Walking down the dock of the lake, Elise stretched her arms overhead tiredly. It wasn't quite early morning, but it wasn't the afternoon yet either. Elise simply hadn't made her way outside today, excluding when she went for breakfast. Even if she were already awake, the melancholy feeling the lake gave her probably wouldn't have done much to help her here. Being around the water simply relaxed her. She found that a little bit ironic due to her lineage. Her mom and Poseidon didn't exactly have a friendly history. Sure, Annabeth and Percy were together, but she figured two kids dating wouldn't dispel any ill-will between gods. Especially if it was a couple of millennia old. Elise knew that the God of the Ocean had better things to do than capsize children, but she usually didn't really want to stray too far into the ocean to push. She loved it, but she could be content with the lake. She could always ride the river to the ocean, if only for a little bit. She figured Daeseung was good for quelling fears.
Speaking of which... that brought her to who exactly she was here with.
Hwan Daeseung. Daughter of Deimos. God of Terror. She was a little older than Elise, but that never stopped her from viewing someone as her equal, even if a bit brashly at times. After all, Elise had recently turned 16, so of course she could talk to older kids. The two had met at prom that year and had seemed to really hit it off. Since then Elise had found herself gravitating toward her a little more if she wanted to socialize with somebody. ... You know, when she would actually be social instead of burying her head in her work. Daeseung was actually the one who'd dragged her out here, which led to why she was feeling so groggy. She just hadn't planned this.
Honestly, above all else, Elise was just surprised that she got along with the girl as well as she did. The girl had always figured that a child of a god that capitalized on fear would be a terrible person to socialize with. In fact, Daeseung had scared her when they first met with an over-sized-fake-illusion ant. But that was it. Past that... well, nothing. And that wasn't even one of her greater fears. Elise had to appreciate that she didn't want to scare her too badly. As an Athena kid, it wasn't really a secret as to what set her off. Or maybe Dae knew better than to scare a child of Athena with spiders. Annabeth almost straight up murdered the Stoll kid when he put a fake spider in her bed. Elise liked to think she'd handle that with a bit more grace, but she knew she'd probably have had the same reaction as her older sister did.
Listening tiredly to the rhytmic sound the wood planks made as she walked over them in her blue Converse, Elise rubbed her eyes as she approached the canoe towards the end of the dock. It was a hot day on the water, so she dressed simply in her camp shirt and jean shorts.
"Alright Dae, I'm here, happy now?" She grinned teasingly with a yawn. She was actually pretty happy to be doing this. "So you ready to push off into the water, or do you still need to pack anything? Because I think water would be good for you to have," she concluded with a simple shrug, tossing her drawstring bag into the canoe.
Speaking of which... that brought her to who exactly she was here with.
Hwan Daeseung. Daughter of Deimos. God of Terror. She was a little older than Elise, but that never stopped her from viewing someone as her equal, even if a bit brashly at times. After all, Elise had recently turned 16, so of course she could talk to older kids. The two had met at prom that year and had seemed to really hit it off. Since then Elise had found herself gravitating toward her a little more if she wanted to socialize with somebody. ... You know, when she would actually be social instead of burying her head in her work. Daeseung was actually the one who'd dragged her out here, which led to why she was feeling so groggy. She just hadn't planned this.
Honestly, above all else, Elise was just surprised that she got along with the girl as well as she did. The girl had always figured that a child of a god that capitalized on fear would be a terrible person to socialize with. In fact, Daeseung had scared her when they first met with an over-sized-fake-illusion ant. But that was it. Past that... well, nothing. And that wasn't even one of her greater fears. Elise had to appreciate that she didn't want to scare her too badly. As an Athena kid, it wasn't really a secret as to what set her off. Or maybe Dae knew better than to scare a child of Athena with spiders. Annabeth almost straight up murdered the Stoll kid when he put a fake spider in her bed. Elise liked to think she'd handle that with a bit more grace, but she knew she'd probably have had the same reaction as her older sister did.
Listening tiredly to the rhytmic sound the wood planks made as she walked over them in her blue Converse, Elise rubbed her eyes as she approached the canoe towards the end of the dock. It was a hot day on the water, so she dressed simply in her camp shirt and jean shorts.
"Alright Dae, I'm here, happy now?" She grinned teasingly with a yawn. She was actually pretty happy to be doing this. "So you ready to push off into the water, or do you still need to pack anything? Because I think water would be good for you to have," she concluded with a simple shrug, tossing her drawstring bag into the canoe.