Money Talks (Accalia)

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He could hear water so he there was one clue he had to figure out where he was. He could also hear the footsteps and conversations of others around him. He might have been at the beach then. He drove the cane in his hand into the sand and lifted his head feeling small vibrations go up it as each piece of sand scraped against each other. Normally he would just ask boots a question and he would respond with a trained reply, but boots was in the infirmary. It happened often and drove Jacob mad with worry whenever it did. It was because the small dog was a runt so he got easily sick or his insides freaked out sometimes. His blank eyes ran across nothing as he stood there and breathed in the evaporated water. Knowing that there were Poseidon kids around, and he was a friend of Parkers, he kicked off his shoes and stepped into the water. He had put his faith in them and knew most of them would instinctively go to save him even if he hadn't known Parker.

Once he felt the cool water at his waist the blind man stopped. It was definitely terrifying but relaxing at the same time. He heard a couple comments from some people on the beach when they realized who he was and he couldn't hold back all of his smile when he heard them. They ranged from insane, stupid and freak to brave, breathtaking and Oh my gods is that the son of Ouranos?! He was half tempted to turn around grinning and nod. He resisted the urge of course because he would most likely be called an idiot when he nodded in the wrong direction. A big wave pushed against him and took a slight step back making sure he didn't fall over. What others hadn't seen was that he used his powers to help him. He had a horrible sense of balance. The son of the sky straightened up as the time continued passing.

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia hadn't seen Frederick all day. The dog had a knack for getting away from Accalia when she wasn't looking. But he always came back. So, Accalia wasn't worried. Since her dog had run out on her Accalia knew exactly what was to be done today. She needed to find Jacob. Her insides flipped around, Jacob, the guy she had sort of fallen for. She chuckled a little, she wasn't expecting to fall for anyone.

After Accalia knocked on the doors of his cabin, with no response, she then decided to check her lake hideout-she was half hoping he wouldn't be in there, she still wasn't completely comfortable with people knowing about it. After he wasn't there she started to make her way back around to camp when she hear people on the beach. The moment the word 'Ouranos' was said she made a run for it.

The first site she saw when she reached the beach was her Jacob walking into the water. She paniced. "JACOB!" She called as she ran out towards him, her feet splashing in the water.

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A voice echoed in his ears and he whipped around, the water rippling as he did. It was Accalias voice. He heard quick, frantic splashing and he raised both of his eyebrows curiously. Why was she freaking out. Another big wave hit him and he leaned forward catching himself with wind again. Oh. He lightly used the wind to feel for her and smiled lightly turning in her direction when he found her. She most likely felt it as it was rather obvious what he did when color tint in his eyes changed barely. He began walking towards he with very precise and careful steps. Precise as they could be without his sight.

Once he got close enough to her, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a big hug. It was definitely nice to see her, theoretically. She had easily made him fall for her and he couldn't help it as he pulled her against him, ignoring the fact that he dropped the hopefully temporary cane. "H-" He was interrupted as another wave hit him and he cast a blind glare over his shoulder hoping Poseidon got it. "Hey..." He said turning back to her. A couple more hushed conversations came from the shore and he ignored them.

[Accalia Phillips]

Jacob whipped around and Accalia smiled. His misty eyes were one of her favorite things about them and she oculd even see the recognition when he found her. She stood and waited for him to come to her, watching him walk slolwy and praying that he wouldn't fall.

As he hugged her Accalia didn't care that they were both sopping wet and waist deep in water at this point, she held him tightly. "What on earth are you doing?" She said softly as she took in the smell of him. She also noticed the people whispering on shore. Part of her wanted to smack them, part of them didn't care. People could whisper however they wanted. She opened her eyes slightly to see his cane starting to pick up with a wave. She gasped, "Your... cane is...floating..."

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He let out a loud, shaky sigh as she asked him what he was doing. He closed his eyes tight and squeezed her slightly stopping the wind from pushing against the two of them. After a short amount of silence from him he finally gulped and spoke up. "I'm trying to take my mind off of Boots." He whispered to her and held onto her more.

He opened his eyes pointlessly and glanced over at the water realizing he couldn't see again. Why did he forget? He had never been able to see. He passed it off as instinctive and felt annoyed at himself for looking. Why was the cane floating? Was it hollow? "What?" He asked finally. "Wh...How?" The son of Ouranos turned his head and raised an eyebrow again trying to figure it out.

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia let go of him and jumped out to grab the cane, her full body-head included-going under the water. She took in a huge breath of air as she came up and walked back over to him, placing the cane in his hand and holding the other. "What's the matter with boots, Jacob?" She asked kindly. She reached up with her free hand to move some of the wet hair out of his face. He looked so worried, she didn't like that.

She leaned up on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek on impulse and pulled down to listen to his reply.

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The son of Ouranos frowned slightly when she let him go. After a second or two she came up taking a big gulp of air. Had she dived into the water? He turned to her still rather worried and lightly took the cane from her hand. He gulped again and stuck the cane through one of his belt loops so he wouldn't lose it. He leaned his head into her hand slightly when she brushed the hair out of his face and realized her hands were a little cold. He reached up and lightly took a hold of her other hand too and using them to pull her closer. Then she kissed him on the cheek. He blushed a crimson color and tilted his head down trying to hide it. "He's a runt...so he gets sick or injured easily so he's in the infirmary a lot. Like now...He not that old at all but with how often this happens he won't last that long..." He said quietly, feeling a little embarrassed as he heard a couple other people mumbling about what he just said. He really didn't care what they thought he just didn't want to deal with all the embarrassing and sad hugs that he would get. It was bad enough to get them when people felt pity for him when they realized that he was blind.

[Accalia Phillips]

"That's probably where Fredricks run off to..." Accalia muttered under her breath, she kept her hand by his face and let him pull her closer. She looked up at his crimson face and frowned, "Hey, hey" she said soothingly, "I'm sure he'll be fine... the Apollos can figure something out, can't they?" She said softly, also ignoring the muttering behind them. She shivered a little and leaned into Jacob, letting her face disappear into his shirt over his chest. "I wish I could tell you something that would... fix it." She kissed his shirt lightly and steppe din with her feet, so that their bodies were pressed together.

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Frederick had run off? He should probably help her find him, then he realized how much help he would be. His head tilted down at her and he frowned unsure. "I...They don't know..." He said quietly. "They can't really feed him nectar and ambrosia so they have to rely on what they know and what their instinct from their father tells them. He listened to her and let go of her hands to wrap his own around her. He felt her lips lightly kiss his shirt and he leaned his head lightly on top of hers. He was half tempted to rub off to ask Apollo for help. Not just for Boots though. Diane had saved his life and he figured if anyone had seen the nymph it would be Poseidon, Apollo, Demeter or Artemis and he had little luck talking to any of them. Partially because of who they were and mostly because of who he was. They had no reason to help him but that still didn't mean he wasn't tempted to try.

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia enjoyed his closeness for a moment before backing away and slowly leading him out of the water, "I vote," she started, her voice growing confident, "that we go check on boots and then do whatever it takes to help him." She stopped for just a moment to plant a kiss on his hand, "I'm serious." And she was. She had lost her father, her best friend, and she wasn't about to let Jacob lose something that he cared about. She wondered if there was some wasy she could help. But what could she do? Grow flowers to make the infirmary room smell nice?

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The son of Ouranos was tempted to stay in the water but he wanted to be with her more than any of his temptations so he gladly followed her out of the water. He tilted his head down to the right so he could hear her over the waves and the excitedly screaming people around them. He smiled when she kissed his hand and he leaned in close enough to kiss her forehead. "I know. I can hear it in your voice...Alright, lets go." He quickly pulled her in for a hug before they began walking. Even if there wasn't something that they could do he could at least hear about the pups condition.

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia had mastered the art of ignoring crowds, especially when something serious was happening. But, she did catch an Ares girl yell, "Aaaw, look at the happy couple!" With a sarcastic tone. Accalia didn't even turn around, she simply snapped and the girl was wrapped up in vines that snaked from the seaweed in the water. Seaweed was a little hard for Accalia to control because it wasn't a land plant but in the moment she controlled it just fine. Accalia just clasped Jacobs hand as they approached the big house, "Lead the way." She said to Jacob.

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He wasn't too happy about the sarcastic shout from the Ares girl either and his mood with Boots didn't help. Of course he didn't know about the seaweed that came up from the water but truthfully he didn't care. He turned around his eyes dead set on one plan and raised a hand, his eyes flashing a murky white. He didn't care that it was going to ruin the whole day for the rest of the swimmers. He turned back around and nodded to Accalia, ignoring the quickly falling rain. If he had seen the face on the Ares girl when she realized all she could do was stand there in the cold rain. He didn't need to find the handle to the infirmary when they got to the big house since there was already an Apollo kid ready to open it for him. The grim silence didn't help but he could hear the small dogs heartbeat through it all so he knew that he was still alive...just sick. The son of Ouranos didn't bother to say anything. He probably couldn't anyways. He couldn't even see the look in his dogs eyes.

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia let go of Alex's hand once they got to the infirmary in order to rush over to the dogs side. He looked awful. There was an Apollo kid at his head. Accalia gave her a short nod and they girl left, giving them a moment of peace. For what seemed like a really long time neither of them said anything. They color in Jacobs face seemed to drain out quickly as she looked at him from across the little table that the dog was placed upon. Accalia opened her mouth to speak several times before finally slipping words through, "I think he'll... be..." before she could finish her sentence her own dog, Frederick, appeared from behind a dresser. He walked over to her and jump up so that his paws were on Boots's table. He looked almost as sad as Jacob did.

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It was a long time before Jacob realized he wasn't breathing. He was freaking out quite a bit, and it didn't help what he was going through when she couldn't think of anything to say to make him feel better. It took him a while before he realized why she stopped. Frederick was there. He was just quieter than normal. He hadn't heard him over the sound of the other patients. The Apollos knew what they were doing mostly. Boots wasn't whimpering horridly like he had been earlier. Then out of nowhere the infirmary noise stopped and Jacobs eyes widened, and he gulped trying to swallow the lump in his throat. "I can hear his hoarse breathing....." There was something wrong about how this time felt. Boots had gone through it before but...there was a horrible feeling in Jacobs stomach.