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[tooprettytodie]

It was time to stop hiding. That didn't mean she was going to fully integrate herself into island society again. She still wasn't going to go to her dance classes, especially not with Percy there, but she had decided to go ahead and live in her own place again. As grateful as she was to Charlie and Edmund for letting her crash at their place, she wanted to be back home.

She had left notes in the mailboxes of everyone that had gone home with everyone. They simply said I'm sorry. -Valkyrie

She wasn't sure what could be said beyond that. She hated herself for what she had done to them, even if becoming Darquesse had been to save them. In the end, she hadn't been strong enough to save her friends, not from herself. Not only that, but each time she became Darquesse, it was harder and harder to find her way back. If it hadn't been for the ending of the dream, she wasn't sure if she would have come back from that.

Then there was the fact that all of her closest friends now knew her secret. It wouldn't have been so bad except that her secret was that she had the potential to become some sort of crazy-powerful nut job without any conscience. Go her.

Sighing, Valkyrie curled up on her couch and hugged her knees to her chest. She'd just sit here for a while and try not to obsess over what happened. Later, much, much later tonight she would head to the ring and take out some anger on one of the bags and maybe go for a run along the beach.

[This can be set for any time between the 1st of June and now.]

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[percy_jackson]

The hug felt good. Having her brush a strand of hair from my face also felt good. Maybe a little awkward.

Fortunately, before things got too awkward, Mrs. O'Leary bounded out of the woods and ran past us into the water.

"Uh, oh," I said, looking past Valkyrie as Mrs. O'Leary frolicked in the waves. "When she comes out and shakes herself..."

[tooprettytodie]

"Yeah, you're going to get really wet, aren't you?" she said with a grin, laughing a bit.

[percy_jackson]

"Yes--" I said, before I realized what she said. I jerked my gaze from Mrs. O'Leary to her with a look that clearly said what I was thinking, which was, 'what do you mean, just me?'

[tooprettytodie]

"Obviously I'm going to use your body to shield me from the worst of it," she said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the entire world. Valkyrie was fairly sure that she could hide behind him enough to keep mostly dry.

[percy_jackson]

"What?!" I exclaimed, then, "Hey!" I tried to pull Valkyrie in front of me, but nothing doing. And Mrs. O'Leary was coming up the beach, making a beeline towards us, dripping. "Aw, man! No fair!"

[tooprettytodie]

True to her world, Valkyrie grabbed Percy and pushed him in front of her to protect herself from the majority of Mrs. O"Leary's attempt at drying off.

She was Percy's dog, there was no reason Valkyrie should get soaked by her.

[percy_jackson]

Yup, Valkyrie pulled me in front of her and, yes, I appeared to be a pretty effective shield when Mrs O'Leary shook herself dry. I stood there, sopping wet, spitting water. I glared at Valkyrie, even though I knew it wouldn't stop her laughing. "Thanks," I said. Then I started to laugh.

[tooprettytodie]

"You're welcome," she said, giving him a sweet smile. Judging by how soaked Percy looked, she had definitely taken the right course of action to shield herself from the onslaught.

"So why don't I play fetch with Mrs. O'Leary while you go get dried off?"