Camp Half-Blood RP

Rhys Benoit Son Of Hecate

General Information

Name: Rhys Benoit
Nickname: Wiccan
Age: 15
Birthdate: January 15th 1982
Went Missing: February 10th 1997
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Sexual Orientation: Find out O.o
Fatal Flaw: Impulsiveness

Family

Member	Name
Father	Jacques Benoit
Mother	Hecate
Step-Mother	Ilona Benoit
Half-Siblings	Conlan Benoit

Abilities

Powers

Passive Power: Minor Magic - Can Cast Minor Spells

Control Over the Mist

Ability to Communicate With the Dead

• Currently locked.

Minor Necromancy

• Ability to raise, control and dispel up to three dead people.
  
• The dead he raises are rather brittle, like the night sisters in Jedi Fallen Order. They run really fast, are scary, but can be taken out with one slash.
  
• Currently locked.
  

Weakness/es-Drawback/s

Like most demigods he'll start to feel tired after a bit of use. But for the magic and alchemy there's a bit of a catch. Anytime he uses a spell he must have the items needed for the spell. So, if it calls for a dracon's tooth he better have one.

Skill/s:

• Lockpicking: Even though he's not a son of Hermes he does like to dabble in the art of breaking into places he shouldn't be. How else is he supposed to get inside of the recently condemned buildings?
  
• Skateboarding: He can olly, kickflip and grind with the best of them. Also helmets are for losers.
  
• Guitar: He likes to dabble on his sick Les Paul his uncle gave him for Christmas a few years back. He's no Jimi Hendrix, but he can hold his own.
  

Equipment

• Nothing yet. Just standard Greek armor which he thoroughly hates.

Appearance

Faceclaim	Height	Hair	Eyes
Real Photo Drawn Photo	5'7"	Black	Light Purple

Description: Rhys is a typical looking emo boy. He has long blackish hair that he may or may not have gotten highlights in (not that he's telling). Rhys has eyes that look hazel from afar, but upon closer inspection he has light purple eyes. He's not super pale despite him being indoors most of the time due to him reading quite a bit. He reluctantly wears the Camp Half-Blood t-shirt, but has destroyed it on the sleeves so it has "style." He wears black skinny jeans (yes, even in the summer). Due to him having drawbacks on his magic he always is carrying a bag with different odds and ends to supply him with the necessary equipment to cast a spell.

Personality

Rhys does not much like to share. He feels like the universe is out to get him or something. He may have some trust issues, but what he lacks in that department he makes up for being fiercely loyal to those he does trust. He also can be rather reckless. He shoots off of the cuff and somehow gets into worse trouble then he was already in. Also Rhys likes the arcane and occult, not because he wants to commit blood sacrifices. Rather, he just thinks creepy things are cool and loves to scare people. In the best way possible, of course.

Backstory

Rhys was always an outcast. In fact, he was such an outcast he felt like an outcast even amongst his outcast friends in school. He could never figure out why. Rhys had grown up in New Orleans in the French Quarter. His family wasn't well off and his parents had struggled just to put food on the table. While he did feel love from his family he never felt warmth from them. He was the problem child and could never live up to his perfect older brother Conlan. He was the star pupil, had good friends, was a great athlete and blah blah blah. Rhys was not like that. He was weird, struggled in school, and had friends that his family told him would take him down the wrong road. Rhys didn't much care about that. His friends were like him, outcasts.
Being held to the standard of his brother really took a toll on Rhys. He would purposefully would not turn in assignments, would back talk teachers, and got into fights. That was the last straw. Rhys' parents decided that he needed discipline, so he was sent to a boarding school in Nevada. Rhys hated it there. However, while he was there he had some... weird... things happen to him. He had a teacher there, Mr Gunther, he smelled so foul. It was almost like a gym and a animal farm had been mixed together. Mr Gunther was the P.E. teacher and always had it out for Rhys. He was always pushing Rhys harder than the other kids and he could swear he heard him licking his lips multiple times.
One day in particular that feeling turned from Mr Gunther trying to kill him to Mr Gunther actually trying to kill him. They were playing the obligatory dodgeball in class. A normal day. That's when Mr Gunther had the great idea to have the entire class play against Rhys. Obviously Rhys lost. He had bruises all over his body and the class bully punched his shoulder and made a mocking noise as if he had just gotten hit by sixty dodgeballs. Rhys clenched his fist and walked past Mr Gunther and he swore he heard Mr Gunther mention something about tenderizing his meat, whatever that meant. Rhys, in a rare moment of restraint, didn't blow up on anyone. This wouldn't save him. Later that day Mr. Gunther had decided he had had enough of Rhys. Mr Gunther came into the locker room and eyed Rhys with anger. He berated Rhys and told him that he would have to do better next time. In his screaming tyrade Rhys made out that Mr Gunther had called Rhys into his office after class and that's when the craziest thing happened.
As Rhys entered the office and sat in the chair with an angry expression on his face. This wouldn't be the first time he got in trouble for doing literally nothing. Mr. Gunther asked Rhys if he knew why he had been called into his office. Rhys of course said a resounding no. Mr Gunther, in his deep raspy voice, told Rhys it had been so hard to know for sure who Rhys is. Rhys was confused. He was a nobody from a nobody family. Nevertheless Mr. Gunther continued and told Rhys that he could smell just how important Rhys was. This again confused Rhys. He could smell how important he was? What did that mean? Unfortunately Rhys wouldn't be able to ask any further questions. With a grin Mr Gunther told Rhys he needed no further confirmation and couldn't wait to eat him. In an instant Mr Gunther seemed to transform from the large lanky human he was to... a Cyclops.
Mr Gunther then tried to attack Rhys which went rather poorly for both of them. Rhys grabbed the chair he had been sitting in moments before Mr. Gunther attempted to smash him into a nice tomato sauce. Rhys took the chair and smacked Mr Gunther with it which surprised the sweaty Cyclops gym teacher enough to allow Rhys to escape. Mr. Gunther chased Rhys down the hall. To which he heard his classmates saying something about somebody having a gun. Rhys didn't take any chances and ran as fast and as far as he could. Rhys ran away and headed for the Las Vegas strip. He figured he could find a place to hide in that big of a city. He was, of course, correct. He didn't know just what that meant. He decided to head to a casino a little bit off the strip. He went to a casino that he could vaguely make out through his dyslexia called the Lotus Casino.
What felt like only a few days for Rhys turned out being a few decades. While Rhys was playing a weird high tech music game (you could play in your own rock band! How cool!). He somehow got free of the magic of the casino. He was focused on the game and made the high score, but as he hit the sore he was pretty sure a half goat half human person bumped into him resulting in Rhys realizing he had just seen a half goat half human which really blew his mind. He shook his head and looked around and saw a lot of things that didn't make sense. Like one person was talking to a cell phone, but it wasn't any cell phone he had ever seen before because the man was able to to touch the screen and things just did things for him. He saw a kid watching videos on his phone on the world wide web. Something was off and Rhys had to get to the bottom of it. Through some miracle Rhys made it to Camp Half-Blood not realizing just who he was or how long it was since he went missing.

Friends and Allies

• Otto Gautier - Interesting friend he made in the middle of the woods. They both get each other quite a bit and became fast friends. That was until Otto made Rhys pretty mad at a campfire. They haven't spoken since.
  
• Bella Diana - They had a good time at a campfire and Rhys didn't mind having her around.
  
• Cel Aria - Helped him realize he is more of a bow and arrow guy than sword and shield guy. Also they got along fairly well.
  
• Jacob - Half brother and someone he feels the need to look out for even if the kid doesn't need it.
  
• Trevor Kennedy - Technically his nephew, but that's weird. Trevor has really helped Rhys with his magic and Rhys has a weird connection with him. One of the first people Rhys told about his past.
  
• Mercury Novak - Rhys' half-brother who he knows little about. They just haven't interacted much since Rhys came to camp. They did have a heart to heart where Rhys asked for some advice and now they seem much closer.
  
• Claude McLeod - Rhys and him met at the failed matchmaker event. They got along really well and decided to go on a second date. So far they just like each other and Rhys is seeing where things are going.
  

His Story So Far

Control

• Coming to grips with his powers.

Someone Lost Their Mind

• Rhys learns a bit about where his father is.

Rhys has officially watched the orientation film and feels sufficiently confused about his life. He sits in a sort of daze on the steps on the big house looking over at his new life. Maybe this is where he finally belongs... probably not.
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(Sorry for spelling mistakes)
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(Sorry for spelling mistakes)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Night by Elie Wiesel
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
1984 by George Orwell
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Green Mile by Stephen King
The Odyssey by Homer
Holes by Louis Sachar
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankel
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Stand by Stephen King
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Divine Comedy by Dante
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Stranger by Albert Camus
What If? By Randall Monroe
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
100 Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Factfulness by Hans Rosling
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nahisi Coates
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Bible
The Choice by Edith Eder
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Phantastes by George MacDonald
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
On Liberty by John Mill
Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Confessions by Kanae Minato
Rain on Me by Jack Pierce and Lotus Token
Took by Mary Downing Hahn
The Unwanted by Kien Nguyen
The Long Exile by Melanie McGrath
John Dies at the End by David Wong
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Dune by Frank Herbert
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Emma by Jane Austen
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Vertigo by W.G. Sebald
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Jerusalem by Alan Moore
It by Stephen King
The Dinner by Herman Koch
The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Magic Kingdom by Stanley Elkin
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
You by Caroline Kepnes
The Test by Sylvain Neuvel
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Carrie by Stephen King
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Phillip K. Dick
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Lacroux
King Lear by William Shakespeare
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Les Miserables by Víctor Hugo
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Misery by Stephen King
The Stepford Wives by Ira Gaines
Murphy by Samuel Beckett
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Room by Emma Donoghue
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut
The Shining by Stephen King
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Iliad by Homer
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
World War Z by Max Brooks
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Madame Curie by Eve Curie
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
The Foundation by Isaac Asimov
A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Paper Towns by John Green
Gangster Redemption by Larry Lawton
Catch Me if You Can by Frank Abagnale
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The Underground Railroad by Carson Whitehead
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Light in August by William Faulkner
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Sula by Toni Morrison
Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Cane by Jean Troomer
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
The Lion, the Witch, And the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Víctor Hugo
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Maus by Art Speigelman
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
The Arabian Nights
The Trial by Frank Kafka
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
Aesop’s Fables
Middlemarch by George Eliot
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
The Children of Men by P.D. James
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Trainspotting by Irvine Walsh
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Dr. No by Ian Fleming
The 39 Steps by John Buchan
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Fifty Shades of Gray by E.L. James
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
The Third Man by Graham Greene
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
Who Moved My Cheese? By Spencer Johnson
Utopia by Thomas Moore
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Trust Me by Lesley Pearce
Gone by Michael Grant
The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
God is Dead by Ron Currie Jr.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
13 Reasons Why by Brian Yorkey
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
A Little History of the World by Ernst Gombrich
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Seventh Day by Yu Hua
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Salt, Sugar, and Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
The Man Who Owned Vermont by Bret Lott
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer
Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Gulliver’s Travels by Johnathon Swift
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Beowulf by J. Lesslie Hall
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepherd
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dubliners by James Joyce
White Fang by Jack London
Roots by Alex Haley
Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Othello by William Shakespeare
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Magna Carta by John, King of England and Stephen Langton
The U.S. Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston
The U.S. Constitution by James Madison
The Articles of Confederation by John Dickinson
The Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln
The Koran
The Torah
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Atonement by Ian McEwan
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Bridget Jones’ Diary by Helen Fielding
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weinberger
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! By Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Educated by Tara Westover
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
The Shack by William P. Young
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Maria Semple
Marley & Me by John Grogan
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
To All the Boys I’ve Ever Loved Before by Jenny Han
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafazi
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Gaines
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss
I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
1st to Die by James Patterson
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
V For Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Under the Dome by Stephen King
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Killing Floor by Lee Child
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Absolutely True DIary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Cujo by Stephen King
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli
Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Christine by Stephen King
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
From the Mixed Up Files of Ms. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
Death Note by Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba
Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman

(Sorry for spelling mistakes)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Night by Elie Wiesel
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
1984 by George Orwell
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Green Mile by Stephen King
The Odyssey by Homer
Holes by Louis Sachar
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankel
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Stand by Stephen King
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Divine Comedy by Dante
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Stranger by Albert Camus
What If? By Randall Monroe
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
100 Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Factfulness by Hans Rosling
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nahisi Coates
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Bible
The Choice by Edith Eder
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Phantastes by George MacDonald
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
On Liberty by John Mill
Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Confessions by Kanae Minato
Rain on Me by Jack Pierce and Lotus Token
Took by Mary Downing Hahn
The Unwanted by Kien Nguyen
The Long Exile by Melanie McGrath
John Dies at the End by David Wong
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Dune by Frank Herbert
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Emma by Jane Austen
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Vertigo by W.G. Sebald
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Jerusalem by Alan Moore
It by Stephen King
The Dinner by Herman Koch
The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Magic Kingdom by Stanley Elkin
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
You by Caroline Kepnes
The Test by Sylvain Neuvel
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Carrie by Stephen King
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Phillip K. Dick
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Lacroux
King Lear by William Shakespeare
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Les Miserables by Víctor Hugo
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Misery by Stephen King
The Stepford Wives by Ira Gaines
Murphy by Samuel Beckett
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Room by Emma Donoghue
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut
The Shining by Stephen King
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Iliad by Homer
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
World War Z by Max Brooks
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
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Camp Half-Blood RP

Rhys Benoit Son Of Hecate

General Information

Name: Rhys Benoit
Nickname: Wiccan
Age: 15
Birthdate: January 15th 1982
Went Missing: February 10th 1997
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Sexual Orientation: Find out O.o
Fatal Flaw: Impulsiveness

Family

Member	Name
Father	Jacques Benoit
Mother	Hecate
Step-Mother	Ilona Benoit
Half-Siblings	Conlan Benoit

Abilities

Powers

Passive Power: Minor Magic - Can Cast Minor Spells

Control Over the Mist

Ability to Communicate With the Dead

Alchemy Expertise

Weakness/es-Drawback/s

Like most demigods he'll start to feel tired after a bit. But for the magic and alchemy there's a bit of a catch. Anytime he uses a spell he must have the items needed for the spell. So, if it calls for a dracon's tooth he better have one.

Skill/s:

• Lockpicking: Even though he's not a son of Hermes he does like to dabble in the art of breaking into places he shouldn't be. How else is he supposed to get inside of the recently condemned buildings?
  
• Skateboarding: He can olly, kickflip and grind with the best of them. Also helmets are for losers.
  
• Guitar: He likes to dabble on his sick Les Paul his uncle gave him for Christmas a few years back. He's no Jimi Hendrix, but he can hold his own.
  

Equipment

• Nothing yet. Just standard Greek armor which he thoroughly hates.

Appearance

Faceclaim	Height	Hair	Eyes
Real Photo Drawn Photo	5'7"	Black	Light Purple

Description: Rhys is a typical looking emo boy. He has long blackish hair that he may or may not have gotten highlights in (not that he's telling). Rhys has eyes that look hazel from afar, but upon closer inspection he has light purple eyes. He's not super pale despite him being indoors most of the time due to him reading quite a bit. He reluctantly wears the Camp Half-Blood t-shirt, but has destroyed it on the sleeves so it has "style." He wears black skinny jeans (yes, even in the summer). Due to him having drawbacks on his magic he always is carrying a bag with different odds and ends to supply him with the necessary equipment to cast a spell.

Personality

Rhys does not much like to share. He feels like the universe is out to get him or something. He may have some trust issues, but what he lacks in that department he makes up for being fiercely loyal to those he does trust. He also can be rather reckless. He shoots off of the cuff and somehow gets into worse trouble then he was already in. Also Rhys likes the arcane and occult, not because he wants to commit blood sacrifices. Rather, he just thinks creepy things are cool and loves to scare people. In the best way possible, of course.

Backstory

Rhys was always an outcast. In fact, he was such an outcast he felt like an outcast even amongst his outcast friends in school. He could never figure out why. Rhys had grown up in New Orleans in the French Quarter. His family wasn't well off and his parents had struggled just to put food on the table. While he did feel love from his family he never felt warmth from them. He was the problem child and could never live up to his perfect older brother Conlan. He was the star pupil, had good friends, was a great athlete and blah blah blah. Rhys was not like that. He was weird, struggled in school, and had friends that his family told him would take him down the wrong road. Rhys didn't much care about that. His friends were like him, outcasts.
Being held to the standard of his brother really took a toll on Rhys. He would purposefully would not turn in assignments, would back talk teachers, and got into fights. That was the last straw. Rhys' parents decided that he needed discipline, so he was sent to a boarding school in Nevada. Rhys hated it there. However, while he was there he had some... weird... things happen to him. He had a teacher there, Mr Gunther, he smelled so foul. It was almost like a gym and a animal farm had been mixed together. Mr Gunther was the P.E. teacher and always had it out for Rhys. He was always pushing Rhys harder than the other kids and he could swear he heard him licking his lips multiple times.
One day in particular that feeling turned from Mr Gunther trying to kill him to Mr Gunther actually trying to kill him. They were playing the obligatory dodgeball in class. A normal day. That's when Mr Gunther had the great idea to have the entire class play against Rhys. Obviously Rhys lost. He had bruises all over his body and the class bully punched his shoulder and made a mocking noise as if he had just gotten hit by sixty dodgeballs. Rhys clenched his fist and walked past Mr Gunther and he swore he heard Mr Gunther mention something about tenderizing his meat, whatever that meant. Rhys, in a rare moment of restraint, didn't blow up on anyone. This wouldn't save him. Later that day Mr. Gunther had decided he had had enough of Rhys. Mr Gunther came into the locker room and eyed Rhys with anger. He berated Rhys and told him that he would have to do better next time. In his screaming tyrade Rhys made out that Mr Gunther had called Rhys into his office after class and that's when the craziest thing happened.
As Rhys entered the office and sat in the chair with an angry expression on his face. This wouldn't be the first time he got in trouble for doing literally nothing. Mr. Gunther asked Rhys if he knew why he had been called into his office. Rhys of course said a resounding no. Mr Gunther, in his deep raspy voice, told Rhys it had been so hard to know for sure who Rhys is. Rhys was confused. He was a nobody from a nobody family. Nevertheless Mr. Gunther continued and told Rhys that he could smell just how important Rhys was. This again confused Rhys. He could smell how important he was? What did that mean? Unfortunately Rhys wouldn't be able to ask any further questions. With a grin Mr Gunther told Rhys he needed no further confirmation and couldn't wait to eat him. In an instant Mr Gunther seemed to transform from the large lanky human he was to... a Cyclops.
Mr Gunther then tried to attack Rhys which went rather poorly for both of them. Rhys grabbed the chair he had been sitting in moments before Mr. Gunther attempted to smash him into a nice tomato sauce. Rhys took the chair and smacked Mr Gunther with it which surprised the sweaty Cyclops gym teacher enough to allow Rhys to escape. Mr. Gunther chased Rhys down the hall. To which he heard his classmates saying something about somebody having a gun. Rhys didn't take any chances and ran as fast and as far as he could. Rhys ran away and headed for the Las Vegas strip. He figured he could find a place to hide in that big of a city. He was, of course, correct. He didn't know just what that meant. He decided to head to a casino a little bit off the strip. He went to a casino that he could vaguely make out through his dyslexia called the Lotus Casino.
What felt like only a few days for Rhys turned out being a few decades. While Rhys was playing a weird high tech music game (you could play in your own rock band! How cool!). He somehow got free of the magic of the casino. He was focused on the game and made the high score, but as he hit the sore he was pretty sure a half goat half human person bumped into him resulting in Rhys realizing he had just seen a half goat half human which really blew his mind. He shook his head and looked around and saw a lot of things that didn't make sense. Like one person was talking to a cell phone, but it wasn't any cell phone he had ever seen before because the man was able to to touch the screen and things just did things for him. He saw a kid watching videos on his phone on the world wide web. Something was off and Rhys had to get to the bottom of it. Through some miracle Rhys made it to Camp Half-Blood not realizing just who he was or how long it was since he went missing.
Rhys has officially watched the orientation film and feels sufficiently confused about his life. He sits in a sort of daze on the steps on the big house looking over at his new life. Maybe this is where he finally belongs... probably not.

Unsurprising to most, I decided to bring Neobrand to battle last weekend at Grand Prix Las Vegas, even though I probably could've easily gotten my hands on a copy of Hogaak. I've already tweeted a lot about Neobrand and its place in the metagame, but to summarize:

1. Hogaak and decks rising to beat Hogaak were also chasing away decks such as UWx and Death's Shadow, some of the worst matchups for the deck.
2. Hogaak itself and the rise in decks that can supposedly combat Hogaak reasonably (Burn, Red Phoenix, Tron, Jund) were all great matchups for Neobrand. The collective win rate against the above decks during my testing was 76%.
3. Mainstream MTG content made it clear that half measures vs. Hogaak do not work, so most lists started with 4 Leylines, decreasing the chance of Grafdigger's Cages.
4. Neobrand in general has a very select number of axes of hate it dislikes.

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I've written over 10,000 words on the actual deck (below), so for the purposes of this report I will focus on the weekend.
https://magic.facetofacegames.com/neoshoal-combo-primer-part-1-the-cards-behind-the-turn-1-meme/
https://magic.facetofacegames.com/neobrand-combo-primer-part-2-in-game-heuristics-gameplay/
http://magic.facetofacegames.com/neobrand-combo-primer-part-3-sample-game-walkthrough-sideboardguide/
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Thursday - Modern MCQ
I fly in on Wednesday night, check into my room at Westgate, and promptly accrue zero hours of sleep until a 30 min window around 8 AM where Cyruscg checks into the room and wakes me up. Rude. We both spout our nonsense about how well prepared we are and how we are going to farm each other in the final.
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My list: https://twitter.com/finalnub/status/1163260804579282944
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Round 1: WW vs. Jund
Round 2: WLL vs. Gx Tron. It was unfortunately friendly fire between two Vancouverites. Unfortunately in game 3 he snap keeps 7 but has no early plays so I read him for a clear Warping Wail (which is a 0-1 of). I tried to get the Allosaurus Rider beats going but he threatens to Tron by turn 5 so I am forced to jam my Eldritch Evolution and opponent shows the Warping Wail.
Round 3: WW vs. Hogaak. Game 1 I combo him from 8 life on turn 4. Opponent presents a turn 2 14 power clock in game 2 and I ignore it.
Round 4: WW Elves vs Dana Fischer. Fun match. It was my first time playing against Dana/Adam and was impressed by how they handled the match.
Round 5: LWL vs. Devoted Druid. Game 3 I have the turn 3 kill but opponent casts an unexpected Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and that singlehandedly defeated
Round 6: Draw for prizes
Tournament Summary: 3-2-1
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List felt great but my lack of sleeping is catching up to me. We go out for a nice dinner at Lotus of Siam (must-ry in LV) and I met new some interesting people. I ponder whether to make any chances to the 75 but ditches the idea. This is the night where I realize that the beds and the pillows at Westgate are actually the nut low. Soft as cloud (think Mallow from Mario RPG) and offers negative support. As someone who had to have a discectomy this was untenable. My line is to choose to sleep on the couch and I get rewarded with 3 hours of crappy sleep.
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Friday - Modern Main Event Day 1
Round 3 vs. James (Jund): WLW
I make a few potentially lethal mistakes here. First did cost me game 2 where my keep was a nut Leyline of Sanctity+turn 2 Neoform hand. Instead of waiting until turn 3 to potentially have another land, draw and a chance to hold up Veil of Summer, I am overconfident and jam on turn 2, fizzling and losing to an opposing Assassin's Trophy.
Game 3 is less egregious but still bad. I had an opportunity to turn 3 Evolution into Griselbrand but elect not to because I would've had to burn a Nourishing Shoal and something about James' play pattern indicated no additional discard. Of course, James plays an Inquisition right after but he takes my Laboratory Maniac instead of my Eldritch Evolution/Allosaurus Rider. I produce a Griselbrand and drown him in card advantage (and by that I mean multiple Allosaurus Rider, second Griselbrand, hardcast Chancellor of the Tangle).
3-0
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Round 4 vs. Jason (Burn): WW
Not much to speak of in a good matchup. Highlight of this match was in game 2 where I make a few marginal but disciplined mulligans down to 4, draw the Leyline of Sanctity after keeping 4 (of course), and still win because Jason was on a no creature draw. 0 mana gain 15 life is good vs. that.
4-0
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Round 5 vs. Daniel (Bant Spirits): LWL
I mulligan to a 5 that is two cards short of a turn 3 evolution. Daniel leads on turn 1 Mausoleum Wanderer which is unbeatable. I scoop without showing him much. I am raging inside as this is one of the worst matchup you can have for Neobrand but I hadn't seen Spirits in almost a year. That's Modern for you!
In game 2, I mulligan to 6 but win on turn 1.
Game 3 is a doozy. I keep a 6 that's missing 2 pieces but has a Pact of Negation. Opponent keeps 5 and his only early play is a flashed Rattlechain, which hits me twice. Given that he didn't elect to flash anything in after the Rattlechain turn, my read was a hand either full of Paths, Queller, 2 mana countermagic or Force. Eventually I jam the combo at 16 life as one more Rattlechain hit would've turned off a draw 7 and it's not going to get better. Daniel Deprives my Evolution, I Pact it, Daniel Cracks his Canopy and..........
Draws Supreme Phantom off the top, which he slams along with his hand of Aether Vial+Force of Negation. Tough beats!
4-1
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Round 6 vs. Joseph (Red Phoenix): WLW
We split an unremarkable pair of games before my mulligan to 4 in game 3, which is Neoform, UG land, green cardx2. Here I'm just thinking not like this and start making plans to play ANT in tomorrow's Legacy MCQ. However, Joseph is on a slow keep on 7 centered around 1 Soul-Scar Mage and Shrine of Burning Rage. That actually gives me a chance to live to my turn 5 and combo. I count my lucky stars and consider visiting the casino tonight.
5-1
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Round 7 vs. Nathan (Gx Tron): WLW
At this point, I'm still in disbelief at how I managed to steal two matches off of mulligans to 4 vs. two of the most aggressive decks in Modern. Little did I know the day would take another turn for the ridiculous...
Game 1 I turn 2 kill Nathan. Game 2 He has a turn 1 Cage and turn 4 Karn.
Game 3 is an absurd one. While I mulligan to 6 Nathan snap-keeps 7, which has me worried for an opening Cage. My mulligan to 6 is a turn 2 with no Oxidizes, but it's not a hand you can realistically mulligan. Sure enough, Nathan has a turn 1 Cage and I'm resigned to my fate and continue mentally planning my ANT sideboard (hint: Just netdeck Cyrus). I do run out the turn 2 Allosaurus Rider out because why not.
It turns out, however, that Nathan kept a 1 lander and soon the match has my full attention. Simian Spirit Guide joins the fray to potentially cut a turn off the clock. There is an interesting spot where Nathan has Power Plantx2, Mine, Forest and Grafdigger's Cage, and just "fogged" my attack of 4/4 Rider+2/2 SSG with his Ballista while at 4 life. I know from a previous Ancient Stirrings that he had an Oblivion Stone. I have an offline Neoform, Allosaurus Rider and 2 green cards with my surviving 4/4 Rider.
Thinking here is that if I play out the second Allosaurus Rider, I would be playing around another blocker that would fog (which I couldn't think of beside their 1-3 Ballistas. I doubt Thragtusk has entered his 60) and Dismember (don't laugh - they don't have enough bad cards to cut), but gets punished by a sweeper such as the Ostone that I know he has. If I hold the Rider, Nathan can draw Tron and Oblivion Stone, which would kill the Cage and I can combo in my second phase after the OStone activation. In the end, I ended up jamming the second Rider and pass with two 4/4s and opponent at 4. I had to sweat a big Ancient Stirrings but it whiffed. I win a game where the turn 1 Cage never got removed. Interesting.
6-1
Round 8 vs Austin (UW): WLW
I win the die roll and keep a turn 1 kill hand. Austin accidentally goes first and lays a tapped Colonnade. OK then...
Game 2 is also a bit absurd, in that I had two Pact of Negations for his two Force of Negations. However, Neobrand giveth and taketh, as the combo fizzled and we had to move onto game 3.
In game 3, we both appear to have kept a slower hand. Mine is an Eldritch Evolution (handy vs. Spell Snare) hand with Pact of Negation backup. Austin goes Island go, Field go, which is interesting as he's not able to represent Dovin's Veto. I jam on turn 4, which gets by his Mana Leak and gets around the Spell Snare that he ends up having. I win an impossible matchup and i think about how much murder I've gotten away with in the last 5 hours.
7-1
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Round 9 vs Mac (Red Phoenix): WW
Games played out how you'd expect them to with turn 2/3 Griselbrands. Note that this deck can definitely kill a Griselbrand, so you have to evaluate carefully whether you should be drawing 7s to win this turn, or just pass and hope. There were a few tricky spots where I could've died to a very specific combination of cards, but luckily I survive.
8-1
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I'm ecstatic that I'm 8-1 and feel very good about putting up a good result tomorrow. I also find that I am not the only maniac playing Neobrand. Chuck Pierce was actually at the 8-0 table playing for day 1 undefeated. He and his two friends came up to say hello and talk about the article, which was super cool. 6 of us ended up making day two with Neobrand, which seems pretty good for a "meme" deck that people have natural tendencies to dismiss immediately.
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The Westgate bed remains unplayable and I get another 4 hours of rough sleep on the couch.
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Saturday - Modern Main Event Day 12
Round 10 vs. Matthew (Amulet Titan): WW
Game 1 I mulligan to 4 and turn 2 him because why not?
Game 2 Opponent plays a turn 2 Trinket Mage fetching Pithing Needle, passes and asks if I'm going to kill. I do.
9-1
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In between the rounds, I'm constantly chirping about how I've yet to face my bye (Hogaak) and how they would never show Neobrand on camera. Be careful what you wish for..
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Round 11 Feature Match vs. Ashton (Turbo Hogaak):
You can watch the match here, as this was the round 11 main feature:
https://www.twitch.tv/channelfireball
In game 1, Ashton cannot beat a turn 2 7/7 flying lifelinker. Game 2 and 3 play out in similar ways in that Ashton presents a very fast Vengevine-fueled clock, which makes comboing a bit harder. I unfortunately brick in game 2. I take note of his start in game 3, which screams out Assassin's Trophy. If possible, I would want to wait as long as possible. to get another land+Veil, but alas I do not have the time. Waterlogged Groves also reared their ugly side, as the pings from the Groves made sure I was 14 or lower, denying me another draw 7.
The judge call was about communicaiton and when priority was implied to have been passed. I believe Ashton missed lethal after, as blocking with Rider means that he can jam onto the Feeder and win on the spot. He doesn't. I need him to make several mistakes in a row to have a chance here - something about trying to alpha strike with everyone including a blocker, him sacrificing to Carrion Feeder a few times to turn on Morbid on Life Goes On, and then killing him on the backswing. Of course, he ends up casting Hogaak as a blocker and the game is over from there.
9-2
I'm really irritated that I finally got to go back on the feature match and losing an easy matchup. As I said, you really should be careful of what you wish for :)
Round 12 vs. Boaz (Jeskai Urza): WW
Game one I turn 3 him. I learned that Boaz was holding a fully powered Whir of Invention to get Grafdigger's Cage/Pithing Needle/Bridge, but Boaz did not exactly know what deck this was, so he tapped out for Urza instead. He doesn't get to untap again in this game.
In game 2, I keep a close 7 with an Oxidize. However, Boaz plays an early Goblin Engineer and digs up a Pithing Needle. The Goblin Engineer is actually quite a nuisance, as it can loop back any key artifact if destroyed. I end up going for it around turn 4, where I lead with my life gain, Evolution then Oxidize on Pithing Needle. I activate to draw 7 and opponent tries to bring back the Needle, but I draw the entire deck minus 7 in response to the first draw 7 and Path. Fun game.
10-2
Up to this point, there's increased buzz about how people have seen and have been defeated by Neobrand at the top tables. Sure enough, it was Chuck Pierce and he seems to be doing well at 9-1 (he would lose his match off camera.
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Round 13 vs. Chuck Pierce (Neobrand): WLW
This may be my most memorable match in the tournament. Chuck wins the die roll (wpwp) and proceeds to turn 1 me off Summoner's Pact. Unfortunately! Chuck fizzles and dies to Pact. This is the pinnacle of Modern
Game 2 is likely the most absurd game that I've played with this deck. I mulligan to 6 and has the turn 1 combo. Unfortunately, I fizzle but I can pass with no Pact to pay. I summon out two Allosaurus Riders and pass with those plus an 8/8 lifelink flier and a bunch of lands. Mistake 1): I should've kept an extra evolution spell to re-evolve into Griselbrand in case one Griselbrand isn't enough.
Chuck turn 1s but also fizzles, summons two Allosaurus Riders, cast Serum Visions to top/bobbom and passes the turn. My hand is mostly lands and cyclers at this point, and each side is staring at their counterpart's board of Rider, Rider and 8/8 Griselbrand. Our lives are 6 and 7.
My draw step yields me no lifegain to help. Mistake 2) I tank and pass the turn rather than attacking, reasoning that I don't have an Evolution spell so risking a block seems too risky. However, I think I should've attacked with Griselbrand for a few reasons:

1. Opponent topped a card with SV. That means it has to be a life gain spell. I should've assumed that I was dead at that point.
2. There's an off-chance where killing one Griselbrand is plenty enough. That scenario requires the other side to have drawn both Griselbrands so re-evolving into Griselbrand is not a line

As played, Chuck's next draw is a Nourishing Shoal and I'm dead on the spot.
In game 3, I mulligan to 4 and Chuck to 5. I fire off two SVs and find the combo with relative ease while Chuck's hand does nothing. For the third time this weekend, I won with a mulligan to 4... and start thinking whether I'm meant to be the winner this weekend.
Round 14 Feature Match vs. Jack (Burn)
This is also on the Channelfireball Twitch VOD. As you can see from the coverage, I do not know who the opponent is so I keep a fine ish of SSG, Cantor, Waterlogged Grove, Manamorphose, Manamorphose, Summoner's Pact. In hindsight, this is much closer to a mulligan than a keep in the dark. However, the hand already had Manamorphose mana to cycle a third mana source in Cantor to power out an Eldritch Evolution. As you can see in game 1, I never get a chance to play.
Game 2 is the game that I've been thinking for a while now. Basically, I keep a clean turn 2 combo without Pact triggers. Jack's turn 1 of land go is a bit suspicious. Here I tank and think about whether I should wait a turn, jam and go ham, or jam and pass. I end up taking the last line. Most of the times, Burn players should be playing 2-3 Path to Exile. It's certainly conceivable that Jack is holding up a Path, but I'd rather not play around that by waiting. I think most of the times with them having 2-3 Paths for Griselbrand, I'm fine trying to win with a 8/8 flying lifelinker and not drawing any cards immediately.
There's also another microdecision here that could've changed the game: what to pitch to my Allosaurus Rider. I ended up pitching the Wurm rather than Allosaurus Rider because I wanted to leave myself an option to re-combo next turn or just beat down with the Rider. I thought about this more and honestly don't know what the right answer is.
Anyway, as played Jack has Path and each of my draw 7s aren't great. I did draw a Shoal but no Wurm so exiling the Wurm ends up punishing me. My plan from here is to draw enough to buffer my life total whie being able to re-combo next turn, or enough to win via Allosaurus Rider betadown. As you can see, I just don't get anything, which is anything but this sort of variance is part of the game. Unfortunately, I get on two camera matches and lose both of them in key spots. Good beats - this game is tough!
11-3
Round 15 vs. Kevin (Thalia Stompy): LL
Kevin turns out to be a friend/disciple of one famous SpiderSpace that also streams this deck. I mulligan to a great 4 card hand that actually needs just two lands to combo. Kevin turbos out Leonin Arbiter on turn 1 and GQs me. That is what they call in the business good game.
Game 2 doesn't go much better. Chalice on 0 ruins a turn 2 combo, and I draw my Allosaurus Rider a turn two late while he suffocates me with the TKS/Displacer lock.
I'm fairly certain this deck is very favored against Neobrand, as Thalia and Arbiter are auto-wins game 1. they get to bring in more artifact from the SB post-bardo. Oh well, what can you do !
11-4
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Tournament Summary

• I was very happy about how the deck functioned, and would choose the deck again if we were to take it back once.
• 11-2 into 11-4 to miss top 8/PT RIchmond felt gut-wrenching, especially considering that it would've been with a deck most have dismissed as a meme and a deck that I have written a lot of words for.
• Few more bounces going my way would've meant that I had a good shot at making the top 8 and cleaning out the Hogaak players. It is regrettable
• As for the 75, I wouldn't change a thing for the time being, but I would intently watch how the post-ban metagame fares

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Bonus: What do I think of Neoform in the post-ban meta?

• I think it's extremely hard to even begin to tackle a question like this. Anyone who thinks they know exactly where the format will go after a set of changes as seismic as this are deluding themselves
• The deck is still conceptually one of, if not the, most powerful thing legal in Modern
• If I had to guess, the disappearance of graveyard decks and a rise in UW (who can play SFM) are going to mean bad things for Neoform. The former because they used to police UW and they themselves (Dredge, Hogaak) had horrendous matchups against Neobrand. The latter because without anyone policing UW I think it's possible UW becomes the dominant tier 1 choice within the next 1-2 months.

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Thanks for reading, and until next time, happy turn 1ing!

Unsurprising to most, I decided to bring Neobrand to battle last weekend at Grand Prix Las Vegas, even though I probably could've easily gotten my hands on a copy of Hogaak. I've already tweeted a lot about Neobrand and its place in the metagame, but to summarize:

1. Hogaak and decks rising to beat Hogaak were also chasing away decks such as UWx and Death's Shadow, some of the worst matchups for the deck.
2. Hogaak itself and the rise in decks that can supposedly combat Hogaak reasonably (Burn, Red Phoenix, Tron, Jund) were all great matchups for Neobrand. The collective win rate against the above decks during my testing was 76%.
3. Mainstream MTG content made it clear that half measures vs. Hogaak do not work, so most lists started with 4 Leylines, decreasing the chance of Grafdigger's Cages.
4. Neobrand in general has a very select number of axes of hate it dislikes.

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I've written over 10,000 words on the actual deck (below), so for the purposes of this report I will focus on the weekend.
https://magic.facetofacegames.com/neoshoal-combo-primer-part-1-the-cards-behind-the-turn-1-meme/
https://magic.facetofacegames.com/neobrand-combo-primer-part-2-in-game-heuristics-gameplay/
http://magic.facetofacegames.com/neobrand-combo-primer-part-3-sample-game-walkthrough-sideboardguide/
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Thursday - Modern MCQ
I fly in on Wednesday night, check into my room at Westgate, and promptly accrue zero hours of sleep until a 30 min window around 8 AM where Cyruscg checks into the room and wakes me up. Rude. We both spout our nonsense about how well prepared we are and how we are going to farm each other in the final.
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My list: https://twitter.com/finalnub/status/1163260804579282944
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Round 1: WW vs. Jund
Round 2: WLL vs. Gx Tron. It was unfortunately friendly fire between two Vancouverites. Unfortunately in game 3 he snap keeps 7 but has no early plays so I read him for a clear Warping Wail (which is a 0-1 of). I tried to get the Allosaurus Rider beats going but he threatens to Tron by turn 5 so I am forced to jam my Eldritch Evolution and opponent shows the Warping Wail.
Round 3: WW vs. Hogaak. Game 1 I combo him from 8 life on turn 4. Opponent presents a turn 2 14 power clock in game 2 and I ignore it.
Round 4: WW Elves vs Dana Fischer. Fun match. It was my first time playing against Dana/Adam and was impressed by how they handled the match.
Round 5: LWL vs. Devoted Druid. Game 3 I have the turn 3 kill but opponent casts an unexpected Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and that singlehandedly defeated
Round 6: Draw for prizes
Tournament Summary: 3-2-1
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List felt great but my lack of sleeping is catching up to me. We go out for a nice dinner at Lotus of Siam (must-ry in LV) and I met new some interesting people. I ponder whether to make any chances to the 75 but ditches the idea. This is the night where I realize that the beds and the pillows at Westgate are actually the nut low. Soft as cloud (think Mallow from Mario RPG) and offers negative support. As someone who had to have a discectomy this was untenable. My line is to choose to sleep on the couch and I get rewarded with 3 hours of crappy sleep.
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Friday - Modern Main Event Day 1
Round 3 vs. James (Jund): WLW
I make a few potentially lethal mistakes here. First did cost me game 2 where my keep was a nut Leyline of Sanctity+turn 2 Neoform hand. Instead of waiting until turn 3 to potentially have another land, draw and a chance to hold up Veil of Summer, I am overconfident and jam on turn 2, fizzling and losing to an opposing Assassin's Trophy.
Game 3 is less egregious but still bad. I had an opportunity to turn 3 Evolution into Griselbrand but elect not to because I would've had to burn a Nourishing Shoal and something about James' play pattern indicated no additional discard. Of course, James plays an Inquisition right after but he takes my Laboratory Maniac instead of my Eldritch Evolution/Allosaurus Rider. I produce a Griselbrand and drown him in card advantage (and by that I mean multiple Allosaurus Rider, second Griselbrand, hardcast Chancellor of the Tangle).
3-0
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Round 4 vs. Jason (Burn): WW
Not much to speak of in a good matchup. Highlight of this match was in game 2 where I make a few marginal but disciplined mulligans down to 4, draw the Leyline of Sanctity after keeping 4 (of course), and still win because Jason was on a no creature draw. 0 mana gain 15 life is good vs. that.
4-0
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Round 5 vs. Daniel (Bant Spirits): LWL
I mulligan to a 5 that is two cards short of a turn 3 evolution. Daniel leads on turn 1 Mausoleum Wanderer which is unbeatable. I scoop without showing him much. I am raging inside as this is one of the worst matchup you can have for Neobrand but I hadn't seen Spirits in almost a year. That's Modern for you!
In game 2, I mulligan to 6 but win on turn 1.
Game 3 is a doozy. I keep a 6 that's missing 2 pieces but has a Pact of Negation. Opponent keeps 5 and his only early play is a flashed Rattlechain, which hits me twice. Given that he didn't elect to flash anything in after the Rattlechain turn, my read was a hand either full of Paths, Queller, 2 mana countermagic or Force. Eventually I jam the combo at 16 life as one more Rattlechain hit would've turned off a draw 7 and it's not going to get better. Daniel Deprives my Evolution, I Pact it, Daniel Cracks his Canopy and..........
Draws Supreme Phantom off the top, which he slams along with his hand of Aether Vial+Force of Negation. Tough beats!
4-1
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Round 6 vs. Joseph (Red Phoenix): WLW
We split an unremarkable pair of games before my mulligan to 4 in game 3, which is Neoform, UG land, green cardx2. Here I'm just thinking not like this and start making plans to play ANT in tomorrow's Legacy MCQ. However, Joseph is on a slow keep on 7 centered around 1 Soul-Scar Mage and Shrine of Burning Rage. That actually gives me a chance to live to my turn 5 and combo. I count my lucky stars and consider visiting the casino tonight.
5-1
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Round 7 vs. Nathan (Gx Tron): WLW
At this point, I'm still in disbelief at how I managed to steal two matches off of mulligans to 4 vs. two of the most aggressive decks in Modern. Little did I know the day would take another turn for the ridiculous...
Game 1 I turn 2 kill Nathan. Game 2 He has a turn 1 Cage and turn 4 Karn.
Game 3 is an absurd one. While I mulligan to 6 Nathan snap-keeps 7, which has me worried for an opening Cage. My mulligan to 6 is a turn 2 with no Oxidizes, but it's not a hand you can realistically mulligan. Sure enough, Nathan has a turn 1 Cage and I'm resigned to my fate and continue mentally planning my ANT sideboard (hint: Just netdeck Cyrus). I do run out the turn 2 Allosaurus Rider out because why not.
It turns out, however, that Nathan kept a 1 lander and soon the match has my full attention. Simian Spirit Guide joins the fray to potentially cut a turn off the clock. There is an interesting spot where Nathan has Power Plantx2, Mine, Forest and Grafdigger's Cage, and just "fogged" my attack of 4/4 Rider+2/2 SSG with his Ballista while at 4 life. I know from a previous Ancient Stirrings that he had an Oblivion Stone. I have an offline Neoform, Allosaurus Rider and 2 green cards with my surviving 4/4 Rider.
Thinking here is that if I play out the second Allosaurus Rider, I would be playing around another blocker that would fog (which I couldn't think of beside their 1-3 Ballistas. I doubt Thragtusk has entered his 60) and Dismember (don't laugh - they don't have enough bad cards to cut), but gets punished by a sweeper such as the Ostone that I know he has. If I hold the Rider, Nathan can draw Tron and Oblivion Stone, which would kill the Cage and I can combo in my second phase after the OStone activation. In the end, I ended up jamming the second Rider and pass with two 4/4s and opponent at 4. I had to sweat a big Ancient Stirrings but it whiffed. I win a game where the turn 1 Cage never got removed. Interesting.
6-1
Round 8 vs Austin (UW): WLW
I win the die roll and keep a turn 1 kill hand. Austin accidentally goes first and lays a tapped Colonnade. OK then...
Game 2 is also a bit absurd, in that I had two Pact of Negations for his two Force of Negations. However, Neobrand giveth and taketh, as the combo fizzled and we had to move onto game 3.
In game 3, we both appear to have kept a slower hand. Mine is an Eldritch Evolution (handy vs. Spell Snare) hand with Pact of Negation backup. Austin goes Island go, Field go, which is interesting as he's not able to represent Dovin's Veto. I jam on turn 4, which gets by his Mana Leak and gets around the Spell Snare that he ends up having. I win an impossible matchup and i think about how much murder I've gotten away with in the last 5 hours.
7-1
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Round 9 vs Mac (Red Phoenix): WW
Games played out how you'd expect them to with turn 2/3 Griselbrands. Note that this deck can definitely kill a Griselbrand, so you have to evaluate carefully whether you should be drawing 7s to win this turn, or just pass and hope. There were a few tricky spots where I could've died to a very specific combination of cards, but luckily I survive.
8-1
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I'm ecstatic that I'm 8-1 and feel very good about putting up a good result tomorrow. I also find that I am not the only maniac playing Neobrand. Chuck Pierce was actually at the 8-0 table playing for day 1 undefeated. He and his two friends came up to say hello and talk about the article, which was super cool. 6 of us ended up making day two with Neobrand, which seems pretty good for a "meme" deck that people have natural tendencies to dismiss immediately.
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The Westgate bed remains unplayable and I get another 4 hours of rough sleep on the couch.
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Saturday - Modern Main Event Day 12
Round 10 vs. Matthew (Amulet Titan): WW
Game 1 I mulligan to 4 and turn 2 him because why not?
Game 2 Opponent plays a turn 2 Trinket Mage fetching Pithing Needle, passes and asks if I'm going to kill. I do.
9-1
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In between the rounds, I'm constantly chirping about how I've yet to face my bye (Hogaak) and how they would never show Neobrand on camera. Be careful what you wish for..
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Round 11 Feature Match vs. Ashton (Turbo Hogaak):
You can watch the match here, as this was the round 11 main feature:
https://www.twitch.tv/channelfireball
In game 1, Ashton cannot beat a turn 2 7/7 flying lifelinker. Game 2 and 3 play out in similar ways in that Ashton presents a very fast Vengevine-fueled clock, which makes comboing a bit harder. I unfortunately brick in game 2. I take note of his start in game 3, which screams out Assassin's Trophy. If possible, I would want to wait as long as possible. to get another land+Veil, but alas I do not have the time. Waterlogged Groves also reared their ugly side, as the pings from the Groves made sure I was 14 or lower, denying me another draw 7.
The judge call was about communicaiton and when priority was implied to have been passed. I believe Ashton missed lethal after, as blocking with Rider means that he can jam onto the Feeder and win on the spot. He doesn't. I need him to make several mistakes in a row to have a chance here - something about trying to alpha strike with everyone including a blocker, him sacrificing to Carrion Feeder a few times to turn on Morbid on Life Goes On, and then killing him on the backswing. Of course, he ends up casting Hogaak as a blocker and the game is over from there.
9-2
I'm really irritated that I finally got to go back on the feature match and losing an easy matchup. As I said, you really should be careful of what you wish for :)
Round 12 vs. Boaz (Jeskai Urza): WW
Game one I turn 3 him. I learned that Boaz was holding a fully powered Whir of Invention to get Grafdigger's Cage/Pithing Needle/Bridge, but Boaz did not exactly know what deck this was, so he tapped out for Urza instead. He doesn't get to untap again in this game.
In game 2, I keep a close 7 with an Oxidize. However, Boaz plays an early Goblin Engineer and digs up a Pithing Needle. The Goblin Engineer is actually quite a nuisance, as it can loop back any key artifact if destroyed. I end up going for it around turn 4, where I lead with my life gain, Evolution then Oxidize on Pithing Needle. I activate to draw 7 and opponent tries to bring back the Needle, but I draw the entire deck minus 7 in response to the first draw 7 and Path. Fun game.
10-2
Up to this point, there's increased buzz about how people have seen and have been defeated by Neobrand at the top tables. Sure enough, it was Chuck Pierce and he seems to be doing well at 9-1 (he would lose his match off camera.
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Round 13 vs. Chuck Pierce (Neobrand): WLW
This may be my most memorable match in the tournament. Chuck wins the die roll (wpwp) and proceeds to turn 1 me off Summoner's Pact. Unfortunately! Chuck fizzles and dies to Pact. This is the pinnacle of Modern
Game 2 is likely the most absurd game that I've played with this deck. I mulligan to 6 and has the turn 1 combo. Unfortunately, I fizzle but I can pass with no Pact to pay. I summon out two Allosaurus Riders and pass with those plus an 8/8 lifelink flier and a bunch of lands. Mistake 1): I should've kept an extra evolution spell to re-evolve into Griselbrand in case one Griselbrand isn't enough.
Chuck turn 1s but also fizzles, summons two Allosaurus Riders, cast Serum Visions to top/bobbom and passes the turn. My hand is mostly lands and cyclers at this point, and each side is staring at their counterpart's board of Rider, Rider and 8/8 Griselbrand. Our lives are 6 and 7.
My draw step yields me no lifegain to help. Mistake 2) I tank and pass the turn rather than attacking, reasoning that I don't have an Evolution spell so risking a block seems too risky. However, I think I should've attacked with Griselbrand for a few reasons:

1. Opponent topped a card with SV. That means it has to be a life gain spell. I should've assumed that I was dead at that point.
2. There's an off-chance where killing one Griselbrand is plenty enough. That scenario requires the other side to have drawn both Griselbrands so re-evolving into Griselbrand is not a line

As played, Chuck's next draw is a Nourishing Shoal and I'm dead on the spot.
In game 3, I mulligan to 4 and Chuck to 5. I fire off two SVs and find the combo with relative ease while Chuck's hand does nothing. For the third time this weekend, I won with a mulligan to 4... and start thinking whether I'm meant to be the winner this weekend.
Round 14 Feature Match vs. Jack (Burn)
This is also on the Channelfireball Twitch VOD. As you can see from the coverage, I do not know who the opponent is so I keep a fine ish of SSG, Cantor, Waterlogged Grove, Manamorphose, Manamorphose, Summoner's Pact. In hindsight, this is much closer to a mulligan than a keep in the dark. However, the hand already had Manamorphose mana to cycle a third mana source in Cantor to power out an Eldritch Evolution. As you can see in game 1, I never get a chance to play.
Game 2 is the game that I've been thinking for a while now. Basically, I keep a clean turn 2 combo without Pact triggers. Jack's turn 1 of land go is a bit suspicious. Here I tank and think about whether I should wait a turn, jam and go ham, or jam and pass. I end up taking the last line. Most of the times, Burn players should be playing 2-3 Path to Exile. It's certainly conceivable that Jack is holding up a Path, but I'd rather not play around that by waiting. I think most of the times with them having 2-3 Paths for Griselbrand, I'm fine trying to win with a 8/8 flying lifelinker and not drawing any cards immediately.
There's also another microdecision here that could've changed the game: what to pitch to my Allosaurus Rider. I ended up pitching the Wurm rather than Allosaurus Rider because I wanted to leave myself an option to re-combo next turn or just beat down with the Rider. I thought about this more and honestly don't know what the right answer is.
Anyway, as played Jack has Path and each of my draw 7s aren't great. I did draw a Shoal but no Wurm so exiling the Wurm ends up punishing me. My plan from here is to draw enough to buffer my life total whie being able to re-combo next turn, or enough to win via Allosaurus Rider betadown. As you can see, I just don't get anything, which is anything but this sort of variance is part of the game. Unfortunately, I get on two camera matches and lose both of them in key spots. Good beats - this game is tough!
11-3
Round 15 vs. Kevin (Thalia Stompy): LL
Kevin turns out to be a friend/disciple of one famous SpiderSpace that also streams this deck. I mulligan to a great 4 card hand that actually needs just two lands to combo. Kevin turbos out Leonin Arbiter on turn 1 and GQs me. That is what they call in the business good game.
Game 2 doesn't go much better. Chalice on 0 ruins a turn 2 combo, and I draw my Allosaurus Rider a turn two late while he suffocates me with the TKS/Displacer lock.
I'm fairly certain this deck is very favored against Neobrand, as Thalia and Arbiter are auto-wins game 1. they get to bring in more artifact from the SB post-bardo. Oh well, what can you do !
11-4
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Tournament Summary

• I was very happy about how the deck functioned, and would choose the deck again if we were to take it back once.
• 11-2 into 11-4 to miss top 8/PT RIchmond felt gut-wrenching, especially considering that it would've been with a deck most have dismissed as a meme and a deck that I have written a lot of words for.
• Few more bounces going my way would've meant that I had a good shot at making the top 8 and cleaning out the Hogaak players. It is regrettable
• As for the 75, I wouldn't change a thing for the time being, but I would intently watch how the post-ban metagame fares

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Bonus: What do I think of Neoform in the post-ban meta?

• I think it's extremely hard to even begin to tackle a question like this. Anyone who thinks they know exactly where the format will go after a set of changes as seismic as this are deluding themselves
• The deck is still conceptually one of, if not the, most powerful thing legal in Modern
• If I had to guess, the disappearance of graveyard decks and a rise in UW (who can play SFM) are going to mean bad things for Neoform. The former because they used to police UW and they themselves (Dredge, Hogaak) had horrendous matchups against Neobrand. The latter because without anyone policing UW I think it's possible UW becomes the dominant tier 1 choice within the next 1-2 months.

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Thanks for reading, and until next time, happy turn 1ing!

This concludes PJO season 1 episode 4 of my fan script. Enjoy!
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EXT – DINER PARKING LOT – LATER, NIGHT TIME
The kids approach ARES, who is standing by a huge motorcycle with flames painted on the sides and shotgun holsters by the seat.
ARES:
(Grinning wickedly)
Well, well, well! You didn’t die! Good job.
PERCY:
(Angry)
You knew it was a trap!
ARES:
(Chuckles)
Yeah, yeah I did. Bet that ol’ cripple was surprised to see you runts in his net. Ya’ll look good on TV, by the way.
PERCY:
(Shoves shield into ARES’S chest)
Here’s your shield, douche bag.
ANNABETH and GROVER both gulp, afraid of what ARES might do to PERCY, but the war god simply throws the shield in the air, and as it spins and twirls around, it transforms into a bullet proof vest, which ARES throws on over his duster.
ARES:
Much obliged, kid.
PERCY:
(Impatient)
Well? We held up our end of the bargain, now it’s your turn. Where’s our ride?
ARES:
Over there. Free ticket all the way to Vegas.
ARES gestures to an ugly, beat up eighteen wheeler across the street from the diner, with a sign on the back that reads: KINDNESS INTERNATIONAL: HUMANE ZOO TRANSPORT. WARNING: LIVE WILD ANIMALS INSIDE.
PERCY:
(Disgusted)
You can’t be serious…
ARES points at the truck, snaps his fingers, and the back doors of the trailer open.
ARES:
You want a ride West or not? Besides, it’s free, so shut your yap. Oh, and here’s a little something for your troubles.
(Grabs a blue nylon backpack from his motorcycle, tosses it to PERCY)
PERCY:
(Opens backpack, sees fresh clothes, drachmas and some snacks)
We don’t want your damn-
GROVER:
(Eyes wide, nervous)
Th-thank you, Lord ARES, for this wonderful gift.
ANNABETH:
(Anxious)
Yes, truly, Lord ARES, you are too generous. Isn’t he, PERCY?
PERCY scowls at ARES, who starts getting on his motorcycle.
PERCY:
(Trying to stay calm)
You still got something for me. You said you knew something about my mom.
ARES:
(Smug)
You sure you wanna know?
(Starts his motorcycle)
She ain’t dead, kid.
PERCY:
(Shocked, hopeful)
Not… dead? But I saw her-
ARES:
Explode into golden fire? HADES took her. He’s keeping her hostage.
PERCY:
(Angry, confused)
Why?
ARES:
You ever read the Art of War, kid? I bet your little girlfriend would know all about it. You take hostages for leverage, to control your enemy.
PERCY:
(Balls up fists)
She’s not my girlfriend. And no one’s controlling me.
ARES:
(Smirks)
Whatever you say, kiddo.
PERCY:
You know, you’re pretty smug for a guy who runs from cupid statues.
ARES:
(Eyes glowing behind shades, growling)
You better watch your back, PERCY JACKSON.
ARES revs his motorcycle, and takes off down the street.
ANNABETH:
(Concerned)
That wasn’t smart, PERCY.
PERCY:
Whatever.
ANNABETH:
You do not want a god as an enemy, PERCY. Especially not ARES.
The kids glance back at the diner, and through the window, see two men wearing ‘Kindness International’ overalls heading out of the diner.
GROVER:
(Urgent)
We gotta go, dudes.
The kids run across the street to the truck, hurriedly get in, and slam the doors close.
INT – BACK OF EIGHTEEN WHEELER – SAME TIME
After the kids get in the truck, they realize it’s pitch black, and they can barely see.
GROVER:
I can’t see crap.
PERCY:
Hold on.
PERCY uncaps Riptide, and the gentle golden-bronze glow of the blade illuminates the trailer, revealing three caged animals; an albino lion, a zebra, and an antelope, who all look incredibly miserable. The zebra’s mane has chewing gum stuck in it, the antelope has a birthday balloon tied around its antler, and the lion’s ribs are visible through its fur. The lion has a sack of turnips in its filthy cage, and the zebra and antelope have packages of ground beef in their cages.
GROVER:
(Distraught)
This is kindness?
ANNABETH:
(Sad)
This is horrible!
PERCY:
(Quiet)
Poor guys…
The truck starts up and lurches forward, causing the kids the stagger back and fall. GROVER gets to his feet, and tries talking to the animals in a series of goat bleats, but they all just stare at him sadly.
ANNABETH:
(Determined)
We have to set them free!
PERCY:
We’re in a moving truck, wise girl, where they gonna go?
ANNABETH:
(Disappointed)
Oh…
PERCY:
Besides, I don’t like the way ol’ Mufasa’s looking at me.
ANNABETH:
Well, we should still help them.
A montage begins of the kids helping the animals. ANNABETH pulls the packages of ground beef out of the zebra and antelope cages, and PERCY uses Riptide to drag the sack of turnips out of the lion’s cage. PERCY gives the turnips to the zebra and antelope, and ANNABETH throws the ground beef to the lion, who happily chows down on it. GROVER continues trying to talk to the animals, and PERCY finds a water jug and fills up their bowls. ANNABETH uses her dagger to cut the balloon off the antelope’s antler, and then tries to do they same for the gum in the zebra’s mane, but PERCY stops her.
PERCY:
The truck’s too bumpy. You might hurt him.
ANNABETH reluctantly sheaths her knife, and she sits down by the lion’s cage with PERCY. They open a pack of Oreo’s from the backpack ARES gave them, and GROVER lies down, using a turnip sack as a pillow.
ANNABETH:
(Quiet, bashful)
Hey, PERCY? Um… sorry I freaked out back at the water park.
PERCY:
(Smiles)
It’s all good.
ANNABETH:
(Shivering)
It’s just… spiders.
PERCY:
(Nodding)
Because of the Arachne story. She got turned into a spider for pissing off your mom, right?
ANNABETH:
Arachne’s children having been hunting down the children of ATHENA ever since. Hate the creepy little things.
(Smiles, brushes hair out of face)
Anyway, you were awesome. I owe you.
PERCY:
(Chuckles, blushing)
Hey, we’re a team, remember? Besides, GROVER was pretty amazing too.
GROVER:
(Grinning, sleepy)
Yeah I was.
ANNABETH and PERCY chuckle, and ANNABETH hands PERCY an Oreo.
ANNABETH:
Hey, so… what else did LUKE say in the IRIS MESSAGE?
PERCY:
(Hesitant)
Well… he said you and him go way back. And how GROVER wouldn’t fail this time… and something about a pine tree?
ANNABETH and GROVER become quiet.
GROVER:
(Sad braying sound)
I should’ve just told you from the start. I thought if you knew how big of a failure I am, you wouldn’t want me to come on your quest.
PERCY:
I knew it! You were the satyr who rescued THALIA, the daughter of ZEUS, weren’t you?
GROVER doesn’t respond, but sadly looks off into space.
PERCY:
And the other half-bloods that you got to camp…
(Turns to ANNABETH)
… it was you and LUKE, wasn’t it?
ANNABETH:
(Quiet)
Like you said, a seven year old half-blood could never survive long by herself. THALIA was twelve at the time, LUKE was fourteen. They both ran away from home, just like me. They were passing through Virginia around the time I ran away, and they took me in. For the first time, I felt like I had a real family.
(Sadly smiles)
I used to joke about how LUKE was like the dad of the group, THALIA was the mom, and I was their kid. After a few weeks of wandering around, fighting monsters and generally trying not to die, GROVER found us.
GROVER:
(Shaky voice)
I had strict orders to escort THALIA to camp. Just THALIA. We knew HADES was after her, and his monsters were closing in fast. CHIRON told me to do absolutely nothing that might slow us down, but… I couldn’t just leave LUKE and ANNABETH. I was sure I could get all three of them safely to camp but…
(Choking on words)
I-I got lost. Then all three Kindly Ones attacked us and…
(Tears streaming down face)
If I had just been a little faster…
ANNABETH:
(Kind)
GROVER… no one blames you.
GROVER:
The Council of Cloven Elders did. They said her death was all my fault.
PERCY:
(Angry)
Why? Because you refused to leave two innocent kids to die?
ANNABETH:
PERCY’S right. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be here, GROVER. We don’t care what the council says.
GROVER:
(Grumbling)
Just my luck. I’m the biggest loser of a satyr ever and I find two of the most powerful half-bloods of the last century.
ANNABETH:
(Quiet, kind)
You’re not a loser satyr. You’re the best satyr in the world. I mean, you’re willingly going to the UNDERWORLD. And I bet PERCY is glad to have you here.
ANNABETH kicks PERCY in the shin.
PERCY:
(Surprised, gives ANNABETH an irritated glare)
Y-yeah… and it’s not luck that you found THALIA. Or me. You’ve got the biggest heart of anyone I’ve ever met… that’s why you’ll find PAN someday.
GROVER stays quiet, then starts snoring, and PERCY realizes GROVER has been asleep for a while.
PERCY:
(Flabbergasted)
How does he do that?
ANNABETH:
No idea. But…
(Smiles warmly, blushing)
That was really sweet of you. What you said to him.
PERCY:
(Smiles, blushing)
I meant it.
They sit in silence few a moments, the truck bumping and shaking as it heads down the road. PERCY notices ANNABETH playing with her necklace, and gets curious.
PERCY:
So, that pine tree bead… is that from your first year?
ANNABETH:
Yep. Every August, the counselors get together and discuss the most important thing that happened that summer, and they have it painted on that year's bead. I’ve got THALIA’S tree, a Greek trireme on fire, a centaur in a prom dress…
PERCY raises an eyebrow.
ANNABETH:
Yeah, that was a pretty weird summer.
PERCY:
(Cautious)
And… the college ring, it’s your dad’s, isn’t it?
ANNABETH:
(Frowns, annoyed)
That’s none of your-
(Stops herself, kind and sad)
Yeah. It’s my dad’s.
PERCY:
You don’t have to tell me.
ANNABETH:
No, I… I want to tell you.
(Takes shaky breath)
Two summers ago, he sent it to me in a letter. My mom helped him get into Harvard; long story, by the way; so the ring’s super important to him. And… he wanted me to have it. He said he was sorry for being a jerk… he said he loved me, missed me, and wanted me to come back to Virginia.
PERCY:
That sounds pretty good.
ANNABETH:
Yeah, it was…
(Sad)
… For a while. My stepmom was the same evil old witch. She still treated me like a freak of nature, and my dad still took her side. We got into shouting matches almost everyday, and monsters attacked almost every week. Halfway through Winter break, I called CHIRON and went back to camp.
PERCY:
Do you… think you’ll try it again? Living with your dad?
ANNABETH:
(Quiet)
Please, PERCY. I’m not into self inflicted torture.
PERCY:
(Soft, kind)
You should give him another chance. I get that family sucks sometimes, but… they’re still family.
ANNABETH:
(Cold)
Thanks for the advice, PERCY. But my dad made his choice.
They sit in silence for a while.
PERCY:
(Hollow, hopeless)
Hey, ANNABETH? If we fail, and the gods fight… you think it will really go down like the Trojan war? ATHENA vs POSEIDON?
ANNABETH:
(Sighing, tired)
I don’t know what my mom will do, PERCY, but I do know I’ll stand by your side.
PERCY:
(Confused, flattered)
Oh… why?
ANNABETH:
(Yawning)
Because you’re my friend, seaweed brain. Goodnight.
ANNABETH curls up on the sacks of turnips, and falls asleep immediately. PERCY tries to get comfortable, and as soon as he does fall asleep, he begins having another nightmare.
INT – NIGHTMARE, DARK CLASSROOM, FLICKERING LIGHTS – UNKNOWN TIME
PERCY sits in a classroom, wearing a straight jacket with a standardized test on the desk in front of him. PERCY looks up from his desk, and sees a ghoulish looking teacher.
GHOULISH TEACHER:
(Mocking)
Come on, PERCY. You’re not stupid, are you? Pick up your pencil.
PERCY struggles to get out of his straight jacket, and is surprised to hear a girls voice next to him.
FEMALE VOICE: (O.S.)
(Irritated)
Well, seaweed brain?
PERCY, surprised, turns to see who the girl is, and sees a girl about his age with punkish black hair and blue eyes, also struggling in a straight jacket, and PERCY somehow immediately knows she is THALIA.
PERCY:
(Quiet, curious)
THALIA…
THALIA:
One of us has to get out of here. This is your dream, take control.
PERCY closes his eyes, focusing, and his straight jacket turns to white dust, and the image of the classroom begins breaking apart, as if it were being sucked into a black hole. The image of THALIA vanishes, and the ghoulish looking teacher turns into black mist, which turns into the image of the gaping chasm that PERCY had seen in his previous dreams, with a cloaked figure standing in front of it.
EVIL VOICE: (O.S.)
PERCY JACKSON… the exchange was a success, then? And he suspects nothing?
CLOAKED FIGURE:
No, my lord. He remains ignorant, as do they all.
EVIL VOICE: (O.S.)
Ah, deceptions within deceptions… excellent…
CLOAKED FIGURE:
You are well named the Crooked One, my lord. But… was all this really necessary? I could have simply brought it to you myself-
EVIL VOICE:
Hah! You?
The cloaked figure flinches.
EVIL VOICE:
You have already shown me the limits of you competence. If I had not intervened, you would have failed me utterly.
CLOAKED FIGURE:
But, m-my lord-
EVIL VOICE: (O.S.)
(Soothing)
Shhh… peace, little servant. These six months have bought much for us. ZEUS’S wrath grows. POSEIDON has played his most desperate hand, and we shall use it against him. Shortly, you shall have your wish, and your revenge. Once both items are within my hands-
(Concerned)
-Wait… he watches.
PERCY gulps, his eyes wide with fear.
CLOAKED FIGURE:
(Alarmed)
What?! You summoned him, my lord?
EVIL VOICE: (O.S.)
(Confused, cold, angry)
No… damn his father’s blood. He is too changeable, unpredictable. The boy’s power grows, he brought himself hither.
CLOAKED FIGURE:
(Distressed)
Impossible!
EVIL VOICE: (O.S.)
Perhaps, for a weakling like you… so, you wish to dream of your quest, little half-blood? Fine, I will oblige.
Suddenly, PERCY finds himself in a huge throne room made with black marble pillars and bronze floor, with an obsidian throne with the ghoulish faces of damned souls carved into it. Before the throne, at the foot of the dais is the image of PERCY’S mother, shrouded in golden fire. PERCY tries running to her, but his feet seemed to be stuck to the ground.
PERCY:
(Screaming, desperate)
MOM!!!
Suddenly, PERCY is surrounded by skeletal figures in ancient Greek armor, who drape a red silk robe over his shoulers, and place thorny laurels on his head, which begin burning into his scalp.
EVIL VOICE: (O.S.)
(Laughing coldly)
Hail the conquering hero!
PERCY screams in agony as his skin slowly withers, his body turning ghoulish and skeletal, and is jolted awake from his nightmare when the truck lurches to a halt.
GROVER:
Hey dude, you up? I think we’re in Vegas.
The back door of the trailer unlocks.
ANNABETH:
(Urgent, quiet)
Hide!
ANNABETH puts on her Yankees cap, and vanishes.
PERCY:
(Grumbling)
Easy for you to say.
PERCY and GROVER hide behind some sacks of turnips as the doors opens, and one of the truck drivers climbs into the trailer.
TRUCK DRIVER #1:
(Grumbling, waving hand in front of nose)
Ugh… man, I should’ve hauled appliances.
(Approaches lion cage, grabs water jug, grinning)
Hey, big boy, thirsty?
The truck driver splashes the water jug in the lion’s face, causing it to roar angrily.
TRUCK DRIVER #1:
Yeah, yeah.
(Turns to zebra cage)
Well, at least we’ll be getting ridda you, stripes. You’re goin’ to a magic show! They’re gonna saw ya in half!
UNKNOWN VOICE: (IN PERCY’S HEAD)
My lord, free me, please!
PERCY’S jaw drops when realizes the voice is coming from the zebra, and a banging noise comes from outside the trailer.
TRUCK DRIVER #1:
Eh? Whatchu want, Eddie?
RANDOM TRUCK DRIVER #2: (O.S.)
Huh? You say something, Maurice?
TRUCK DRIVER #1:
(Annoyed)
Whatchu bangin for?
TRUCK DRIVER #2: (O.S.)
What bangin?
TRUCK DRIVER #1 rolls his eyes and leaves the trailer, and starts yelling at TRUCK DRIVER #2. ANNABETH becomes visible next to PERCY.
ANNABETH:
(Hushed)
That should keep them busy for a while. We have to free these animals. This can’t be legal!
GROVER:
It’s not. The lion just told me that these guys are smugglers.
ZEBRA: (IN PERCY’S HEAD)
Yes! Smugglers! Please, free us, my lord!
PERCY:
That zebra is talking to me.
ANNABETH:
(Surprised)
Wait, what?
PERCY:
Yeah, I can hear it’s voice in my head.
ANNABETH:
(Thinking)
Well, zebra’s are technically horses, and your dad created the first horse, so I guess it makes sense that you can talk to them.
ZEBRA: (IN PERCY’S HEAD)
Break my cage, prince PERSEUS. I can survive on my own after that.
PERCY uncaps Riptide, destroys the lock on the zebra’s cage, and the zebra leaps out, then bows to PERCY.
ZEBRA: (IN PERCY’S HEAD)
Thank you, my lord.
GROVER holds out his hands and mutters something in Ancient Greek, then the zebra runs out onto the streets of Las Vegas, the truck driver chasing after it, and several cops chase the truck drivers.
ANNABETH:
Now the other animals.
PERCY destroys the locks on the antelope and lion’s cages, and before they leave, GROVER mutters the same Ancient Greek words to them.
PERCY:
(Curious)
What did you say to them?
GROVER:
It’s a satyr’s sanctuary. It’s a nature spell that will make sure they find food, water and shelter until they find a safe place to stay.
PERCY:
(Impressed)
Oh… wait, why don’t you do that to us?
GROVER:
It only works on wild animals, dude.
ANNABETH:
Okay… so why don’t you just use it on PERCY?
PERCY:
(Sarcastic gasp)
GROVER! Did that forehead just talk?
ANNABETH:
(Feigning innocence)
Hey! I was kidding!
(Sticks out tongue)
Let’s get out of here.
The kids wander around Las Vegas while cops chase around the animals in the background, and eventually find themselves outside of an incredibly fancy hotel.
DOORMAN:
(Friendly)
Hey kids, you look tired. Why don’t you come in and stay a while?
PERCY:
(Suspicious at first, but shrugs)
Eh, why not?
The kids step into the hotel, and as they do, the camera pans up to show a neon lotus symbol over the door.
INT – LOTUS HOTEL AND CASINO – SAME TIME
When the kids see the inside of the hotel, their jaws drop.
PERCY, ANNABETH, AND GROVER, IN UNISON:
(Awestruck)
Woah…
The kids look around the hotel lobby, which is filled with all sorts of fun activities, including an indoor bungee jumping bridge, a rock climbing wall, an indoor waterslide, and various virtual reality video games. A bellhop comes out of nowhere, surprising the kids.
BELLHOP:
Hey there!
PERCY, ANNABETH, AND GROVER, IN UNISON:
(Startled)
Ah!
BELLHOP:
(Friendly)
Welcome to the Louts Hotel and Casino! Here’s your room key!
(Hands PERCY a key card)
PERCY:
(Awkward)
Um… but…
BELLHOP:
Oh, don’t worry, your bill’s been taken care of. No extra charges, no tips, nothing. Your room number is 4001, top floor. If you need anything, just call the front desk. Oh, and here’s your LotusCash cards, they work on everything from the restaurants to the games.
(Hands the kids each a green card with a white lotus symbol on it)
PERCY:
(Suspicious)
Huh… how much is on these?
BELLHOP:
(Confused)
What do you mean?
PERCY:
Like, when do they run out of cash?
BELLHOP:
(Chuckles)
Oh, hey, good joke, kid. Enjoy your stay!
PERCY looks back and forth between ANNABETH and GROVER, who both shrug. They head to the glass elevator, which has a huge waterslide winding around it.
PERCY:
(Grinning)
That’s super cool.
ANNABETH:
(Blunt)
And probably super illegal.
(Smirks)
But yeah, it is pretty cool.
The kids check into their room, which is a three bedroom, three bathroom suite, complete with a refrigerator, a flat screen TV, and several laptops.
GROVER:
This…
ANNABETH:
Is so…
PERCY:
Dope.
ANNABETH:
(Grabs TV remote, excited)
I wonder if National Geographic is on!
PERCY:
(Raises eyebrow)
NatGeo? All those channels and you wanna watch NatGeo?
ANNABETH:
(Blunt)
Yes.
PERCY rolls his eyes, tosses ARES’S backpack into a trash can, and walks away before he can see the backpack shimmer and disappear.
GROVER: (O.S.)
(Excited)
Dudes, you won’t believe this!
PERCY and ANNABETH head out to the balcony, and they grin when they see what GROVER has found. A few minutes later, they all sit together in a hot tub on the balcony.
PERCY:
(Relaxed)
Ooooh… this is nice.
ANNABETH:
Mmmmm… just what I needed.
GROVER:
Dudes, there’s also a skeet shooting machine up here.
PERCY:
(Surprised)
Seriously?
(Looks over at the edge of balcony)
Woah, there is.
PERCY and GROVER get out of the hot tub, and PERCY grabs the shotgun, grinning.
PERCY:
Sweet.
ANNABETH:
(Worried)
Okay, this is definitely illegal.
The kids all exchange nervous glances, then start laughing.
PERCY:
(Grinning)
Eh, who cares?
ANNABETH:
(Giggling)
I know, right?
PERCY:
Hey GROVER, pull.
GROVER launches a clay pigeon into the air, which PERCY blasts out of the sky with his shotgun.
PERCY:
(Holding shotgun up high, shouting triumphantly)
YEAAAAAAAAH!!!
ANNABETH:
(Getting out of hot tub)
My turn, my turn!
A montage begins of the kids having fun around the hotel, playing laser tag, riding the indoor roller coaster, stuffing their faces with pizza, jumping off the bungee jumping bridge, and PERCY and ANNABETH sing karaoke of ‘Don’t Stop Believing’. PERCY gets kissed on the cheeks by two pretty waitresses, making him blush, but then he gets suspicious when he sees a group of people who are dressed as if they walked out of a 50’s movie. PERCY shrugs it off at first, and starts playing some shooting games with a boy about his age dressed like an Elvis impersonator named Darrin.
DARRIN:
Aw dude, this game is so groovy, man.
PERCY:
(Frowns, confused)
Y-yeah, it’s uh… it’s pretty dope.
DARRIN looks at PERCY like he just started speaking an alien language, then goes back to his game. PERCY starts playing his game again, but stops, and gets a slightly worried look on his face.
PERCY:
Hey, DARRIN, weird question, but… what year is it?
DARRIN:
(Confused)
In the game?
PERCY:
No, in real life.
DARRIN:
(Scratches head, thinking)
… 1977, dude.
PERCY:
(Nervous chuckle)
You’re joking, right?
DARRIN:
Bad vibes, man. Bad vibes.
PERCY stares at Darrin bewildered, then begins running around frantically, trying to find his friends.
PERCY:
(Approaches businessman dressed in old fashioned clothes)
Excuse me, sir, do you know what year it is?
OLD FASHIONED BUSINESSMAN:
Why, it’s 1929, my boy! And the stock market’s never been better!
Later, PERCY runs into some WWI soldiers, and asks them what year it is.
WWI SOLDIER:
It’s 1918, son, and the Great War has finally come to an end!
The other soldiers cheer.
PERCY:
(Confused)
Great War… do you mean World War One?
The soldiers stop cheering, and get worried looks on their faces.
PERCY:
(Awkward)
I mean, um… bye.
PERCY runs around for a while, trying to find his friends, and is relieved to find ANNABETH playing some sort of architect simulator.
PERCY:
(Urgent)
ANNABETH! Thank the gods you’re okay. We have to get out of here.
ANNABETH doesn’t respond.
PERCY:
(Worried, shakes her shoulder)
ANNABETH?
ANNABETH:
(Whining like a child)
Ugh… whaaaaaat?
PERCY:
(Stern)
We have to leave, now.
ANNABETH:
Are you crazy? This place is awesome.
PERCY:
That’s just it, ANNABETH. This place is designed to get you addicted.
PERCY realizes ANNABETH is ignoring him again, and he shakes her shoulder again.
ANNABETH:
(Whips around, annoyed)
What?
PERCY:
(Serious)
Our quest. The UNDERWORLD, remember?
ANNABETH:
(Turns back to her game, sighing)
Just a few more minutes.
PERCY:
ANNABETH, I just talked to a girl who thinks it’s still the 1930’s. This place is enchanted, it’s like it exists outside of time and space. You check in, and you never want to leave.
ANNABETH:
So? This place is great! Why would you wanna leave?
PERCY sighs, then grabs ANNABETH by the wrist, pulling her away from the game.
ANNABETH:
(Screaming)
Hey! Let go of me!
ANNABETH hits PERCY in the arm a few times, but he grabs both her wrists, then grabs her face and makes her look directly into his eyes.
PERCY:
(Grim, dark)
Spiders, ANNABETH. Big, hairy spiders with spindly little legs and fat bodies.
ANNABETH gets a horrified look on her face, and breaks out of her trance.
ANNABETH:
(Scared)
PERCY? Where… how long…
PERCY:
I don’t know. But we have to get out of here.
Their eyes get wide with dread.
PERCY AND ANNABETH, IN UNISON:
GROVER.
They run around for a bit, shouting GROVER’S name, and eventually find him at a reverse hunting simulator.
GROVER:
(Excited)
Ha! Take that, human! Yeah, it’s not so funny when the deer has the gun, huh?
PERCY and ANNABETH exchange a slightly confused look, and slowly approach GROVER.
GROVER:
(Laughing maniacally)
Bwa-ha-ha! The hunter has become the hunted!
ANNABETH:
(Curt, stern)
GROVER, we’re going. Now.
GROVER ignores her and keeps playing his game.
PERCY:
(Irritated)
GROVER!
GROVER whips around, and starts clicking the trigger of his plastic gun at PERCY. PERCY rolls his eyes, and he and ANNABETH grab GROVER by the arms and start dragging him to the door. GROVER’S magic shoes come to life and attempt to take him back to his game.
GROVER:
Hey! Wait, dudes, I’m almost on the next level!
PERCY and ANNABETH ignore him, and are almost at the door when the bellhop hurries up to them.
BELLHOP:
Hey kids, you ready to upgrade to your platinum cards?
PERCY:
(Curt)
Actually, I think we’ll be leaving now.
BELLHOP:
(Sad, disappointed)
Oh… that’s too bad. And we just added a whole new game floor for platinum card members.
The bellhop holds out three shiny platinum-colored cards.
GROVER:
(Excited, tries to grab the cards)
Aw, sweet, dude!
ANNABETH:
(Smacking GROVER’S hand away)
Thanks, but no thanks.
PERCY and ANNABETH drag GROVER towards the door, GROVER struggling against them.
BELLHOP:
Well… come again…
PERCY:
(Blunt)
No.
PERCY and ANNABETH finally manage to get GROVER out the door, and they all stumble back onto the streets of Las Vegas.
ANNABETH:
(Worried)
How long were we in there?
PERCY:
(Frantically runs up to random by passers)
Excuse me, sir? What year is it?
The random man gives PERCY a weird look, and keeps walking.
PERCY:
(Runs up to teenage girl)
Excuse me? Can you tell-
RANDOM TEENAGE GIRL:
I have a boyfriend.
PERCY rolls his eyes, then finds a news paper on the ground. He starts reading it, and his eyes get wide with dread.
PERCY:
Okay, guys, good news and bad news.
ANNABETH:
(Worried)
Good news first.
PERCY:
It’s still June.
GROVER:
(Relieved)
Oh, thank PAN!
ANNABETH:
(Cautious)
… Bad news?
PERCY:
It’s June twentieth.
All hope drains from ANNABETH and GROVER’S faces.
ANNABETH:
(Stammering)
B-but that means…
PERCY:
We were in there for five days.
GROVER:
(Panicking)
B-b-but then that means…
PERCY:
Yep.
The kids all exchange glances, ANNABETH and GROVER’S faces terrified, PERCY’S face grim.
PERCY:
We have one day to find the MASTER BOLT, and stop World War Three.
Roll credits.