A lovely evening. (Dance/event thread, open to all.)

[Benjamin Green]

(Something like this but with the lake nearby and a little more pink,

red, hearts and sculptures of Aphrodite/Venus)

It was someone’s idea to have a number of events to honor the gods. Ben wasn’t sure who and he wasn’t sure whoever that person was knew just how many gods their were in the world. There could be a god or goddess for just about anything as that was just how the world worked. Luckily it was decided that personifications and spirits would be okay to left out. At least he would hope it was okay. He didn’t need some jealous spirits to insist on events for just them. A number of people would be picked from both camps to help in planning these events. The first one which was chosen by random was to be dedicated to Aphrodite or Venus as their Roman counterparts called her. Ben had also been chosen from his cabin along with a few others to help plan the event. He wasn’t exactly thrilled. Party planning wasn’t much of his strong suit, he preferred just showing up and having a good time. The kids of Dionysus might have been a better pick in general. Yet they got people from all sorts of cabins.

After just a couple of of event planning meeting they had decided a dance would would be something fitting the goddess of love. Something for couples to come to and those without could just dance or have a good time. Now figuring out where to put it was the hard part. The Romans wanted it in new Rome and the Greeks of course wanted it at camp half blood. It got to the point it had to be settled in a contest between the two most vocal people. Ben was personally fine with where ever the party happened. After the contest of strength the Greeks just barely won. While he didn’t care he was still rooting for camp half blood to win.

Now finally they had the location set. It was to be at the lake of camp half blood. Between the many different abilities they had it would be easy to set up there. The date was planned and they spend the next few days getting the the area ready. Decorations fitting the goddess of love and beauty, chairs and tables, a large dance floor an area for food and drinks and more importantly an alter. The idea was for campers to give offerings to the goddess. It wasn’t a requirement for people to do it but it couldn’t hurt.

The day of the event arrived and Ben was just putting on the finishing touches, it was to start in the evening and go on into the night. With permission for the curfew to be lifted for tonight. Ben was tired at this point, it took a lot out of him to keep having plants move out of the way for the dance area and the rest of the party area. Still it was better than having them get removed. Evening rolled around as Ben sat a table, finally ready along with the other people putting all this together for people to start arriving from both camps.

(open to all. You're not required talk to Ben, he was just setting this up. This doesn't mean you're not welcome to hang out with Ben)

OOC
THE RULES

1. The idea to is this is to honor the goddess of love, Aphrodite/Venus. In an effort to promote the togetherness of both camps and the gods. As this is the goddess of love she would sure be happy if as many people came as a couple or together as possible. It's also suggest but not mandatory that everyone attend this party. (an excuse to force your more anti-social characters to come.) As no one wants to invoke the wraith of a goddess by not coming to her party. Next, it's also suggested people bring an offering and place it on the alter. This could be something they consider beautiful or a letter with a declaration of love or just the hope to find love.

2."Basically the idea is that you post when you want in whatever order you want and just @tag the person who you're character DIRECTLY references or is speaking to. It's pretty much like 1,000 conversations happening at once. It's a good time, but I will say that it works best if the posts are short."
3. You DO NOT talk about Fight Club
4. If you have any questions about what this is about, contact me, tj , with a PM and I'll be able to answer them.
5. All camper from both camps are invited.
6. You DO NOT talk about Fight Club
7. Please no OOC accounts posted in here. This is strictly IC posts. So let loose, have fun, talk to characters you haven't before, and party!
8. Just have fun!

[Phillip Porter Phelix]

Phillip heard about a party at the lake and was wondering if he should go. He saw that it was honoring Aphrodite, which since that is basically his grandmother he feels like he should definitely go. He is a social person and this could be a good chance to talk to some other campers around. He said to himself “Who knows this could be fun.” Bring an offering he was trying to think of what he could bring. He had a painting of a boat with two rudders, which is a symbol of Tyche. He thought this could be a good idea. It is beautiful. It is not very big but it was free. He won it off someone during his adventure. So he grabs it and heads to the lake. He arrives and sees Ben there “hey, Ben how’s it going today?”

@tag Benjamin Green

[SUNNY LEE MEADOWS]

Sunny Lee was elated. When she had first heard about the dance, she swore she was going to go stag. She'd probably get a friend or two to dance with her, but it wouldn't be as special as having someone by her side. However, she then properly met one Collins Velerex, the leader of her Cabin and a Daughter of Boreas. Notus... Boreas... was it any wonder the two ladies connected like they did. All Sunny Lee knew was that she was head over heels in love with Collins. Eros' arrow just hit. It happened that way sometimes.

Clad in a red summer dress with her hair up, Sunny Lee walked in with a big smile on her face as she held Collins' hand. Since they lived in the same cabin, she and Collins were able to leave together. She waved at a few friends as she entered, and then checked out the place's decor. It was very Aphrodite. Sunny Lee was quick to notice the kids from Camp Jupiter there. She wondered if there were any offspring of Auster, Notus' Roman counterpart. She had been to the other camp a couple of times, but had never met any siblings. It would be fun to see more family.

COLLINS VELEREX

[Eowyn Oppedyk]

Eowyn had decided on a very different outfit compared to the things she usually wore. It was still equally gothic in style but more like pastel gothic than her regular style that mostly featured a lot of black, red and purple. She figured that if it was going to be a dance, she wanted to look good. She was a rebel but well, still a girl up to some point. She liked the idea of looking pretty and the idea of a dance wasn't exactly as appealing as a rock concert but since she hoped to find love one day she didn't really want to offend Aphrodite by not going at all. She'd found the idea of dates to be rather daunting so she'd asked one of her best friends as camp to come with her to cover that sinkhole. She didn't really fancy any of the guys and was still quite a far end from figuring out the fact that she had a crush on her childhood friend she'd recently discovered was also a camper. That entire mess was still in the future.

For now though, Dion was a good person to have in terms of company as he also wasn't a particularly conformist kind of guy and if nothing more interesting happened they could at the very least make fun of the crowd together. Eowyn fussed with her dress a little bit before putting on her shoes and making her way over to the Eris cabin. Now that place was almost as dangerous as it could be to pick fights with her cabin mates. The main difference was that this place didn't seem to need anything to instigate the chaotic aura. Well, Eowyn supposed that made sense. She knocked on the door and shouted. "Dion! Get your ass out here! It's dance time!" She waited a moment, arms crossed. If he wasn't going to show, she'd just go ahead. She sighed after a moment, feeling very uneasy on the doorstep. "I'm going ahead, see you there!" She shouted and quickly headed towards the lake.

The decorations at the scene of the crime were... well, interesting. Far too much pink but what else could you expect when it was dedicated to somebody that was linked infamously to the colour? Pink and love and other disgustingly sappy things. Oh well, she had known it was going on. She grabbed a small table and put two glasses of punch on it, prepared for when Dion would show up. Now she could only wait while watching the no doubt stupid outfits of many of the others. 

Tag: Dion Warren /Bella Donna /open

[APHRODITE/VENUS]

Aphrodite just couldn't help herself. If a party was being held in her honour, she was going to be there! She'd spent almost the entire day getting ready, going through a million outfits, trying to decide what would fit her aesthetic of demigod daughter of Aphrodite best. Naturally she wasn't planning on showing up too obvious. Sometimes it was more fun to watch things from the sidelines and possibly get some poor unfortunate lucky demigod to flirt with. The shock and horror of finding out who she really was could be amusing to watch and if they were interesting enough she'd consider maybe just entertaining herself a little bit more than just flirting. She knew all her own children well enough not to get involved with those but there were plenty of other demigods and legacies around to sink her perfectly manicured finger nails into.

At least she'd be the star of the show, even if nobody realised who she really was in the end. She giggled in pure delight as she swung around in the perfect but completely sexy dress she'd chosen for the occasion. It was pink, as was to be expected, and she looked absolutely stunning. She opted for a light look in terms of make up and put on some impossibly high heels. While the lake was a perfect location she hoped they'd realised that her type of footwear was going to be present if they wanted to call it a dance of any kind. She left Olympus and appeared in a room in the big house, out of sight, before rushing towards the lake. She could walk perfectly in high heels, they were completely up her alley after all. She smiled in delight as she looked around at the delicious food and the beautiful decorations. It was just perfect! She grabbed a glass and made her way over to an unoccupied table, instantly starting her search for a vicitm... or target. She just wanted to have a little bit of fun!

TAG: OPEN! xD Come flirt with the Goddess of Love, if you dare xD

[Benjamin Green]

Ben didn’t know what to actually do at the party. It was awkward trying to plan and set this up to going into party mode. Still he would find a way eventually. For now he was just content with sitting here and relaxing for a moment. The first few people had started to show up which was a relief. The first true sign his job of getting this party going was finally over. While watching the few people enter he made a mental note of just who he knew and didn’t. With camp Jupiter coming too there would be plenty of faces he wouldn’t recognize. While he was doing that Ben heard someone talking to him. Looking over he found Phillip was the one speaking. He smiled and sat up a bit from his chair. “Good, finally got this party going. Hopefully I don’t get put in charge of whatever the next one will be. I’d rather just enjoy it instead of having to set it up.” Ben explained with a laugh while being honest. Yet he figured his turn at planning was up for at least awhile. “How’ve you been?”

Phillip Porter Phelix

[Dion Warren]

Dion at first had no plans to go to the party honoring Aphrodite. It just didn’t sound like anything he was actually going to enjoy. Dancing, sappy love decorations and most of all the good portion of the camp that he couldn’t really stand. Let alone whatever half of camp Jupiter he wasn’t going to be able to stand either. At first the notion that Aphrodite would curse him if he didn’t go to the party honoring her seemed silly. Yet as he thought about it and the history of gods and goddess. The many times someone was cursed for something silly and small it seemed like a possibility. Which even then he was fine with not going. He wasn’t exactly looking for anything, besides some peace and quiet. The siblings he had in the Eris cabin loved chaos and hated quiet and peace. Dion was different there. Sure, watching a fight or drama was fun from time to time but when it came to himself he didn’t need it.

That was till he was reminded that Aphrodite could also have someone crazy fall in love with him as a form of revenge. That wasn’t what he needed. Well, that and Eowyn had asked him to go with her soon after he thought of that. The combination of possibly getting cursed and a friend asking him to go was enough for him. He was in the Eris cabin getting ready when there was a banging on the door. Followed by a familiar voice. Not many were likely to bang and yell outside of the Eris cabin but he expected no less from Eowyn. Dion didn’t really pick up speed and she yelled once more she would meet him at the dance. Which was fine by him as he finished getting dressed.

Dion got to the lake not too long after Eowyn had left the cabin. It was as awful as he had imagined a party for the goddess of love would be. Sappy music, awful love like decorations in of course pink and red. Either way he was here so as long as he stayed for a bit he wouldn’t be cursed he imagined. What he hadn’t expected was what Eowyn was wearing when he found her. He had dressed up a little bit nothing like this or was this how they were suppose to dress and he was very under dressed. Either way he wasn’t about to change anymore than he already had. “For someone who didn’t really want to go you sure made an effort to look nice.” Dion teased mildly once he walked up to Eowyn. “Or is this type of party really your scene and you just didn’t want to say it.”

Eowyn Oppedyk

[Clove Tyler]

At first the mere idea of going to a stupid dance had offended Clove at a level that seemed impossible to redeem. Then she found out a couple of her siblings were only planning on going to stir up some trouble and mess with the Aphrodite kids. Now that sounded a lot beter. Clove had grinned and mostly ignored it, until one of her sisters had offered to show her every single way to hide knives in a fancy dress. How Clove had gotten her hands on the dress she had stuffed herself into? Theft. What other options were there really?

So Clove arrived at the dance with a ridiculously high number of knives hidden on her person and a grin that promised problems to all. Not all knives were as easy to get to but she had plenty she could grab in a single moment. It was wonderful. So she stood in a corner with a smile on her face as she watched the crowds. Maybe some fun could be had here after all. It was worth a shot at least.

Tag:Open

[Phillip Porter Phelix]

Phillip Sat down next to Ben and said “I am not too bad. You know I'm as lucky as usual, I hope. Decided since Aphrodite is basically my grandma I should make an appearance at her party. So Not having fun setting this party up? But I get it, man, these things are a lot more enjoyable when you do not have to work it. Let me know if you need any help Or if you want to play a game. I still love taking everyone’s money in games of chance.” He says in a joking manner. He looks up to see who all is showing up so far. He looks back at Ben and smiles. Then he looks over the crowd “So hopefully a lot of people will show up.” He was mostly looking for people who would be easy targets but then he remembered what this party was for. Phillip was lucky in a lot of ways but love was not one of them. Why would tonight be any different?

Benjamin Green / open

[STACY HART]

Stacy couldn't have been happier. Even after all the bad dreams, the odd visions, she was elated. She and Harley had finally realized that they loved each other. For so long, Stacy thought Harley just wanted to be friends, and apparently Harley had thought the same. It wasn't true though. Both shared stronger feelings for the other. It was amazing to discover that, and here they were at the dance together- dating as girlfriends! Stacy was ready to just tell the evil voice in her dreams that if her love was to tested, let it be tested! She LOVED Harley Nguyen and she doubted that would change.

Stacy was clad in a purple dress and matching low-heels. She thought it was cheesy, but there was a lavender heart on the dress too. It was her mother's dance, and she wanted to represent she supposed. It was kind of weird hearing everyone at the Greek camp calling her Aphrodite. Her mom would always be Venus, but she guessed no matter what, her mom was her mom. She wondered of the goddess was there in disguise. She doubted Venus would miss her own party. If she was, Stacy doubted she would worry for long. She had the love of her life with her after all, and couldn't help but kiss Harley's hand as they entered.

HARLOW NGUYEN

[Caleb Masters]

Caleb was excited for the dance in Aphrodite’s honor. Partly because he enjoyed something fun to do that was out of the regular routine at camp. That and a dance meant music. Something he excelled at. He had even been picked among the others to be part of the group playing music for the dance. He was looking forward to it even more after finding that out. A dance, some fun and an excuse to play music for others. All that he was looking for in life really. It was suggested that people should have been arriving as couples but as part of the band at times it would be rude to whoever he asked to just ditch them to play music. Instead he decided he would have to just go alone. He was sure the goddess of love would understand, it wouldn’t be very loving to leave your partner alone at the dance for long periods of time.

The day of the dance Arrived and he was ready for it. Once dressed Caleb made his way to the party. it was just what he had expected it would look like. Plenty of statues of Aphrodite along with hearts and the color pink and red everywhere. The kids planning it really put in some work. He did his rounds of the party, he didn’t have to play till much later, right now the younger kids were on stage. Gave him time to have some fun, that and he could place his offering for Aphrodite on the table. It was some beautiful flowers he had picked as well as the recommended letter with hopes of true love. That and his personal feelings but that was just for the goddess to read.

He did find someone particular and couldn’t help but say something, especially with how they were dressed but he would require something. Caleb ‘borrowed’ a lyre from behind the bands stage and made his way over. He would have preferred a guitar but beggars couldn’t be choosers. The instrument would be required to not be in pain after speaking to her as he had learned before. While he wouldn’t suspect a normal camper of having a weapon at a dance this wasn’t exactly the case. Once close enough he played a simple melody and spoke in verse. “I’m surprised to find you here clover but I do say you look lovely tonight. All I offer is a compliment, I don’t wish to start a fight.” Speaking through melody he could keep his chances of getting stabbed for calling the girl clover slim. Yet he just couldn’t ever help himself.

Clove Tyler

[ZOE CALIDA]

She was so out-of-place here. She didn’t want to be here. Wow, it was unbelievable how much she didn’t want to be here. The idea of going to a dance in honor of the goddess of love and being surrounded by people was antithetical to everything Zoe stood for. She’d be much happier spending the evening in the forges, or anywhere really, as long as she could be alone. But Zoe knew better than anyone what happened to demigods who got on a god’s bad side, and being cursed by Aphrodite was really the last thing she needed. So she cleaned up, threw on a white and black dress (the only such dress she owned, and which had probably been worn exactly once before in her life) and reluctantly made her way to the dance.

Zoe was nothing if not properly fearful of the gods (especially this one), so she’d brought an offering. An automaton dove that she’d created herself in Aphrodite’s honor. Zoe stood in front of the table of offerings, dove resting in the palm of her hand, and watched it chirp happily (and realistically, to Zoe’s delight). With some gentle encouragement from its creator, the dove flew mechanically from her hand to the table, a little note around its leg for Aphrodite. Zoe frowned as she watched it fly – it still moved its wings artificially, and maybe with more time it could have looked more realistic. But it would have to be enough.

After that…Zoe didn’t know what the proper social protocol was, so she lingered by the altar and her still-chirping mechanical dove. Do I even know anybody here? she wondered.

Tag: Open!

[Phillip Porter Phelix]

Phillip finished his conversation with Ben and got up to try to mingle with people at the party. He was usually very confident when talking to people. He had to be when he was on his own and trying to scam rides and enough money to make it here. He was reminiscing about his past when he sees a young woman in a beautiful white and black dress. He decided to go up and talk to her because what could go wrong. He was a lucky guy and this should go fine.

These were the things he was going over in his head. He did not want to make Aphrodite angry by trying to scam someone at her party which is what he is good at. If this was talking to a woman at a gambling establishment or trying to run a con on her, he would be at his peak performance. He might be a little rusty he had not run a big con in a while and even though he knew where all his money was and was not keen on sharing. All his fake IDs that say he is 18 and all the luck in the world or money in the world would not help him now. But at a party like this just going up to talk to a girl for no reason other than to get to know her was a new concept. He is still getting used to not having to scam people even if it was fun for him to try to outsmart people. He tried to apply these skills to the battles here at camp but it is not the same.

He walks up with a confidence which was obviously fake. He says “Hello, my name is Phillip. I have seen you around the forges. What’s your name? You do not seem to be having the best of times here. Is this not really your scene?”

ZOE CALIDA

[Clove Tyler]

Well that was fabulous. The most annoying human music box to ever have been created had shown up and for just a moment Clove had hoped he could manage to entertain himself without irritating her. No. Such. Luck. She could feel her entire body tense up as soon as she realised he'd noticed her and it didn't take long for him to arrive with the music that always seemed to inhibit her natural responses. She was dying to sink a knife into those eyeballs. Or maybe she just wanted to cut his vocal cords? Not deep enough to kill him, just to silence that bloody music that kept her hands from doing what her mind suggested. She really wanted to carve his face a new shape today, but as always it seemed he was well aware of the danger he put himself in and came prepared. She hated him for that.

She crossed her arms at him in defiance and glared at him. "Hello Music Box." She greeted, her voice sharp and unpleasant and her eyes filled with the all consuming hatred he managed to bring up in her. "Think I could just throw up on the alter for Aphrodite like the good old days or would she not appreciate human sacrifices anymore?" She asked in annoyance. Still, there was the strange part of her that enjoyed the compliment and wanted to murder him even more for that. She suspected that was the fault of the music as well. Plus she absolutely despised the nickname that he'd given her. Clover. She really wanted to cut his tongue out for that one. Maybe she could sacrifice that? Or literally anything to get him to shut up? She took out a knife and started cleaning the dirt from under her fingers with it while glaring at her company. "One day your songs will falter and I will stab you. Watch your back, Music Box."

Caleb Masters

[Eowyn Oppedyk]

Eowyn rolled her eyes rather obviously at Dion as he suggested this kind of party actually was her scene. She gave him a pointed look. "I do not care for parties like this but since I went I do enjoy looking nice. I don't really have a lot of parties to break out the party clothes and none around here are my scene to begin with. Last time I got to go full on at a party was actually at a Nightwish Concert." Her clothes had bene somewhat different for that occasion but well, she had dressed up a lot more than she normally could. Everybody judged her looks plenty without her actually being free in going the full monty on her style. At least here she had an excuse to look what she considered to be her best.

Then she sighed deeply and looked around at the other guests. "Also I was kind of hoping to see my friend. Since the reunion didn't go to well I was sort of hoping we could hang out with the three of us. I'm pretty sure you'd like her." Well, she didn't mention that she wanted to look nice for her friend since she felt that sounded weird. Not to mention she wasn't quite sure what that meant. Or rather, what that was supposed to mean. Did she actually have a crush on her childhood best friend? She furrowed her eyebrows slightly as the idea came to mind. It was probably just the dance messing with her head.

She looked at Dion. "You look nice, by the way. Did you bring any sacrifices for Aphrodite? I brought a small donation myself." She said, displaying a small piece of black paper with a wax seal and white ribbons closing it. "I figured she'd appreciate my loyalty to my normal aesthetic." She joked with a wink and chuckled as she put the small paper back in her purse. She was going to have a fun night, that much she was making sure. Whatever would happen, would happen.

Dion Warren