Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 11, 2016 12:31:16 GMT -5
Valentine perked up a little. "Hobbies, huh? Let's see.. I like to.." She thought for a moment. What did she like? It was more of what she could do, really. "I can play the piano." She mentioned. She didn't like telling people this too much, but she could trust Umiko.
Umiko nodded, acknowledging what she said. "That's cool." His voice was quiet, but genuine. He didn't really think he'd ever be good at an instrument, as he's much rather be swimming or something if he had that kind of free time. "How long have you been going to camp?" His voice had taken on it's normalities, like how brisk it tended to be, and how it was all monotonous. That was just him, though.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 11, 2016 16:11:42 GMT -5
Valentine thought for a moment. "Let's see.. I've been going for around.. three? Yeah, three years." When she was 12, she was shipped off to camp. She remembered it pretty clearly, but still went home during the other seasons. "Oh, speaking of which, I need to iris-message my mom. I'll do it sometime later today." She figured that with the dissapearance, she would need to go home if it got too dangerous. "Hey, Umi? Do you think I'm a good sister?" Being an only child, she wouldn't really know.
Umiko nodded to Val as she answered his question, although his eyes narrowed when she asked one herself. Seeing as he never really spoke much in general let alone reassured people, the only thing he could possible think to say was, "Of course you are." His tone was rather firm, and his eyes glinted, like he was trying to get his point across without much of an explanation.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 11, 2016 16:46:30 GMT -5
Valentine smirked, reckognizing his awkward nature. She punched him in the arm affectionately, then got up, pulling him up with her. "I was gonna go by the stables. Come with me, we can let the Pegasi join our conversation." Again, thank you Poseidon, for the ability to speak with equine creatures. It was awesome.
Umiko let himself be pulled to his feet with ease, jokingly rubbing at the shoulder his sister punched a bit. "Maybe they've seen Manami," He suggested quietly, the fact of her missing still hanging over his head. His voice was less awkward, more anxious, and he started walking, stopping a few steps away to wait for Val.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 11, 2016 18:09:16 GMT -5
Valentine quickly caught up with him, shoving her hands in her pockets. "Hey, you never know. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that you're never safe from the ears of Pegasi. They know everything that happens." With a light skip in her step, Val led them both to the stables. Opening up the door, she pulled some sugar cubes out she had been hiding in her jacket pocket. All at once, the winged horses cheered.
Umiko, although nobody would guess it, was actually quite good with animals. There was a bit of a spark in his eyes when placed a hand on a Pegasus, hearing it neigh in response. "Can I have one?" He asked Val, referring to the sugar cubes. He spent less time in the stables than he'd like to, honestly.
Post by Lily~Myth on Sept 11, 2016 19:37:17 GMT -5
((If CHB was real I would like to be Poseidon child- SPEAKING WITH THE EQUINE WOULD BE AWESOME))
"Yeah we do.... I guess heading over now would be a good idea..." Henry said once noticing that most of the counselors that had been in the pavillion have either already left or leaving to go to the big house for the meeting, he had promised one of the unclaimed campers Masanori that he would teach him the basics of fighting in order to help the kid, "Hey Alex..., if you don't mind I promised Masanori that I would teach him some basic fighting moves so that he could defend himself- could you maybe take over for awhile?" He asked the Athena Camper since who better to teach battle strategies /that didn't Involve running head first into a fight\ besides the new camper needed to make some more friends too as he had also pointed out the new kid who was sitting at the Hermes table.
Chevy was currently stacking the empty sodas cans into a tall mountain stack that was half her height which she only kept on adding to the art by having her fiftieth one but she suprisingly didn't have one speck nor drop on her shirt which many would suspect.
Masanori had his brown eyes wide when he saw the little mountain that the Dionysus camper was making out of sodas, "....that can't be healthy at all..." He muttered to the amount that the camper had been drinking but made sure to say it quietky to himself.
"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...”
Robin thought on that for a moment. The logic checked out, didn't it? Canada was the last place they knew their mother had been, and while he couldn't say he was expecting to find her there, it was the best lead they had. While a land beyond the gods seemed frightening, they'd survived just fine without their help so far, hadn't they? "Okay." He agreed, fiddling with the string of his bow and ensuring that it was tuned correctly. "Canada it is. Is there anything else you want to do before we go?"
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Sept 11, 2016 20:55:42 GMT -5
Valentine glanced over as he spoke. She was hesitant, wondering if he was going to give it to the horse or eat it himself. In the end, she tossed one over and fed another to Socks. It is greatly appreciated, my lady. And how are you today, my lord? The gray Pegasus added, looking over at Umiko. Val just rolled her eyes.
Pippa thought for a moment. "Not really. We just have to talk to Valentine and write a note. So why don't we write a note first and then go get the pegaus?" She said, sitting down next to him and watching him fiddle with his bow. (Haha, get it?) "Oh, yeah, I need my dagger." She set the backpack down in front of herself. "While I get that, go through and make sure we have everything we need."
Umiko gave the sugar cube to the pegasus, but blushed a bit when it called him 'my lord'. He sat down, getting into a comfortable position on the floor before saying a bit hesitantly, "I'm fine, thank you." He still wasn't used to the fact that they could speak to him, considering this was his first summer at camp. Honestly, he wouldn't mind just spending a day sitting in the stables, as he enjoyed having a bit of busywork. He looked at Val, waiting for her to say something, since he wasn't much in the mood to talk (shocker).
Post by Lily~Myth on Sept 11, 2016 21:16:02 GMT -5
Nathan and Prue made it to the big house where the meeting was take into place with some counselors already there with both of the campers takening their own seats to wait for the meeting to start once everyone was accounted for.
"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 11, 2016 21:17:21 GMT -5
Valentine finished feeding the sugar cubes to the Pegasi and sat down by Umiko. Unsure of what to do, she slowly leaned and gave him a sisterly hug. "Hey, we're gonna find Manami, okay? She'll be okay. Don't worry about it." She wasn't sure if she was helping, but she figured this was the best she could do.
Umiko sighed, leaning on her a bit self-consciously. "I know. Or at least I hope so." He was actually grateful that they were in such a quiet place, as the business of the day and all the people worrying was a bit overwhelming. "Alex swore on the River Styx he'd find her though." His voice was still as ever, all though one could see concern in his eyes if they looked hard enough.