Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 3, 2016 8:19:57 GMT -5
Pippa made a disgruntled face, biting her cheek in frustration. Instead of leaving him to walk away, she followed after him, jogging a little to keep up. "Oh, the weather outside is frightful--" She started singing and poked him in the back. "But inside, it's so delightful!" At this point she wasn't sure if she was aiming to annoy him or make him feel better, she she sure was achieving one.
Pippa was exactly achieving one thing - which was annoying him. Noel didn't stop walking despite her poking, though. "Are you quoting a Christmas song?" he said, brows furrowed. He hated Christmas songs, honestly. Then again, Noel hated a lot of things. However, he knew that once she had answered, she'd annoy him more, so he concentrated, letting grape vines pull out of the ground to wrap around her legs. He often did that when he wanted somebody to leave him alone. (Cloverheart ✿)
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Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 3, 2016 9:06:29 GMT -5
Pippa was about to answer when she stopped moving, falling on her face. Vines had wrapped around her ankles. She let out a huff on the ground, pushing herself back up. Sighing, she unwrapped the vines, picking a few grapes off to eat. Once she had escaped, she chased after him again. "Look, I know you hate me--and everyone else for that matter, but why don't you at least try to have a decent conversation?" She popped a grape in her mouth, looking at him.
"Decent conversations are a waste of time. You've said it yourself, I hate all of you," he replied lowly with a scowl, never once slowing down. His gaze wandered to the grapes she was eating for a second. Nobody had had the nerve so far to simply pick some grapes and then continue annoying him. He really didn't want to talk to Pippa, though. His hand wandered to his sheathed sword, wondering if he should just try scaring her off for good. But at the same time, that could alert somebody else, and give him even more of a headache if they told him off, especially if it was Percy.
"That's not right either~ Gender doesn't matter to me as long as there is a mutual love~" He bowed dramatically, as if it had been some huge revelation in a play.
"He flirts with everyone. You learn it's just his personality." Marinette rolled her eyes at how ridiculous Asher was sometimes.
Percy paused to evaluate them. "Not to my knowledge either....." He was trying to identify what had the bravery to do that doing the game. "Do you know what kind of monster it was?" He asked, still eyeing the cuts in curiosity.
Cecilia seemed surprised by all of it for a moment, then her mouth closed and she smiled. So, I still have a chance, she thought, giving Alex a side-way glance. It shouldn't be too hard to seem better than him, in her eyes.
Alex saw her smile and look, and he honestly didn't like it. Biting his lip, he held a comment back when she nodded and said in an overly sweet tone, "Oh, that was my mistake, then~"
Not wanting to be the only one sitting on the ground, Alex tried to get up, only to have pain shoot through his entire leg the moment he tried putting pressure on his foot. He huffed a bit. "I hate to cut this chat short, but Asher, would you mind helping me up? The campfire's soon and I'd love to get some ambrosia before that," Alex spoke up.
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"Not exactly," Joshua answered, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. "It was a pretty quick fight, because it ran away after I hit it twice." He probably should have mentioned that he hadn't killed the monster earlier. No reason to cry over spilt milk now. "It reminded me a bit of a lion, though, from the quick glimpse I got of it...."
Nick looked up sharply as he heard that, eyes narrowing. Why was a monster like that in the forest?
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 3, 2016 10:01:38 GMT -5
Pippa shrugged, popping another grape in her mouth. "Hey, as long as you hate everyone as a whole and not just me specifically. That would be weird if you singled me out. Hey, why do you hate everyone, anyway? What'd we do?" She continued walking after him, refusing to leave him alone until she got a decent conversation out of him. Most people she could make feel enter about themselves, but she was having a hard time with him.
"Ah, of course princess~" He easily picked up Alex bridal style, doing a quick twirl, "I'd be lonely without you at the campfire so your knight will happily comply~"
"That's so cheesy." Marinette said, though more of in an endearing way, but another voice behind her had a different opinion.
"Ew. All this lovey-dovey crud is gross." It was Oliver, though despite his irritation, he walked up to Asher. Or more of, who he was holding. "Keep a better eye out next time." He help the stolen dagger out, his face turning more smug like than annoyed now.
Percy seemed to stiffen at the description of being lion-esque. I have a sinking feeling about this..... He thought to himself, but shaking it off quickly, not wanting to show any worry and make the other apprehensive.
Alex felt like his face was burning after Asher had picked him up, even more so because so many people were around them. His eyes wandered over to Oliver as he spoke up, brows furrowing when he held out his dagger. That looked like his, alright. He bit his lip at Oliver's smug look, then smiled. "You stole it together with the flag, right?" he said, taking it back. "That's impressive, but I think I would've spotted you if Nick hadn't attacked me." It was easy to figure out around what time the flag had been stolen from him, so that was his guess. Of course it was Nick causing trouble for him again, albeit indirectly this time around.
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Nick was quiet for a moment, then said, "Go on ahead, I think I forgot something-" only to have Sanaa grab his arm and drag him along.
"You're not going back into the forest to search," she said sternly, to which the Hades camper just chuckled. Well, the older campers did know him better than he had thought. Still, a monster like that could cause lots of troubles.
His musings were cut short when he saw the others, and he laughed shortly when he saw Alex and Asher. "I'd say Alex is fine," he chimed, having noticed that Percy and Sanaa wanted to check up on him.
"You're all way too nice and happy," Noel replied. "The situation we all are in because of our parents isn't nice." He'd never understood how they couldn't all resent their parents. Most of them would get killed by monsters at one point - from what he had heard demigods barely lived up to their thirties most of the time. And also, the gods weren't even sorry about using them for quests and other things. Noel couldn't understand how most people at the camp weren't bitter and angry.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 3, 2016 10:40:31 GMT -5
Pippa stopped following him for a second. He was angry at his parent? Really? She didn't mean to speak so rashly, but she clenched her fists and spoke softly. "At least your parent claimed you." For a moment, it looked like she was going to walk away, but suddenly changed her mind. "No. You know what? How can you not be grateful? Here you are, the child of a mere human and an immortal being, you have powers like no other human, you see things that humans can't. You have a whole camp designed for people like you. Your parent dutifully claimed you at the age of 13, and you're ungrateful? I live every day knowing that my mother broke a sacred rule for the mere fact that she didn't want me, and you're ungrateful?" Although she was ticked now, she hadn't raised her voice. Pippa never seemed to understand why people couldn't be thankful for what they had. He should be glad they're here, but instead he's whining and complaining. What a butt head!
"We'll see about that." The black haired boy replied confidently before walking off. That's all he wanted to say, he didn't want anymore chit chat.
"Wow. He seems so nice." Asher spoke sarcastically, "Better watch out Alex, he seems to be after you behind." He rasied a brow, that kid really just seemed to dislike everyone.
They had made a comment on how reckless Nick could be, but out of the safety of the camp, he wanted to check out the situation in the forest as well. Of course, if he spoke up about it now, Sanaa would drag them both away.
For a moment, Noel was quiet, then, he simply shrugged. "Being claimed, being not claimed, who cares. We're all in this mess, the difference is just that I know who to be angry at." He looked up ahead, spotting his cabin. He quickened his pace, wanting to already get away from Pippa. He hated when people told him to be grateful. The hand on his sword's handle tightened. Noel wanted to be left alone already.
(Cloverheart ✿) (I'm just sayin', getting Noel to like somebody is very hard.xD)
"I'm sure he'll warm up soon enough," Alex murmured, though even he didn't sound as confident. He'd tried countless times to make friends with him, and getting rejected each time hurt if he was being completely honest. "I just wish he wouldn't be so... mean about my attempts to befriend him." It was common knowledge that Alex just wanted to be nice to everybody, so not breaking through to somebody at all was something he wasn't used to.
He sighed a bit, then lightly punched Asher's shoulder. "How much longer do you want to stand around with me like that. It's embarrassing," he joked.
Ben had been walking toward the infirmary, but his gaze was caught when Katie waved, and he smiled, seeing her and Leo talking. He walked over, saying, "Hey, guys. I think I'm going to head off to the infirmary in case anybody's hurt, do you guys want to come?"
Brandon, hearing Valentine say something under her breath, raised an eyebrow at the unconscious girl. "Mkay, it's definitely infirmary time for you." He said, ducking his head and heading in.
Prue had listened to what the Hecate camper Joshua described as a lion which made her mind go straight back to the chimera from last year or could it be a different kind of monster that was similar to a big cat? Either way she didn't like the sound of it and she wanted to go see if she could go look for said-creature but doubted that the older campers- especially Sanaa or Percy would let her go look.
Chevy put the mallet back in its pen form and sticking it into her pocket and she was currently looking for her brother who she hadn't seen during the game at all or even before the game started, Where is Noel~? she thought to herself with her focus being distracted on looking for her cabin's counselor who despite being different from eachother she did care about him even if he didn't like her that much. "Oh Noel~ where are you~?" She called around once she got near the cabins.
"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 Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 3, 2016 11:43:15 GMT -5
"Pshhh, I'm good.. I don't need an imfurbary.." Valentine chuckled in a sleepy way, rolling her head back. Why did her head hurt? Why was there red stuff coming out of her nose? It smelled like iron. Or smelt. Haha.
"Darn it, Noel! Get back here!" Pippa started to chase after him, wanting to say something about Frosty the Snowman and hollering stop, but he entered his cabin, and she couldn't follow him in there." Crossing her arms, she stomped off to go find her brother. "Robiiiin! Where are you?"