"Right! We've fought and defeated monsters nothing could really shock us." Chevy repiled as she becoming much more confident though soon after did she see something in the distance but all she could make out was a shape laying on the ground with the blood trail becoming slightly bigger leading up to it, "It can't be a monster..."
"Hmm...my favorite memory? I have too many to count,but i guess, it would be the memory of meeting all you and making friends here on the forums. :3" ”One day I’m going to sit down and make a list of all the books that I finished reading....” “It's going to be a long list...”
Nick came up behind her, stopping when he noticed the shape. "That's not a monster," he started, taking a few steps closer. He stiffened mid-step when he could make out more. "Grim," he said quietly, then jogged over, leaving the others behind. He had seen his sister's horse a few times by now, so it hadn't been hard to make out. This... wasn't good. His gaze zoomed in on the horse and its wounds, noting the large marks left on it. A chimera? The wounds reminded him of what he had endured himself from getting hit.
Lucia quickly followed after him, putting her hands to her mouth in shock. "Isn't that Prue's..." she started quietly, wide eyed. "What happened?" Part of her was glad that it wasn't Nathan, but another part was angry and determined to take down whatever had caused this. Lucia pulled her hands away from her face, instead turning them into fists. They hadn't lost a camper yet, but losing a member like this was just as bad.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 14, 2017 7:49:44 GMT -5
ach sorry))
"Ready as I'll ever be." Valentine replied. She didn't mind that Sanaa was driving, she was sure it wouldn't be too bad. Gazing up at the sky, she bit her cheek in worry. It would turn out fine.. right? Shaking her head, she climbed into the car and set her backpack on her lap to make room for the others. Val sat in the back seat, against the window. For a split second, she wondered if her mother would have been worried for her if she told her. Yeah, right. She was having too much fun with her new boyfriend to care.
Sanaa started the car, then set back with it slowly. It wasn't all too hard to get into the streets right now, because it was still early; most people were still asleep. While driving, her right hand slowly wandered to the radio to turn it on. She kept the volume down, but figured that it could help ease all of their minds a little. "It's not going to take long until we're at the harbor. The ship has other humans on it as well, so we should try to avoid trouble as much as possible."
Some strings had been pulled to get them the tickets. Sanaa didn't know who'd done it and how, but she wasn't going to question it, either. If she had to guess, some humans may have gotten tricked by the mist. While not a fan of tricking normal humans, she couldn't feel bad if that had happened in this case. They had a quest to do.
Her gaze wandered back to the street. A little longer and then they'd be there. Sanaa was glad that there wasn't any traffic. "Once we're in Greece we'll have to see where we go next. I planned a route to Delphi, of course, but maybe we can find somebody who knows a quicker way."
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 14, 2017 9:45:56 GMT -5
Valentine let out a sigh of relief. If other people were on, that meant that there was a captain, and she wouldn't be the one steering the ship. Thank gods! She had no idea how. As long as the captain didn't get eaten or something, they would be fine. Looking up at Sanaa, she silently thanked her for turning on the radio. She was already on edge, especially with Alex's sudden disappearance and her first quest.
She took into consideration what Sanaa had said. Greece, huh? Hopefully there would be someone kind enough to help them out. Who knows? They might even meet a demigod there. Val watched as they drove closer to the harbor, her stomach doing flips. She loved the water, naturally, but this was kind of freaking her out. It was one thing to go around New York, but to hop on a boat across the ocean? Scary.
Once the harbor came up in view, Sanaa searched for a place to park. Luckily for them, it was still early enough to get a spot easily. "Keep your fingers crossed that it continues on like this. I'm doubting we can avoid monsters forever," she said while parking the car. Turning it off, she sighed a little. "Alright, let's go do this. It's going to take a while until we reach Greece, but I've heard the restaurant that the ship has is pretty good.
Sanaa opened her door, then walked around the car to get her bag out. She put it back onto her back before looking around. A few ships were around, but Sanaa noted a few other people gathering close to one. "Let's go head over there," she suggested, pointing to the small crowd around one of the ships.
Chevy covered her mouth to cover the cry which now was only muffled as her violet eyes were wide with fear and averting her gaze away from the horse's limp body that was covered in large claw marks from a monster and seeing blood everywhere, "Oh Gods...." Was all she could say about the situation as she was not use to something like this nor did she know what to do about this.
"Hmm...my favorite memory? I have too many to count,but i guess, it would be the memory of meeting all you and making friends here on the forums. :3" ”One day I’m going to sit down and make a list of all the books that I finished reading....” “It's going to be a long list...”
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 14, 2017 12:07:40 GMT -5
Valentine laughed nervously. "As long as there's food." She slung her backpack over her shoulder as she got out of the car, following Sanaa. It would probably take a good week to get all the way across the ocean. Unless Poseidon helped them out, but she wasn't exactly close with her father. Not that they didn't get along, she just doubted he would help. But, you never know. At least monsters weren't a huge threat to her. This was her domain, the middle of the ocean. They would be fine. Probably.
Nick closed his eyes with a small sigh. "It's dead," he murmured. "We can't really do anything for it right now, I suppose. I'm not strong enough to summon enough of the undead to dig out a grave. I'll do that later. After we tell Prue, that is. I want to give her the chance to say goodbye." Nick stepped back, noting another small blood trail that went further away from the horse. "I think there's our next clue. Grim must have hurt whatever attacked it as well."
Lucia took a deep breath, nodding slowly. "Alright, let's follow that, then. We can't be that far away anymore, right?" They were pretty far in the forest in her opinion. She'd heard about giant ants roaming around those parts before, but she hoped they wouldn't run into those. Chevy would probably freak out, wouldn't she?
It didn't take all that long for them to get onto the ship. Sanaa ran a hand through her hair when they were inside. "We've got two rooms next to each other. I'd suggest Val and I share one, if that's alright with everybody," she said, looking at the information she'd gotten on a piece of paper. "Lunch is at 12 pm, so around five hours from now. We're leaving the harbor soon." Nobody knew what could await them once they were out and sailing towards the ocean. Sanaa felt fatigue crawl up upon her, but shook it off.
"Let's be careful and keep our heads low, least we'll run into a monster."
Post by ScarletteBlake on Jan 14, 2017 15:31:23 GMT -5
Sorry, I've been switching between being sick and being well.
Justin nods, holding his backpack in his hand. As soon as he got on the ship, he was throwing the backpack into the room he was going to be in, then go explore the ship.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 14, 2017 16:54:25 GMT -5
Valentine jokingly saluted, but even that was half-hearted. She was tired, and still hungry. Not to mentioned scared. Walking to their shared room, the brown-haired girl set her backpack down on the floor and lay on the bed. Letting out a shuddery sigh, she gazed up at the ceiling. The constant swaying motion of the boat was calming, thankfully. Throwing her legs over the side of the bed, she got up again and opened the door. "So, when do we set sail?" She asked Sanaa.
Chevy nodded a little awhile focusing her gaze on the new blood trail of the monster, "Right..." She quietly repiled as she then looked back at the three campers that were with her to keep her mind else where instead of the limp body that was just nearby even could start to smell it. "Let's go....please..." She said the last part almost like a whisper.
"Hmm...my favorite memory? I have too many to count,but i guess, it would be the memory of meeting all you and making friends here on the forums. :3" ”One day I’m going to sit down and make a list of all the books that I finished reading....” “It's going to be a long list...”
Nick seemed to be holding up the best next to a dead body, but that wasn't too surprising. He was a child of Hades, he had to deal with death more often than not. Not to mention, he could feel when somebody had died. He still nodded when Chevy spoke up. "Let's go."
The forest was slowly starting to get on Nick's nerves, though. Whenever they walked, it seemed like roots were trying to wrap around his feet. He doubted that it was really true, as the tree spirits were supposed to be on their side, but it was annoying. He stumbled a little before carefully pulling his right foot out from under a root. He narrowed his eyes a little at the blood coating some leaves and roots on the ground. "We're still on the right track. I think we won't be able to attack right away if we do find the hideout, however."
It would be suicidal to go in there with just four people, even more so with one of them hurt. Nick hated the fact that he was the hurt one, but it wouldn't stop him from fighting.
Sanaa put her bag down, looking over at Val. "I'd say about 30 minutes. Give or take a little," she replied. The man who had told her some of the information had had a thick accent which had been hard to understand, but Sanaa was pretty sure they were leaving soon. She wasn't sure how to feel about it, but she figured that the sooner they left the sooner they'd end up returning to the camp. Hopefully with Naomi being able to receive prophecies again. Talking to her father would probably be like talking to Asher. Sanaa really wasn't looking forward to it.
Chevy followed quickly after them down the new trail as she nodded, "Well if anything comes our way I'll hit it with my mallet." She gave which sounded like a suggestion awhile taking the pen into its mallet form and letting it lean against her shoulderblade as she looked at them all.
"Hmm...my favorite memory? I have too many to count,but i guess, it would be the memory of meeting all you and making friends here on the forums. :3" ”One day I’m going to sit down and make a list of all the books that I finished reading....” “It's going to be a long list...”
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 15, 2017 21:19:37 GMT -5
Valentine sighed, leaning against the railing of the boat. "I hope they're doing well with the rescue." She commented. With Apollo's prophecy thing going on at the same time some minor goddess was on a rampage, it got a little chaotic. She was silent for a moment, then added, "Hey, we can normally speak Greek, right? Because I've never really tried it before, and I don't want to be yelling English at a bunch of poor tourist guides."