Asher whined and pulled himself away from the pinch. "Five more minuuutes~" He covered his face with the blanket, as if it hid him from Sanaa's wrath. He did this with soccer games as well, every time he exerted a lot of energy, he would sleep everything off for hours. Of course, when at camp, there was Sanaa who didn't just roll over when he tried something stupid.
Oliver couldn't seem to concentrate at the moment, ever since the capture the flag game he had been restless. Not to mention seeing Nick summon skeletons was one of the coolest things he had ever seen and wanted to learn how to do it as well. Of course, he wouldn't show his enthusiasm about it openly.
Alex let out a breathy laugh. "Well, it's too late now, anyway. C'mon, let's look a bit further. We'll have to head back soon enough," he said, walking on a bit. He left his sword drawn for any signs of danger, but so far, everything was quiet.
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Joshua nodded. "Sounds like a good idea," he agreed. "Maybe Lucia as well?" The short girl was always determined, and usually that also made everybody with her feel better. It wasn't like she could do anything extraordinary while they were searching, but maybe she could lift their spirits a bit.
Sanaa huffed, pulling the blanket away to pinch his cheek. "Nope. You're getting up now. I want to know why my brother went to the forest, and I'm waking you up before I go ask," she said simply. If she didn't do this, Asher would still be asleep by the time she got back. When she had been less experienced, she'd once done that, and it hadn't ended well.
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After a few more minutes, Nick got up and put on his shoes. He fastened his sword sheath to his belt before he stepped outside. The air was nice, and he couldn't help but breathe in deeply. It was still a little bit until dinner, but he felt more energetic the moment he saw the sun already. When he had been younger, people had often joked about him being a child of Apollo for his love of the sun. He didn't particularly like Apollo more than any of the other gods, but at least the sun was something good.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 5, 2016 12:09:11 GMT -5
Valentine ran back to them, panting and upset but dry. "She hasn't been seen swimming. I'm sorry!" She ran a hand through her hair, biting her lip. "I don't know where she is. I'm so sorry." She didn't know why she felt responsible, but she sure did feel useless.
Serena waved good-bye to her sister and went to go see what the commotion was about. "Hey, Alex, can you wake Asher--hey, what's wrong?" She noticed the worries expression on their faces.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Sept 5, 2016 12:12:50 GMT -5
September sits next to Scarlette, looking over the head of her to Willow. "Jas is in Salt Lake." Willow says and September nods her head. "Why?" "Dad's sick. In the hospital." September looks confused, then nods her head. "Okay.." Willow shrugs.
Ben opened his mouth, actually about to suggest Manami, but shut it just as fast before he made the mistake. "Yeah, sure." Ben told Joshua with a small smile. It was pretty bad seeing the worry on his face, it was so unlike Joshua. He'd probably sell him his own soul if he asked for it with that facial expression. Seeing Imogen exit her cabin, he waved her over, and she ran to go meet them. Explaining their situation, she agreed to help easily. "Let's go find Lucia?" He suggested, looking to Joshua.
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Umiko nodded, although he was probably going to stay out by himself and look. He didn't really have an appetite, and probably couldn't eat if he tried. Now he not only had to find Manami because she was missing, but Alex had also sworn... Quite a lot on it. He was grateful, though, for sure, and wasn't quite sure how to tell his friend.
I hate to say it clover, but Alex and Vivi are long gone. :'D))
Joshua nodded. "Maybe she's still around her cabin," he said hopefully, nodding to Val absentmindedly when he heard her. Joshua bit his cheek, then shook the worried expression off his face. He wasn't going to stay this worried, rather, he'd have to look for Manami with a calm mind. ...if only it was that easy.
Luckily enough, to blonde Zeus camper was just leaving her cabin when they arrived, so Joshua filled her in quickly. Lucia was quiet for a moment, then gave him a pat on the back with a smile. "Don't worry, we'll find her," she said.
Alex caught his look and frowned a bit. "You're not staying out here alone, alright? The forest had always been dangerous, even more so now with all that's been going on," he said a bit sternly. He knew Umiko was worried, but he wasn't going to let him walk into danger. Alex paused as he saw the stream, then headed across it. "C'mon, let's check over there."
Ben gave both girls a grateful smile before starting to walk, waiting a few steps away for the others. "Should we check the borders next?" He asked, though his eyes were on Joshua. They wouldn't have much more time to look, so he figured they should move pretty fast if they wanted more of a chance of finding her. He ran a hand through his hair, waiting for a response.
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Umiko nodded, deciding not to argue with Alex. It would be much easier for him to just sneak out later, after all. He was sure that Alex wouldn't notice if he got out quietly during breakfast. Though, an idea popped up in his mind, and he asked, "Maybe she left a note in the cabin? Joshua probably checked, though." He got rid of the idea quickly. Honestly, he had a phone, and he was strongly considering leaving camp and calling her, just to see if she would pick up.
"Uuuuugh fiiiINE!~" Asher through the blanket and Sanaa in attempt to cover her with it to be an annoyance. "I'm up, I'm up." He huffed, rubbing his cheek then arm that she had pinched harshly. "Be more gentle with me, I'm fragile~" Th blond stuck his tongue out immaturely.
Oliver finally gave up trying to relax, after all that happened he was too anxious to just sit around all day. So, he'd try and see if he could get his first session in with Nick. Jumping easily from the tree, he stuffed his hands in his pockets as he headed towards the Hades cabin. Thinking of how he wanted to word it along the way as to not seem to eager. This wasn't to make friends or anything, he wanted to learn dangerous skills.
"Yeah, let's do a quick check around the borders and then go eat breakfast," Joshua agreed, though he still didn't seem as cheerful as usually. But even he knew that it wouldn't help anybody if they skipped breakfast and continued searching.
Lucia nodded. "That sounds good. We could split up to search more ground faster, though. I doubt anything is going to attack us at the borders, really."
"Joshua seemed pretty distraught, I'm sure he already checked everywhere in the cabin," Alex said with a sympathetic smile. He really was feeling for Umiko. He could only imagine how he'd react if Sanaa just disappeared from one day to the other. The clearing the arrived in was familiar to Alex and he stopped. "The flag was here yesterday, so let's search a bit around here. Joshua wasn't too far away, so maybe Manami wasn't far, either." It was wishful thinking, but Alex hoped that it would get resolved quickly.
Sanaa didn't look amused at all when Asher threw the blanket over her. Secretly, she was glad that Serena had braided her hair, because it would've gotten messed up otherwise. Pulling the blanket down, she threw it back onto Asher without another word, though she couldn't help but roll her eyes a few moments later. "I don't know where you get the idea from that you're fragile," she huffed, crossing her arms. "So, do you want to come check out what's going on, too, or not?" She didn't really care, but thought that asking was the nice thing to do.
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Nick yawned a bit, stretching. He'd throw a thin black jacket over his camp shirt, because it was a bit cool in the mornings, in his opinion. Well, unless he went for a jog or trained a bit, but he usually didn't do that before breakfast. Opening his eyes again, he spotted Oliver and waved. "What's up?" he asked simply, rubbing his eyes a bit. He wasn't as bad as Asher in the mornings, but he did prefer staying up later over getting up early.
Ben nodded, looking toward Joshua. "I'll go with you?" He asked. Well, it looked like it was back to the two of them. If Joshua wanted to partner with him, however.
Imi seemed to agree. "That'll probably work better." She took one look at Ben, who looked like he needed sleep, but hey, maybe he was just anxious. "Okay. We'll go one way and you guys can go the other." She suggested, trying to sound just a tad cheerful, hopefully rubbing off on the others.
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Umiko didn't reply to Alex for a while. A blonde little girl showed up in his mind. "Emily," he whispered to himself absentmindedly, too quiet for anybody else to hear. He then looked up again, saying, "I bet he's still looking.. Next time we see another person searching we should ask where they've been so that we don't look in the same place." His voice was calmer, and it seemed like he was getting his grip again.
By the way, if anybody's looking for a character to interact with, Cecilia, Katie, Noel and Freya are open (just know what you're getting into when interacting with either Cecilia or Noel x'D))
Joshua nodded as a reply. "Sounds good." He really didn't mind going with Ben - it did seem to calm him down a bit, funnily enough. He nodded once again when Imi spoke up. "Alright, let's do that. See you three in a bit. Let's go, Ben." Joshua seemed to perk up a bit when he went off. With so many people searching, they had to find something, right?
Lucia smiled at Valentine and Imogen. "Alright girls, let's search the other part~" she beamed, though her voice held a surprisingly serious undertone. She was worried, because missing campers were never a good sign.
Alex turned around after searching through a bush, only to hiss a bit when he cut himself on a thorn, as he hadn't looked where he was putting his fingers when listening. Putting the bleeding finger into his mouth to suck on it and make it stop faster, he mumbled something out that sounded like 'yeah, sounds like a plan. I bet a lot of people are searching by now.' He wrinkled his nose at the taste of blood in his mouth, then finally pulled his finger away and wiped the rest off on his pants.
"Alright, let's go a bit farther before we head back. I don't want to leave Vivi alone for too long." (♛Sera♛)
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Prue was already awake and dressed though she currently was currently tying her hair into a side braid with her being finished no less then a minute, she was unaware of what was going on in camp as she was a little tired only because she didn't sleep well last night but she wasn't going to let that distract her and she soon left the Hades cabin to see her two brothers.
Henry was already up and waiting for most of the campers in his cabin to be up, he had a big plan of teaching them the art of building things to be more specific traps from pitfalls to throwing rocks being catapulted in the air which he had to be careful to not go overboard like last year. "Morning everyone!"
Masanori grumbled as he woke up to hear the Hermes camper since he was not a morning person at all or he just didn't like being woken up by him. "Oi, what time is it?" He asked though he sounded vey much annoyed despite the teen being oblivous to the grumpy kid.
Nathan was in the dining pavillion eating some strawberry jam toast, he actually woke up earlier to spar in the arena before the other campers woke up and also it was much cooler then trying to train in the heat of the afternoon though the only flaw was that their was no one to spar with really at the moment.
"Strawberry....blueberry....soda....rootbeer....Coke...sugar..." Chevy was talking in her sleep which was normal but took time to get use to and she had bad bed hair with strands of her dyed blonde hair covering her face and she would have stayed asleep if not for sunlight coming though the windows, "aw gods why? It's too early..."
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"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...”
Ben smiled at Joshua absentmindedly, but was taken from his thoughts when he was beckoned. He followed, moving at the same quick pace. He was glad that he was cheering up a bit, as it would probably be better to search in a more positive mood.
Imi nodded, clapping her hands. "Alright, we've got a girl to find." She said as they walked. She pictured the black haired girl in her head, keeping a look out for her friend.
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Umiko nodded, but didn't make eye contact with Alex as he kept looking. He saw him cut his finger, but he seemed to be okay. "Me neither. Who knows what's down there." He said, sighing. He was fine hanging out with Vivienne, but much more willing to talk in front of Alex. "Do you think Manami wandered off and something happened? I can't really see her going off without telling anybody." He said with a grimace.
Asher shook his head, "Oh jeez... Yeah, I'll join you." It would take far too long if he were to actually get ready, so he was going out in a black tank top, batman pajama pants, and finally touched up with messy hair. Which would be a rare sight since he rarely left the cabin without full maintenance.
Oliver tried to keep up a calm look, he had to keep telling himself not to seem to eager. Of course, the moment that he had to actually speak he got embarrassed and annoyed that he was seriously asking. "I wanted to..... see about.... the training." He silently cursed at himself for his awkwardness, he wasn't a good communicator and must seem ridiculous to others at this state.
Robin was about as far away from a morning person as you could humanly get. So when Pippa arrived all too suddenly, the boy let out an annoyed, semi-coherent mumble along the lines of, "Later, Pippa, tired." Unless the camp was on fire, it could wait another five minutes. It could probably wait another minute even if that was exactly what was happening. With that, he rolled back over on his side and promptly drifted back off to sleep.