"Asher, do you think I'd joke about something like that?" Sanaa replied with a huff, crossing her arms, "Val said she'd asked him to meet up, but he never showed up there. Not to mention, he was also gone from the night watch he was doing." Her eyes turned a little softer as she looked at her brother. "Look, it's not like he's dead, though. You know Alex, he's not the type to sit around and just wait for his doom."
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Nick stopped by a snapped twig on the ground. They'd barely entered the forest, yet here it was. The moon was almost completely gone by now, but it gave Nick enough light to spot something gleaming in a bush close by.
The brunet kneeled down to pick it up, not even caring that the bush had thorns. He paused a little as he was scratched by them, but then closed his hand around the thing he had seen, carefully pulling it out. "Well, this looks like Alex dagger, doesn't it?" he asked Chevy.
Taking in a deep breath, the blond looked like he was going to calm himself. But rather, as anyone who knew him could guess, it was the far opposite. His face morphed from the innocent kicked puppy, to a feral dog. "I'm going out there to search. Don't you dare try and stop me." He wanted to make his point real clear that he wouldn't step back and wait around. This wouldn't be his usual brand of arrogance and stupidness. This was fueled by anger, which was a form of idiocy of course, letting himself be driven by anger, but it wasn't his usual type.
Percy jumped, feeling on edge from sleepless nights and worry. But soon relaxed as he found it to be Satoru who was calling for his attention. He put on a friendly smile, he didn't need to worry others by acting all jumpy. It was morning anyways, nothing to worry about for the moment. "Hello Satoru, do you need something?"
Sanaa gritted her teeth. "Asher, just blindly searching won't do any good. For the love of the gods, you're way too worked up to do anything besides killing yourself," she argued, but made no move to get between him and the door. She wasn't stupid, Asher was stronger than her if it came down to it. "Look, Nick and Chevy are already out searching, at least wait until they come back." She paused, narrowing her eyes a little. "Or, at the very least, don't be stupid enough to go alone."
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Alex took a few moments to take in the cave they were in. "So, it seems like there is no way out of here," he murmured, thinking aloud rather than actually talking to Oliver or Manami. It was just a thing he did at times. What he said next was addressed at them, though. "However, it's impossible that that's true. There has to be something tricking us, and that something is most likely some strong mist. So, if we can break through it, we could get out of here."
Moving forward quietly, Alex placed a hand on the stone wall, then slowly started walking while feeling around the wall. "There's gotta be something," he said again.
"Yeah, it looks like his dagger.... He could've been grabbed here." Chevy said with her looking at the weapon that belonged to the Athena camper with its blade glittering in the little moonlight that shone down from the sky as a frown came across her face that normally always had a cheerful smile and her violet eyes were narrowed a little, she was mad at this godess but kept herself calm from not causing any madness to spread.
"Uh..., yeah.... I need to tell you something." Satoru fidgeted a little with the young boy not sure how to say that he had been claimed by his godly parent which of course anyone or everyone would be excited about but not this time, not when this godly parent done horrible things to this camp, his friends and his cousin as he waited for a moment to which no one would be listening in.
"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...”
"Likely," Nick replied, eyes still looking around while he was kneeling. His eyes lit up a little when he noticed a mark in the softer earth a bit up ahead. Motioning for Chevy to follow, he got back up and walked over. Bending down to inspect it, he said, "I can't say exactly what it looks like, but I'm guessing it may have been the chimera."
As if answering him, Nick suddenly heard rustling, then got knocked backwards when the chimera leaped out, striking at him. He hissed when he noted that he had let go of his sword. Not to mention, he felt the scratches on his arm burning. Quickly staggering up, he looked over at Chevy, nodding silently. They were going to attack it together, so Nick carefully reached for his sword on the ground while the chimera was watching him closely. One wrong move and it'd leap again.
Chevy's violet eyes were wide once she saw the chimera leap out at Nick who got away with a couple of burning scratches as she got her mallet ready to swing or hit the monster, glancing over at the camper for a moment of to go ahead and strike. Ready? even if he couldn't read her mind her eyes just the glance showed it.
"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 nodded slightly, then quickly went for his sword, dodging the chimera's sharp claws this time when it lunged. The son of Hades quickly turned back around to the chimera, his shoes sending some pebbles flying. He swung at the monster, satisfied when he hit its left leg.
"Chevy, let's attack it from both sides so that it can't focus on one of us!" he called out to the girl. His scratches were burning, but he could still swing his sword. He knew he'd have to let them get checked out later on, though.
"Righto Nicky,... SMASH TIME~!" Chevy giggled madly as she went to the other side I the monster so that the two were on either side of the monster and deciding for kicks to spread a little madness around in the heat of the moment of course, getting a better grip on the mallet before swinging pretty hard at the monster- mainly the to cage to cause massive damage,
"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 grinned when he heard the chimera howl out in pain. Chevy's attacks really were something of their own! Taking a second to collect himself, Nick was about to swing at it again, when suddenly, the Chimera turned, shoving Nick out of the way to flee. "Not wanting to be turned to dust after that attack, eh?" he murmured, quickly getting to his feet again.
Nick sheathed his sword while dashing after it. "C'mon Chevy, we can't lose it out of sight!" he called out over his shoulder. "Maybe it'll lead us to their hideout!" Hopefully, at least. It'd be bad if they were getting lured somewhere else, but Nick doubted that. The chimera had actually seemed afraid of getting sent back to Tartarus.
It was smart of her not to try and block him otherwise it would've likely led to a fight. "Don't worry, I have a plan." He muttered as he passed her. With only a short pit-stop to obtain a sword and his bow, the blond then made a bee-line straight to where everyone was gathered. "Lucia." He called the short girl, gripping his sword eagerly, wanting to get out into the forest already.
Oliver huffed, not moving from his sitting spot. While he agreed on the fact that there's no way they could be perfectly trapped, he didn't see what they could do. If this was a sort of thing on the outside to get in he would have felt more eager to try and find a way. But he wasn't a magician, escaping out of something was always a lot more difficult then getting in.
Percy caught onto his nervousness real quick, "What is it?" He asked kindly. (lol short but I can't think of anything else for that)
Sanaa sighed when Asher was gone. "Gods, why does he have to be so difficult..." she muttered, though she was also itching to search. Not like she could do that now, however. Glancing over at her bed, she went to pick up her bag for the quest, then headed back outside. Hopefully Val was calmed down enough so that they could leave.
Sanaa smiled a bit when she spotted Naomi, who already had her things with her. "I'm sorry about Alex," her girlfriend said. "But he's already survived playing human shield, so this should be a piece of cake for him."
Despite her gloomy mood, Sanaa smiled at that. "You're right. But let's go look for Val and Justin."
Lucia turned a little when she was called, looking over at Asher. Sanaa had obviously told him. Lucia herself was dressed in just a baggy blue shirt she had slept in, but she wasn't wearing pajama pants anymore.
"Asher. What's up?" she asked, despite already suspecting the answer. It wasn't very hard to guess that Asher wanted to search for Alex. While it would be wise to get him to sleep some more first, Lucia knew that getting Asher to do that would be impossible for anybody beside Alex.
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Alex furrowed his brows a little. "Joshua once told me some things about the mist. To manipulate the mist, you have to really get into the person or people you want to make see your mist. So, wouldn't we just have to get into the goddess' head?" he said, but didn't really expect an answer. He bit his lip, letting his hand glide across the wall. "Any suggestions what she'd think or do?"
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 12, 2016 13:03:57 GMT -5
Valentine had packed all of her stuff into her backpack and was ready to go. She had clothes, weapons, drachmas, seashells, and lots of food. She glanced up and saw Sanaa outside. Pulling her pack over her shoulders, she walked outside to meet the Apollo camper and the Oracle. "Hey. Are we ready?" She asked. Val still wasn't sure where they were going, but she didn't have to, at least. She was more of a follower anyway.
"Almost," Sanaa replied. "We just need to find Justin now." She also hoped that her mother had thought about leaving the car where Sanaa had said would be best for her. If worst came to worst, they'd have to walk a bit further to where Alex and Sanaa lived and take the car there, but that wouldn't be too far, either.
Sanaa looked Val over thoughtfully for a few moments after settling her own thoughts. "That aside, are you alright?"
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 12, 2016 15:56:40 GMT -5
Just as Sanaa asked the question, Valentine's eyes started welling up again. She sniffled and wiped her eyes. "I was." The Poseidon camper commented with a frog in her throat. "It'll be okay." She said, seeming to talk more to herself than Sanaa. "We'll find him. Them." Taking a deep breath, she gripped her backpack straps. "Let's go find Justin. I'm okay."