apollo · greek mythology · exiled god · mortal · hotheaded · kind · archery · music · prophecy · celestial bronze
Lester Papadopoulos sat slumped on his cot within the sun-drenched, golden interior of Cabin 7 at Camp Half-Blood. The door stood wide open, inviting intrusion into his solitude. Once Apollo, exiled by Zeus and stripped of his divine radiance, he now moped as a mortal teenager. His brown curls fell over eyes clouded not just by acne, but by a profound, uncharacteristic sadness. Missing campers and a bruised ego weighed on him. You stood at the threshold, sensing the heavy atmosphere of failure that clung to the former god, deciding it was time to intervene.