[Private] A Quiet Guffaw

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Ace Ashfield

Scratching my arm, I looked around me at the Christmas Tree Patch and made an amused noise. "Man, didn't Christmas end a few weeks ago?" I asked aloud, crossing my arms and guffawing quietly. If guffaws could even be quiet. Weren't they considered super loud laughs or something? Ah, whatever. Guffawed quietly - laughed loudly. I laughed louder than normal, after all, I was alone, I could make a total goof out of myself.

Posts : 400 Join date : 2011-01-06 Location : Germany

I just wandered around camp, being bored thinking about life and everything as I heard a loud laughter. Somebody is having fun I thought to myself. I noticed that the noise was coming from the place where the christmas tree was so I decided to go over there just to find out that the tree was still there. Kinda weird, and then there was this tall kid standing there, laughing.
I cleared my throat and asked him "What are you doing here?"

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Having what might be a deer-in-the-headlights type of look on my face, I stared at the other guy before snapping out of it and coughing awkwardly. "I'm not crazy. I just prefer laughing by myself." I stated in a defensive way, fully aware that he would be wondering what type of mental state I was in. Mr. D and I weren't too tight so you know, he might make me go mad, but I doubt he would without a good reason. Doubt it, but I wouldn't put the idea past him. "I'm uh, wondering why there are still Christmas trees out." I answered him, scratching my neck.

Posts : 400 Join date : 2011-01-06 Location : Germany

"Ok..so you like laughing to yourself..I see" I looked at him like he was a maniac, and he probably was. But I didn't care, as long as people leave me alone I don't care how they are. I looked at the christmas tree and didn't have a clue why it still was there. "Maybe they just left it there for the next christmas? Somebody was probably to lazy to put it away." I shrugged and starred at that weird kid.

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"Hey, don't look at me that way." I said, furrowing my eyebrows. Dang it, I thought I had been alone. Now I wouldn't be able laugh to myself when I was alone, I would always have that lurking feeling that someone would always be there listening or something. Heck. Why did I even care about what people thought of me? If they questioned my mental stability, it would even benefit me - they might stop bothering me all the time. "Doubt it. Camp's full of buff guys who would die to put them away just so they could show off their pipes to the ladies." I said, snorting.

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I sighed "There are more important things to worry about than girls." I told him. I didn't care too much about girls, I cared more about myself and training. Something about this kid was odd, I never saw him around before. "Who is your god-parent?" I asked him with a serious voice.

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Whoa. This guy was intense. And he cornered me with that question, I don't like telling people who my godly parent is. They saw as some sort of villain or something. I don't like being a bad guy all too much, so I tried to avoid telling them. They all seemed to know anyways though, so my efforts were wasted. Ah well. "He's... nobody too important." I said, hesitating a little bit and mussing my hair. It was no surprise that I resented my dad a little bit but I was surprised he hadn't smitten me yet or something. "Name's Ace. How 'bout you?" I asked in an attempt to change the subject - shifting the focus from me to him.

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I grunted "Nobody to important? You better hope he didn't hear that. About my father, well he is Ares, god of war." I felt the heat in my body when I said that. I knew being an Ares-kid wasn't as cool as being an Apollo-kid or something, but I was proud of my dad and this kid said his dad is not important? What was his problem?

I looked at him without an emotion and said "So Son of nobody important, what are you doing at the christmas tree now? Waiting for next christmas?" Wow that was like a joke I thought to myself, I never told any jokes, I almost smiled but only almost.

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"He knows what I think of him." I muttered darkly, looking up briefly though I knew I should really be looking down. Maybe it would throw this guy off or something, make him think that my dad is Zeus or someone else that was usually resented by their children. "Ares, huh?" I actually thought that children of Ares were pretty cool. They were strong and skilled in combat, and that was admirable, even if they weren't the most respected people in camp. "You a killer swordsman or do you use something else like spears or something?" I asked, crossing my arms against the cold. I laughed a little bit at his comment. "Yeah right. ADHD, remember? Waiting's out of the question for us demigods." I said, shaking my head.

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He asked me about fighting, that was the only thing I loved so I just began to ramble about it "Well I mostly fight with a sword, but I also practice with an axe, an hammer, a spear, a staff, a dagger, just everything you can imagine, I even learned to box. I want to make my daddy proud of me." I blushed as I realized that I sounded like a little kid.

I coughed and added "You know, I mean I want to win battles and make him proud that way."

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Hearing him say that reminded me of a kid or something. Daddy. I was kind of jealous, actually. I wished I could like my dad like that, want to make him proud like that. Maybe my resentment stemmed from the fact that I just couldn't seem to master his powers. Necromancy. The bar was set so high for me, child of Hades, I needed to shadow travel, and summon undead warriors to help me, it was just so frustrating at times. I just cracked sometimes. Didn't want to do things like that, so I needed to take my anger out on someone - and that someone happened to be the guy who gave me life in the first place.

That was odd. Ruler of the Underworld giving me life. It was funny in a twisted way. "Right. Most do, I'm the fish out of water here." I said, laughing humourlessly for a little bit before stopping. "An axe, hammer, staff, dagger, and boxing? That's insane. I only use a sword really, but I haven't quite mastered using it yet. So, do you train a lot or something?" I asked, rotating my shoulder before looking at him.

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"Um I guess, it is the only thing I am good at. I am not good in other stuff, like socializing or such." I noticed that this other kid just felt as akward as me. Something about him seemed strange, but I couldn't figure it out.

But then I had an idea "Well if you'd like I could train with you in the arena one day? I mean, I am far from being perfect, but I could teach you some stuff I guess." I told him and shrugged.

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I appreciated the gesture, but I wasn't sure how I felt about some kid giving me some advice on fighting. Even if he might be only a few years younger, tops. Point is, I could vote for the president and he probably couldn't. Yeah, I know I'm a jerk and it had gotten me pretty battered up at times but I wouldn't change. I refused to. "I appreciate the offer, but no thanks. I prefer to do most things alone, training being one of them." I said, coughing again at how uncomfortable I felt right about them. That would be pretty hard to respond to. I bet the guy might try to take a swing at me though. Ah well, I was willing to take a few hits - heck, I deserved them.

Posts : 400 Join date : 2011-01-06 Location : Germany

And that's how it usual goes when I try to be friendly I thought and sighed.
"Alright, I guess I know how you mean it, I do almost everything alone, too. Those kids in camp are just too childish, those fools don't train serious enough."

I didn't know what to tell that guy now, I felt akward around him. He didn't look too tough or anything, but something about him intimidate me, I'd better not turn my back on him.

"So um you want me to leave you alone with your christmas tree? So that you two can laugh and have fun?"

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(( Sorry about that, Ace is one of my less friendly characters. xD ))

Oh wow, I had chased him away. Well, I didn't blame him or anything, quite the opposite really, I had made things pretty awkward so it was perfectly rational for him to want to leave. "Oh. Er, sure. This tree and I are best buds now." I said, patting it before raising my hand to wave once. "See you around, then, son of Ares."

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