Never too late(OPEN)

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The son of pasithea waded into the water until he felt it reach his knees, barely touching his black and white shorts. His chest raised as he breathed in the salty air of the sea and smiled. A blue rash guard or rashie covered his chest and arms as he stood there. He would have been fine going shirtless but the tight feeling of the shirt helped him keep his senses alert. He was going to need it. He turned around and smirked at his two artic foxes. Kake and Agathos. He had planned today as work to train with the two of them but that wasn't going to stop the three of them from having fun.

He pulled a red cloth out of his pocket and clenched it in his hand. The target. "Lets see if you can get it." He made a clicking sound with his mouth and turned and dove into the water, hearing the splashes of his foxes paddling after him. I better hold my breath. The last thought that went through his mind before Kake pulled him under as a distraction while Agathos tried to get the target. He was proud that they were that smart. This would help them move faster though. A couple seconds later he resurfaced sputtering swam close enough to the shore to stand up, the red cloth missing from his hand. His foxes chewing on it ahead of him.

[Hailey Nichols]

Ever since her sister went good again and she got that spear through the shoulder, Hailey was laying low at camp. Her mistress wanted her to stay at camp until she was better and in the meantime, do some recruiting for the Hunters. Numbers were dropping off since the battle with the primordials barely begun. What they really needed was mortals who really didn't know what the Hades they were doing.

She was walking on the beach with her arm in a sling. She was getting tired of being cooped up in the Artemis cabin and she just needed to get out and get some fresh air. And apparently rescue something.

She didn't think arctic foxes were from around here, but there was a boy being pulled underneath the waves of the ocean by one. She groaned and rolled her eyes before she took off at a sprint into the ocean. "It's okay," she called out to the boy in case he could hear her. "I'm coming to save you!"

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Yeah....the water didn't help with his rashie. As soon as the water touched it it shrunk and it felt more like a strangle than a hug. As soon as he was able to stand in the water he reached his arms to the sides of him and pulled the shirt off and tossed it onto the sand. Then he heard the shout. He couldn't hold back the smile from appearing on his face. It was a good thing she wasn't blonde. He could really tease her then. It was even better that she was cute. Then he got an idea. Something about her told him even if he tried she wouldn't be interested so he figured why not have a little fun?

He made the clicking sound again and let his foxes pull him back under, acting as if he had been trying to get away and he was suddenly being attacked again. This was gonna be a riot for him. He just had to wait till she got close enough before he dunked her under too. It was too easy. Especially with his abilities. The son of Pasithea let out a fake shout as he constructed a hallucination to make it look like Agathos was biting his arm instead of licking it friendly. The water was shallow enough for the fox to stand on its hind legs. He had to make sure it was safe though so they wouldn't get shot with an arrow or lightning bolt. So he got in the way of any stray attacks. As the redhead got closer something told him that she looked somewhat familiar as if he had seen her once or twice around the camp. He hadn't been back for that long though.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey cursed having her arm in a sling as she ran further into the ocean. It make it awkward trying to run, since she needed to keep her arm close t her chest so not to move her shoulder. If she didn't, a strong surge of pain would shoot up her arm.

As she got closer, she saw it was worse than she thought. One of the foxes was biting off the poor guy's arm. If only she had a usable arm and her bow and quiver with her, it'd be dead in a matter of minutes. However, that was not the case, so she grabbed her dagger as she waded into the water. "Don't worry!" she reassured the victim. "I got this!" Then she tried to take out the foxes with her one arm, which wasn't working out so well.

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Well the sling might have been a bit of a problem. But hey hopefully she would have a little bit of fun. As she got closer he watched out of the corner of his eye as she pulled out the dagger and slowly moved closer. That blade looked deadly. He had seen Hephaestus work before from Carlson but who ever had made that definitely knew what they were doing. It looked recently sharpened too. Unfortunately because of the sling he was going to have to lighter with his fun so he didn't cause her any pain. Not that he couldn't make it disappear for a while by messing with her senses but he didn't want to make it worse.

Then again he could only make it disappear as long as he held it and after a while it would tire him out but he could last at least a little bit. As soon as she got close enough though he dispelled the illusion and grinned as the fox playfully licked his arm to death. Vincent pulled away from Agathos and as quick as he could while in water moved around, attempting to grab her and pull her under the water as a small joke.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey was trying her best to get the foxes off of the boy, until her mind started playing tricks on her. Instead of the fox biting the boy's arm off, it was licking it. She stopped trying to stab it and just stared at it. Were the drugs for her shoulder really messing with her that much? She never had hallucinations before now.

However, she didn't get to ponder over that question too long before she felt herself grabbed and dunked into the water. She screamed, but was immediately cut off with a mouthful of salt water. She struggled against the arm surrounding her before she could get to the surface. She gasped for breath as she started choking out the water she accidently swallowed She glared at the boy in the middle of her coughing fit once her eyes found him. "You mean..." she said between coughs. "That was... a joke?"

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He couldn't hold back his laughter. It was a mean joke but he couldn't help it the death glare just sent him over the edge. His laughter was cut short though when he bent over laughing and dipped his face into the salty water. Good news was he didn't get to the point that his sides began hurting. The Illusionist took a deep breath for a couple seconds before nodding. "Yes. It was a mean joke that I couldn't resist when I heard you yelling that you were coming to save me. These are just my pals Agathos," He rubbed behind the ears of the white fox with his right hand, "and Kake." Vincent patted the stomach of black fox.

They weren't trying to eat me or anything it was a specialized hunting lesson for that red cloth." He glanced down at the corner of red silk sticking out of the corner of Kakes mouth. He glanced down at her arm and made an apologetic face. "I didn't make your wounds any worse, did I?" He raised his eyebrows and looked up at her. Yeah...redheads were always cute. But there was something else in that glare of hers. He was fairly certain he had seen something like it before.

[Hailey Nichols]

The boy was laughing, which Hailey did not appreciate at all considering she just got soaking wet so she could save his ass from the foxes which turned out to be his pets. "How was..." she said between gasping breaths as she closed her eyes and coughed up the last bit of salt water in her lungs. "I supposed.... to know...." Once the water was all out of her system, she took a deep breath before she straightened back up to glare at him.

Then she glanced down at her sling and back up at him. "You didn't hurt it," she said shortly. She was quite amazed that her arm and shoulder weren't jostled during his prank of his. "And would it take quite a lot to make it hurt... like another spear through the shoulder." Without being about to shrug her shoulder, she turned around and walked back to shore as she said, "But I think this rescue mission is done anyway. Have a nice day."

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The son of Pasithea let out a guilty sigh when she turned away pissed off at him. She definitely had reason to be. The trick had been mean and his illusion made it seem ten times more serious than it must have originally looked. His eyes dropped to the water and he stopped dead. That was interesting. He took a deep breath and dived into the water, letting himself sink till he got low enough to grab it. After a couple seconds he rose from the water holding the dagger and used his hand to wipe the water off his face so he could see.

As soon as he saw her in his vision he waded in the water till he got to the shore where he got an idea. He made the clicking sound again and offered the daggers handle to Agathos before pointing at the cute, now soaking wet, redhead. "Be friendly." He spoke quietly to the fox and watched as the Agathos walked over to her to give her back the dagger. After waiting a couple seconds he finally called out to her. "Sorry!....If you want you can take revenge and dunk me in return." He backed up close enough to the water and held out his arms so she could push him in with ease and hoped to the gods that Agathos had been cute enough to at least lift her mood somewhat after his prank.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey was quite too pissed to notice that she dropped her dagger into the water when she was pulled underneath the water. She stormed out of the water with the intent to go back to her cabin and to shower and clean up. She felt all gritty with all the salt on her body and now the sand sticking to her clothes. She was so caught up in her thoughts and her own schedule that she didn't notice the little fox walking beside her carrying her dagger. She stopped, smiled slightly, before she bent down to grab her dagger and sheath it.

And then she heard the boy's voice calling out to her. She glared at him over her shoulder as she tired to decide what to do with him. She couldn't deny the opportunity to get her revenge, even though she was pretty sure that he was flirting with her. She turned around and walked up to him. She placed her hand on his chest and gave him a firm push. She chuckled to herself as she shook her head. "You're late, you know," she said with a big smirk, "by about a year. Flirting really gets you nowhere with Hunters."

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It was slightly annoying to be left in suspense but he would deal. Pretty soon he didn't have to continue waiting though as she placed a hand on his chest and gave him a strong push. He let himself fall backwards into the water until he came up sputtering and coughing on his knees. He shook his head and times and pinched the tip of his nose. The pain was shot through his head like that of a headache. He had failed to realize that if he fell backwards water would shoot up his nose.

Not a good feeling. Then her words struck him and he looked up at her and finally stood. He frowned and ran a hand through his wet hair, his other hand scratching behind the ears of Agathos to tell him good boy. He let out a sigh and smiled. "I've been nowhere my whole life. Looks like I'll just have to keep trying." He looked down at the ground guiltily before looking up at her through his eyelashes. "Sorry bout that earlier. But...I'm Vincent. I figure since you're a hunter and I played a mean trick on you earlier. You do not have to tell me your name until you think I should deserve such information. He gave her a small smile of apology.

[Hailey Nichols]

A smirk crept onto Hailey's face as she watched the boy fall into the water backwards. It felt good that she could get revenge, despite how silly or small it was. At least they were even now. She hated being behind. She did raise her eyebrows at him when he started apologizing and offered his name. Now, she would have given the same courtesy of her name, until he mentioned something. Withholding her name? What a fabulous idea.

"Nowhere isn't a fun place to be," she said with a bit of a chuckle, "but I accept your apology, Vinnie." She knew he introduced himself as Vincent, but she decided that a childish nickname was appropriate for the boy. "And as for my name..." She chuckled. "That is for me to know and for you to find out. But you might learn my identity sooner if you don't play anymore pranks on me."

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The smirk was definitely creepy. Getting revenge on him must have helped. Vincent smiled up at her as she began speaking again then she told him she accepted his apology and officially nicknamed him. He frowned at the sound of it and then he let out a small laugh when she gave him the challenge of discovering the redheads cute name. Though it did make him frown again. At least she didn't hate him now. No more pranks? Well that was like defying his nature!

"Aw but I am a prankster, mystérieuse femme mignonne!" He spoke in french as he tried to figure out something to call her while he worked for her name. It worked okay for now. "Pranking is a part of me and if you enjoyed that revenge a couple seconds ago...then its a part of you too....Come on prank wars are always fun!" He grinned at her. "But I'll let you make the next move so if you chose to avoid any more pranking I won't do anything." He raised his hands in defeat. "I'll be....somewhat honorable about this." He smiled at her and moved his hand away from Agathos, sharply snapping his fingers to tell the two foxes to go play.

[Hailey Nichols]

Hailey put her hand on her hip as she tilted her head to the side and looked at Vincent. "Is pranking really that fun?" she countered back. "Because right now, I'm soaking wet, covered in sand, and only slightly amused by the fact that I got to push you. Are pranks really that fun?" She chuckled as she shook her head. "It's only fun when both people have fun. You're just lucky that you didn't jostle my shoulder or this could have ended very badly."

Then she rolled her eyes as he mentioned something about a prank war. "Then start one up with the Hermes cabin if you so desire. Unless you can't handle their pranks?" She chuckled more as she shook her head. "Because there will be no pranks from my end. Hunters don't operate like that."

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He couldn't help but laugh when she asked him if pranking was really that fun and began to name off all sorts of reasons why she didn't like it. She was quite the pessimist. He made a small face when she told him how lucky he was that he didn't 'Jostle' her shoulder. The illusionist turned away and began walking over to his pile of stuff he brought with him. He had his mind set on one thing at the moment but he still managed to listen to what she was saying.

After a couple seconds he pulled a pack of gum out of a bag and ripped it open to get at one of the pieces. He smirked at her when she finally finished and tossed the pack of gum in her direction. "Hermes kids are tricky rats. I don't want them letting their curiousity take over and turning the cabin upside just to find out a little more about me. You're more direct. As are all hunters. Once you guys follow Artemis you get all hardened up and refuse to have any real fun. You wouldn't hold back with your pranks or...get distracted. Unless of course you were never the fun type." He smirked as he began to open the wrapper to the stick of gum. "And if I had jostled your shoulder I can guarantee the pain would have disappeared as easily as it came."