Strange Times Squared (Open)

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Gus was in Manhattan again. In the past he'd spent quite a bit of time in the demigod camp but ever since he started college his influence in the divine affairs dwindled. So did his interest in most things. The children of Aphrodite and Eros did stay on the top of his list though. Those sexy little buggers always made him feel like sunshine. He grinned as she stood on times square. Even at night this place was busy. Something about that kind of annoyed Gus. His incubator was the personification of night after all and well, it didn't seem right people didn't respect her enough to pretend it was day. He was a little pleased at some of the more skittish people. Those amused him.

Not that Gus was too bothered by anything concerning his incubator of course. He held no loyalty to anybody but his mother. The French woman that had died when he was fourteen. He was still angry at his father for finding a new lady to play with. Something about love and that one day he'd understand. Gus waved that off instantly. Love only ever got people hurt, not to mention that it was supposed to be love that had gotten Nyx to produce offspring with his father. He supposedly was the result of love but he'd only ever felt it for a woman that was apparently not even his real mother. Bother.

Gus lit a smoke and watched the cars drive by. He really needed to find some excuse to go see a musical with a very sexy young thing and take them home with him after. He managed to get something nearly every night if he wanted and wasn't going to be ridiculously picky. He was a gift to the world in that way. He rolled his eyes at his own thoughts as he had never actually believed that. Since he hadn't been able to save his mother he knew his uses were few. He had plenty of talents in the bedroom but he doubted that was going to change the world. Playing with one of the small daggers of celestial bronze in his pocket he checked to see if any monsters were nearby. Fight or make love. The only two ways for him to temporarily forget his guilt and grief.

When he noticed a very attractive person walking by he instantly grinned. He pulled two tickets to a musical out of his pocket and walked straight up to this person. "Hello there. I was wondering if maybe you could help me out. I have a spare ticket to this musical and I don't want to be selfish and leave it empty for my coat or something. Do you want to go see it with me?" He asked with his most charming smile as he dangled the tickets from his slender fingers. If this didn't work he'd find somebody else to take him up on the offer. This wasn't going to be all that impossible right?

Tag: OPEN!
Notes: You can be the person he asked or have that person turn him down and take the spot yourself? XD Whichever works? 
Or just talk of course. Gus does talking too, but not usually without flirting.

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((Note: Set late April, before Jenny’s thread in camp ^-^ ))

It was nighttime in New York, and that made Jenny more skittish than anything else. Nothing about her really screamed fighter, from her artsy appearance to her easygoing attitude. During the day, she was more at ease with spending time outside of camp (more witnesses, which meant she was fine if she stayed in public). At night, all bets were off.

If she’d had things her way, she would have been back in Camp Half-Blood right away, where at least the borders were protected and she didn’t have to nervously look over her shoulder. But, of course, everything had taken more time than expected and she had been running behind schedule. The daughter of Iris only had a few more days to either commit to going to college or commit in backing out. It’d been easy, during the fall, to simply apply and make the decision on whether she was serious later in the spring. Now that the time had come, the girl was torn. She wanted to go to college, she did. Touring the university had only helped in that regard. But tensions were brewing, and Jenny didn’t want to get caught unprepared, especially alone. In Camp Half-Blood, she had the safety of numbers. In New York, she’d be certain to get caught in the middle, and as a result be rather defenseless.

But that’d be something to consider when she had returned to the motel in which she had chosen to spend the night. For now, the daughter of Iris just wanted to spend some time outside of the dirty room she had been assigned and in New York. Once she returned to Camp Half-Blood, who knew when the next opportunity to visit would arise.

Taking the metro had been a hassle, and Jenny was determined not to waste money in transferring between lines. Following that train of thought, Jenny had jumped off at the stop located in Times Square (major landmarks were something to stick close to), and now the girl was wandering and looking at all the signs. She was torn between keeping her head down to not attract attention and looking around at all the sights, but eventually her curiosity beat out her cautiousness and the girl opted for the latter.

In typical demigod fashion, the girl quickly lost track of time. Times Square looked breathtaking with all the lights on at night, and it was so, so easy for her to get distracted. Jenny only really jerked back to reality when she was stopped by someone she was in the process of passing. Her initial reaction was to pull out the dagger she’d hidden in her purse, but a quick look around reminded the girl she was in public. She settled for gripping the straps tightly and watching with wide eyes as this (infuriatingly) handsome man invited her out. She supposed she should have been flattered, but all she could feel was the annoyance of being stopped so some guy could lay some lines on her.

Still, it did fluster the girl and true to past experiences her mouth began to move before her brain had time to process the situation. “What? No!” Jenny spluttered. Her hand began to play with her hair in a typical nervous tick, and unfortunately her mouth continued without first filtering the words. “You can’t just walk up to some stranger with your stupidly attractive face and invite them out!” About one second after she finished talking, the daughter of Iris realized what she said. She made a face and could feel her cheeks turning red with embarrassment. “Um, w-wait…” At about that time, her brain shut down and Jenny was left without anything to follow up with, which left the girl struck silent as she tried to figure out some way to reverse time and put those stupid words back in her mouth.