Naomi glanced over at Ian briefly wondering if she honestly should go in there with them. Then shook her head, "No...It'd be quicker if you went in there without me...". Of course, that wasn't the total truth. It was more because Naomi would've felt bad if she did go in the store with them. It'd be too obvious that none of them entirely trusted Ian and he hadn't given her a good enough reason not to trust him.
"..-but I'm trusting you to get me something good!" Naomi said nodding her head as if to confirm that she was staying with Ian. Being alone with him also meant she'd get to ask him questions, and hopefully that would set aside most of her doubts about trusting him.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Jan 21, 2017 16:14:54 GMT -5
Justin follows Sanaa into the store, looking over at Ian and Naomi. Walking into the shop, he wrinkles his nose as he looks around. It didn't feel very safe in here, but it might just be him being uneasy in a new place.
Sanaa weighted her options for a moment, then smiled at her girlfriend. "Obviously. I'll pick out a sandwich for you, then." Nodding to Ian and Naomi, she followed Val and Justin inside. It really was a small shop even on the inside, but Sanaa could see a few other humans passing by the aisles. Was that a good sign? Shaking her head, she decided to just search for the sandwiches they sold. Would there be some type of Greek sandwich? Sanaa felt like trying one of those if so, but she would settle for about anything. Though, she also had to get Naomi something. Hopefully she'd like what Sanaa picked for her.
Turning to Val, she said, "What about you get the extra sandwich for Ian? I'll try to pick something for Naomi and me."
"No problem mon ami," Nathan said with him saying 'my friend' in French but he used it frequently with the campers plus everyone would know what the meaning of it was already as he saw something crawl on the ground that was bug-shaped which he simply stomped on it and a small 'crunch' sound was heard.
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Chevy followed after the Hades camper to the point of walking just alongside him since it looked like he was getting dizzy with his movements being rather slow and she was curious to see how long him being 'prideful' could last but the answer would be forever as he was of course the son of Hades, "Your going straight to get yourself healed first."
"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 22, 2017 1:42:34 GMT -5
Valentine nodded to Sanaa, running off to get another sandwich. She picked out a regular ham sandwich platter she figured they could share, checking the price with the money she had. She could afford it. Val wasn't really sure where Sanaa had went, so she went by herself to the checkout, certain they would group outside. Once she bought the food, she looked around. It seemed safe enough. So, she went back to Naomi and Ian. "Hey, Sanaa's getting something for you." She said to Naomi. "And Ian, I got these for us. It's not much, but you're helping us out, so consider it a compensation." Val told him with a kind smile.
Alex slowly let go of Oliver when Nathan had killed the spider. He shivered a little, then shook his head. "Let's try continuing on," he murmured. A small voice inside his head told him that a spider being down here and stumbling exactly upon him had the chance to not just be a coincidence. However, it knowingly appearing here seemed just as ridiculous. How would that have happened? Some kind of mist? Were there more spiders around in that case?
Biting his lip at that thought, Alex slowly pushed onwards, not feeling safe at all. With their memories, the goddess could always figure out what they were afraid of, couldn't she?
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Nick frowned a little at that, then shrugged. "It's not that bad, but sure. I'll go take a trip to the infirmary. With or without Prince Charming," he joked a little, sending a wink Asher's way. He knew that Asher would have a lot on his mind, and surely some other Apollo camper would be around.
At least the trip back didn't take as long as when they had searched. Nick had let his gaze wander while walking back to remember the path they had to take. Pros of being a genius, really. He could find the path back when needed. Though, he felt glad when they finally got back to the camp. Before he could walk off, Lucia grabbed his good arm, dragging him along.
"I'm just making sure you're actually going to the infirmary," she said with a grin.
Sanaa found herself trying to decide between a cheese sandwich and a tuna sandwich. In the end, she shrugged and took both. If they didn't finish all of them, they could always take them along to the bus ride. She glanced around again while going up to the cashier, but nothing seemed to attack her. Sanaa kept her guard up while paying, wondering for a second where Val went, but she got her answer after stepping out of the shop. She'd already joined Ian and Naomi again. Walking over, she held both sandwiches up for Naomi to see. "Which do you want?"
Ian's eyes seemed to light up even more when she said that. "Food!" was all he said at first, then he laughed a little. "Sorry, sorry. But thank you for getting me something." He wasn't exactly starved, but he hadn't had any kind of lunch or breakfast yet, so he had to hold himself back from just taking it. His father had taught him some manners, and just ripping a sandwich out of somebody's hands wasn't exactly kind.
Naomi chuckled, Ian seemed to be trust worthy. The only thing she could gather from him is that he probably wanted to get food out of helping them, and that was about it. Naomi looked over the two sandwiches Sanaa was holding. Briefly debating which one she wanted before pointing to the cheese sandwich. "I'll take this one if you don't mind!" Naomi said with a smile.
"..and you really shouldn't worry about trusting Ian.." Naomi whispered stepping closer to Sanaa.
Sanaa handed her the sandwich, then glanced at Ian. "You're probably right, but it's always good to be cautious as demigods." She paused for a second when Naomi stepped closer, debating about something for a second. Was she going to regret what she did next? Absolutely not. Kissing Naomi for a second, she turned back around to Ian and Val. "So, where's that bus you were talking about?"
Ian's attention jumped over to her. "It's close to here! But we should hurry, I thiiiink the bus is leaving soon and I don't know if they've still got places left." He smiled sheepishly at that. "Don't worry, it'll be fiiiine."
"I second that," Nathan said but he did put his hand on his head that was starting to hurt and he did feel something wet which he figured was blood as he did get back some of his memories of what had happened, him fighting a monster of somekind also an ally was helping but then did something hit him in the back of the head with him then falling to the round but not before hearing a scream of somekind and hearing a thud. "Sometimes memories aren't the greatest..." He muttered mainly to himself.
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Chevy giggled a little when Lucia begun to guide the Hades camper towards the infirmary just on the off chance that he had other ideas about skipping the place of healing to get himself patched up and not dying since there did not need to be more of that, "I'm going to go and inform the Aphodrite campers of Natty being gone..." She said to them before heading towards said-cabin which she didn't want to be around when the other news was said.
Prue had been keeping watch with everything being quiet so far until she noticed Asher, Lucia, Nick and Chevy walking back with the latter heading straight for the 'Barbie' cabin as she walked straight towards them once also noticing that her brother looked like he had been chewed up and back out by a monster. "Are you guys alright?"
"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...”
Alex's eyes strayed to Nathan for a moment, a light in his eyes that suggested that he was trying to figure out the tone in his voice. What had happened? Biting his lip a little, he nodded slowly. "Memories aren't always the greatest, I agree.... Every event that happens is meant to move us forward, no matter how much it hurts us," he added as an afterthought. Still, there were some events he could've done without, like the years of bullying he had to endure as a child.
Alex paused when the wall he had kept to disappeared. The room seemed to have gotten a little bigger, but it wasn't like anybody could see it. It was still pitch black. He frowned a little, deciding to throw his idea out before they moved on. "So, what if the goddess knows our fears through our memories? She seems to be able to control the mist, so she could always make our fears appear here, couldn't she?"
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Nick froze a little when he heard Prue. He would've hoped to avoid this conversation for a little bit longer. At least until he wasn't feeling dizzy anymore. He felt Lucia's hand tense a little while she looked back at Prue. Sighing a little, Nick said, "More or less. We think we found the goddess' hideout, but there's something else." Here, Nick ripped his arm out of Lucia's grasp to face Prue completely. "We found Grim, and I'm sorry to say, but he seems to have fallen while fighting something."
Naomi squeaked softly when Sanaa suddenly kissed her, her cheeks flushing a light pink. Naomi fiddled with the sandwich in her hands, trying to ignore the fact she probably looked like a dork. A smile on her face that she couldn’t push away.
Naomi cleared her throat, turning her attention onto Ian. “Well...that isn’t exactly what i’d call fine…” Naomi sighed, hopefully they’d still be able to make it if they ate on the bus - that is if they LET them on the bus.
“We should probably leave right now then...right?”
Nathan heard what Alex had to say which he wasn't sure how quiet he had been awhile following, "Yep and brings on a bigger headache." He repiled before pushing some pressure to the back of his head to at least get the blood to clot as he then thoight about it for a moment, "Well that would make sense and from what we've been getting at camp...."
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"That's gre-" Prue began to say of course about them finding the godess' hideout before her face fell when she heard what also happened to the mare that had been at her side for almost two years or so now, "A...Are your s-sure.. That its Grimm...?" Her voice choked up a little like she was going to cry but being the stoic and prideful girl she wasn't going to show it- not at least in front of the whole camp.
"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 23, 2017 22:36:05 GMT -5
ahhh I'm sorry I've been playing harvest moon so much I neglected this I'm sorry ))
Valentine looked up at Sanaa, taking two sandwiches for herself and pushing them over to Ian. "You can have them." She said softly, not wanting to interrupt if Sanaa was going to speak. Once she asked the question, Val glanced over. "Yeah, where is the bus?" She silently wondered if Greek bus stops were much different from American ones.
Alex bit his lip a little, then shook his head. "Let's just move forward, right? It's not like we can avoid it if it is true," he suggested, running a hand through his hair. His eyes seemed determined, though. "I mean, we could wait until we're rescued, but I refuse to sit around and be a damsel in distress." Alex really disliked the thought of having to be rescued. Instead, he wanted to help the others fight the goddess.
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Nick sighed a little, but nodded. "I'm positive. I'm sorry," he said, voice lowered. He cast a quick glance Lucia's way, then turned back to his sister. "I was going to show you the spot, but it seems like I'll have to rest a bit first. Lucia, would you...?"
The blonde seemed to understand without him finishing the sentence. "Sure. I'll see if I can find the spot again. But first," Lucia said, then paused to grab Nick by the arm again. "You're getting checked up."
Ian took the sandwiches and it honestly reminded Sanaa of a cat getting its prey. He took a big bite of one, then tried saying something, only to pause when he noticed the food in his mouth. He swallowed, then said, "Yeah, let's go." Without another word, he led them down another street, then glanced back at Val. "The bus is close by, but it's not really just a simple spot. There's a place that sells tickets next to it, and you all should hope that they buy my sob story to explain the fact why we didn't buy tickets earlier." He grinned at that, though, which showed that he'd done things like that before.
The people there usually sold their tickets days before each tour to Delphi, but Ian knew that some people never showed up, so he just had to make them give them those seats.
"It's fine Nick," Prue said though in doing so it sounded like she had taken a deep breath to keep herself calm which did help her as she would cry when she got to the spot and by the way her brother had said it was that Grimm went down fighting to protect the camp and didn't die in vain, who knows maybe she'll be able to see the mare in spirit form or somekind of undead form... Wasn't exactly sure how that worked out yet. "Yea, first your going to the infirmary." She said in agreement with the Zeus camper awhile taking a better notice of the injuries he had.
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"I agree, getting rescued will be the last option." Nathan said awhile he didn't mind getting saved because in battle whenever fighting a monster of any kind its always best to have another demigod with you but better yet a sparring partner, two campers that sparred together and we're friends -or more In his and Lucia's case- could battle in sync like to beat of a rhyme.
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Chevy got to the link cabin with the Dionysus camper soon knocking on the door repeatedly, "Hello. Hello. Hello.." She kept repeating since the kidnap of the aphodrite cabin'a counselor was a big deal and she hoped whoever was temporary was a camper that had been in camp long.
"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...”