Oh~ Brother! || Ash

[Ali Chaelis]

Ali had just arrived back into camp, back to the Apollo cabin she went.. Sure, the girl could have stayed with her fellow huntress' but she really didn't want to? Ali did enjoy when she didn't have to fallow the rules, if Artemis REALLY wanted the medic to stay with them, the goddess would likely say so, but she never seemed to mind Ali running to see her siblings. Ali had always been used to be around people sense she was young.. I mean, being a part of a circus acrobatics team kinda dose that to ya? Anyways... The traveler had finally found some rest as she opened the cabins door, with a grin she announced "I'm home~!" to the entire cabin.

Ashley Bates

[Ashley Bates]

Ash set alone on his bunk stringing his bow for another late night hunting trip. He wasn’t sure if he would be going out tonight or not but the son of Apollo was nothing if not always prepared for the opportunity if it came up. Hunting to Ash was more than just a hobby, it was a calling. He wasn’t sure why the wild called him so greatly but even from a young age he had enjoyed it. In nature he had learned to forage, track and kill, all important skills for a demi-god and all things that had kept him alive before he came here.

It was too bad he didn't have a hunting partner but there were precious few other hunters at camp. There was the Artemis cabin of course but their closer mindedness to guys limited his options there. Not that Ash really minded hunting alone but some things were easier in pairs if you could trust the other person.

Ash had just finished preparing his bow when his thoughts were interrupted by the cabin door opening. As if summoned by his thoughts about the Artemis cabin the boy glanced to see his sister Alena standing in the doorway with a big grin on her face apparently back from a recent hunt herself. Ash had always liked Ali and her coming back now was a welcome sight. Giving her a small nod he set his bow aside and said "Welcome back Ali. I trust your travels went well?"

[Ali Chaelis]

Ali grinned, as she let out a bit of a roar. "ASHEY~"  She couldn't help herself as she adored the other as almost tackled the boy with a hug, and soon... She bombarded the other with her comments and questions. "How are you!? Oh! Look how big you've gotten! Gosh! You've grown into quite the lady-killer!" This resulted in her pinching his cheek. "Got a girl? Or guy? If ya like guys Ashey I don't care! It's perfectly okay. I'll just have to make sure your safe with whoever!" Ali could have gone on FOREVER, her motor mouth was kinda scary, thought luckily it stopped as she noticed. "Oh! Right... I'm on ya~ My bad.." She soon back flipped off the boy, Ali was a bit of a showoff with her years of acrobatics. "Oh~ And for your lovely sister~ Peachy!"

[Ashley Bates]

Ash was glad that he sat his bow aside when Ali decided to spring at him. He had learned to expect these types of shows of affection from her and also the series of questions that seemed to flow out of her like an open floodgate. While this later tendency proved very annoying at times for the most part he had gotten used to it. He could no more change that about her than he could his love for hunting. He did know however, that not all these question needed to be answered. In fact, it would do little good to answer some of them at all as Ali always asked him many of the same questions no matter what his answer was.

As she stepped back away from him Ash held up one finger as he always did to tell her to slow down. “Easy Ali. One question at a time.” He said calmly. “I’m well and no I haven’t found a girl.” He wasn’t sure why his sister was so insistent about poking around in his love life. For Ash love was not something that you could be forced into. Much like the prophecies from the oracle it came around in its own time and when it did there was little doubt as to what it was. There was no need to be worried about the issue.

Ash decided it was best to get off the topic of dating before his sister got too carried away with it. That being said she sometimes jumped from topic to topic so fast that he really didn’t have to try too hard. “I’m glad things went well for you. How long are you here for before you have to head out again?”

[Ali Chaelis]

Ali sighed and brushed back more or her locks. "I dunno.. Ask Artemis.... On second thought... You're a man? Right? I think... Well! 98.999999999999999999999% sure you are... So, talking to Artemis MIGHT not the best idea I ever had.." She said as she sucked her teeth some. "Yeah... Not the best idea... That or maybe it was making out with the nymph..." She shook her her head, focusing back her attention to her brother. "So! Other than I being a clueless medic~ WANNA GO OUT!~" She soon rolled her eyes, Ali and words mortal nemesis's. "And not like that, don't be sick.. Ya maybe cute but your my brother. I mean go out on a hunting venture~ I did catch wind of a young little archer boy needing a hunting buddy~ So! Why not me? I mean, I am a huntress and one of the best archers in the vanguard~!" She soon batted her lashes. "So~ Whatcha say Ashey~?"

[Ashley Bates]

Ash blinked. He lost her there for a second with something about Artemis making out with a nymph. He wasn’t sure about the details exactly as Ali was still in a pretty excitable mood but he guessed that kind of thing might happen in an all girl hunting group even though he couldn’t see how it was any of his business. In any case he didn’t particularly care and didn’t really have that much time to think about it much anyways as practically in the next breath she was ‘asking him out’.

Ash sighed. His sister really needed to learn to use some filters as what she was hinting at was just so much ‘Nope!’ that he didn’t even want to think about it. Still, he had been looking for a hunting partner and he knew Ali was good on her claim that she was an excellent archer. She had Apollo and Artemis powers after all so he thought that he could at least take her up on the offer. “You came around at just the right time. I was actually just getting my bow ready. I didn’t have any plans but I can certainly always make some if you’re up for it.”

[Ali Chaelis]

"Or maybe it was putting that satyr in drag... Well, that dress was terrible on him... He was seriously and autumn in colour tone..." Ali blinked. "What? Don't judge me... Not my fault he was peeping on us and you know how Aunty is with men... Thank Dad on that one.... Speaking of which... Gods only know what she did with him." A shiver ran down Ali's spine as she could only imagine the divine wrath of the Goddess. "Well~ I just got home, I mean... I SHOULD unpack some..." Ali soon looked to the begs Ali had. 'Awh~ Well!" Ali flew up her arms. "I can sleep in just my bra tonight! Let's go do some huntin'!"

[Ashley Bates]

There were times Ash really didn’t understand what his sister was saying. Well to be fair he didn’t understand what she was saying most of the time but especially when she got like this talking about things that he had no clue about. Fortunately he had learned to ignore it for the most part. He liked his sister but sometimes it was just better to let her expend that seemingly endless pool of energy than try and slow her down. In any case she seemed to be ready to go hunting now and to Ash that was all that mattered.

Picking up his bow and grabbing his magical backpack Ash separated himself from his sister and began heading for the door. “Better grab your bow at least. Even though I have no doubt that you would try you’ll need a weapon besides attempting to talk the animals to death.”

[Ali Chaelis]

Ali made a false gasp, then stormed up to the boy with a serious look and with all the might -not really- she flicked his nose. "Boop!" She soon smiled widely as she soon rummaged threw her beg pulled out a couple dozen begs of candy, a few random scarps of clothing and soon fulled out some golden earring. "FOUND IT~!" She announced with glee as she put them on, patted her self off, checked herself out for a few mins, snapping at the mirror and turning back to her brother. "Alrighty~! Ready Ashey-Boi~! Mama is gonna go out on the prowl~ What some skittles?"

[Ashley Bates]

Ash watched his sister wandering what in Hades she could possibly be looking for. His thoughts were answered a few moments later as she pulled out a pair of gold earrings and put them on. He blinked. What exactly did she think they were hunting tonight? "Your bow Ali. You need your bow. We are hunting animals, not dates." He sighed and wondered if it would even do any good. Ali was a good hunter but Ash sometimes thought she had a few screws loose in the old noggin. How else could he explain when she got like this? "You did know we were hunting animals didn't you?"

[Ali Chaelis]

Ali couldn't help but give him a sigh. "Oh~ Ashey~ Ashey~ Ashey~ ASHEY~" She soon pulled off one earring and grinned as it became a shiny bow. "Don'tcha like~? Aunt Artemis gave it to me~ They are so cute~ And makes going out SO much easier."  She poof up her hair with a smile. "But~ Maybe we could hunt for a nice date~ I COULD SO be your wing man~" She soon replaced the earring back on her ear. "And I'm SO ignoring the hunting comment... I obviously haven't been a huntress for like... 200 years or something... Ehh... Somethin' like that... Ya loose count after a while."

[Ashley Bates]

Ash watched as Ali took off the magical earrings and turned them into a bow. He shook his head clearly not expecting the change. Artemis apparently handed out some pretty good gifts of her own to her hunters. Granted Ash's backpack was pretty nice with its infinite supply of arrows but he had to admit a magic bow was pretty cool even if they did come in the form of earrings.

"Alright, point taken but I do not need your help with dates." He said briskly. He thought he was doing pretty good in that area on his own and he certainly didn't need his whacky sister meddling in his love life like she seemed intent on doing. "As for your age I know you have been hunting for a long time but can you blame me if I wonder how serious you are sometimes? In any case I get the picture. Credit to Artemis for picking out some nice gifts for you."