Chevy laughed a bit before standing back up, "Right then~ let's go a-hunting!" She giggled before walking foward to see if she could find any pawprints but they would have to be careful since other monsters could be lurking around or the chimera could double back.
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"You're the last one," Sanaa replied. "While I hate leaving in the middle of the camp being in uproar, we can't exactly waste more time, either. The prophecy didn't talk about a set time frame, but I don't think it'd be good to wait around until this issue gets resolved first." Here, she gestured around them, obviously talking about the missing campers. "And perhaps to solve all of this, we need to go punch Apollo and restore Naomi's powers." She tried smiling a bit, but felt like it wouldn't help the situation that much.
Nick hummed in agreement, then bent down a little to study the ground. He reached forward, brushing a few sticks away. "Not only are these sticks broken, but those paw prints are the same as the ones we saw before the chimera attacked," he mused. "Let's try following those." He felt giddy about having found the clues, because they could really work with this. If they knew where the goddess was possibly hiding out, they could go back, get more people, and then go to save the others.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 18, 2016 9:39:52 GMT -5
Valentine took a deep breath, mentally preparing herself. "Alright. Let's rock and roll, then." She took a step forward, then promptly stopped, looking at Sanaa again. "Hey, while we're on our quest, are we going to go find everyone who's been kidnapped?" She asked. It was a little confusing, and if they were going on a journey, they might as well. Not that anyone knew how.
Smiling, Percy ruffled Satoru's hair, "No worries," he could see what the other camper was worried about but there was no reason to be in his eyes. "You don't have anything to do with the trouble that's forming. You were claimed and that's great. I don't think there's a god that hasn't caused issues in the past. Being claimed is amazing, not everyone gets to experience it so it should be a happy day."
"We're going monster hunting." The blond huffed to the shorter girl. Asher wasn't dumb, he knew they weren't going to actually find the missing campers. But that didn't mean there wouldn't be any clues or monsters to take out anger on.
Oliver was silent for a while, though he finally sighed and got up, running a hand through his hair. "Well from what I heard from last time she's acting predictable. I mean seriously, dark cave again?" He wasn't expecting any kind of contact with her, but there was no way she wouldn't be keeping an eye and likely an ear on them. So he figured to do what he did best and taunt. "Going through with a very similar plan means she must be confident and has something up her sleeve.... But for us it should be viewed as arrogant, which leads to stupid mistakes from her. There's not much to worry about, I've been in waaay worse situations with regular people being more scary than this."
Sanaa bit her lip. "We're probably not going to take part in freeing them. It's up to the others," she admitted with a small frown. It was too much like last year, when she also hadn't been able to help the camp out directly. Sanaa closed her eyes, then shook her head to get rid of the memories. "But I wouldn't worry too much. You know the others, they won't give up until all of them are safe and sound."
"Monster hunting?" Lucia echoed with a small grin. Honestly, she almost felt bad for the monsters, but perhaps it could help keep Asher in check a little. She shrugged, patting her sword sheath that hung by her side. "Sure, but let's actually search for clues, too. Nick and Chevy went into the forest a while ago, maybe we can join up with them." Of course she wasn't aware that said campers were already on a trail of clues.
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Alex couldn't stop his mouth before his brain caught up. "Wow, you can actually talk more than a few words at a time. Also, you went two whole minutes without insulting me-" Alex stopped himself, blushing in embarrassment. "Sorry," he muttered after a few seconds, glaring at the wall. What the blond hadn't expected was to suddenly get shoved to the side. Alex lost his balance, knocking his head against the ground again. Wincing and blinking away some tears, he watched the chimera limp in, soon followed by a woman. She didn't look bad at all, but Alex could figure who she was. He wasn't really sure why the chimera looked so beat up, though.
Without thinking about any consequences, he quickly got up, drawing his sword and standing in front of Oliver. The goddess just laughed at that. "Oh, please, Alexander Bishop, you don't actually think you could fight against me if I were to attack, do you? I know all of your fears and secrets. Memories are a strong weapon, after all."
Oliver ignored Alex's remarks, he would punch him for it later. There were bigger fish to fry at the moment. "Wooooow, I've never been this close to such a beast. And a chimera too." Boldly, he stepped beside Alex, as if he would be scared off when she abducted them. If they were just to be killed it would've been done already. So he felt he could push his limits a bit.
Asher nodded, giving his sword a practice swing to wake up his arm. "Sounds good to me. We can cause more damage in groups." He spoke confidently, already heading off knowing that the girl would easily keep up without his hesitation.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 18, 2016 12:49:35 GMT -5
Valentine shuffled her feet. Maybe it was selfish, but she was sort of hoping she'd be able to rescue Alex. Nevermind that. "Well, let's get a move on. The faster we get going, the more ground we cover before monsters catch up." Thankfully she had remembered to pack her Manticore pelt, which had magically shrunk into a packable blanket.
Somebody must have attacked it, Alex thought, biting his lip while studying the chimera. It was like nobody else existed in that moment. One of the attacks had to be very strong to make it limp like that. A mallet, perhaps? I know that Chevy would be strong enough to cause that damage. And the cuts it has are different from the ones I would make. Somebody left-handed did them. Now's the question, was it Nick or was it Lucia?
He snapped back to his full senses when the chimera growled at them. The goddess just petted its head, though. "Ah yes, Oliver Qunnton. You surely must have gone through a lot, being unwanted, your own mother wanting you gone. You were scared she was going to snap and attack you, right? That's why you got a knife, because your own mother didn't want you."
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Lucia jogged after Asher, trying to think of a way to cheer him up a little. She didn't like Asher like this - it just didn't fit him. She liked his goofy and childish side much more. Running a bit faster, she caught up to him. "I bet Alex is going to outsmart the goddess, he's really smart, after all," she tried with a grin.
"Justin has to grab his things, but we're leaving afterwards." Sanaa paused, sighing a little. "Let's just hope we'll solve all of this soon. And once everything is gone, we're going to celebrate with a party," she decided. A party would be a good idea to spread positivity again, but it had to be planned once they were back.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 18, 2016 13:09:36 GMT -5
Valentine stopped, extremely anxious to leave. "Oh.. alright." She regarded Sanaa's party comment with a smile. It's good to see that someone was hopeful. "Yes, well, I'm sure Chevy will have a good time organizing said party." In the back of her mind, Valentine wondered if she should call her mother to let her know.. not that she would care. Letting out a huff of frustration, she moved her mind from her mother. Not that there was anything else to think about.
Oliver grit his teeth, not even from the mention of what he's gone through, but the fact Alex was hearing it. He didn't want any pity which is why he avoided talking about it. It's in the past and he didn't care. "What are you aiming for? It's pretty dumb of you to try the same trick twice in a row."
"I wouldn't doubt it. But knowing him he's going to get himself hurt in the process, probably protecting someone else." The blond shook his head with a sigh, he didn't have much room to talk either though, he would do the same thing for others as well. "The goddess sure has a lousy choice in targets huh? Both times she got some campers that would give her an earful."
"Well, let's just say that I won't sit around as much this time," she replied icily. "The moment somebody tries to get through to here, they'll be killed. Demigod blood is quite valuable, you know." A shiver ran down Alex's spine as she talked about it like that. He was aware what terrifying creatures could be summoned if enough of their blood was spilled, and honestly the thought of dying was also terrifying. He took a deep breath, trying to see through the mist. If he managed that and could remember where they could go through afterwards, they could try escaping.
He felt bad for Oliver, though. But at the same time, Alex felt like the other boy wouldn't appreciate him saying anything.
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"You're worried," Lucia replied after a second. "I can understand that, but you shouldn't act so rash about it. Though, I'm not one to tell you what to do." Here, Lucia smiled a little. "Just don't do anything that'll make Alex worried about you when you see him again. You'd never hear the end of it~"
Lucia stopped seconds later when they arrived in a clearing. "Don't hold me to it, but it looks like there was a fight here. There's a trampled bush and everything."
"So what I'm getting is, we're bait to lure more campers out to get the ultimate amount of bloodshed." Oliver never thought he would be working alongside Alex but he was definitely honing in on trying to figure her out and get into her head.
Asher drew his sword, ready in case anything was still around. "Then Nick and Chevy shouldn't be too far, but that says the same for what else could've been here." He decided to go with Lucia's idea that there was a fight. "And if it is. Ten bucks says it was with a chimera." He suggested, considering who they were dealing with it wasn't too out of the park.
"Basically," she replied with a grin. "Now, be good and stay here until you're needed." With that, she turned, disappearing. Alex kept his eyes focused, then sighed a little. He wasn't skilled with the mist, so this would be hard. He couldn't help but to have Asher with him right now, though he beat that thought down seconds later. He wasn't going to rely and anybody - he was a child of Athena, he could solve everything.
"So, let's try finding the exit. There has to be one if the chimera was able to walk in before her," Alex said after a few more moments had passed, sheathing his sword.
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Lucia nodded, but didn't draw her sword. She decided to just take the lead for now, and walked straight on. She couldn't see broken sticks here, but hoped that whatever had happened had perhaps tried to run in a bigger turn to tire the others out. Of course, she didn't really know whether or not it had fled, but Nick and Chevy were strong enough to defeat most things.
Lucia was on alert for any small movement while they were walking. It sounded likely that it may have been the chimera, but there were so many monsters in the forest, she didn't want to bet on it. Movement to her right alerted her, and she drew her sword, striking. The loud sound of two swords hitting together sounded seconds later and Lucia loosened her grip a little, staring into Nick's amber eyes.
"It'd be nice if I don't get sliced in half by the people on my side," the short boy joked, though Lucia had seen him wince the slightest bit when they had both used their strength with the blow. Her eyes trailed to his left arm. Was he injured?
"Can't believe I'm going to be working with you, but yeah. Let's do it. I want to rip away that calm composure of hers, and escaping without others help should get her pretty mad." He huffed, letting his eyes wander. How were they going to do that though, he wasn't exactly sure of all the fundamentals of mist, still being new to this sort of thing.
Asher was in a fighting stance until he saw who Lucia found. "Mind if we join you guys?" The blond said, relaxing and sheathing his sword as well.
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Chevy had swung out her mallet until she stopped with her weapon's end missing Lucia and Asher by some inches not enough to harm but enough to scare the two both, "Oh snicker-doodles! I'm really sorry!" She said once she realized that they weren't monsters but her friends/fellow demigods/campers only she was thankful that she didn't hit either of them as the girl had been walking up behind Nick who when he got into a fighting stance did she jump in.
Satoru was surprised by this but very much relieved about it as he now was smiling happily, "Really? Thank gods....." He had been worried about nothing after all and he didn't care that the older camper was ruffling his hair up since it didn't matter much.
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