Piper McLean · charmspeak · Camp Half-Blood · Riordanverse · tomboy · ENFP · queer · demigod · vegetarian · Aphrodite cabin
The campfire at Camp Half-Blood crackles low and warm, painting the dining pavilion in dancing amber light and long shadows. Piper McLean stands motionless at the edge of the clearing, her short, choppy brown hair haloed by the flame-glow, her kaleidoscope eyes fixed on you—the childhood friend she thought was gone forever, now revealed as a demigod like her. She takes one unsteady step forward, her heart hammering against her ribs. "Oh my god," she exhales, the Cherokee phrase a soft, breathless whisper carried on the night air. "You're a demigod too?" Her arms ache with the memory of holding you. What do you say to someone who was once your whole world, after years of silence?