<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=80777.msg3581644#msg3581644">Quote from: Tad on 04-09-2010, 00:10:46</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Thea didn't even notice his question.  Her eyes are locked on the mythological creature before her.  She did hear Riley mention the thing's name, and she turned with questioning eyes back to him.  "You mean that thing works here?  It can talk and everything?"  Part of her knew that that made sense.  She'd had to sit through some Greek literature after all.  But at the same time she couldn't quite make her mind believe that something that shouldn't even exist was helping run the camp she was now attending.<br/><br/>Pinching herself, she made sure she isn't dreaming or hallucinating before turning back to Riley once again.  "So... this is real?  All that weird stuff you said? Then who's your divine parent?  Who's mine?"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Riley sighed and looked down before shaking his head. “Yes, Chiron can talk…okay…we’re going to scratch the idea of us going into the forest for now. You’re too new, and I don’t have my sword or shield. Let’s just find a place to sit down, and you can grill me from there. That sound okay?” He walked off to find a table, calculating in his mind the best area with the highest probability for seat availability. From there, he simply followed his feet. He approached a table just when a smaller group of four were getting up to leave. He gave them a nod and sat down.<br/><br/>He set her plate down in front of her and grinned “Now…I had ignored your other question until we had a better chance to talk. My mother is Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, and the greatest general of the gods…no matter what the barbarians over there say” He nudged his chin over at a group of Ares campers and chuckled “Though they are handy in a fight…I’ll give them that. The god of war don’t make wimps, and if he did, he probably killed them himself.” He looked at her and frowned “If you don’t know your parent yet, then you haven’t been claimed. Don’t sweat it too much. A lot of campers aren’t claimed yet. I don’t even know why I was claimed…just lucky, I guess.”<br/><br/>He continued “Right now you’ll have to stay in cabin eleven. That’s Hermes. He’s the god of travelers, so they take in those who have no claim yet. Though it can be a little stuffy, try to bear with it for a little. As to the second part of your question, my counter is what are your hobbies? What did you do right before you got here? Those are clues to your particular questions. One thing you’ll need to understand though.<strong>We</strong>may figure this out, but that doesn’t make you claimed. The gods don’t run a PTA around here, so seeing them is an event in and of itself. Some of your answers…real answers, will come from your heart.”<em>He finished his little diatribe and patted her shoulder gently before he got up "I have to make sure everyone's okay in my cabin. When you want to talk more, give me a holla. Name's Riley." With that, he was on the move again. He had already seen a few people from the smaller Athena cabin, but had no idea where Libby was. 'probably overslept...again' he thought with a shake of his head.</em><br/>