Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Feb 2, 2017 7:58:02 GMT -5
Serena nodded, leading Nick over to the infirmary bed and invited him to sit down, turning to get some bandages and nectar. "Where are you hurt?" She asked, turning back. A chimera, huh? There were a lot more powerful monsters in the forest suddenly, now that she thought about it. A manticore, a chimera, what's next the Minotaur? She hoped not.
"Any kind." Valentine quickly answered, her heart suddenly lightened by his show of interest in her beloved home. "Any kind you want, they serve it. Plus any kind of drink, and a lot of desserts! And sometimes we roast marshmallows by the campfire after dinner--you do know what marshmallows are, right?" Her face had lit up, as it always did while talking about Camp Half Blood. Out of all the places she had stayed, camp was her favorite. It was the only place she didn't feel like a freak of nature.
Nick sat down without much progress, then removed his jacket before taking off his ripped shirt. He'd probably have to get a new one if he was being honest with himself. He nodded to the quickly wrapped up scars. "Asher tried his best to wrap it up with the things we had," he explained with a small shrug. "It's going to be fine once I've gotten some nectar." He didn't mention that he had been feeling a little feverish while they were walking back and instead waited for Serena's treatment.
Honestly, when he thought of it, he hadn't really talked much with the Apollo girl yet.
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Ian stuffed the rest of the sandwich into his mouth, chewing on it. He didn't reply until he had swallowed. His father had taught him that talking with a full mouth was rude. Finally, he swallowed. "Doesn't sound all that bad. Any notable people at the camp?" he said, glancing back over at Val. He was curious if there was anybody Val thought would be especially worth meeting if he did go along. He wasn't really sure yet.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Feb 2, 2017 12:45:14 GMT -5
Serena winced upon seeing the wound. The bandages Asher had wrapped it up with had soaked up the blood for the most part, but the bacteria from the wound needed to be cleaned up. "Nectar will close up the wound, but if any dirt or disease got into the gash, it'll become infected from the inside. I'm going to clean out the wound, and rewrap it so the nectar can work properly. So.. it might hurt a little."
With that said, Serena unwrapped the old bandages, tossing them aside. She quickly washed her hands in the sink and grabbed a cloth and some peroxide. She sprayed the chemical onto the cloth and gently placed it on the gash. "It'll probably sting." She added, dabbing it gently. "But it's getting out the bacteria." Serena hoped she was right. She remembered scraping her knee and her mom telling her all of this. Of course, this was a little more serious, but it would work the same. Once she had finished, she threw the cloth into the sink and grabbed a new, dry one, to soak up the peroxide and blood. When she was done, she threw that cloth into the sink as well and began wrapping up his wound with fresh bandages.
After all that, Serena left for a moment, and returned with a cup of nectar. "This will help with the pain and the wound." She said, although that was obvious. Her adrenaline rush had sort of died down, and she was pretty calm about it. She would have to be as an Apollo camper. It was her duty. "Better?" She asked Nick, hoping she had helped somehow.
Valentine's eyes sort of half-closed in a melancholic way when he asked. "Yeah." She responded in an unreadable tone. "There's one. Well, there's more, but one stands out to me. He's cool, and a good friend of mine. His name is Alex, and he's..." She paused, looking down. "He's in danger. And I can't do anything about it." Shaking her head, she looked back up. "But there's a lot of other cool people! And Alex will be fine. He wouldn't die on me without saying goodbye. I wouldn't let him. But, um, Nick is cool. And Asher, and Lucia, and Pippa and Noel. Everyone there is. You'd love it." Val hated how she always reverted back to talking about Alex, especially with so many other important people. But she would grow out of it. Probably.
"No prob," Chevy said with her looking somewhat worried as the question now was how he managed to leave without anyone noticing but she figured that the goddess had something to do with it and maybe even with Grimm which made the girl shiver a little at the ghastly sight that was only inches away from where they found the golden necklace belonging to the counselor that was currently now being carried by Lucia. "Are Marinette, Florence and Leonardo in the cabin too?" Since she could at least tell them too if they were already there but if not she would find them.
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Nathan had followed after Alex only to lose sight of the Athena camper which he did stop to catch his breath and to see if he could see any of them as he did curse a little under his breath from the maze they were in, "Hey anybody there-" he began to say only to jump back once hearing a thundering growl behind him to see a giant dog stalking towards him with thick rows of pearly white teeth which he knew it wasn't a hellhound...hopefully in his case as he backed away slowly to then hear a very giddy squeal from above which made him jump to the right into a different tunnel to see a crazed stalker climbing on the ceiling above. WHY ME. WHAT THE GODS. he thought to himself in pure fear but he managed to get back up on his feet and away from the rather real illusions.
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Prue sat outside of her cabin with her sitting out on the steps next to Satoru who had given the pride girl a comforting hug after hearing about the mare, "When we get to the goddess's hideout..." she began to say with her pale hands clutching the glaive as if trying to break it in half but the weapon was much stronger but she wasn't going to let the minor goddess get away with this at all.
"Don't worry Prue-san," Satoru started to speak with the boy sitting next to her as he was more angry then she was possibly with his godly mother being the cause of the mare's untimely demise, "We all will defeat her." He was not sure how things would go down but the young camper was hoping to help stop her and if it meant fighting monsters and facing scary creatures then he would help.
"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 didn't wince much while she set to work. He'd been hurt by monsters often enough to not flinch as easily anymore as his tolerance for pain had risen. The stings here and there were annoying, but it wasn't as bad as other things he had had happen to him. Thinking of it, he couldn't help but grin a little. Man, Percy sure did have his hands full with him when they were younger. Though, back then, Percy had also worried much more about him. Nick hoped that he'd finally shown him that he could take care of himself.
He accepted the cup with a nod, then downed it. The taste reminded him of strawberries with cream, but he couldn't actually tell if it were special ones his mother had made when they were kids or normal ones he had now. Not that it mattered all that much. Holding the cup back out for Serena, he nodded. "Yeah, it's all good," he said, feeling the warmth from the nectar seep into his bones slowly. Still, he'd probably have to get some more rest considering he was still dizzy. Not all that surprising. He'd not slept much and also hadn't had enough to drink.
"I can't believe you didn't flinch at all when Serena cleaned your scratches," Lucia stated.
Nick shrugged. "I've had worse, in all honesty. I used to be a little too reckless during fights when I first was at the camp for a few years. Didn't always end well."
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Ian's eyes seemed to actually lose their light for a moment when she mentioned the name Alex. Then, he shook his head a little to get the thoughts away. "I'll have to meet them then if I do decide to come. My father was called Alexander, so I'm looking forward to meeting this Alex you speak of so highly." Ian grinned a little after saying that. The camp sounded nice, but he'd be leaving the place he grew up in in that case. He'd leave his father behind. Could he really do that? Ian didn't want to decide on that just yet.
Clearing his throat, he poked the back of Sanaa's head to get her attention. "It's going to take a few hours until we're in Delphi," he informed her. "After that where do you all even have to go?"
Cecilia shrugged a little. "They are," she replied simply, not really caring. "You can tell them if you want. I'll go see if I can find Asher now." With those words, she stepped past Chevy, checked herself over in a small pocket mirror again and then went off over the green. At one point Asher was sure to return her affection, right? Then again, was it really affection she felt? Probably not, but having somebody good looking at your side always had advantages.
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Alex turned around to ask the others if they had heard it, only to find out that he was alone. How great. While thinking of what to do, the voices grew louder and Alex stepped backwards. Why was he so alone? Where was everybody? The worst part was, Alex was aware that it were real looking illusions, but he still couldn't help but get a heavy heart whenever he heard the people he cared about the most say that they hated him. A small part of him believed the voices. Biting his lip quickly before he could get tears in his eyes, Alex quickly turned around, running off. The others had to be somewhere, right?
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Feb 3, 2017 7:57:52 GMT -5
Valentine was silent as he spoke, this being the first time she had seen him even remotely unhappy. She gazed down at her feet, letting her bangs fall in front of her face. "Sorry. I didn't want to reopen old scars." Val looked up again when he spoke to Sanaa, leaning back on the seat a little. "We have to find Apollo, I think." She said quietly, answering his question. It did sort of bug her that it would take a few hours. "Oh, yeah!" She suddenly spoke, more to herself then anything. Flipping her backpack around, she unzipped a pocket and pulled out a big ziplock bag of pistachios. "Want some?" Valentine asked, handing one to Ian.
Serena chuckled at Nick's obliviousness to the pain. "Well, whether it hurt or not is unimportant. You need rest, and-" She frowned for a moment, suddenly lifting her hand to his forehead. "And you've got a little bit of a fever. How long was it before you came to the infirmary?" She asked, turning to get some other medicine.
"I suppose Apollo will be around the parts where the original Oracle of Delphi used to be," Sanaa replied, her eyes glancing between the two of them. Ian nodded a little, leaning back again. "Well, I'll ask around a bit how we can get there, but if it's a tourist side it may be harder to sneak into the deeper parts. But don't worry, you've got me, after all." He sent a beaming smile Sanaa's way, then turned his head to Val, regarding the pistachios. "Sure!" he answered with a grin, eyes twinkling at the thought of more food. For a few seconds, Ian stayed quiet, then added, "Don't worry about the old wounds thing. My dad was a good man, but I am fine on my own."
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Nick shrugged, obviously not really caring all that much. "I think about an hour or two. We had a few fights and had to search around and whatnot," he replied, attentive eyes watching both girls. "Look, I understand that it may sound disconcerting, but you must realize that a fever won't kill me on the spot. I'll rest and sleep it off." Then again, Nick wasn't the person to rest if something was going on. He still had to visit Grimm with Prue, and also talk to Percy about an attack plan. Honestly, he had too much on his plate to sit down and rest.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Feb 3, 2017 12:45:10 GMT -5
Valentine handed the bag over, staying quiet for a moment. She hesitated, then gently pat him on the shoulder. "I don't know if it helps at all, but I've never met my father. Poseidon, I mean. But he gave me--" She pulled her blue seashell and red seashells out of her pocket. "--This. The blue one turns into my spear, and the red ones can sprout water. Cool, right?" She put them back in her pocket, chuckling. "So.. I guess what I mean is.. um, Dads are cool?" Val shrugged, smiling.
Serena crossed her arms, a motherly look appearing on her face. "You had better. I don't want to catch you running around with a fever. Nectar and ambrosia can only do so much. Now, I'm going to go get some coffee. Lucia, would you tend to his errands? Better you do it than him." With that, she walked out, obviously a little stressed.
(Sob I have no idea what to say, I'll uh just write naomi doing her own thing until then I just needed to add something to this for now)
Naomi listened to the conversation without a word, shifting through her backpack to pull out a small book that she had been meaning to finish reading. Leaning a bit on Sanaa's side she started reading the book, although still paying attention to what was being said currently.
"Thanks-" Chevy said awhile walking past the Aphrodite camper who she of course was indifferent with but she never did meet anyone that she didn't like besides the monsters of cockroaches as she hoped that camp would help her this year as it did for her, the Dionysus camper had no control what so ever with her 'madness' ability that she almost caused her grandfather to go insane himself until he somehow managed to contact Director D. to send a satyr to take her to camp which was one of the happiest days of her life.
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Satoru looked up at his cousin to see if he could read off of her but all he saw was the master poker face she had on though he could see pure sorrow yet determination in her amber eyes to pull on forward which he sometimes hated how stubborn or prideful she could be since she did hold grudges for long only depending on the person, "When Lucia comes back... I'm going with you to defeat my godly mother."
Prue turned her amber gaze to the young boy which she of course would say no, "I admire your determination Satoru but I do not want you to get hurt, I don't want to lose anyone else." She spoke in a calm yet caring tone since she wanted him to be safe at camp which she knew it wasn't always safe since I her first day she herself had been kidnapped so she couldn't really stop the young camper from going with them.
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Nathan took a couple of deep breaths to calm his beating heart that he thought would literally explode any moment as he somehow managed to get away from his two fears but he could tell they were on his heels and seeing shapes lying on the ground, "Thank gods, i foun-" he began in relief before he backed away in fear once more as one of his many fears had been to seeing loved ones die in front of him and he soon felt himself on the brink of tears with him recognizing some of the illusionary bodies with some being his mortal father and sister- campers and even Lucia who he then started to hear voices saying they hated him, he was a Nobody that deserved love and that he would be alone forever. "S...Stop..."
"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 awoke with a start when her head bumped against the window of the bus as it stopped. She rubbed her eyes, yawning a little. When had she fallen asleep? Glancing outside, Sanaa noted that they had arrived somewhere. That somewhere probably being Delphi. She glanced back at Ian and asked him about it, only to have him grin and confirm it.
The bus driver told them to have a nice day before the doors opened and Sanaa saw the other tourists pile out of the bus. Sanaa's hand slowly wandered into her right pocket, her fingers closing around a golden drachma. "Val," she said. "Do you think you can create a rainbow with some water? I want to call Nick and ask him for some updates." Knowing Nick, he was probably the person searching all around, so Sanaa figured that he'd be the best place to get information from.
Nick watched her walk off, then got up himself. "Well, that didn't sound like an order to stay here, in my eyes," he told Lucia with a smile. Lucia didn't seem all that sure herself, but seemed to decided to not argue with him. Nick put a hand on her shoulder while passing her. "Don't worry, I'm just going to talk to Prue for a little and then go rest. I've got to make sure she's fine first." Waving quickly, Nick left the infirmary, smile slowly turning a bit more serious.
As if I'm going to rest now, he thought, shoving his hands into his pockets.
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Alex took a deep breath when the tears came to his eyes, but a choked sob soon rose in his throat. Why was everything happening at once? The second he thought that, it made him pause despite being frightened. Everything was happening at one, almost as if it had been planned. They'd all suddenly been separated despite the tunnels not being big when inside of one. What if... they weren't actually far from each other?
The second Alex felt a spider drop onto his head, he screamed, imagining that he was grabbing Nathan's hand. Seconds later, he did feel his hand meet somebody else's and the weight from his head had disappeared. Breathing a bit faster, Alex quickly tried to wipe his tears away. "Nathan," he breathed out, finally opening his eyes.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Feb 4, 2017 9:01:33 GMT -5
Valentine had tried her best to stay awake, but it had gotten dark and she was pretty tired after an hour or so. Thus, she woke up to find that, number one, they were in Delphi, and number two, she had fallen asleep on Ian's shoulder. She quickly scrambled to an upright position, dizzy from her nap. Val rubbed her eyes and got up, following Sanaa off the bus.
"A rainbow? Yeah, sure." Valentine replied sleepily. She was not good at waking up. "Can we find a water source? I'd rather not use a seashell again. Too much water pressure, and I'm already tired."
"Alex? Thanks gods your real!" Nathan said once feeling someone grab his hand only for the teen to see that the Athena camper was the one holding it as he wiped away the tears from his face with his free hand since it was a little embrassing to have been crying to all because of the real-looking illusions and he was actually happy that it all wasn't real which he was tempted to hug his friend in joy but he figured yet again that would be awkward.
"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 nodded, slipping her bag back onto her back before stepping out of the bus. It was summer, so it was still bright outside. As a child of Apollo, Sanaa couldn't help but wonder if her father was still pulling the sun, or if he was just lazing around here somewhere. "We're hours ahead of the camp," she finally realized, biting her lip. "By, I think, six hours if we keep count?" It would be a little after noon for the camp now, wouldn't it be?
Shaking her head, Sanaa turned back to look at Val. "Let's try finding a source of water that's not in the middle of a crowd. Hopefully there is one around." Sanaa didn't feel like getting questioned by any human if they could see through the mist or the mist didn't hide the iris message. That would be rather awkward and unfortunate. She glanced at Ian, who shrugged this time.
"I can't say I've ever searched for bodies of water outside of crowds, but I'm sure there's some puddles hidden inside the ruins. It rained yesterday, I doubt that all has dried up again by now."
While Nathan thought it would be awkward, Alex didn't think so. Letting go of his hand for a second, Alex hugged him with a grin. "I'd rather... not stumble into mist like that again," he said, still trying to calm his racing heart. "It separated us, but..." He let go off Nathan again, taking his hand. "If we keep holding onto each other, it shouldn't be that easy to switch reality, right?" At least, Alex hoped that, because if it didn't, they'd be in even more trouble.