A dinnertime mystery. (Open)

[Dominic Jones]

Dom was in the lake. Of course he was, that was where he always was on a hot summers day. Taking a deep breath, he exaled and pused himself to the bottem of the lake. He enjoyed being here. it was the one place that no one could find, and disturb him. He closed his eyes and began to think. Nothing in peticular, just thinking. Just as he had gotten settled, the conch blew, signilling dinner. Sighing, he willed the currents to push him back to the surface. as he came back up, he was about to pull himself back onto the surafce when he noticed a girl sitting staring at him. He didn't know who she was, but she was staring at him like he was a long lost friend or something. "Who are you" he asked. Instead of replieing she got up and ran into the forest. He went ot chase her, but remembered dinner. Cursing under his breath he swore he would go looking for her as soon as he could. Walking into the dining pavillion, he sat at his table and thought about her. He didn't know where from, but he could swear he'd seen her somewhere before.

[McKenna]

Alina Rose sat at the Zeus table, alone, like she always did. The only one in Zeus' cabin. Her sister Thalia would come back and visit occasionally, but never for a long time.

The dinner bell rang, and Alina looked around to see dozens of campers filing in to their tables. There was a major amount of giggling going on at the Aphrodite table behind her. Alina clenched her fists so hard that in started storming in the clear summer night sky above her.
"Alina" Someone whispered in her ear. She ignored the voice, thinking it was her dad trying to tell her something knowledgeable
"Alina Rose, do you hear me?" The daughter of Zeus snapped her head to the side only to see Reed, son of Hermes pointing to the sky. She glanced up and saw the storm clouds formulating above her. She cleared them away quickly before anyone noticed.

[Dominic Jones]

Dom sat his table, with a frown on his face. He was in full thinking mode, and in no mood to talk to anyone. As the other campers filed in, he heard the familiar giggling coming from the Aphrodite campers. Oh how he loathed them. Their giggling made it impossible to concentrate on anything. Sighing, he decided that it would just be best to forget for the time being, and concentrate on dinner. Getting some food, he walked up to the bronze brazier in the center, and scrapped in a portion and muttered "For Poseidon" and said a silent prayer in his head, asking for help on the mysterious girl he had encountered. Sitting back down at his table, he left his food untouched. He was in no mood for eating.

[McKenna]

Reed left Alina's table seeing Chiron giving him the eyebrow from the other side of the pavilion. Alina laughed at the innocent face Reed made at Chiron while he jogged over to the overfilling Hermes table. Alina got up and threw some of her food off her plate into the fire. As soon the flame consumed the offering, thunder rumbled for a quick second in the sky. Then it was gone.
Alina rolled her eyes and said to herself , "Yeah, I thought so"

[Dominic Jones]

Dom was used to the thundering in the sky but today he was annoyed at it, and wished it would stop. Thankfully it did, and he decided that he might as well eat now. picking up his pizza he ate a couple of slices, and threw the rest back on his plate, he was in no mood to eat. His mind was only on the mystery girl.

[McKenna]

Alina sipped out of her glass. Immediately, she gagged, "Ugh, Sprite." She muttered in disgust. She dumped it out the the grass behind her, splattering the shirt of an Aphrodite daughter on the way. The blond turned around and snarled at Alina.
"Ugh, she's such a freak." She heard her tell the other Aphrodite children.
The daughter of Zeus smirked evilly and snapped her fingers, sending down a bolt of lightning to the middle of the Aphrodite table. They all silenced immediately.
They should have known not to mess with me, I think I've taught them that during capture the flag.
The peace and quiet was much more relaxing. Reed looked over at Alina and grinned childishly, and said "Thats better."
The children of Aphrodite rolled their eyes and flipped their hair. Alina payed no attention, she knew everyone was much happier now that they were quieter.

[Dominic Jones]

Dom smirked silently at the discomfort of the Aphrodite girls, as Alina sent a lighting bolt, smack dab in the middle of their table. Catching her eye, he raised his glass in a silent thanks to her, and took a small sip. He immediately spat it back out, it wasn't lemonade, it was sparkling water. He looked at the glass, and said "Lemonade" When the glass emptied and refilled, he sipped it and was smiled. They had got his order right this time. Sitting back in his chair, he looked out toward the darkness of the forest and thought about the girl who was currently hiding in there. Thinking back to when he had first seen her he tried to remember what she looked like. Dark black hair, Light brown eyes, and dressed in jeans and a red shirt. Where had he seen someone like that before. It nagged at the back of his brain, and was on the tip of his tongue, but he just couldn't recall it.

[McKenna]

Alina glanced around happily. She spied Amaria sitting at the Hades table on the other side of the pavilion, alone. Just like Alina, Amaria was the only one in her cabin. And the son of Poseidon, Dominic. She looked over at him, the Poseidon table was right next to Zeus'.
"Dom." Alina whispered to get his attention. But he seemed lost in thought. She tried again, "Dom? What are you thinking about?"
She wouldn't normally talk to somebody, especially someone who wasn't on her team for capture the flag. But she was in a good mood.

[Abbie]

OOC: sry kinda random post

Amaria rolled her eyes at Alina, her temper always getting the best of her. She sat alone at her table like always. When she first arrived at Camp Half Blood she found it rather boring to sit alone at a table, but over the years she's found that its not too bad. You can sort out your thoughts without anyone budding in. She scanned the room but couldnt find Shane. She hadnt seen him all day and was anxious to talk to him and just have him by her side. She looked down at her untouched food and sighed. Nothing looked appetizing to her right now. She looked back over at the Zeus's table and was surprised to see Alina talking to Dominic, and not zapping his head off. Amaria smirked, that will change during capture the flag.

[Dominic Jones]

Dom was only really half in this world. His mind was elsewhere and he was doing his best to ignore everyone, and everything else. Unfortunatly this was hard to do when someone was whispering his name over and over again. He was trying to ignore as he thought it was his dad with some advice. He had gotten enough of that. It was only when the voice asked what he was thinking about did he relise that it wasn't his dad, it was Alina Rose, Daughter of Zeus and rival for Capture the flag. This was rare. She could never talk to him for more that 5 minutes without making some sort of comment. Then again he was just as bad with her. He decided to reply, as he felt he need to talk about it. Except not here, in private. Turning to her he said, "Meet me after dinner, I'll explain then." With that he turned back to his untouched food.

[McKenna]

Alina nodded slowly, wondering what in the world Dominic was talking about.
Somethings up She thought to herself, taking a sip of her Pepsi
She noticed Amaria and Reed giving her questioning looks from their tables. And she responded with a look that said “I don’t even know, but when I find out, I’ll tell you. Its something to do with Dominic.”
They understood and went back to whatever they were doing.
They knew her so well.

[Dominic Jones]

Dom sneaked a side look at the other tables and noticed that Reed and Amaria looking at Alina. No doubt she would tell them what he needed to tell her. Then again he didn't mind, he just needed to talk to someone about it. About 5 minutes later the pavillion crowd began to thin and within ten minutes he was alone with Alina. Walking slowly over to the Zeus table, he quickly glanced around to make sure that they were alone and then drew a deep breath and told her. "Earlier, before I came to dinner, when I getting out of the lake, there was someone waiting for me. I could swear I didn't know her, but she seemed to know me. But when I sat down and started thinking about it, I relised I had seen her somewhere before, but I can't think where." With that he was finished. He just stood there and waited for her replie.

[McKenna]

Alina forced herself into Dominics mind. No, he wasn't lying. She could see it in his eyes, he was genuinely worried about something. She stood up and crossed her arms. Usually she knew what to do, or at least had an idea. But she was totally stumped. A lot of weird things had been happening at Camp lately. She knew her eyes were fading from bright blue to white. Thats ok. It happened all the time.
She turned and looked him in the eye, "Have you looked for her again?"

[Dominic Jones]

Looking at Alina he could see she was trying to figure something out. If he couldn't maybe she could. He stood there with bated breath, waiting to see what she would say.
"Have you looked for her again?"
He released his breath. She didn't know. Sighing he replied "No that was my first thought. but then I remembered that I had dinner, so I rushed stright here. I was going to go look for her after dinner, but then you started talking to me. I doubt I'll have a enough time to go search the entire forest before curfew. I doubt they'll miss at sing along. If chiron starts asking quistions, I make up something. Say I didn't feel to good." He finished his sentance and looked toward the rapidly getting darker forest.

[McKenna]

Alina noticed him glancing anxiously at the forest. She smirked, "Go! I know you want to find her." She punched him on the shoulder, "Go find her, son of Poseidon, I'll cover for you. Just keep me updated." She snapped her fingers, electrify bouncing off the air around her.
She started to walk away, then glanced back at him, "Just remember that I won't be this friendly to you for Capture the Flag!" She called back at him.

[Dominic Jones]

"Go! I know you want to find her." She punched him on the shoulder, "Go find her, son of Poseidon, I'll cover for you. Just keep me updated."

"Thanks." Dom said. then he did something that he never expected himself to do. He hugged her. Pulling away quickly he coughed and instead of saying anything, he hurried toward the forest. But not before he heard her shouting "Just remember that I won't be this friendly to you for Capture the Flag!" "wouldn't have it any other way." He yelled back with a grin on his face.

[McKenna]

Alina smirked.
She heard one the Apollo children call over to the Camp fire. The songs started. Alina never particularly liked the Camp fire, but she went anyways.
"Alina!" She turned her head. Reed was running toward her, "Alina!" He shouted, "Come on! We're starting!" He reached her and grabbed her hand, pulling her for the flickering light in the distance.

Once they got there, they sat on the ground in the grass and Alina told him about her encounter with Dominic Jones: Son of Poseidon.


OCC: I didn't really know what else to do

[Dominic Jones]

Chiron called over to the rest of the campers. When they had all arrived, he motioned for the Apollo kids to set up their instruments, and begin the sing along. Looking around he noticed that, as usual, Reed, Alina and Amaria, sitting together. He didn't mind, but looking around at the rest of the groups, he noticed that there was no one sitting under the Poseidon banner. Trotting over to Alina he coughed and whispered in her ear "My dear, may I speak to you in private please?"

[McKenna]

Alina flicked her eyes in Chirons direction. She could make up some excuse for not coming with Chiron, but she wasn't sure if she wanted to. Reed nodded at her. His eyes said Its ok, you can go
Alina nodded and got up, facing Chiron. She said, "Yes?" Almost with an annoyed tone in her voice. She'd known Chiron for 10 years. And he knew her well enough that she wouldn't get in trouble for having a disagreement with him.