"Your right- gah I hate scale-armor!" Chevy said in response before growling at the fact her mallet couldn't go though to damage the manticore as she dodged to the right to avoid getting hit by its stinger.
(Sorry if short)
"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 ScarletteBlake on Dec 21, 2016 22:15:46 GMT -5
Justin snatches his bag up, then runs back outside. He shifts it to his other shoulder, stopping next to Scarlette. "Listen, I have to leave. Don't do anything stupid, don't die. Sound like something you can do?" He says, looking down at her. Scarlette looks up, shrugging. "I guess. But listen, you can't die either. Promise?" She asks, and Justin smiles. "Promise." He pats her on the shoulder, then jogs over to the entrance.
Sanaa glanced over at Val. "Yeah, my mother knows. That's why the car is at the shop and not at time. Unless she forgot," she said. "But in that case we'll just have to walk a bit further and get the car at the apartment where Alex and I live with our mother." While Sanaa couldn't think of a reason why her mother would forget about her daughter going on a quest, her mother could be a little air-headed at times.
She saw Justin come over to them, and aknowledged what he had said with a slight nod. She heard Naomi clear her throat and turned her head, spotting her girlfriend joining them with Argus in tow. He was going to drive them to New York and from there they just had to walk to the shop Sanaa was talking about. Sanaa took a deep breath as a feeling of dread washed over her. She really didn't want to leave, but still took a step forward. "Let's go."
Nick ducked again when he was attacked, gritting his teeth when he swung his sword. Honestly, he was probably going to switch the hand he used for his sword at this point. His right hand was nowhere near as strong as his left one, but he had trained enough to be able to still fight with his non-dominant hand. He glanced over, noticing that Lucia had taken position near Chevy, grinning at the girl.
"Don't worry, my sword's sharp~! I should be able to do damage!" she said with a laugh. "Asher, I think you backing us up with your bow is great, but maybe we can defeat it faster if you also attack with your sword?"
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 22, 2016 16:36:32 GMT -5
Valentine sighed, clutching her backpack straps again and following after them, giving a half-hearted smile to Justin. She glanced at the camp behind her. Would it be the last time she ever saw it? What would happen? Shaking her mind off of that, she passed through the barrier and didn't bother looking back at the vast strawberry fields.
"Thanks! But I'm still going to pound its ashy remains when it's dead...." Chevy repiled once the Zeus camper go to her side to help which the Dionysus camper could still get a couple of hits on the monster plus keep the stinger or paws at bay a little but enough to keep the creature from hitting anyone else.
((I'm going to wait for the next day with Nathan))
"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...”
The ride was too short for Sanaa's liking. She'd stared out of the window the whole time, deeply lost in thoughts. Whenever they drove to or from the camp, Sanaa had to remember getting there with her brother for the first time. Everything had been so new to them and a little intimidating, but they'd soon started getting used to it.
Sanaa looked up when she noticed the tall buildings and frowned. Yeah, it was New York, alright. She thanked Argus when he stopped the car to let them get out. Grabbing her bag, Sanaa signaled for Val and Justin to follow her. "The shop's not too far from here. Well, if we take some small alleys as shortcuts, that is," she explained while walking.
Lucia nodded with a grin, then went back to attacking it. She ducked away when it went to attack her and struck it hard. "Go back to Tartarus already~!" she sang, eyes gleaming with determination. Lucia loved to fight with her sword - it was one of the few things she was really good at. While the blonde girl had joined the football team a few months ago, people didn't really take her seriously yet. Meanwhile, at the camp people knew what she was capable of.
She paused when the manticore suddenly went for Nick, obviously noting that the short boy was already hurt. Lucia was about to go help him, but then saw Nick simply change the hand he was holding his sword with. He struck the manticore, driving it back towards the middle between them. Lucia could see that the attack hadn't been nearly as strong as when he had used his left hand, but she was glad that Nick could still defend himself.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 24, 2016 10:17:10 GMT -5
Valentine was silent during the car ride, never being a huge fan of cars. Once it stopped, she looked over at Sanaa, following out after her. "Hey, what kind of shop does your mom own? I know you've told me once or twice, but I can't remember." Val asked, glancing over at Justin and Naomi. She herself was a big fan of shortcuts--no busy city streets filled with humans, just a few quick jumps and you're there. She was well aquatinted with cities, since her mother lived in one. Not to mention sneaking around alleys.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Dec 24, 2016 15:17:29 GMT -5
Justin follows, looking around with interest. The last time he had been in New York was right before he was taken to camp. He loved big cities, just being around others made him excited. But this time, there was no excitement, just slight wariness. He didn't want to go through a few short-cuts, knowing how dangerous they could be. He side-steps a homeless man, feeling a twinge of guilt that he didn't have anything to give the man.
"My mom doesn't own a shop," Sanaa explained while they were walking among the crowd. Sanaa felt more on edge right now than she had ever felt while walking here during the school year. A monster could pop out anywhere. "Rather, she works part time at a restaurant and also at a small shop that sells newspapers and magazines." Here, Sanaa frowned a little. "She used to work at a university until she got me, and after Alex, she didn't even think about starting up as a professor again. I suppose I may have gotten the thought of becoming a teacher from her."
She kept quiet about Alex's wish to aim for something a lot of Apollo's children did. She was sure he could do it regardless as a child of Athena. Shaking her head, Sanaa looked up, then signaled Val and Justin to follow her into an alley to their left.
Chevy was frowning for awhile during the fight until a clever (or perhaps foolish) idea popped into the girl's head with her signature smile growing to the point of a Cheshire cat as she switched her mallet back into its colorful pen form which she did have to dodge the monster's attacks, "I may not be powerful like Demeter's kids with this- but I'll surely make you ruin the day that my precious mallet doesn't work!" And with that the crazed camper jumped back a bit with some grape vines growing from the ground to which she had some control over thanks to 'dear ol daddy' as she hoped it would be enough to distract the creature for sometime.
(BTW total forgot she had this ability)
"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...”
"Hey, that looks like fun!" Lucia called over to Chevy when she noticed the vines. She stepped away for a second to make sure the vines didn't get her, whistling a bit. She watched them distract the manticore, then quickly went back to attacking.
"Lucia," Nick called to her from the other side of the manticore. Lucia glanced over. She couldn't really see him that much, but it was weird to see him hold his sword with his right hand. "Let's attack at the same time and finish this. Chevy bought us some time," the Hades camper added, and Lucia voiced her agreement.
She watched in satisfaction when a grape vine wrapped around its stinger. Though, that way she almost missed Nick's command to attack. Quickly putting her sword up, she lunged forward, burying it inside the manticore the same moment Nick did. Lucia was hoping that it had been enough, and let out a little breath when it howled, then turned into ash.
Sheathing her sword, Lucia let herself fall onto the ground, looking at the others. "Everything alright with your arm, Nick?" she couldn't help but ask. Though, she also couldn't help but glance at Asher for a second, fully aware that Nick probably wouldn't admit it even if something was wrong.
"I guess I forgot about that ability since I like to pound monsters into ash...." Chevy said with a laugh once the creature was destroyed though she did take out the mallet before pounding the monster's ashes that laid out on the ground, she then finished doing so awhile looking at the others especially Nick who had a broken arm. "Don't be proud and just admit it Nicky."
"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 shrugged a little. "I just got some scratches from when we fought the chimera. They may be deeper than I had first thought, but it's fine. I'm not gonna topple over or anything, it's just annoying while fighting," he said lightly, trying to lighten the mood. He had had worse, a few scratches were nothing. Not to mention, he could always use his right hand for fighting for the time being. He wasn't as strong with his right hand, but it wasn't a problem in his eyes.
Lucia seemed to think otherwise. Nick almost started a little when she grabbed his jacket, trying to pull it off. "Don't you have a boyfriend," he couldn't help but joke. Lucia seemed to take it seriously, though.
"Of course I do! But you aren't being truthful, so I have to look!" she said with big eyes, and Nick almost felt bad, but still pushed her hands off.
"I told you, it's nothing to worry about. I've had worse."
Joshua yawned a little. "Well, I guess nobody really got sleep," he told Ben with a grin, only to have that grin turn sharper when he thought of something fun. Ben was probably going to hate him for getting dragged into it, but hey. Fun was always good. Joshua turned his head slightly, glancing at some of the younger campers. Other people would have walked over to ask, but Joshua just shouted, "Hey, Noel, Pippa, wanna fight me and Ben in a team battle?"
Noel seemed like he wanted to complain about his partner, but Joshua knew that the other boy couldn't say no to any sparring match. He saw him huff a little, turn to Pippa, and then just mutter, "Don't hold me up. I plan to win."
Honestly, Noel was a little scary to fight, especially for Joshua because he didn't often fight with his sword due to him preferring mist tricks. He was probably one of the worst sword fighters at the camp, so he hoped that Ben knew what he was doing, because Joshua was going to be the weaker link here.
Post by Cloverheart ✿ on Dec 30, 2016 11:46:45 GMT -5
Pippa shrugged her shoulders at Noel's comment. "Well, I would love to join." She said kindly to Ben and Joshua, grabbing her dagger out of her boot. It was pretty convenient to keep even a small weapon close by in case of emergency, or in this situation, sparring. Walking after them, she turned to Noel and smiled, a big loving smile, because she knew he would hate it. Then she turned and ran.
Valentine followed Sanaa closely, slipping through the alleyways like a cat. With all the commotion, she had completely forgotten to eat breakfast, and her stomach was growling, much to her embarassment. In hindsight, she probably should have packed more than ambrosia squares and nectar for consumption. Maybe someone else brought something.
Quinn gave a huff as a reply, suppressing the urge to say. 'But you did move so its. fine.' But they had more pressing manners to uphold. Still holding the knife, fidgeting with it as a sort of comfort he spoke. "I doubt it's gonna be a straight path for long. Better keep on lookout." Of course, he had his eyes on the floor rather than ahead.
"Let me take a look at it, if it's nothing then we can move on with no problems." Asher said, setting his weapons aside with the defeat of the manticore. Of course, he too noticed how Nick was favoring his injured arm, and figured it wasn't nothing to just sneeze at.