Alex bit his lip a little, studying the wall. Of course Joshua had tried teaching anybody who wanted to control the mist, but Alex had never been too skilled at it. In fact, he hadn't done it for at least a year now. But it wasn't like he was going to tell Oliver that. He just had to try, because the worst that could happen was that he failed, right?
Taking a deep breath, Alex focused on the wall. "She wants us to think that we're trapped in here, so we have to see through the mist. It's not exactly easy, but you just have to believe in what you want to see really hard. Let's try it."
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Nick lowered his sword completely, sheathing it. His arm was burning from the scratches, but he wasn't going to mention it. Nick was somebody who rarely admitted that something hurt or that he was injured. So, instead, he nodded to Asher. "Sure, we should stand better chances against bigger monsters that way," he said, then went to pull the dagger they had found out of his pockets. He threw it Asher's way, knowing that he would catch that. "We found this in a bush before we got attacked. I've not fought Alex for a while now, but it's his, isn't it?" Not to mention, Nick had only seen him fight with his sword so far that year.
Asher easily caught the dagger, gritting his teeth as it was definitely Alex's. "Yeah it's his." No one liked him like this, he couldn't be getting too worked up. Shaking his head he tried his best to quit his moping and anger. "It's like him to end up helping while captured huh?" He gave a dry laugh.
"This feels dumb..." The black haired kid mumbled, but didn't necessarily object. Alex knew about this stuff better than he did, so he might as well go along with it. He too tried focusing on the wall, albeit not really knowing what to focus on about it. It was difficult to do this when he didn't really know what he was to do.
Nick nodded. "Keep it. I'm sure it's better for you to have it than anybody else," he said, shrugging a little. Bending back down again, he studied the trail of the paw prints to get back into it. "We've been following the chimera's paw prints for a bit now. Hopefully they'll lead us to their hideout," he explained to Lucia and Asher while getting back up.
Lucia nodded. "If we know where the goddess and chimera are, we could make a plan to get in there and rescue the others. I'm sure Percy would come up with a great plan," she said. After all, Percy wasn't the Athena counselor for nothing.
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"Don't complain," Alex replied quietly, taking a few steps forward. His head already hurt from trying so hard, but the wall hadn't disappeared so far. "I'm sure that the exit has got to be there..." he muttered. He felt somewhat annoyed because it wouldn't work. He was a child of Athena, he was supposed to figure things like this out faster. Gritting his teeth, he decided to do something that wasn't so well thought out. Alex was determined that there was an opening behind the wall in front of them, so he ran towards it.
Closing his eyes, he awaited the impact of a solid rock wall, but instead was met with the ground suddenly being gone under his feet. Alex toppled forwards and down into a dark tunnel, hitting his head on the ground. With a groan, he sat back up, glancing over his shoulder, back into the cave. The second that registered inside his head, he beamed. So, that's where they could go, but what was ahead of them would be unknown. Alex could only see dark tunnels. Who knew how long it was and how many more tunnels there were.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Dec 19, 2016 16:01:48 GMT -5
Justin nodded. "I'll meet you by the entrance in five minutes. I want to say good-bye to Scarlette, and I also need to grab my bag." He says, running off without waiting for a reply.
That was definitely a bit disconcerting for Oliver, and he was not about to go stumbling after him blindly. "I am not doing that." He declared loudly, his brows furrowed together. Believing and the wall could possibly give through? That was pretty ridiculous.
This adventure was going better than expected, last time the kidnapped campers were far away. It would be odd for a close placement but who knows what goes through a powerful goddess' head. If there was a lead and a possibility, he wanted to take. Whether he was part of a prophesy or not.
Alex blinked a little at that. It wasn't gone for him yet? Well, he had no idea how the mist worked, honestly. Not like Alex had needed much knowledge of it before that day. "Then what are you going to do? Stay behind and wait to get rescued?" Alex asked, finally getting up again. He could have worded that a little bit nicer, but with Oliver, a direct approached seemed to work best.
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"We need to be careful, though," Nick muttered. "She could always kill the kidnapped campers if we make a big misstep." It was unlikely, but if they really screwed up, then there was no saying what would happen. Maybe if she got more halfbloods shed start killing the original people she had kidnapped? He shook his head at that thought. He honestly just hoped that they at least got food and water, otherwise they had to rescue them fast.
He didn't mention it, however, as he didn't want to worry the others even more.
He was quiet for a while, weighing his options. Then finally, "Alright just let me test it first." Though he gave Alex no time to even reply as he mustered up all that belief and through his pocket knife into the spot Alex ran off through. Whistling as it went straight through and deciding he should be able to just walk through. Though he stumbled as it is sort of a reality shift that can disorient a person.
Asher didn't need to hear that from Nick, he was fully aware of the possibilities and has many similar thoughts of what could happen rushing through his head. Unsheathing his sword, he was ready to continue on, he needed it in hand to distract his mind. Using it to grip instead of impatiently tapping or something similar.
Alex barely had time to react the moment he saw Oliver raise his knife. With a squeak, Alex dove to the side to evade it, knocking his head against the side of the tunnel. Alright, so this thing was dark and not all that big. Great. He rubbed his head a little, glaring at Oliver. "Were you trying to kill me?" he gasped out. "At least warn me before you just throw that my way."
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Lucia almost ran into Nick when he stopped, tilling her head. "What's wrong?" she asked, glancing around. The forest was tricky, with the possibility of a monster around every corner, it was harder to pinpoint when one was in actually danger.
Nick shook his head a little. "I thought I had heard something, but..." he trailed off suddenly, drawing his sword again. "Forget that 'but', there's gotta be something here," he corrected himself, and Lucia nodded. There really seemed to be something coming closer to them. She couldn't imagine it being the chimera, though. But what greeted them wasn't that much better. Lucia really didn't like the liking the goddess seemed to have to really dangerous monsters, because a manticore soon tried to hit her with its stinger, but Lucia quickly evaded.
She heard Nick curse a little. "A manticore again? I literally just fought against one of those with Val and Alex a day or two ago."
"You got out of the way so stop whining." Oliver told him, dusting himself off and looking around. "So what's the deal now?" The black haired kid didn't seemed concerned for Alex at all despite making him take evasive measures. Picking up his knife and twirling it, he gave Alex a smirk, they were trapped and could actually die, and he wasn't making it any easier on him. He was a bad troublemaker.
Asher figured they would want some backup from long range and so receded a bit to change to his bow. A manticore was troublesome but they were a tough team. Firing an arrow, he wished that another had a sharpshooter eye so he could take the front and enjoy ripping up the monster to take out his anger. Hitting his mark was always satisfying but not in a revenge's sake.
Chevy was behind Lucia and Nick when the manticore attacked them which she was glade it was one of the undead/zombies or monster cockroaches... We're there monsters like that? Either way the tiny ones are scary enough to the Dionsyus camper as the Apollo camper Asher was behind them shooting arrows but she could tell he wanted to do more 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...”
Sanaa nodded to Justin, then waved for Naomi and Val to follow. "Let's go. You heard Justin he's gonna catch up in a few minutes," she said, grabbing her bag. It was weird to think that she was leaving the camp once again, but at the same time, she felt glad that it wasn't her first quest now. She could always calm the others by knowing how quests worked. Or, rather, how they always found a way to happen and it was impossible to evade death if the prophecy spoke of it. Luckily theirs hadn't mentioned any deaths.
Alex huffed a little. "I barely got out of the way. Not to mention, you would've had a lot of trouble if you actually had hit me," he replied, crossing his arms. Still, seconds later, Alex just shook his head, deciding that it wasn't worth it. "Well, let's just head on for now. We can't exactly just turn around again."
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Lucia drew her sword, going to attack the manticore from the side. She swung her sword, grinning when she hit it. Though, it didn't seem to do that much damage because she had hit the shell. Frowning, Lucia twisted away when it tried getting her. She was glad that Asher was backing them up from behind, but she knew it wouldn't help his anger all that much.
Nick meanwhile was struggling a little with his attacks, his arm burning whenever he swung his sword. He bit his lip and kept pushing on, but cursed the chimera for hitting his left arm and not his right arm. He knew that at one point he'd either have to switch to his right hand - which wouldn't be too good, because while he could swing with it, it wasn't nearly as strong as with his other arm - or he'd use some other means. Of course he could even summon a few skeletons now to back them up, but he figured that that would freak Asher out more than it annoyed him to stay behind and back them up.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 20, 2016 11:30:23 GMT -5
Valentine looked up and nodded. "Alright." She said softly, following after the two girls. Her backpack jostled as she walked, and she held tightly onto the straps. They were leaving camp, and in the strangest way possible. There was no big send off, no well-wishers or party nymphs. It was just them, leaving. With a deep breath, she ran to catch up with Naomi and Sanaa. "So where do we go first, again?"
Chevy ran up on the other side of the manticore to attack though instead of hitting its hide with her mallet she hit its stinger which the impact made a small dent in the wall but she seemed to be only making it mad, "Hey guys... Question; if I make this thing go 'crazy' would we be in deeper trouble or if I make ya all 'crazy' in attacking it..... Which sounds worse?"
"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...”
"First, we're going to go to a small shop where my mom hopefully left her car at. Then, I'll drive us to the next harbor that has a ship that'll leave for Greece," Sanaa replied, though she was frowning a little. They knew where to go, but what would await them once they got to Delphi? Of course she figured that at one point she'd have to argue with her father, but beside that? A prophecy couldn't just be as easy as convincing her father to forget a stupid oath.
Nick paused for a moment, then went back to attacking the manticore. While swinging his sword, he called out to Chevy, "Honestly, us going 'crazy' as you put it sounds worse." He dodged an attack before adding, "But neither option sounds too great." Nick was scared of what would happen if they went 'crazy', because he wasn't sure what he would do in that state. While he would never attack his camp mates, he wasn't so sure if that would still be true if he wasn't in absolute control.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 21, 2016 12:17:18 GMT -5
Valentine speed-walked along Sanaa, trying to keep up. "Wait, does your mom know we're borrowing her car?" She asked. If they were stuck in a bad situation, Val supposed that she could call up Socks and his buddies to get them somewhere. If they weren't busy. She also stocked up on drachmas, in case they found a Greek cab. Sighing, she clutched her backpack straps tighter. Please be okay. Val thought to herself, for her own group, the camp, and everyone who was kidnapped.