Vern smiled, relieved that Valorie seemed to be warming up to them. In truth, they needed a real friend here at the camp as much as Valorie did. They snickered a little bit when Valorie said that she was a daughter of Hel. They didn't mean it to be malicious in any way, but thought the idea of their relation to each other amusing.<br/>"Sorry," they said, still laughing a bit, "I just never get used to the fact that everybody here is related. I'm one of Loki's kids, so I guess that makes me your auntcle- your aunt-uncle that is," they explained, still giggling at the idea a bit. "It's just so weird, because you arrive here and suddenly you have an entire campground full of extended family. It's kind of funny really."<br/><br/>They smiled as Valorie took the crown and told them her name. They repeated it in their head a few times for good measure to commit it to memory, not willing to go through the embarrassment of forgetting it.<br/>"My name's Vernace, but pretty much everybody calls me Vern. And if you're wondering, yes it is spelled like Versace, just how it sounds. My mom isn't the best at naming, but it worked out I guess," they said with a shrug. "Let's go to the mess hall for breakfast! I imagine you must be hungry, I know I am. I can show you the cabins on the way there," they said, excited at the prospect of chocolate chip pancakes drenched in chocolate sauce and coating with a liberal helping of whipped cream. If questioned, they would insist that yes, it was indeed the only proper way to eat them.<br/><br/>They lead Valorie back through the wooded area and past the cabins, pointing out a couple as the two walked past.<br/>"That big one there is Odin's cabin. A lot of them are stuck up cuz they're kids of the big daddy of the gods," they commented with a kind of vague contempt in their voice. "Josh is pretty cool though. His sister Sarah needs to calm herself though, she's got a stick up her ass. The one to the right of the Odin cabin is Frigg's, that's his wife. That gold one over there is Sól's, the silver one next to it is Máni's. The bright white one is Baldr's. Nobody lives in that one, since Baldr's been pretty dead for a long time. Not the proudest I've been of my dad on that one. That grey one is Thor's. They've got some kind of rivalry thing going on with my cabin, it's kind of annoying and usually doesn't end too well for them when they really piss us off," they explained as they and Valorie arrived at the mess hall. They held the door open for their new friend, gesturing her dramatically inside with quite a flourish.<br/>"After you, madame."