sixth cheer [ dictated ]

[formercheerio]

I gotta say I don't remember camp being like that.

[ Of course the only camp that Quinn has ever been to before was Cheerio camp ]

Rabid dogs and... half goats? I'm actually glad to be back, as shocking as saying that is.

[ Pause ]

So was anyone eaten?

[ Someone was too busy trying to stay away to pay attention to that ]

Comments

[ino]

Eaten? [a little laugh] I don't think so.

[formercheerio]

Or bitten. [ Gently nibbled? ] At least we don't have to worry about that.

[ino]

Actually, I think one girl made one of them her pet.

I didn't mind all of that, but it is nice to have my own space and room again, instead of being in a cabin.

[formercheerio]

Did she see it?

Yeah, can't say I was a fan of that. What cabin were you in?

[ino]

She was riding on it.

Artemis. You?

[formercheerio]

I'm not sure I want to know how it was so nice.

Aphrodite.

[ino]

I think it was more like she wrangled it into doing her bidding. [a little amused sound]

How was the Aphrodite cabin, then? Full?

[formercheerio]

That's probably more worrying. [ Because that person will be back in the castle now ]

And busy. People like talking.

[ino]

You think so? [since there are people in Para who are a lot scarier than Eva ... but INo wonders if this girl knows that alskdjasd]

Not much of a talker, huh?

[formercheerio]

Considering that thing was attacking and she ended up riding it? I'd be worried.

I can be, I just found the whole thing weird, and I'm not a camp fan.

[ino]

Those dogs weren't really anything to be worried about, to be honest. One hit and they were done for.

Did you have camp where you come from, then?

[formercheerio]

I was trying to stay out of it to watch them that much.

[ Plus she's not a fighter ]

Yeah. I went to cheerleading camp.

[ino]

[ ... well, she was going to comment on that first part, but -- totally distracted by that last part]

Wow ... really? I've never met a real cheerleader before. [she says that like Quinn is some kind of alien ... LKJLKAS LMAO]

[formercheerio]

We're a rare breed. [ Totally deadpan ] I haven't asked if there are any here, but I'm not one anymore.

[ino]

I don't think there are? But when we all got stuck in high school awhile back, I was the captain of the cheerleaders. Even though I had no idea what I was doing. [a little laugh]

[formercheerio]

[ That amuses her, and her next words sound it ] How did you manage?

[ino]

[she shrugs, though quinn can't see it] I mean, the gist is just to cheer on the sports teams and look cute, right? So that's pretty much what we did.

[formercheerio]

That's the basic of it yeah. You have routines involved too, something that looks good as well as cheering.

[ino]

... Well, I guess we weren't that great, then ... [a little laugh] But it was kind of fun for a little while. Do all high schools have cheerleaders?

[formercheerio]

Well having fun is half the point, so I wouldn't feel bad.

And yeah. There's even competitions.

[ino]

Competitions? What do you judge?

[formercheerio]

I'm usually in them, but they're judged on execution, technique, timing, and just the routine itself.

[ino]

Oh. [huh ...] Is it an honored position, to be a cheerleader?

[formercheerio]

You kind of just try out in school and if you're good you're on the team. [ Ignoring the fact that cheerleaders are the popular kids ]

[ino]

[LMFAO quinn] Oh, so there's a test. [a pause, before ...] Sorry for the questions ... we don't have anything like that where I come from -- the sports or anything, so it's just kind of strange, to me.

[formercheerio]

It's okay, I've... heard a lot of strange things too.

[ But back to it ] It's not exactly a test, not like a school test. You just... show what you can do.