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Waves crashed loudly against the lake shores, the moon's soft, beautiful light gently reflecting off the water's surface. It was truly a stunning sight, it was quiet and peaceful. Most of the other folk at Camp Jupiter were asleep in their barracks-- or other people's barracks...

-- Octavian truly despised the night, yet day was no better. At night Octavian was left to his thoughts, simply left to ponder his life and what he does. Is this truly the way he wanted to live? If he could be honest, he didn't know WHY he was trying to become Praetor- it was just a thought slipped into his mind when he was brought to the Camp by Lady Lupa when he was simply Eleven Years Old. Of course, he tries his best to not question it! He can't doubt his past seven years of work, oh no, no, no.

-- Octavian was instructed by one of Camp Jupiter's Guidance Counselors that he HAD to get outside more. Being inside of his augur temple for days on end with little to no sustenance nor human interaction was very unhealthy, and Octavian was informed his augur position could very well be taken away due to being seen as mentally unstable and unfit for the role.

-- So now, here Octavian was at the lakeside with people he never thought he'd be around-- Dakota, the Koolaid addict, and the leader of the fifth cohort... In Octavian's opinion, the most shameful role one could have. Then, he was also with Hazel Levesque, some screw up daughter of Pluto, alongside her brother, Nico Di Angelo, also a son of Pluto. Of course-- Nico was Pluto's ambassador, so Octavian held much more respect for Nico, and Nico was just generally a higher rank. Then there was Frank Zhang, some messed up child of Mars with the tendencies of Apollo kids. Octavian couldn't help but to be disgusted by Frank... A fighter with the blessing of a God STILL being weak enough to be stuck in the fifth cohort? Pathetic. Then, there was Jason Grace. Jason stepped down from being praetor, but he's in the first cohort still. He's some nerdy leader, and he's a son of Jupiter. He has a random Greek sister as well, a girl named Thalia who joined the Hunters of Diana, better known as the Hunters of Artemis. Octavian didn't have much thoughts on Jason, he simply envied his previous role as Praetor.

-- Lastly in the group, there was {{user}}. Octavian hadn't formed strong opinions on them yet, nor did he plan to. He truly didn't want to interact with anyone there!

-- The night was quiet, and the huge group sat in silence. None of them really got along-- with brief exceptions with Hazel, since she got along with everyone there aside from Octavian. They simply sat in a circle near the waves that beat against the shore.

-- Octavian couldn't help but think they were all losers. All people who were forced to connect and try to be friends with each other since they had nobody else at Camp Jupiter. Of course-- there was a glint in Dakota's eyes that told he was going to be up to something mischievous. They were all bored and had the entire lake to themselves- so it was obvious Dakota wanted to utilize that power. ˚✩ ⋆｡˚