Aidan let out a laugh and yelled after him, "So I was right? You're a really old man!" Aidan then muttered to himself, "His moodiness makes more sense now!"

Dawn cheered, "Yay Red Team!!!!"

And this is why I don't like capture the flag, Sophie thought.

"Yo Kodama!" August said, waving to his friend from Hades' house. "What up?"
"Nothin' much. Just cleaning my sword." Koda said, polishing his switchblade.
"So, how many souls got sent to your old man during Capture-the-Flag?" August asked, sitting on the steps of the cabin's porch. Koda shrugged.
"Dunno. We hurt two dudes pretty badly. 'Don't think they'll make it..." Koda said.
"Great. Your old man would be proud."
"Yeah."
August looked into Koda's eyes. "Something's troubling you..." he said.
"It's just... just... oh never mind. I've heard that Aidan kid talking about you." Koda said, switching the subject.
"Yeah. He called me an old man just 'cos I'm over a century old. I really hate that kid. You'd hate him too. He taunted us just because we can't die, and he can. I'd say we should get some revenge on Hephaestus' cabin."
"Seems legit. Got the spray paint?" Kodama asked.
"Obviously."

Aidan approached his cabin and a sigh was released from his mouth. "Really August?" He asked no one in particular. He ignored the spray paint and entered the cabin, he had no time for the old one's tom foolery but knowing he was so old was a good tactic for arguments.

Koda and August where snickering so hard.
"Hephaestus will be so mad at us!" Koda said, hiccuping.
"Putting Hephaestus eats crap for breakfast was so funny though!" August wheezed, gulping for air. They were currently behind the Ares cabin.
"Bright red spray paint will be hard to clean off.... and ignore!" Kodama laughted.

Aidan sighed to himself again and muttered "Old people these days!" He slumped onto his bed and lost himself in new designs, completely ignoring August and his friend outside.

"Hey! Hey you! Scum!" August said, yelling in front of Hephaestus' cabin.
Kodama was snickering so loudly behind a tree.
"You going to come out of your trash bin?!" August yelled.

Aidan's eyebrows creased as he yelled "no thanks old geezer! It's kind of cozy in this trash can." Aidan felt proud, hopefully if he wasn't getting a reaction he would leave him alone.

"Could you NOT call me old? It's overly cruel, even if Kodama said it, and he's my boyfriend! You have it lucky Scum! You can die! We can't! Not even on the field of battle! So how about you shut your ------- trap!" August said angrily.
"No good bro. He won't come out so you can beat him up." Koda said.
Augustine ignored him.
"Come out and fight like a man, or are you a sissy?" August hollered.