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Camp Half Blood Campers' Correspondence a Year Later-
[Scarlet Princeton to Johnathan Princeton]
Dear John,
There should be a petition to rename the camp. Camp Half Blood has to be the least subtle, least creative name for a camp I have ever heard. It's unappealing in everyway and does not suit its purposes in being discreet. It's highly unmarketable as a camp for young people to have such an odd name that makes use of such a violent word as blood. Conjuring up images of open wounds is among the last things we'd want to do to the parents we're trying to convince to relinquish their children to our sub-standard care. The name we use to sell the camp's strawberries must be different from the camp name because who in the greater New York area would want to buy strawberries of all things that come from a place called 'Camp Half Blood' that no one has ever heard of, nor can they visit. Chiron must have a few pretty convincing spokesmen.
In any case, saying that one spent her summer at Camp Half Blood is always the most awkward of conversations. The terrible name doesn't allow me any alibi, for clearly no normal camp would have such a ridiculous name. Aren't they usually named after some Indian tribe? Why can't it be named after the Hudson? Or perhaps we could do something a bit more tasteful and give it a Greek name. Any name that could be disguised as something else easier than 'Camp Half Blood' would be preferable.
Make it so.
Your darling daughter, Scarlet
Aphrodite Cabin – Cabin 10