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“Don’t worry. I’m not so good at all games.” Genie said with a chuckle. “And I don’t have to win all the time. I just liked having fun with you and playing Monopoly is fun even if I did smoke ya.” At this she reached over and playfully pushed the girl’s shoulder. There were more important things in life than winning all the time. Cute Dionysus girls were one of those things in Genie’s book and she wouldn’t begrudge Lydia her revenge in other board games especially if those games resulted in some interesting outcomes. “I can think of a few games I wouldn’t mind losing at either. Just so you know.”

Lydia wasn’t finished with her analysis though and Genie set back and listened with interest. “Yeah machines and blueprints have just always made since ya know? The same thing goes with my inventions. Sometimes an idea just pops in my head and then I wonder how I never thought of it before.” Maybe there was something to all this psychoscienceologicalism stuff. Genie didn’t understand it but it seemed to work. “I think I learned some stuff about you too Lydia. I was already getting a pretty good idea though so I’m not sure how much of it was just the game but I think I've got a little analysis of my own.”

The game was finally over. Lydia was conceding defeat. Genie had become the sole property tycoon of Monopoly land. Now if only Monopoly money was real money but that was life she supposed. Genie giggled and spread a handful of Monopoly bills out in her hand like a fan. "I told you I was playing to win." She said as she glance at the girl over the curve of her money fan. "Don't worry though. I won't be too hard on you. I like you staying in my hotels too much."

Genie was delighted she had won but more importantly she was delighted at how much fun she had. She knew Lydia was probably examining her every move but the funny thing was she didn't really mind. In fact she was kind of curious what Lydia was thinking right now after their big game night. "So, what do you think about me based off of my game playing skills? I didn't scare you away did I?"

At least Lydia was honest about wanting to test her theories out on her. Genie supposed that wasn’t really bad. The girl liked psychology after all and it was only natural to examine someone you were interested in. Was she a good psychological match for Lydia? Was that even a thing? There was only one way to find out and if it involved spending some more time alone with the girl then that was alright with her.

“Guess I’ll have to be on my best behavior then.” Genie smirked at the girl. “I warn you though I play to win.” She gave Lydia a playful wink letting her know that this was going to be fun. It would be fun to find out what Lydia thought of her but she might try to hold it back from her. Genie really didn’t mind either way but she might have to try some persuasion if the Dionysus girl started holding back. For now though she was anxious to get started. “Yeah, come on. I want to see how good you really are at Monopoly.”

Meal time was a good time in Genie’s book. It was a time to eat and socialize with your siblings and just take a break from all the training and the work. Plus you got to eat and that was something Genie enjoyed too. The Hephaestus girl wasn’t the best cook in the world. She had tried to make a cake once and it ended up being more protein than anything sweet. Needless to say it was an experience that she would rather forget and when she could get food prepared for her that was never a bad thing.

At the moment though Genie was just about done with all that. She had done the socializing and eating thing and now she was just sitting around playing with one of her latest creations. It was a small automaton turtle that she had been working on for a while now. It wasn’t really much to look at but it was a fun pet to play with as was the case with many of her creations. This one she had built with a few special features that she was testing out now while she waited for dinner time to be over. Several of her siblings were gathered around watching as well but for the most part it was a pretty normal night.

So involved in what she was doing Genie didn’t really notice the new girl enter. Normally it would have been a bigger deal as a new unclaimed camper meant a potential brother or sister which was always fun but unfortunately unclaimed also meant they would be sitting at the Hermes table and it was kind of hard to meet new people when everyone was segregated. Still, it didn’t take long for their quiet night to suddenly become a little more exciting.

Genie was watching the little turtle, she had named it Shellder because she thought that was cute, spin on its back when it happened. Everyone got suddenly quiet and Genie felt an elbow jab into her ribs making her look up sharply. “Huh? Ooooooooooh...” It didn’t take her eyes long to find the big glowing trident sitting above the new girl’s head. The gods definitely knew how to make a show and it sure changed the atmosphere of the mess hall in an instant.

Now Genie had been at camp a minute or two and had seen plenty of claimings but she always thought it was cool. Of course it was obvious that the new girl wasn’t going to be joining them at the Hephaestus cabin, she was a big three kid no less, but that didn’t really make a difference. Genie stared at the girl in awe as the trident disappeared leaving by an eerie silence. A silence that was broken as Shellder shot up a little multi colored firework that popped and fizzled in the air about their heads. That was enough to break the spell and Genie immediately gave the girl a big grin. “Congratulations! You’re a Poseidon kid!”

What was she doing? Was she crazy? There was no way, no way, that this would work and yet, somehow Lydia's face lit up and she began to giggle. Genie supposed Lydia could have been laughing at her but that's not what it sounded like. Instead, it sounded like happy giggles and sure enough they were. Still, Genie could hardly believe it. "Really? You like me too?" She asked excitedly.she had been holding her feelings in and now they threatened to come rushing out so to contain her excitement she did the only thing she could think to do at the moment and wrapped Lydia up in a big hug.

"Oh Lydia that's great. I wanted to tell you before so bad but I didn't know what you'd say. Now, to know you feel the same way..." She gave the girl a quick squeeze and then stood back from her at arms length still smiling the biggest absolutely brightest smile she could. She didn't know how this moment could have gotten any better. Lydia was an awesome girl and now she knew that Genie liked her. All she had to do now was make sure she didn't mess things up somehow. "Thanks Lydia. You really are the best. I guess good things happen in forges huh?"

Genie wasn't really sure what to think about all that. The dancing they were doing now seemed perfectly fine to her and Lydia's music selections were great. We're the Dionysus parties really so wild and crazy? She guessed she would just have to take Lydia's words for it and hope for more of these private parties instead. Luckily she thought she could be more than satisfied with that. Now if she could only get up the nerve to really slow dance with her or something nice like that.

"Well I'd want you for a dance partner for sure. Ya know, if you didn't have anyone in mind already that is." She smiled hoping that maybe Lydia didn't have anyone in mind. It would make things easier if Lydia didn't have her eye on anyone yet. She liked Lydia but would have felt bad trying to move in if there was someone else in the picture and it was better to find out now if there was any chance at all or not. "This is definitely nicer though. Just two people and good music. Kind of a strange place for a dance party though I guess."