"So, letting somebody fall asleep or pass out during a concussion is always a bad idea?" Alex asked to make sure. He would've figured as much, but he wanted Ben's confirmation. Ben was older than him, not to mention as an Apollo camper he had to deal with a lot, so Alex figured that he could learn lots of things around him. "What can you do to figure out how bad it is?"
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"I'd have to agree," she said with a small smile, giggling a bit. "I love all of them, but I can't stand lots of people in small spaces. I feel suffocated when that's the case." It was especially troublesome at school when people were pushing each other around while trying to rush to their buses.
Asher soon got back, but had a frown on his face as he heard the conversation. "Aleeeex, why is he who you're going to for this stuuuuuff" He was competitive with everything, so the fact that his boyfriend was asking someone else that he knew got him a little 'annoyed.' It wasn't something serious, just him being an attention hog.
"Let's walk while we talk." He said, anyone who had something to do with the quest would get what he was worried about if they kept talking about it. So, he started walking at a firm, brisk pace to get away from everyone and to start their search.
Marinette huffed, "Be careful..." She muttered, while Cecilia wasn't the kindest, she would feel bad if something bad happened because of this attitude.
("sera why is there a concussion symptom website in your browser history")
Ben had Valentine sit up a bit, eye contact changing between her and Alex as he explained. "It really depends. In a hospital, they'd have some fancy equipment, like for example, they'd do an MRI or CT. Here, though, I just have to make sure she's awake right now. In a bit she can fall asleep, and I'll just have to wake her every couple hours or so." He told the younger boy. Honestly, he loved talking about what he knew about medicine, and didn't mind a bit.
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Leo nodded, still smiling. "I can relate to that." He told her, a bit of a skip in his step. It was dark out, and unlike most people, he adored getting to be in complete darkness. "It's also dark, which for some reason I love, so being outside right now is something I'd prefer for sure," said, looking in the opposite direction of camp and seeing almost nothing but trees.
Alex glanced at Asher, rolling his eyes in an overly dramatic way. "Because," he started, pausing to make his next words dramatic enough, even though they weren't. "Ben's in college, and he's also trying to become what I want to become. Simple reasons, really." Maybe he hadn't told Asher yet that he was interested in becoming a doctor, but hey, now he knew. It wasn't unknown that Ben was trying to become a doctor, after all. With a smile, he kissed Asher's cheek before turning his attention back to Ben.
"Sounds reasonable," he replied. "What do you have to do when waking her every couple hours? Ask her if she's feeling alright?"
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Katie bit her lip a bit. "I think the darkness is some big unknown. Honestly, it scares me most of the time," she murmured, looking around a bit. The trees almost seemed haunting to her most of the time, but even more so at the moment.
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Nick nodded, following after Percy. He was curious, but he understood Percy's reasons for finding a place without people. If his guess was right, it wouldn't be too pleasant for others to get concerned through their words.
The moment they came closer to the forest again, Nick's hand wandered to his sword, ready to draw it when needed.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 4, 2016 12:29:27 GMT -5
The nectar and ambrosia had helped a lot. Valentine was sitting up now, silently listening to their conversations. She was still dizzy and words were being received in bits and pieces, but she could understand for the most part who was there. Alex--how nice of him to come check on her--Asher, Ben, and Brandon were still there. Well, she thought. In the back of her mind, it was kind of them to all come check on her. In the front of her mind, however, everyone was fuzzy and their words were muffled. Her head swayed a little bit. She was tired.
Serena had followed after Leo and Katie, seeing as the room was a little crowded.
Ben nodded, although that wasn't the complete answer. "Yeah, how she's feeling is definitely important, but I also have to check for a bunch of symptoms that could tell me how bad it is." He explained, before remembering that she'd come with Brandon and looked over at the taller boy. "Hey, did she have any of these symptoms?" He listed off multiple, Brandon nodding a bit before replying.
"Yeah, she had slurred speech. She also couldn't walk, I had to carry her." He told the brunette, running a hand through his hair.
Ben started to look a little bit more concerned, although he simply nodded, thanking Brandon and looking back at everybody. "If anybody sees Riley, can they tell her that I'll be in here all night? I think she wanted to swim or something," He explained, seeing Brandon nod once more. "I'll wake her back up in a bit to check the size of her pupils." He directed that comment toward Alex, seeing as he still seemed to be interested in what Ben was talking about.
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Leo smiled at her, jumping and latching himself onto a branch briefly before dropping down again, wiping a bit of bark off his hands. "Well, we're safe at camp." Then, going back to his normal joking attitude, he winked, saying, "I'll protect you anyways," His voice was clearly joking, and he couldn't help but to laug after he finished his sentence.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 4, 2016 12:42:32 GMT -5
Valentine slumped forward a little bit. She didn't really feel like talking, nor had the energy to, but somewhere in her brain she hoped that one of her siblings, either Riley or Umiko, would bring her stuffed shark. She had heard Ben say 'all night', and if she had to stay in this strange room that was strangely tilted sideways, she'd rather have her shark with her.
Asher pouted at Alex's answer, though a solution worked his way into his mind. "Alright. Well then, I'm your personal nurse~ You're under my care, I'll nurse you to perfect health~"
We had quite the run in with a chimera who was the goddess little pet." It had been guarding Prue and him while they were trapped. If they were still being targeted, it would make sense for it to have been a chimera.
Alex nodded seriously while listening to Ben, as he was interested in everything Ben was saying. When Asher spoke up, his words caught Alex so off-guard that he laughed, then put a hand in front of his mouth to muffle it, so as to not distract or wake anybody. He took a few moments to calm down, then looked at Asher. While he tried to look serious, his giant smile said otherwise, "Asher, first of all, isn't that picking favorites? And secondly, my wounds should be gone by like tomorrow."
He had been about to ask Ben something else when the door opened. In came Sanaa and... Joshua? Alex snorted when he saw his sister drag the taller camper along. Figures that she wouldn't just let him leave with all of those scratches. Alex waved at Joshua, who waved back.
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Katie blushed a bit at that, rubbing her cheeks to play it off hopefully. "Ah, well," she started, then turned when she noticed Serena trying to catch up to them and smiled at her. "Hi, Serena." They were both kind people from what she knew, so she didn't mind them.
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"A chimera, huh?" Nick mused. "That was my first guess when he had described it. But, you realize what that means if there is a chimera running loose in the forest?" A chimera didn't really appear in the forest normally, so if it really was the case, they were all in danger. Though, Nick couldn't help but have an excited gleam in his eyes. He'd show the goddess just what he thought about her attacking the camp while he was gone if they found her.
Ben seemed to perk up a bit as Joshua came in, even if he didn't realize it himself. He waved at the two as they entered, smiling before turning himself to be sitting beside Valentine. He pulled his legs up criss-cross style. "I'll wake her up in about half an hour." He said, somewhat to himself before looking around for more injuries. "Does anybody need help with anything?" He asked, wanting something to do so it would be easier to stay awake.
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Leo turned when Katie said hello to Serena, grinning and waving at her as well. "Joining us?" He asked, clearly not minding at all, if anything, he looked a bit excited to be outside with a few friends. He couldn't see all that well, though, and chuckled as he almost tripped over a branch. He'd heard it crack underneath his foot, and his foot was about to slip from underneath him, but he stumbled forward a bit and caught his balance just in time.
Joshua was about to open his mouth, only to let out a choked noise when Sanaa dragged him along again and shoved him down to sit. "I'm taking care of your cuts now," she announced sternly. "You'll probably only need ambrosia, but I still want to make sure they won't get infected. Who knows what dirt you got into them during the game." After those words, she walked off to fetch what she needed, with Joshua chuckling.
"Man, your sister is scary, Alex," he commented, which made said Athena camper laugh a bit himself.
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"Be careful," Katie warned, having moved forward to help him if he had ended up tripping. She didn't want any injuries now. That was also a part she disliked of the darkness - your vision was always worse than during the day.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 4, 2016 13:53:02 GMT -5
Serena grinned a jogged a little to catch up. "Here I am! What's up, you two? Did I interrupt anything?" She was sort of used to doing that, since more than a few of her siblings were in relationships. She had a skip in her step, pulling up alongside Leo and smiling at the two of them.
Valentine, still half-awake, had slouched down. She tugged on Ben's shirt for a second, mumbling, "Tell. Riley.. Rin.." Then fell asleep again. Hopefully her sister remembered that Rin was the name of her shark, and would bring it.
Leo thanked Katie, before smiling at Serena and shaking his head. "Nah, we were just talking." He told her cheerfully, jumping to hit the tree leaves like a kid. "Got bored of the infirmary?" He asked, starting to walk backwards. He figured that since he couldn't see much in the first place, it wouldn't make much of a difference, right?
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Ben listened to Valentine carefully, considering it was a bit difficult since she was slurring a little, and nodded to himself, standing up. "Has anybody seen my sister?" He asked, figuring somebody might know where she'd gone off to. Now that he thought about it, it'd been awhile since he'd seen her.
Brandon nodded. "I saw her on my way here with Valentine, she was on her way to her cabin." He told the shorter boy. "I'll go tell her, you can stay with Val." He said, heading out the door. The fresh air felt nice, since the infirmary was a bit full.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 4, 2016 14:14:04 GMT -5
Serena shrugged. "Yeah. There's only so much to do with four people crowding around a delusional person calling people names." She laughed momentarily at how silly that sounded. "Hey, so, what do you guys think of the whole 'monster in the forest thing', and why did it attack someone?"
"Nope~! This is a first time- also they say it's a lion which means it's a chimera maybe I honk there might be another lion-monsters but I'm not sure and that isn't natural for it to even be in the forest!" Chevy repiled though she was talking much longer then it should have but it was normal for those that knew her both personally and hearing about her.
Masanori walked into the Hermes cabin to see two unclaimed teens who he guessed were Pippa and Robin which he didn't know them well enough as he went over to his bed to makes sure nothing was taken that belonged to him, After being here a week they know better then to try to steal from me again.... he thought to himself which thankfully nothing had been stolen yet which he was happy about.
(Cloverheart ✿, I'm laughing my head off about Valentine X3)
(Prue and Nathan are up for interaction)
"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...”