Sorry, but that's not enough on personality. It's supposed to be 4+ sentences, so if you could add some more...?))
Nick edged further behind the monster, frowning a little. A manticore wasn't easy to deal with, because it was one of the smarter monsters - at least, from the stories he had heard - so it could move in a way that nobody had predicted. Except for Alex, perhaps. Nick was glad that they had him with them right now. He was a genius himself, but children of Athena had something about them that made it seem like they saw things happening quicker than others. Or, perhaps, they just saw all possibilities in a situation, so nothing could surprise them.
The command was quick and simple. Alex shouted, "Now!" and Nick felt himself moving forward on command, striking the manticore quickly. He quickly glanced over to the others, noting that Alex had also attacked, and the manticore's attention seemed to be on him. Not too surprising, considering Alex had yelled out the command.
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Lucia ducked away, though Serena still hit her shoulder, which hurt. Though, at least it didn't hurt as much as getting hit on the back would've hurt. Lucia used her lowered position to strike at Serena, however. What she had learned from fighting Asher a lot, you had to push through getting hit to get the best results. Wincing would've only costed her valuable time right now. She could look at the bruise later on, after the fight was done.
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Noel raised an eyebrow when they arrived at the pavilion. Of course, it wasn't exactly early anymore, but it still seemed like some people who were always there were missing. The Hades table seemed to completely be gone, and Sanaa as well. She often stayed around to make sure her siblings who woke up late didn't cause any commotion. So, her missing was odd.
He was a little confused by Pippa suddenly not talking anymore, but didn't comment on it.
Joshua was eating at his own table, still a little tired. He wasn't a person who disliked mornings, but it was hard to relax while Manami was missing. Not to mention, he was afraid that somebody else could go missing, and Nick and Prue leaving together with Val and Alex in a hurry hadn't helped his nerves, either. He looked up when he saw some other campers enter the pavilion, waving when he saw Ben.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 22, 2016 11:10:25 GMT -5
Valentine rushed forward as he shouted the command, stabbing her spear at the flank of the manticore. Due to the beast's rough skin, however, it only made a little dent. So she attacked again, this time releasing water pressure from one of the seashells tied around the tip of her spear. Full force pushed the spear into the monster's side, making a nasty gash in it's fur. She leapt back as the manticore roared in power. Val looked around to make sure that no one else was hurt, then went in for another attack. This time, however, the beast pushed at her with it's back claws, and she went flying backwards, grimacing as she hit a tree.
Serena winced when her plan backfired and Lucia hit her legs. She started slipping to the ground, but caught herself, now with a bruise forming on her knees. She leapt back, taking time to rejuvenate and to think of a new plan. She brushed her hair out of her face with her free hand and smiled, shouting, "Nice hit!"
Pippa looked around, apparently noticing the same thing that he had. She let out a "hmm." of curiousity, wondering what had happened. She hoped that no one had gone missing again. Glancing over at Noel, she shrugged. "Well, might as well get some breakfast." She said softly, walking over to the food area.
"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...”
Not really. I've been way too busy for it to really move much. Nick, Prue, Alex and Val are fighting the manticore now))
Alex started a little when Val was slammed backwards, quickly swinging his sword at the beast again to get attention off her. "Hey, eyes on me!" he called out, watching Nick move in for an attack again out of the corner of his eyes. He hadn't seen the stinger hit Val, so it was probably safe to just let her get back to her feet on her own. Hopefully she wasn't too bad hurt. Whenever somebody got hurt, Alex was concerned about them.
Lucia grinned, not minding the forming bruise on her shoulder at all. "Thanks! Your hit was good, too!" she replied, moving to the side a little. Then, she rushed forward, swinging her sword towards Serena's waist.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 25, 2016 18:49:25 GMT -5
It took a second, but Valentine crawled back up on her feet, taking a deep breath. "I'm alright." She panted. Thankfully there was a stream nearby, and she could heal up after the fight. She rushed in for another attack, tearing at the stab she had made in the Manticore's side. He wasn't happy with that, but was too busy to pay attention to just her.
Serena didn't see that coming; her Apollo-healing and care taking instincts kicked in by accident when she saw Lucia's bruise. She had taken just a second to think about it and wasn't able to dodge the girl's blow. The sword gashed into her side, creating a slice in her shirt. Slamming to the ground, she let out an array of curse words not to be repeated by children. Getting up slowly, she dropped her sword, panting and holding a hand to her side. "I surrender. Nice match."
"But why? He's a cutie~ or what do they say in Japan... Kawaii?" Chevy giggled a little awhile still hugging the poor boy but soon letting him go to breath as when she had called the unclaimed kid 'a cutie' did she kinda of feel like her godly father was having a small meltdown or 'wanting a drink but can't' moment again.
Satoru was almost on his knees taking a couple of deep breathes, "H...how are you so strong?" He manged to choke out a little awhile standing back up which he gave a grateful look to Katie for asking the party-crazed girl to let him go.
Prue kept fighting the monster which helped to have others to distract on either side by she knew that sooner or later one party will give in and before that even happens they needed to turn this evil creature into ash, she barely had time to dodge to the side form the creature's claws which sometimes she did hate her talk height at times because of this but it was helpful in some cases.
"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...”
Nick smiled a little as he watched Prue dodge an attack. Her face made it obvious that she was annoyed by her height. Of course, it meant that there was more space the manticore could hit. "Y'know," he said to Prue, moving in for another attack. "At times being short does come in handy. Though, other times it's also a disadvantage." He chuckled, remembering the times he couldn't reach something. Though, it wasn't like he didn't have his ways for those times.
Alex watched Val join the fight again and let out a sigh of relief. He was glad that she seemed fine for the most part. As his attention was on her, he barely dodged the stinger when it came his way. Alex threw himself to the side to dodge it, heart racing when it came crashing down just meters away. Well, that could've ended badly.
Getting back up on his feet, he awaited the next move of the creature.
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Lucia sheathed her sword, quickly walking over. "I'm sorry, I thought you would block that blow, otherwise I wouldn't have struck that hard," she said, looking a little concerned. "Will you be alright?"
"Of course," Sanaa cut in, joining the two of them from where she had been observing. "We're both children of Apollo. We should head to the infirmary, though, just so that I can check up on both of you."
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"W-well, I mean, if you break him that's n-not gonna help anybody, right?" she replied nervously. Chevy really made her nervous, but then again, a lot of things did. So far, she has felt most relaxed around Leo and Serena, but even then she'd still stuttered.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 26, 2016 3:13:25 GMT -5
Valentine was having a hard time choosing between the value of Alex's life and her own, which sucked because she was leaning more towards his. "How do we kill it?" She shouted over, dodging a swipe of the claws. She only had one seashell left, and that pressure wasn't enough to do a lot of damage. If she could just lure it towards the stream..
Serena nodded, holding her side. "I'm totally fine." She said, waving her hand. "But I wouldn't say no to some ambrosia." Truth be told, her side was actually hurting a lot. But it didn't bother her so much after years of sword training and falling off the lava climbing wall. Besides, she naturally healed quicker and better than most campers--thank you, dad.
Alex dodged a swipe, glancing over at Val. "I mean," he shouted over the roaring of the beast. "We could always lure it towards the stream and you can kill it with your fishy powers?" He tried a little joking, but honestly didn't feel like it lightened the mood much. Alex blocked another blow with his sword. He had to use a lot of strength to hold against it, and felt like cursing for not being as strong as others. "Or, we could all try attacking at the same time. Maybe that'll be enough."
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Lucia nodded. "I agree with Serena!" she said with a grin, bouncing right back to her usual attitude. Sanaa nodded to both of them, then motioned for them to follow. With a slight bounce in her step, Lucia walked after her. It wasn't that late yet and she'd already sparred twice? That day could only be good, in her opinion.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 26, 2016 5:30:41 GMT -5
Valentine winced as she stumbled backwards to avoid being hit. "Ah.. lead it to the stream! The constant hitting isn't working!" Trusting them to do that, she ran over to the flow of water, ushering the fish to move in case they got hurt. With one touch of the water she was rejuvenated, and she stood to face the approaching monster.
Serena laughed slightly, but it sort of hurt to do that. She clutched her side, clenching her teeth in pain. "Mmmmhh." She mumbled through her teeth. "Anaa, carry me. It hurts." She collapsed on the ground jokingly, sticking out her tongue and glaring at the ground. "Hhhmmmmggg."
"We'll try!" Nick called over to her, angling his strike differently to make the manticore back towards her. It hissed, but backed away when Nick went for its feet. His amber eyes met Alex's blue ones, and the blond started aiming at the feet moments later as well. While it usually just tried attacking them, this method seemed to make it back up, which Alex was thankful for. He'd bit his lip when he had flung himself to the ground to dodge, so now the metallic taste of blood was present on his tongue. And he really hated the taste, honestly.
He panted a bit after another strike, glancing over at Val. "Is this close enough?" he called out. It wasn't in the stream yet, but rather close to it.
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Lucia looked a little concerned for Serena, and opened her mouth to reply, only to have Sanaa beat her to it. "...if you insist," Sanaa said with a slight grin, walking over to her sister. She was by no means weak, as she wouldn't be able to fight with her bow otherwise. Of course, he strength was nowhere near Asher's, but it wasn't like she had to pick him up. She breathed in, then leaned down, carefully putting her arms under Serena's. Then, she lifted her sister up. "Let's go."
"Woah," Lucia laughed. "I didn't know you could lift people! I would've carried Serena, otherwise!"
Sanaa giggled a bit. "Oh, please. I'm the counselor of the Apollo cabin. I can do a lot of things."
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 26, 2016 18:24:48 GMT -5
Valentine glanced at the stream and then back at the monsters. She bit her cheek, thinking. "Yeah... close enough!" She said with a grunt, beginning to pull the force of the water up from the creek, until a wall of water was raging directly behind her. It looked pretty terrifying, to say the least. With one swift motion, she threw her spear directly to the heart of the manticore, with the hopes that the work that the others had done combined with the water pressure would kill it once and for all. It worked. All of the water from the stream was concentrated on that one spot, driving the spear in. The manticore roared in anger, then promptly dissapeared into a cloud of dust. Immediately, the water dropped to the ground like heavy rain, and Valentine along with it, hurt and exhausted. "Yaaaaay." She coughed out.
Serena laughed, wrapping her legs around her sister so she wouldn't fall off. "I'm okay. Sanaa's really good at stuff like this, and I'd rather this than walk." She winced again as her side starting throbbing, and clenched her teeth in pain. "Ah, could we hurry to the infirmary though? This might be a little more worse than I thought."
Prue started to aim for the creature's feet to help drive it towards the stream which was pretty easy with the help of her half-brother and Athena camper as now her height started to come into favor for her.
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"Ya...your right but he's adorable like a puppy or something." Chevy said with a giggle as she soon started walking to the pavillion with her stomach growling awhile smelling of all the food coming from it.
Satoru watched the Dionysus camper go, "She's unique in her own way." He said with a small shrug though thankful for Katie to come to his rescue, "I keep forgetting that she likes to hug me...."
"She just likes to hug everyone, first year I met her she tackled hug me to the ground... So your pretty much lucky." Henry said with the camper sweat-dropping a little as the boy had been tackled many times to the point of hidding out in the big house for two days.
"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...”
Alex started towards her. "Val, are you alright?" he asked, though winced a little when he moved his arm. He'd probably get a good bruise there from flinging himself to the ground. He stopped by the stream, sheathing his sword. "Can you stand?"
"Not like you could carry her," Nick spoke up, joining the two. He had a cut above his right eyebrow, but it was a very shallow one which didn't even bleed much. Alex looked over to him, huffing a little.
"Not like you could carry anybody, either," he replied, to which Nick shrugged. He wasn't denying it, because it was true. Nick didn't fight with strength, rather, his technique and tactic made him a feared opponent.
"True. So, if Val can't walk, I think Prue would be our best bet to carry her?"
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"You're bleeding all over me, I think a little may be an understatement," Sanaa replied without batting an eyelash. "What are you all going to do one I'm gone?" It was said lightly, but Sanaa was concerned. What if she wasn't around? She knew her siblings were just as capable, but it still worried her.
Getting to the infirmary, she carefully set Serena down, then moved to get some ambrosia. When she returned, she handed it to Serena. "If it doesn't heal up fast enough, I'll have to wrap the wound."
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Nov 27, 2016 13:32:25 GMT -5
Valentine shook her head, pushing herself up with a grunt. "I can walk. Don't worry about me." Then again, if Alex was strong enough to carry her, she would have been completely limp. Getting to her feet, she leaned against a tree with a huff. "It's fine. I'll just go sit in the ocean for a while. I'm just glad it's over." Looking over, she noticed a large fur pelt laying where the manticore was. Walking over, she threw it over her head, then immediately regretted it. It was pretty heavy, and she dropped it onto the ground again. "Ah.. do you guys mind if I keep that? I think I might take it on the quest with me.." Val suddenly froze. Did they know about the quest yet?
Serena pursed her lips in thought. "Well.. when you're gone, I'll probably take your bunk bed, and give all your girly clothes to Asher. Then--" she stopped. "Oh, you mean when you're on the quest! Probably the same thing we do everyday." She resisted saying, 'Try and take over the world!'. "Don't worry, we have the utmost faith in you."
When they got to the infirmary, Sere waited on the bed for her, kicking her legs. She stopped kicking her legs because that made her side hurt. She took the bandages from a nearby shelf and wrapped herself up. "Nah, I got it. It's better to wrap the wound even if I don't need it. No threat of infection." She took the ambrosia and downed it, rejoicing in the taste of her mother's homemade apple pie. "Thanks, Sanaa." She said, stretching herself a little. "I just need some sleep and time and I'll be good."