"Decent!" Jamie laughed. "Try more. Swords won't get you places, only that." She was contradicting herself, really, as her only valuable skills were with a bow. What if the huntresses wanted her? They needed daggers, right?
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Florence put a hand on her hip, pulling out her sword. It was shiny, glittery, and clean. "You automatically hesitate, that's pulling back the bow. With a sword you just go for it." She told Jamie, handing back the bow. She tucked a curled strand of hair behind her ear. "You should try it."
"The training areas might be crowded but that simply just means more sparring partners." Nathan said two the two campers that walked with him but mainly with the Hades counselor who didn't do much sparring yet as ar that he knew of, "Also watch out for Chevy- she means well but she tends to go overboard..." Last time he had trained with the Dionysus camper -two years ago- he ended up in the infirmary with a broken arm, bruised ribs plus two sprained ankles but for some reason he manged to not get his face damaged.
Prue listened to the new information, "I see... I take it that you sparred with her before and doesn't she carry a giant mallet?" She repiled since she had seen the camper around sometimes and during the game with the mallet that looked comical but was also deadly. ---------------
Satoru knew that he couldn't block the sword as he wasn't that strong enough to do so but what he could do was dodge again, he jumped to the side to avoid the attack and hopped back a step to have space between the two of them so he could figure out his next move of attack. "How am I doing so far?" He asked to get the camper's opinion but had is guard up ready for the net strike.
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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...”
Jamie swallowed. Looking at the gleaming sword, it definitely was a beauty! "I guess, ha!" she needed to seem at least sorta experienced. Taking the sword into her hands, Jamie felt the weight of it. She put two hands on it and slashed the air. "Seems nice."
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Florence smiled, watching Jamie. "It's really fun to master." She said. "To me, at least." She looked at where her arrow had hit the target, shocked she had been able to hit it at all. Briefly remembering what she had thought about earlier, she said, "Hey, do you know my brother Leo? Looks like me, I think. Twins." She described him rather vaguely, picking at her nail polish absentmindedly a bit. She just asked because she was curious, and people usually didn't know they were twins until they stood next to each other, and even then people usually had met Leo before her.
Post by ★ღGingerheartღ★ on Sept 21, 2016 11:31:02 GMT -5
"I've definitely heard of him." Florence was, without a doubt, very pretty. Leo was almost just a boy version of her. Jamie, she told herself. No time for boys. The truth was in fact she thought he was cute, but wanted to stay close to her huntress dreams. Oh, geez, being a teen was confusing. But she was also a demigod- too tough.
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(To be honest I'm sick rn so my roleplay probably makes no sense whoops)
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Florence smiled. "Well, I'm probably going to go spar with him later if you want to come." She invited, already looking forward to practicing with her sword. Her brother had a dagger, so it was always fun to see how their games played out. She kind of wished Leo and he looked the same so they could be confusing in battle, kind of like Brooke and Freya. Although, it wasn't possible. Just to tease Jamie a bit, she added, "We don't bite, promise." With a joking wink at the end.
Short post for now because I'm not back home, just have internet for a little ))
Joshua laughed when he was punched in the shoulder. "You think you could drag me around?" he teased. "Oh please, I'm much too heavy for that." He probably wasn't, he just wanted to tease Ben a little.
Thinking more about the comment of him being taller, he rested his arm on Ben's shoulder with a large grin.
Katie stopped, playing around with her sleeve while answering. "It'd be awful if she did. Mostly for her, of course, but Alex would also be really upset about making somebody else upset." She really hoped that she was making sense, because she didn't at times.
Taking a small breath she tapped her fingers on her rapier's sheath. "And yes, they do have a good relationship. I'm a little surprised, honestly. Their personalities are very different at times."
Lucia looked over at that, tilling her head. "I can't remember ever fighting Chevy for real," she admitted with a curious gleam in her eyes. "I think it'd be interesting to try!~" She knew that Chevy was dangerous when fighting against, but that was about it.
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Alex stopped, taking a step backwards himself. "Pretty good!" he replied with a smile. "You're a quick learner!" He paused, then added, "But fighting monsters is different from fighting other people most of the time. Some monsters don't think as much as people, but they have other things aiding them, like long claws or fire breath. Have you read up on some monsters yet?"
He hated reading himself, but it was helpful when learning these things.
Ben rolled his eyes, although made no move to get Joshua's arm off his shoulder. "In exchange for protection, you can use me as an arm rest," he said with a snort, although his voice was lighthearted.
"When you fight her seriously- you'll never forget it nor the number of times you end up in the infirmary because of her...." Nathan joked lightly since that camper was one of the few that made him ending up at the infirmary more then most.
Prue grinned a bit, "You make her sound like a monster in battle compared to the actual monsters we fight." She pointed out with what she heard and seen from the Dionysus camper made her curious to see who would end up fighting, "You never forget your first fight with someone- be that monster or camper." She might have read a lot though she was lucky enough that her aunt could translate English to Greek which speaking of that she would see if anyone wanted copies of books but couldn't read it thanks to their dyslexia. -------------
"Thank you Alex!" Satoru manged to not fall back into Japanese this time though the boy's brightened face did grow a little pale at the mention of monsters which of course he feared all of them pretty much- especially those that wanted to kill him and that had happened on a daily basis before coming here though his cousin was meow of a target then he was. "N-No.... Not really.... It's perfectly normal to be afraid of them right?" He asked since he hoped that he wouldn't have to fight any of them but he knew this wasn't going to last forever.
"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 24, 2016 0:18:35 GMT -5
Serena thought for a moment, shifting her weight to better adjust to her sword. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Plus, Asher can be a little emotional sometimes, and it would suck if he harbored any ill will towards Valentine." She doubted that he would, but you never know with that boy.
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Joshua grinned at him, a spark of affection sweeping over him for a second. He did like spending time with Ben - he didn't care when Joshua mocked him. "Well, sounds good. Let's go search around some more for Manami, though." His voice was a little more serious when he mentioned it, but not nearly as serious as before. Joshua was slowly bouncing back to his usual personality.
Lucia grinned while listening to them, then did a little twirl before facing them again. "Honestly, Chevy seems like a lot of fun," she replied, eyes gleaming brightly. "I'd love to fight her!" She seemed to ignore everything said about how dangerous it was, as Lucia didn't fear injuries that much. She was confident in her skills, so she wasn't afraid.
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Alex smiled, dropping his guard completely before he let himself fall backwards onto a boulder to sit. He looked up at the younger boy while running a hand through his blond hair. "It's perfectly normal," he confirmed, but then locked eyes with him. "You should still read up on it at times, though. It's helpful to know what you're dealing with." His eyes trailed over to Asher and Nick, then back to Satoru. "We could look for some monsters in the forest later. There are weak ones, and we don't have to fight them, either. I could just tell you a bit about them while we're observing."
Katie nodded, but decided to drop the topic for now. She didn't like to gossip about people all that much, she'd just been curious in this case. Taking a deep breath, she drew her rapier. "Well, should we, uh, start? she mumbled out, suddenly feeling nervous. Her hands felt sweaty even before her first strike. She thought that Serena was nice, but at the same time, they hadn't talked too often, so she felt nervous around her. Now that she thought of it, there really wasn't anybody at camp who didn't make her feel a little nervous when they were talking directly to her.
(Thespians is calming down since our teachers out so my workload has gone down exponentially aayy.)
Percy needed to draw up plans for everything now. He had to accommodate the teachings of the new campers and pair them up with the right people. There was still more research to be done. Plus all his other counselor duties were still in play.
Of course Asher was taking the strange and intense path. Rather than a calm block, he struck back strongly. The goal was to disarm Nick, planing to lose his own weapon as well and take him down without weapons.
"You need a teacher. Which means you should start trying to get along with everyone a little more. I'm not a patient teacher so having me teach is probably not a good idea." She replied, Marinette wasn't a good student either. If she reached a rough spot she would just give up on the situation.