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Someone who is with Jacinth, post please!

Kyanite~

I slam the phone into the pile of keepsakes. It slides along the carpet and stops by the wall. Picking it up, angrily, I dial the number again, and again, and again. Not even voice mail picks up. What's the use? I should've known he wouldn't have had it. Why did I even try? I sit for a second, staring. Then, as if I were a puppet jerked by strings, I look up suddenly. Before I know it, I'm running out the door, dashing down the stairs, and scooping up my back-pack. Back in my room, I dump out its contents and instead dump in my phone, a half-empty bottle of water, and a jacket in case it starts raining again. After a moments hesitation, I crumple the letter into the jumbled pile as well. Grabbing two cookies from the kitchen as I walk by, I look around for anyone watching. No one is paying me any attention. The screen door slams shut against me. Long, wet grass soaks my shoes as I walk forward. Maybe a walk will clear my mind.

Aaack, sorry I haven't been posting. Will post in a minute.

Argh, I am so annoyed! I was started typing my post, like, twenty minutes ago, but my mom had to use the computer for fan email, and right now my typing is sitting there, on the computer, and I can't access it. I'm typing on the iPad right now. I probably have to start over.   As I was GOING to say...

Whoa! That was kind of a confusing series of posts, so correct me if I'm wrong...they went to Conference Room B briefly, then Julia and Sakura meet at Sakura's house, then Jacinth calls, and now they r going to Jacinth's house.

Julia-

Sakura texts me to come over to her house, to discuss whatever happened. I text my dad that I'm going to a friend's house to work on some coding homework.

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Ah, my mom is done with the email. I can go back to the computer now! :) yay 

Additional note: @Cloudy Dweller....ooh, a "MEGA crush on Julia" this is interesting we'll see how this plays out. 

continuing....

Julia-

I'm at Sakura's house. We go inside her room, a computer facing me. I have a tab open, some dumb how-to coding website for kids that I never use, but it looks official enough to seem like something that would be related to school. It has to look official becasue Sakura told her mom that I'm here to work on "coding stuff for school" and we want it to stay that way.

"So, do you think it was possible? That…That animal?"  I ask, nervous. I still can't get over what happened in the courtyard. It just didn't seem possible.

"I don't know. We all saw it, but…"

She trails off as my phone rings. I pick it up. It's Jacinth, my second. Or third cousin twice removed. Or second cousin three times removed? I don't remember. All I know that she is some sort of distant family, but she herself is not distant at all. no, she's a good friend of mine, related or not.

"Hey Blue-Jay, can this wait? I'm at Sakura's house," I say.

"You need to come to my house. Now. We need to discuss what happened," she says her voice strained.

I open my mouth to tell her to come to Sakura's house, but as if reading my mind over the phone, she speaks again. "Look, you need to come to my house. Ianthe called me a few minutes ago and asid she'd be coming to my house becasue she found something really important and she's on her way and she said to bring you two and whoever else I remember was...you know, where it happened. Or at least, the ones I have contacts for. Anyway, you two need to ocme here right away. I think Jake and Kalinda are coming, and maybe others too." she said, her words rushed and rapid-fire yet still understandable."

I sigh. "Kay." Jacinth hangs up, so I do too. 

"Sakura, we're going to Jacinth's house. To talk," I tell Sakura. She nods, takes me downstairs, and yells something to her mom in Japanese.

Then we grab our bikes (everyone bikes around here, it's not a very large town) and go.

@ Owlgirl:

No, Kalinda's name was changed to Arushi. Also, Arushi wasn't invited over, she just rushed to Jacinth's house.

Halley~ 

I put down the book Percy Jackson. I realized that I had a book on Greek mythology in my own bookshelf. Thank you grandma Dotty! I figured it out. We are demigods. I pull out my phone and text Julia, "where r u? I've figured it out." I press the send button and wait. And wait. And wait. I realize that thirty minutes have passed. That is sooo not like Jules. She must be to busy. And for that she must be at someone's house. And for that she must be going to one of the kids houses who was with us when the Minotaur attacked. And for that something must be going on. That I need to know about. I stand up. I wasn't invited, but I am following Julia. Just then she bikes by my house. Perfect timing!  

Sorry for not keeping guys. I dsfgmh,./

Whatever happened with that last post? I think I hit something wrong on the keyboard. Nevertheless. Here is my post:

Jake-

I get a text from Jacinth. I forgot I'd given her my number.

Meet me @ my house. Discuss what happened. Sakura, Julia, Ianthe b there too. Ianthe found something. 

I run my fingers through my hair. Jacinth's house is a long way away. I don't have a bicycle, like most kids at school. All I have is Randy and his limousine. He's my only method of transportation, but I don't want him to know what's going on.

I decide him to have me drop me off a block away. I walk to Jacinth's house from there.

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I knock on Jacinth's door. When there's no answer, I ring the doorbell. She opens it. "Come inside right away," she says. She leads me around the house to the driveway, where Sakura, Julia, Halley, Arushi are sitting criss-cross in a circle.

And Alana. My heart flips in a weird way. 

Halley, and Arushi are holding identical books. I frown. What is this, a book club?

I open my mouth to say something, but just then the doorbell rings. MORE people?

Jacinth runs off and comes back with a tall, tough-looking Chinese girl I remember from the attack. She was shooting arrows, right? 

She holds up the book. "The minotaur! That's what the thing was! Look, I found it in this book. We need to figure this out-"

"Calm down, Ianthe." Jacinth says. Oh, Ianthe is her name! "We're a few steps ahead of you. Halley and Arushi arrived before you did, and it turns out they found the same thing."

"Hold on," I say. "What's going on?"

Jacinth looks around at the others, probably wanting help with her explanation. Nobody says anything. 

"Fine," I say, running my hand through my hair. "Let me just tell you what I think I know, and you correct me if I'm wrong." I take a deep breath. "So Ianthe called Jacinth and told her that she found something, and Jacinth organized a meeting at her house, calling the rest of us to come."

"Actually, I'm the one who told Jacinth to call the rest of you over here. My phone was low on battery. I wouldn't have had enough time to let you know. Plus I didn't have most of you guys' numbers."

"Okay, so those people came over, only Halleye and Arushi got here before Ianthe, and they found the same thing? What is this thing....and, what's going on? The thing that attacked us was a minioter?"

"Minotaur." Halley says.

"Okay, then, WHAT IS A MINOTAUR?"

"A bull-man-monster thing from Grrek myths," Arushi says.

"Why would-" I gasped as the light bulb moment hit me. "Oh my gosh, not all of the things the Greeks believed were fake, were they? One of their myths was based on a real creature, one that hasn't been seen for centureis! That msut be it! An animal that was thought to be extinct is actually not extinct...only, endangered, right? That must explain it!"

Dead silence. They must be surprised at how quick I pick up on things.

Alana rolls her eyes. "Seriously? Of course that's not true."

"But-" I stutter, my "light-bulb moment" gone.

"Greek gods and monsters are real," Arushi whispered. "We're demigods."

"WHAT? WHAT IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND!" I yell. 

Ianthe shoves her book at me and smirks. "I think it's time we start our own little emergency book club."

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