❀ fifty-four aphrodite statues for my cabin

[iamdamnloyal]

Has anyone seen the pegasus that they're talking about? I mean, there were pegasus and ponies in the castle, but some of them are human now and if these used to be human... but are now pegasus? That's weird to ride them right?

Are they tame or wild? Has anyone seen any unicorns?

You know, I went to Daisy Scout camp once, and this is totally not the same thing. And I know French again. I thought that was just a Paris thing.

[She moves outside the Aphrodite Cabin and sits on the front steps.] And am I supposed to do anything special as Cabin Counselor? I mean, should I be leading my fellow cabin mates to classes in single file line?

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[wishmadeinfire]

_{[Ashura comes out, somehow managing to look elegant despite the horrid orange, his long black hair worked into a twist of braids and loosed strands that was serviceable for the environment.]}

I think most of us are a bit old for that.

[iamdamnloyal]

I think we're all old for camp, but we're still here.

[wishmadeinfire]

To be truthful I have never been to 'camp', not like this, so I have no idea what we are supposed to do either.

[iamdamnloyal]

Well, I'm sure someone will tell us if we do something wrong.

[wishmadeinfire]

I do not want to find out what the punishment would be for that, though.

[iamdamnloyal]

Neither do I.

[not_like_the_rest]

Tame, and they like it when you talk to them.

[iamdamnloyal]

Do they talk back?

[not_like_the_rest]

[laughs]

No, but they react.

[iamdamnloyal]

[Hey, ponies talk back at the castle, how is she to know it's any different here.]

So they understand, at least.

[not_like_the_rest]

Yeah. they're pretty smart.

[iamdamnloyal]

That's good. I'm glad to hear it.

[not_like_the_rest]

Are you going to come down and say hello?

[iamdamnloyal]

Maybe in a bit.

[not_like_the_rest]

See you around then, maybe.

[ruined_jaw]

I think Cabin Counselors are just supposed to keep their cabinmates in line, keep the place picked up for inspections, that sort of thing. I'm in Hephaestus Cabin, so I've been helping my bunkmates get used to the whole "fire-breathing" thing, since I'm the only one who's had previous experience.

[iamdamnloyal]

Fire breathing? That's a thing you can teach here?

[ruined_jaw]

Don't know if they'd offer classes on it, but it seems to be a common ability among those in my cabin. Given that I'm usually spewing fire out of my gullet 24/7, I'm uniquely qualified to help my cabinmates get used to it.

[iamdamnloyal]

That is true! Good luck with that, then.

[stalkershiki]

[Shiki hears Harmony, and walks to the doorway of the cabin herself, leaning on the door frame.]

Well we've been here for a few days and everything's been fine so far... I mean, I guess you might be supposed to do something that the rest of us don't really know about as campers, but, like, if you haven't been told anything specific, I think you're alright...

[iamdamnloyal]

Okay, I just don't want to mess this up.

[stalkershiki]

Yeah... but at least there probably aren't any consequences if you do? Like, what, are they going to fire you if you don't do everything perfectly?

[iamdamnloyal]

I guess not, but it doesn't mean I shouldn't want to do something well.

[stalkershiki]

Oh, well, yeah, sure! But I'm just saying... no pressure, you know?

[iamdamnloyal]

Totally and thanks.

[stalkershiki]

Haha, anytime! Besides, isn't camp supposed to be about being supportive of each other and having fun and stuff?

[ensemble_dark_horse]

They have always been pegasi, but they are accustomed to humans.

[yeah, she doesn't like the word 'tame.']

[iamdamnloyal]

That's a relief. I wouldn't want to make them uncomfortable.

[ensemble_dark_horse]

That doth not make them any less of a being. They are certainly not made to carry humans about.

[iamdamnloyal]

Well, I didn't mean... that they were made to do that, but I was just worried was all.

[ensemble_dark_horse]

[sigh]

They are not often consulted afore being taken for a ride. Ask, and they will be happier for it.

[iamdamnloyal]

Oh, I wasn't thinking of going on a ride. I was just asking.

[ensemble_dark_horse]

[you could probably hear the wince in her voice]

My apologies. Unfortunately, my only excuse for mine behavior is that it hath been a trying week.

[iamdamnloyal]

It's okay! I've been friends with a lot of the ponies in the castle, so I was just curious.

[ensemble_dark_horse]

Oh? Who dost thou know?

[iamdamnloyal]

I knew Pinkie Pie, and I've met Fluttershy, and I've helped out Spike a few times!

We all went Trick or Treating too!

[ensemble_dark_horse]

[blink]

'Trick or Treating?'

[iamdamnloyal]

Yes! We all dressed up and walked around the castle for candy.

[jimfromit]

I don't think grown men and women need a camp counsellor to help them get in touch their feelings or...whatever they're supposed to do.

[iamdamnloyal]

Oh, I don't think that's the sort of counselor I'm supposed to be.

That's what I do at the castle, though.

[jimfromit]

For the castle?

Ha with all the various issues residents have business must be booming.

[iamdamnloyal]

Well, at the castle, not exactly for the castle.

And business isn't really booming. I mean, I don't charge people and they can just come whenever they want.

[jimfromit]

Oh you know what it’s like with people...they’re never in a rush to actually admit their problems to anyone.

Denial is a funny old thing.

[iamdamnloyal]

It's okay, though, because I'm around all the time.

[jimfromit]

You're around for as long as the castle lets you.

But that’s not fair I feel like I'm being overly mean to a service that's greatly needed at Paradisa.

[iamdamnloyal]

Oh, it's okay. I've been here long enough to know that it's possibly temporary, but then again I have been here for a long time. I've stuck around, so why not help out?