face your fears | accalia

[Acacia Cassidy]

This thread is for @suzie1 - --- - --- - --- - --- - --- - It had only been a few days since Acacia had first arrived at Camp Half-Blood, or whatever this place was called. It seemed like the camp was in the middle of something she didn't really understand and there was some sort of divide between Roman and Greek gods or whatever. To Acacia, it didn't mean a single thing. He blonde hair was pulled up into a long, wavy ponytail that was perched on the top of her head in a way that made it look like a high class up-do. Her painted fingers tugged at the hem of her little black tank-top. Despite the fact that she knew she didn't look bad, she was still concerned about the shirt being too short. She was standing at the base of the rock-wall, not sure why she thought this would be a good idea. Maybe it was because there was no one here, or maybe it had something to do with the fact that, in her entire life, he had never had the opportunity to do something just because it would be fun. It was hard to avoid wanting to climb a rock wall just for the heck of it. So here she was, harnessed carefully to whatever the long rope was attached to and staring at the little pegs that didn't look like they would be strong enough to hold up a baby, let alone Acacia. She tried to reach the nearest one but her hand was shaking so badly she was forced to pull back.

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Accalia was a little concerned about this climbing wall. Her siblings
in the Demeter cabin told her that they were assigned to practice on
the wall for one hour today. Whatever that meant. Accalia made her way
there and got some help getting strapped in. She turned to the girl next
to her, "So, I've never done this before. Have you?" At first
Accalia assumed she had, this girl wasn't Roman. But the way the blonde
hesitated made her question it. Perhaps she was new to the camp or maybe
she wasn't and she was just really scared of the climbing wall. Well,
either way, Accalia was glad to have someone beside her.

Rome was
all about teamwork, and maybe Accalia could convince this girl to work
with her. It would make things a whole lot easier for both of them,
really. Accalia sighed, glancing up toward the top of the wall. She
couldn't deny that the Greeks were... creative. Heck, this thing was
pretty impressive even she couldn't deny that. She just wasn't sure if
she was ready to jump into it yet.

[Acacia Cassidy]

Come one, Acacia. You go this. It's just a wall. You're not even afraid of heights or anything. She was about to start her climbing when another person joined her at the rock wall. Acacia turned her head to look at her. The girl was so pretty. Acacia smiled at her and shook her head, "No, actually. I've never done this before. Not a lot of rock walls on the streets of New York, ya know?" She joked, her nervous feeling only amplified by the other girls fear. Great. That was exactly what wasn't going to help. What Acacia needed was someone who was going to tackle the wall fearlessly. Maybe then she could have feed off that feeling and pulled herself off the ground also.

[[I'm sorry it's so short...]]

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Accalia smiled briefly at the girl, "Never seen much of New York. But I guess it's a good thing that you haven't encountered any burning lava walls there," she nodded. She looked back up towards the top, trying to build up her own courage. She turned back to the girl, "On three?" If there was one thing that Romans were good at, it was boosting moral. Teamwork was something that they cherished. Accalia knew it would be better to work together on this wall then to just stare at it all day and not say a word to each other. Accalia was only anti-social to an extent, but training was something she took seriously, like all Romans. Accalia now guessed that the girl must have been Greek, because she clearly had only lived in New York and not California. Still, she decided to ask her about it later.

(don't be! I love short posts! Especially in action type things.)

[Acacia Cassidy]

It was exactly what she needed. Acacia couldn't keep the smiled off her face as she readied herself for the climb. She reached up and place her hands on two of the nearest pegs, getting prepared to hoist herself off the ground. Acacia looked at the girl and nodded, "Bet I'll beat you to the top." She challenged, bracing her body and turning her eyes to the sky, "One." She waited for the other girl to continue the count.

(Duly Noted)

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Accalia was a little confused by the crazy smile that seemed to attack the girls face, but she was glad. She didn't seem nearly as nervous as she had a second ago. Just another example why working together was better. And even better yet, a competition. Accalia found herself smiling back, "Yeah, okay. I'll take that bet!" She bit her lip in excitement as she readied herself, placing her hands on two pegs in front of herself, similar to the way Acacia had, "Two..." she said. Then, "Three!". She was assuming that Acacia had said three at the same time as her, but she was too busy beginning to climb to worry about that.

[Acacia Cassidy]

Acacia pulled herself up off the ground and started to reach for each peg like her life depended on it. Once she got the hang of climbing, it actually wasn't so hard. It was when the lava started gushing from the top threatening to burn her that things got...well...hot. She trying jumping from one side to the other and, for while, was successful. She glanced to her side and noticed the girl was slightly behind her. Getting a little confident, Acacia jump from one peg and another. Just before her fingers closed around the stone, it retracted into the wall causing her to lose her balance and begin falling toward the ground. If it wasn't for the harness, which caught her after only a few feet, Acacia probably would have splatted in the dirt like an egg in one of those weird experiments. Giving herself a second to take a breath would have cost her too much of the competition. She reached ahead and tried to grasp at part of the wall for support, but couldn't seem to get herself in the groove she was in before.

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Accalia started reaching for the pegs, being startled every now and then when one would disappear. She used her legs more than her hands for strength though, they were a bit better and this then her arms were. Accalia saw the other girl jump and looked up to see what had caused it. Lava was heading straight for her. Accalia swung herself to the opposite side that Acacia had gone, barely missing the lava. Great, now she was a few feet behind. Accalia turned when she saw Acacia suddenly fall and bounce in her harness for a second. "You okay?" Accalia called, stopping for a moment. But when the girl started to climb again, Acalia did too.

[Acacia Cassidy]

It was like someone had flipped a switch inside Acacia making her basically inept. She was laughing and trying to reach the top but, at this rate,  it didn't seem like she was even going to make it halfway up. She turned her eyes to the other girl and tried to focus on catching up. She was getting closer, only a few feet behind now. She reached up and yanked herself forward, propelled by the other girl's motivation and her own stubborn will. Acacia reached forward to press her button that would announce that she had won when the siren went off. Accalia had beaten her. Oh well. Not like that mattered much. Once the button had been pressed, the dangerous pieces of the wall stopped shifting, allowing Acacia to pulled herself up on top of the wall and dangle her feet over the edge, looking down at the ground that seemed so much further away than what she remembered climbing. Between gulps of air, she looked at her climbing companion and smiled a dazzling, toothy smile, worthy of Aphrodite herself, "Nicely done!" Her own adrenaline was masking the emotions of the other girl at the moment and the feeling was wonderful, "I'm Acacia Cassidy. Daughter of Aphrodite." She shrugged, "Still not really used to introducing myself that way..."

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