Sanaa had already put her fork onto a piece of bacon, but when Serena spoke up, she just pushed it around a little on her plate. A frown was etched onto her face as she thought of what to say. "Yeah, we're probably leaving either late at night today or early in the morning tomorrow. Though, I'd say we should leave at night, because I still have to drive us to the closest harbor and get the car from my mom first." She shook her head a little, picking the bacon up and eating a piece. Sanaa swallowed before adding, "Either way, I'm just hoping that nothing bad happens until then." Of course, at this point she was still unaware of Oliver missing.
Nick nodded a little at that. "Most of my family died from a monster attack, so I can understand that completely," he admitted. He pushed his plate a little to the side to lean on the table with his elbows. "Once you've finished breakfast, we can go look for Oliver some more. Though sadly, I believe that we'll have to inform Chiron that he's missing after all."
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 9, 2016 16:42:08 GMT -5
Serena was silent for a moment, then sighed and looked away. "Well, I'm sure you'll have fun smack-talking Dad." She was worried, to be honest, with everything that had been going on. All the gods were being quiet, people were dissapearing, now a bunch of strong campers were being sent overseas to go talk to Apollo.
Prue was already finished by the time Nick had suggested they go see Chiron, "Let's get going then." She said with her feeling a pit of dread and guilt in her stomach from not really watching out for their little brother but also from getting caight up in her nightmares or what even the underworld that goddess was doing to them to mess up their minds.
(Sorry if short)
"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...”
(( Henry, Satoru, Chevy and Nathan are both open though they all are in their respective cabins- Prue is with her brother Nick in the pavilion ))
"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...”
*sings quietly* when will my free time return from war)
"Don't mention it," Sanaa replied with a roll of her eyes. "I've never quite gotten along with our father, to be honest. I fail to understand how my mother could end up liking him. And then I look at Alex picking Asher and I understand where he got it from." She gave a small laugh at that. It was beyond her what her mother and brother saw in them, but hey, to everybody their own.
Sanaa couldn't help but envy the ones staying at the camp. She wanted to fight together with them, and not go off to Greece just to punch Apollo. And maybe help the oracle out.
Nick nodded, getting up. His eyes scanned over the pavilion before settling on Chiron. Biting his lip, he said, "One sec, I'll inform Chiron real quick." With those words he went off.
The centaur's eyes seemed to almost older when Nick told him, as weird as it sounded. Nick assured him that nothing was going to happen to the missing demigods, but left before he could hear a reply. Only to stop the second his name was called. The brunet turned, giving a nod to Alex. Nick grinned, gesturing to his right cheek, because Alex had gotten whipped cream on it. The blond wiped it off, blushing a little in embarrassment.
"What's going on?"
Nick didn't beat around the bush. "Oliver's missing. Prue and I are going to search for him." He wasn't too surprised when Alex told him he'd come with them and simply nodded, joining Prue again. "We can leave. Alex is joining us."
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 12, 2016 20:28:15 GMT -5
Serena listened as she spoke, laughing softly. "Yeah, I know what you mean. My mom.. Wow, my mom. What a woman. Apollo probably liked her cause she's one of the few people to wake up at 4:00 to make sure that cows were milked. She was into cows and the sun, so he probably took it as a "please love me, gorgeous god of the sun and also cows, two things that I love"." Serena laughed at her own words. "Yeah, but Dad's weird. ..I've never met him in person, but sometimes he'll leave little reminders here and there."
Prue stood up from the table when her brother came back with the Athena camper Alex which she was glade to have another set of eyes coming with them to help search but something told her that it would be pointless though that was like 50% percent with the other like 90% telling her to keep looking.
"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...”
Sanaa laughed a little at that. "You know, at times I wish we could meet everybody's parent. Well, if they're still alive." Nick came to mind here, but also other campers that had lost their mortal parent. A thought suddenly came to her. She propped her head up on her hand, then added, "Has your mom ever tried dating somebody again? My mom used to do that quite a lot, but Alex and I always hated the people she brought back for one reason or another. It got less over the years, so I actually imagine she always brought them back to maybe find us another parent. Never really worked."
Nick nodded and started waalking off, only to halt when they passed by the Poseidon table. "You want to join us, Val?" he asked. She'd mentioned it before, but Nick wanted to make sure. The search had a high chance of not helping at all, but Nick wanted to try. There was a slim chance that they could find clues, and he wasn't about to give that up.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 13, 2016 8:25:04 GMT -5
Serena was quiet for a moment. "Dating, huh..?" She pursed her lips and stared into space, deep in thought. Then she snapped her fingers. "Oh, you know what! There was one guy! I haven't seen her in a while, so they might still be dating. I was mostly homeschooled, but a middle school opened up near our farm and my mom sent me there, and she met my biology teacher, and after a while, they started dating. I left sometime around then, so I couldn't tell you the rest, but yeah."
Val had been sitting alone, trying to eat--but failing--when Nick walked over. She looked up with a smile that quickly deteriorated. "You can't find him, huh?" She pushed her food away and stood up, sighing. "Should we go tell Sanaa?" She asked. It seemed to be a logical solution, since Sanaa was leading the quest and would probably want to know.
"Interesting," Sanaa replied, pushing a strand of her hair out of her face. "You know. If you ever feel like getting away from camp for a while, Alex and I live in New York, so it wouldn't be far. We'd find some room for you." She laughed a little when she thought of her mother's reaction. She'd probably sit down with Serena and tell her embarrassing stories about her children. Nothing new for Sanaa, though her brother was more the target of those stories than she was most of the time.
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Nick seemed to consider that for a moment, but ultimately shook his head. "I think Sanaa's stressed out enough. Alex will probably tell her later if we don't find anything," he replied. Said blond nodded as an answer when he caught onto what they were saying. Alex couldn't help a grin, though.
"Seems like we're together again Val. We're searching together quite a lot lately~" he joked with a laugh.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 13, 2016 9:29:49 GMT -5
"Really?" Serena grinned, straightening up a little. "I would love to! I mean, technically she is my stepmother, so hey!" She laughed a little at the thought. Her mother lived all the way in Kansas, so it wouldn't be so easy to go there, but they were already in New York.. who knows? It could turn out to be her home away from home.
Valentine nodded, glancing over at Sanaa. "Yeah.. she'll find out sooner or later anyway, and I'd hate to be the bearer of bad news.." She looked over at Alex as he spoke, her face reddening just a bit. In any other case, she would have told herself the obvious--Alex was off-limits, he already had someone, and just thinks of you as a friend--however, she figured, she was about to not only go off on a perilous quest for who knows how long, but she was also about to shatter any chance of ever being with him--as if she had one--by telling him anyway. So she indulged herself. "Yeah? If more people go missing we might just have to spend all of our time together." Val laughed a little at this. "Which would be bad for you. I mean, I have to live with myself, I can't imagine anyone else doing it." She was silent for a moment, then spoke again. "Which.. reminds me. I need to tell you something. Do you think.. maybe later, like early early in the morning tomorrow, could you meet me there?" Her voice was quiet now, so only Alex could hear her.
Sanaa smiled at that. "It really wouldn't be a problem. I'm out of high school, but you could go to school with Alex. Well, if you can deal with Blondie for so long," she joked a little. Alex was easy to get along with, though he still sometimes had problems at school. So maybe having Serena around would also be helpful. "For the record, though, neither my brother nor me can really cook. So if you can cook, that's much appreciated." Of course it wasn't required for her to cook at all, but Sanaa and Alex usually just grabbed some take-out when they were home alone.
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Alex laughed at that. "I dunno, I think it wouldn't be bad if there is enough candy," he joked back, a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. Though, when Val's voice grew quieter, Alex furrowed his brows. "Er, sure?" he replied, puzzled. What did she have to tell him? "I'll be there."
Nick cleared his throat. "If you two are finished having your secret little meeting, we're gonna go look for Mr. Gloomy now," he said with a smile. Alex nodded, which Nick took as his signal to make his way towards the forest.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 13, 2016 19:32:40 GMT -5
Valentine laughed and looked back up at Nick. "Yep, yep, coming!" Her face was a little red, but she followed after him. "So.. where do we start? If there's a chance that he wasn't kidnapped, maybe we should go look in his favorite spots.. Nick, do you know those?" A thought went through her mind for a split second that she and Nick were technically cousins. Not that it mattered.
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Serena had to chuckle at the thought of either of them cooking. "Yeah, I can cook. Farm girl, remember?" She pointed to herself, remembering flashbacks of cooking pie with her mom in the middle of November. School with Alex sounded fun, though. She never went to high school.
Nick nodded slowly. "I do know those, but Prue and I already checked before we came to the pavilion. ...though, it's quite disconcerting that nobody noticed him disappearing, even while we were all on edge from Manami being gone."
"I think the only time where not many people are watching would be during the night," Alex threw in, looking thoughtful. Nick let out a noise of agreement. It would make sense for something strange to be going on at night. Both Manami and Oliver had disappeared during that time.
"If that's the case, I'll be on the lookout tonight," Nick replied.
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Sanaa smiled at that. "I remember," she confirmed. "And I honestly don't even have any defense for my poor cooking skills. It's not like Alex and I always lived in New York - we used to like in this small village in Oklahoma before we moved to New York. My mom got scared after I saw a monster." She shrugged a little. "Now, though, I can't really imagine living anywhere else, to be honest."