Sun, Sand, Sweat

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Take Me Down To Your Paradise

It was rare for Nathan to ever leave the Titan stronghold, mainly because he didn't know for the longest time whether he was allowed to or not. He wasn't that naive anymore, thankfully. He felt like he was finally learning the ropes for the entire establishment. Granted, the rules and way of life was far more intimidating than he was accustomed to. Sure, back when live with mortals he was always seen as intimidating but now that he was surrounded by people more prominent and powerful than him, well, it made him like nothing. A nice pile of nothing just meandering around doing his own business. Yeah, his self confidence was up there. But you know, he would do something to prove himself, he was almost sure of it.He was just waiting for the prime opportunity of course. He couldn't do something that would fail or just turn him into a laughing stock.

He suppose that was why he was out here now. He mean that the camp full of demigods was around here somewhere.Okay, one of the camps, the joint one. The renegades would kill themselves off so he needn't worry about them. He didn't understand why people would choose to suffer in smaller numbers rather than team up. More numbers meant they were stronger, didn't it? Then again, there wasn't many titans out there but they were pretty strong. Stronger than stupid demigods. They though they were so high and mighty because their parents were gods and their parents are famous. It annoyed him. He wanted just grab the throat of a demigod and crush it, wouldn't be too hard, they were weak anyway. Have you ever looked into a myth and read about the gods? They were too benevolent, too kind, too well, he suppose selfish was a good enough word for it. They were egotistic, always demanding attention and demanding the desire of any man or woman who they deemed pleasing to look at. Such dogs. 

He walked with his hands deep in his pockets as he headed in the direction he had been told lay the combined camp. He didn't really know what to expect. Would they question him? Would they know he really wasn't a demigod? Maybe this was a stupid idea of his, proving himself or not. Besides, he had plenty of time to turn back and he was still surrounded by people, the public. No one sane would attack here, even if the mist existed it was never good to tempt that, especially with rumors of how police were these days. Besides, Nathan didn't plan on getting into a fight today, it'd be too boring and obvious. Oh wow, a titan, lets fight him! Please, if it was night they wouldn't stand a chance. But of course, it was day and Nathan wouldn't put his money on himself to win the fight either. So he just walked, passing all the little shops and vendors on the street. He accidentally walked into one and half the display came crashing down but he didn't stop. After all, it was just an old woman screaming at him. She'd probably pass out from the yelling before she could really do anything and he didn't care about the cold looks he was getting form people who say. 

Words:572 |@merci| This was suppose to be much longer, sorry! 
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❝ Merci had spent most of her time within the confinement of the camp, no one really let her go anywhere alone. Perhaps it was there fear that she would find herself somewhere she wasnt suppose to be or that someone might take the girl without even a second thought. Merci was a lover not a fighter, she had no desire to be involved in the war but her family was and there for so was she. Merci hated wars, she found them to be pointless and pretty much stupid honestly. She didnt know the whole story though, the titans were supposedly at fault for the romans and the greeks attacking one another, but merci felt like maybe just maybe there was more behind the story, like someone did not tell them the full truth.  Sighing softly she wanted to change her own personal subject so she moved to a vendor and bought something for camp, she placed it into her basket and moved slowly to walk away when she heard the sound of a crashing booth and an old lady screaming at some boy. Merci frowned slightly and moved towards the vendor handing them a wad of cash with an apologetic looks and darted after the boy a serious expression on her face. By the time she caught up she was out of breath. "Excuse me, did you not feel the booth in your arm? Or hear the lady talking to you? Seriously that was rather rude." She frowned and moved to grab the boys hand to stop him in his tracks a curious expression on her face. She didnt understand why or how someone could be so mean, perhaps he was half asleep and did not see where he was going? Merci adjusted her basket of fruits and veggies set for the camp and looked up at the male, her eyes scanning his for any sign of danger though she doubted he`d scream danger to her, he was far to cute to be dangerous. "I took care of the lady, please just be more careful where you walk please." She bit her lip and held out her hand smiling softly. "My name is Merci Laheurte, a please to meet you." She beamed brightly at the male and fought back a blush. She was almost never this forward in camp, she had become a hermit but now here she was with a total stranger who wasnt involved in the bad things that were happening, at least she didnt know he was involved. "Would you mind if I walked with you for a while?" She asked in a sweet tone. Honestly merci wanted nothing more than to get away from camp for a while. She bit her lower lip and blushed softly at the thought of walking with another human, a male who she found to be extremely appealing. Her heart raced as she moved to his side and began to walk, she smiled sweetly and let her basket rock back and forth n her hand. It was nice to feel the warmth of the air on her face and to be in the company of a cute boy was probably the best thing to happen to merci since sliced bread. As always the girl always feel for the boy with the pretty eyes, she smiled softly and looked at him with a blush from the corner of her eyes, she hadnt thought much about what she`d do when she left camp. Would she want to start a family with a normal person? She feared that she hadn`t thought the rest of her life through and now she had more than ever to worry about. ❞

credit to DODGER of WW

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Take Me Down To Your Paradise

Nathan kept walking, ignoring the yelling until he felt his arm being grabbed and he turned, already having an annoyed look on his face, hardening as the girl spoke. Who did she think she was? Some naive child no doubt probably thinking life can always be a fairy-tale adventure.The girl had a curious expression on her face, probably thought violence didn't exist in the world. Naivety would definitely be the downfall of mankind, especially in little girls. Nathan just gave a shrug to her questions and was prepared to keep walking when the girl decided to keep talking and introduce herself.

If he had wanted to know her name, he would have asked. Did he ask? No. He rolled his eyes some. And she had taken care of the lady. Hold the phone boys, we got a saint here. Talk about annoying, just listening to her."If you're expecting a thank you, you're going to be sadly mistaken." He shrugged. He suppose he could give her her name, it's not like he was known all that well as anyone special if she was a demigod. Hell, he figured that most people, er, demigods, wouldn't even know of his mother. So there was that too. "My name's Nathan Bridgewell, why do you care about whether or not I was rude. People are rude all the time, doesn't stop anything." Nathan asked with annoyance. His curiosity having gotten the best of him. 

Then he stopped short. She wanted to talk with him? He didn't even know where she was going plus weren't kids taught to not talk to strangers? It was a wonder how this girl had survived for so long if she decided to be such an idiot like this. Her parents must be one of those hippie parents, it would explain everything perfectly. How else would a child have grown up to be so forward and eager to just jump into a strangers life. This was like the perfect child to kidnap too, where were the white vans when she was younger? She probably would have been one to walk, no, skip, to the pretend candy. But yet with all this he decided to walk. 

Doing so he glanced at her and almost dropped her hand right there. Why in Hades was her face blushing? Oh gods, was this one of those girls who also fell in love with someone just by touching them. Nathan's mind quickly went to raise to thinking he had been affects by some Aphrodite demigod kid and wanted to raise hell for it, but she seemed too soft for that. She was a curiosity ."Didn't your parents ever talk to you about not to trust a stranger. What if I decided to kidnap you or something." Nathan asked, looking straight ahead so that he would not have to see the hint of color on Merci's face which for some reason made her look really cute and appealing, not that Nathan would ever admit to finding attraction in one so stupid. 

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