We need to talk (Sawyer)

[Dominic Jones]

This was it the moment Dom had been dreading. He had already talked to Sawyer after the meeting, but she had left before they could talk properly. Well now was there chance. He had just had a talk with Chiron and now he was ready to talk to her. But he was still dreading it.

He dragged his feet across the darkening plains of the camp. He came to the cabins and approched the Poseidon cabin. He stopped at the door and took a deep breath. He pushed open the door and came across Sawyer packing. His other two siblings weren't paying much attention.

Walking in he said, "Lance, Brandy. Could you guys please leave I'd like to talk to Sawyer alone." After they had left, he approched Sawyer and said "Sawyer. We need to talk"

[Sawyar]

As soon as she could Sawyar had started packing. She had first started sharpening her swords. She knew there probably wouldn't be time to properly do so on the quest so she got them ready now. They were laying on her bunk, ready for her to grab and strap on when she needed to leave. She then started packing a small backpack staying as light as possible. She heard Dom come in and ask for Lance and Brandy to leave. She turned to face Dom and crossed her arms across her chest. "Fine then, talk. But I'll tell you now, I am still going." She was ready for a fight.

[Dominic Jones]

"Fine then, talk. But I'll tell you now, I am still going."

Dom saw her swords lieing on the bed behind her and relised that they were freshly sharpened. Signing he tapped his braclet and his own double-edged blade sprang to live. He went under his bed, pulled out his own sharpening kit, sat on the edge of his bed and began to sharpen his blade. 'Just in case' he thought. Finally, after a few awkard seconds of silence, he spoke. "I'm not going to tell you not go Sawyer. I just thought we needed to talk properly." Taking a deep breath, he gripped his weapon just in case. "Sawyer are you sure you've thought this compleatly through. Don't forget the last time 5 people went on a quest 2 people died. And I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if that happened again and you died"

[Sawyar]

Sawyar raised an eyebrow as Dom went to sharpen his weapon. She waited for him to speak, and when he did she was surprised he didn't try to fight with her. Me? Think something through? Don't make me laugh. She caught herself before saying that since it would spark yet another argument. But, she saw his concern. "Dom, I understand where you are coming from. You think I want my little brother on this quest? If I die, which I'll do my best not to, you shouldn't blame yourself. After all it was my stubbornness that got me into this. Besides, I can take care of myself quite well. And anyway, I just don't feel like dying on this quest." This over confidence might get her killed one day, but it wasn't going to be during this mission.

[Dominic Jones]

"Dom, I understand where you are coming from. You think I want my little brother on this quest? If I die, which I'll do my best not to, you shouldn't blame yourself. After all it was my stubbornness that got me into this. Besides, I can take care of myself quite well. And anyway, I just don't feel like dying on this quest."

Dom tried not laugh. He just couldn't help it though. He might be the Cabin head, but he was still the youngest one in the cabin. After he calmed himself down he said to Sawyer "I know shoulsn't blame myself, but I still would." He couldn't help it. That was, after all his fatal flaw. He would go to the underworld to help his family. He then said, with a smile on his face, "Well you can be quite stubborn." The smile quicky fanished though, "Damn it Sawyer. It's that kind of over confidence thats going to get you killed. It's excactly why I worry about you."

[Sawyar]

"True, that or my curiosity will end me. But it is this over confidence that allows me to go into any situation, and come out of it as well. If I wasn't confident in what I did what point would there be to do anything? Look Dom, I just have the feeling that I'm going to die some how else. I'll do my best to come out of this in one piece. Okay?" Sawyar sat down next to him. "I know that if I die that you'll blame yourself. There's nothing I can do about that. But Dom, if someone of your family died of a.... of a disease of some sort, would you still blame yourself? Even though it had nothing to do with you in any way? I don't know. Maybe you will, maybe you won't. But the idea I'm trying to put out is the same. In this quest, if I die, it has nothing to do with you. You tried to stop me from going, I went anyway. If you want someone to blame in that event, blame me and not yourself." Sawyar wasn't going to bring up the fact that their worries about each other were identical.

[Dominic Jones]

"True, that or my curiosity will end me. But it is this over confidence that allows me to go into any situation, and come out of it as well. If I wasn't confident in what I did what point would there be to do anything?"

Dom hesitated. He couldn't find any flaw with that logic. Before he could say anything though,Sawyer continued

Look Dom, I just have the feeling that I'm going to die some how else. I'll do my best to come out of this in one piece. Okay?"

"You might hve that feeling, but what if your wrong Saywer? What if you do die? What then?" As he finished, Sawyer came over and sat down, saying,

"I know that if I die that you'll blame yourself. There's nothing I can do about that. But Dom, if someone of your family died of a.... of a disease of some sort, would you still blame yourself? Even though it had nothing to do with you in any way? I don't know. Maybe you will, maybe you won't. "

"I... I don't know. Maybe. It depends on the situation. If I thought that maybe there was something I could do, then. Yes. I would blame myself."

"But the idea I'm trying to put out is the same. In this quest, if I die, it has nothing to do with you."

Before she could say anything, he said, "But what if something happens and you die. And there was something I could do, but didn't. Then it would be my fault. And I will blame myself"

"You tried to stop me from going, I went anyway.

"Yes I tried stop you, and I failed. For that reason alone, I'd blame myself if something happened to you."

If you want someone to blame in that event, blame me and not yourself."

Dom shook his head. "Sorry Saywer. That's something I'll never do. I'll never blame you. And it's as simple as that."

[Sawyar]

Sawyar sighed tiredly. It was hard to argue against someone who had his kind of nature, and they were heading into a deadly situation. "Okay, let's see if I can make you feel better in another way." She thought for a moment, trying to think of a way that she could ease his worries. Other than staying out of the quest. "Alright, I know I can't make you stop worrying about me. Fine, so be it. But if you are worrying about me then there won't be time for you to worry about yourself. And that is something I can't be okay with. So I'll offer you a deal. You worry about my hide, I'll worry about yours. We guard each others backs, and we get through this in one piece. Got it?" It was a pretty little speech, hopefully enough for him to come to realize that he didn't have anything to worry about. Hopefully, these things have an annoying habit of being unpredictable.

[Dominic Jones]

Dom heard Sawyer sighing and his fingers tightened around his blade. He knew that all Demi-Gods were impulsive and if she got too angry, well there might be some work for the Apollo cabin.

"Okay, let's see if I can make you feel better in another way."

Dom snorted before he could stop himself and said, "Sawyer we've been down this path already. The only way I'm going to feel better, is if you don't come on this quest. But that's not going to happen. So...." After a few seconds of silence, Sawyer said,

"Alright, I know I can't make you stop worrying about me. Fine, so be it. But if you are worrying about yourself then there won't be time for you to worry about yourself. And that is something I can't be okay with. So I'll offer you a deal. You worry about my hide, I'll worry about yours. We guard each others backs, and we get through this in one piece. Got it?"

Dom opened his mouth to argue, but found that he couldn't find anything wrong with that plan. He gave Sawyer a smile, picked up his sword, threw it in the air, caught it, and leveled it at Sawyers throat and said, "Then I guess we really ought to start practising. We leave at 5 tomorrow mourning."

[Sawyar]

Sawyar saw the quick flash of metal from Dom's weapon and then it was at her throat. She glanced at it for a moment before knocking it away with the back of her hand. Sawyar nodded then. "Fine, first things first you need to pack. Stay as light as you can. And, never aim that sword at my neck again unless we're training. 'Kay?" She stood and went back to her stuff, shoved a small knife in and tied it shut.

[Dominic Jones]

Fine, first things first you need to pack. Stay as light as you can. And, never aim that sword at my neck again unless we're training. 'Kay?"

Dom gave her a small grin, rubbed the hit of his blade, and it quickly shrank back to its ring form. He flicked it into the air, caught it, and placed it back on his finger. "I know, I know. We have to stay light." He then picked up his blue charm braclet, shaped like a trident of course, rubbed it, and his war shield expanded out. He then rubbed it again, muttering, "Finally some good use for these things." He placed the braclet on his wrist and then grabbed a bag from under the bed. Into it he placed, Some clean clothes, Two bottles of water. Good for drinking, and also good for useing as a weapon if the need arised. He also placed a few cans of food, a book (in ancint Greek) for if he got really bored. He tied the bag shut, and then pulled a couple of daggers out from under the bed, and strapped them to the inside of his sleeves. Once he was finished, he turned to Sawyer and said "Now. What about that sparring session I mentioned?"

[Sawyar]

Sawyar took her scabbards and slid her swords into them and then strapped them to her back. "If you wish to do so now, then alright. To the arena it is." She tossed her bag to the floor at the head of her bed and walked out of the cabin. In the arena she turned to Dom and asked, "Would you like to fight each other or set up the dummies to fight with."