The night was rather nice in Joshua's opinion as he stood by his cabin, leaning against the wall. If he managed to knock a brick down, well, they could all die through magic, but it wasn't like he didn't know how his cabin worked. He quickly glanced over to the side when he noticed something, tensing a bit. A few seconds later, he let his guard down, recognizing Ben. Apparently he hadn't been spotted yet, but Ben seemed lost in thoughts, anyway.
"Hey, where are you going?" he called after him, trying to not raise his voice too much in fear of waking anybody else.
Prue didn't think twice as she put the book down she had been reading though she was more or so lost in thoughts then actually reading it and coming out from the cabin to be with her brother, "Didn't have to ask," Prue said with a returned grin as she didn't want to sleep because not only of the 'fear dream or whatever' the campers had and besides that she didn't want Nick to be alone on the little patrol.
"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 Dec 3, 2016 20:27:26 GMT -5
Valentine wasn't sure how long she waited. It felt like hours. She had agreed to meet him at around midnight, and soon the sun would be coming up. The worst thought that ran through her mind was that he hated her or would never get up at such an odd hour for her or maybe even that he forgot her entirely. She rubbed the tears from her eyes--she'd been crying out of fear--and headed towards the Athena cabin. Alex was on night watch, right? So he'd be outside the door..
But no one was there. It was just barren. The silence that filled Valentine's heart in that moment couldn't be explained. Despite all the other possibilities, in her heart, she felt it.
Alex was gone, wasn't he?
With loud knocking, almost slamming, she pounded on the Athena cabin door, hoping someone, anyone would wake up. She knew it. Something bad always happened. He was gone. No, she had to check. But she knew. "Alex, please be okay.." Val murmured hopelessly under her breath.
Ben turned to see Joshua, smiling a bit as he walked over. He ran a hand through his hair, shrugging a little. "I was thinking I could go to the beach, you want to come?" He asked. It was a nice night for sure, the sky looking quite beautiful, and Ben figured that he could go to the beach and hang out there for a bit, considering recent events going on had been rather stressful.
Nick was about to reply, then looked up a little when he heard loud pounding on a... door? At least that's what it sounded like. It didn't seem to be close to their cabin, so he figured it was around the first twelve cabins. But who...? "Let's check that out," he said to Prue, getting up.
He quickly went over to where he heard the knocking come from, only to halt in his steps when he noticed Val. Wasn't that the Athena cabin she was knocking on? "Val!" he called out. "What's going on?"
Apparently they were waking up more people now, because he saw Sanaa come out of the Apollo cabin with a little yawn.
Joshua mulled that over in his head. "Well, I don't see why not, but not for long, I still have to guard," he finally replied, pushing himself off the wall to join Ben. He grinned a little. "Gotta make sure the harpies don't kill us, right?" Of course he had to throw a little joke in.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 5, 2016 10:40:20 GMT -5
Valentine whirled her head around, tears staining her cheeks. "Nick, Nick it's Alex--he was supposed to meet me--and I can't--he's not--" She tripped over her words, panicking. With all the people that had been disappearing, who's to say that he wasn't next?
Prue followed after her brother to see the commotion which was coming from the sixth cabin by Val with her not understanding until the Posedian counselor explained tearfully, How the gods did that happen? she thought to herself as another camper was now missing.
"Hey, what's going on?" Henry called just at the steps of the Hermes cabin in his pajamas with others crowding around to see what had woken them up even Satoru who was just rubbing his tired eyes awake but the boy seemed nervous about something.
Nathan had woken up to which when stepping outside to see what was going on to see campers peeking out from their cabins which he guessed was a domino effect in how all the demigods looking out, he heard Henry shout something but couldn't quite understand it at the moment.
"Why is everyone up...?." Chevy mumured the joke under her breath awhile opening her cabin's door to see everyone more or less awake to whatever was going on, she was only a night person when she threw parties that lasted till the next.
"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's amber eyes darkened for a second, then he caught ahold of himself, turning to the gathering campers. "Another missing camper, maybe. Or more, we never know," he explained, voice tense. Not because Nick was afraid, but rather because he was angry. How could their godly 'parents' just watch while their children got kidnapped?
"Tell me that it's not true," Sanaa said, sleepiness all but vanished from her face. "Tell me I just misheard and Val didn't say that Alex is gone." Her voice was desperate, and she continued on quickly. "If that's the case then I-"
"You're going on the quest as planned," Nick interrupted her. "We'll find the missing campers while you go and restore Naomi's powers." He paused, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Sanaa, you know me. I won't give up until I find them. Not to mention, Alex isn't exactly the type to sit around and let things happen, either." While saying that, he also glanced at Val. Everybody seemed epsecially worked up, but Nick figured that was partly due to the time they had found out.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 5, 2016 15:40:55 GMT -5
Valentine took a deep breath, trying to get ahold of herself. She rubbed some tears away and trotted down the steps towards Sanaa. "We should do a headcount. Alex might not be the only one.." A sob swelled up in her throat. "Missing." She started to head back to her cabin, needing to go wake up Umiko and Riley, if they weren't already up. "And.. someone needs to tell Asher." She added quietly, before walking away quickly.
Serena rubbed the sleepiness from her eyes, frowning. She glanced at Sanaa. No doubt her cabin would be in disarray, since Asher and Sanaa were both extremely close to Alex. She could only imagine how the other two Poseidon campers would deal with their distraught sister. Walking up, Sere hugged Sanaa from behind, an act she copied from her mother as comfort.
Prue was about to say something until she felt something crash into her leg which shen she looked down to see her little cousin hugging her leg with a death grip and his face buried in her pant leg, "It's alright Sat, we are going to find the missing campers an everything will go bck as normal." She said in a gentle tone but when the boy looked up at her she could tell something else was up with him.
Henry grew concerned as how did the kidnapper mange to sneak in and out of camp? Thy had campers on night watch[/i] even the Hermes campers had put out bells on strings around some of the posts or borders around camp but none were moved or anything which it was an old school tactic.
Chevy was worried with what if someone else got kidnapped? What if they all got kidnapped? This wasn't the time to worry about the latter one but they needed to get everyone back before anyone else did, with it being night would be dangerous to look in the forest but they might actually run in fear if she started to turn them into ash pancakes.
"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 glanced back at her cabin, feeling a little torn. Finally, she shook her head a little. "I'll tell Asher once he's up. I'm not waking him just to tell him his boyfriend is gone," she decided. "He'd just go out and search and generally give everybody a headache."
"About that," Nick started, glancing at Prue. "Can I leave the rest of the shift to you, sis? I'm going to search around a bit."
"Nick," Sanaa started sternly, but was only met with a passive look. Of course, once Nick Evergreen had put something in his head, it was rather hard to stop him. Sanaa had the urge to join him, but managed to beat it down quickly. She had to get ready for their quest.
Ben smiled, nodding. "Oh, of course." He said with a laugh before fixing his eyes ahead, not wanting to trip over anything in the dark. "I was thinking maybe I'd swim, but I might get sick. It's a bit cold."
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 6, 2016 7:42:45 GMT -5
Opening the door to her cabin, she stood still for a moment, breathing in the fresh ocean air. Then she went over to her half-siblings, shaking them awake. "Sorry it's so early." She murmured. "Alex went missing, so we're doing a headcount. I need you guys to get up, please." She sighed, looking over at her own stuff. Val still had to pack, and there was no point in putting it off.
"Sure thing," Prue said with her wanting to go help look but she could do that later as he duty was here now and also she couldn't leave Satoru though the young boy had calmed down a little, not clinging to her leg anymore or crying a little but still hanging around her.
"If your going to look around then I am too!" Chevy stated once overhearing what the Hades camper said about going to search and that he shouldn't be alone out there though also that any monster that tries to attack then she will give it her full might of her giant mallet/hammer.
"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...”
"Well, swimming may not be the best idea," Joshua agreed. He turned a little, squinting in the direction of the cabins. "Either I'm crazy or there's something going on," he added after a few seconds. Why were so many campers gathering? He stopped a little to look more, brows furrowed.
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Nick glanced back at her, being quiet for a moment. He usually did these things alone, but he also wasn't one to mind company. He nodded to Chevy. "Fine, but be careful. I'll be looking around the deeper parts of the forest," he said. Of course, with his reckless nature, there was a chance that Nick wouldn't return unscathed, either.
Sanaa still didn't seem convinced. "You two can't just leave. We're doing a headcount."
"You've seen me, and you've seen Chevy. I don't see any problem," Nick answered, pushing a strand of his hair out of his face.