Manami, hearing Ben and Joshua, said to Riley in a whisper, "They should date--" But she was cut off, nodding at Joshua and looking toward the fire, putting in some food and following everybody's example by praying.
Riley laughed, although stayed silent and prayed as well, hoping neither boy heard Manami, although she agreed.
Asher flashed Percy a grin as to say he won, "I'm from California as well~" He spoke before the red-head could try and change the subject again.
He did not want Asher to befriend Nick, sending Alex a look as if to say help him stop this before its too late. The camp wouldn't be able to survive them.
Joshua actually hadn't hear Manami, too busy sticking his tongue out when he saw Freya pout at him from across the pavilion. She did t move closer to get any food, though. He cleared his throat, then nodded. "Alright, let's go to the Hecate table. But slowly, I wanna see Freya glare a bit more because she's hungry~"
"Hey, Nick-" Alex started, but Nick waved him off with a smile.
"Stop trying to change the topic, both of you," he told Alex and Percy lightly and Alex almost pouted a bit. He didn't think that they had been that obvious about it. Though, he did back down. "That's cool. I didn't see you anywhere on or after the plane, so I'm guessing you don't like getting up early?" Nick guessed with a smirk, then ran a hand through his hair, meeting Asher's eyes with his amber ones. "Where in California do you live? I am a curious person."
Prue let out a small chuckle but spotted when she saw the wariness in Justin's eyes and the others shifting a little like they were nervous or uncomfortable, "Forgt to mention but I'm the daughter of Hades and the Hades' Cabin counsellor.." She added since she wondered if that was it and if so would clarify some things but she wasn't going to mention her horse Grimm yet since the mare liked to be unknown to those she didn't know.
"Cool-" Masanori began to say before his eyes widened like a kid on sugar high and he was speechless for two minutes before saying, "Wow! I've never seen this many weapons before!" As he began to look at all the things as if he was in a candy store but when asked which one caught his eye only made the boy shake his head.
"Sure." Nathan repiled awhile throwing his bag into the room and landing on the chest that was in front of his bed, "See you later Jarvis~" he said before closing the cabin's door which the swan made a beeline out of a open window and onto the rooftop which kind of looked like the sailor bird was taunting his owner or waiting for something which could be anything when it came to the intelligent yet very bossy swan.
"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...”
"Santa Barbara, we have great beach-front property." He really loved the beach, and while camp half blood was another home, he wished he could surf his entire summer break while camp prevented that. "You?" He asked in return, unless it was a close one he wouldn't really get the location, so he doubted he'd get a clue of how close he was but he wasn't so rude that he wouldn't ask in return.
Percy mumbled an, 'oh no.' There really wasn't anything they could do to stop the upcoming friendship that could lead them all to their deaths. Okay, that was an exaggeration, he just really hated the idea of their friendship.
Lucia glanced back at the cabin for a moment as they were walking, then stopped with a small giggle. "Your swan's on the roof," she pointed out with a smile. Then, she shrugged. "I guess it won't hurt anybody if it stays there."
Nick paused, eyes glinting much like a cat's for a moment. He tilled his head, pretending to look thoughtful. "Oh, I'm not sure if you've heard of it," he started while managing to keep a completely passive mask. "It's this place called Santa Barbara. Man, I bet we live so far apart from each other. Like oppside ends of California or something." At that point, Nick was grinning, not even hiding his amusement anymore.
Alex raised an eyebrow at that, actually looking kind of done with the situation. "Are you trying to tell me that by coincidence you two actually live in the same city or something?"
Ria chuckled faintly, pulling a short sword off a weapon rack. Man, it had been a while since she'd been here. She'd been just as excited as Masanori was now. Good times. She was doing her best to play the mature counselor card, but there wasn't anything she could do to hide the grin painted across her face. She couldn't help it, these things were cool. She could seriously smash up some monsters with these. "Pretty sweet, isn't it?" She turned her back on the boy and gave the sword in her hands a quick slash, testing it's weight and balance, before hanging it back up on the weapon racks and picking out another.
She cleared her throat, trying to regain her composure. Wasn't she supposed to be the adult here? Whoops. "No worries if nothing stands out. We'll try out some things and see what feels natural for you." She continued, forcing her expression to be a bit calmer. "We'll start with the most common ones. Let's try a sword, a bow, and a spear first. We can move on to more uncommon things if none of those click with you." She eyed the bows, trying to pick one out that was an appropriate size for Masanori.
Ben raised an eyebrow, glancing over at Freya and then Joshua. "Why doesn't she just eat?" He asked amusedly, pacing himself a bit slower. Honestly, he couldn't wait to sit down. His head was pounding and his throat felt dry, but he kept smiling anyways.
Naomi put down the book and looked a clock she'd packed, she muttered a curse to her self that she'd gotten so lost in the book. It was almost time for dinner she hoped she'd be able to catch up with Sanaa before she got to the table, if she didn't then she might not be able to sit next to sanaa. Ignoring the fact Sanaa would probably try and save a seat for her and all of the apollo cabin knew sooo they probably would. Naomi dropped the book and rushed out of her "place" to go find sanaa, barely stopped in time when she did find her lovely girlfriend.
Citrine (THis is obviously a refrence to me reading a book saying I don't want to do anything and dropping everything to do this)
"I know, I just feel bad for any camper that gets to close- he might divebomb them." Nathan said awhile trying to hold back a laugh but a smile was soon plastered on his face once he remembered when he was younger and watching Jarvis chasing after Henry that 'stole' his cigar and the only thing that rivaled that week was with the Hermes camper meeting Alethea. "Hey Lucia, do you remember that time when (random funny thing) happened?"
(Citrine , the random thing could be anything- conversation lol)
Masanori nodded though he saw how excited the Ares girl got about holding up a sword and he wanted to feel like that about his weapon he would get which he soon started to look at bows which he was surprised how big some were, "How did you get your spear?"
"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 ScarletteBlake on Aug 11, 2016 20:02:20 GMT -5
Willow and September freeze, and smile awkwardly. Hale's grip squeezes tightly on Scarlette's arm as she opens her mouth. Justin looks between the two, then move towards Jasmine. Jasmine looks at him, then Scarlette, and then turns to Prue. "That's so cool! What do children of Hades do?" She asks, eyes widening with interest and Scarlette rolls her eyes. Lily~Myth)
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Pure had slightly expected these reactions that came from other demigods or humans in general though the latter was more the feeling of 'death' and well her appearance but she was glade the very awkward silence was cut by Jasmine, "You mean like hobbies or if we have abilities?" She asked honestly since she didn't know if it was both or either one and was being the daughter of death really all that scary? Well...yeah she didn't need to think about that at the moment.
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"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 didn't look back as she spoke, frowning thoughtfully as she picked up a bow. That was around the right size, wasn't it? She put it down next to the sword she had selected. "There's no dramatic story behind it, as awesome as it would be if there was." She moved on from bows and took a spear, glancing back at Masanori and trying to gauge which one would be best for someone his height. "I was here, like you are now, and I turned some poor practice dummy into stuffing trying weapons out." She paused before adding, "Then everybody realized I was having way too much fun stabbing things, pegged me as Ares' daughter, and I settled on a spear." Okay, step 2 didn't come until later, but that had probably been the earliest clue.
Joshua grinned, trying to decide whether or not to throw and arm around Ben's shoulder. He decided against it because of the full plate he had in hand, though. So, instead, he gave a short laugh. "I think she's scared that she could come into the six feet radius around us. Geez. I never expected the twins to actually act like that," he admitted. It had all been in good fun, but apparently the immature 14 year olds had taken it a bit too literally.
Lucia glanced over at Nathan as he talked, smiling. Her smile got wider as he mentioned something from the past. Well, of course she remembered. "Wasnt I just claimed before that happened? I remember that race the campers had through the forest, but I can't remember who won," she replied, an idea actually forming inside her head while remembering that. "Hey, we should have a race or something again, but maybe more like a scavenger hunt? It could even be a three-legged race!"
It was obvious by all her rambling that Lucia was already making plans inside her head. Plans that nobody would be able to stop. She could already see the scavenger hunt play out, but something made her mood drop a little. "You know, if we do something like that, I probably need to organize it as well because it was my idea - which means I wouldn't be allowed to take part in it." If she knew where to search, then it'd be unfair. The only thing Lucia was hoping for, was that some other campers would have more fun setting it up than participating, which would let her take part again.
Sanaa took a step backwards as Naomi almost walked into her, then smiled. "Hey. I'm assuming you're also here to head to dinner?" she asked, pushing her glasses up a bit, so that they'd sit correctly on her nose. While usually the cabins gathered and went together to dinner, it was always a bit chaotic on the first day, so Sanaa didn't force her cabin to gather on the first day. Though, tomorrow the routine would start. Namely, throwing Asher out of his bed in the morning.
That thought also made her think of something else, however. "Looking around at some of the young campers here makes me realize how old I am," she joked.
Ben giggled, looking at her and seeing Brooke kind of hiding behind her. "How many boys do you think they're going to do that to?" He asked curiously, amused grin on his face as he started receiving their glares as well. "I'd imagine just about everybody except Alex. Or Sam, because he's still little." At this point, he was basically trying to figure out what kind of logic they were using to decided who was 'too dangerous'.