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🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: N/A

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Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: N/A

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Astrid could only nod as Arnora thanked her for her help, even if she called her the wrong name. She chuckled to herself, guessing that maybe Arnora might like the other person, but that was only a guess. She wasn't here to get into anyone's interpersonal relationships, so she just smiled, nodded and then looked around. Loki and the goddess, Eris, were gone. Gone in a blinding flash of light and some more of those damn golden apples. She walked over to Runa and then gently rubbed her shoulder as she could tell the girl was in a bit of distress over what happened. "Just so you know, this wasn't your fault. I think they had this planned from the start." She spoke lowly so only Runa could hear her.

Lara looked around the cavern, a look of what seemed to be hopelessness on her face at that point. She had tried to help, hells, she had even bound Eris to her word to not harm Runa, and to just go. But it was all for nothing in the end it seemed, as the god and goddess had vanished. Though, hearing that Eris was a Greek goddess made Lara's expression turn from hopelessness to shock. "Wait, the Greek gods are real too? That was a Greek Goddess that helped Loki? W...why would she do that? Why?"

Astrid sighed a bit as they were left wondering why Eris had helped Loki, even if they were of different Pantheons. Hearing that other Pantheons existed did make Astrid second guess herself a little. If the Greek Gods were real, what about others? Roman? Egyptian? Mezo-American? The world that she had started to understand as the one she belonged to as a Valkyrie was expanding, and too fast for her to really make sense of it all. See did hope that maybe that what Runa was saying could be correct, that maybe the Greek Gods could help them fix this mess since one of their own had helped cause it.

Lara knew that Balder didn't have the answer as to why Eris had helped Loki, but she had still asked it. They were still in the cave, in Loki's prison, and they would have to figure out what to do next. She was tired, and worn out from the long day at that point. She just wanted to go back to the Hotel, but it seemed that the day was not yet over. They would have to figure out what would happen next, and what the freeing of Loki meant. She really just hoped it didn't mean what she thought it meant, that Ragnarok was on its way.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena
Skills: N/A

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Stella looked at Marygold and nodded at her words. She understood what Marygold was saying, and she could understand what was going on. The choice wasn't suppose to be theirs. Someone else was suppose to decide where the daughters of Demeter went, where their help ended up going. She was still so new to this, but somehow she felt like she understood a few things from that one day. The oracle had given a prophecy, and instead of picking who would go, they had asked others to volunteer. She looked to the other woman there, Niah, and then listened to her speak and she reached out and took Marygold's hand.

"I'll go with Miss Niah and Jason their quest then. I trust Jason, he's been really nice to me today, and if Andy is fond of you, Mary, you should go with her. I'll be fine. I like how you feel Niah, I think I can trust you." Stella offered her older sister a smile at that point and squeezed her hand gently to reassure her that everything would be fine. She had made the choice, and this way, Mary wouldn't feel bad for picking where she went. Yes, it was still true that Marygold might blame herself if Stella got injured on her own quest, but Stella knew that they all ran the risk of being injured, as she had seen coming into camp.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena
Skills: N/A

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Stella was still waiting for Marygold to answer her, when she heard the Harpy speak again and apologize to her for hurting her. "We're good, but next time if you want to play just let me know, okay?" Stella waved a bit as the harpy flew off, as she got the impression that they might be around the same age, as the harpy was young like her. Maybe when she got back from her quest she could get to know the other creatures around the camp. She had wanted to see the Pegasus before, but it seemed that since she had volunteered herself for a quest, she would be leaving come the morning.

She was still looking around, wondering how people were dividing up for the quests. She was either the garden or child of flower... she had a feeling the was more the child of flower of the two. That meant the child of War and Oaths would be her partner... she knew a child of war, and so she looked over to Jason. He had seemed nice enough earlier when they had been on the tour, both him and his sister. The other one, about the maze, the cursed, and the storm... she didn't know who either of those other two were, at least she didn't think she knew. So she'd rather be with Jason and the oaths person.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Oathbinding

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Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Basic First Aid

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Being stuck between a rock and a hard place was hard to be in at that moment. Lara was sure her father knew that situation too well, as he had willingly given up his hand for such a situation. She looked between Loki and Eris, to Balder at that point. Loki had a pretty good grip on Runa, and Lara didn't want to see any harm come to her at that point, so she knew what she had to do. She put away her spear and held both her hands up to show she meant no aggression. "Loki, Eris, if you both promise to return Runa to us unharmed, uninjured and safely we can promise to let you go."

Astrid wasn't quite sure what Lara was trying to do, but it seemed to have no effect for the moment. She looked around the group and knew that out of them all some might be willing to agree to her conditions, while others might not. Balder looked about read to agree to anything, as Runa was her daughter. Seeing that fighting wasn't going to help them anymore she turned her attention towards the injured and walked over to Arnora. "Let me help you there."

Lara could tell that her magic hadn't worked the first time, especially since the god and goddess did not make a move. "I repeat myself, if you both promise to return Runa to us unharmed, uninjured and safely we will let you go. Do you agree to this?" She put more force into her voice and to her surprise it was the stranger to her that seemed to stand down. Eris put away her weapons and held up her hands.

"I agree." Lara could feel the binding take effect and she nodded at that.

"The oath is bound, Eris. Now... do you agree as well, Loki?" Lara turned back to the other god, praying to her father that by some miracle Loki would agree.

Astrid raised a brow as Eris seemed to stand down and even agreed to make sure that Runa would return to them safely. Well, that was one god down. The other however, did not seem inclined to agree to such a deal. She shook her head and turned her attention back to Arnora and frowned. It was in pretty bad shape, but for the moment they were not in the hotel. It wouldn't magically heal or just go away. Astrid fished her first aid kit out of her bag and set to work, doing some basic clean up and binding, so that standing wouldn't be as painful. "I've done what I can for now."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena
Skills: N/A

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Stella felt a bit bad when it was identified that the harpy was a young harpy and had just wanted to play a prank. Sure, Stella wasn't thrilled with the idea of having been dragged up into a tree after the day she had had, and after volunteering for a quest. She had wanted to talk to her sister about which one they would go on. "Sorry, but I really wasn't sure where you were taking me!" SHe wasn't sure if the Harpy heard her, but well, she had to try to apologize even a little. She tucked away her scythe at that point, as she didn't need it anymore.

She turned to look to Marygold when when she spoke to her and blushed a bit as she was complimented a bit. "I'm alright, thankfully she didn't carry me off to far, but I do feel a bit bad that I hurt her. And thank you. I have a good feeling about the scythe." She offered Marygold a small smile and then looked at her again. "So... uh, do we want to talk about which quest we should each go on? Or well... I got the impression that you don't really pick it on your own... that it's kinda picked for you. Am I wrong?"

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Spear Attack

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Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Sword Attack/ Electric Attack

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Lara could see that Eris was pissed that she had attacked her, and paused a bit as the goddess tossed her towards Klara. She paused a bit as Klara easily shoved her off herself, and she moved to get herself up and readjusted herself at that point and held back out her spear. The goddess, Eris it seemed, was really annoying her at that point and well, Lara was pretty sure this goddess and her father would not get along in any way, shape or form. She lunged forward, attacking the Goddess, but missing once again. She wasn't sure why she was having such a bad day, but she gathered herself for her next attack.

Astrid gripped her sword as she looked at the goddess again. She frowned as she watched the goddess toss people around, as well as the fact that she was causing them many issues. She moved to attack the goddess and was surprised when this time she hit Eris again, and she grinned at that, noticing the gold blood spill from the wound. She did make sure to avoid Klara as she attacked, as she did try to keep her words in mind as she attacked more. She could see Loki freeing himself, but she was too caught up in fighting Eris.

Lara went to attack a second time, and then growled a bit as she missed again at that point. She was beginning to doubt herself at that point, but she decided not to let herself get too discouraged. She gripped her spear tighter and attacked her, and thankfully this time, Eris seemed pretty distracted by the three people attacking her so Lara landed another blow on her, watching as the goddess got more cuts appearing on her body until... she heard a rather interesting sound as someone landed a blow to her gut.

Astrid was glad that she had gotten some sword training before, and she was very thankful that this sword had magically appeared before her. She went to attack Eris again, and the goddess must have been very distracted by all the people attacking her, as this time when Astrid launched herself at her, the blow landed and Astrid stabbed the goddess through her gut with a sickening sound, a normally fatal blow on mortals. She pulled back the sword, watching the golden ichor pour out of of the new wound in her gut. Astrid had to chuckle a bit to herself as she moved into a defensive position, not wanting to leave herself vulnerable.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Spear Attack

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Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Sword Attack/ Electric Attack

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Lara looked up at the woman that was there to free Loki, and she raised a brow at the name. Eris. She didn't recognize the name from any Norse mythology that she knew about, but it didn't matter who she was. She pulled out her spear from her pendent and her spear as well as she got into an attacking position. Dodging the golden apples she moved forward, making sure to avoid Klara as she attacked, and she struck Eris in the side, and landed a solid blow on the woman. She noticed the golden ichor dripping from her side and she paused. Golden blood? Wasn't that what the gods bled when injured? Was she a goddess?

Astrid took another step forward into the cave and then paused as she noticed a sword laying right in front of her, and she picked it up. When she held it into her hand it gave her a tingling feeling and seemed to crackle a bit with lightning. It felt right in her hand, and she was almost sure that the sword was left there for her. She was sure that when Klara saw that she had gotten an electric sword she'd freak, but her attention turned toward the woman in front of them all. She went to attack this Eris character, but found that her attack was blocked. When she focused to send a bolt of lightning through the sword, but it seemed the woman was able to redirect it, causing Astrid to fly back a bit.

Lara saw the Valkyrie fly back a bit, and she turned back to the woman and went to attack again. As she lunged forward to attack the woman, she managed to dodge out of the way, and Lara was a bit stunned at that point, but she turned around and went to attack again. However, she had turned rather poorly and she ended up tripping and falling on her hands and knees. She cursed under her breath as she went to pick herself up and then dusted herself off and then looked over at the woman again and went to take a defensive position.

Astrid picked herself up again and dusted herself off and growled lowly. Today was not her day, and she was sure that Klara was probably laughing internally at her again. She turned to the woman and held out her sword again and went to attack again and... this Eris woman easily got out of the way, side stepping her easily. Astrid blinked at that as she caught herself and stopped before she ran into anything or anyone. She was beginning to realize that this woman wasn't just some mortal, that something else was going on with her.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena
Skills: Scythe Attack

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Stella looked at Chiron as he spoke, explaining to herself and Mary that since they were both children of Demeter they could pick which quest to go on. She was about to turn to Mary to ask her which quest she wished to go on when something unexpected happened, something she could have not expected. She heard a screeching sound and then looked up as a woman with bird wings instead of arms, and clawed talons instead of feet swooped in and picked up the young girl, taking her away from the fire, Chiron and her older half-sister. She let out a cry as she was scooped up and she looked up.

"Put me down bird brain! Why are you doing this!" Stella realized quickly that the thing couldn't understand her at all and seemed rather keen to take her away. She remembered that she had found something earlier that night and reached into her pocket. She pulled out the scythe that she was sure was a present from her mother and held it tightly in her hand. She reached up and attacked the harpy's leg, slashing at it perfectly. The harpy let her go, and thankfully the harpy hadn't gotten enough altitude so Stella landed on the ground with a soft roll and she let out a loud sigh. "Well... that happened."

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Hotel Valhalla - Feast Hall of the Slain -> Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Disarming Traps

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Location: Hotel Valhalla - Feast Hall of the Slain -> Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: N/A

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Lara was thankful that Heimdall had opened up the Bifrost to where they needed to go, and that the gods didn't seem to be wanting them to stay behind. Yes, that had been a risk but again, they had not known where they were going. Also thankfully the Gods had sensed the rush, and so they were rushing through the portal and to where Loki was. She pulled out her dagger at that point, as she had heard someone yelling about swinging spears in closed areas earlier, or she thought she had. Dagger was better for now, and she could easily grasp her spear when needed.

Astrid noticed that they seemed to be missing someone, but she didn't say anything for the moment. She was going to help with keeping Loki in his prison, and she was going to prove that she wasn't useless. Yes, the remarks from earlier were still stinging, and well, she was going to prove that she was worth having around. Heck, it was odd that a Valkyrie was helping with this kind of thing, but well, Astrid pushed all her thoughts away to the back of her mind.

When Dalisy pointed out the traps, Lara carefully went forward and cut all the trip wires they found, and she thankfully was able to set them all off harmlessly. "Here we go guys, we won't have to worry about stepping around the traps. Thanks for pointing them out, Dalisy." She offered the other woman a small smile at that and then put her guard back up. Yes, they had found these traps and had disarmed them, but that didn't mean that it was entirely safe.

Astrid followed the group, moving to take the point of the group at that point with Dalisy, as it seemed that she was the most keen eyed of the group. She didn't pull out her weapon, not just yet. She wished she had her sword with her, but they hadn't had time to go grab other weapons. So, she would wait until they found an area with more space to pull out her spear. She hoped they would find the person trying to free Loki soon.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena
Skills: N/A

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Stella could feel her legs quivering a bit as she stood there, waiting for someone to tell her what to do now. She looked over as Eva spoke and then she took a deep breath and nodded. "I know that... I'm new... but I can't help but feel that I'm... I'm suppose to be part of this. I don't know which one for sure, but... I feel like I am. Though if I'm not... well, that's also okay. I don't know how... how they'll pick people, do you?"

She looked over to Chiron as he spoke and said that they should step forward. "I guess I should go... step forward. I'll see you later, Eva." She walked down to where the centaur was and then sighed a bit at that point. She heard about the problem with the Eidolons, and something clicked in her brain. That was what had happened that night, hadn't it? With the girl, and Zeke? Possession. That was what had happened. Before she realized what she was doing, her finger was up to her lips and she was chewing on it a bit. She tugged her hand away, and shoved it in her pocket.