Archived:The Quest for the Conch Trumpet

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Questers
1) Holly Xu, Sage

2) Arabelle Newbold, Owlz

3)Ember Glass, Broken

4)Ailred Wolfskill, Dduffurg48

5)Isadora Taylor. Barbie

Objectives
1} Find out where the conch is

2) Decide who the one who really stole the conch.

Prophesy
Peaceful waters you will not find

As long as the conch is confined.

For there is no other choice

Find the one with a beautiful sing voice

Only the man of sea know where to go

Remember not to run slow

For monsters will appear on your path

Increase in power will subdue their wrath

You will be judge and jury

To individual with alot of fury

Make your descision with the heart

Only there will the truth never part

Quest
Ailred: He sits by a tree, eating a small chocolate bar and reading a book, wating for the others

Ara: She walks up, carrying a small rucksack on her back.

Holly: Holly walks toward the others while  carrying a messenger back, which has  some plane tickets sticking out of it.

Issy runs up carrying a small backpack and sliding a vial of sea water around her neck

Holly: Well looks like everyone here.

Ailred: He looks up from his book Guess so

Issy: so I guess we might as well head out then

Holly: Good idea. Holly says while she begins to walk toward a jeep.

Ara: ''She walks to the jeep. ''Oh, name's Ara.

Ailred: He walks after them, still reading Ailred

Issy:Isadora but please just call me Issy

Ara: ''She gets in the jeep. ''This is my second quest since coming to camp, what about you guys?

Issy: my first but Lia asked me to help her friend and well I tend to make Lia happy

Holly: Holly gets in the jeep, and is holding a smile on her face.. This is my first quest, and I excited about it.

Ember: takes off her earphones Oh yea, I'm Ember, daughter of Zephy. I went to different events like the mission in Germany, but this is my first quest.

Ailred: He closes his book and marks the page Yeah same here He gets into the jeep

Ara: So, Holly, where are we headed?

Holly: We are heading to the Chatham Islands in New Zealand, to look for Triton's Conch.

Ara: She nods. Ah okay. Anyone hungry?.

Ember: Bit, why?

Ara: She takes some cupcakes out of her bag and hands them round. Enjoy!

Ailred: He eats one New Zealand? That should be fun

Ember: Thanks She takes one.

Ara: She smiles. No problem. She starts the jeep. Let's go.

''The group drives up to the airport in silence, upon arrival the check in to their flight. Spend some time in the terminal before they got on the plane. The group then spend several hours on the flight before the  pilot announces their arrival in New Zealand, which didn't take very long after that announcement for the plane to land and passenger to exit the plane. ''

Holly:You know it days like this where I miss the Concorde.

Ember: I can't actually relate to that.

Holly: You don't say.

Ailred: He laughs a bit

Ara: ''She laughs. ''So, where next? Check in at a hotel or...?

Holly: Actually we are going to rent a boat at the Waitangi Port, so we can begin our search for the conch.

Issy: Finaly we are away from that infernal metal box and close to water.dives into the closes sorce of water and just floats for a second

Holly: Holly is restraining herself from laughing. Issy why are you swimming in a fountain?

Issy:glares at her why didn't you tell me i was going ot be in a metal box for hours? I need water it makes me happy goes back to her floating

Holly: I hate to break it you, but Issy you need to get out of the water. She then sees Issy still remaining in the water. we don't need this kind of attent...Holly then spots a police officer coming their way.  Too late. She groaned.

Issy: starts moaning in pain Ow Ow oh my back I hurt my back in this fountain.

Officer:  Just what in heck do you think you are doing.

Holly: She looks at the name tag which says Officer A. H. Ole. I am sorry Officer A Hole.She then realize what she said

Officer A. H. Ole: Excuse me? The officer trying to make sure he heard her right.

Holly:No,  I meant to say  Officer A*s Hole...

Officer A. H. Ole: Officer Ole isn't looking amused by Holly antics.

Holly: Ole... Officer Ole my friend doesn't mean to jump in the fountain and swim in it.

Officer A. H. Ole: Oh really and why is that. He glares at Holly.

Holly: You see my friend Issy has Schizophrenia.

Issy: Yes officer I have Schizophrenia and I need to be in the water so the little people can't get me gets up making sure she is actually wet and clings to him arm with tears in her eyes please don't let them get me.

Officer A. H. Ole.: Begins to look very confused. UH...

Holly: Officer we are only hear to make sure our friend goes into a new white padded home. She then does a puppy dog pout. Please officer  we don't mean to cause any trouble.

Officer A. H. Ole: The glares at Holly Hey I know you

Holly: Uh  you do?

Officer A. H. Ole:  Your that girl  who called me a Moronic Prick and then proceeded to kick me in the ball....I can't have any children because of you.

Holly: Holly eyes widen. Sir, I think you are mistake me for someone else.

Officer A. H. Ole:I know it was you.

Holly: Holly begins to walking away from Officer Ole slowly Officer this is my first time visiting New Zealand.

Officer A. H. Ole: Liar, it time for me to get my revenge.

Issy: oh screw this. punches the officer hard enough his head hits the ground and knock him off uh yea we should probably run

Holly: Good Idea. Holly says as she begins to run away from the officer.

Ember: Pretends to not even know Issy and Holly and gets away with it

Ailred: Follows Embers plan and turns around and open a book

Ara: She follows Ember and Ailred and just pretends to text.

''As the group run through the terminal, they are able to dodge and swirve over any obstacle that lay on their path. While Officer A.H. Ole seems to have hit everyone of them, like slipping on wet floor to slamming into a door. Eventually this lead them to go outside, and enter into an open taxie. ''

Holly: Waitangi Port and step on it.

''As the taxie leave, Officer A. H. Ole finally comes outside, and appears to be scream, unfortuatly the group can't exactly make out what he is saying. ''

Ara: ''She looks at Issy. ''What the hell?

Ailred: He looks down Just ignore him

Holly: I agree that man is out of his mind.

Ember: Well, now that man is out of the way...

Issy:looks down I am sorry I am a sea nymph and the flight made me all twitchy and I just needed to get into some water, and then he just wouldn't shut up.

Ember: keeps quiet as she remebers why the policeman hates them

Ara: Why does he hate us?

Ailred: Maybe he's just crazy?

Ara: Maybe...

Holly: We might as well move on...

Holly gets interrupted by a dead body is flung into the taxi cab window, the driver looses control  of the vehicle and ends up hitting a tree.

AIired: His head hits again the chair What the fu.... He looks at the body OH MY GODS

Holly: ''Holly who is beginning to get up, looks to her left to see the Manticore's tail shoots spike at them. Holly creates a wall made of water stopping the spike from hitting them. ''Get out of the car! Holly says as she open the taxi door and get out of the vehicle.

Ailred: He tries to open the door, but it's jammed For f*ck's sake He kick the door open, and clicks his pen, turning it into a hammer

The Manticore continues to shoot spike at the quester has it begins to charge toward them.

Holly: We have to lead that thing away from the roads before it hurt anyone else ; It was at that moment when one the spikes manages to hit the taxi driver in the chest. like him.

Ember: gets out of the taxi and her kusarigama appears, as well as her gauntlets Let's get some killing

The manticore is about to reach  to reach the quester when a sphere of water blocks it path.

Holly: Okay we have a few moments until the sphere falls, Isadora when that happens you'll need to water travel from behind the manticore and attack it from there. Ember you'll need to attack the manticore from its left side, and Ailred you  will have to attack from right side. While me and Ara attack it from the front

Issy: I don't have that power.

The manticore begins to shoot it spike at sphere, which causes Holly to concentrate harder on the sphere.

Holly: What are you talking about? You have to have that power, I have seen  the other water nympth use it.

Ember: Oh, just do whatever you can already. uses the winds to speed her up to attack from the left side 

Issy: They may have it, but I don't. She then feels the other's eyes on her Okay maybe i don't know how to use that power

Holly: Really that was the first of my powers that I develope before I learned I was a demigod. the manitcore continues to attack the sphere, as Holly begining to have difficulty in holding it. Just concentrate and focus on the location, and your insticts will do the rest.

Ara: ''She dislocates her jaw and grows rows of shark teeth. She starts to attack.''

''AIlred: He very quickly darted to the manticors side, swinging his hammer intoHothe air. Hoping to smash something important''

Both Allred and Ara get knocked back when the manticore uses his paws to swipe at them.While this action caused  Holly focus on sphere begin to dwindle.

Holly: Have you lost your minds? You can't face a manticore head on, it will kill you before you get a chance to strike. Get into position, before I kill you myself. .

Ailred: He jumps back up Sorry He gets back in position We have to attack at the same time

Holly: That is why you are attack from the right side, if we attack from different position, it will confuse him, but this plan can only work if Issy water traveling from behind. Normally I would do it, but it is taking a lot of focus and energy The manticore continues to pound and attack the sphere. just keeping the sphere from falling.

Ailred: He grunts and nods, getting into a strong position

Ember: doesn't look happy at all Follow Holly's orders and let's kill without anymore side

Ara: ''She didn't get knocked back as she attacked from behind. She throws a knife to its chest area.''

Holly:  ''At the same time Holly moves a step to the right, only to have the knife be plunged in her back causing her to loose all focus of the sphere. As she fall to the ground the sphere of water disappears, which causes the manticore to be released, as it sends several poisoined spikes at Ara direction.''

Ara: She dodges the poisoned spikes and runs round, throwing two more knives.

Ailred: He charges in, smashing his hammer into the creature

Issy::''Soon Issy saw the sphere begin to fall, and notice Holly on the floor with a knife on her back. She begins to panic, only to remember she has to get behind the creature. Before she knew what she was doing she takes the knife from Holly back, and water travel behind the creature. She then throws the knife at the Manticore.''

Ara: Holly! ''She shouts. ''

Ember: Attend to her, I'll hold canives a way to distract it for a while

As the Manticore screams in pain, and is about to about to use his tail to attack Ailred.

Ember: wraps herself in a tonardo of air to boost her speed and distorter the attack as she goes towards at it, specifically for its head, to slash it

The Manticore's tail is about  5 inches away from hitting Ailred, when the creature crumbles into dust as a result of the injuries he entailed from Ara, Issy, Ember, and Ailred attacks.

Ember: shrugs as her kusarigama disappears and she turns to Holly She ok now?

Holly: Holly groans, while her eyes remain shut.  My back hurts.

Ailred: He walks over and buts his bag on the floor, he pulls out a flask Drink!

Holly: Holly shifts a little to her side. Leave me alone, I don't want to play duck, duck, goose.

Ara: Give her some ambrosia!

Ailred: He lifts his left eyebrow and put the lip of the flask in Holly's mouth

Holly: Holly attempts to spit the ambrosia out, while she remains sleeping.

Ailred: he sighs and closes her mouth with his hand, forcing her to drink it

Holly: ''Holly is then forced to swallow the ambrosia, and having the substance go through her system. In an instant Holly injuries she developed during the attack was healed, and she open her eyes. ''Why do I feel like a car just ran me over? She then remember the Manticore. Oh no, the Manticore! She then clumsily get up and tries to spot the creature. Uh...Where the Manticore?

Ailred: Dead He sighs

Holly: Holly looks surprised. Really? Then she looks disappointed. And I missed it?

Ailred: I guess so He wipes the sweat from his brow and sits on the floor, panting

Holly: How long was I out?

Ailred: No idea, I wasn't looking He pants

Holly: That can't be a good sign

Ember: Can you guys keep on going---or?

Holly: Honestly we need to get out of the area before the cops get here. Which by now I assume they must of gotten a some phone call.

Ember: looks like shes in a hurry Alright, let's go.

Ailred: Where do we go next sorry?

Holly: We are going to walk for about 2 miles in the woods, and then lay low for a day or two before we continue on this quest.

Ailred: Fine with me, I have enough books

Issy:Well I have no problem with that as long as we are close to the water

Holly:Okay, we better get moving. ''Holly gets up from the ground a bit too fast, only to realize she become a bit dizzy. She hold on nearest person so she doesn't fall to the ground. ''

Issy:  She wraps an arm around her waist to help her along

Holly: She looks a bit embarrassed. Give me a second. It takes Holly a few second to recover. Okay I am ready let go.

''The group then proceed to leave the scene. They ended up spending a day and half. in the woods, before they decided to continue on the quest. So they packed up the things in the camp site, and ended up hitchhiking all the was to Waitangi Port. After half an hour of they manage to get a ride, and  later arrive at port''

Holly: Thanks for giving us a ride Mrs. Tomescheski  She says to woman who is in her 40s driving a car.

Mrs. Tomescheski: Your welcome kids, just make sure to next time call a taxi. There are a lot weirdos out there who can take advantage of you of kids.

Holly: Holly then remembered the taxi driver who died from the Manticore attack. Uh... We keep that in mind

The group step out of the vehicle as Mrs. Tomescheski drives off.

Ailred: She seemed nice

Holly nods.

Ember: Since she is hard to please, she stays quiet as she checks for any sign of unusualty.

Holly: Look I am going to see if we can rent a boat. While I am there, please do not do anything that will cause unwanted attention, unless it becomes necessary. Okay.

Ailred: Fine ''He rolls his eyes and sits on the floor. He pulls out a book, and opens back to the page he last left off''

Holly: Holly then walks away from the group, and enters into a building that rent boats.

'''Meanwhile the group waits for Holly to comeback, one of the dock worker is staring at group while he attempts to conseal his presence from them. The dock worker is slightly overweight has a short white hair with a beard to match, and is wearing a button up jacket, with jeans. The most distinct feature is the order of fish that is reeking off his body. ''

Ailred: God that guy stinks He says holding his nose

Ember: takes notice of the guy's clothes and appearance Something smells fishy about him

The man notices that they are staring at him, and begins to quickly walk away from them.

Issy gets up and hurrys after him excuse me sir I need to ask you a question

As soon as the man hears Issy speaking to him, he begins to run away from group.

Ember: Uses a bit of her powers to boost her speed and overtake the man Well, I thought it was our elders who taught us not to turn our backs when someone's talking

Man: The man struggle to be released, but to no avail. What do you want?

Ember: Why are you running? Also, whats with that stench?

Issy: I swear on my father Oceanus that I am not going to hurt you

Man: I was running because I did not want you to catch me, and unfortunately was your one question hero. The man is able to escape from Ember grasp, by changing him into Pacific treefrog, and begins to jumping away from the group.

Ember: glares as she summons winds to try and capture or surround the frog No one runs away from me

''But the frog jumps to the side, causing him to escape Ember's trap. He continues to jump away from her, and the others.''

Ailred: He laughs and picks up a lobster tramp, which he then throughs over the frog.

''The frog narrowly misses being captured by the lobster cage, because he decides to  change direction after noticing the cargo was blocking  his access to the ocean. He hear the cage bang against the cargo  as he begins to head into warehouse. ''

Issy makes a small water dome over him and bends down to grab him by the leg

Ailred: ''He sits on the floor, he didn't like talk about cutting people up. It made him feel sick''

''It was then that the tiny frog turned into the venomous water moccasin snake, causing Issy to loose grasp at creature leg. The snake hiss at the group before jumping over water dome made to hold the frog, he quickly slithers away from the group, and into the warehouse, causing Ailred, Ara, Ember, and Issy to loose sight of him.''

Ara: She screams.

Ailred:'' He angrily stands up, and picks up his hammer. Dragging it across the floor

Ailred: I don't mind He sighs

Ailred: You girls stay here. I'll go inside and looks for it. I'll call if I need help He leaves the groups and enters the building

''As he and the other enters into the warehouse, they first notice that there are many shelves lined up in rows filled with cargo boxs, and for every five rows lays white  columns that goes all the way up to the ceiling. They can see some of the worker using equiptment to stack up the cargo boxs, while others are taking inventory.''

Ailred: He sneaks in, trying to find the god damn snake Come on snakey. Ailred isn't going to hurt you...much''

Issy:sneaks in after him following her nose to one of the dock workers er excuse me sir I am very lost can you help me?

The worker turns to Issy.

Warehouse Worker Exit that way He points the big steal doors that they just came in from.

Issy:Grabs his pointing arm and pulls it behind him and her other arm pulls him flush to her so he can't get away Oh poor boy that is not the help I need at all.

Warehouse Worker: The Bathroom is  located in the office.

Issy:You stink of the see old man. now you will answer my question. when i think if it of course.

Warehouse Worker: Excuse me?

Issy:Don't try the innocent act and tell me where the snake is hiding then.

Warehouse Worker: Snakes? Kid  we don't allow animals in this warehouse. Even if a company send us a shipment of live animals,  I wouldn't be able to tell you anything since there is so much cargo being sent in that it is hard for anyone to keep track

.Issy: then how about you tell me why you smell of turned fish and rotting seaweed.

Warehouse Worker: I SMELL LIKE WHAT! Screams the warehouse worker.

Issy: You smell like rotten tuna and seaweed

Warehouse Worker: THAT IT I AM CALLING SECURITY!

While this is going on Ember begins to smell the auroma of which is coming from the rows which is nearest to one of the exit, while the warehouse worker in the middle of the warehouse.

Issy:Oh no please don't sir they are in league with the little men. starts sobbing they will eat me if they find me.

'Warehouse worker was ignoring her as he began to use his cell phone to call warehouse security guard, in minutes they arrived and excorted Issy out of the building, while the rest of the group was busy looking for the snake.

 

The smell leads her to a row of shelves which are filled with crates, which some appear to have been left open.

Ailred: He slowly follows Ember Wow, what was in that thing he looks at it eye open



The box was filled with  a bunch of packet of fake vomit, but before they can have any kind of reaction to this they can hear movement from the big wooden cargo box that is in the corner.

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The crate continues moving for a few moments, before it abruptly stops.

Ailred: He walks over and slowly opens the door

''Inside the small crate lies a bunch of  snakes, with different colors, sizes, and species. It was the first time Ember and Ailred notice that the crate has air holes on it, and when they take a closer glance at the crate they realized that some of the snakes there are poisonous. They had to be careful, since one false move can quickly turned deadly. Although they did have experience in fighting mythological monsters, they understood that things like poison, strangulation, and gun shots can still be able to harm them. The question is which snake was the one they were looking for?''



''Unfortunately the winds that was used to lift Ember and Ailred had knock some crates over including the one that was filled with Snakes. All the snakes was in the crate quickly began to escape, as they hiss slithered in every direction. As one of worker who is employees by warehouse see the snakes on the ground and delivered a blood wrenching scream. This scream alert three other worker to the area, and they soon come to check out what is going on. When the two other worker arrive they see the snakes on the floor they began to panic and run away from the shelves screaming'' Snake!

Ailred: Gods, I don't think we can catch all of them

''One the snakes is seen slithering through floor and aiming to leave the Aile. Before they could react they see he had quickly made it to the edge of aisle, where he turns toward them. The snake's eyes are filled with mischief as he appears to hold a wicked smile, before there very eyes they see the snake transform into a polar bear. The bear turns his back away from the questers as he begins to run away from aile.''



''The snakes were moving at all directions, there was 2 snakes that remain in the cage, 4 that were heading to the bottom of the shelves, 3 were climbing shelves, 5 snakes were slithering around the aisle, there was at least one snake that was following the bear lead and leaving the aisle and 10 that had already left the aisle. Meanwhile the polar bear begins to head toward the exit as more the worker in the warehouse begin to notice its presence. Soon they hear more and more screaming coming throughout the factory, and in the corner of their eyes they can see people pushing, shoving, and running as if their very lives depend on it. ''

 

''Before the chain can be wrapped around the bear the neck, the bear side steps the attack. Instead of the bear, it was one of the factory worker, who had their neck getting wrapped and being suffocated. Meanwhile the other questers temporarily loose sight of polar since he run through the exit. ''



''The polar bear continues to run away from the warehouse. He sees the sign for a boat rental business, and remembers that the business as a second exit that he can use to loose the questers. He makes decision to head toward the building, but it may prove to be the wrong move since one of the questers is already in building is quickly loosing her patience.''

Holly :Are you finished checking my id? Holly says as she begin to tap her foot very rapidly in the ground, but the clerk appears to be ignoring her. You have been staring at it for past 15 minutes. Holly groans in frustration. Hello Mr! I am talking to you! Holly the lean against the side door.

Clerk: The clerk respond to Holly in a Monotone voice that can make Ben Stein jealous. You need to be 17 years or older in order to rent a boat, The Clerk grabs a pair of scissor, and unfortunately He uses the scissors to cuts Holly Diverse license in Half. I think it fake.

Holly: ''Holly was about to give the clerk a piece of her mind, when the polar bear burst into the building. While the Clerk Holly was instantly trilled at the chance of seeing a polar bear up close'' Yay! It an adorable Polar Bear.

''The Polar bear is frustrated since he recognizes that Holly is a demigod, and worse she is blocking the exit. The polar bear realize that Holly isn't aware that the other questors have been chasing him, so the bear decides to try to scare Holly. He stand up by his hind legs, and roars at child of Poseidon. Much to his surprise, it doesn't seems to have any effect on her.''

Holly: I can't believe I am standing in front of a New Zealand polar bears! Just when Holly hears a thud coming from behind the counter, it was then that she has an epiphany.

''The polar bear become aware that Holly has just recognized that something was wrong by looking into her eyes. He decides that to cut his loss, and figure out a new way to loose the other questors. He drops his two front legs to the ground, and is about to run in the same direction he came in. When he notices that the other questors have caught up to him, and are now blocking the exit.''

Holly: New Zealand doesn't have polar bear population. She look up and immediately spots the other questers, and scream. What the hell did you morons do?

Holly: Holly looks at the five snakes, and then turns her attention to them. What the hell happen? I left you guys alone for 15 minutes only to find everything turns to chaos while I am gone.

Holly: The anger that was previously painted across Holly's face melted away to one of shock, and disbelief.  First off  the only snakes that naturally in New Zealand is Sea Snakes. There a good possibility that if someone get bitten by a different type of snake that they won't even have the anti-venom to be able to cure that person.

Meanwhile the polar bear is patiently waiting for one the demigods to make a mistake, while focusing in on their conversation.

Holly: Holly places her hands behind her back The snakes you pointed only two of theme are a sea snake is the Rainbow Water Snake which is nonvenomous. Although it isn't a sea snake, two of the snakes is the Sierra Mountain Kingsnake is also nonvenomous. She see how they are are relax, hearing that three of the snakes are not lethal. The last snake on the other hand,is considered to be the most deadliest snake on the planet. Since most people are allergic the anti-venom used to treat the Black Mamba's venomous bite. Holly says while pointing to the snake.

''It was then that polar bear did a double take and realize that the child of Poseidon was right. One of the snake that was slithering in the ground is a Black Mamba. In the corner of his eye he sees Holly take off one of her bracelets and then throws it at the snake. Much to the polar bears confusion, this result in the Black Mamba's head being cut off. The polar bear was perplexed about what he just witness, and began to focus on the bracelet. Only to realize that the item before him wasn't a bracelet, but a small chakram made from gold.''

Holly:   I will ask you one last time before I start physically express my feeling for the situation. What the hell happen after I left for the boat rental store? This time don't skip out on giving details.

Ailred: It all went so fast. Ask Ember He shakes his head



Holly: The snake turned into a bear? Holly said in a perplexed tone. That impossible...A thought pop into Holly head.

''The polar bear understood at that moment that Holly was now aware of who he was. Any hope of him escaping without demigods asking him a question was gone. ''

Holly: Unless you guys were chasing Nerseus.

Holly: Holly didn't looked amused. Why were you chasing Nerseus?

Ailred: D-Don't look at me His face is pale from reseaving terrible news from camp

Holly: She awaits a response from them, but when it became obvious none was coming. Well Holly crosses her arms. I don't have all day, so one you will have to answer the question.

Holly: It doesn't matter if he know something or not...

The bear looks genuinely surprised to hear what Holly said.'

Holly: Nerseus has the same rights as you and I have.... Holly sighs Although I can understand your frustrations, and understand the importance of finding the conch, I also emphasize with Nerseus. Since I have been in his position, I know what it like to have someone chase you around because of something you may or may not know. Worse to have someone try to kill you, because you gave them an answer they didn't like.

Holly: Holly moves away from the exit she is blocking, looking into the bear eyes, as she open the door. As long as I am on this quest I will not force you to tell me anything you don't want to.

''The bear was in surprised to see the door open, and hear Holly's words. He was about ready to bolt, when he hears the next words that come from Holly mouth.''

Holly:In fact we don't even need the help of man who only claims to be able to tell the future. In fact I don't believe for five seconds that you know any more than the rest of the other gods. Your so called foresight must be a sham.

It was then that the bear becomes angry and turns into a man.

Nerseus: Excuse me!

Nerseus: Do you have any idea who I am? I have had people beg for my assistance for century, and you dare to question me. Nerseus glares as she glares at Holly.

Holly: Duh! If you were a real psychic, you already know of the consequence of what will happen if you don't help... Nerseus grabs Holly by throat, and begin to chock her. especially to your children. Holly says in low and raspy voice.



Nerseus: The wind crescent does causes Nerseus to loose grip of Holly's throat. You are going to pay for doing that child of Zephyrus. Nerseus was about attack Ember, when a sphere of water appear to be blocking him from Ember.

Holly:I guess this really does prove that you can't see the future, or that you are an idiot. Nerseus is about to turn his attentions to Holly. Because considering how many of your children have the ability to use water, it is mind blowing to believe in  how you can care less about the impact Triton's conch will have if it fell in the wrong hand.

Nerseus: Nerseus face went from anger to confusion The conch has been stolen?

Nerseus: How?

Holly: Not sure, but as for the where She laughs this very town.

Nerseus: Impossible, I certainly would have heard something.

Holly: Looks like Triton, and my father are trying to bury the situation.

Nerseus:  That maybe, but why should I help Triton if he was stupid enough to loose it.

Holly: No more stupid than you being framed from stealing it. '

Nerseus: Nerseus entire body then tense up.

Holly: Think about Nerseus, the conch was stolen in this location. A location where you probably resided in for days, weeks or months pretending to be another average mortal. She then stares at Nerseus in the eyes. Now I may bot be a god, but it seems to be that seems pretty suspicious.

Nerseus: Nerseus looks upset. It wasn't me, because I am a God, and Gods can't steal other God's symbol of power.

Holly:I know you didn't do it,...

Nerseus: The god began to calm down.

Holly: but that doesn't mean Poseidon or Triton won't find it suspicious. You know how my father get whenever one of his children get hurt, so imagine what he is going to do to the person who dared steal from his heir.

Nerseus: ''It was then then that Nerseus has an eerie and distance look in his eye. His entire body language had shifted, and appeared as if he wasn't paying attention to what Holly is saying.''

Holly: Look I am just trying to find this thing. I don't mean to offend you, but Holly then notices he not paying attention. fine if you really don't want to help out that is your issue. At least you can say I gave you the head up before the sh*t hits the fan.

It was then that Holly was about to leave with the others in tow, when Nerseus speaks up.

Nerseus: You will find the conch southwest from this position, but be warned the water who you will be sailing are dangerous. If you succeed in your quest, no matter what you decide all of you will gain a new enemy.

Before the others can say anything in response, Nerseus quickly walks out the Rental place.

Issy: Issy walks into the rental place, and noticed that Ember, Ailred, and Holly where staring at something. What are you guys staring at?

Holly: Holly groans. Nothing.She pauses. Are any of you guys older than 17 years old?

Issy: I am.

Holly: Then you won't have much of a problem trying to convince this moron. Points at clerk who is still passed out. to rent you a boat.

Issy: Why do we need a boat, if we can swim in the ocean just as easily.

Holly: We will be wasting our engery just trying to prevent people from drowning by maintaining  3 airbubbles.

Issy: Issy faces turns to confusion. Don't you mean 2 airbubbles.

Holly: Holly pauses for a long time, before responding. Just see if you can rent the boat, I'll be waiting outside.

Holly then walks out of the rental shop, and waits half an hour before being knock over by a someone wearing a hoodie.

Holly: Watch it! ''As Holly looks up she looses sight of the person who knocked her down. She slowly gets up only for her to get pushed the side, it is then that she noticed that people were still in panic.'' Oww! ''She says as she looks at her arm and notes was that there is no visual sign of injury, but it is sensitive to the touch. A small golden journal that lays in the ground catches her eye. Holly quickly pick it up, and begins to read it. Her attention was so focus, that she didn't noticed the other walked out of the boat rental store,and are right behind her.''

Issy: Issy has annoyed looks on her face. We couldn't rental.

Holly: Okay. She says while continuing to read the letter.

Issy: The nerve of that man, first he calls us a liar, and then he destroys our ids.

Holly: That great.

Issy: It is then that Issy realizes that Holly is obviously not paying attention, and sees the book in her hand Holly?

Holly: Huh.

Issy: What are you reading?

Holly: Huh uh.

Issy: You make a goo...

Holly: No. She unknowingly interrupts Holly as she is still engrossed in  the book.

Issy: That it.Issy takes book from Holly's hand.

Holly: Hey!

Issy: Just what in the hell are you reading.Issy read a few page, before her face become blank. You are reading someone diary?

Ailred: Uhm... I think we should take a look. Anything here could be a clue and we need a clue damn fast

Holly: Come on, I was getting to part where Urszula  thinks she is man trapped inside a woman body..She whined, and pauses When did you arrived? I thought you were in boat rental shop.

Issy: Issy facial expression is the mix between disbelief and amusement. Outside of that juicy gossip did it say anything else.

Holly: Well outside of her confusion on her gender, she is a fan of Ursula the sea witch.

Issy: I meant anything pertaining to the quest we are on.

Holly: Yeah, that he/she like to play devil advocate.

Issy: Issy looks confused. What do you mean?

Holly: Well I think the best way is to give you example out of the top of my head. Let say Athen gave Ailred a watch that stops time. The moment Ailred receive the watch he show it off, and soon everyone is talking about. Eventually Urszula hears about the watch and wants it for herself. She knows Ailred will not give up the watch so easily, and stealing it will cause some backlash. So she gets to work to manipulate events like stealing Ailred entire life savings, framing him for some trump up charges, or worst yet poisoning someone he care about. In each even she would go to Ailred promising all his troubles away if he would just give her his watch. Holly then get interrupted.

Ailred: Yeah well I don't have that watch do I? So that ir elevant

Holly: Holly looks annoyed Offcourse you don' t have a watch that stops time that because as far as I know it doesn't exist. Besides I was only using the watch in an example of situation that is relevant to the quest. Which by the way I am not done with yet.

Issy: Then by all means continue.

Holly: If Ailred were to refuse to give the watch, despite whatever situation Ailred finds himself in. Urzsula would then fight, and  kill Ailred then steal his watch. Or in another scenario  if she knew Ailred would never willingly hand it over,  it is rather she will trick someone close to Ailred or who has access to the watch into stealing it, or she will steal it herself. Holly pauses Oh now I am done with my example.

Ailred: Has she done this before?

Holly: According the diary, she has done this kind of scam to a lot of different variety of people, it not just special items that she goes after it could be money, animal, motor vehicle,  and She mumbles in a low tone people.

Issy: People?

Holly: Holly nods People. Holly pauses as she allows the other to process the information. Look whether or not this Urzsula is the one who stole Triton trumpet is irrelevant,  she is still a very dangerous woman.

Issy: Issy then begins out loud If she did steal the Triton's trumpet, a good question to ask is how did Triton get duped?

Holly: Well..

It was then that someone from behind the group interrupts Holly.

Tourist: that is more easily accomplish than you think. Especially since Triton was already vulnerable at the time of the theft.

Tourist: According to a few my sources Triton was already angry and depressed when arrived to the Island. They say he was looking for a kid of his who had ran away. He spent all day looking for the brat, and at night he went to a nearby bar to drink his sorrows away. All I know is that in the morning his conch trumpet was gone, he spend about a day looking for it, before giving up and drinking again. I am guessing it is around that point where your father points to Holly decided to ask you for help.

Issy: That is what I don't understand why did Poseidon ask her when their other more qualified demigods to lead this quest.

Holly: Excuse me. Holly looks annoyed and insulted.

Tourist: Because despite what you make think no one in the Poseidon cabin would be able to put their feeling aside to help Triton. Let alone make an effort to find the conch trumpet, even if they knew how dangerous it is.

Issy: What is so dangerous about a trumpet that stops waves?

Tourist: ''The tourist expected the questers to be confused, and based on the looks on their faces her assessment seemed to be accurate. As she focused in on their body language she found that at least one of them didn’t share the other confusion.'' Well kid I am not here to tell you information that you already have access to.

Holly: Holly face went from being baffled to pure confusion. I don’t understand how we can have access to the information? Holly looks at the diary. Is it written down in this diary?

Tourist: I doubt that it is, and even if that were the case Tourist looks at daughter of Poseidon. you don’t need it to help figure out why is calming the waters dangerous. She looks at the other demigods. None of you do.

Issy: If you’re not here to give us info than why are you here?

Tourist. It was in that moment she hold a pair of keys in her hands before tossing into Holly’s hand. To give you boat, and piece of advice she pauses. It is a known fact that before any of you leave this island that all of you will contribute in abolishing someone life.

Holly: We are not planning...

Tourist: The tourist ignores Holly. By joining this quest you are assuring that destruction will happen, but you have a choice to whom it will happen to. It rather you abandon the quest and save yourselves any future pain, but indirectly causing more harm to Triton, Gods, and innocent people. Or you can go on that boat and take down the person responsible of the theft, but realistically you will gain a new enemy. The tourist pauses No matter what you decide, just make sure that the destruction happens to the right person.

Holly: Holly then says in a low voice, as she looks at Tourist in the eyes..We are not planning on killing anyone.

Tourist: The tourist then looks at Holly.  I never said you were going to kill anyone, I said you were going to destroy someone. Killing and destroying are two different things, not many demigods, monsters, or gods understand this concept. Though that do sometimes end up being really influential, and wise.

Issy: I am betting you are going to tell us that you are wise.

Tourist: No, I am a foolish a*shole named Jess. she says with a smirk. I have to go now, good luck on your quest. Before anyone of them could say anything, they find that Jess is already gone.

Holly: ''Holly looks at the keys to find that name of ship is written on it. She pauses for a few seconds before she turns to the other to speak.'' I am not going to force any of you to continue on this quest if you have having second thoughts, so if you want to continue on this quest please meet me on The Goliath. If you are not there in one hour then I will not think any less of you. Holly then leaves the other to their thoughts, and begins to head for the docks.

Forty five minutes later Holly still in on the upper-deck waiting for the other questers to arrive.



Holly: I don't know, but if they are not here in 15 minutes than we will be leaving without them.

The two waited 15 minutes to pass before Holly's sigh in defeat.

Holly:We better head off we are wasting daylight. ''Holly walks up to  medium size box, and takes out two life jackets. She puts one of them on, and after hands the other one to Ember.'' You need to this life-jacket on, because if something happens and I get knocked out this can prevent both of us from drowning. You can find the  safety kit in the box in  it you can find the  first aide kit, fire extinguishers, infatable life raft, flare gun, and that sort of thing. Question how good are you in monitering equipment?

Holly: Okay because I set up some sonar equipment to moniter what is occuring under water, so we can see if there is any unusual activities going on. If you will come with me to the cockpit I can show the computer where the program is set up.

''Holly lead to Ember to the cockpit where aside from the steering wheel, and navigation equipment. There is a separate area set up where their is small lap top computer sitting on a small table, with a pair of earphones attached to it.''

Holly: I know it looks small, and not what one in use to when they think of sonar equipment, but it does work. Holly turn on the computer, where she click on a fish finder, she wait for the program to pop up. A friend of mine who lives outside of camp has been busy  doing some research on mythological objects. '' Holly wait for a minute for the program to open up where she it then asks for user name and password. Holly then quickly type it out, and press enter.'' more specifically to see if they can be replicated by a non-Hephaestus kid. Well apart of the research involves studying  the energy being emitted by the object when it is in use and when it is dormant. The page open up to reveal one half of it look like a video recording what is occurring below water and the other a sonar screen.

Holly: Sees Ember already at work Clearly you already know what you are doing, so how about we just heading out.

''While Holly begins to prepare the boat to depart, Issy is silently praying it doesn't as she continues to run toward the dock. Several times Issy had dodge and side step her movement since some of the people in the dock happen to get in the way. At one point she had to climb over a fence, only to realize after she had completed this obstacle that the gate was open. At this moment that doesn't matter since the boat was in her sights, she increased her speed to get to it faster. It wasn't until she arrived, where she realized that the boat had already left port. ''

Issy: Shit.

''She exclaimed as she sees the boat heading further, and further away from her. Issy narrows her eyes just as she made to go swim after them. She takes two steps back right before diving into the water, meanwhile on the boat an unknown object appears on the monitor. ''

Holly: Holly who was still steering the boat. Well that can't be right since though are the coordinates to location where we were docked.

''It was then a thought pop in Holly's Head, she quickly places the boat in autopilot. She then heads to the monitor screen and notices that the unknown object is marked in blue.''

Holly:Okay it not a boat since that I know its marked in green, and special magical items and weapons are marked in red. I can't remember what blue mean, let me check on the list my friend gave me.

Holly goes to retrieves the list which is located in the bottom drawer where the monitor is located.

Holly:Purple... no She says while skimming down the list. Yellow...No she says with a sigh  Orange... Interesting, but no. She finally stops reading when she reaches blue. Ah here it is blue. Holly begin to read the information out loud. When the monitor shows a blue dot it signifies that an unknown creature or humanoid of magical or mystical origins is the area. Shen stops, and has a neutral look on her face. Huh so I guess a mystical creature is heading toward the boat.

Holly: Holly has her necklace, and bracelet transform in armor, and Kwan Dao. Apart of me is freaking out, but I know there are lot of species that can be categories as a mythological creature, and not all of them are dangerous monsters. I am saving judgement until I can identify what creature is coming our way, but just in case is dangerous grab your weapon. After Holly says this she grabs her weapon, and goes upper deck.

''In the meantime, Issy is swimming as fast as she can to catch up to the boat. Although she has never timed herself, she is pretty confident that she can swim faster than the mortal Michael Phelps. She doesn't remember watching the race which resulted in Phelps breaking the world record progression for the 400 meters freestyle relay, since she would rather be swimming in the water than watch other people swim. She did hear from the other sea nymph that her father Oceanus was upset about his accomplishment, because one of his demigod’s children was the previous record holder. Issy can only imagine what kind of impact the news must have had when her father saw a mere mortal surpass his son’s accomplishment. Issy would much rather watch the every single relay was broadcasted during the Olympics than be swimming after this boat. Suddenly the boat came to a complete stop, once this occurred it didn't take her long to reach it. She was greeted by two very annoyed faces, both of whom are fully armored with weapon on hand.''

Holly: Your late. Holly says as her armor and weapon transform back into the necklace, and bracelet.

Issy: Issy sift her feet from side to side. I am sorry.

Holly: Why?

Issy: Escorting Ara, and Ailred to airport, and had dinner.

Holly: Okay. Holly shrugs and then goes below deck in order to continue to steer the boat.

Holly: The moniter is to tell us what is occuring above and below the water  in a 25 mile radius.