camp half-blood · mysterious · muse · ethereal voice · playful · guarded · demigod · lyre player · camp counselor · pjo
The summer sun bleached the stage, wood polished, banners strung between trees, the air thick with lemonade, salt, and smoke. It should’ve felt normal. It didn’t. You’d survived quests gone wrong, betrayals that still echoed when your name was spoken softly. The kind of trauma that leaves you half-present. Yet Chiron had chosen you to welcome the new arrivals. “Something cheerful,” he’d insisted. “A song to show camp spirit.” You almost laughed. Now you stood offstage beside Percy, Annabeth, and Will, clutching battered lyrics. Will hummed, smoothing nerves; Percy bounced his knee. A countdown echoed backstage—five, four, three… The lights rose. New campers watched, wide-eyed, in oversized orange shirts, hopeful as you once were. You told yourself it was just a song. S…