(Have I missed anything? I haven't been on in some days)
"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 acknowledged Henry with a short nod when he came over. He was from the Hermes cabin, wasn't he? Nick realized that he had been spoken to and smiled. "Well, another opinion never hurts," he told him, then looked back towards Alethea. "That's correct. The inner structure, well, considering it's an abandoned nest, I'd say there will be a big tunnel system with some bigger 'rooms' in between. I've only seen one entrance, but I wouldn't doubt that there may be another entrance point somewhere."
He shrugged a little, tilling his head. "I could always go in first, I can hide in the shadows well thanks to my godly parent. If needed, I could shadow travel away from danger, but... sending an iris message or anything else to show that it's safe wouldn't exactly work. I have a cellphone, but I also doubt that I would be able to call from there, nor that many other demigods have one." Of course having one was dangerous, Nick was well aware of that, but it didn't mean that he couldn't have one as long as he was careful.
However, another idea did come to him. "Perhaps light could be a signal, but I wonder how that would work. Any suggestions?"
Basically what you have to reply to, Lily~Myth )).
Once nightfall approached, Sanaa got up from the bench. She'd taken a few small walks and had gotten some more food at one point, but was ultimately glad once the sun had disappeared behind the buildings in the distance. "Ian, do you think it's safe to go now?" she asked the brunet, who grinned when he was spoken to.
"Sure~ I'd say it's safe to go if we're all rested up...?" he said, glancing at Val for a second. He thought that she was fine, but one could never be sure. "It shouldn't be all that hard to sneak in. I don't even know if they've got security there, but I'd guess so, considering things could get stolen otherwise."
Sanaa nodded slowly, staring at her bow. How long would this take? While she assured herself that the others at the camp would be fine, she was itching to get back as well.
"I got one, I could go in with you and if it's safe I could run message back. I'm great at running, master of thievery so I can sneak in and out..." Henry suggested as he of course had those abilities though he would have to carry something with him so that he could see or watch where he stepped so that he didn't trip which would total be bad since he hated getting a mouthful of dirt.
"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 Mar 6, 2017 21:34:26 GMT -5
Valentine had packed a blanket in her backpack, and thus had taken a short nap on the bench. She had been awake for about a half hour, playing on her 3DS. She truly had thought of all the necessities. It ran out of battery just as Ian spoke, and she closed it and put it up. "I'm all rested. Let's head out." Val said, slinging her backpack over her shoulder. Now that she had rejuvenated herself, she was anxious to get going. In truth, she had never seen a god or goddess face-to-face, and she had always imagined she would meet her dad first. Not that they didn't talk through little messages--such as writing notes on the beach--it was just that she hadn't actually spoken to him directly.
Alethea put down her pen, "...Look, I'm not objecting to you doing the messaging Nick but if you why didn't you use shadow travel earlier?? Any particular reason for it??" Alethea looked up at him and nodded at Henry, "As much as I don't want you getting hurt your one of the fastest people in camp - next to me of course - It'd probably be better for Henry to do it himself instead of you. I mean I can't stop you if you do just...remember we need this plan to go off without a hitch" Alethea added standing up. It looked slightly ridiculous for the shortest girl in camp to be giving such a dark and serious talk to someone who basically towered over her. Infact She was basically on her tip toes just so she could look at him more or less eye to eye (Without having to look up). CitrineLily~Myth
(Okay SOrry again about being awful at replies)
Naomi took a deep breath fixing her Hair into a ponytail again, she looked over at sanaa with a worried look. What if they we're too late?? The fact she had no idea how this would all turn out was awful, and the realization that; yes, they we're doing this. Was just now dawning on her. (I'm not honestly sure what to say here so Uh...there)
Nick furrowed his brows a little. "I mean, I know what children of Hermes are capable of, but what happens if you can't run because your path is blocked? I'm assuming that the tunnels won't always be very large, at least not when monsters are in them. What then? That's the reason why I suggested going, because I can escape regardless." He paused for a moment, glancing at Alethea. "I didn't shadow travel back then because I had just been in a fight and gotten injured. Still, that's not really a reason not to do it. Serena over there is going to force me to rest up before the fight either way."
It wasn't that Nick felt like he was the absolute best person for the job, rather, he didn't want anybody getting hurt from something he could also manage doing.
Ian took the lead, humming a little. The streets weren't as crowded as they were during the day at least. He looked over his shoulder, grinning a little sheepishly. "I hope you all don't mind walking up some slopes, because the place is along the slope of Mount Parnassus," he explained.
Sanaa shook her head, shouldering her bag a little better. "That's fine. Hopefully that'll give us a way to get inside, though. I'd say we should head to the Temple of Apollo once we're in," she suggested. While doing some 'hiking' shouldn't be a problem to them, she couldn't help but glance at Naomi for a second. She knew that her girlfriend had also been training hard, but Sanaa was often worried about her.
Ian's voice pulled her out of her thoughts. "There's actually a museum a little farther down. It's cool," he said with a laugh before starting up the slope.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Mar 8, 2017 7:38:28 GMT -5
Valentine trekked along behind them, staying silent as they spoke. She almost lost her footing as he mentioned climbing, but quickly regained her balance. It wasn't that hiking bothered her or anything, but if they were going to be climbing up a mountain.. "The Temple isn't particularly high in the air, is it?" Val asked, staring down at the ground. She was deathly, horribly, awfully terrified of heights.
Henry nodded to both campers as he looked at Nick for a moment, "Prue could go with you..." he slowly suggested quietly since he of course knew of Grimm's death since news always reached a Hermes camper pretty quick which he of course was saddened by the death but he also knew that everyone in camp was wanting revenge on the goddess Mynesome who probably more so the ones that suffered from 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...”
"I can't really say how high it is," Ian admitted. "I've been there only once or twice, but I know that the temple of Apollo is somewhere at the beginning of the whole place, so I doubt we'll have to stare down into the valley." He gave them all a reassuring smile, taking big steps once they started actually walking up a steeper slope. He hadn't figured out why Val had asked, but he thought that it probably did have to do with somebody disliking heights.
He wasn't wrong, as it wasn't only Val who was afraid of heights, Sanaa herself hadn't considered how high up it was and if they would be able to see how high up they were. It was reassuring to know that it wouldn't be the case. Well, if they met Apollo at that temple, at least.
After a while, Ian stopped. "Here's the museum, only a little bit higher and we'll be at the actual temple, but I-" he got cut off as suddenly a low hiss sounded from somewhere. "This means we've got company, doesn't it?"
Nick paused, looking at Henry. "Prue? I suppose if she was up for it it'd work, yes. Both of us shadow-traveling would lessen the exhaustion," he mused. "I think it'll work that way if everybody is fine with it." The factor that would decide on that would be Prue, though. Nick wouldn't push her to do it and he'd be careful to not let her go if she was too emotional, either. He knew that going while being set on revenge would only end in pain; he'd almost died once himself by being too emotional.
"I think we should try to find a way to make light down there, though. It's not an advantage for us if we can't see anything."
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Mar 11, 2017 16:34:02 GMT -5
Valentine nodded as he spoke, grateful that they wouldn't have to go up too high. She paused for a moment, about to speak, when she heard the hissing noise as well. Crap. "Yeah, unwelcome company." She muttered, enlarging her seashell into a spear. Val had just rested up, and was not keen on fighting, but whatever. Her fingers gripped the staff of the spear tightly, and she narrowed her eyes, bracing herself for battle.
"Umm....." Henry began awhile scratching his head a little as if doing so would bring up a answer, "Well something small to be portable yet can brighten up a place..... Something containing light..." he then added in to the suggestion with his thoughts of course drifting to the Apollo campers for light- the Hephaestus campers to make something like a orb and the Hecate campers to somehow contain said light into the perhaps lantern or something.
"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 furrowed her brows a little. "This may just be me, but it really doesn't feel like there's a monster around here," she murmured, but still drew her bow. Their surroundings were dark by now, so even the bushes seemed sinister. One of the bushes rustled a little and Sanaa began inching closer, holding her breath. Perhaps not the wisest choice if a monster jumped out, but she would be ready for anything either way.
For a second, she paused in front of the bush, then pushed some branches and leaves out of the way quickly, holding up her bow with the other hand. Seconds later, her guard lowered and she let out a small breath. A cat was glaring at her from the bush, hissing and growling loudly. She seemed to have kittens with her, so Sanaa could figure why she was so aggressive.
Ian popped up next to her, glancing over her shoulder. "Oh, a cat!" he exclaimed, only to be pushed backwards when Sanaa backed up from the bush. It would be better for the cat if they didn't pressure her more. So many people had to make her nervous.
Putting her bow away again, Sanaa took a few steps more up the slope. "Let's continue on? We shouldn't linger around for too long, otherwise we may end up scaring the cat."
Nick paused a little, putting his arms behind his head to think while staring at the sky. "I mean, it would also be possible to use a reaction. There are certain things you can burn that will then turn into a bright light, the question's just how far said light would reach. I think the Hephaestus cabin would be the place to go to for that, though," he mused. Seconds later, he narrowed his eyes a little. "Either way, if Prue and I produce light to tell everybody it's safe, we have to do so careful. Once the light lights up the room, we can't shadow-travel anymore."
Nick let out a small breath. It was getting harder to think the way he usually did. Serena wasn't wrong with the fact that he had to rest up. Still, they had a fight to win. Shaking his head slowly, Nick decided that the best course of action would still be rest, especially now that he and Prue had to be on their toes while scouring out the hideout.
He nodded to Alethea and Henry, then said, "I should probably go rest up now before Serena decides to knock me out. I'll see you later."
(Ack, I reply too late after you. Sorry I had change mine because of that)\
Naomi sighed, it had just been a cat...if it wasn't so agressive she probably would've gotten closer to inspect her and her kittens. Just to make sure it was healthy and such. Putting away her sword she stayed for a while before turning around to go up to Sanaa's side.
"...I still can't believe i'm actually doing this." Naomi whispered, feeling a mix of pride that she would be facing the greatest godly jerk she'd met (Okay, so there are way more godly jerks out there, but maybe she's a little biased because this is her gf dad). As well as fear that somehow she'd mess this up for everyone, attack at the wrong time, say the wrong thing, die? Dying would probably ruin a lot of things as well. Still - No time like the present to fight a god and risk your life all in the name of saying get over the fact i'm dating your daughter, right?
(Turns out Naomi is great at comedy when she's nervous. Citrine
Alethea nodded "Okay, so we have a plan. Now we just need to follow through with it and don't try heroics.". She stared directly at henry accusingly. After so long of disappearing from the camp she could only expect him to want to try something if the opportunity presented its self. "Anyways, I should get some rest too. I need to have a clear head for this and although it may surprise(No it doesn't) you but i've kind of not done the best at taking care of myself." Alethea stretched standing on tip toes she managed to give Henry a kiss on the cheek. "I know, I look great despite that but I guess thats the gift of being a heroine" Alethea added, sarcastically of course. She wasn't that blind to how she looked.
Sanaa glanced over when she heard Naomi. A second passed before she took her hand lightly, lacing their fingers together. "It'll be fine," she reassured her with a warm smile. "An oath may be an oath, but that doesn't mean it can't be changed. As much as I dislike my father at times, he's still one of the gods that may be swayed by love. At least if Asher's anything to go by with that." She bit her lip, almost shivering at the thought of having to go up against Zeus. In her eyes, that wouldn't end well. It was even weirder to imagine that Lucia was his daughter. She was too friendly and accepting to really believe it at times.
Sanaa stopped suddenly, turning her head. To their right, she could see something large stretch out. It were mostly ruins, but she could still see a few things in place. She took a deep breath, but Ian answered her question before she had asked. "We're here," the boy announced with a grin.