While Nick tensed, he didn't jump like Percy had. It was very hard to actually make him jump, after all. He turned, a calm smile on his face as he said, "What're you reading?" He would have introduced himself, but something about the way the boy hadn't made himself noticed when they had come in, and also the body language he had, made Nick think that that wasn't the right way to go. So, instead, he'd tried jumping right into a short topic.
While he was glad to have yet another sibling, he did want to say hello to the campers he already knew, so he actually didn't even want to bother him just yet.
"Dante's Inferno." His answer was short just as Nick's simple question. He didn't seem to be acting too friendly so a simple reply wouldn't hurt. He just hoped for no stupid comments about him being young and that typically being a more advanced book. He did find it difficult to read in its poetic style and his dyslexia didn't help, but if he sat down and gave it the time needed, he found it quite enjoyable.
Percy caught onto Oliver's bad mood quickly as well, though he guessed it was more than just him having a bad day, that this kid just wasn't a social type. So he avoided saying how he enjoyed reading that book as well, as he had it for a school project just last year.
Asher was wandering about, with no particular goal in mind when he spotted a certain blond that made a dorkish smile light up his face. Creeping over slowly, he wanted to surprise him like he did Sanaa, only this time he was doing it not to annoy but to genuinely surprise. His hands wrapped around to cover Alex's eyes and he hummed a happy, "Guess whooo?~"
Nick hummed as an answer at first, unpacking a few of his things and tossing them onto his bed for now. He'd sort all of it out later. "Can't say I've read that book. Wanna let me read it once you're done?" Nick didn't care about the fact that the kid was reading something despite having dyslexia. Nick's dyslexia was rather light, but he didn't make comments about what people were doing in their free time, anyway.
He nodded to Percy. "Let's go look for Sanaa and Alex. Dinner should be done soon-ish as well, right?"
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Alex almost stumbled when his eyes were suddenly covered. There was a slight moment where he didn't know what was going on before he heard Asher's voice. Of course, who else would do that after all? He rolled his eyes, though there was an obvious smile on his face.
Shrugging Asher's hands off, he turned around to look at him, surprise showing on his face when he saw the sunglasses. Alex couldn't help but snort a moment later. "Why are you wearing sunglasses?" he asked with a laugh, but still hugged him.
Oliver only gave a huff as a reply, he couldn't tell if he was being respected for his obvious introverted-ness, or being made fun of.
"Correct. Let's go then." He glanced over at Oliver, "Nice meeting you." But there was no reply back, so, he led the way out of the Hades cabin. I do hope he warms up to the point where I can at least introduce myself. He thought to himself, if he had then it might have resulted in tension.
"Don't you think they're cool?" He practically beamed, giving Alex a bear-hug in return. He was really excited to see him again, as Marinette was telling the truth about Asher's constant texting about it. He never did care about the deal with cellphones and demi-gods. If anyone brought it up he'd say something stupid along the lines of, 'I can't let my followers down. I have content to post!'
Riley waved goodbye to Alex, smiling at Umiko before looking to Lucia. "That would be awesome! I'm so excited, the first one is always the most thrilling, in my opinion." She said, cheer bubbling up in her eyes.She then turned to her new brother, saying. "This is my cabin mate, he's new here."
Umiko looked up, since he'd been staring down at his feet, meeting the gazes of the girls next to him. "I'm Umiko Tanaka. It's nice to meet you." He replied, voice quiet and polite.
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Manami giggled, covering her mouth with her hand. "Honestly, I think Ben would become redder than a cherry. I don't know about Riley, maybe he'll just hide behind her or something." She told Joshua with a grin, the situation playing out in her head. She had suspicions when it came to Ben. Not bad ones, but it looked like he was liking Joshua as a bit more than a friend. Or, maybe she was just overthinking. "I say do it, give it to him tonight." She said with a smirk, only half joking.
Nick followed after Percy, closing the door behind him. He smiled a bit as the sun warmed his skin again. "It's so nice to be out of that cabin again. It's like it sucks all of the warmth out of you," he commented, stretching a bit. Nick had always loved the sun, so he actually was a bit confused whenever people assumed he preferred the dark just because he was a child of Hades. "So then, oh counselor, where should we begin?"
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"If I answer no, will you break up with me?" Alex said seriously, though his grin told a whole different story. He was just teasing Asher. Shaking his head, he laughed a bit. "You remind me of one of those cliche bad-boys from the movies with them, honestly. Not like you act like them, though." Alex felt happy about seeing him again. Long distance relationships were hard at times, in his opinion.
He usually didn't say things like this, but right now, he couldn't help but just mutter, "I missed you." into Asher's shoulder.
Lucia fistpumped when she heard that Riley was joining her, then turned to Umiko with a bright grin. "Nice to meet you!" she beamed at him. "I'm Lucia~!" He seemed a bit quiet, which usually prompted Lucia to try drawing somebody out of their shell. Her problem was just the fact that she didn't read body language while doing that most of the time.
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Joshua laughed at that. "Oh man, that's gonna be fun," he replied. "Mist manipulation in general is a lot of fun. I'll have to teach you some soon." He nodded to himself afterwards, only to stop a few moments later. Pointing towards the open pavilion, he said, "And that's the dining pavilion. Let's go over slowly. I can't see many campers yet."
Umiko gave her a nod back, though it wasn't to be cold. Talking just.. Wasn't really his thing. Not sure what to say, but knowing he'd be expected to answer, he asked, "There's capture the flag games here?" While he was fast in water, he was much less skilled on land, and had very little fighting experience. Not to mention, he doubted he'd hang out with anybody long enough for them to be able to train him.
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Manami nodded, looking at the dining pavilion as she told Joshua, smiling, "That would be so cool. The mist in general is a cool concept to think about anyways, in my opinion." She told him excitedly, enjoying all the new things that came with attending this camp. "It must be pretty difficult, though. Do you have to train a lot?"
Ben, once seeing Riley leave and disappear into her own babin, got out of his bunk quickly. He was really exhausted, but at the same time, the last thing he wanted to do was sleep. After all, at this point he was used to as little as 2-3 hours of sleep in it really came down to it. However, he knew Riley was right and snatched a granola bar from his bag on his way out. He started walking toward the forest, figuring he'd climb a tree or something, and just be alone for a while.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Aug 2, 2016 19:17:16 GMT -5
Jayce looked around, then takes off. He stops, looking around, finding a twig broken. "Scarlette, you're going to kill us all." He hisses, spotting the brunette. --- Scarlette whips her head around, as her eyes narrow. "Jayce." She spits out. "What are you doing here?" She continues and Jayce puts his hands up, eyes narrowing as well. "Doing a favor for your sister. She's freaking out because you took off." His voice was cold and Scarlette stands up, the crescent shaped marks being in full view now. "Okay, well I have an idea for you. You get your butt back to camp, tell my sister I'm perfectly alright, and no one has to hear an argument." Scarlette snaps and Jayce puts a hand in his pocket. "Why should I? I'm actually doing this to come bother you." Jayce points out and Scarlette steps forward, a dagger making itself known in her hand. --- "Where is Jayce?" "Where's Scarlette?" Hale and Willow chime, then snicker. "Don't you hear the yelling?" September points out and everyone sighs. "Someone go find the infirma-Willow, that's your job. Hale and I will try to hunt the two of them down." September continues and Willow nods her head. "Just follow the yelling, O wise one." Willow mocks.
Masanori had been 'dropped' off near the Hermes cabin by his cousin and he didn't know what to expect once he went into the father big room full of....stuff really, some boning to those of the cabin or 'stolen' from other campers and it all seemed to be crowded which got him nervous; He soon was directed to a random bunk where he carefully put away his belongings that he had with him either under the mattress or stuffed neatly inside of the pillow. ".....This place has no symmetry...." He muttered quietly after awhile with a small frown on his face which got some confused looks from those that were around him.
Prue noticed her 'new' brother Nick and Percy leave the Hades' cabin as she took the saddlebag containing her stuff and the reins off of the horse who once giving her a nuzzle on her head -which was similar to a pat on the head- soon left her company and running off into the forest to explore, she felt the sun's warm rays as she easily carried the stuff to the cabin to store as her ghostly-pale skin already started to tan and soon entering the rather gloomy room which she didn't mind at all though what caught her attention was a young boy sitting in one of the beds. Wow, another brother... I've always wanted at least one sibling but two? she thought to herself happily but she also noticed that the kid was reading a book and looked like he didn't want to be disturbed which she politely accepted and began to put her things away.
"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...”
Ria was beginning to realize that stumbling around camp blindly for somebody probably wasn't the best way to find them. Defeated, she walked back towards the cabins, a puzzled frown playing at her features. Finally, she knocked on the Hades' cabin. If Prue wasn't in there now, hopefully there was some other Hades' camper who had an idea of where Ria could find her. She silently prayed to whichever god watched over Capture the Flag games for good luck - Lucia would get ahead of her if she couldn't pick up the pace!
Prue finished putting he things away when she heard a knock which she stood up and opened the cabin's door to see a camper who might be around her age standing there, "Hello." She greeted as she didn't exactly know her but she figured that she went to camp here.
"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...”
Ria smiled brightly when someone answered the door. "Hi. I don't think we've properly met. My name's Ria, and I'm the Ares counselor." Somehow. She wasn't entirely sure how she still held leadership over her cabin, but she was rolling with it. She held out a hand, shifting her weight from foot to foot. "I was looking for a girl named Prue - you wouldn't happen to be her, would you?" She asked, pausing in the middle of her sentence. Maybe this was the person she was looking for. Hopefully she was, that would make her search a lot easier.
"It's nice to meet you and yes I am." Prue said awhile shaking the girl's hand as she hadn't meet any of the other counselors yet thanks to the eventful last year that she tried to keep out of her mind but her memory made it seem like yesterday almost, she wondered why she was being looked for which made her curious.
(I gtg now)
"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...”
Ria's face lit up again when the girl confirmed she was who Ria was looking for. "Oh, that's great! Did Lucia already come by here? We're working together to make the Capture the Flag teams for Friday." Working together, competing, it was some strange mixture of the two. Ria couldn't say she minded. She was having fun this way.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Aug 2, 2016 23:51:31 GMT -5
Jayce pulls a gold coin out, and Scarlette stops, her eyes widening. "Wow, a gold coin I'm so scared." Scarlette sarcastically says and her eyes return to their narrow gaze. "Oh?" Jayce holds it between two fingers, and watches as it transforms into a dagger. Scarlette gulps, then turns her gaze back to Jayce. "You're crazy. Why do you even hate me?" Scarlette spits out, her own dagger pointed in front of her. "You're parent is Nemesis. My parent is Tyche. It's only natural they clash." Jayce snaps and Scarlette turns on her heel, bolting even closer to the lake. "Nice meeting you, Jayce." Scarlette mockingly salutes, smirking. Then, she takes a step back and allows her body to fall into the water. Jayce looks at where she had been standing moments before, then drops his dagger and runs towards the lake. --- "Is this the infirmary?" Willow blinks and stares at the bright Cabin. "No, it isn't." She answers her own question before continuing on.