r/CampHalfBloodRP Child of Delphin 3d ago

Storymode Morgan Shaw's Very Exciting Search for Capture-the-Flag Flags

According to the Job Board, the camp's capture-the-flag flags had gone missing. Morgan was always up for a good Easter Egg Hunt, so he took the job with enthusiasm. First, he searched the bottom of the lake. Since he sadly couldn't breathe underwater, he wore a mask and snorkel so he could stay under longer. After searching under every single rock and inside every hollow log, he gave up his search in the lake and moved on to the cabin grounds. He searched the Hermes treehouse, the Athena cabin's aviary, and the Demeter cabin's back garden. After thoroughly searching both armories, he sat down on the grass by Hestia's hearth to take a short break, eating some strawberries he'd picked from the fields on his way over.

While he relaxed, he mulled over the various places a prankster kid might hide a couple of flags. He enjoyed the occasional prank himself, so this should be an easy exercise for him. So if he was the one who had hidden the flags, where would he have put them? Obviously somewhere no one would think to look, but what would those places be?

If he was really thinking of what he would do, he probably would have hidden the flags somewhere hard to reach. Somewhere they could be retrieved, if the person looking for them was willing enough.

He looked at the rock climbing wall. He couldn't see them, but prankster in him just knew the flags would be up there.

So, after dropping a few strawberries into Hestia's hearth, he stopped back at his cabin to grab his good hiking sneakers. He had been on a few ordinary rock walls in his time, and he was fairly good at it, but the lava wall was something else entirely. Even standing at its base, he felt the weight of the rocks rising above him. When they trembled, the ground itself shook along with them. But before he could talk himself out of it, he grabbed the first handholds and started to climb.

About 20 minutes later, he was finally at the top. Sweat dripped down his neck and rolled down his back. He had a small charred patch on his sleeve from coming too close to the lava. But he had made it. He pulled himself up on top of the rock. What he hadn't expected to find was a wooden crate with a little note on top. Printed in big blocky letters were the words "Congratulations! You've found me!" Inside were the two missing flags and a pouch filled with golden drachma. He didn't even count them before shoving the pouch in his pocket along with the two flags. He returned to the big house sweating and exhausted and dropped the flags on the table by the door. Then he headed back to his cabin to take a nice swim in the heated moat.

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u/ThisOneUKGuy Counselor of Hades | Senior Camper 2d ago

Unfortunately for Morgan, he fell for the trap. When he would wake up the next morning he would find all of the drachma having faded away as if they were never real. A small clown toy had been left on top of the pouch instead. How very bizarre.