Juniper sat high up in her friends tree. As she was a bush nymph, she couldn't really hide, so she went to her friend's tree, to hide from her boyfriend, Grover, when she took his phone.
She had it now, a sleek, white iPhone. It was amazing he hadn't eaten it. That Leo had probably put an goat repellent on. She made a face at that thought. This was way she wasn't the genius mechanic and inventor.
She logged out of Grover's Facebook and logged into hers. Instantly a video popped up. 'Silena does Ice Bucket challenge!' was the title. She smiled and watched it. She had liked Silena while she was alive, she wasn't like her make-up-obsessed sisters and brothers. This, although Juniper liked make-up, was refreshing.
But, she instantly lost her smile as Silena said, "I nominate: Charlie, Drew and Juniper." Juniper scowled at the screen in disbelief. (This sounds familiar, sorry if I've put this down before…)
She rolled her eyes. But, still, she liked Silena and wanted to help sick children. She went and asked the naiads if she could borrow any water. They agreed and even lent her a woven reed basket/bucket to hold in the water. Juniper was surprised it didn't leak, but these were naiads. They didn't do anything except weave and clear out their river. The Stolls gave her a camera, tripod and a connecting cable which uploaded the video from the camera to the phone. She had a feeling it wasn't theirs but reminded herself to put in the green in the middle of all the cabins. That should get the camera back to its original owners. Unless the Stolls took it again…
Soon, she had done it, and had nominated the Stolls (which apparently counted for two different people, though you wouldn't know it by their looks or the way they never left each other) and Grover. She knew somebody had already nominated him, but by nominating him again would make him do it.
She smiled. Wait 'til he saw.
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Beckendorf grinned at the camera. He had something big planned. He started recording.
"Hello, I'm Beckendorf, known as Charlie to my infuriating girlfriend-"
There was a jokey scream and a palette of eye shadow sailed out of a window. Beckendorf simply rolled his eyes, smiled and side-stepped the makeshift missile. There was a pause. "Charlie? Could you chuck that back up? I need it." Beckendorf grinned this time. He scooped up the plastic case and lobbed it up at her. There was a loud smash and Beckendorf thinned his lips looking at the camera with a done face. "I'll fix that." He yelled.
"Okay. As I was saying, me Charlie. I'm doing the Ice Bucket Challenge. I nominate… Will Solace, Luke and… someone else… "he threw his head back. "Silena, who do I nominate for Ice Bucket?"
"Chiron." Came the shouted reply. Beckendorf nodded at the camera. "Chiron. There you go."
Then he bent over an dpicked up the bucket. He sent the… gold? Liquid down over his head. He had filled the bucket with molten gold. Which, FYI, was very very hot.
Almost the second it touched his skin, it solidified. He hadn't reckoned on that.
He was reaching out to turn off the camera when Silena called down to him.
"You do know it called the Ice Bucket Challenge for a reason? Because water doesn't solidify and turn you into a statue."
Like he'd said, he hadn't reckoned on it.
