Post by ScarletteBlake on Aug 15, 2016 22:54:07 GMT -5
"Great idea!" Jasmine beams. "What do we do for food?" She says after a second thought, shaking her ankle out and inspecting it as she stands still. It didn't look like it was hurt, it was probably just in need to pop so it wouldn't hurt the next day because it couldn't pop. Lily~Myth
Hale and Jayce sprint over to the group, sitting down and snickering at the looks of Scarlette and Justin. "The couple arrives." Willow says, bursting into laughter at the shocked look of Hale and Jayce. "She's kidding." Justin pipes up, staring at Scarlette who was sipping her Pepsi.
Username >> clownfishkit Character's Name >> Vivienne Brooks Age >> 16 Birthday >> January 16th Height >> 5 foot 4 Physical Appearance >> Vivienne has a slender body type, and rather pale skin. There is a low number of freckles dotting her cheeks and nose. Her eyes are a pale, icy blue, and can even be described as looking pure. She has long, soft, thick auburn hair that goes about halfway down her back with the most subtle waves. She has a slim face. // Godly Parent >> Iris Other Family >> William Brooks (father), Savannah Brooks (step-mother), Helena Brooks (deceased twin) History >> Vivienne was never given the real reason she didn't have a mother only ever told that she wasn't present. Vivienne's father became the most important person in her life, and she spent as much time as she could with him, her twin sister, Helena, included. However, a harpy hunted them down during school, and Helena didn't quite make it, Vivienne coming out with a broken arm. Her father shut her out as quickly as possible, sending her to camp instead of taking the time to deal with the loss of Helena. Once her sister died, despite loving learning, she dropped out of school when she was 14, deciding everything she did was going to be done her way. She stays at camp throughout the entire year, and although she likes it, sometimes she just wants to escape. Weapon >> An old sword she stole from her father before leaving home, he had a collection. // Personality >> Vivienne's entire outlook on life is a big, exciting existential crisis. She wants to know what's going on, how she can make herself better, and what she can learn. She loves to explore and ask questions, and definitely isn't afraid to do so. In fact, it bugs her when she has a question that nobody's answered. However, this also makes her quite the risk taker, and does everything mostly for the fun of it. Despite this, she isn't a loud person, and usually remains a bit calm, even when joking around, and is mostly considered an ambivert.
Other than the way she strives to learn stands out, she's pretty smart and sweet. Once she makes friends with somebody, she's loyal and will stick by their side no matter what. She would never hurt anybody in any way, and although she's constantly wanting to learn more, she would never ask a question too personal.
Although she comes across as one who thinks of life as precious, with all the self doubt added into her personality by her father after the monster attack that resulted in her sister's death, she's pretty selfless and would step up in front of anybody in danger. Strengths >> Keeping calm in stressful situations, climbing Weaknesses >> Her father, fighting, loud noises // Likes >> Rain, books, making friends, nighttime Dislikes >> History, being shut down, being told she isn't good enough Dreams/Goals >> Vivienne isn't quite sure what she wants to do with her life, but she wants to make it amazing. Fears >> Hurting people, being told she isn't good enough, not having the best life she can, horror movies // Crush >> N/A Dating >> N/A Preferred Partner >> Bisexual // Other >> For some odd reason, she hates the sound of chewing, and quietly hums a song to herself while she eats. She's also ambidextrous when writing, but when doing anything else, her right hand is always dominant.
Joshua grinned, then quickly glanced around the table. His stick was nowhere in sight, so he quickly picked up an unused napkin. While it was possible to deceive eyes without any object and just through seeing it through their eyes, Joshua still found that very exhausting. Using an object and imagining that turning into something was easier to him. He did his usual little trick of putting his hands over it - like some magician at a show - then opened them, an apple now in place where the napkin had been. "Alright, take a pic," he said.
Lucia raced after Nathan with a laugh, keeping good pace with him. She more trained her strength than speed, but her stamina was also something to behold, so at least she wouldn't end up on the ground, out of breath, after their little race. Though, she still had to convince some more cabins to get on her side, but she'd make sure not to ask too many, considering she wanted the game to be fair, even if Ria seemed like she'd gotten busy.
Ben nodded, positioning the IPod and taking the picture with a small clicking sound. He quickly went back on, looking to see if the picture captured the apple. Sure enough, there it was. "It worked!" He said with a grin, showing Joshua. "I guess since it just captures what's appearing in front of us, and the apple was there, in front of the lens, instead of the napkin." He could've been wrong, but hey, that was his theory.
"Well, my reasoning is pretty simple," Joshua said with a lazy smile. He was drumming on the table with his fingers while talking. "It'd be really bad if humans somehow took a picture, only to see that the elderly man feeding the pigeons was actually a monster trying to eat them. So, it needs to work on pictures." He couldn't explain how, but at least he could figure out a 'why'.
His gaze strayed over the table a bit, then to the other's plates. "If you guys are done eating, we could take a walk before the campfire. I'm not sure yet if you already have a weapon, Manami, but if not, we can get one by the shed when we pass it." Joshua was really itching to get up already - he didn't like sitting around for too long.
Ben smiled at Joshua's reasoning. It would be quite terrifying if every mortal figured out that the just existed, or that monsters weren't simply fairy tales. In his opinion, it was much better kept to the gods and demigods.
Manami shook her head, pulling something out of her pocket in a leather case. She pulled out a silver dagger, showing it to them briefly before placing it back in. "Nah, I have my dagger. Thanks, though." She said with a smile, already looking like she was ready to stand up. "I'm ready to go." She agreed, Ben nodding behind her as he moved to get out of his chair.
Joshua got up with a grin, stretching a bit. "That's great. What about we head up to the big house for now and then maybe half-blood hill? I love watching the sun set from there," he said, bending to the right a bit while stretching. He really loved sitting there and watching the sun go up or down, depending on the season. But what could he say? He did need something to pass the time while most campers were at school.
Ben nodded, smiling. "I haven't done that in a long time." He said quietly, and he was honestly really looking forward to seeing that view again. When he was younger, he'd take Riley up there sometimes and show her how pretty it was. He stood up, yawning a bit. It'd been a long day, but it was still too early to sleep, and he didn't really want to. He'd much rather stay up with his friends. "Alright, let's go." He said, actually sounding a little excited.
Joshua grinned, leading the way quickly. He was excited about seeing the sunset again. Honestly, he understood why so many artists wanted to try and capture its beauty, but he knew that if he tried, it'd turn out like a scribble a five year old had made.
The closer they came the to big house, the better he felt. However, he suddenly stopped. The buzzing noise was growing louder, and while he had previously thought he'd only been imagining it, he now turned to the others. "Am I the only one hearing that noise?" he said, then glanced behind him, finally noting the black dot coming closer. "Is that... a helicopter?"
Username >> Waterpelt Character's Name >> Cecilia Gardner Age >> 15 Birthday >> June 10 Height >> 5'7 Physical Appearance >> Cecilia has a pale-ish complexion that appears quite healthy and smooth. Her hair is an earthy brown color and reaches down to the middle of her back. While he normal hair is straight, she curls it to make it appear more 'wavey'. Her eyes are dark brown and she makes sure that they appear mysterious and outstanding by applying lots of makeup. The same goes for the rest of her face - it's very uncommon to see her without makeup.
Her nails are painted bright red, and to her, it could be the end of the world if one breaks off.
While she wears the camp shirt, she hates the color of it, as the color doesn't appeal to her, so she usually just wears some of her designer clothes over it, with the orange barely peeking through. It's not uncommon for her to wear bows or other accessories in her hair, because she also does that when performing, so it's become a habit for her to also wear them normally. // Godly Parent >> Aphrodite Other Family >> Cynthia Gardner (mother), Adam Lincoln (step-father) History >> Cecilia was always raised to believe appearances mattered the most, and only that would get you far in life. She spent most of her childhood very sheltered at home, with private teachers coming to her mother's mansion to teach her, and with additional singing and dancing lessons on the side. Her sheltered life also provided her with enough safety so that her being a demigod had never had to be brought up until her 15th birthday. She hadn't been claimed before, as that would have just put her into danger. Though, on her 15th birthday, during a monster attack that happened at one of her mother's company visits she, got claimed by Aphrodite and was very confused.
Her mother, annoyed that she was about to lose the girl she was planning to turn into a star for a while, wanted to refuse the satyr who wanted to take her to camp half-blood. In the end, an agreement was made that a private helicopter would take her there for the summer. Weapon >> A short sword which could almost pass as an oversized dagger, though she hates the thought of getting dirty while fighting. // Personality >> The first thing coming to mind when one sees Cecilia is that she's pretty, and her smiles are dazzling. However, that only keeps up to the point where one actually talks to her, as it becomes very clear how shallow and spoiled she is.
Cecilia always wants to get her way, and can't really deal with something not going the way she wants it to. She also doesn't really understand that 'no' means 'no' and would take a long while until she really gives something up or stops doing something.
Her arrogance is clear in the way she talks down on those not meeting her standards - which are just set way too high for most people. If somebody is too short, or doesn't like pretty enough, she won't even act nice around them and plain out demand they do things for her.
As she's been raised like that, she acts like she's the princess and everybody else should follow her command. With people she actually is interested in, she can be really sweet and charismatic, and plays the sweet little girl almost perfectly.
However, underneath all of her rudeness lies a girl who is naive to how the world really works and a girl who lacks any social skills whatsoever. Before her mother started turning her into her new star, Cecilia was a rather nice girl. Arrogant and spoiled, but nice. Now, through the influence of her mother, she believes that unless she is better than everybody else, she'll just end up getting laughed at and swallowed by people hating her, as she does have her insecurities.
Strengths >> singing, dancing, fashion Weaknesses >> dealing with people who don't love her, fighting, climbing // Likes >> designer clothes, Broadway shows, romantic films with a happy ending, fairy tales Dislikes >> getting ignored, sweets, people who don't meet her 'standards' Dreams/Goals >> She dreams of becoming a famous and celebrated singer and wants to earn even more money than her mother. Fears >> Being seen as ugly or unworthy; never finding the love of her life. // Crush >> Dating >> Preferred Partner >> Strictly male. She's not one to really look for personality, though, as she's been raised to believe that appearance is much more important. Though, she also doesn't want to have a coward, as she likes to imagine her love life to end like a fairytale, with a prince to take care of her. // Other >> She will get lots of character development oh boy.
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Ben turned around, his eyes widening a bit when he saw the helicopter. He cringed a bit, crossing his arms over his chest. "Yeah. I hate loud noises." He wasn't exactly sure why a helicopter was coming to camp, but he hoped whoever came out of it wouldn't be.. snobby? He hated making assumptions, but he'd never seen a helicopter, or even a limo or fancy car, anywhere near camp. "New camper, maybe?" He asked, the buzzing still bothering him. It was loud, and overpowered every other noise he was able to hear previously.
"But why would a camper come in a helicopter?" Joshua asked, screaming over the loud noise. This was really annoying, and it got even more annoying when the helicopter came downwards not too far from them. "Should we, like, take shelter in the big house?" he added in a scream, then cleared his throat. He hated talking loudly, as it brought bad memories back, but hey, over the helicopter, they wouldn't hear each other otherwise.
Sanaa stopped eating an apple slice as she looked up, furrowing her brows. "Why, in the world, is a helicopter landing just outside the borders?" she said, then exhaled through her nose, looking rather off-put. "I swear, I feel like I dislike whoever is in there already." Sanaa hated show-offs, and unless there was a good reason for somebody coming to camp by helicopter, she considered that one of the biggest showing-offs she'd ever seen.
With a frown, she got up from her seat. "I'll go check it out. You're free to keep eating, though," she told the people at her table.
Nick stopped in his tracks, amber eyes flicking over to the helicopter. It wasn't close to them, but it was obvious that it was coming down close to the camp. He raised his eyebrows at that, looking curious and surprised. "Does any camper who I haven't yet met come by helicopter?" he asked, turning to look at Alex at the others.
Alex shook his head. "Not to my knowledge. Let's hurry and check it out. Eating can wait until after we've seen what's going on."
Ben seemed to curl up on himself a bit as everything got louder, and he bit his lip. "Yeah, please, let's do that." He agreed, nodding quickly and looking toward the big house. He wouldn't mind meeting the camper later, but he really, really hated noises this loud. "Let's go," He was already starting to fast walk away, not feeling comfortable at all. He could easily see the big house from where he was, and just really wanted to be inside.
Joshua quickly followed him, as he disliked loud noises himself. Once they had gotten into the house, he watched the helicopter slowly land, then, finally, it got turned off. He let out a small breath. "Guess it's over until that thing takes off again. Wanna go look what the whole deal is about?" he asked the others, peering out of a window. He was pressed against it to see at the right angle, though, so it looked rather ridiculous.
Ben looked suspiciously out the window as well, like he didn't trust the helicopter, but he still nodded. "Yeah, sure. As long as we come back in here when it starts again." He agreed, and cracked a small smile when seeing how Joshua had pressed his face onto the window. He opened the door to let Manami and Joshua out first, watching everybody move closer to the helicopter and start to crowd a bit.
Joshua stepped closer, then stopped as one of the doors opened. A girl gracefully made her way outside, softly stepping onto the grass. Her hair seemed to almost flow in the wind, and he felt a small blush come to his cheeks when she smiled at all of them, showing her white teeth. "Is this the camp?" she asked sweetly.
"Y-yeah," Joshua stuttered for a moment, then shook his head. "Unless you're not referring to camp half-blood."
Her eyes seemed to scan him over, then she made her way closer to him, obviously deciding that he could be worth her time. She seemed to completely ignore Manami and Ben, though. "Oh, no, I was looking for Camp Half-Blood. Would you mind leading me to my accommodation?"