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[neutralally]

[Worick has been around long enough to make note of people making broadcasts via their-actually quite stylish-necklaces. The first time had been a surprise, but by the third time he witnessed it, he caught on and paid special attention to how the necklace worked. He wouldn't want everyone's first impression of him to be of one who is technologically impaired.

So once he's certain he knows the ins and outs of the necklace's capabilities, he'll make a little broadcast of his own. The visual given is of a man with long hair and an eye patch. He has a particularly large smile on his face for someone who has just been abducted by Gods.]

If I didn't know better I'd think this is all just a very vivid hallucination fueled by intense amounts of alcohol. Which is strange because I know for a fact that I didn't get to drink a drop last night. I'm also pretty use not even my subconscious mind would come up with something as hideous as this camp uniform. [A hint of orange comes and goes from view at Worick plucks petulantly at his shirt.]

Is there a handbook or something for new comers like me? I can't say I really know this camp thing is supposed to work. Names Worick by the way. It's nice to meet you all.

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[After the broadcast Worick can be found standing outside Cabin Hermes. If he had any cigarettes he would definitely be having a smoke. But seeing as he doesn't he's making himself content with people watching. If his eye happens to linger a moment or two on men with dark hair and ladies with dark skin, well...one can hope his isn't the only familiar face hanging around.]

Comments

[drivememercury]

A handbook. What a novel idea.

[Yes, she's taking the suggestion very seriously.]

What sorts of things would you suggest it contain?

[neutralally]

Well, basic stuff for starters. Like how claiming works for instance. Maybe some information about each of the gods for people who aren't familiar with them. That kind of thing.

[drivememercury]

Ah, I see.

[Ami tilted her head and looked up in thought, tapping her chin for a silent moment.] I haven't been able to observe any patterns in how the gods claim their progeny. It seems to be a well-guarded secret, though it appears several deities seem to have a signature method of operation.

Please understand that there are so many gods in the Grecian pantheon. Perhaps it would benefit you best to at least start with the main twelve that seem to be represented here, then move on to the other, minor gods?

[neutralally]

Well, I'm sure a few claiming examples would be enough. Also it would be worth mentioning how you can tell you've been claimed. I don't know about the other gods, but if you blink you could miss Athena claiming you. You don't usually look at an owl flying by as anything else but what it is.

[She makes it sound like he's actually going to write this thing...] Well, that's sort of what I meant. It seems like a majority of the people are being claimed by the a god in the main twelve. But for the few who aren't, it would be good to give mention to some of the other.

[drivememercury]

Well...[Since you asked.] I know that several of Zeus's children were struck my lightening--I believe they walked away unscathed. Aphrodite children tend to be, er...'dolled up' for their claiming.

Those are some of the more showy examples...I haven't spoken with any children of Hades or Poseidon yet, so I'd have to check with them...

[All this sounds like a fascinating area of research, actually...]

[neutralally]

Well, yeah, it would be good to go around and get a list going of how everyone was claimed and what god they were claimed by. It would be a useful reference it nothing else.

[drivememercury]

And rather interesting, wouldn't you agree?

[neutralally]

Uh...yeah, sure. I mean we're going to be here for awhile. Might as well learn as much about the place as possible.

[drivememercury]

....I wonder if this place is used to having such a flux of newcomers. Perhaps it isn't equipped to provide such a wealth of information to the campers from the start.

[Ami's sensing a project coming to fruition...]

[neutralally]

That could be. Something tells me this isn't how the place is usually supposed to be run.