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    Post by Morgan Landry 9/20/2014, 1:11 pm

    "I think some must be here already," Chiara said, looking to the left. "I mean, they took the Chariot of Damnation. You can't make much faster than that when you're a demigod looking for transport."

    After a few more moments, her ADHD kicked in  and she shouldered her bag. "But I guess we can already go to the plane and apply the old Quest rules. Those who fall behind are left behind."

    She strode with determination towards the security, queuing up behind an Asian guy and a plump brown-haired woman with sleepy eyes -- no kidding, it's three am -- taking off her belt and dropping it into a plastic tub with her backpack, gloves and vest. The security gate beeped when she walked through, so one of the women controlled her, patting down her legs, back, belly and arms, but she eventually let her go.

    OOC: Beautiful post Chris.


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    Post by Guest 9/20/2014, 2:54 pm

    weiss wakes up to the man who was driving telling her that they had arrived. instantly, the girl was wide awake. "thank you!" the girl utters as she shoulders her bag and opens the door to the car. walking was the worst feeling the girl could experience at the moment. the pain in her core was comparable to getting stabbed. gritting her teeth, the demigod starts making her way towards the entrance to the airport. people cast curious glances as she walks by them, but weiss keeps a weak smile on her face. once making inside the airport, the demigod starts scanning the area looking for chiara. she would be easier to find from afar thanks to her fiery hair. due to her shortness, the demigod has to jump to look over people that stood around her. it was three in the morning, why were so many people in the airport? after a few minutes, the demigod sees chiara walking through the metal detector. thank the gods they didn't leave without me."

    the daughter of proioxis throws her bag into a plastic tub along with her belt. her bag was specially made by children of hephaestus. they engineered it so that weapons or any metallic item would not make metal detectors go off. thank the gods for that. weiss would be screwed if she got caught with all of her weapons. the demigod walks through the detector and it immediately starts screeching. a gruff looking woman walks over to her and tells her to place her hands over her head and proceeds to pat the demigod down. the woman doesn't feel anything, so she makes weiss walk through the detector again. it goes off once again. "oh yeah!" the demigod says as she pulls up both of her pant legs. "the power of modern science!" she exclaims, showing the woman her robotic legs. the security guard takes a good look at them, then waves the girl on. it probably wasn't a normal thing for the woman to see on the job, or at all for that matter.

    chiara was now within talking distance of weiss. the demigod sneaks up behind her and jumps up, wrapping her arms around her neck. "don't worry, i made it!" weiss tells her, still holding onto her, almost as if she was expecting chiara a piggy pack ride. like that would ever happen, although it would most likely be a funny sight.
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    Post by kayla 9/20/2014, 5:38 pm

    OOC: is it alright if i did a little time skip from after nora and stella get of the chariot? i was gonna wait until Schadenfreude posted buuuuut i'm a little butt and got impatient

    BIC:

    The Chariot of Damnation had taken to them to the airport in at least two minutes. Those were the worst two minutes of Nora's life. Even now, almost an hour later as she and Stella waited for the other questers to arrive as they waited inside the plane, she could still feel the rush of queasiness in her stomach when she stood. She shook her head. She'd get over it by the time they were all on the plane. Speaking of, where was everyone? She knew that they had gotten here way faster than everyone else but still. Maybe they got ambushed by a monster or something. Nora yawned and stretched her arms before leaning back on her seat. A nap sounded great right now but if her other Quest companions arrived and saw her asleep, she didn't want them to think it was because she was a slacker or needed her "beauty sleep" or something. Instead, she took out one of her hair pins-commissioned razor sharp as she cleaned her nails with it.

    OOC: I know nothing of airplane procedures
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    Post by Morgan Landry 9/21/2014, 11:36 am

    Chiara almost gave the girl a shin kick in the stomach. She was inhabited to her group of friends in Corsica grabbing her, pushing her, all in all making a lot of boyish physical contact, but she accepted it and partook in it because they were her friends. Weiss wasn't.

    "Get off me," she grunted and shook herself out of her arms. When they arrived at the gate, the boarding had already started. They queued up, like everybody else, showed their tickets and passports, then went inside. Chiara had the seat 28-B which meant she'd be sitting between two people. Hopefully not Stella and Nora.
    It turned out though that the two were already there, in their seats. Chiara just briskly nodded at them, then went to get her seat in the row behind theirs. Weiss was at her right, Alex at her left. She stuffed her backpack under the seat then took out her iPod to listen to some dubstep, rock or electro, whatever her playlist would randomize. She blissfully ignored the security announcements the stewardess was making and opened her eyes only when the plane took off.

    Taking the plane -- check. She could scratch that thing off the list. Time to get some sleep, it would be a big day.
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    Post by Guest 9/21/2014, 8:13 pm

    weiss is shaken off of chiara and then finds herself waiting in line behind the daughter off ares. weiss follows chiara and alex through the gate and into the plane. the demigod ends up being in the same row as the other two; both of them to her left. even though it wasn't like her, weiss stays quiet. once she plopped down onto her seat, the demigod feels a rush of exhaustion and pain in her core and hip area. without a single word to chiara or alex, the demigod closes her eyes and is sound asleep in seconds. sure, she had just slept for an hour in a stranger's car, but that wasn't nearly enough to fully fuel the girl.

    the demigod ends up waking up during takeoff, which took place about ten minutes after the demigods had boarded the plane. weiss slowly looks around, her eyes barely opened. stella and nora were in the row ahead of her, so she couldn't see what she was doing. chiara had her iPod out and seemed to be catching up on some musical sleep. chiara knew what was down. sleep was essential at the moment. the demigods' needed to be fully invigorated once they were off the plane. alex appeared to be catching up on his sleep as well. weiss wasn't sure what she thought of him. he acted so cocky and selfish, but was he just trying to show off to people he didn't really know, or did he actually hate seemingly everyone? weiss didn't really have the brain function to think about it at the moment. the only things she feels at the moment are pain and exhaustion.

    the demigod collects up her blonde hair in her hands and drapes it over her right shoulder, then lays her head on the left side of her seat; closing her eyes. now she could sleep without interruption. it took her longer to fall asleep this time. it was as if her mind was torturing her. the soreness in her lower body was seemingly unreal at the moment and all she wanted to do was sleep it off. now she couldn't seem to fall asleep, no matter how tired she was. the demigod lets out an audible sigh and with a slight groan pulls her left leg up, crossing it horizontally onto her right leg. she rolls her pants up to her knees, revealing a sleek, carbon fiber mechanical leg. weiss inspects it, making sure there was no damage to it from running so much earlier in the morning. once she was done checking the leg for any imperfections, she brings it back down to the ground and switches to her right leg. while she was in the middle of checking it, sleep finally struck her. it wasn't the most comfortable position, her leg up and her back and neck bent over, but weiss was suddenly completely out of it. if the plane hit any turbulence, the demigod would most likely end up falling face-first into the seat in front of her. that would be a rude awakening.

    no dreams strike weiss as she sleeps. no lucid or prophetic dreams like how sometimes demigods' experience. it was simply all black. there was absolutely nothing, just rest. it was actually quite nice. usually weiss experienced bad dreams, so a sleep full of nothingness actually was good for her. hopefully the rest of her sleep would be the same.
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    Post by Guest 9/22/2014, 4:33 pm

    Stella jumped in the taxi, throwing her drawstring bag in and glancing at Nora. She shivered as she saw their drivers. Stella quickly pulled her bag onto her lap protectively, drawing her body in tightly. She glanced back at Nora.
    "I'm Stella, by the way. But you probably already figured that out." she said softly. The demigod was usually loud, but she often quieted when she was confronted by actual, mythological beings. She didn't encounter them often, but when she did, they freaked her out. She sighed and looked out the window, being as quiet as she could.
    When they reached the airport, she got out as quickly as she could, grabbing her bag and sitting on the plain floor when they were in. She looked down, then rifled through her bag for a book. She sighed and looked around the airport, waiting.
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    Post by Josh 9/23/2014, 3:02 pm

    ooc: Stella, Nora, jump to being on the plane. It seems you've already been seen on there according to Weiss xD

    Alex flopped back in his seat. He was in the aisle seat it seemed. He'd have much rathered the window seat, but Weiss seemed to be there, and he didn't want to cause a commotion on the plane. Well no, that was a lie. He did want to cause a commotion, but even he realised now was not the time nor the place, so instead he laid back in his chair. He reached through his bag to find his phone and headphones. A nice pair of wireless headphones. They were also NFC, and so had cost him a little bit too. Alex tapped his phone to the headphones, and they were synced. The wonders of NFC. Then, placing the headphones on his head, he searched for some music. After a lot of looking, he settled for Heaven's Basement. Alex liked his rock music, but others too. But Heaven's Basement was something he'd only gotten into more recently. They had clear classical rock influences, things such as Led Zeppelin or AC/DC, these were most evident.

    The plane had taken off, and Alex was itching to get out of his seat. He wasn't really waiting for the seat belt light to go. He wanted to be out of the plane. Up here in the air, this was his territory. He wanted to be stood on the wings, soaring through the air. Okay, so it was bad camouflage up here for hunting, but he could still take down birds or whatever, with ease. Alex thought about that, just being on the wing. His hair flying back in the wind. The cold biting at his skin. He got excited.

    Alex could easily have his wish. Having the wind rip through the plane, that shouldn't be too difficult. Might tire him, but he could probably do it. But that'd be counter-productive... It was going to be easier to just sit here and wait... But how long was he going to be waiting for? He looked to Chiara, beside him, "Um, how long is this flight?" He asked her, sensibly for once, whilst also removing the headphones from one ear, letting a lit bit of the sound escape.

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    Post by kayla 9/23/2014, 9:09 pm

    OOC: My last post already indicated that Nora was on the plane waiting for the others to arrive- which they did, if that wasn't clear enough I can always edit it tho xD
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    Post by Morgan Landry 9/24/2014, 5:46 am

    OOC: It's ok, I think he was more talking to Luna.

    BIC: At first Chiara didn't hear him -- she loved to listen to her music extra loud -- but she could feel him lean closer so she took a headphone out just in time to hear his question.

    "About nine hours, give or take," she said. "We have time to sleep."

    And that's what she did. Snuggling up in her army jacket, Chiara leaned her seat back and curled up on it, her headphones plugged into her ears. Like most demigods though, her dreams were very vivid.
    She dreamed she was on a windy hill somewhere; under her, she could hear the clanking of swords. When she leaned forward to see who it was, she saw two teenagers fighting off dracanae ; one was that guy Nico who had helped saving Manhattan with his army of zombies, and the other one was a girl of about sixteen with a dark braid and the attitude of a real fighter. She had quite some impressive moves, Chiara noted as she vaporized a dracana. And for some reason, there was a very huge white and golden statue of Athena next to them.
    Her dream changed. She was now in a room overlooking New York City; she could see the outline of the Chrysler Building and the Empire States Building. In the room were several dozen teens in violet shirts and pieces of armor here and there listening to a lanky dude who really needed to wash his hair. He was pointing with a sword at a map and Chiara had seen enough battle maps in her life to see that one was one too. And it was a map of Camp Half-Blood. The dude said something about maneuvers while the others carefully listened, discipline plastered all over their attitude.
    The dream changed yet again. Now she was in the middle of a feast atop a hill, party guests drifting around the place carrying golden wine cups and garlands of flowers. Painted marble statues dotted the place. Music, laughter and chatter echoed around her. But this wasn't a modern day feast: the people were dressed like in Antiquity with peploi and chitons. Even she was wearing a long chiton with a soldier's chlamys around her shoulders, her thick red curls pulled back with golden threads, which was a very weird feeling. She normally never did elaborate hairdos.
    At the principal table sat a couple, a rather youngish man of perhaps twenty-five with a golden crown on his curly hair, and an extremely beautiful woman whose opulent dark streaks were pinned up with pearls and blue gems. The guy seemed very happy to be there, but the woman looked more annoyed than anything else.
    Suddenly, the crowd broke apart as two magnificent stallions galloped through, one dappled, one palomino. Riding the dappled one was a man with a curly beard and a blue chiton. His green eyes radiated power.

    "For your wedding, king Peleus," he said, "I give you Balius and Xanthus, two immortal horses."

    Chiara then realized this was Poseidon. He jumped down the horse and let a servant boy take care of them while Peleus gave enthusiastic thanks. Next came someone Chiara immediately recognized. He wasn't in a wheel chair and his curly hair brushed his shoulders, but this was definitely Chiron, giving Peleus an ashen spear. When she walked closer to listen, she heard Chiron say it had been polished by Athena herself. The young king nodded, thanked warmly, and Chiron made way for the next person. Chiara didn't need many hints to guess who that was. His black hair was messy and greasy. Little flames burnt in his beard here and there. His whole being leaned to the left when he walked on his crippled feet and his face was so misshapen she looked away for several moments.
    After the formal greeting, Hephaestus snapped his fingers and a sword appeared seemingly out of nowhere to float towards Peleus. It was definitely among the top two most beautiful swords Chiara had ever seen, far more beautiful than whatever cabin nine could craft. And when she said beautiful, she didn't mean it was pretty-looking with squiggles across the blade like the elf weapons in Lord of the Rings; she meant that its whole shape, its whole aspect and details were so perfectly designed to slice and cut and kill that it was absolutely breathtaking. The blade was celestial bronze of course, leaf-shaped, double-edged and razor-sharp, with dark blue highlights rippling across the surface. Its balance looked impeccable. Dark quality leather was wrapped around the hilt, the shape of the guard was discrete but strong enough to glance off attacks of other blades, and the whole sword was giving off a faint glow of red power. Now that, Chiara thought, is a weapon.
    Just at that moment, a woman appeared. She was wearing a gray chiton with a leather girdle and sandals. When she saw her, Chiara immediately got angry. She wanted to punch and insult people, spread offensive gossip and give crashing a party a whole new definition. The woman looked at the assembled guests, scoffed and disappeared again, but no one else had really realized she had been there. The only thing people looked at was the golden apple in the middle of the table circle, and all the goddesses fighting over it.

    A loud thud accompanied by a powerful vibration made Chiara wake up. Her iPod was black and out of battery, and her ears hurt. She picked the headphones out and looked past Weiss at the window to see the landing area swooshing away under them. They had arrived in Campeche.
    Her mouth was furry, she had morning breath, her hair was disheveled; she rubbed her eyes, gave a big yawn and glanced at Alex and Weiss. The copilot was making an announcement in Spanish then English about the outside temperature and stuff she didn't really care about, so she went back to slumbering a bit. After six or seven minutes, when the plane had parked and all the security things had been pulled through, the fasten your seatbelt sign finally switched off and all the passengers stood up. Chiara got her bag from under her seat and shouldered it, her whole spine and legs hurting from having sat nine hours straight.
    Outside the plane, it was very hot. Chiara regretted pulling on long camouflage pants and heavy combat boots, but it had been necessary for the bike ride. It was around noon now, which explained why her stomach was rumbling so loudly. No breakfast, she definitely needed lunch.

    "Okay, I suggest we buy us some burritos or fajitas at some street stand and get a car. There are possible rents for tourists here and here," she pointed on her map.
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    Post by Guest 9/24/2014, 11:41 am

    the touchdown of the plane didn't interrupt weiss' sleep. the demigod had shifted from her uncomfortable position to having her legs stretched out and her head leaning against the plane window. soon enough, the movements of chiara next to her awakens the girl. weiss sits straight up in her chair and stretches her arms whilst letting out a small yawn. after rubbing her eyes and tightening her shoes, the demigod stands up. she looks up at the compartment above her that held her pack. letting out a tiny sigh, the girl puts a foot on the plane seat and pushes up on it, giving her the height she needed to grab a strap on the bag. once both of her feet were back on the floor of the plane, weiss shrugs her pack on and tightens the shoulder and chest strap on it, making sure it was held snug against her body. the daughter of proioxis notices chiara walking towards the isle and out of the plane.

    stumbling for her first few steps, weiss manages to catch up with chiara. the demigod had left alex and the others behind her on the plane, but she didn't really care. chiara was the one who really seemed to know what she was doing and wasn't going to take any crap from any her fellow questers. weiss admired the drive that chiara had, which made her want to stick next to her side. if anyone was going to survive this quest, it would most likely be chiara. weiss wanted to survive, so she would stick with the person with the highest chance of doing so. sure, alex might be able to survive using his "high-and-mighty-demititan" powers, but weiss didn't like alex. he was too stuck up and prideful. he was stupid in how he acted, which slightly ticked weiss off. the demigod didn't know if alex was doing so because he was around girls or what, but whatever his plan was, it didn't seem to be working too well. it definitely didn't make weiss like him anymore than she had the first time she saw him in person. maybe once he got to know everyone he would be less of a show-off, but weiss highly doubted it.

    when it came to nora and stella, weiss wasn't sure what to think. as chiara had basically said back in new york: the two didn't look like fighters one bit. nora was a daughter of aphrodite, which made weiss very skeptical if the demigod could actually fight. as for stella, weiss didn't know if she was truly old enough to go on such a serious quest. the girl looked quite weak and un-muscular. there would most likely be quite a few fights during this quest; how would the girl hold up? weiss doubted she would hold her own. the daughter of proioxis didn't make how she felt towards nora and stella show though. she was to remain kind towards them until they proved themselves worthy or they got easily defeated in battle. the latter didn't really matter though, saying that if they were to be defeated in battle they would most likely be dead. oh well, that was enough heavy thinking for now. weiss had to keep herself on track and focused.

    weiss follows chiara out of the plane and is immediately blasted with the humid, yet scorching heat. the demigod shields her eyes from the blistering sun for a few seconds, letting them adjust to the new-found brightness. once off the plane and safely on the ground, weiss watches as chiara unfolds a map and starts talking about both food and a rental car. weiss wasn't very hungry at the moment; she was more hot than anything. the demigod unstraps her day pack and places it gently on the ground. she then proceeds to take off her jacket, revealing a pale orange tank-top that showed off the demigod's strong, muscular arms. the girl puts her jacket in her pack, zips it up, then secures it onto her back once again. that felt much better. her pants didn't bother her, mainly due to the fact that she couldn't feel temperatures in her false legs. weiss hadn't packed any shorts either; the attire she brought consisted of mainly prana pants and shirts, plus some tanktops. she also packed a rainshell just in case the sky let out its fury. if it started to rain, the demigod wasn't sure how she would fare. she didn't know if her legs would short out or if they were waterproof and/or resistant. she knew that before some hephaestus kids upgraded them they were not waterproof. had the children of the god of fire and forges waterproofed them? the demigod would have to find out the hard way. she did pack a basic repair kit that mainly consisted of some screws, wire, pliers, a screwdriver, and a small booklet full of problems and ways to fix them that was written up for her by the kids who upgraded the legs. hopefully she wouldn't have to use anything in the kit. that would make weiss the hindrance that alex had called her back in new york. weiss wasn't afraid of being insulted like that by alex, but on the other hand she didn't want to prove him to be correct. that would not be good for the girl.

    weiss looks up at the sky. it was a pure cerulean blue with no clouds in it, besides a few ominous dark gray ones that were lingering far into the east. the clouds were storm ones, but hopefully they would either change course or dissipate instead of unleashing their wrath onto the group of demigods. now looking around her, weiss takes into account the fact that her group held the only people that didn't look like they were ready for a vacation. would this make them stand out too much and maybe raise some caution with any monsters that happened to be around? actually, that didn't matter. alex's scent was probably extremely strong to beasts due to the fact that he was the son of a titan. weiss wonders what it must be like for him. he held so much power, but appeared to be so relaxed and confident with it. the girl knew that if she had that type of power, she would most certainly not trust herself with it. she would most likely end up hurting herself if she had control over the air. sometimes the demigod was glad that she didn't have any powers that she could use on command. it made things easier for her. she didn't need to worry if she would run out of "juice" or whatever was lapped up when a power was used. all she needed to do was keep herself in good health and she would be good to go. she had the muscle and technique to fight and that's all she wanted. then again, if she had the power over air like how alex had, walking wouldn't be such an issue for her. she would be able to move without issue. she would teach herself how to make it look like she was walking but when she was really just using her control over air to move her. it didn't matter though. weiss did not have alex's powers and she would never get them. she had to deal with what she had. the girl was blessed anyways. unlike a lot of people with no legs, weiss could walk, even if it was sometimes with struggle and pain. she could still walk and wasn't wheelchair-bound.  the demigod needed to remember just how lucky she was compared to other with the same ailment as hers. a lot of people had to re-learn how to walk as well. weiss' issue was congenital; she only needed to learn once. prosthetic appendages have always been a part of her life, which she was thankful for. she loved the fact that she was mobile and didn't need other people to help her get around. what type of demigod would she be if she had to sit in a wheelchair every day of her life? sure, she had to use crutches to get around every so often, but that was much better than having to wheel herself around. weiss knew that from experience. she had tried to used a wheelchair before; the experience was awful and the girl hasn't sat in one since. she could walk most of the time, which was something that she was extremely lucky to do. the demigod had to remember to be grateful for how blessed she was and not be jealous of others.

    snapping out of her thoughts, weiss looks to chiara. "food. yeah. that sounds good at the moment." the demigod quietly responds to the daughter of ares.
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    Post by Guest 9/25/2014, 5:05 pm

    Stella glanced at all the others as they got off the plane. She sighed and kicked her drawstring bag across the floor lazily. She sat on the floor again and looked at them when they spoke. "Yeah. I agree. Food it is." She picked up her bag and pulled it on, feeling to make sure she had her sword. She glanced at the others. It was too early to tell what she thought of all of them, but she didn't care.

    OOC: OH MY GODS GUYS I'M SO SORRY ABOUT ALL MY POSTS BEING TINY AND WIMPY COMPARED TO YOURS I WISH I COULD WRITE LONGER POSTS I'M SUPER SORRY THAT I'M NOT MATCHING AND I FEEL REALLY BAD T-T I JUST WANT TO SAY SORRY BECAUSE I FEEL KINDA LAME :/
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    Post by Guest 9/25/2014, 9:18 pm

    ooc; don't worry about how long your posts are. it's all good, so don't say sorry or feel lame. :>
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    Post by Morgan Landry 9/29/2014, 4:59 am

    OOC: Don't worry Luna, it's totally fine :)

    BIC: After having changed her US dollars into pesos, Chiara took the bus with the rest of the Questers. She had to say, the Campeche airport was probably the smallest airport she had ever been to, though she had to be fair. She was inhabited to airports like the Paris CDG or the John F. Kennedy. She had to cut the people here some slack.
    The ride into the city took ten minutes. They followed a coastline road, the sea stretching out at their left, palm trees dotting the space to the right. Mosquitoes buzzed in the bus. Chiara wiped the sweat from her forehead and plugged her headphones back into her ears, now listening to loud punk rock with her phone which earned her disapproving frowns from a fat woman two rows in front of her.

    The bus let them off in front of the cathedral of Campeche, in the middle of a square. It was obviously the touristic part of the city: groups of visitors walked around, flocking around their tour guides and taking pictures every three meters. Shielding her eyes from the sun, Chiara looked up at the two towers of the cathedral before turning to her co-Questers. Nora, Weiss, Stella, Alex, all of them were there. The air was crisp and salty, but it couldn't hide the delicious smell of refried  beans, salsa and meat.

    "I smell food," she said. "Over there."

    She crossed the square trimmed by colorful houses in the Spanish Baroque style to turn into an adjacent street and stop in front of an alley shop. The guy looked up and said something in Spanish, probably asking if they wanted something. Chiara had slept throughout most of her Spanish lessons so she only knew one or two words.

    "Um, hi, buenos dias, I wanna have a burrito," she said and drew a fifty pesos bank note from her pocket. "Wait, actually, I'll have two."

    She gave him a hundred pesos in bank notes while the guy started preparing the burritos. A hundred pesos seemed like a lot of money but she knew that one euro equaled seventeen pesos so a hundred pesos for two burritos wasn't that much.


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    weiss follows chiara and the rest of the group to get her money exchanged into pesos. once the demigod had around half of her money turned into the currency of campeche, she sticks with her fellow questers for a bit. the girl starts trailing behind the others as they walk to the bus station. there was so much to look at. she was in a foreign country! even though she wasn't here as a tourist, weiss still wanted to be able to explore the area. the pain in her core from running the previous night was gone, thanks to the rest she got on the pain. she felt as if she could run in a marathon. well, actually, she didn't. she knew mentally that she could never do something like that, even though it was one of her life goals. most people could simply sign up and train for marathons; that wasn't such a simple thing for weiss to do. people with one prosthetic could run easily, but weiss had two, which made walking - let alone running - much harder. it would be nearly impossible for the demigod to partake in a marathon. she simply didn't have the strength or endurance to do so. maybe one day she would compete in one, even though she wouldn't be able to finish it. weiss felt like she needed to create tough goals for herself; when she completed them it made her feel so alive. it made her feel like that she was actually doing something with her life, instead of sitting around moping at the fact that she wasn't like everyone else. she wanted to live her life to the fullest. completing this quest would be just another thing that would make her feel as if she wasn't throwing her life away. the next thing on her list was wing-suiting.

    once weiss is done rambling on in her thoughts, she notices that no one she knew was around her. the demigod doesn't let panic overcome her - she simply takes a deep breath and smiles. the demigod walks through crowds of people, occasionally trying to look over people's shoulders, searching for a familiar face. that was what sucked about being short; it was hard for her to navigate through waves of people. why were there so many tourists during the fall season? usually it was during the summer that most people ventured out of their hometowns, looking for a place to get away from their everyday world. weiss didn't understand why someone would take a vacation at a place that seemed to be so crowded. she would much rather visit some barely known place that rarely had visitors, or even human life. antarctica was just one of the places that weiss wanted to visit. sure, there was some tourism there, but the demigod would not use a travel agency or whatever. she would go there unnoticed and alone. that would be a true getaway, a fun one too.

    it takes weiss a couple minutes to find her group of questers. the only issue was that they were getting on a bus that seemed to be about to depart to the city. the daughter of proioxis takes off in a dash towards the bus. she makes it just in time, launching herself past the doors just before the driver closes them. all of her fellow questers were on the bus: nora, stella, chiara, and alex. that was good to know. the girl would've been screwed if she had missed this ride. taking a seat towards the back of the bus and behind nora, weiss leans her head on her left palm and proceeds to stare out the window at the scenery, which was now starting to slowly vanish from her vision as the bus accelerates, starting its route to the city. weiss was amazed at the view of the ocean that she got from her seat on the bus, which was going down a coast-line route. it looked just like a postcard one might get in the mail from relatives on vacation. there were palm trees and seemingly pure sand, which was amazingly contrasted by the vibrant turquoise color of the ocean. weiss takes it all in, and becomes a bit upset when the land changes into a more urban setting. she liked staring at natural creations, not man-made ones. the girl ends up sitting herself up straight and staring ahead of her for the rest of the bus ride.

    the ride took around ten minutes in total. the five were dropped off in front of the cathedral of campeche. weiss stares up at the building, admiring it's architecture. she didn't have much time to stare at it however, for it only took a few seconds for chiara to mutter something about food and then walking across the square and to an alley shop, which looked like a cheap food joint. it smelled like one too. weiss wrinkles her nose as she walks over to chiara. the smell was of meat and and refried beans was overpowering. the demigod didn't enjoy that fact. she wasn't really fond of mexican food, which was an issue, for she would most likely be eating quite a bit of it on this quest. weiss lets out a tiny sigh as she stands behind chiara, who was ordering her food. she hadn't seen where nora, stella, nor alex gone, or if they had followed her or not. the demigod looks around her, quickly searching for another place where she could get herself something to eat. a small shop across the alley catches her eyes. it appeared to be a fresh produce market. weiss puts a smile on her face and steps away from the mexican joint. the demigod walks up to the stand and picks out a few pieces of fruit: a mango, a mamey, and two cornbread muffins. after paying with a banknote for one hundred pesos. weiss places the fruit and one muffin into a small plastic bag, keeping one muffin in her hand. the girl thanks the shop keeper for her food, then walks back over to chiara, who was still waiting for her food. weiss stands beside her, not saying a word. she didn't have anything to say; that and she wasn't sure if chiara was really in the mood to talk. food seemed to be the only thing that was her mind. that was fine; after all, they had just spent nine hours on a plane with no meals. not that the plane staff hadn't offered meals, it was because she had spent the time on the plane sleeping. well, that was all the weiss knew. chiara might've been awake during the flight while weiss was asleep, but the girl doubted it. sleeping on the plane ride was pretty much essential.

    a small breeze sweeps through the air, throwing weiss' straight, yet slightly disheveled, hair around her face. the girl pushes it all behind her ears, then takes a small bite from her muffin. it was dry and crumbly, but besides that it tasted quite good. it was better than a burrito, to say the least. weiss swallows her mouthful then looks up to chiara.

    "where to after this? you seem to be the most coordinated and informed out of all of us," weiss asks the daughter of ares as she leans herself against the alley wall.
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    Post by kayla 9/29/2014, 8:36 pm

    Nora yawned and followed silently with the group as they got off the bus to only stand in front of the Campeche Cathedral and although she wasn't usually one to gawk, she did certainly think that the building was beautiful. She could only wonder what it looked like at night time. She had fallen asleep on the plane ride but the sleep was essential for whatever was going to be thrown in their faces through the quest, she had awakened a couple minutes before their plane landed, and was glad for it. Stretching her arms, she noticed that Chiara and Weiss were both walking over to different stalls or stores, and figured she should do the same. She was really craving some tacos but knew that she wouldn't be able to finish it all and the thought of wasting food irked her. So instead when she went over to the little market that Weiss had gone to as well, she bought a banana, a nectarine, and two bottles of water for later. After giving the shop keeper the amount due and her thanks, she put her waters in her backpack (somehow she made it fit in all the rest of the stuff she had in there), and started eating away on her nectarine. She walked back over to where Chiara and Weiss were but kept her distance, standing a few feet away from them as she leaned against a shaded wall. She turned her eyes towards the crowd of people that walked in the streets, scanning to see if there were any monsters in disguise. Hey, you could never be too sure.
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    Post by Morgan Landry 10/2/2014, 5:18 am

    Chiara got her burritos and took a big bite of the first one. Cooked meat, beans, rice, lettuce, cheese and guacamole filled her mouth, crunching as she chewed. She gazed sideways at the two girls, and rolled her eyes as they bought fruits and muffins.

    "I hope you guys realize this is the last spot we'll get decent food at," she said, her mouth full. "You won't get through much with a couple of bananas. And the energy food we have is meant for emergencies."

    Alex on his side had bought a burrito too, and Chiara sat down on the sidewalk to eat. The food was hot and spicy, exactly what she needed right now. Mexican cuisine, even from a touristic alley shop, was delicious. Chiara scarfed her first burrito down and wiped her fingers on the aluminium wrapping before starting her second one.

    "Now we go get a car," she answered Weiss, taking another mouthful. "There is a rental a couple of streets further, we'll have a look there."
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    Post by Guest 10/3/2014, 1:53 pm

    alex stays silent as he eats his burrito. he completely agreed with chiara, who had called out the two girls who had bought fruit. they were stupid. two pieces of fruit would not give them the energy for the travels that were ahead of them. the demititan lets out a sigh as he finishes his burrito. why couldn't he have sent on this quest by himself? he would already be at the temple right now. after throwing away the wrapper the burrito had came in, alex puts his hands in his pocket and leans against the alley wall, waiting for the others to finish their meals.

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    weiss looks to chiara and then to the food in her hands. "you're right," the girl replies as she stuffs her two pieces of fruit and one muffin into a side pocket of her day pack. weiss then stares at the muffin in her hand with a smile on her face. "you aren't going anywhere my friend; you're dead," she mumbles at the muffin. yes, weiss was talking to a muffin. snapping her head back up, weiss makes a puttering noise with her mouth as she walks towards the little storefront where chiara and alex had gotten their burritos from. the demigod orders one torta de adobada. as she waits for her food to be prepared, she drums her hands on the counter where food was put once it was ready to be eaten. after a few minutes, weiss receives her torta and pays the man for her it. weiss didn't prefer mexican food, but the torta wasn't too overly mexican. the girl walks back over to where she originally had started eating her muffin and sits down on the ground.

    weiss now had a half-eaten muffin and torta on her hands, but that was no problem for the girl. she might be tiny, but she could eat a three course meal and probably ask for more afterwards.  the demigod sits down and shoves the rest of her muffin in her mouth. it was a bit dry, so the girl takes a sip of water from her nalgene bottle that she had taken out from a side pocket of her pack. once her muffin was 'dead', weiss moves onto devouring the torta. "i don't really like mexican food, but this is absolutely amazing!" the demigod says once she swallows her first bite of the torta. a few seconds after that, weiss didn't have a torta. "aww, it's all gone" weiss mumbles with a small frown on her face. "oh well!"

    the daughter of proioxis hops up from her sitting position and speed walks over to the trash can to dispose of the muffin and torta wrappers. after walking back to the rest of the group, weiss positions herself against the wall once again. "you guys almost done? come on, we have an adventure to go on!" she almost shouts. the demigod was reared up and ready to go, her stomach full and her body full of energy. she wanted to be on the move as soon as possible. there was no doubt that the girl was excited for the challenge that was before them. the girl emanated pure energy as she starts to bounce up and down on her feet. why did everyone else take so long to eat? weiss had managed to annihilate her food within minutes, but it takes the daughter of aphro-well, actually, it didn't surprise weiss that it was taking her so long to finish her food. she was probably eating carefully and with, ugh, napkins. napkins were not part of weiss' life. that's what shirts were for!
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    Post by Guest 10/3/2014, 4:13 pm

    Stella ordered her food and quickly finished eating, then glanced at the other questers. "So... Are you guys ready?" She asked softly, pulled her bag on, and looked around.
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    Post by kayla 10/5/2014, 2:01 am

    An amused smile graced Nora's lips as she watched as Weiss seemingly jumped everywhere with unlimited energy. She finished the rest of her fruit, taking a large sip of her water, before wiping her sticky fingers on her shirt. Despite how calm or slow she probably looked on the outside, she was just conserving her energy for when it was needed. After all, what was the use of wasting it all now, it'd be better in battle or when they were running from a monster. Actually- scratch that. She felt like some of her fellow questers' pride wouldn't allow them to run from a monster. She kicked herself off the wall she was leaning on and walked over closer to where everyone else was, hands in her pockets although one had her chain wrapped around it. Chiara said that they'd have to get a car from a rental a couple blocks away and Nora nodded her head at that with a silent agreement. Nora noticed that she'd been quite this whole trip more or less which was fairly surprising since usually she could never shut up and usually she would've tried to argue with Chiara or Alex to retain a sort of leadership role but she'd rather not get into a fight with either of them. She'd rather have them as reluctant allies than enemies.
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    Post by Morgan Landry 10/6/2014, 9:35 am

    Stella hadn't eaten much so she was one of the first ones to be finished.

    "Juft a minute," Chiara grumbled, her mouth full of burrito. She had some sauce at the corners of her mouth and on her chin, but she'd have time to wipe all that away later on. After four big bites, she had finished her second burrito and washed it down with a can of soda she had gotten in another shop.

    "Great," she said, taking another sip. "Now you guys come along."

    She led them past a group of tourists a couple of streets further into a car rental and asked to rent a Jeep while the others waited outside. A minute later, loud arguing could be heard until finally Chiara came out, kicking the door open.

    "F*cking a-holes," she cussed then imitated a Mexican accent. "Sorry miss, none of you are eighteen and you don't have your driving license!" She spat. "Sh*tface. Come on, let's go to the next one."

    However, neither the second nor the third car rental accepted to rent them as much as a go kart. Chiara punched the wall in frustration.

    "Great! Now we gotta wait two motherf*ckin' hours till the next tourist bus goes to Calakmùl, hallelujah!"

    She sat down on the sidewalk, wishing she still had some of the burrito left. A mosquito came harassing her and she squashed it with her fist against the ground, mumbling something about sombrero jerks.
    It was getting really hot. Sweat started beading her freckled skin and she took her sunglasses out of her backpack as well as a lotion of sun cream from the Camp store.


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    Post by Guest 10/7/2014, 9:53 am

    weiss follows chiara and the others, a bounce in her step. she was all hyped up for the adventure that lay ahead of them. weiss figured that the others thought that she couldn't fight, so she sort of wanted to prove them all wrong. weiss was an excellent fighter and she wanted the other demigods to know that. the girl was slightly hoping that they would come across a monster soon, but on the other hand, she didn't want to waste all of her energy fighting so early on in the day. a fight would be so fun though! did that make weiss sadistic? she enjoyed fighting, but only when it came to monsters. the girl could care less about how many monsters she killed, would that be the same case if she ever had to kill a human? weiss ponders this as she walks along with her group. the demigod snaps out of her thoughts once they reach the first car rental place. she watches as chiara strides into the building. weiss couldn't suppress her smile once she hears chiara yelling inside. this is going to be fun.

    chiara had stormed out and launched an array of cusses toward the owner of the rental place. weiss covers her mouth with her hand to prevent her laughing from being audible. she couldn't help but laugh. chiara was getting so frustrated over something so simple. after two more attempts at different rental-ships, chiara looked like she was about to kill someone. weiss was tempted to tell her to chill, but forced herself not to. it was not the best time to say something like that, or seemingly anything, to chiara. weiss rocks back and forth on her heels as she watches chiara punch the wall in frustration. it was then that she comes up with an idea. an idea that only weiss would think of.

    "i know! we can go and break his legs!" the girl exclaims. "then we can go and steal the keys and then a car! or we can have mister super air powers over here fly us all there!" the demigod finishes, now pointing at alex. a broad smile swept across her face as she looks to alex. "then we can be all super stealth and get the sword or whatever we're going after in no time!" it was pretty clear that weiss had not thought out her two "plans". then again, she hardly ever thought her plans through. thinking took too much time. weiss was all about acting first and asking questions later.
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    Post by Guest 10/7/2014, 7:29 pm

    Stella rolled her eyes and laughed softly. She smiled and swung her bag back and forth, looking around and listening.
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    Post by Morgan Landry 10/8/2014, 2:48 am

    "Why don't you shut your face instead of babbling sh!t?" Chiara aggressively snapped. "You ain't really helping, and neither are you," she told Stella. "You're supposed to be the Athena kid here, don't you have something smart or witty to do other than roll your eyes, like, I don't know, maybe find a solution to this? Because if we're going to this thing with a bus of f*ckin' tourists, searching for the sword won't be exactly easy, mark my words."

    She wanted to punch them both, but just curled her hands into tight fists and stood up from the sidewalk, shouldering her backpack. She was furious. These guys had basically done nothing, some didn't even know where they were actually going when they had met in front of Camp, no information, nothing, but when she didn't manage to do stuff, everybody laughed. She wondered why she was still with them, like seriously. She could just hijack a car, leave them there and see how many weeks it'd take them to get to Calakmùl.
    She was just starting to walk away when a big black Jeep stopped in front of them, all windows open.

    "Can I give you a ride?" the driver asked, a woman of about thirty with brown hair in a tight ponytail, sunglasses and a red T-shirt.

    Chiara looked at her suspiciously, wondering if she was a monster. But in the end, it didn't matter, right? She could always kill monsters.

    "If you plan on killing me, good luck," the woman said in a calm voice. "Now jump in because you're running out of time."

    Okay, she was definitely a goddess.

    "Come on people!" she called and went to sit on the co-driver's seat. But when she had sat in, the woman had disappeared, leaving the keys in the ignition and two scubas on her seat.  Chiara frowned, then took the two scubas and put them at her feet before heaving herself into the driver's seat.

    "Buckle up, everyone," she said, ready to start the car.
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    Post by Josh 10/8/2014, 6:40 am

    Alex shrugged as Chiara got in the car. He'd been fairly quiet this entire time, not doing very much. Which, for Alex, was very unusual. Normally he was the loud obnoxious type, but at the present moment, he'd been calm and just eaten his food.

    He smiled at Chiara's outbursts though, she was very amusing. Definitely an Ares kid. However, he also realised her brash actions were likely to cause the group trouble. He wasn't complaining at that idea. It would make things more interesting and liven everything up.

    Yet, he was also suspicious of the car. Obviously some form of deity had to have been involved, but why? He was hardly going to argue, it helped them out and meant he didn't have to sit around in the heat waiting. But the appearance of the car seemed suspicious, why would the Gods intervene in this? They were trying to cause a war between the Greeks and Romans. Whilst he understood some of the deities enjoyed war, he thought that even they must realise between their counterparts couldn't be a good thing. Could it?

    Alex took the passenger seat of the car, meaning the others would have to sit in the back. He finally decided to answer Weiss though; "Yeah I have powers over air, but I'm not wasting them travelling distances like that. No way, even Im not that crazy. You want Stella for that. She'd have had us their in no time. Without all the shouting and getting frustrated...." He said the last bit grinning wickedly at Chiara. That was bound to stir up a reaction, if he got hit, so be it, he'd strike back harder. Attacking Chiara wouldn't be a good idea though, she was possibly the only other one here who would hold up in the fight. Surprisingly he reckoned Weiss would be the next best. But only because the other two looked pretty incapable. Though Weiss he didn't have much hope for...

    Alex flicked his hair back and placed his feet up on the dashboard. He was hoping the drive wouldn't take too long. Whilst he was glad to have the car for this, he was tired of being cooped up inside. First the plane, then the bus, now a car. It was becoming tiring. The jungle would be fun. It was his perfect enviroment. At that point, he could even ditch the others and go ahead. They only thought he had powers over air, they weren't aware of the camouflage or anything, it'd be so easy for him to lose them. He wondered whether Chiara was having similar thoughts. Alex did imagine she'd include him in her plans though, she must realise how useful he could be to this quest. He was the most powerful after all...


    ooc; to clarify, Im not referring to the Stella in this rp where it says, "No way, even Im not that crazy. You want Stella for that." Im referring to Kenny's Demi-titan Stella, who is one of the doves.
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    Chiara sighed as she started the car after having arranged the seat to her short height. "If you guys did a little something, I wouldn't have to get pissed," she said and drove the Jeep down the road. She had typed Calakmùl into the GPS and was following the indications and driving towards the Villa Madero from where she'd get on the highway. "Now if you guys could keep your mouths shut and think about why this goddess gave us two scubas while I get us safely to the pyramid, now that'd be awesome. We're in here for roughly four hours."

    Moodily grumbling, she concentrated on the route. Though even she couldn't help but wonder, why did they get two scubas when they were heading to the middle of a jungle, towards a stone pyramid? What body of water could possibly be there apart from jungle marshes and occasional rivers? Damn, if they were expected to take a swim with piranhas....

    Focusing on the GPS and the highway, Chiara didn't pay much attention to what the others said. She often drove above the speed limit, feeling the seat, wheel and floor vibrate against her as they raced down the road. It was approximately 3:40 pm when they finally entered the soft shadow of the jungle. By then, Chiara's skin was beaded with sweat, her tank top was sticking to her back and she had sunburns on her arms despite having applied generous quantities of sunscreen.

    The jungle was lush and green, the trees immensely tall and slimmer than Chiara would've expected. She didn't see any animals (most would be wise enough to keep off the road), but she saw a toucan fly by once and heard once or twice the distant shout of a howler monkey.

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