Joshua grinned at the picture of them. "Honestly, I may sound out of touch with time here, but I've literally never used one of those before," he admitted, pointing at the iPod with his free hand. "But taking pictures sounds like lots of fun. You think the camera could capture the mist illusions as well?" It was a question where Joshua was rather sure Ben wouldn't know an answer to. Still, he asked out of curiosity.
Alex winced a bit at Asher's loud voice, but didn't really back down, either. "Yeah, no big deal. I'm not dead, am I? Marinette took care of the wound, so it's fine." Turning away from Asher, he nodded to Oliver. "Come on, let's go to the dining pavilion."
It wasn't hard to see that Alex wanted to avoid any further arguments with Asher that could follow, and Nick decided to try to lighten the situation a bit as well by agreeing with Alex. "Yeah, let's go eat something. I'm starving~" Untrue, but it would be better for them to start moving already if Alex didn't feel like talking more about the little incident. Nick wasn't stupid, he could see that both Asher and Alex were stubborn, so while Asher did it out of concern for Alex, it could turn into an argument if he pushed Alex more about it.
Ben bit the inside of his cheek, his eyes sparking a bit curiously. "I'm.. not sure. That's a good question though." He told Joshua. Then, he sat up a bit. "We can find out, though. Change something and hold it up, I'll take a picture and we'll see what happens." He suggested, positioning the device so that it was focused on his friend.
Andrea seemed content, sipping hot chocolate out of her goblet at the end of the Hermes table. Absentmindedly, she drummed her spare hand against the table. It was nice that Summer was finally here. It was a little daunting, how everything was suddenly so much louder and more crowded, but she knew she'd miss it when it was over. Half-blood felt more alive with all of the Summer campers back. It wasn't like that was the only reason she was excited for June, either. Just eight more days and she'd be thirteen. That was still a bit weird to think about - she didn't feel thirteen. But she was more anxious then she would admit to find out who her divine parent was.
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Prue chuckled a bit but stopped once she sensed tension in the air once three girls that had ran off from earlier walking past Jasmine now to the pavillion like they were, she was very observant from an early age which helped her to avoid possibly danges as she couldn't tell if it was like a threat or like a simply dislike of somekind. What is up with this? And people say I got a chilly presence she thought to herself with her amber eyes looking at them.
Nathan started running once the Zeus camper said 'go' as this was simply a friendly race with anything could happen until whoever won first as he might be taller then his friend but it never really depends on height when it comes to running but did help with the longer legs.
"Hai, hai!" Masanori repiled in Japanese without realizing it as he jumped a little in excitement with the halberd in both hands and the bladed end was facing away from both of them so wouldn't cause any harm from it, "How do I start? Do I randomly stab 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...”
Ria giggled faintly. She wasn't too sure what Masanori was saying, but his excitement was a little contagious. She quietly forced herself to focus, awkwardly hiding her smile behind her sleeve as she brushed a few strands of hair away from her eyes. "Beginner mistake right there. The trick to a halberd is that you can use more than the axe part at the front." Of course, that part looked like the most fun to use, but regardless. "You can use that spike at the top end, or the hook on the other side of the axe blade, or even the end of the staff that isn't sharp. Monsters get spooked by the big axe blade and they never suspect you might attack them in a different way!" She explained, beginning to pace back and forth. The weapon knowledge almost certainly came from her heritage with Ares - you'd be a pretty crummy child of the war god if you couldn't even remember a weapon or two, right? "Also, move your right hand up a bit and move your left hand down. They're a bit too close together right now."
Post by ScarletteBlake on Aug 15, 2016 17:44:50 GMT -5
Jasmine follows her gaze, sighing softly. "Ignore her. She's normally not like this." Jasmine's eyes widen as she spots Scarlette sitting down next to Justin, Willow tensing up. "Anyways, is there anyone at camp that I should be cautious of? You know, like the ones that play pranks or think it's funny to scare people half to death." Jasmine's eyes twinkle, her eyes spotting Hale and Jayce shoving each other. Lily~Myth
Masanori had stopped jumping once he heard Ria speak as not only was he determined how to use a weapon but to act more mature then he already was, he normally wasn't this excited about anything though being a -unclaimed- demigod at a camp full of demigods is pretty awesome and not only getting actually weapons but fighting with them would be fun!, he moved his right hand up a little and his left hand down as this kind of reminded him of his cousin's glaive expect he could do different attacks with its different sides. "Like this?" He asked awhile putting his hands in place and looking up at the ares camper.
"Well anyone really but mainly the Hermes Campers; they like to 'borrow' things and their counselor Henry actually has it wired into his brain that the poor boy doesn't even do it on purpose!" Prue said with a soft giggle at the end which even suprised her for a moment as she still was getting the hang on having friends not only here but didn't question her, during last year after the fleece was returned and the last couple of days of summer she had 'misplaced' something of hers and the next minutes later she found out that her horse Grimm had literally chased two Hermes campers plus their counselor up into a tree.
"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 smile was a carefree one as she nodded. "Yeah, that's pretty good!" Not perfect, but they didn't need perfection right off the bat. This was just about trying some weapons out to see what Masanori preferred. "Okay, if you're ready, go give that thing a whirl!" She said, aiming for an encouraging tone. "Remember what I said about using more than the axe blade, and go turn that thing into stuffing!"
Post by ScarletteBlake on Aug 15, 2016 19:41:50 GMT -5
"Sounds fantastic." Sarcasm dripped from her words, smiling softly at the giggle. Her light blue eyes were rolled, showing the brown spot in the right one. Her gaze turned to Willow and September who were pointing at Jayce and Hale, mouthing "Hyce! HYCE!" To her. She nods her head, snickering at the look of Scarlette when she saw the two pointing and waving their hands. Lily~Myth
Masanori smiled before looking at the dummy that would be his first victim as he decided to did quick steps foward and looked like he was doing spear-head first but he let his feet slid at the last minute with a spin of his heel, he brought the hammer-side of the blade to the dummy's right torso/stomach area and pulling away before flipping it over to its axe-side and stabbing the poor dummy's lower stomach as stuffing flew around a bit more and he was suprised the weapon went though the dummy, he looked back at Ria with his hair having stuffings sticking to it and a giant smile on his face since this was pretty cool like one of those movies.
(Flicker, I might have went 'over board' with the attack XD)
"You'll get use to it." Prue repiled with a smile before looking around the pavillion to see her two half-brothers already here though the younger one looked like he didn't even want to be here at all which made her wonder about it since, one this place was safe for demigods- especially if your one of the big three which having more well... -smell?- or something attracted monsters more which she was still trying to figure out.
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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...”
Post by ScarletteBlake on Aug 15, 2016 19:58:17 GMT -5
"Probably. How long have you been going to this camp?" Jasmine asks, her ankle making a loud popping noise as she lifts it up. She winces, looking down at it. "Huh. Must've been walking on it for too long." She mumbles, then looks back up, continuing on.
Scarlette sits down, quickly figuring out the goblet thing. She takes a sip of the Pepsi, humming as she watches Jasmine walk with the girl that made her nervous.
With the smile on that kid's face, Ria couldn't help but think that he'd fit in just fine at Cabin 5. She clapped in a purposefully melodramatic fashion, a silly grin on her face. "Bravo, nice one!" She called out. Maybe the battle-eager Ares counselor wasn't the perfect role model. Who cared? Masanori looked like he was having fun. Besides, demigods kind of needed to know how to stab things, didn't they? It was only safety and all that. "I think the others are heading off for dinner, if you want to go catch up with 'em." She suggested, her expression more amused than anything else.
"Yay!" Masanori cheered a little at him defeating the dummy but he then looked back at it as he then did the same thing again but in the opposite direction, "Now it's symmetrical." He then added with him having this thing with symmetry and not symmetry which at first drove people to insanity with how this little boy was really demanding of things which this was one of his days, his stomach growled with hungry at the mention of food which made him blush with his face growing a little red, "Let's go to the pavillion." He suggested since he was pretty hungry and mainly ate a lot for a kid his age.
"Ever since last summer so about a year," Prue repiled as she heard a popping noise, "Why don't we sit?" She suggested since she didn't want her new friend to hurt her ankle more or be in pain of it but first they would need to get there food first and make a offering to their godly parent before eating their dinner which she was thankfully for her stomach not to growl but all the food smells were starting to get to her.
"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...”
Symmetrical? Well, if that was what he wanted. She didn't really get it, but to each their own, she supposed. "Yeah, let's." Ria agreed, walking towards the pavilion with her head held high. She could use some food. Not to mention some soda from those fancy magic goblets. "Alright then," She concluded with a glint in her hazel eyes, "Glad I could help out, Masanori. Just track me down if you ever need help with weapons or anything else you'd need a counselor for." She said with a wave of her hand as they approached the tables.
"Okay Ria, it was good to meet you again!" Masanori repiled with a smile on his face before doing a small bow as he then headed over to the Hermes table which was probably one of the crowdest of them all but he guessed he would have to et use to it for awhile until he was claimed by his godly parent
"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...”