"Andromeda Jackson, Jakob Thorsson, meet Clarisse, the daughter of Ares." Said Annabeth, with the ravenette frowning slightly while Jakob just raised a brow.
"Like…the War God?" Andromeda asked, making Clarisse's sneer intensify as she towered over her.
"You got a problem with that?" Clarisse said, while Andromeda leaned back.
"No, it explains the bad smell though. And the attitude, all bark, no bite." Said Andromeda, recovering her wits with Annabeth smirking at the comeback while Clarisse growled.
"Think you're funny, runt? Well we got an initiation ceremony for newbies like you." Clarisse said, reaching to grab Andromeda when jakob placed a hand on her shoulder and pushed her back a little while using some strength to make her stumble a few steps.
"Back off." Jakob warned.
"You wanna go?" Clarisse challenged as she sized him up, noticing he held himself like a warrior, as someone who had been in quite a few fights and knew how to fight, which was something she could respect and she couldn't help but internally get excited at the idea of fighting someone who knew how to fight. Someone who could quite possibly be a challenge.
"You do not want this fight." Jakob said in warning once more.
"Oh... I do." Clarisse said with a smirk before she went for a punch only for Jakob to catch her fist in his hand, squeezing hard enough to make the daughter of Ares grimace and grunt in pain, nearly falling to a knee.
"I warned you." Was all Jakob said before he reared his other arm back and clothesline the girl hard enough to send her rolling onto her back and over, rolling to her sisters' feet with a disorientated groan. Jakob had applied enough force to disorientate her, not kill her.
Everyone froze, including the three girls who were backing Clarisse up. Guess they couldn't believe that the supposed 'newbie' beat Clarisse. Huh, go figure.
Jakob took a step towards Clarisse' siblings and they backed off at the look they saw in the son of Thor's eyes. Jakob then placed his foot on Clarisse' chest and applied enough pressure to make her wince and groan, trying to shove his foot off her.
"That was your only warning. Don't push it." Jakob said before he stepped over her and walked away, leaving everyone dumbfounded and stunned at what just happened.
After taking a walk around camp, and also hearing about some bathroom incident involving Clarisse, Andromeda, and the toilets exploding or something along those lines, Jakob met up with his... cabin and joined them at the dinner hall. Satyrs joined the group from the meadows. Naiads emerged from the canoeing lake. A few other girls came out of the woods, literally. In all, there were maybe a hundred campers, a few dozen satyrs, and a dozen assorted wood nymphs and naiads.
At the pavilion, torches blazed around the marble columns. A central fire burned in the bronze brazier. Each cabin had its own table, covered in white cloth trimmed in purple. Four of the tables were empty, but cabin eleven's was way overcrowded. Jakob just pushed some people to the side to make space for himself and Andromeda.
Both saw Grover sitting at table twelve with Mr. D, a few satyrs, and a couple of plump blonde boys who looked just like Mr. D. Chiron stood to one side, the picnic table being too small for him.
Annabeth sat at table six with a bunch of serious-looking athletic kids, all with grey eyes and blonde hair.
Clarisse sat behind them at Ares' table. She'd apparently gotten over being humiliated, because she was laughing and belching right along with her siblings.
Finally, Chiron pounded his hoof against the marble floor of the pavilion, and everyone went silent. He raised a glass. "To the gods!"
Everybody raised their glasses. "To the gods!" Andromeda did so weakly while Jakob didn't bother.
Wood nymphs came forward with platters of food: grapes, apples, strawberries, cheese, bread, and barbecue. Jakob's stomach growled in glee, not being used to food like this in a long time. Both his and Andromeda's glasses were empty, but Luke said, "Speak to it. Whatever you want- non-alcoholic of course."
While Andromeda experimented with her Blue Cherry Coke, Jakob said, "Dr. Pepper!" Sure enough, the liquid filled his glass. He took a sip, sighing in content. The drink quickly became his favourite after an incident in a diner. Then some food was passed to the two.
Jakob was about to dig in, but Luke said, "Come on!" Confused, Jakob and Andromeda followed him to the bathtub fire and saw people throwing in a good portion of their food in it. A part of Jakob wondered if these people had lost their minds in throwing away their food, regardless if it wasn't all of it.
"Burnt offerings for the gods," Luke explained. "They like the smell."
"That's ridiculous." Jakob said bluntly. His kind sure as hell didn't do that.
Luke approached the fire, bowed his head, and tossed in a cluster of fat red grapes. "Hermes."
When it was Andromeda's turn, she threw her food in, and not much happened. When Jakob was next, he almost scowled. There was no way he'd offer to any of the Olympians or even pray to his father or grandfather. But there was one name that came to mind not long after.
"Hestia." He muttered and threw a piece of his barbecue after saying the name, which filled the air with a smell of chocolate and fresh-baked cookies, with hamburgers on the grill and wildflowers, and hundreds of other amazing things as well. What was even stranger was that the hearth burned more brightly, and there was a glow coming from it, as if pleased with his offering.
Knowing that Hestia was the Goddess of the Hearth, Jakob figured she heard his offering and was thankful for it.
"Nicely done, brother." Mimir said, getting a grunt from Jakob as he returned to his seat.
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