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Camp Half Blood Campers' Correspondence a Year Later-[Maya Washington to Ciarra Washington]
To mom bomb,
I have officially figured our where everything in this camp is now. I am completely oriented. Not that it's that complicated. The camp is bordered by rocks and hill on three sides, and then the North side is bordered by the beach and Long Island Sound. The Northwest and Southwest corners of the camp are occupied by the woods and the strawberry fields. The woods are split into two halves, the North Woods and South Woods, by Zephyros Creek that flows Southeast through them. On the far west side of the woods are the landmarks: Zeus' Fist and the old entrance to the Labyrinth, both of which are more or less piles of rock. Between the woods and the strawberry fields, from West to East, are the Stables, the Armory (South of which are the Forges) and the Arena. Past the Arena, and just out of reach both the woods and the strawberry fields, are the new showers and toilets and then the cabins. There are 12 old cabins, and some 23 new cabins, not counting the 4 new tents for those whose cabins haven't been built yet and/or haven't requested a cabin and/or whose sole resident is a baby and not yet old enough to inhabit said cabin. These 38 odd tent/cabin dwellings represent and house children of some 87 major and minor Greek gods, Titans, and personified emotions, not counting the children of the assorted varieties of nymph.
The Cabins are as follows: Zeus cabin; Hera, Ilithyia, and Hebe cabin; Poseidon cabin; Demeter cabin; Ares cabin; Athena cabin, Apollo cabin, Artemis cabin, Hephaestus cabin, Aphrodited and Eros cabin, Hermes cabin, Dionysis cabin, Hades cabin and Persephone tent, Hestia cabin, Hecate cabin, Sleep cabin (Morpheus and Hypnos), Wind cabin (Aeolus, Boreas, Notus, Zephyrus, Eurus), Iris tent, High Feeling cabin (Nemesis and Aidos), Justice cabin (Themis and Dike), Nike cabin, Eris cabin, Helios cabin, Selene cabin, Eos cabin, War Brothers cabin (Deimos and Phobos), War Train Cabin (Enyo, Strife, Terror, Trembling, and Panic), Love Train Cabin (Anteros, Himeros, and Hymen), Janus cabin, Muses cabin, Graces cabin, Pleiades cabin, Water gods cabin (Oceanus, Pontus, Nereus, Triton and Proteus), Titan Cabin (Gaea, Uranus, and misc. Titan kids), Water Nymph cabin (naiads, neriads, oceanids, etc.), Land Nymph cabin (dryads, Oreads, etc.), Thanatos tent, and the Charon tent. There is still room for future construction if necessary.
East of the cabins is the old shower and toilets and then the Canoe lake. North of the cabins in the Mess Hall and south of the cabins in 'The Big House'. Along the Eastern border of the camp is then the volleyball courts, the Arts & Crafts building, future tennis courts, basketball courts, and soccer/field hockey/lacrosse fields, the amphitheater, and finally the lava spewing climbing wall in the Northeast corner of the camp. Beyond the hills of this corner are the carefully guarded, emergency camper family residences. And, of course, Thalia's pine and the official entrance to Camp Half Blood is in the Southeast corner.
How's that for surveillance? I'll be assisting in renovating all of the defenses for the previously mentioned locations. I'm feeling some more robotic boars and lions are in order. Big D's trying to cut costs for whatever reason, since it's not like the gods are running out of money, but hopefully he won't skimp on the defense budget. Since it's Big D, I'm not making any promises, but I'm going to have made several somethings awesome by the time summer's out. Sound hot?
Love You.
Love Me.
Hephaestus Cabin – Cabin 9