise, speak now or forever hold you peace - pun intended." she said. The underworld was a fascinating and yet terrifying place to Adina.