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When you were just a baby...

... you remembered a warm presence. A smile like the sun, a brush of a hand against of against your cheek that felt like the wind. You don't know who they were, all you know is that they meant a great deal to you. You were skilled far beyond what effort you put forth in certain things. Animals sometimes flocked to you or favored you. As you grew, you slowly forgot this presence and these oddities, though certain events made a feeling of loneliness and curiosity grow in your stomach, as if you were missing someone you never knew.

Those feelings are the eyes and blessings of your parent following you. Not your parent in this world, but your real parent. On the day you were born, they sent you away to the world you live in now. There was a quest that needed a hero, and there was no one to complete it. Or maybe there was a danger at home and they sent you away to protect you. The oracle spoke of your future in another land. Whatever reason, they did it, they believe, out of love. You are their child, and they loved the man or woman who helped create you. You're destined for great things.

You're a demi-god, after all. And your parents have finally summoned you home, to the 600th floor of the Empire State Building: Mount Olympus.

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► Characters are given a gold coin, about the size of a gold dollar on arrival
     - One side has "CAMP HALF BLOOD" around the edge
     - The other side is blank until the characters are claimed by their parent
     - Once a character is claimed, it becomes a cameo of their godly parent.

► Communication is mostly one on one, but the coin serves as a rechargeable "phone card" for Iris Messaging (IMing).
     - They start out with one month of access
     - They can access after finding a rainbow, tossing the coin to it and sayingthe words "Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, please accept my offering."
     - Private IMs must be directed to the recipient by the full name
     - However, because these guys have gone an entire life without their godly parents, they get a new fancy trick. If they want to broadcast to everyone like them in the camp, they can toss the coin in and just say "Camp Half-Blood."
     - Coins can be recharged by paying 10 gold drachmas a month, or by earning favor from a god.
     - Phones are forbidden (they send up alerts to monsters)
     - If caught with a phone, the character will be disciplined

► Monthly games, controlled by one of the gods of Olympus.
     - Gods will obviously favor their own children
     - One house will have a severe disadvantage
     - Whoever wins gets some sort of prize
     - This may or may not work.

► The world is open to New York City and the land between there and Camp Half-Blood
     - Characters are allowed to venture into the city, but they may not live there. Due to not being from this world, they set up flares the size of fireworks to monsters and would not be able to survive.
     - Characters can be attacked by monsters as soon as they leave the perimeter of the camp
     - There may or may not be field trips

► They arrive at Mount Olympus, in a room, alone with a small girl sitting by a fire. This is Hesita, who will welcome them home and explain the situation
     - Afterward, Hestia leads them to a fountain, gives them a gold coin and demonstrates IMing
     - They will not be allowed to speak with their godly parent until they have been claimed, and even then it will be for a few brief moments (most of the gods will smile on their children in favor, though some will scorn. They've never met nor seen their children before, so it's a bittersweet moment.)
     - They will be taken to Camp Half-Blood by taxi, and directed to Hermes Cabin, where they're given the camp uniform and jeans (they'll be able to buy more clothes later) and all their basic needs will be provided for. They may have to sleep on the floor until they're claimed
     - Most of the other campers will leave them alone. Purely because these people weird them the fuck out.

► Will characers' appearances be changed if they're not human?
► How will events work?
► NPCing gods is gonna suck