Sanaa took a moment took collect her thoughts before answering. Val's second question got answered when Naomi stumbled over to them, looking just as dazed as Sanaa felt. "I'm fine. And I have no idea who that is, but I'm guessing he's a demigod?" She glanced around for their weapons, but couldn't see them in the field around them. Frowning, Sanaa started walking a little farther. "Our weapons have to be around here."
She turned her head slightly when she heard him mock the Karpoi in Greek while evading their attacks by making them useless. "Maaan you know, instead of bothering tourists you grains could actually bring me cereal or something," she heard him say with a laugh.
"A son of Demeter!" one of them cried. "You will pay!"
"A son of what now? I'm the son of my dad, you know," he replied lightly, still scrambling away from their attacks.
"I think we should hurry up, find our weapons and help him out," Sanaa muttered.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 18, 2017 11:15:30 GMT -5
Valentine nodded hazily, her eyes trained on the one who had helped them. She watched in awe as he evaded their attacks, shouting something. "Uh.. yeah." The water she had infused in her spear came in handy (for once) because she was able to pull it back in her hand. That sure put drilling a tiny hole into a stick and pouring water in it to good use. As a few straggling Karpoi raced towards her she swung her spear, sending them flying with a satisfying "thwack". Maybe..
Taking one of the seashells off of her spear, she raced towards the Karpoi that were chasing the Greek boy. With a swift motion, she threw the seashell into the crowd of monsters. Taking a deep breath, she used her remaining strength to summon a wave of fresh water to erupt onto the wheat creatures. Tiny screams were heard from most of them, though a few escaped and rejoined with the others. "Sanaa! Do you think you can handle the rest?" She called, moments away from collapsing in exhaustion.
Sanaa moved forward after getting to her bow. "Go it," she breathed out, nocking an arrow. She shot two Karpoi, then got ready to dodge when one came close, only to startle a little when Naomi sliced it with her sword. Sanaa sighed. "Naomi, you'll give me a heart attack." Though, she rolled her eyes wih a smile when her girlfriend just giggled.
Sanaa turned to see whether the boy needed help, but the Karpoi that had gotten close to him turned into dust moments later. In his right hand she could see an old looking knife which had the gleam of celestial bronze to it. This had to be a demigod. Shaking her head, Sanaa quickly shot the remaining one, watching a few cereals appear where they had killed the Karpoi. Well, so much to the cereal the boy had wanted.
"Hey," she heard him call. "You all alright?" He was speaking English now, but Sanaa could hear a rather thick Greek accent. He didn't often talk in English apparently. He jogged over to them, the neckerchief around his neck swaying a little while he walked. Then, suddenly, he seemed to stumble, because a few steps before he reached them, the boy fell, landing on his face.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 18, 2017 12:13:02 GMT -5
Valentine watched in a silent trance as he walked over, her heart beating rapidly again. He was a demigod, like them. Was he a son of Demeter? Is that why they attacked? What was he going to say? Her trance suddenly snapped as he fell on his face. A burst of laughter escaped from her lips and she stumbled over. "Are you?" Val retorted with a smile, her face flushed from the battle and.. otherwise.
Sanaa smiled a little when she watched the boy scramble to his feet. She decided to spare him of more embarrassment and held out a hand for him to take. He took it and Sanaa helped him up, noting the freckles on his cheeks. "I'm good!" he said with a laugh, running a hand through his hair. Grinning, he put one of his hands into his pockets. "Now, who may you be?"
"Sanaa," she said, letting go of his hand. "And those three are Naomi, Justin and Val." She paused, regarding him for a few seconds. "And you are?"
His light brown eyes glinted a little at that, and honestly, he seemed to have the same puppy eyes Asher had at times. They were always hard to resist. "I'm Ian."
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 18, 2017 12:41:40 GMT -5
"Um, Valentine." She commented nervously, since Sanaa had addressed her by her nickname. "Thank you for, uh, helping us." Val said, suddenly very interested in the ground. "You're a demigod, then?" She asked, assuming she was right. It would be a little awkward if he wasn't. She was still a little starstruck by his appearance, and hoped she wasn't making herself look like an idiot.
"It's no problem, Val!" he replied immediately, puffing his chest out a bit. Yeah, he reminded Sanaa of Asher, minus the flat out flirting. Ian seemed to be just showing off for now. "And yeah, I suppose so! Dunno, I thought it was a weird communist symbol above my head one day, but when I asked around that was apparently Demeter's symbol." He grinned at that memory, then tilled his head a little. "So what are people like you doing here?"
"We're on a quest," Naomi said. "We need to get to Delphi." Ian seemed to practically glow when they said that. He laughed, taking a step back before standing as straight as possible to appear taller, which still wasn't all that impressive with his height. Sanaa had to keep a laugh down. This boy was around her brother's height, wasn't he?
"You've found just the right person in that case!" Ian announced proudly. "I can show you to Delphi in no time!" Somehow, the glow in his eyes made Sanaa think otherwise.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 18, 2017 14:24:42 GMT -5
Valentine laughed at his confidence, holding her hands behind her back. So he could help them to Delphi? That's good. Maybe they could convince him to come to Camp Half-Blood. "Well.. what should we do, Sanaa?" Val asked, looking over. She was in charge, but if it was up to her, they would bring him. She waited silently for the girl's answer, glancing over at Ian.
"Righto!" Chevy said before swinging her mallet down on the giant ant monster's head pretty hard with her getting a running straight across a fallen tree log and slamming hard down as she could on it, her mischevious violet eyes were narrowed in confidence with hopes that this would be a finishing blow.
"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...”
Sanaa shrugged a little when all eyes landed on her. Ian seemed sincere enough with his offer and they didn't really have any better options. Still, Sanaa imagined they wouldn't reach Delphi as fast as the brunet had promised. "Sure, don't see why not," she answered, which seemed to make Ian light up again. He sure was a little like Asher in that aspect. He seemed less annoying and flirty, which was already something Sanaa preferred over her younger half-brother.
"Alright, cool!" Ian said, taking a few steps back towards the city before pausing. "You coming? There's this far travel bus that goes to Delphi, because Delphi is a real tourist sight, oh man." He laughed a little, fiddling with his neckerchief. "So many people who need help and will pay you for it. ...not that I'd ever exploit people like that." Here, he whistled innocently for a moment before adding, "The tickets aren't that expensive, either. So let's hurr- oh wait, you don't use euros, do you?"
"We don't," Sanaa confirmed as she started following him. Was it just her, or did this boy seem like he wasn't aware of much of the world? Well, he did look like an alley rat if Sanaa looked at it from a more judging viewpoint.
Ian didn't seem to be bothered by that at all and was still grinning. "Alright, let's go change money first, then!"
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 18, 2017 15:31:55 GMT -5
"Where can we do that?" Valentine asked, running after him. She held her hands behind her back. She had brought about 30$ worth of cash. How much was that in euros? "Oh, I'm a daughter of Poseidon, by the way. Sanaa's an Apollo kid, Justin is Ares, and.. well, Naomi's an oracle. Thank you for your help." Val said, dodging his eyes with red cheeks. Where were they headed again? Her train of thought had crashed.
Lucia heard a sickening crack and winced a little in sympathy. Monster or not that had to hurt. She looked up, noting that it was already turning to dust. Chevy really was something of her own. Nick came over to join them again, though he seemed rather exhausted, which was odd. Was it because of his injury? Before she could ask him, he was already talking. "Alright, let's move on carefully. Once we're sure we've found the hideout we'll mark the place and then come back with a plan and more people once we're ready."
Lucia couldn't disagree with that idea, honestly. Nodding her head, she followed the son of Hades again. It couldn't be much farther, right? She just hoped that Nathan was alright.
Ian grinned when they came back into the city. "I've seen tourists use some machines, but I'm not sure how those work. The tourist center is always open to help, though~" He wasn't put off at all by the thought of bothering people about it despite having been around Itea for a while now. He grinned at Sanaa's look. "C'mon, don't look so skeptical, I know what I'm doing!"
Sanaa rolled her eyes at that. He seemed to at least have some kind of plan, even though she imagined that it wasn't the best plan possible. "We'll see," was all she answered.
Chevy laughed in glee at her attack working once since at least the monster didn't suffer long as she landed back on the ground on her feet awhile nodding with the giant ant's ash covering her clothes like a blanket and wiping her face that also had dust on it, "That was fun... And it did go 'crunch' not 'splat'.,." Her thoughts then went to Nathan in hopes that he was okay and if anyone at camp knew that he was missing yet.
----------------------- Nathan woke up slowly but he had a splitting headache which he clutched his forehead with his left hand awhile sitting up to gain some bearing as he looked around but couldn't see much at all, "Where the Hades am I?" He muttered to himself which all he did remember was fighting...something as everything in his mind was blurry. "Gods if Chevy's behind this headache she'll regret it..." He grumbled under his breath since a couple of times did the Dionysus camper mix strange stuff in his food or drink whenever bored.
Last Edit: Jan 18, 2017 16:08:05 GMT -5 by Lily~Myth
"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 18, 2017 17:25:03 GMT -5
Valentine laughed at Sanaa's skepticalness. "Come on, Sanaa. He knows more than you about Greece, anyway." She teased her, swinging her arms by her side. Thankfully she still had her backpack, which still had plenty of ambrosia and nectar since they were able to eat on the ship. "So, Ian, um.." Val paused, her mind blank of any conversation topics. "Uh.. is there.. do you have to fight off monsters on a usual basis?"
Soo just throwing some ideas out how Nathan could get to the others, because they've already found a way out of the first cave by breaking through the mist. Alex just screamed because of a spider, so Nathan could've heard that pfft))
"Yeah, I'll remember that for my whole life," Nick said lightheartedly. He was ignoring the fact that he felt a little dizzy and feverish. It was apparent that the reason was the injury he had suffered, but he wasn't going to turn around now. Taking a deep breath, Nick pushed onwards, only to stop when he noticed an opening in what appeared to be an old, giant ant's nest. "If I were a goddess who wants to make it hard for the campers to be found, I'd pick an abandoned ants' den. Those things are like a labyrinth."
"Hm?" Ian hummed, looking back at her. "Once in a while, really. They usually leave me alone because I'm always traveling, anyway. Kinda hard to get my scent if I'm already gone again." He shrugged a little with a laugh. "Not like I can't fight off any monster jumping at me!"
"To put it bluntly," Sanaa started. "You look homeless"
Ian's reply didn't miss a beat. "I am homeless! But I prefer the term 'alley cat' over 'street rat' if you were about to call me that!"