Kirah

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω Officially Done

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Andy

Location:Camp Half-Blood

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Acknowledging Ash and Arthur, "My name is Andy." She then looked at the newly claimed Aphrodite girl. "Honestly, I don't want either. If there were a god of just disappearing that would make more sense." Well aside from the power to electrocute people. That made sense. She really didn't want to be the child of one of the big three, and especially not the daughter of the king of the gods. There was going to be a responsibility that came with that. A responsibility she was in no way qualified for.

That was clear when Chiron let them all check out their cabins and meet their siblings. She walked up to the giant white marble "cabin" and felt intimidated by it alone. She paused before it debating even going in. What would be the point? She didn't have any belongs to drop off. Everyone else was checking out theirs and meeting their siblings, well except for Kiera. Like Andy, she had no siblings. The "cabin" was massive and devoid of any furniture except for two alcoves with golden eagle statues and one intimidating statue of, who Andy assumed was her father, Zeus, in the middle. There was a constant rumble of thunder. Andy was thankful she wasn't afraid of it. If she had been she would certainly have to get over that. If Andy knew the word pretensions that is what she would have called the cabin. Pretensions show with no substance behind it.

In one corner of the room was an old dusty sleeping bag. Andy walked over to it, realizing that it was the only spot in the room that was safe from the gaze of Zeus. Some sibling of hers had pulled their sleeping bag into the corner of the room to gain some semblance of comfort. She noticed an old photo, that had once been stuck to the wall, on the ground. There were three kids in it. None of them were wearing the camp t-shirt. She wondered which of them, if any, was her sibling. Now long gone from this place. She left the picture where she found it to finish exploring the room. She found a bathroom, and that was all. Nothing else was in this place, and she felt more alone then she had before she had come to the camp.

Yeah, she knew who her father was now. Every orphan dreamed of knowing that. Dreamed of their long lost family finding them and whisking them away to some magical place where they were a princess. Andy had never quite dreamed of that. She had just wanted a place to call home, and family. This was more like a nightmare than a dream come true. She sighed and left the cabin to rejoin the group for the rest of the tour.

Her favorite part was when Chiron told them about the climbing wall. That looked like fun. Despite all the frustration and worry that the day had brought, she looked up at the climbing wall with excitement.

When dinner finally rolled around Andy was hungry. This wasn't something new for her, but the sugar from the soda Mr. D had given her had made her stomach extra twisty. She followed the motions of the other campers. Scraping a portion of her meal into a brazier. She didn't understand why, but she was good at copying people's motions. It helped when you were an outsider to learn the rules of a place as fast as possible. She could still feel eyes on her, especially when she sat at the table Chiron told her she would sit at. It was Zeus table. Sitting there marked her as his kid. Every other camper would know and there would be no way to hide from it.

She did share a glance at Ash and Arthur when they joined, giving them a half smile. She also nodded at Kiera, and would have given Jade the same if she could have seen it. Also, now that she knew Desdemona's name she tried to find her amongst her siblings to give her a nod too. There was no way she was happy. Andy wouldn't necessarily switch with her, but she could understand her plight and wanted her to know that in whatever non-verbal way she could communicate that to her.

She did hear bits of conversation. Either about how many big three kids there were, or about capture the flag. Andy didn't know what that was, but it sounded like it would be an adventure. Maybe Ash would ask what it was and someone would answer loudly enough that Andy would know the answer too. Out of the new campers Jade and Desdmona were the ones who were most likely to have learned what it was.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Niah Bautista

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Location: New York Sanctum
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There was a small part of Niah that appreciated the title she had works so hard for, and in response, she gave Dr. Banner a smile. There was a sort of irony she thought, about being called Doctor when she was going to be talking about something way out of her wheelhouse, but she was the only one close to an authority on it they had, well that didn't use magic for it.

"I'm not much of an engineer either. I have however been looking over Doctor Pym's book, as well as some other items. We obviously don't have access to the mutant power of time travel, we have to," She paused looking for the right word. "Simulate it as best as possible. First, we accept that the only people who time travel will remember this reality. Second, we ignore paradoxes. Nothing we can do to prevent that. Just leaving will create a new reality split from this one. And third, there is also a very large possibility that whoever goes will not be able to return to the present." Her hand went to her necklace, something anyone who had known Niah long enough would know meant she was upset.

"We need a way to go into the Quantum Realm, traverse it with some sort of GPS, and exit exactly when and where we want. I don't have the technological know how to make the GPS, or honestly, the machine to get us into the Quantum Realm, but I think between us we could figure it out from what notes we have of Pym's. We know the Quantum Realm's time runs differently than our own, we can utilize that to our advantage. We also know that for some reason I was in 1984 San Francisco." She tapped her bookmark, the postcard.

"I suggest that Mrs. Richards and Agent Carter work on the device. Tying it to each person traveling genetically may be the best way to guide us as safely as possible through the Quantum Realm. Shuri, you, Dr. Banner and I should work on the Machine to open the Quantum Realm. Bonnie and Cass I think you two helping Agent Carter is the best idea." Niah paused and then looked at Cass and Bonnie, "Actually if you two don't mind I have another idea, can you pinpoint when and where we need to go to make the most change. Use this as the starting point." She handed Cass the postcard.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Niah Bautista

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Location: Red Guard Mobile Unit - Sydney, Australia
Skills: N/A

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Niah's stomach twisted frustrated. Who was she supposed to trust? She had opinions on some of the people in her unit, but it was hard to go by that. What was the X-men anyway? Resisting the urge to throw her hands up in the air and scream. Wolverine had walked off the ship before she could ask. It felt like she was drowning.

She looked at Diggby. "I remember only this world. I'm sorry." She pursed her lips. "I don't know what to do." She said after a few seconds of silent frowning at Diggby. "I can uncuff you, just no guns. Then she looked at Kingston, "And maybe keep an eye on him?"

Her shoulder's relaxed a bit as Hulk became Dr. Banner. "Let's stay on the ship though. I don't want to mess up whatever negotiations they are doing. I don't want the Hulk back. She said quietly, taking a couple of steps forward to get a glimpse without leaving the jet. Then glanced back at Diggby seeing what she had to say about it.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω Officially Done

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Andy

Location:Camp Half-Blood

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Her mind reeled, the children of the gods got powers. That was normal. It was comforting, so whichever god was the god of electricity was her parent. Even if she wasn't claimed she could ask and maybe from there they could figure it out. Maybe she did belong somewhere.

Andy felt the power of the storm. The tingle of the air and sharp smell of ozone. For a second she thought it was something she might be doing. Everyone reacted to her like they had been to the others as they had been claimed by their godly parent. Chiron announced that Zeus was her father. She had a father. Her heart soared, but then came crashing back down. Did it change anything? No school would believe "Yeah my dad is Zeus god of..." What was he god of? She wanted to ask, but the question got lost somewhere between thinking it and asking it. She hoped one of the others would ask.

Some of the campers had backed away from her. Was it the lightning and thunder that had scared them? Or was there something about her father that scared them? The kids who had wandered off had seemed impressed and a little freaked out when Hades had claimed his children, would this be similar? If so she doubted she would be able to sink into obscurity and just get through life.

Then it clicked in her memory. Chiron had said when talking about Hades that there were the "big three" Zeus was one of them, it also meant she wasn't likely to have siblings since they had made some pact about not having kids. Well, fantastic job keeping to that pact guys there were three of them right there. Not to mention all three of them were close in age. What happened about 10 years ago that two of the three decided to just not care about the pact anymore? Why even make the pact? More questions that she wanted to ask, but didn't have the nerve to ask. Maybe she could convince the girl with a skull in her hands to ask.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Niah Bautista

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Location: New York Sanctum
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Niah winced slightly as Goose leaped from her shoulder, she then rotated her shoulder stretching it. He was a good cat...or whatever he was. She wasn't certain if she completely trusted his opinion, but she guessed if he was gonna rub up on Scarlet Witch that way then he probably trusted her, with whatever metric he used to decide with people he trusted.

While Niah had proven she was decent at infiltration due to her powers, she still wasn't a fighter not in her core. She had spent the last months instead learning about Quantum Physics and with that knowledge she was frustratingly the expert on the subject. A frown crossed her face, it was stupid. She had always been intimidated by Novikova because of how intelligent she was and now here Niah was struggling to understand Novikova's subject in hopes that she could save her, and everyone else who had died.

"Well I guess us brilliant minds will get to work on the other project, and those of you less science minded people can get to work on that." Niah vaguely said quietly and then added even more under her breath "Hopefully one of us succeeds." She moved over to Dr. Banner and nodded at him. "I've got a couple of ideas I've been thinking over."

Through the Doors of our hearts - Finished

Once everyone had had their fill of granola bars, fruit, and water Sumi stood up. She looked at Astrid and Alexander, "He was able to do it because this place feels your essence. Alexander is a child of wind and sky, and here only here would he be able to bend it to his will. Though it is less bending it to his will and more..." She trailed off and looked to Kade for the rest of her thought.

"Here it is more like becoming part of it. For a moment you were the wind." Kade finished.

"Alright, now does anyone have experience with magic in their world? Specifically finding lay lines." Sumi asked and looked at the group. They were diverse enough of a group it was possible someone had at least a passing knowledge of how to find lay lines.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Niah Bautista

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Location: Red Guard Mobile Unit - Sydney, Australia
Skills: N/A

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Niah bit her lip thinking. How could both Wolverine and Novikova remember both realities? That didn't work with the sliders idea, well if she was honest it didn't work at all since there was only one of them. She wondered how so many of them remembered the other world and not this one, or vice versa. Why?

"We can discuss the reality issues after we deal with Banner. If Lance," She paused and realized he wasn't there, there had been some light. Well, at least Wolverine also hadn't noticed him leave. "I was going to say if Lance can try to talk him down. If Banner sees him looking well and alive that alone might calm him down. I think if we approach with hands up he might not attack." It was more of a hope than an actual idea. The idea of facing the Hulk was terrifying. "We should secure them a bit better in case they wake-up or in Diggby's case attempt to escape."

Niah grabbed a set of handcuffs, she was tempted to cover her mouth too but decided against it. "Relax Diggby we haven't even taken off. You'll be safe here, now that Lance has wandered off to who knows where." Niah quickly pulls Diggby's hands behind her back and hooks the handcuffs around her hands. Loose enough that it shouldn't hurt her, but tight enough she wouldn't be able to slip her hands out. She frowned as she did so, there was a concern that she wasn't doing the right thing.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω Officially Done

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Andy

Location:Camp Half-Blood

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Andy gave the blonde girl her age a small smile and nod in return. She seemed like she was nice enough, though very energetic. Andy liked that she was asking all the questions. Andy had plenty of questions of her own but didn't like to ask them so she appreciated it when someone had the same question and asked it for her.

Andy made a mental note. Hecate was a goddess of magic. Hades the god of the dead (but not death). The two kids close to her age were both kids of Hades, making them half-siblings. The blind girl was the daughter of Hecate, who was also goddess over the dead apparently? That was a bit confusing. There were two gods who dealt with the dead. Andy wondered how that worked and hoped someone would ask what the difference between ghosts and "the dead" was.

Before any clarifying questions could be asked another of their group was claimed. Chiron said she was the daughter of Aphrodite, he explained that Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty and love, which made sense considering how much makeup and dress up stuff had appeared on her. Andy was thankful that Aphrodite wasn't her mother. She didn't think she could handle the dress or the expectations. Was there a god or goddess of like ninjas? Andy could see herself sneaking around being a ninja.

There were going to be a lot of names to learn Andy realized. So far she only knew the blind girl was Jade and the red-haired girl (the only other one then her to not have been claimed out of their little group so far) was named Kiera. Maybe Andy wasn't even going to be claimed? Maybe there had been a mistake and she didn't belong here. Andy didn't think she belonged anywhere so that wouldn't be much of a surprise to her. But there were the monsters and the man who gave her the dagger. It was a special dagger, she knew that because it only hurt the monsters that people didn't see. It couldn't hurt people, that had been proven.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Niah Bautista

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Location: New York Sanctum
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Niah kept a finger in the book, but let her free hand scratch Goose as she stood up and joined the others in the medical area. It wasn't a fantastic setup, but it sufficed. "I'll help." Niah said holding up the book. They all had to have known she had been obsessing over time travel since the postcard had appeared on her desk courtesy of Goose.

When the door opened her hand, that had been petting Goose, was at her ICER, which was pulled and pointed at Wanda as she entered. She lowered it slightly when Wanda spoke. She raised an eyebrow at her question. A lie came to her, but she kept it to herself. She holstered her gun, and let her hand go back to petting Goose. Niah wouldn't keep him from leaving her shoulder if he decided to go Lovecraftian horror on Wanda.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Niah Bautista

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Location: Red Guard Mobile Unit - Sydney, Australia
Skills: N/A

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Many things happened quickly, if she hadn't been looking at her sister maybe she would have had time to react. Niah only had time to partially free her ICER, but she didn't aim it or put her finger on the trigger. She frowned. There seemed to be some sort of conspiracy happening, a mutiny, one she had not been asked to join but had not been seen as a threat to the cause of. Interesting. Her frown deepened and she holstered the ICER. Those left standing were an odd combination, but with how the day had gone it made some sort of sense. Diggby, restrained, hit the nail on the head. Something odd had been going on all day.

Novikova was saying this wasn't the real world. Wolverine seemed to agree with her. Niah had always been intimidated by Novikova's intelligence. There was something about her and her powers that made her strangely unapproachable. Here she was asking Maria, Niah's friend, if she trusted her. There was an awful lot wrong with this world. She slid her phone into her pocket again. There were enough of them left standing that even if she did decide to argue the point she would be like the other's unconscious or unable to do anything about the situation. "I'm listening, but is it possible this world is real and you've somehow ended up here?" Niah knew enough about the multiverse theory that it seemed possible. A snide joke about "sliders" felt like it might be appropriate, but she couldn't come up with a good one.