"Typical," Sanaa muttered, frowning at their glowing cabin. The amount of times she had had to kick Asher out of his bed was astonishing. She didn't even understand how he could sleep that much. With a small sigh, she turned around, looking annoyed. "Alright, you two stay here," she ordered. She wasn't about to go search for them again once she had woken tall, blond and stupid up. (Kudos to Percy for the nickname, which she loved to use).
Taking a few steps forward, she then added, "I'll go kick Asher awake, pick up Willow on the way back, and then we can head over to where we're all gathering." And by the gods, she was actually going to kick Asher. Call her biased, but she still hadn't quite accepted the fact that he had actually managed to become important to her brother, and thus she had to stand him a bit more as well.
At least the trip to the cabin didn't take long, and she opened the door a bit more forcefully than needed. Though, after stepping inside, she tried calming herself a bit more. She wasn't a person who got angry fast, unless said blond was involved and was making her life harder again.
As her gaze wandered over the beds, she indeed saw Asher's blond hair and promptly walked over. For a second, she paused, looking down at him, then she grabbed onto the blanket before using all her strength and pulling it away quickly, which resulted in Asher falling onto the floor. "You up now?" she asked, holding the blanket up with a raised eyebrow.
Cecilia looked rather unimpressed as he said that, then scoffed a bit. "Oh please, you can't fool me. There cannot be that many important people at the camp to keep it as a surprise," she said arrogantly. The only ones worthy of her attention were Asher and Marinette, perhaps Joshua, too, if it came down to it. However, she was tolerating Nathan a bit more than others, because he was her half-brother, and the brunette knew that it wouldn't be helpful in the long-run to have her cabin against her.
Joshua was walking with his hands in his pockets as he arrived at the Ares cabin, which honestly had always looked a bit weird in his eyes, but hey, who was he to judge? He lazily waved to Ria as he spotted her, then walked over after waving for Manami to follow. "Hey, boss," he said jokingly with a grin. "So, what's the plan for later? Any big 'magic' tricks I'm supposed to do?" If that wasn't the case, Joshua would start pranking the other team for sure during the game.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Aug 25, 2016 6:51:49 GMT -5
Serena waved as she walked off. "Seeya, then!" She shoved her hands in her pockets and looked around for anyone to talk to. She would never tell anyone, but she always felt bad when seeing other peopl hanging out. Besides her siblings in the Apollo cabin, she never really had friends, and even her brothers and sisters had other people they normally hung out with. For a moment, she missed her mother, but quickly shook the feeling away; she would see her for Christmas.
Valentine walked to the stables, putting her hand on the snout of a Pegasus. Hiya, My Lady! She smiled at this, remembering the respect that all equine creatures had for Poseidon children. "Hi, Socks. What's going on?" Socks, applying to his name, was all gray with white around his hooves, like socks.
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Having decided that Percy was probably too busy right now, Alex and Nick continued on, soon spotting the stables. Of course, Alex couldn't just walk past them without checking up on the pegasi, considering that he liked them a lot. Though, the moment they entered, and Alex had taken a step towards a pure white one, it suddenly backed off, startled. Alex stopped, confused, then slammed his palm against his head. "I forgot," he simply said, hearing Nick chuckle.
"Yeah, guess pegasi still don't like children of Hades," Nick commented lightheartedly. "Though it's easy to forget my father, eh, Alex?" He put both of his hands up as some sort of showing defeat when he felt the Pegasus glare at him before it carefully moved over to Alex to nudge his raised hand.
Drawing his hand over its head twice, Alex finally noticed the other camper with them and smiled. "Hey, Valentine!" he greeted her brightly. "What's up?"
"Me? trying to fool you?" Nathan repiled innocently awhile pointing his finger at himself, "There can be if you look for it." He added though he seemed to be hinting to Cecilia as having friends here made this place like home and with everyone here it felt like family to him well expect the Zeus counselor but that was different since he was in love with her or rather crushing hard, he heard the cabin's brilliant bird moving around in boredom which the swan only stayed in cabin because of the event today and that the he didn't what to be around the twins or the Dionysus camper.
Chevy was at the point of climbing up her cabin's roof or cartwheeling but her attention was soon turned around once to see Ria, Joshua and Manami which she skipped happily to the small group of three with her curiosity at its breaking point as her violet eyes sparked with excitement. "ello~ what's up?" She asked with her usual cheery tone and she had a bit of a Brooklyn accent which happened to be where she grew up for awhile before moving to the beaches of Florida with her grandfather.
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Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Aug 25, 2016 20:09:34 GMT -5
Valentine paused her conversation with the Pegasus and looked over at Alex and Nick. She had seen them enter earlier, but they hadn't seen her; she was used to it, so it didn't bother her. "Oh, hey Alex, Nick. I was just talking with Socks. What about you two, what are you up to?" She brought a few sugar cubes from her pocket and offered them to the gray and white creature, then walked over to them, shoving her hands in her jacket pocket.
"I was training a bit before the game," Alex replied lightly, then pointed an accusing finger at his friend. "Until he came and scared me." Alex's smile turned a bit sharper when Nick innocently pointed a finger at himself, in a 'you talking about me?' way.
Turning back to Valentine, he couldn't help but glance behind her at Socks. "I think I remember what he calls you. You mentioned it once, I believe," he mused, thoughtfully putting a finger up to his cheek. Then, eyes turning mischievous, he suddenly bowed. "My Lady, wasn't it?" he said, then straightened up again, giggling a bit. He couldn't talk to pegasi himself, as he wasn't a child of Poseidon, and he'd honestly envied his children for that when he had been younger. Now, though, he just loved listening to the stories they could tell about the pegasi and what they had said.
"Eh," she replied simply, wrinkling her nose while fixing her bright red nails. "If you say so." Her words weren't all that mean, they were rather neutral, but her tone suggested that she wasn't believing him at all. She crossed her legs, then held up her right hand to inspect her nails. It seemed good enough for a game in the dark. Satisfied, she began working on her other hand. "When are we leaving, anyway?"
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"Not much," Joshua replied with a grin. He didn't know Chevy too much, but from what he had seen, she knew what fun meant. "Just talking about the strategy tonight with our boss~" he joked, nudging Ria playfully. Joshua was a valuable ally, if people knew what they had to deal with. His joking wouldn't stop until things got serious.
Ria gave a mock-salute, a playful smile crossing her face. "Yeah, I was planning on talking strategy once we have the whole team together." Her smile faded into something more neutral, tapping a foot as she thought. "I've been throwing around some ideas myself, but I'm sure some other people have plans, too. Couldn't hurt to hear them out, right? I don't want to be a dictator." She said with a chuckle, before turning on her heel with a dramatic flourish of her spear. "I would like to assure my subjects that Team Ria is not, in fact, a dictatorship! I simply have ultimate power and the final say in all things!" She said loudly, but she couldn't even get through the first sentence with a straight face.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Aug 26, 2016 6:44:08 GMT -5
Valentine looked confused at first, then burst out laughing at his antics with a blush on her face. The nickname alone was somewhat embarrassing, since she wasn't really anyone of power--plus, the only ones treating her like royalty were horses, so that was a little weird. "Yep, that's it.." She said with a sigh once she had finished laughing. Behind her, Socks snorted. She rolled her eyes at him and straightened herself up, a little disheveled from laughing so hard. "Sorry about that, it was just so funny to see you do that." She shook her head, looking out the door as if she noticed someone. "So what team are Hades and Athena on? I forgot." Valentine looked back at them.
"Oh, good," Joshua replied, mischievous grin on his face. "Ya see, miss, I wanted to suggest some kind of magic show with special effects and explosions and-" Before he could continue talking, laughter finally overtook his voice and he had to take a moment to calm down. After around a good minute of Joshua trying to calm down and failing, he finally took a deep breath. "Seriously though, I'd wait for Sanaa with plans - she seems to know Percy and Alex rather well - the latter not being too surprising considering they live together outside of camp. I think she could know how to take care of them."
At least, he hoped so, otherwise it wouldn't be much fun.
Alex couldn't help but laugh as well at her burst of laughter, then calmed down when she addressed him. "Poseidon's on a side with Athena. Nick's the enemy here~" he beamed, then put his hand on Valentine's shoulder. "We should take care of him now before we have troubles during the game," he mock-whispered, absolutely wanting Nick to hear it.
The brunet raised an eyebrow at that, smirking. "Wanna fight Bishop?" he asked simply, eyes gleaming mischievously when Alex shook his head.
"Rather not. You can busy yourself fighting Lucia or something, least I run into you during the game," he replied, letting go of the girl's shoulder. "Though, I'll warn you now, Valentine, the plan the Athena cabin came up with involves Poseidon as well~" he added with a cheerful smile.
(I'm not gonna be super active, not that I was to begin with hehe, but I'll try to keep up posts a little.
And yes, Cloverheart ✿ I am lol. But that isn't why I named Marinette that, if that's what you're thinking. I did it because it's a play on a marionette, like the doll.)
Asher groaned as he landed on the ground with a hard thud. "What a nice wake-up call." He grinned as his usual sarcasm was already apparent. Cracking his knuckles, he sat up to look at Sanaa fully. "What'zz the time?" His voice wavered slightly as he was still groggy. This sort of incident happened so often he no longer jolted awake, it was like a regular alarm clock.
Marinette gave a small laugh at Cecilia's reaction to everything. "You'll find some upside, and it's not too difficult to stay out of the cross-fire.
"About time for some Capture the Flag, I'd say," Sanaa replied dryly, throwing Asher's blanket back onto his bed. For a moment, she simply looked at him, then sighed, extending her hand to help him up. Whatever, it'd be quicker that way. "I honestly don't care if you stay behind," she started with a scowl. "But don't expect Alex to stay back as well to keep you company or whatever. Nick asked me where he could find Alex around half an hour ago, so I imagine that by now my little brother is set on defeating our team."
Honestly, it would make everything more fun that way, but she couldn't help but roll her eyes a bit. Nick could get people pumped up about things, and she was glad that he was back, but she could see Asher in him at times, and that was just bothering her.
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"I'd hope so," Cecilia muttered, finishing the nails on her other hand. "When are we leaving, anyway? I'd like to get this game over with." She wasn't going to take Nathan's subtle try to make her think of getting friends to heart. Of course. What would she need friends for, anyway? Though, there was something she still had to ask Marinette. Putting on her sweetest face, she said, "And, Marinette, what is your relationship to Asher?"
Asher took her hand to get up. "Ha, as if I'd miss that. Though.... wait. Is Nick on our side or the enemy?" Of course he would't have paid enough attention to know. He asked though because since theit chat he had been wanting to fight against Nick.
Marinette blinked, tilting her head. "We're pretty close I would say. Why?" She was twirling a strand of her black hair, oblivious to the fact that Cecilia was asking to see if they were dating; and that her answer that didn't use the words 'friend' could come off as what the other girl was wondering.
Sanaa let go of his hand the second he was upright again and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Our team. And I'm glad, considering the other team has Lucia. I'm just worried about the plan the Athena cabin may have come up with. You never know with them," she said, then turned around. "Now, let's go. The others are already waiting." She honestly wasn't sure how to take care of the Athena cabin completely yet, but they'd just have to see.
Cecilia's eyes narrowed at that and she pressed her lips together into a thin line. Well, this wasn't sounding so good for her friendship with Marinette. "Are you, like, dating?" she finally asked after a moment, voice rather neutral. It would be a pity if she'd have to fight against Marinette, but she'd do what was needed.
The teenager nodded sagely as she listened to Joshua's ideas for what they might be able to do with magic. "Any and all explosions are hereby approved by Supreme Dictator Maria Corsman." She confirmed. That thing about not wanting to be a dictator went out the window pretty fast, huh? Oh well. She was having fun this way. "Anyhow, you guys want to join me in tracking down the rest of the team? It shouldn't take too long."