Sugar, We're Goin' Down || HECATE

[Nico di Angelo]

Nico and horses never got along. And yet that didn't stop him from trying. He thought they were beautiful. Everything about Poseidon's creations drew Nico in. And everything about the son of Hades repelled the horses. All of the horses at Camp Olympus (and the ones when he'd been at Camp Half-blood) hated him. he smelled of death and creatures of the Underworld. But Nico liked to try.

On this particular day, Nico was armed with carrots and sugar cubes. He hung a few stolen carrots off of his belt and a bag of sugar cubes was tied around one of his belt loops. The brunet was near silent as he slunk into the stables. He hoped if the horses didn't hear him, only saw him, they would be more inclined to let him pet them. Nico stepped out of the shadows and into the stable, wincing when the nearest horses started whinnying earnestly and trying to get as far away from him as they could. Nico winced and pulled out a carrot, walking toward a horse who was cowering in its stall but not making any noise.

Nico offered the carrot out to the horse. The two had a staring match before the horse hesitantly took the carrot, munching it loudly. When he was done, he whinnied and Nico couldn't help but smile a bit, untying the sugar cubes. He dumped a few into his hand and set the bag on the ground, offering his palm to the horse. The horse eagerly began eating the sugar cubes, even allowing the brunet to rub his nose.

"You're a sweet one," Nico cooed, rubbing between the horse's eyes. "You're a real sweet thing, aren't you?" He tensed slightly, though, when he heard footsteps in the stable with him. He didn't turn around, but continued to pet the horse in front of him. "Sweet thing." The horse huffed and leaned back, staring at him expectantly. "You want more? You pig," Nico chided warmly, offering the horse another carrot as he did so. His shoulders were still tense, his senses going wild. He didn't know who was in there with him but it was a strong presence that almost scared Nico.

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Hecate was lonely, and looking for someone or something tondo. She had lost herse,f recentlt in mischeviousness of her plots, and needed to have some quality male female time. Thinming aboutbswining through, and seeingnwhich of the gods would want something from her, she emerged from the woods and made her way past the stab,es only to double back at the young male voice.

This could be promising. Shw thought as she walked in. " Do they usually let the campers just roam around all alone"

[Nico di Angelo]

"Do they usually let the campers just roam around all alone"

Nico flinched at the voice and continued to pet the horse as he tried to place it. While Nico didn't know every single person at the camp, he knew he had a good grasp on most people. And this voice was unfamiliar, but undoubtedly feminine. Nico gave the horse one last pet and turned to look at the woman.

For a second, Nico thought he was looking at Lilly, mainly because this woman's hair was as fiery red as his half sister's. But when he looked more closely, this woman was too old to be Lilly.

"I'm a cabin counselor," he explained slowly. "And my sisters hardly need to take orders from me. Hades cabin does what it wants."

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Hecate felt her eyebrows sjoot up in suprise as he said he was the counciler of Hades Cabin. " A son of Hades? My my, aren't you just a weed in the flower garden. aif you know anything of your father and his wife then younmust know something of me."

Walking up to the stall beside him she held out her hand and wiht a showy flourish she summoned a suage cube for the beast. Clicking her tongue she urged it forward and kissed the nose of the pegasus when it bumped against her chest. " Aren't you just a sweet thing? Not like my mean baby at home are you? No, so much nicer." She spoke almost in baby talk to the animal.

" I will give you three hints. I hold domain in three areas of Kronos' sons, I am not a Major Goddess, and few can name a three of my roles."

[Nico di Angelo]

Nico's eyebrows narrowed when the woman called him a weed in the flower garden. He resisted the urge to tell her to fuck right off and focused on the rest of her words. "I don't care much for Lady Persephone," he said harshly. "Because I don't like being turned into flowers." He wrinkled his nose at the memory and watched the vibrant haired woman approach the horse next to the one he was with.

" I will give you three hints. I hold domain in three areas of Kronos' sons, I am not a Major Goddess, and few can name a three of my roles."

Nico wanted to sneer. He didn't hang out in the stables to play guessing games with Goddesses. He also knew when he could get away with insulting one of the immortal and when he couldn't. He cocked his head to the side and his brain went straight to MythoMagic, his mind paging through the cards he once owned and memorized (and he still had under his mattress).

"Hecate," he stated suddenly. "Goddess of Magic and Witchcraft. You tend to show up when someone is at a crossroad and needs to make a choice. You have 6000 health points and your attack power is half that."