Strawberry Fields

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

Maren glanced at the berries growing on the vines curiously, then bent down beside one as if to pick it.

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

Mallory saw a small girl gazing at a strawberry bush. As she plucked one off, she smiled down at her. "You're supposed to pick them," she said as she stiffled a giggle.

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

((DAMNIT I forgot her lisp. -___-))
Maren grinned and plucked one off. "Sowwie, I wathn't thuwe."

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

((what does 'thuwie' mean?))
Mallory just laughed, and grinned. "That's ok. The other thing you do, is eat them. But only when no one's looking." To prove her point, she looked around, and popped one into her mouth.

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

((sure.))
Maren giggled. "Awe we allowed to do that?"

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

((oh! ^_^))
"If we don't get caught," she responded with a giggle of her own. Sticking her hand into her basket, she hadn't one of her many strawberries to the little blonde girl.

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

((*handed))
Maren smiled in thanks and popped it into her mouth.

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

((*gggrrr* thanks. Stupid spell-check *edit*))
Mallory smiled back. She quickly picked a ripe strawberry that was by her hip to replace the one she had given away.

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

"I'm Marrren," Maren said, struggling over the 'r' in her own name.

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

Mallory smiled at her, enjoying her lisp. "Hi, Marren. I'm Mallory. Pleasure to meet you."

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

"Pleathuwe." Maren popped another berry into her mouth.

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

Mallory bit her lip, holding back another giggle. "Don't eat too many, Maren. Too many will make you sick. Trust me." She made a face. She'd made that mistak once, but never would again.

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

Maren nodded. "Twutht me: I know how my body wowkth."

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

"Ok," Mallory replied, shrugging. "I just hope you don't puke on me. Ew!" She shuddered at the thought.

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

Maren laughed. "I won't. Pwomithe."

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

"Ok, good! I repeat, EW!!" She laughed, and started to pick the plump berries, then dropping them into the basket. Pick, then drop, pick, then drop.

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

"How long have you been at camp?" She asked.

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

"Since I was this many," Mallory said, holding up two fingers.

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

Maren raised her eyebrows. "Wo-ow."

[*~Silvypoo~* (Chaser of Artemis)]

Mallory nodded. "I didn't do much. Though Rosa always took good care of me. It was hard for me without her." She sighed. She'd missed Rosa terribly, but now sge was back with her family.What about you?" She asked her.

[Moon]

Philomela took a breath and sneakily stole a bunch a strawberries as she set foot on the fields. She took a bit into a sweet plump strawberry and licked her lips. She knew that whatever made the strawberries taste so good had to be because of some help from the Demeter kids.

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

Coincidentally, 'a Demeter kid' had been strolling through. She, of course, hadn't heard the news of her sister returning to camp in more or less one peace. Iviana bent down and examined a strawberry, a faint trace of a smile on her face.

[Moon]

Philo heard the tell-tale crunch of someone walking on the sstrwberry fields near by. She looked up annd smiled. It was Ivy. ((Of course, like I said to Whim yesterday, Philo has been at the camp for a while, so it makes sense if she knows Ivy. They are kinda alike in personality, so they probably would be friends.)) "Hey there Ivy! Whatcha doing here?"

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

((:3 kay))

Iviana looked up, a small smile residing on her lips. "Walking," she replied. "You?"

[Moon]

Philo smiled back. "Do you mean here here, or the metaphysical sense? If you mean the metaphysical sense, the I guess it's cuz...well,...I have no clue why humans exist. I have always thought that we are around so that we can tend to the earth, but idk," replied Philo sarcastically.

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

Iviana let out a small laugh. "You think too hard. What are you doing at the fields?" she clarified.

[Moon]

Philo thought about the question for about a nanosecond before answering "Well, I was hanging out with Sappho for a little bit in the grotto, and then I got hungry after I left, so I wandered off to the nearest food supply: the strawberry fields. These strawberries are so f****** good, Ivy. Seriously."

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

Iviana stood. "I think Cypress did most of it," she said, "She's really good at that kind of stuff."

[Moon]

"Well, the next time you or I see her, she needs to be thanked. So, how's life?"

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

Well, I found out that Renille loves me, and Cullen apparently has a b*tch... Iviana didn't dare voice her real reasons. Instead, she shrugged. "Good," she replied in a completely believable voice.

[Isobel *The Goddess of Annoyance*]

((FUDGEYEAHHEDOES! Sorry. Had to say that.))

[Moon]

Philo looked at Ivy's eyes for a few seconds. "Ok. You know, if you ever need to tell me anything, I'm right here," Philo said with sincerity.

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

Iviana smiled. "Im fine, Philo. Honestly."

[Moon]

Philo accepted the answer. "Ok, I ((don't))believe you. Well, I heard that Caspar came back. Ouch. The whole Myra-Caspar-Ajax-Rose thing sucks."

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

((The amphitheatre party happened a while ago))

[Moon]

((I'm talking about the Dec.31 party.))

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

((yah. Whim made it that date because we didn't know the exact date before))

[Moon]

((O.o))

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

((yah. Edit?))

[Moon]

((Yep.))

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

Moonstonesandbooks wrote: "Philo accepted the answer. "Ok, I ((don't))believe you. Well, I heard that Caspar came back. Ouch. The whole Myra-Caspar-Ajax-Rose thing sucks.""

"Oh. So that means..." Iviana trailed off. Her sister was probably dead. Why did she feel so neutral?

[Moon]

((Eh? Whose sister?Sowwie. Me half sleep. Its 1:40 am.))

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

((ah it's okay. You haven't been here long. Deitra Davis was originally supposed to die on the quest, but her angst died instead. So therefore she's still alive. But everyone thought she died on the quest)

[Moon]

"Anyway, that love square is going to end with a tragedy. I know it. Hopefully one that's not fatal," Philo predicted.

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

"Hopefully." Her voice was detached. Iviana was still pondering. Where was the body? How did Deitra die? Questions circled her mind.

[Moon]

"So...hey! I just realized something. You're sister...Dedire,no um.. Dayna,no um.. Deitra! There it is. Anyway, she's back," Philo said without noticing how detached Ivy was.

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

Several seconds ellapsed before Iviana registered the words. "What? She was... I thought she'd be.... Where is she?" she finally managed to blurt put.

[Moon]

"I don't know. But, she is alive," Philo blurte out.

[Iviana (The Sign Painter), The Goddess of indecisiveness]

"Oh my gods," Iviana muttered, pacing back and forth. The leaves of the strawberries crept towards the daughter of Demeter as she paced.

[Moon]

"Whoa. Are you okay. Calm down." Philo used her gift of healing emotions to stop the agitation and the flurry of emotions that Ivy felt and soothed them. She felt a bit of her energy drain away, but she wanted to stop the emtional wave.