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 freind 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 probly 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 obstical 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 a 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 it's 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 alot 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 it's 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 disorter 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 unfortunatly 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 sneeks 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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With each step that is taken the smell of fish becomes increasingly unbearable, as they tune out all the noice around and focus on the cargo box that lays ahead.