"I'll go," Vivi volunteered, moving over to Alex and taking a long look at Ben. She understood he might be scared for Manami, but the older teen hadn't slept all night. She knew it wouldn't even be worth trying to get him to sleep, as he'd want to stay up and try to help Joshua find her.
Ben, just as Vivi was expecting, turned to Joshua, "Have you checked the beach?" He knew she liked to swim, as she'd mentioned it previously while talking about school. He bit his lip. He finished his coffee quickly, figuring that he would need it for looking. "And, has anybody told Umiko?" His tone was calm, collected, and he was trying to keep panic from sinking in.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 5, 2016 9:16:22 GMT -5
Valentine frowned, running a hand through her unkempt hair. "Do you think.. she was kidnapped, somehow? Are you sure no one saw her after Capture the flag?" She tapped her foot, now a little worried. Someone going missing was a big deal. Especially if they've been missing for half a day and all night. "I'll go tell Umiko and check by the beach."
Serena grinned at her sister. "Well, Alex is busy, I think, so why don't I do.. this!" She had walked over to his bed and tugged at the blankets with abnormal strength, sending him sprawling onto the floor. She laughed and walked over, only to find.. he was still asleep. "Wow. You weren't kidding."
Alex nodded gratefully to Val when he heard she was going to tell Umiko. "While you tell Umiko, I think Ben and Joshua could start looking at the beach already. Though, you could ask around in the water if anybody has seen Manami go swimming there once you join up with them?" he suggested, running through plans already. "I'll go check out the forest with Vivi - we can meet up again here a bit before breakfast." He nodded to them, then started jogging off, waving for Vivi to follow. He would have liked to tell Umiko himself, but Val was the better choice. She was his sister, after all.
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Sanaa rolled her eyes. "Just let him sleep. I'll wake him up a bit before we have to go. Do you know if Willow and Ben are already up?" she asked after a moment, putting her comb away. It was still a bit early, but unlike Asher, others needed more time to get up and get ready.
Vivienne followed after Alex, her eyes sharp as she looked around. "Do you think it has something to do with the monster last night?" She asked, pulling her hair up into a ponytail. The fact that there was a monster in the camp in the first place was quite odd, but now a missing camper? How much of a coincidence could that be?
Ben looked at Joshua, eyes calm as he saw how the younger camper was concerned. "Let's go look. We'll find her somewhere," Ben encouraged, motioning for him to come on. He understood how Joshua could be scared. After all, it was his sister who had gone missing. If Riley had gone missing, Ben would go crazy.
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Umiko headed outside, but topped short outside his cabin when he heard his name in a conversation.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 5, 2016 9:40:19 GMT -5
Valentine glanced around, then went into a jog as she saw her brother. "Umi, I need your help. Manami's missing, we haven't seen her since after capture the flag yesterday. I'm gonna go ask the sea creatures if they've seen her swimming around, Alex and Joshua have a search party going, I think." She was starting to panic a little, but she sprinted down to the beach and waded quickly into the water. Sinking under, she sent out a message asking if anyone had seen Manami. All negative responses.
Serena kicked Asher's head for a second, then turned back to Sanaa. "Don't know about Willow, but Ben was in the infirmary all night with Valentine." Standing behind her sister, she reached out and started braiding her hair, which was pretty normal. "They're all talking about something outside, not sure what, though. I'll go check in a bit." Finishing the braid, Sere wrapped a hairtie around it to keep it sure. "Sorry, you can take it out if you want. ADHD kicked in, needed something to do."
"Maybe," Alex replied. "It's likely, but I can't say for sure." They knew too little, but he really hoped that the monster hadn't gotten to her. Taking a deep breath, he drew his sword when they got to the forest, just to feel safer. Whatever they ran across, if Alex managed to injure himself only through tripping or whatever, he felt like Percy was going to actually kill him. Or maybe Sanaa would beat him to it.
Glancing around, and squinting a bit when the rising sun blinded him, Alex said, "Let's be careful and cover as much of the field we used yesterday as possible."
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Joshua nodded. "I hope so," he said, then started moving. "She's not been at camp for long yet. If anything happened to her...." He trailed off, shook his head, and then picked up his pace to get to the beach. He really just hoped that Manami was alright. She was his only sibling, so he felt like he was supposed to look out for her, too.
Sanaa shrugged. "I don't really care. It keeps the hair out of my face," she replied, then reached for her glasses, putting them on. "I do wonder what's going on, however. But it should have time until after we're all dressed." At least, she hoped so.
Vivi nodded, gaze all over the place as she looked around for a head of black hair. "She hasn't been taught to fight yet," She mumbled, half to herself. Manami had really only been trained to participate in capture the flag, which wouldn't do any good in a real fight against a monster. She could feel her weapon, as she brought it everywhere, and kept a hand on it.
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Ben kept up with Joshua, easily understanding that he was anxious. He was glad he'd brought his bag out of the infirmary with him, as it had some basic supplies just in case. He knew Umiko would probably find them somewhere as well, seeing as he was probably afraid of what happened to his sister. Ben didn't really want to mention the potential connection between the monster from last night and her disappearance. Considering he'd been in the infirmary with Val the whole time, he didn't know what had been going on outside. "Nobody's seen her since the game?" He asked, making eye contact.
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Umiko raised an eyebrow at the nickname Val gave him, but everything he thought about that was pushed out of his mind as quickly as it came in. He quickly ran outside, and not seeing anybody, figured he'd check the field, since people may have been cleaning up. Seeing a flash of Vivi's red hair, he ran over, seeing her with Alex.
Alex had been about to reply when he heard rapidly approaching footsteps. He spun around, but relaxed the grip on his weapon slightly when he noticed that it was only Umiko. Alex was honestly at a loss of words, though. He could figure that Val had told him, and he did look worried. Alex wasn't sure what to tell him, so he nodded to him, then went back to looking around. Whatever he could say right now wouldn't help, anyway. If Umiko talked first, he had something to go off of.
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"I don't think so," Joshua replied while walking. "I figured she went off to find Umiko when Sanaa dragged me off, and I thought she was already asleep when I got back and went to bed." He shook his head, running a hand through his hair. "I should have realized that the monster attacking me was only the beginning. You know, I'm sure that if the monster had been out to kill, it would've managed to kill me during the game easily." It had to have been a warning.
Umiko bit his lip, walking over to Alex and Vivienne, and his eyes were cast down a bit. "Do you know where she went?" He asked simply, hoping for an answer. Even now, he was just as quiet as ever. He knew the reply would be a no, but he just had to ask anyways.
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Ben winced when Joshua said the monster easily could've killed him, as it wasn't something he really wanted to think about. "Warning signs. Great." He said sarcastically, although it was light hearted. They neared the beach, and Ben sped up a bit to look at the water. It was basically still, and Manami was nowhere to be seen. "I don't think she's here."
Post by ScarletteBlake on Sept 5, 2016 10:33:05 GMT -5
~Jasmine's left for Salt Lake, so she's gone forever~ Scarlette walks out the door, her arms crossed and the little makeup she wore, smudged. "Someone looks like a hot mess." Jayce calls out as he walks past, Scarlette grumbling under her breath as she continues to the pavilion. Willow waves, Scarlette moving over to sit next to her. "Where's Jas?" Justin asks, Scarlette glancing at him. "Salt Lake by now." Scarlette answers, her head hitting the table.
Of course her shouting couldn't wake up asher. He was snoring away without a care in the world, having no idea about what was going on with masanori missing.
Percy on the other hand, who was up for a while and knew of the situation, through himself into work. After research, wanting to think of as many possible options, he would go to nick and see about investigating again. There were dangers at camp, some die, he was well aware of that. But if this had relation to last years incident he promised to himself he would put a stop to it.
Oliver was somewhere between the two, awake and back at his hidden tree,or at least hidden from everyone aside from nick currently, but was unaware of the situation with manami. Of course,he wouldn't really care either way, he hadn't had much interaction with her.
"Not yet," Alex admitted quietly, walking a bit further. "But don't worry, we'll find her." The question was just how soon they'd find her, but Alex was positive that she was alright. A gruesome idea came to him, one which he didn't want to mention around Umiko, but he wanted to ask Nick later if he had felt anybody dying. He was really hoping to cross that possibility of his list as soon as possible. His reasons for not letting the others in on that plan were obvious enough - he didn't want Umiko to freak out even more.
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Joshua clenched his fists. "Of course. It can't be that easy, can it?" he asked, then shook his head with a sigh. "Let's ask around a bit if anybody has seen her. I think Vivi and Alex should be fine on their own, I don't want to distract them while searching."
Nick was already awake and dressed, though he was still lying on his bed, staring up at the ceiling. He was unaware of what was going on right now, but was reflecting on the search for the monster he'd done with Percy the day before. They hadn't found anything at all, not even paw prints, which was bothering him. If nothing else came up, he'd head back into the forest himself a bit to look around more, maybe even go into the deeper parts of it.
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A few moments passed before Sanaa got up, leaning down to pinch Asher's left arm hard. Wasn't her preferred method of waking him, but it had to do for now. "Hey, lover boy, time to get up. There was some kind of commotion around the Athena cabin not too long ago," she said in annoyance. If she didn't wake Asher before leaving, nobody else would get him up.
Ben gave Joshua a look with a bit of sympathy, putting a hand on his shoulder. "We'll find her, okay? With everybody looking, she'll turn up somewhere." He said hopefully. "We can search the borders if you want." He suggested, figuring it was very possible something could happen around there.
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Umiko was freaking out, although very inwardly, as this situation reminded him of Emily, his younger sister. One second she was there, the next she was gone. He didn't respond to Alex, and simply nodded at Vivi when she reassured him. The only way somebody could tell he was worried were his eyes, as they looked a bit different than usual, more nervous.
"I'm hoping so. I'm just worried because all I've taught her so far are very basic mist manipulation things. And even those are hard when you're new to it," he said. He felt really bad about not having noticed her disappearance earlier, but he'd rolled over and fallen asleep after getting into bed the other day. He nodded when Ben suggested searching around the borders. "But let's see if we can find some more people to help us search first."
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As an Athena camper, Alex noticed details easily, so he saw how worried Umiko was and bit his lip. "Look, Umiko. I promise on the River Styx that I'll find her," he said without thinking too much of it. If he broke that promise now, something bad would happen to him. Of course, he didn't know that he'd find her, just not in the way he'd imagined. He nodded to Vivi, then climbed up a few boulders to look around some more. Alex was determined, and he wasn't going to stop searching easily.
Umiko's eyes shot up to Alex, and along with a grateful look, he told his friend, "Please. Don't swear on that." He joined Alex is climbing, hoping that if she was there he would see her. Well, he was sure he would. Vivi stayed below, looking around to see if she could find anything down there. Umiko looked down at her, and she shook her head.
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Ben looked Joshua straight in the eye. He was pretty decent at reading people, and one of his best friends wasn't all that difficult. "It wasn't your responsibility to teach her or anything, don't blame yourself," He said lightly, before nodding and continuing to walk. Maybe Imogen would help them look? "We can go ask Imi." He suggested.