Willful Determination (tanner)

[Charlie-Mack Jolly]

Charlie felt like shit when she woke up this morning. Between the heartburn and her mind going nuts, she had a rough night. But there was something that was just eating her up. She got dressed, pulling a tee-shirt and a pair of shorts and sneakers on, Charlie made a mental note to thank Fiona with a gallon of lemonade later. She grabbed a muffin from off a plate on her dresser before eating it and feeling it hit her stomach as if she had swallowed from a fist sized rock. It set sourly on her stomach, but at least her stomach wasn't growling any more. She was in a semi-foul mood and it seemed that the little man, or at least that what she had been told by the Psyche kids, was responding to her adjitation. Charlie pulled a hair tie off her brush and pulled her blond curls back and out of the way. She had something she wanted to get done today, and by the gods she was going to acomplish it. Come hell or high water she was going to do something about this crappy feeling.


Charlie walked into the mess hall, throwing something into the fire as the offering for the gods, and she turned on her heels and walked back out of the Mess hall. She prayed to Ares and Athena to give her strength in what she was about to do and the determination and wisdom to be able to get what she needed done. Charlie passed the armory and thought about her own set that had been sitting under her bed. It wouldn't do her much good right now, she couldn't even get the armor over her boobs without pulling it off. After she gave birth to Valo, she would get re-fited for her armor. Charlie would bond with her baby, she now had come to the conclusion that she wanted to be a mom. She knew that she would have to protect this child who depended on her for everything. She had to be strong to protect Valo.


She arrived into the Arena, Charlie knew exactly who she was looking for. Tanner, the son of Ares who was a dad and knew what it was like. Or at least she hoped that she could get some ground with him and he could help her do a few thing that she otherwise wouldn't do. She had to find a way to get stronger so she could protect people, her son, Fiona, even Jeremiah. She wanted to be much more then just someone who was a shoulder to cry on. "Hey tanner? Are you here?" Charlie called out to the seemingly empty arena, hoping to find the son of Ares around here.

[Tanner Serrano]

Tanner was usually at the arena early in the morning and more than likely spend the day in there but since becomign a father Tanner had to worry about little cooper More than his selfish desires to go work out. After dropping his little one off with saytr Nanny Tanner Kissed little Cooper good bye whom gurgled and tried to cling to his father not wanting to let go and his partial ares strength making it harder for Tanner to let go but since he was stronger than his own son The son of Ares let go. Tanner made his way to the arena to begin his training but as he walked into the spacious area he spotted the lovely Miss Charlie. Last the son of ares knew Charlie was expecting a child with a son of Hephaestus, archer. He didn't think the arena was safe place for an expecting mother but He was not one to complain if the woman wanted come Train. He heard her call for him and smiled as he slowly approached. "Sorry I was not here earlier. Cooper decided wanted more daddy son time. So Miss charlie, what can this son of Ares help you with today? Wanting to train? Look at weapons or just come to visit me?" Tanner smiled and looked down on his shirt he had bit of Cooper spit up he had not noticed until just now.

He shrugged and didnt care for he thought it made him look distinguished. "I hate to pry but I dont think the arena is a safe place for an expecting mother. I can understand wanting to train though, so I shall not say much more." Tanner spoke softly and walked over to the dummies and got them into place for the morning's lessons. He was the weapon instructor but not the combat teacher but as a son of Ares he was willing to give pointers and teach someone if they came to see him. "So what can i do for today?" Tanner asked as he absentmindedly began to punch the dummies and just trained. He could of guessed why she was there but really was just wanting her to tell him. He was not a mind reader like some of the Athena children. He was preparing for a long day of assigning people to weapons.

[Charlie-Mack Jolly]

Charlie was wondering where Tanner was. He wasn't normally late. But when he came around the corner, Charlie automatically knew what was going on. It looked as if his son Cooper had a little bit of a misshap. Charlie couldn't help but crack a small smile as she regarded Tanner's shirt. She could only think of how much spit up was going to end up on her later on the on coming years. She had met with determination after talking to Eliza. She knew what she had to do and she was going to do it here in the arena. It would be a long and tiresome track, but Charlie knew she could do it. "Well there's one or two things that I could ask a favor for from you." Charlie asked, not really putting much emotion into her words. There was some conviction and determination, but she wasn't quite sure how to deal with this particular problem. She absentmindedly kicked at one of the stone benches that were wrapped around the Arena for the spectators.


Charlie waited until Tanner was finished with his questions. She licked her lips, they were dry and salty. She had been at the beach last night so it was really no wonder that her lips tasted like the ocean. "Well, two things actually." She held up a finger to indicate her first request. "I need a weapon, something useful. More so then the stupid green and purple spear. it's so clumbsy." She said with a shrug of her shoulders. Then she held up a second finger to indicate her second request for Tanner. "Then I need your help with training. I figure I can do some basic drills or something to get myself stronger."


Charlie bit her lip as she looked at Tanner. She figured that Tanner would know what she was feeling, or at least she hoped that he would. "I can't be a helpless little girl when Valo is born. I have to be strong, to protect him. I have to be able to keep him safe if something were to happen to the camp." She looked away from him for a brief moment. Her eyes traced the shadows on the arena floor. "I can't keep relying on people like you, and Levi and Zephyr to take care of me. I just get in the way." Charlie pulled her head up high to look Tanner strait in the eye. "I don't want to be forced to rely on people to take care of me." She said, a determined look in her eyes.