"Yep~" Lucia replied with a bright grin. "It's every Friday in the forest. We make teams beforehand. I'm usually not the one making a whole team, but I have this little 'competition' going on with Ria," she admitted with a giggle. Tapping her fingers on her sword's handle, she nodded to the two of them, taking a step backwards. "Well, don't wanna hold you up. Not to mention, I gotta race over to the Aphrodite cabin next~ See ya!"
After those words, the Zeus counselor took off.
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"You mainly have to train your concentration," he admitted. "Physical strength isn't so important with mist manipulation, so we gotta work on schooling your concentration." While it seemed out of character for him to meditate, he often did that. Not to mention, reading also helped him with his concentration despite having dyslexia, so that was a reason why he also had books. Though, he mainly got them off other campers - namely Sanaa - because the next shop was a liiiittle bit far away.
Sanaa stopped as she heard voices. Turning her head, she spotted two campers. "Hey, are you lost?" she asked them, turning around fully. She had wanted to unpack her things, but these campers seemed lost.
A slight blush rushed to Asher's face as he heard Alex say that, it wasn't fair for Alex to be that cute. "I missed you too..." He still murmured back, trying to keep his smile down to a cool one rather than a dorkish one. But that was hard to do considering he hasn't seen him since last summer and he was not the best with long distance relationships. He was like an over excited puppy.
"Alex and Sanaa should be around somewhere, I'm sure we'll bump into one of then eventually." Sanaa was bound to be going around a lot today as a counselor, and Alex would be with some friends. The first coming to mind, sadly, being Asher. He hoped that, that wouldn't be the case.
Alex pulled away after a few moments, smile still on his face, but he also had a slight blush now. "Good to know," he replied, though there was an underlying teasing tone to his voice. The breeze kept ruffling Alex's hair and pushing a few strands into his face, which prompted him to push them out again. "Anything interesting that happened to you over the year?" he asked, eyes glinting with curiosity. While he was honestly curios and interested, he was also looking for things he could tease Asher with.
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"Hopefully~" Nick drawled out, yawning and stretching under the sun. He was like a giant cat at times, disliking water and loving the sun. It wasn't uncommon for him to be found sleeping in a patch of sunlight. Though, obviously, he wouldn't do that now. He really did want to say hello to the campers he already knew again, and afterwards meet some new people perhaps.
"I'm up for it!" Manami immediately agreed, looking excited at the thought of being able to use the mist. Then, a more mischievous look stared to fill her eyes, and she asked, not even trying to sound innocent, "Wait a second, is mist manipulation good for pranks?"
Ben found a tree a little ways off from the dining pavilion, climbing it and deciding to stay there for a while. It was getting a little dark, but not much, so he figured he'd be safe. He hadn't really wanted food at all, and really was simply interested in seeing camp again before getting into anything like a game.
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Joshua seemed amused by her question with the glint that entered his eyes. He was grinning as he answered, "Absolutely. Just last year I played this huge prank on an Athena camper together with Ben." Joshua often did use mist manipulation for pranks, the flower bouquet also being one, but on a less drastic level. He could still remember Elettra's face from last year when she'd tried kicking the ball and it suddenly turned into white flower petals.
Manami giggled, this pranking thing would be fun. However, she just had to speak of her other thought. "You two seem close." She said, before shrugging and smiling even wider. "Yes! Pranks are so much fun. What did you guys do?" She asked, referring to the prank Joshua pulled with Ben as they neared the entrance of the dining pavilion.
Ben yawned, rubbing at his eyes and then laying his head on a decently flat tree branch as he looked down at the ground below him. It probably wouldn't be a good idea to fall asleep and be absent for dinner... He sighed, realizing this and climbing down, figuring he would go for a run beforehand. He felt a little light headed, but it didn't matter much to him.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Aug 3, 2016 14:10:40 GMT -5
*two characters.. uh.. we're going to roll with the fact that it's Justin and Jasmine cause that makes the most sense.* Justin looks up, while Jasmine looks around. "Do you see them anywhere?" Jasmine asks and Justin narrows his eyes at Jasmine. "As a matter of fact, we are. I'm looking for the Ares Cabin, and she's looking for- or was but her sister went missing- the Nemesis Cabin." Justin answers, while Jasmine looks up, eyes confused. "Why are you intent on finding the Cabins? Your friend and my sister are missing!" Jasmine snaps and Justin turns around at hearing a shout. Citrine --- "Justin!" Willow dashes towards him and trips over her other foot. She catches herself, then stands up, brushing herself off. "Well that was embarrassing." She comments, then looks back. "Hale and September went to go find Jayce and Scarlette. It sounded like there was a panicked yell a few moments ago." Willow shrugs.
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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.
"No," Prue repiled as the Zeus counselor didn't come here to the cabin but she wasn't joining that team for capture the flag, she was looking foward to the activities of camp from the games to the campfire later on in the evening that she 'missed out on' from when she was younger but that was mainly from moving to a random place every two weeks, it would be a interesting combo with the Hades and Aries cabin on the same team and other cabins that joined them too which she figured what she was going to ask.
"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...”
"Oh, great! Wonder if I beat her here?" Ria mused. Was she the first one here, or did she decide to try and recruit Poseidon instead? Hmm. She'd have to ask next time they met up. "Anyways. I was wondering if your cabin wanted to join Ares next game? Apollo's on our team, too, and after this I was going to check Hecate." She said, her tone and expression hopeful. She silently thanked Sanaa for the advice, she felt confident she could throw off the Athena campers if she played her cards right.
"Sure," Prue said with a smile, "Hades cabin is in." As this was going to be funny capture the flag game for the first summer in camp and she was looking foward to it.
(Sorry if short, gtg)
"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 thought you were talking about the Apollo cabin when you wrote a 'bright cabin'. Whoops)
Sanaa raised an eyebrow while watching them. She couldn't say she knew any of them, nor were the faces familiar. "You seem to have some kind of problem?" she said after a moment, raising her voice a bit to make herself be heard. "I'm a counselor, I'm supposed to take care of problems, so what's the situation?"
Joshua shrugged. "We started talking when Alex put us on guard shift together last year," he answered, smiling when a thought came to him. "It's funny, really. Like three people he paired up actually ended up with the other person, Alex included." Brandon and Caden, Henry and Alethea, and Alex and Asher, all of them had ended up together. Joshua completely missed what he could have been implying, though, considering that he and Ben had been on their patrols together.
He paused for a moment afterwards, thinking about her other sentence. "It was lots of fun. Basically Elettra's bed turned into a ton of soccer balls, her actual soccer ball turned into white flower petals and I think her comb turned into a whistle~"
The look in Manami's eyes turned to amazement. "That's so cool, oh my gods. You have to teach me how to manipulate the mist sometime." She said excitedly, because come on, she'd never heard of a better summer camp prank. However, curiosity showed up as well. "Wait, does that mean you and Ben are, like, together?" She didn't mean to pry, of course, but now that it was mentioned, she kind of shipped it.
Ben kept running around the area with all the cabins, basically doing laps. His head hurt, well, where he could feel it, and he had to stop for a moment. Figuring he shouldn't miss dinner, he decided to sprint there, one last final sprint for the night. Once getting there, his eyesight was a bit off, and he could hear voices, but wasn't listening to them. He dropped his head into his hands.
I thought you were talking about the Apollo cabin when you wrote a 'bright cabin'. Whoops)
Sanaa raised an eyebrow while watching them. She couldn't say she knew any of them, nor were the faces familiar. "You seem to have some kind of problem?" she said after a moment, raising her voice a bit to make herself be heard. "I'm a counselor, I'm supposed to take care of problems, so what's the situation?"
Joshua shrugged. "We started talking when Alex put us on guard shift together last year," he answered, smiling when a thought came to him. "It's funny, really. Like three people he paired up actually ended up with the other person, Alex included." Brandon and Caden, Henry and Alethea, and Alex and Asher, all of them had ended up together. Joshua completely missed what he could have been implying, though, considering that he and Ben had been on their patrols together.
He paused for a moment afterwards, thinking about her other sentence. "It was lots of fun. Basically Elettra's bed turned into a ton of soccer balls, her actual soccer ball turned into white flower petals and I think her comb turned into a whistle~"
*I was, since Willow's in the Apollo Cabin so it seemed like a good idea for her to stumble upon it but she's looking for the infirmary just in case Scarlette/Jayce end up hurt.* Willow shifts and Jasmine and Justin look at each other. "Scarlette ran off after arguing with September, and Jayce went after her. There was yelling that Hale heard and September and Hale took off. We had gone off to find the Cabins that we belong in, while Willow was looking for the infirmary in case Jayce or Scarlette got hurt." Jasmine finally explains after a few moment's hesitation and Justin shares a look with Willow. Citrine Jayce stares where Scarlette had fallen, then bends down, dragging her up. Scarlette's eyes were closed and her breathing was labored. "Scarlette? Scarlette? Scarlette!" Jayce panics, turning around and bolting. Hale and September stop him, eyes flickering to Scarlette's face, then to Jayce. "I know where Jasmine is." September says, and takes off, the two males on her tail.
"Thanks, Prue! I'll see you Friday, and trust me, this is going to be awesome!" Ria promised, waving goodbye before she darted off again. If it was rude to leave so abruptly, it didn't cross her mind. She had things to do. Important things, like making sure her team was a good one! The first game of the summer was already a big deal when she didn't have a personal stake in it, but now that it did, she couldn't chase the grin from her face. (The Ares cabin taking Capture the Flag too seriously? What? No, she had never heard of such a thing.)
"No problem!" Prue said with a smile as she then watched the Ares counselor run off in what she guessed was to prepare or ask other cabins, she went back inside to make sure things were organized of her stuff and she was curious about the boy camper who was currently ignoring her with his head in a book which by the dim lighting she could read the title of the book out of the corner of her eye. Dante's inferno? Well I've read The Shining once....couldn't sleep for a week... she thought to herself since she did read a bunch of horror/mystery books that would keep most people up at nights but it didn't faze her much.
(Masanori is up for interaction)
"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...”