Session 8 Overview

Yay we did it, we managed to get through an entire summer with very few demigods being transformed into dolphins. BUT we can't forget about what happened session 8. We last left our brave demigods wondering how the heck they're suppose to free Courtnee from Homer when the only way to do that seemed to be shooting her with a bunch of Apollo's arrows. (Not fun.) Session 8 kicks off with more ambushing, plotting and smileys, not to mention River seems to think he's some comic book character. Finally we're able to free Courtnee from Homer and where is she going? Mexico! TK comes back to our side thankfully and our campers can go home knowing they've done a good thing. A warning to those campers who might run into some trouble, always keep your eyes peeled for things lurking about the mortal world and if you see something, give us a call. We'll see you all next summer.

Teen Week #2 (Session 7) Overview

Teen week is usually one of the hardest weeks because older demigods attract more monsters. Courtney/Homer read out two of our old enemies from last year, the Kerkopes brothers and this year they've given up their carnival and swapped it for an ice cream business. Every day at free time one of them would pull up in a white van and sell ice-cream. Not only would it be one of the Kerkope brothers but also a Smiley and former CIT TK, who had betrayed us and now seriously needed to brush his teeth. TK bothered us on many if not all of this weeks quests so why an entire cabin still asked him to demigod prom is beyond us. Yes, demigod prom #2. There were many promposals through out the week including pranks provided by the CIT 3 (WHAT ARE THOSE!?) On thursday they scared the entire camp when Ringo showed up and asked if anyone wanted to join the league but instead turned it into one big prank on Ringo. Demigod prom #2 was much more eventful than #1 because right when the dane was about to be over, we were attacked by lightsabers! Yes, Courtney read lightsabers out of a book. Thankfully Krone, Simone and River had all been given lightsabers of their own and rushed to the rescue as the entire camp watched a real life light saber duel. Session seven concluded with a visit from Coach Hedge as well as Eris, the goddess of discord and a daughter of Ares. Eris ended up saving us, or so we thought at first but discord works both ways. When the Counselors power was drained, the CITs took down the bad guys in an epic, camp half blood style fist fight. Eris almost drove Krone mad, literally, making him think he was back four years ago and set out to destroy us and take the land for Rome. Topher was able to stop Krone and bring back his memories. Did I mention he rode River around like a dog earlier this week because he was under a spell that made him and Bailey think they were part of the Labyrinth movie? (He doesn't want anyone to know that... whoops.) Thankfully none of the older kids managed to annoy Mr. D too much and we could have a dance party.

Session 6 Overview

Mummies. That's the first thing you should know about this week. It was full of mummies. Not only did we get a phone call from Sadie Kane herself but also numerous SOS callings from all over the US. Topher began to pinpoint where all the mummy outbreaks were occurring and they seemed to be encircling, you guessed it, Austin Texas. Hollowers are the only people who can stop a mummy because greek magic won't work against Egyptian. The only problem was that the camp only had two hollowers, Topher and a CIT named Sofia, and way too many mummies. In order for a hollower to channel their magic they needed a wax tablet. The problem with this was that it had to be a special type of wax and the only place still in possession of the wax was the Stoll Brothers up in Long Island. So we were stuck here in Austin with only two hollowers until the wax got here on Hermes Air. By Wednesday we were down to one hollower after Topher's wax got used up so Sofia tried to fend off the mummies on Thursday until finally the wax got here and Topher was able to select new hollowers to train. The weeks quests were no different from what was happening back at the Dining hall, they were chalk full of mummies but now we had another enemy we had to face, Kidaleon.

Kidaleon started working with the league, or so we thought. Our main problem this week happened when he told us that he'd placed a bomb inside a box that contained 1/7th of Topher's animus and that if we didn't play his games, he'd blow up on Friday. Each day the questers had to make it back by a certain time limit or the box would explode a day earlier. Unfortunately Wednesday quest didn't make it back in time so the bomb's explosion date was moved up to Thursday. Instead of begging, we tried bargaining. Courtney was able to read a hammer out of the book and when we gave it to Kidaleon he got so emotional he revealed that there was never a bomb in the box the whole time. (Can you imagine our reaction?) Friday concluded with each group of questers managing to close a portal that let mummies into our world and the camp was safe for another week, or another two days because session 7 was another teen week and that sure attracts a lot of monsters.

Session 5 Overview

Session 5 was up and running with a whole new batch of demigods. Monday and already one of our counselors Chris, a CIT named Tj and a camper named Shai were beat to a pulp in an various fights. Red gems started appearing and the demigods didn't really know what they did yet, they just knew they had to collect them. Another mummy reappearance happened and the campers were once again put in mortal danger. (Are they ever not?) Creepy dolls, minotaurs, league bugs and it's not even friday yet! Not only did Mr. D's thrysus get stolen but we ran into the Mother of Bones, Athena cabin had to decode a message, and even more mummies appeared. Great job surviving week 5 demigods!