Nathan squeezed the camper's hand in response when he looked ahead to see something moving, "Gods I hate this place..." he grumbled under his breath since even a illusion crazy stalker was the same thing like with a real one minus the fact that he would be hiding out in a random police station until the wave of insanity blew over, "... yeah she must be hiding out here somewhere... maybe she's too much of a coward to face us herself? After all she's just sending fear after fear to us and we're overcoming it..."
"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 closed his eyes for a second. Sure, they were getting through it, but it was still an act in itself. Hearing Asher say that he hated him had hit him hard despite knowing that it was an illusion. Alex opened his eyes again before moving onwards. "So, this may just be a hunch, but if the others aren't attacking already, we may have to deal with a chimera soon..." If they really were getting closer to the exit, it was likely that they would face either the goddess or her pet.
The closer they got to the illusion of the stalker, the more annoyed Alex grew. To him, it was hard to stand up for himself at times, but considering it was scaring Nathan, he acted without thinking. It seemed to be a girl, but was an illusion regardless. "How about you disappear and leave us alone?" he snapped at the illusion. "Try scaring my friend and I'll make sure you regret it." Was he going crazy to just talk to an illusion? Hopefully it'd at least reassure Nathan a little.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Feb 19, 2017 16:56:14 GMT -5
(Thank you! I'll try to participate in this a bit more now.)
Justin looked over, hearing Nick's voice. He shifted, not sure whether he wanted to ask how Scarlette was or not. He decided not to, hopefully they'd be back soon enough.
Nathan nodded though it was kind of dark since the fact that they didn't have their weapons but he remembered that it was injured or had he been fighting a different monster when he was attacked? Thanks concussion... As they got closer to the stalker which made him actually shake in fear but when the Athena camper stood up and calling the illusion out, "Thanks Alex..." he said quietly with him seeing that the illusion looked somewhat startled before stepping back to fade away but to how long would it last for anyway.
"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 tilled her head a little. "We're in Delphi right now. As for Apollo..." she trailed off, scowling a little. "I'll probably have to wash some sense into my father." Her words came out a bit more heated than she had intended and she shook her head, just taking Nick in for a second.
"You got attacked, right? Why are you still up and about, planning things and generally looking like you're going to fight?" Her tone was stern, and for a second, Nick seemed to wince, but it went away so quickly, it was easy to miss it.
The brunet shrugged a little. "I'm fine. Not to mention, it's important that we get a plan." Nick paused, looking thoughtful. "Anything else you guys want to know? Or any people you know who absolutely shouldn't be involved with any attack plans?" Nick knew that he hadn't been back long enough to know everybody by heart, so maybe they knew of somebody who would better be left out of the plan.
Alex smiled. "No problem," he replied, but one of his hands wandered to his sword that hung by his side. He'd dropped his dagger while getting attacked, but luckily enough for him, that hadn't been his only weapon. Still, that left him and perhaps Oliver to really fight in case of an attack. That didn't sound all that promising. At least not in the fight against a chimera. Honestly, Alex doubted that he'd get out without serious injuries if it came down to the fight without any help of others.
His thoughts came to an abrupt halt when the ground under him suddenly disappeared and he fell forward, letting go of he others to not drag them down as well. There had been a small slope that couldn't have been seen in the darkness. Either way, Alex knocked his head against the hard ground, hissing in pain. So much for being careful, right? He rubbed his head, pausing when he felt something sticky on his hands. Blood? he thought, running his hand over his nose again. It once again felt sticky and Alex sighed, sitting up. "I think the slope just injured me worse than any of the illusions did," he joked.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Feb 20, 2017 15:58:43 GMT -5
Justin flinched, thoughts flickering back to the Camp. "Scarlette." He blurts out, blinking as he realized what he said. "It's still to soon after her sister's death. She'll be easily distracted, and will get herself killed." Justin added, deciding he would end up getting slapped when he got back. Scarlette would be furious, that's for sure.
Nick paused for a second, running the name through his head. Scarlette, huh? He nodded slowly. "She's a child of Nemesis, isn't she?" he asked for clarification. He thought of having seen her before, but couldn't remember talking to her yet. He really had to fix that up soon - he liked knowing everybody at the camp.
Sanaa glanced at Justin, figuring that he was going to get in trouble with Scarlette for that. Still, he had a point. "You shouldn't be fighting, either," she told Nick with a frown.
Said boy waved her off with a calm smile. "I'll be fine. I'm just not gonna put myself into the front lines." While it sounded believable, anybody who knew Nick would know that it was a straight up lie.
Nathan was confused when Alex just fell in the darkness and let go of their hands, "Gods... are you alright!?" He said before hearing the joke coming from where the Athena camper had fallen in though it was to hard to tell with it of course being dark, "Well it certainly scared me more." His tone was light which he was trying to make a joke out of it too to keep moral up since they of course needed it.
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Henri was currently eavesdropping on some campers since nothing escapes a child of Hermes and he knew that Nathan was missing along with news of Grimm's demise by a monster as he looked over at them with a concerned look on his face with everything going on even the hyperactive Dionysus camper was sitting alone in the hall and drinking soda after soda with a saddened yet frightful look in her eyes, This goddess is taking most of us down by the heart.... he thought to himself with a frown though he turned towards the camper Justin from where he sat near his own cabin.
"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...”
Naomi narrowed her eyes, "Are you sure?? It'd probably be better to just not fight at all.". Naomi trusted that Nick was telling the truth (Had she known him better this would not be the case) but Naomi also knew Sanaa would be worried if Nick was fighting regardless. So hopefully it'd only take a little more convincing to get him to just not fight at all.
(And now to make a call back to Alethea so that I can bring her back into the rp pretty soon, just need to finish her updated Forum)
" Uh, a little odd of a request but if could get the chance check on Alethea for me. I didn't see when we left for delphi and she's clearly not there with you now. Not just for me, but she might know some more people who shouldn't be fighting." Naomi shrugged awkwardly, hoping her worry wasn't to obvious. (I'm still holding onto the best brot3 to exist, Alethea and Alex and Naomi we're battle buddies and good friends.)
(Alethea is like 14, and in charge of a bunch of little kids. Too stressed, she gotta dissapear because after the first disappearance she started watching them like a hawk trying to make sure none of them dissapeared either)
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Feb 22, 2017 22:46:06 GMT -5
eek sorry I'm so terribly busy ))
Valentine waved at Nick, but her distressed face gave her away as she silently kept the water spraying upwards. It flickered a bit, and she coughed. "I don't mean to rush you guys, but could you hurry it up a little?" She said with a hint of impatience. Truly, Val wanted to ask if they had found the kidnapped campers yet--Specifically Alex, of course, but she didn't want to worry herself. She was under enough stress.
Alex couldn't help but laugh a little despite the situation. Gods, he probably looked like he'd run into a wall with how he had smeared the blood around while running his hand over his face. If he still looked like that after they'd gotten free, well, Asher was probably going to freak out big time. Not like he wasn't allowed to.
Alex slowly got to his feet again, sighing a bit. "Do you guys think we could rest a bit soon? We've been on our feet for a while now and I think it'd do us good to be well rested if we do have to face the chimera or goddess," he suggested.
Nick glanced at Val, nodding slowly. "We're about done," he told her. "You should get some rest afterw-" However, he got cut off when Ian suddenly popped up next to Sanaa, looking at him with big eyes.
"Woah, this thing is so cool!" he shouted, grinning broadly. "And up closer your eyes look so epic, too!" He tried to get even closer, until Sanaa pulled him back to keep him from ending the message.
Nick laughed a little. "Thanks. I get that at times." His attention turned to Naomi and he added, "I'll go see if I can find her. Good luck to all of you." With one last smile, Nick moved his hand through the mist, ending the message.
For a few seconds, Sanaa was quiet, then, she sighed. "I know that he's lying when he says that he won't fight in the front lines. I know that he's going to keep the others safe, but get himself hurt even more. Gods do I hate Nick Evergreen." Her words didn't have any heat behind them. Really, she appreciated Nick a lot, but he had the tendency to worry people with how stubborn he always was
Nick's smiled dropped a little when the message ended. Of course Sanaa and the others were right; he shouldn't be fighting. At the same time, Nick knew that he couldn't stand back and watch, not when it was about the camp - the people he cared about. Looking up at the sky, he started to walk. Alethea was a child of Nike, wasn't she? A child of victory could be useful for his attack plans.
However, no matter what would happen, they'd attack once the sun rose the next day. They needed to finish it soon. Who knew how far the others had come or what had happened to them. Lost in thoughts, he didn't even notice that he had wandered into Serena's line of vision.
"I, second that notion." Nathan said before he soon slumped against one of the cave walls and let his back slid down until he was sitting down on the cave floor which after doing so did he realize how tired he really was nor how his legs almost felt sore from walking for what seemed to be an eternity down in here besides the injuries they got either during the kidnap or after from running from the illusions got speaking of that his head started to pound just by thinking of it, I hope I was missed in my cabin.. he thought to himself with a sweat-drop since it was known that he would get up earlier then the rest or go off on his own for awhile but due to the fact these last few days no one was allowed to go anywhere alone meant that they would notice their counselor missing.
"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...”
(Please Ignore any past Alethea descriptions I basically threw it all out so that she had a better appearence up to my standards) Citrine Username >> Tinycloud Character's Name >> Alethea Blanc Age >> 14 Birthday >> July 5th Height >> 4"11 Physical Appearance >> Depending on how often she's out in the sun, her skin can either be a medium tan or a light tan color. Alethea has vibrant dark Hazel eyes and Long chocolate curly hair that has faded streaks of Light blue and even some very sparse gray hair streaks that are more apparent when she's stressed out (Woo, for scientific evidence that people can get gray hairs from stress and y'know a 14 year old caring for younger siblings is kinda incredibly stressful) Her hair is usually all over the place because she rarely takes the time to manage it.. Alethea is athletically built with strong legs and broad shoulders, she's well rounded if not a little bit more on the chubby side of things. She has more than one scar on her legs and arms from past fights (From possibly last year) and her usual wear is a vest over the camp t-shirt and shorts with sneakers. Godly Parent >> Nike Other Family >> Father:Jacob Blanc//Step-Mother:Amber Blanc//Step Brother:Kevin Blanc History >> I actually have no idea what I said for how she got to camp halfblood. SO uh, is that okay water?? I'm SO sorry I just don't know because I never wrote it. Weapon >> A Long sword with a blue crystal in the middle of the handle, given to her as a gift from her mother soon after her second year of camp half blood. Personality >> (Because i'm horrid at knowing specific names for traits, just go along with what i'm saying here okay) - Alethea is a pretty friendly person who enjoys others company when she gets the chance to be around others. Alethea is easily overwhelmed with too much work, which might be a result of her confidence in her ability to handle problems, she'll pile on more than she can take and eventually focus on small things to deal with the stress.(Hint! Hint, Tis why she dissapeared). Intelligent, and an creative thinker. Alethea is a intelligent person who knows her stuff, not to mention a good strategist who can when with the right people become an unstoppable force. Rash, Alethea tends to be a "Kill first, ask questions later" type of person, rushing into danger not bothering to think of what could happen as she does so. Arrogant at times, Alethea knows she good at things and that can also easily get to her head leading to her boasting about how strong she is and good at whatever she had won recently. One might even say she's worse than a usual Nike kid when it comes to that. Strengths >> Winning(Duh), Battle Strategies(let's not focus on the fact she rushes into things when she doesn't have a plan), Races, Intimidation(She's a tiny Death machine after all), Fighting with a plan. Weaknesses >> Dealing with stress, think realistically and not wishfully, Fighting without a plan. //
Likes >> Jogs, Running, Winning, Fighting monsters, Her siblings, Friends, Honesty. Dislikes >> Slackers, Noncompetitive people, Losing, Lying, Enemies, Apollo(How dare you hurt one of my bff's?? And let Alex get kidnapped) Dreams/Goals >> Winning the Olympics Fears >> Failing as a counselor. Disappointing her mother. //
Crush >> None, cuz she's dating someone. Dating >> Henry (if he's even there) Preferred Partner >> Anybody, Alethea doesn't care who you are as long as you can match her in skill and don't try to hold her down she'll be interested. //
Other >> Reason Why Alethea hasn't been seen is because she's so focused on keeping her siblings safe she's sort of avoided everybody else, trying to stratagies, help her siblings, and find the lost people was all too much for her to do and she sort of just dissapeared from view.