Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 19, 2017 11:41:58 GMT -5
"Homeless?" Valentine asked with a worried expression. She felt a pang of sympathy for Ian. Even her own problems didn't seem as bad. How could he be so cheerful? "So.. are you by yourself?" She questioned, a tone of sadness in her voice. She wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings as she walked, and tripped over a ledge, stumbling a bit.
Sanaa turned when Val stumbled, ready to catch her. She relaxed when she seemed fine however. Rather, she waited for Ian's reply. The boy had been quiet for a little after the question, arms crossed behind his head. "Yeah, I'm by myself," he finally replied, but he didn't sound devastated or too sad. He seemed to have accepted it. "My dad died a long time ago, and I escaped being put into foster care by running off." Sanaa saw Ian shrug, smiling a little. "It's cool. I'm cool. And here we are." He nodded to the building they were heading towards, then opened the doors, waving for them to follow.
Sanaa frowned a little when he talked to the lead behind the counter in Greek. When the lady turned to them and asked for their money, Sanaa quickly got hers out and handed it over.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 19, 2017 12:07:15 GMT -5
Valentine pulled out her cash, handing it to Ian. "How much is that in euros?" She asked, apparently in Greek. Something inside of her must have sparked when he and the other person started talking. However, Val had no idea she was speaking Greek. To her, she felt like she was speaking normally. Shifting on her feet, she waited for his response.
((Sorry, I wanted to do something with that and wasn't sure how. Citrine ))
Ian seemed surprised when she addressed him in Greek. "Woah, do you guys know Greek?" he asked. "And here I thought I had to translate?" He seemed utterly confused, so Sanaa decided to save him once again.
"We can do that as demigods."
Ian pouted a little at that. "I thought it'd be something outstanding to know Greek," he admitted, then shook his head. "Well, either way, that should be about 25 euros. I think at least?" He glanced at the woman, only to beam when he received a nod. "Nice! That was totally only a guess, though." He had no shame admitting it as he handed Val's money over, watching as the woman exchanged it over a machine. Finally, she handed it back to Ian, who then gave it to Sanaa and Val.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 19, 2017 15:16:42 GMT -5
"Wait, who was speaking Greek?" Valentine asked, utterly confused. She dipped her head in thanks as he handed her the euros, putting them away for safekeeping. Just then, before she had a chance to say anything, her stomach growled. Val turned her head away in shame. "Ah.. sorry. I just haven't eaten in a while, that's all." Her mind went to Ian again. He was homeless, when was the last time he had eaten?
"You were speaking Greek," Ian pointed out with a grin while stepping outside. He paused for a second, then added, "I think there's a small supermarket just a few corners from here, you can buy something there before we go to the bus." He waited for protests for a few seconds, then began leading them there, not seeming bothered at all by the small detour they were taking.
Sanaa fell in step next to Val. "So, if he's homeless, maybe we should buy him some food as well. It would be impolite to eat in front of him without at least offering him something, in my opinion," she suggested quietly.
Nathan heard a scream which once he got to his feet did he start walking almost zombie-like to it since he did get a head injury of somekind that probably got him here in the first place, "Yo anyone there?!" He called out with him seeing some shapes in the distance and placing a hand on the wall of the cave or whatever he was in he could feel that it was almost smooth like carved out of something.
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Chevy giggled innocently but once looking at the empty giant ant's den and letting it a smal whistle, "Yeah... Hey can Hades campers see in the dark? 'cus it'll be dark down there and I don't like things going 'bump' in the night all that much." She joked at the end with the Dionysus camper wanting to lighten up the mood a little more plus it was a pun intended too.
"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...”
((Sorry I'm just doing this because I figured I might as well slightly fix up Naomi's Form. Mainly because that was a utter mess made by me. So try to imagine it was always like that. I'll post it later because I need to work on that horrible personality description of hers) Username >> Tinycloud Character's Name >> Naomi Veronica Lockson Age >> 18 Birthday >> March 28th Height >> 5” Physical Appearance >> Naomi has medium length dark almost black brown hair (Almost always in some form of a ponytail). Contrasting with her pale peach skin and bright amber eyes. Not all that muscular Naomi has a fairly average build if not a little bit underweight. She is usually wearing any plain t-shirt and a jacket. // Godly Parent >> Does Delphi Count? No? Well then it's No one. Other Family >> Nick Lockson (Father) Alex Lockson (Dad) History >> (For the most part Naomi had lived a normal life with two dads, although experiencing weird occurences all her life like being able to see through the mist. Not to mention always feeling this pull towards a place. (I really don't know what to say soooo I always assumed that either chiron found her or she felt a pull toward camp halfblood and eventually found her way there instead.) Weapon >> A simple Celestial bronze sword // Personality >> She doesn’t mind saying the truth even when it might be a bit harsh. She also has a tendency to doubt her strengths and hesitate because she is unsure. She holds herself up to the highest standards and judges herself harshly when she can’t match up. Oddly enough she also believes that there is a bright side to everything. In a dark situation Naomi will always try to lighten the mood or remind others that they can do it. She’s always ready to look on the bright side of things. Naomi is always willing to talk to others if it means making a friend. She enjoys conversation and hanging around other people, and her generally happy exterior can pull others towards her. Naomi is more than stubborn, she’s an immovable wall of will. Although insecure when she does make a decision she won’t change her mind at all. Naomi keeps with it even if that choice could get her killed. Naomi is a honest and sincere person often saying what she has on her mind rather than hiding it(Although that might just be because she’s BAD at hiding it). She doesn’t mind saying the truth even when it might be a bit harsh. Strengths >> Being stubborn, Support, Lightening a mood, Science, Hand-Eye coordination, Disliking childish apollo Weaknesses >> Prophecies(Get it? Because she can’t tell prophecies?? Its funny right!), Bees, Listening to Logic, Following rules. // Likes >> Being with her gf, Books, biology, Flowers, Clouds, Warm colors, Warmth. Dislikes >> Being alone, Essays, The great god “apollo”, The cold, Monsters, Dreams/Goals >> Naomi currently really just wants to be able to live peacefully with her gf and have nothing to worry about. Other than that becoming a biologist
Fears >> That she’s going to make this huge mistake and it’ll be all her fault. // Crush >> I think dating means that its more than a crush. Dating >> Sanaa Preferred Partner >> I think it might be obvious who her preferred partner might be. However in case it wasn’t clear Naomi likes people who she can depend on to be there for her, someone who has their own opinion maybe someone who has light brown hair and...stormy dark grey eyes. *cough* too obvious? *Coughing* // Other >> I’m so sorry that I missed 105 pages of rp. At least i’m here now??
Alex kept a grip on Oliver, because he knew that the spider still had to be around somewhere. Right...? He started a little when a familiar voice called out. Nathan, wasn't it? He took a deep breath, then shouted, "Nathan, we're here! There's a way out of the cave, you just need to see through the m-mist for it!" He was still terrified at the thought of the spider crawling somewhere in the darkness and his state of being terrified could easily be guessed. Alex didn't stutter unless he was scared out of his mind or terribly nervous, and the latter couldn't be the case here.
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Nick shook his head with a small grin. "I'm no cat, I can't see more in the darkness than you guys do," he joked, then went a little closer. "I think it's safe to say that we found it. And as bad as it may seem now, we should head back to the camp. With only four people, I doubt that we could really do anything. Who is to say that there's not an ambush waiting inside? Imagine going in there with only for people then." He didn't mention the fact that he was hurt as it was, so he wouldn't be as strong as he would've liked. So for now, returning to the camp would be best. Nick could pull Percy aside to plan it out with him and some others, and then they could strike.
Naomi stayed silent next to Sanaa, only nodding her head in agreement. She wasn't usually one to stay quiet but ever since the start of the quest she had become reserved in her thoughts. It wasn't long before her mind started wandering far from anything to do with what was currently going on. Why had the spirit of Delphi contact Sanaa instead of her? Was it simply just luck? Or what if even after everything she wasn't allowed to be the oracle. What would happen then? She hadn't even helped so far on the quest aside from killing one monster! (Sorry its so short but I didn't really know what to say here. So I just figured I might as well have Naomi be as lost as I am) CitrineCloverheart ✿
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 20, 2017 18:16:21 GMT -5
"I was?" Valentine asked, feeling a little bewildered. She shut her mouth, thinking she was asking too many questions. "Uh, nevermind. Thank you." She shuffled her feet a bit, feeling embarrassed. Val glanced up when Sanaa spoke, nodding her head. "Of course. It would be rude not to." She murmured back, looking over at Ian. A thought in the back of her head struck her. She really hoped they could trust him.
"Alex? Thanks!" Nathan said awhile doing as he was told which was easy so far though he could tell by the Athena camper's tone of voice that the teen had seen a spider or the spider was close to him, he soon came up to the mist that was described by the other camper and walking though it until he came up to the kidnapped campers.
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Chevy giggled but she nodded since she knew that they needed to get back to camp to report of what they saw, who was missing and also to get Nick some medicinal help with the prideful camper wounds were probably hurting more now though speaking of 'news' who was going to tell Prue about Grimm? She figured it would best come from her brother rather than anyone else.
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"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...”
The supermarket that Ian led them to was rather small, but it seemed nice enough. There was a small parking lot with a few cars parked there. The building itself was painted a light gray with a small sign on the top that read out the market's name. Sanaa smiled a little. She liked small shops, hopefully they had some food they were looking for. Ian wouldn't have led them there without knowing what they offered, though, right? Unless.... Sanaa's eyes narrowed a little when the thought of Ian leading them into a trap came to mind.
"Here we are~" Ian sang, turning back around to them and ripping Sanaa from her thoughts.
"Thank you," Sanaa said. "We'll be right back. Do you want to come-"
Ian waved her off. "It's fine, I'll just wait here. I don't have the money."
Alex turned his head slightly when Nathan arrived. "N-Nathan, there's a spider around here, can you kill it?" he asked in a meek voice. Of course he knew that it was dark. Of course he knew that Nathan probably wouldn't find it, but right now, Alex couldn't think logically. He was shaken already, and they hadn't even been in these tunnels for long now. Why had there been a spider? Why had it targeted him directly? Had it even targeted him?
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Nick ran a hand through his hair to get rid of some of the dizziness he was feeling. When the rest agreed, he turned around, doing so a little slower than usual to not get dizzy. Nick knew that he had to get some ambrosia or whatnot once they were back, but he wasn't about to need help getting back to camp. That wasn't happening, he was way too prideful for that. Especially when the thought came to him that Asher would've probably carried him back in that case. He had nothing against anybody at the camp, but he really was too prideful to accept help most of the time.
Looking over his shoulder, he slowly started on the way back, making sure that the others were following him.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 21, 2017 11:02:45 GMT -5
Seeing Sanaa's worry on her face, especially as Ian declined going in, she ran ahead. "It's alright. I'll just go in real quick. Do you guys want sandwiches or something?" Valentine asked, grabbing her bag of euros. She really doubted that he was leading them to a trap, but if he was, it would be better for just one person to get stuck instead of all four. Besides, if they were just hungry, there wasn't a huge need for all of them to go in. They already had other supplies.
Sanaa shook her head slowly. "I'm coming with you. It'll be faster that way," she said. Not necessarily true, but if there was a trap, they'd stand better chances together. Sanaa bit her lip for a second, then glanced over her shoulder at Naomi. "Do you want to stay with Ian or come with us?" On the one hand, it wasn't necessary that Naomi came inside with them, but on the other hand, Sanaa wasn't sure if she could trust Ian.
He seemed nice enough, but... nice people sometimes were bad when they showed their real face. Perhaps Ian was only tricking them. But whenever he looked at her with those puppy eyes, she really couldn't imagine that.