Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 25, 2017 8:09:39 GMT -5
Valentine shoved the rest of the sandwiches into her bag for later and got up, following Ian as he lead them away. She nodded in understanding when he explained it to her, clutching the straps of her backpack. She guessed that he told people his story often, but never used it to buy tickets, as they were probably expensive. Val glanced back at Sanaa and Naomi, shrugging.
Alex nodded at that, a determined expression on his face. "Yeah, that's why I really want to get out of here," he confirmed, moving forward a bit again. A few seconds later, he stopped. "So, I'm most likely the person with the most fears here, but what fears do you have?" he asked, turning back around to Nathan and Oliver. Alex knew that he was afraid of a lot of things, but he also knew that he had to probably face them to rescue himself. His stubbornness was probably going to win that round.
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Lucia glanced back at Prue, studying her for a second. Prue tried to be strong, but it was obvious that it was hard for her to deal with Grimm's death. Lucia could understand why; it was like losing a friend. She didn't let go of Nick's arm, but still replied, "I can show you to the place once I've made sure Nick is getting checked up." She saw Nick open his mouth and then close it again. She figured he had had some sarcastic comment on his tongue about what she had just said, but had decided against saying it.
Nodding to Prue and giving her a reassuring smile, Lucia dragged Nick off the rest of the way to the infirmary. Or, really, 'dragged' wasn't the real word. She was simply keeping a grip on his arm, as Nick followed her without protest.
Finally, she opened the door to the infirmary, peeking inside. "Hellooo, anybody here?"
Sanaa opened her mouth, only to be interrupted by Ian himself. "Before you ask, I don't think I can get the spots for free for so many people," he said lightly, glancing at them. His brown eyes were still warm and bright. "However, I suppose you have enough money to pay like 10 euros per ticket? I'm sure I can get it for that cheap."
Sanaa thought that over for a moment, then nodded. "We should have enough money for that, thanks," she said politely. Honestly, she wasn't irritated about having to pay. Paying for tickets was normal. Still, she tried to glance at Val and Naomi to see whether they fully trusted Ian with this.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 25, 2017 16:58:05 GMT -5
Valentine caught Sanaa's look, giving her an uneasy nod. She was not a child of Athena, nor was she incredibly skilled, but Valentine considered herself remarkably intelligent. She had once taken a class on human emotions and expressions, and to that day she still remembered it. Taking everything she had learned, along with her gut feeling, Ian was telling the truth completely. Then again, she could be totally wrong, but maybe not. For now, he was the only guide they had.
"Hmm well there's Giant dogs, Alone forever, being stalked by crazy people and seeing someone I cared about getting killed in front of me- also Giants..." Nathan said with it all being true even getting followed by random people to the point of obsession which he always asked for his godly mother to make them stop or he just managed to et to the police station; he was well known there for him just to 'hide out' until the coast was clear plus his father had a friend working there.
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Prue gave a small nod to Lucia before then watching the camper drag her brother to the infirmary since stubbornness and pride ran deep in their traits they got from their godly father as she turned away to look in the direction they had come from with her raising a hand to her mouth to keep herself from bursting into tears which so far manged to keep under control.
"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 place Ian led them to was a smaller looking bus stop with a broader street and a small house behind the stop. Ian couldn't see the bus yet, which brought a grin to his face. They were on time, then. He could already see a few tourists pile around the stop with their guides in hand, reading and chatting in many different languages. Ian often hung around tourists to get something out of them for playing guide. Though, the demigods with him wouldn't have to pay him anything, they seemed to be doing something important.
Of course Ian had decided to see what important thing they had to do in Delphi once he had found that out. However, that still had time. Flashing, Sanaa and the others a grin, he motioned for them to stay a bit behind before he made his way over to the small house. A man was outside of it, and the moment he stepped closer, Ian quickly let the smile fall off his face and change his face to distressed instead. He'd done this before, he knew what he was doing.
Quickly, he told the man a little sob story about him and his friends getting cheated out of their bus tour to Delphi because of a scam. And to make it even more heart wrenching, he lied that they were all very poor teenagers whose parents could barely afford to get them a nice vacation as it was. Well, the poor part wasn't totally wrong if Ian was being honest with himself.
It seemed to work better than even Ian had expected, because the man soon handed him the tickets for free, claiming that he also had children around their age. Ah, the pity card, Ian thought, keeping a small smile off. He thanked the man a lot, then walked back over to the others, whistling a little while holding the tickets up.
Alex nodded slowly. "Alright. I suppose I could just state mine as well then, get it out of the way and everything," he murmured, albeit a little hesitantly. He'd never really directly told anybody his fears, not even Asher. He was sure that a few of them were easy to guess, at least for people like Sanaa and Percy who shared a cabin or apartment with him for a while. Biting his lip a little, he finally got over himself. "So, I'm afraid of spiders as you may have noticed, but also of thunder and lightning and storms in general, being abandoned by everybody and being hated by people I care about."
Alex closed his mouth tightly after saying that, biting his lip again. He didn't really feel all that confident whenever anybody found out one of his fears, but it also felt a little relieving. Though... Alex suddenly cursed a little under his breath when he remembered something. "I also get hay fever from specific pollen and obviously don't have my medicine with me right now, but it should be fine." They were in some kind of tunnels, Alex doubted that he'd get hay fever there, however, once they were out? Yeah, Alex hoped they weren't too far from the camp, otherwise he'd be pretty useless in a fight.
Nathan listened to Alex speak of his fears which he knew was hard to admit with even he being somewhat unsure to say his own but he trusted them with his life even Oliver who's recently now joined the camp, "Well what about you Oliver?"
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Chevy started to knock on the aphodrite' cabin door which she kept doing to get someone to open the door and if they wanted to ignore the crazy party girl who also did it to annoy the living daylights out of e'm as she looked around for a moment to see Lucia dragging the eldest Hades camper away to the infirmary. "Yo, I got news."
"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 28, 2017 0:12:14 GMT -5
Valentine stood behind Ian, listening as he explained to the man how "horrible their lives were". In that moment, she realized two thing. One, that she felt very bad for tricking such a kind man, although they were sort of helpless. Two, Ian was very cunning. She supposed he would have to be, to live as he did, but it would make you wonder if Hermes was his godly parent, not Demeter. She frowned a little as he turned back to them. Val would have felt better if they paid for them. Her dissapointed face definitely showed, and she looked down at the ground for a minute.
Although Naomi didn't say a thing she frowned, visibly looking disappointing in Ian. At least it helped..., Naomi glanced over at Sanaa with a slightly unsettled look. Naomi wasn't entirely worried about how he got them to Delphi. What she was worried about is what would happen after they got there, what if there was something he wasn't telling them?
CitrineCloverheart ✿ (Sorry I haven't replied recently!I have been in general pretty stressed. I've had a HUGE amount of projects that i've had to do and yeh, I'll try to be more active!)
Lucia dragged Nick further into the infirmary. It seemed a little emptier than usual without Sanaa around. As the counselor of the cabin, Sanaa usually stuck around in the infirmary, and where Sanaa was, Naomi could also often be found. Now with both of them gone, it didn't seem all that inviting anymore. Gesturing for Nick to sit down, Lucia went further in, stepping carefully to not knock something over. "Hello?" she called out once more.
Sanaa saw their frowns and while she didn't quite agree with it, either, she figured Ian couldn't help it. Living on the streets, he'd probably picked up some habits that weren't morally correct for others. Shaking her head a little, she said, "Alright, good. But, Ian, I wouldn't have minded paying at all as it would've been the correct thing to do." Her voice held no bitterness against his actions, all that could be heard was politeness and a little bit of scolding. Sanaa sounded like a teacher more than anything.
Ian looked a little confused while handing them the tickets, then shrugged. "But isn't it better to not pay anything?" he asked, puzzled. One of his hands went to fiddle with his neckerchief thoughtfully.
"Yes, but it's not very correct," Sanaa replied, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear. "Though, I suppose your morals are a little different under the circumstances you live in."
Ian seemed to be about to add something, then turned his head. A bus was pulling up towards them and the tourists began lining up. "The bus is here, let's go," he finally said, beckoning for the others to follow him to the line.
Alex suddenly stiffened a little when a laugh sounded from behind them. The hairs on the back of his neck stood up as the laugh sent shivers down his spine. It sounded feminine, and the scratching on the walls followed by steps didn't help. It took Alex a few seconds to piece everything together, then, his eyes hardened a little. "We should go," he said, but didn't sound as brave as he would've liked. "If I'm not wrong, one of Nate's fears is coming towards us." He sent Nathan a meaningful look, then started walking, trying to ignore his own beating hard. It wasn't one of his own fears per se, but having somebody crazy follow them wasn't exactly relaxing, either.
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Cecilia had been styling her nails when Chevy came, knocking on the door. She muttered something under her breath, then got up slowly and made her way over. Opening the door, she regarded the other girl with little interest. "What is it?" she drawled out, studying her freshly styled nails instead of looking at her. "I'm kind of busy. I'm just waiting for Asher to get back here, really." With his boyfriend out of the picture, Cecilia felt like she had a chance once more. Of course, as she wasn't the greatest with people who wouldn't do whatever she wanted, she couldn't see exactly how that could backfire. In her eyes, her plan actually had some chance of succeeding.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Jan 29, 2017 11:42:31 GMT -5
Valentine sighed, watching their conversation with a frown. Once they stopped, she followed after them, slowing down a little to walk with Naomi. For a second, it looked like she was going to speak, but decided not to say anything. Instead, she just offered a smile to the oracle and turned her attention ahead. She felt bad that Ian had to live his life like that, pitying himself to cheat other people. Val couldn't wait to take him back to Camp Half Blood. Not that she was thinking about whether or not he'd like to go.
Nathan had frozen in place when hearing the rather feminie laugh plus the scratching on the walls as he would've screamed but he knew it would only make it worse more or cursed in Greek but he kinda promised himself that he would never do so in front of younger campers from his own personal experience, "I second that...!" He said in a sharp yet quiet tone with fear lacing it as he would rather a thousand Chevys then these stalker-fans.
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"For starters, Natty's been kidnapped... have you seen him at all this morning or last night?" Chevy said rather seriously with her ignoring the fact the girl was waiting for the apollo camper and she noticed the newly painted nails she had which when the Aphrodite counselor had actually painted his nails a couple of times until he preferred the more 'natural' clear color. "Also on another note that's a nice shade." She added about the color of the girl's nails since she wanted to be friends.
"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 bus seemed a little stuffy and Sanaa almost sighed at the thought of being stuck in there with a lot of people for a few hours. The air was only going to get worse over the time and she knew from experience that she ended up with headaches in those cases. Sliding her bag off her back, she took a seat, motioning for Naomi to sit next of her. She had chosen a seat in the middle of the bus, just because she didn't want to sit in the back, but sitting at the front where the bus driver could listen to them talk was just as bad.
She saw Ian slide into a seat behind her and then pull out one of the sandwiches Val had given him. Ian did seem to love food if the fact that he was pretty much vacuuming it up was anything to go by.
Alex nodded, then quickly picked up his pace. He was almost jogging, but didn't flat out do it because they didn't even know where to go. Instead, he tried to put distance between them. If that was some kind of mist, then it would probably disappear once they got far enough, wouldn't it? Alex wasn't sure - he'd never been one to use the mist, as he honestly didn't seem to have any talent for it.
Taking a sharp right turn, he glanced over his shoulder to see whether the others were there or not, only to have a familiar voice reach his ears. "I hate you," it hissed, and Alex couldn't pinpoint whose voice it was exactly. It sounded like a mix between Sanaa, Percy, Asher and Val if he had to guess.
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Cecilia regarded her for a few moments, then gave a smile. "Why, thank you," she replied to the compliment about her nails. However, her attitude just screamed "of course they look nice". To the second part of her question, Cecilia shrugged a little. "I think last I saw him was during the time we did that weird headcount. When that blond kid disappeared." Of course she didn't refer to Alex by his name - he wasn't important enough to remember the name of.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Feb 1, 2017 14:27:04 GMT -5
woops sorry!! ))
Serena was alone in the infirmary, having been busying herself with rearranging the medical supplies to keep her mind off of her sister's safety. She turned the corner just as Lucia and Nick walked in, her expression switching from surprise to concern. "Hey, what's up? What happened?" She strode over, her hair tied back in a high ponytail.
Valentine sat down next to Ian, crossing her legs and leaning back on the seat. The bus was a little stuffy, but she actually enjoyed the smell of dust. It reminded her of her old piano in the attic of her house. Maybe she could get it back from her mother somehow. Opening her eyes, she saw Ian munching on a sandwich. "Do you not eat a lot?" She asked, a bit of concern in her voice. Val didn't bother letting him answer, continuing. "You should come back with us to Camp Half Blood. There's always a lot to eat, and everyone there is a demigod like us."
Naomi sat down next to Sanaa setting her bag down as well. Naomi glanced around cautiously wondering if this was a bad idea( before moving her hand and grabbing hold of Sanaa's hand. There wasn't any big reason for doing this other than the fact she wanted to do that and it was a distraction from her thoughts.
"So....once we get to delphi...do we actually have a plan aside from uh, punch apollo?" Naomi asked.
(Urgh I'm sorry these are so short, I'm just not sure what to say here) Citrine
Lucia gestured to Nick, pushing a strand of hair out of her eyes with her free hand. "We were out to search for the goddess' hideout and got attacked. Nick got hurt by a chimera... right?" she said, glancing back at him with a questioning gaze. Nick nodded.
"I've had worse, but Lucia insisted that I get it checked out."
Ian glanced over. "How's the food at the camp?" he asked with a slight grin. "Not sure if I'll go, but it sounds nice." Food was always nice, but Ian did like the idea of the camp as a whole.
Sanaa shrugged a little. "Not really," she admitted. "I think I'll try talking to him first." She squeezed Naomi's hand a little. "Either way, I'm glad to have you with me."
(Short sorry ive got a class right about now rip) (Olive)
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