"Huh?" Joshua paused, a slight blush on his face. "Not at all! What makes you think that?" he asked after a moment, clearing his throat. He really hadn't realized what he had implied, though in itself, Alex hadn't paired them up wrong, either, Joshua just hadn't realized it yet. He waved at a few campers while they continued walking, but the Hecate counselor actually seemed a bit thoughtful now.
Sanaa was quiet for a moment, raising an eyebrow. "That doesn't sound very good," she replied, putting her hands to her hips. "Do you have any idea where they could be? It'd be better to take care of that situation before something bad happens." She didn't want any injuries if she could help it, even less if new campers were involved.
Ben stayed right outside the dining hall, head in his hands. He lifted it and his gaze was a little blurry, and a blackness seemed to be taking over. His heart was beating quickly, although it was just in the backround to him, and he fell, passing out.
Manami frowned as they got closer to the dining pavilion. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have--" Her eyes widened as she saw a figure fall to the ground, and she looked from the boy back to Joshua. "Is that Ben?" Her guess was confirmed when she was able to identify his brunette hair.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Aug 5, 2016 15:17:48 GMT -5
"Jasmine!" September shouts, barreling into Jasmine. Jasmine stumbles, but catches her balance, while Justin reaches out to catch September. "Well, they're right there, seeming as how I can hear Scarlette yelling for Jayce to put her down." Willow comments, as echos of "I'm okay!" "Jayce, if you don't put me down right this instant, I will beat your face in." Jasmine sighs, while Hale chuckles. Willow turns around, while September rolls her eyes. "Sorry, Jasmine." September sighs, then her head droops. --- "Jayce, put me down." Scarlette hisses and Jayce shakes his head, standing near the group. "Jayce. I only breathed in, like, a sip of water. I'm not dying." Scarlette punches his arm and Jayce drops her. Scarlette lands on the ground with a grunt, then stares up at everyone. "I'm fine." Scarlette answers the unasked question. "If you were fine, then why did Jayce carry you here?" Jasmine points out. "Because he's an idiot. Why else?" Scarlette snaps, then stands up. "Sorry for causing such a mess." Scarlette says, then turns to the rest of the group. "I'm pretty sure we need to know where our Cabins are. Who's job was that, since Jayce's was to find me?" Jasmine and Justin point at each other. Citrine
"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...”
Asher paused for a moment to think, school was the usual, aside for the fact he had nearly gotten suspended for a prank in the library. How he managed to get out of it and walk away with only detention was amazing. But he wasn't about to tell that to Alex, "Just my usual antics~" He hummed, turning the question around, "What about for you?"
Percy continued his steps, taking in a deep breath. While he was actively looking for Sanaa and Alex, he was taking his time to enjoy the sun hitting him and taking in his surroundings. He enjoyed being at camp.
Oliver could feel Prue look at him, carefully looking up from his book to analyze her. He figured she must've been his sibling as she was organizing her stuff in the cabin. Still, he didn't speak up, he just watched with his bright eyes as if looking through her.
(Thought I should say this, summer work has to be my main priority but I'll still keep up and reply. It'll just be a little difficult sometimes. All that's left is an essay (double spaced, two pages so it's easy,) reading a book, and taking notes on half of another book. Hopefully going to do the essay today, take a day or two of break that'll be full of replying, then do either the notes in over the course of two days, or if the book arrives before then, then read that and take a day break before doing the notes.)
Joshua paused at that, eyes widening. He bit his lip, thinking quickly while dashing towards Ben. "Hey," he tried, shaking his shoulder, but soon decided that that wouldn't help much. Turning his head to glance at Manami, he said, "Let's get him to the infirmary and then go find some other Apollo camper, or just somebody who knows what to do." It honestly wasn't his strongest point when it came to what was wrong with people. He had trouble even getting the idea that Ben could be dehydrated, and he didn't want to do anything wrong.
Taking a deep breath, he tried picking him up to the best of his abilities. While he had gotten stronger at least a bit, he still knew he couldn't carry Ben like this forever, so he picked a rather fast pace. "Let's go," he called out to Manami.
Sanaa raised an eyebrow again and shook her head a bit. "Which cabins do you need? Do you know who your godly parent is?" she asked. They seemed to talk a lot with each other, so she guessed they'd known each other a while before camp. While that was nice, Sanaa hoped they'd still form friendships with the other campers.
Lucia stopped outside the Aphrodite cabin, just glancing around for a second. Not her favorite place, honestly, as the cabin was just, for a lack of better word, too 'girly' for her liking. But the Aphrodite cabin could be a strong ally, so she took a step forward, knocking on the door and calling out, "Hey, anybody here?" She honestly wasn't even sure yet if Caden had already arrived, but if not, Nathan or Marinette could also decide whether they wanted to join her side or not. Though, she wasn't sure if any of them were there yet, either.
"Your usual antics?" Alex repeated, raising his eyebrows. "Those usually aren't very good antics." He shook his head with a laugh, just putting his hands into his pockets while talking. "As for me, not that much news. My mom's signing me up for driver's ed after the camp this year, because I'll be 16 then," he started, not seeming all too excited about it. Of course, driving seemed... alright and all, but driving in New York seemed stressful, at least in his opinion.
Though, while thinking about that, something else came to mind. "Oh, and by some strange coincidences I ended up joining the volleyball team at school," he added, beaming a little. Alex wasn't too big on sports, and at first it had only been because one of his few friends had begged him to try it out, but with his quick thinking, he'd managed to actually become quite a good setter. ...that didn't mean that he enjoyed running any more than he had before, though.
But he figured that it wouldn't hurt, considering that school was relatively easy for him as a child of Athena. But the hatred he still had for school despite that was also the reason why he didn't care what Asher did, as long as he didn't get kicked out of the school and end up without any kind of education.
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Nick looked over at Percy while they were walking, absentmindedly running his fingers over the beads on his right wrist. "So, what happened here last summer?" he asked with a grin. "This camp is always up to something, I'm not believing you just had a nice and easy summer." While he wasn't aware that Percy himself had been involved in some way, he could guess that they had had their troubles again.
Manami nodded, following and biting her lip. This was her first day, and she sure hoped stuff like this didn't happen often. It was a pretty different camp, though. "Who else is an Apollo camper?" She asked Joshua.
Ben first felt himself being carried, although couldn't bring himself to open his eyes quite yet. However, he heard Manami ask who was an Apollo camper, and in the back of his mind, he figured that he should answer, given the fact that he was one. So, he blinked open his eyes, squinting, and said, almost incoherently, "M-me."
Joshua glanced down at him. "Yeah, but you don't count. You're the one needing help," he simply replied, still flashing him a grin, though. He glanced at Manami a second later. "Asher and Sanaa are also Apollo campers, but if we can find any kind of counselor, it should be fine. I'm a counselor, too, but, well, I'm just not good with things like this," he admitted with a sheepish grin.
Ben still felt a little spacey, but could understand the basics of what Joshua was trying to say. He tried to look up a little, asking, "Riley?" In more of a mumble than his real voice. He also hadn't yet processed that Joshua was carrying him, or what had really happened, and was just overall sleepy.
Manami looked thoughtful before remembering the name. "Isn't that his sister?" She asked. When they had first arrived at camp, she had seen a smaller girl that looked somewhat like Ben standing near him, and she assumed that was who he was suggesting to them.
"Yeah, she is. Do you think you could fetch her?" he asked after a moment. "She should be in the Poseidon cabin. It's hard to miss, really, it has corals and a number three on it." He was at least hoping that Riley was still there, because otherwise he'd have to look for her. Hopefully she could help Ben, considering that if she couldn't, Joshua would have to try himself. He could at least already see the infirmary coming up, so that was something.
Manami nodded, rushing off to the cabins. The Poseidon cabin was obvious, and she quickly pushed the door open, seeing Riley talking quietly with a black haired boy. Yep, that was Ben's sister alright. They looked pretty similar. "Riley?" She asked, making sure. When she received a nod, she said, "Ben passed out, Joshua said to come and get you--" She wasn't able to finish, the girl saying goodbye to the boy in the cabin and grabbing, Manami's arm, rushing out of the cabin. "Infirmary." She told Riley.
Riley was basically running, as she hadn't really gotten details, and her eyes widened when she saw Ben and Joshua. She rushed over, saying, while partially out of breath, "What happened?" Her tone was sharp, but her gaze was soft. It looked like Ben had either fallen asleep after waking up or was still passed out.
Joshua put Ben down with a little breath of relief before replying. It wasn't like Ben had been heavy or anything, but Joshua just wasn't used to carrying people, he wondered how Asher did it at times. He turned to Riley. "Manami and I were on the way to the dining pavilion when we saw Ben collapse. I have no idea how it happened, but I'm guessing dehydration or something? I'm sorry, I'm not good with this at all," he said, running a hand through his hair.
Riley bit her lip, nodding silently, and let her backpack slide off her shoulders. "He hasn't been eating or sleeping regularly for a while." She took out a water bottle and a granola bar, rubbing a hand over her face. "I haven't asked him why yet, I figured he'd tell me." She shrugged, though kept looking down at him, before clearing her throat and asking, "Has he woken up at all? Spoken to you?"
"He did talk to me twice, last time being that he asked for you," Joshua said, making a bit more space for Riley. He didn't feel like he could help that much right now. "Though, he seemed kind of out of it, if you get what I mean."
Riley nodded, ruffling her brother's hair, waking him up a bit as he lifted his head. "Hey, dork." She said, mock annoyance filling her voice. She handed him a water bottle, helping him to sit up and letting him lean on her.
Ben looked around, blinking his green-blue eyes completely open and seeing who was around him. "W-what?" He took the water bottle and chugged a bit. He saw the three people standing around him and closed himself up a bit, pulling his knees self-conciously to his chest. "What's going on?"