Moon lights up the night (open)

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Calum was seated on the beach. Darkness was around him and only the light of the moon shone down upon the sea and sand. It was dark, but Calum happily sat with a book on his lap, reading away. He probably read this book over ten times already but he couldn't help but love it dearly. The Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Ring. It was quite a read but well, Calum didn't really have many other things to do at night either way. During the night most people were quiet and silent and asleep. Calum lived mostly during the time his mother had her power. It was night, Nyx, that he was loyal to. She was strange, beautiful and well, his mother. He had never actually seen her that he remembered but he found more comfort in having a strange concept like night to cherish as his mother than a physical being that didn't visit him every single day. Or rather, night. Calum felt blessed and smiled as he turned a page. His favourite characters were around and he quite enjoyed their interaction. 

With a soft sigh he read on, captured by the adventures of his beloved characters even after having read that same book multiple times. The night was still young and the moon was rising, driving through the sky. In a way, Calum couldn't help but wonder if the night truly was more feminine than day. Night had mostly patron Goddesses, his mother and Artemis being prime examples. He also noticed that Apollo, Helios and well, most things he associated with day were male Deities. Calum had a large amount of respect for woman and really admired the huntresses, although he would never think of dating them. He considered it amusing they seemed to hate all males though. When a sudden noise caught his attention he decided to close his book. His hand reached for the coiled chain hanging on his belt and in an instant his hands were wrapped around the cool metal. "Who's there?" He asked suspiciously, his eyes scanning the area. If they wanted to attack him, they'd need a ranged weapon, not to mention great aim. 

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As every night for the last month and a half, Mae was wide awake. She'd spent at least two hours in the Arts building, trying to keep herself busy. Even after a pile of arm knit scarfs, she still wasn't tired, so she settled on a walk. Maybe she could tire herself out if she took a few laps around the camp. As she moved around the cabins, she kept the built in light of her metal arm off, it was too risky being caught out at night, especially with her reputation for just sneaking off and getting lost or hurt. She was a bit of a klutz. She moved through the forest, holding onto trees as she moved, figuring the beach was a safe bet. Sure, it would be a bit colder than the rest of the camp, but with the large hoodie, sweatpants, and giant knit scarf she was warm enough. Plus, she only had to really worry about one hand getting cold.

When she finally reached the sand, she had been paying attention to the sky. It was a pretty stupid idea on her part. At the sudden change of terrain, Mae's feet faultered, and she landed on her face in the slightly frigid sand with a loud "Oof." She didn't make a move to get up, though. Maybe this was what she got for not telling John about her meds failing. Karma sure was a bitch. Even more so when she heard the voice further down the beach. She didn't feel like getting shanked so she attempted to crawl to her knees, coughing and spitting out sand. She couldn't really get a word out, since the grains refused to dislodge from her throat and nose.

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Calum was quite certain he'd heard somebody out there. Or maybe some thing even. As a son of Nyx, he could easily see in the dark and he found himself scanning his surroundings, trying to find out where the noise came from and if it was friend or foe. When his eyes landed upon a dark shape in the sand, he slowly started approaching. He was a little wary as it wasn't quite so common for most campers to be out and about at this time of night. That it was perfectly normal and natural to him was a whole other story of course, but not one that he was used to throwing in the faces of others. It kept the night a lot calmer for him if most people were just quiet and sleeping while it was dark. He fixed his eyes upon the moving form in the sand and put his weapon away as he noticed it was just another camper. Not to mention this one seemed to have fallen in the sand. Not exactly the most intimidating way to approach the beach. Calum wasn't exactly close to most other people in camp so he actually wasn't quite sure who this was. He was fairly certain that she wasn't in his cabin though.

He put the chain away and walked over to her, leaning forward to extend a hand to help her up. "Are you okay?" He asked, a fairly gentle expression on his face. Falling face first into the sand, as she appeared to have done, was not exactly the most fun thing to do. Apart from that, he'd be pretty embarrassed if he'd been found with his head in the sand. He didn't really want to make this agonising for her in any way, so he made sure to keep neutral and not try to make any funny remarks. "I'm Calum by the way." He said, vaguely recalling his manners enough to think of introducing himself. It was the least he could do after his rather hostile response to her fall. He did feel a bit bad about that one, although he reasoned that the response was logical enough for anybody being sneaked up on at night. The harpies did get picky about curfew at times, something he did his best to ignore. He was still hoping to get a reverse curfew opted for him. Stay in during the day but allowed to get out at night. It wasn't like he had much better to do.