Terrorism On the Beach

Jack had decided to stroll...somewhere appropriate. The forest? Scratch that. The jungle? It's practically the same to forest, and it doesn't even exist here on Camp grounds. The game room? Not in a mood to shoot evil Russians right now. The lake? Nahh, the Aphrodite kids always party there, turning the quiet lake into a night club. And that was when he felt like his brain had fingers, and he snapped those fingers.

The beach. Brilliant! Quiet, trespass-proof, safe from a bunch of annoying pests, great view out into the Atlantic Ocean. Perfect choice for a son of Deimos.

Today, Jack was dressed in dark jeans, with a red t-shirt under a thin leather jacket. His sneakers were formerly white Nikes, now it was tattered, the logo gone and it went through a transformation of colors from white to dark gray with remnants of white. He had round sunglasses, with Celestial bronze frame and the glass was made to withstand high water pressure. Jack, frankly, didn't know why anyone made such a cool protective sunglasses.

Reaching the beach, he took a deep breath and looked into the horizon, his lips cracked a thin smile, before finally reshaped to neutral state. Sitting down on the sand, he pulled his knees to his chest. Jack also brought his flaming Celestial bronze machete with him, sheathed and strapped to his back.

This was the life. Or maybe not, honestly, he didn't know.

Alice skipped along the beach with her electric violin and smaller amp in each hand. It was the perfect day to practice along the beach for her music. It had felt like ages since the daughter of Mania had had the free time to practice her violin and....wait...was it ages? She thought she had practiced it more recently. Had she? Oh well, the mind of insanity is a hard one to keep track of. With her cropped top on and her heels buried amongst her other things on her bag that hun over her shoulder the blonde haired girl walked onto the sandy beach and placed her things on the ground as close to the water as she could without getting them wet. Setting up her black violin to her amp the daughter of Mania played a few chords before stepping into a cover and mashup of Halo by Beyoncé. She was graceful as her hips swayed in time as she got more and more into the music, shutting her eyes and continuing as if it were the most important thing in her life. It was one of the only things she could do in her life without having to worry about the Maniae and Rabbid.

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Jack felt a tremendous load of disappointment wash over him. Great! Five freaking minutes. And a "demigoth" jumped out of nowhere, but he guessed she wasn't goth, considering the fact that she has a violin. Slowly lowering his sunglasses, he peered at her. Blondy hair was her distinctive description. And he noticed nothing else spectacular.

"Oi sunshine, will you be of a help and lower the noise from your violin rehearsal so that others can enjoy the peace and quiet that are trying hopelessly to overwhelm your music. Thank you." Jack called out sarcastically, his tone however clearly annoyed.

I don't know Jack why don't you ask that tone of yours to take a trip. Alice said without skipping a beat of her own music. A few Maniae made their presence known by showing themselves and began whispering things to the blonde as she played her music. A couple of them sat down on a nearby bench to listen to her play and hum along with the song before letting angelic voice drift softly on the breeze.

"NAAHHHH. It refused. Can't do that, Alice from Wonderland." Jack replied, clearly not offended and counter-sarcasmed. Then she began to sing with her angelic voice.

AND JACK'S REACTION IS: I don't give a sh!t. Stereotypical for a war god's son.

"Heh, Alice, why don't you get a guitar and play rock n' roll already? Isn't noise pollution here tuned to the max already? I bet Narcissus's followers will love a concert. Best title it: To Narcissus, from ALL DUH LADIEZ LUV LEO." he began, pulling out the Leo Valdez joke and the story about Narcissus during the Giant War.

My dear you don't know the half of Wonderland that I do. She said in between singing and partial dancing. She quit liked rock N' Roll herself but would much rather prefer her violin seeing as she played it more. As the Maniae grew in number she smiled and set down her violin and dancing amongst the crazed spirits.

OOC:Maniae are the crazed spirits that Mania can control. alice and just see them whenever she wants. They aren't people because they are dead.

OOC: Lol, tell me that next time

BIC: "Meh, never read Alice in Wonderland before. Lame." he shrugged, smirking. And now she started to dance. To something he didn't know. WELP! Jack thought. What a day it was! "Who in the name of Hades are you dancing with?" he raised an eyebrow, looking around to find anyone. But there was simply no one in the range of 500 meters. Or a kilometer.

Alice giggled as Jack watched her dance with who he thought was no one, but she knew very well that everyone was dancing with her. The Maniae may have been completely insane and horrible at times but they also had their fun moments. Seeing her have fun the others soon joined in and did their own version of dancing as their figures floated about. Some of them made their presence known to others who couldn't see them like Alice could, ie Jack, and floated around the entire beach doing an odd version of dancing. Come on Jack! Alice giggled as she started to creep her way over to him as she danced.

"Fine." he replied in a clearly bored tone. He stood up and brushed off the sand on his outfit. Then he moved down to where Alice stood. "You didn't answer my question. Who are you dancing with? Who are we dancing with?" Jack raised an eyebrow, before dancing, but judging from his expression he looked more like being forced to rather than enjoying himself.

Alice bounded around and pointed to the now visible Maniae and called them out by name as she danced around like an insane girl, which she was, and laughed more and more. She took both of Jacks hands in hers and danced on the beach as if she were at one of her raves she loved to sneak into for the good drinks and drugs. Things couldn't be better there.

Jack danced along when Alice grabbed the palm of his hand and pulled him in for a dance. Normally Jack does not like dancing. But, he thought, a few exceptions won't hurt anyone. The ghosts, or preferably called Maniae, started to apper. "Woah calm down. Wait, might not be ineffective though, being a daughter of the goddess of crazines." Jack shrugged

oh forget waiting! Let loose! She shouted into the sky before twirling around in the sand and inevitably falling onto Jack, causing them both to fall into the sand. Alice giggled and looked down at Jack before moving to sitting on the ground next to him. That was dizzying! hehe

Jack tumbled to the ground and he briefly yelped. He finally laughed. He looked up at Alice, and if one had the insight, they would find below the sarcasm, rudeness and boredom some kindness. Jack sat up next to her. "You are crazy!" he laughed but sarcasm was impossible to be inaudible. "I like that." Jack shrugged, smiling.

Well duh! So is my mooooom. She laughed a little as Jack kept laughing as well. Looking over his shoulder the daughter of mania frowned and leaned forward over his left shoulder. STOP PICKING ON RABBID, CLARA! She shouted as her white rabbit hopped along the beach and into her lap as a bloodcurdling scream roared through the camp as she sat back down. The scream didn't come from her, it seemed to come from the wind but anyone who knew who the Maniae were would know it was one of them acting up again. Alice began to pet her albino rabbit as his red eyes darted everywhere and his little heart beat started to slow to a regularly fast pace.

"Madness." Jack murmured. "THIS IS SPARTA!" He joked, laughing. "You hang out a lot with the Maniaes, Alice?" Jack raised an eyebrow. Alice's rabbit hopped on her lap. A scream screeched through the wind, but Jack didn't even tremble. He'd dealt with worse. "Was that from one of the Maniaes?" he frowned, looking for the source of the deafening scream. But he failed. Perhaps the Maniae concealed himself. Or herself.

Alice nodded her head vigorously. I love my Maniae. It was funny because they can hide from everyone else's eyes except mine. I have the special eyes. She giggled petting Rabbid.It was from Clara. She picks on poor Rabbid all the time. She glared in the direction from which Clara floated away from view into the night and humphed. She hated Clara. Clara was always so rude and mean to everyone, no matter what Alice tried to do to help. And poor, sweet Rabbid was just getting caught in the middle of everything. Looking up at Jack the demigoddess smiled and talked to Rabbid about tea time and how Hatter was going to be mad if they didn't make time for tea soon with him. There was also something about missing her Bandersnatch pet but that was merely brushed over by the horrible flowers she walked about and how their petals were covered in eyes and they ate people.

"Ah. If you hate her so much, it's best you kick her out of your League of Maniaes." he said coldly. Sometimes Jack couldn't stand injustice in life. Often, he would kick anyone misbehaving out of whatever team he was in. That often earned him the best grades in school projects. No idiotic pricks. Saves the time and resources. Ensure maximum perfection. "But if you don't, then I don't understand why. Heh." he shrugged.

Alice giggled. I don't REALY hate Clara. She just teases everyone and likes a bit of chaos. And then just like that Alice started speaking in riddles. She talked about a spoon and a cup, some tea and a butterfly, the air and her toes. It sounded like insanity but to Alice and anyone who knew her it was normal and made all the sense in the world. Rabbid wiggled his nose a little and after Alice talked about Tea Time a friendly Maniae gave her her basket that held all her tea things.When one has a wish all they must do is simply wish! Alice giggled as she clapped her hands before starting to set out tea sets for the three of them, including Jack of course. She made mint tea and put some tree leaves in it for Rabbid, who licked it happily, poured a plain cup for Jack and then filled her own with enough sugar to have the equivalent of a Monster energy drink.Time for Tea! She shouted as she began sipping her cup waiting for Jack to do so as well.

"Uhhhhhhhh..." Jack hesitated, looking awkwardly at the cup. She gave him mint tea, while she poured a tremendous amount of sugar into her own cup. He guessed she would get wasted a sugar rush. Maybe, though. Yep, she was crazy. "I'm not doing it!" he protested, laying the cup down. The mint tea smelled good, but nah, he didn't like playing this right now. It was childish and girly.

But Jaaaaaaaaaack. Alice whined as she finished her rea drink and set it on it's saucer as Rabbid continued to drink his tea. She wanted to have fun, and for jack to have fun but to her everything was fun and odd and maddening. Alice began giggling for no apparent reason and made herself another cup of her sugar tea. There were some things in life that were fun, and this was at the top of the list of greatness things to a daughter of Mania.

"Persistent, are we?" he frowned. "I do not wish to play. It is…girly." Jack replied firmly. Maybe she would deem him too straight. Just like so many other boys. That was also precisely why he was absolutely heterosexual. He didn't like, even despised the idea of him in a relationship with a guy. Jack specialized in girls. He sighed when she'd started to giggle. Oh gods, he thought, please don't have schizophrenia. Or something.

I am NOT playing a game! Alice shouted frowning at Jack and giving him a glare. Some of the Maniae made themselved visible to Jack and they even looked mad, maybe. The daughter of Mania packed her things away and set Rabbit on top of her head as one of the specters set her favorite tophat on top, hiding the rabbit. Grow up a little and learn the difference between fun and casually having a good time. She said standing and moving back to her violin and amp. She set her basket down and began to play on her violin as if the Tea and dancing had never happened.

Ah, so they weren't. But one should note a not so interesting fact, however: never ever raise voice on Jack. He was like a dynamite. What left was the fire to trigger it. It would have been better, if she could just, pleasantly point out his mistake. But she didn't, and that was enough to create a trigger.

"THEN NEXT TIME, F-CKING CLARIFY IT. DON'T RAISE YOUR F-CKING VOICE." he exploded, the rage and irritation exploded in a blast. A magnificent show of fireworks of anger. "FREAK!" he insulted, consumed by his anger management problems.

Freak is a relative term. To me you could be a freak. Alice said casually as she went back to talking to the air but in actuality it was her Maniae that could only be seen by her. These types of reactions to her actions were normal so the girl never really thought much of it in the end. Besides, seeing Jack all worked up was rather entertaining to the specters of anger and insanity at least. They wanted her to egg him on and provoke him more so she decided to comply.At least I don't need to raise my voice as often as you do to get a reaction. She responded in her normal voice while she continued to play her violin and listen to the excited voices of her Maniae.

Boom. Shots fired. Boom. Fuse blown. Jack lost control.

Standing straight up, he pressed his hand on the ruby. The machete's blade burst into flames. Large fiery fire. Then he poured his strength into his powers and directed it straight at Alice. His eyes flared with anger, and he frowned.

OOC: Check my RP invite, for his powers in Jack's form