Settling in to a new home [Open]

[Leon Orcot]

After parking his car down by the forges, Leon slowly walked up the steps towards the building Chiron had told him was the Hephaestus Cabin. It was a brick building, with some smoke stacks coming out of the top of it. Standing on the porch he looked at the large round metal door in front of him before sighing, "Well, it looks like this will be my new home for awhile. I guess it's time to say hello to my brothers and sisters. Here goes nothing." He knocked on the door before opening it and stepping inside. Looking around he shuffled over to what he assumed was an empty bunk as there was nothing around it, it was also furthest from the entrance to the cabin. Setting his rucksack and bag on top of it he began to unpack his things. At the foot of his bunk he found a foot locker similar to the one he used at basic and while deployed. He swiftly unpacked all of his clothes and hygiene products into the locker before locking it up out of habit. He placed a picture of him and his mother on his sixteenth birthday beside his bed, along with a small metal sculpture of his car that she had made for him. Tucking his wrench into a loop on the side of his pants he pulled out his M26-IAR and wondered where he should place it. Not knowing anyone else in the cabin yet, he decided it was best to keep the rifle on him, so he pulled out a sling for it and swiftly attached it before securing it onto his back. He then sat down on the bed to think for a short while.

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Finally she was starting to feel a little better, as well as look a little better. She'd started eating again, and she didn't constantly feel like someone was watching her. Most of that was thanks to Audrey, and she couldn't have been happier to have the Huntress around. For the last week or so, she'd been glued to the other girl's hip, but she figured she actually needed to get some work done. Sadly, the forges were far too crowded, so she grabbed up her kit and made the trek back to the cabin. She had a full station next to her bed, and she was just setting gems, so it wouldn't take up that much space or use that many tools. As she usually did, she pushed straight into the cabin, not looking up from the ground as she moved to her bed near the back of the room. She dropped the kit onto her rainbow cheetah bed spread before she crouched down, pulling out her collapsible work bench.

She'd been about to get everything set up when she finally noticed the other person in the cabin, a person she hadn't seen before. "Oh. Wow. Hi. Didn't see you there. Guess I spaced a little, huh?" She quickly issued out the greeting before she set up her kit on the table, hoping to at least get some work done and not procrastinate.

[Leon Orcot]

Leon was shaken from his thoughts by someone arriving inside the cabin. Looking up he blinked as what he assumed was one of his sisters walked inside the cabin to the bunk across from his. She dropped what looked like a tool kit onto her bunk, which had this weird, to him, bed spread on it. I get the feeling that she likes rainbows. He chuckled a bit to himself as she said hello. He took a quick note of the collapsible work bench she set up, making a mental note to build one of those for himself.

"Hello, and I don't mind, I was kind of out of it myself. My name is Leon Orcot, I'm new here in camp. I guess I'm your half-brother." He stood up and walked over to her to see if he could shake her hand before she got too deep into her work. He knew once he got into it, it was almost impossible to get his attention without physical contact. And since they had just me he didn't feel it was a smart idea to initiate that kind of thing. "What are you working on, if you don't mind me asking?"

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She couldn't help but smile as she gave a nod, returning his hand shake before she finished setting out her wires and gems. "Princess Madson, and you're guessing right. Nice to meet ya." She was glad that Audrey had helped her get her back her social skills, or else she'd probably be a blubbering mess in front of this brother of hers. When she finally stepped back, she hopped onto her bed, happy with the energy. "Jewelry. It's just a thing I do. Chiron sends someone out every month to sell my stuff to help with money for the camp." She explained as she unrolled her tool kit, pulling out a couple pair of pliers and her mini-blowtorch. She was glad for having siblings who were savvy with building things. Sure, she could make jewelry and make pretty designs on armor and kick some serious ass, but more often than not, she had no idea what she was doing. She couldn't build machines or anything like that, so when her siblings made her cool stuff, she treasured it until it broke.

[Leon Orcot]

Leon looked on over her shoulder as she finished pulling her tools and materials out. Thinking on her name immediately made him think of Han Solo in Star Wars and how he usually refers to Princess Leia. "Interesting stuff there your highness. I've never worked with jewelry before, I usually stick to cars and other machines. Being raised in an auto shop probably does that. I may think of giving it a shot in the future. I also will be pressing my own rounds for this bad boy here." He said while jostling the rifle on his shoulder. Leon stood there quietly watching her as she worked, very interested in seeing how she put everything together, staying quiet because he knew he liked the peace when he worked.

He suddenly had a question pop into his mind and whispered quietly as to not make her jump and mess up what she was doing, "After you have finished, would you mind if I took a look at this collapsible workbench of yours? I want to see how it works so I can build one for myself later." He padded back to his bag for a moment to grab his sketch book, where he kept all of his designs for the various things he built. This was actually his fifth one, the other four being in the bag still and filled up with ideas and creations. He grabbed a pencil from a box inside the bag and walked quietly back over to his new, apparently younger sister.