PARTY HARDY (open)

[Axel Laughlen]

Axel knew his presence at the party was bound to put some people on edge, but this wasn’t his first day at the rodeo. He’d partied in camp before, maybe just not with this much of an audience, for what he could tell. Even to go as far as being friends with his cohort’s drunk was going some for the centurion. At least Axel had some influence over Aubin when things got out of hand during the week. Axel playfully batted the back of Aubin’s head for insulting his efforts to look good and shook his head with a smile.

Not taking his slightly intoxicated eyes off of Astrid, he eyed her up and down as she came over to the group, obeying Flynn’s request to hit her joint. Axel cringed as she tried to smoke. Although, he couldn’t say much because he didn’t like smoking either, and stopped after trying it once. He preferred drinking, and he didn’t like the aftermath of being crossfaded anyway. He waited for Astrid to stop coughing to say, “Hey Princess, fancy seeing you here. Getting used to camp in the best way possible, I see.” Grinning, he offered the pretty blonde a beer instead. “Here, you’ll like this better.”

The boy felt a nudge, and turned to Aubin. Axel followed the other demigod's gaze, leading it to another blond girl hanging out in the corner of the room. He smirked to his friend, and asked in a hushed tone only so he could hear, "What, do you want me to go over there and talk you up or something?" He knew that look in Aubin's eyes. It was when he wanted to know something. "She looks like she needs to loosen up," he observed, nodding in Anya's direction and speaking to the group again.

Bringing his bottle up to his lips, Axel raised an eyebrow at Jen. Didn’t she know by now that he was the cool centurion, or ‘fuzz’ as she put it. He guessed the rebellious girl was just slow to trust, especially with something that he was supposed to be against. Before Axel had the chance to defend himself, Aubin did so for him. Smirking, the centurion reached across the group and tapped his bottle to Jen's in cheers. “You’re welcome, pal.”

(Third paragraph was edited in, sorry Clio! But I like how this turned out xD)

[Alexander Rossi]

Alex sighed. Well if you ever needed to catch up on the local gossip or on a certain legionnaire’s ‘riding’ abilities this was the place to do it. At least the beer was free although he had his doubts as to how long it would last with the present company. There was one girl who seemed to not be like the other however and by the deer in head lights look she was giving it seemed as if she could use some rescuing even if that meant directing her back to her own, much safer, barracks. She certainly didn’t look like the partying type.

“Not your usual crowd I take it?” He said nodding to Anya who was still standing by the door. “Or at least it wasn’t what you were expecting.” He gave a wry chuckle unsure how she would take someone she didn’t know talking to her. He didn’t think he was a scary guy but you never could tell with some people. “I’m Alex by the way.”

[anastasia gregorovich]

Anya turned to look at the boy who decided to talk to her. She had been just about ready to leave when she realized that Tawny was a no-show. Hearing the bragging of the nearby group about certain 'riding' skills was not exactly what she had in mind for a party. Then again the last party she had gone to was three years ago. At least the one approaching her didn't seem that bad. "Not really. I only came because a friend of mine said she would be here." She replied with an awkward smile.

"Nice to meet you Alex, I'm Anastasia, but people call me Anya." She introduced herself. "Actually this is my first time at a demigod party and an actual party in like, forever. So I'm not sure what I was expecting."