Kirah

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

---

---

Location: Camp Half-Blood (Arena)
Skill: Sword fighting

---

---

Andy smiled, pleased by the praise. Her embarrassment was still simmering but it reduced with the success. She waited for Kristin to return the blow, but Kristin missed. It had been easy to dodge. Kristin had clearly shown her move, it hadn't even been a feint. Andy wondered if that was a flaw of the spear over the sword.

She adjusted her stance, testing a simple feint, and landed a grazing blow on Kristin. It would have done little damage in a real fight with real weapons, but even a graze would be enough to start wearing down someone. She let Kristin find her footing again, going on the defensive. In a real fight Andy would have pressed her advantage, she wouldn't have let Kristin stand in the first place. But in a real fight she wouldn't always have the advantage.

---

---

---

---

Location: Camp Half-Blood Roman area
Skills:

---

Niah fought herself to release a pent-up sigh. The whole situation had gotten so out of hand so quickly that Niah had worried she wouldn't be able to diffuse the situation. It was likely that when her power wore off the others would be angry again, possibly focusing some of that back at her. But if they did all walk away it would give everyone some time to think and cool off.

She walked over to Nancy waiting for Demitri to let her down so she could support and be near her friend. The other two Greeks, Niah wasn't sure of one of their names she hadn't met her, who came over after the fact and hadn't been caught up in the blast of calmness at least seemed to want to diffuse the situation as well.

Niah didn't say anything else as at this point words were unimportant. She glanced toward Leandra. Where had it all gone wrong? Sure there had always been tension. But what had happened? What small thing had led to this moment? Niah couldn't pinpoint it. She felt that if she could maybe she could fix it all.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

---

---

Ed Penior

---

---

Location: New Orleans - Botanical Gardens
Skills: Magic
Items:
Magic cloak (like Dr Strange that allows him to fly)
Protection Amulet from Klara

---

Ed's bubble around Chrysi had been frustratingly easy for her to dismiss. The options people were postulating were in some ways viable. In others not. His understanding of the Phoenix had led him to believe that they could not contain or control it. He remembered their last time in space and the man's fear at learning Phoenix was among them. He had not liked the man because of the threat he represented to Mary. And here they were threatening her.

Treating her like she was a delicate flower. Ed knew Mary had her cracks, her soft spots, but she was a strong woman. Too much had been placed upon her shoulders and they had let it stay that way for too long.

"Mary is our friend. We want to help her. That is all we ever wanted to do. How can we help? What do you need from us?" The circling around the problem wasn't going to help. Ed took a step forward, knowing that the others had his back if need be. As long as he wasn't killed instantly there was hope.

The Dead Don't Die.

Mandy Mason

Location: New York Streets - in Car
Skills: N/A

"Cops are dangerous." Mandy agrees. Her fear of cops coming from deep ingrained systemic issues. Cops often don't know how to deal with Deaf people and assume non-compliance. Several Deaf community members had been shot in the back by cops. Or they'd be handcuffed with their hands behind their backs. Or interpreters would be denied. Mandy had seen video of a woman being arrested and her children interpreting for her. It was unprofessional to use a child in such situations. Anger seethed at the memory of it, but she focused on driving since the traffic was thick.

"I'm alright. Honestly, I'm scared. I don't know what is happening and it feels tremendous. This is building up to be worse than Covid. If people like that are running around, your first guess might be right. Something much bigger is happening." Mandy signed slow since she was signing one-handed, but she had experience doing that. It was for the sake of Hermes that she took her time and kept her signs as clear as possible. One-handed signing could sometimes make some words indistinct.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

---

---

---

Location: Hall outside the office -> Her room
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive)

---

---

"Yeah, we should probably be more careful how we take people with us next time. We didn't have a lot of time unfortunately. Explanations like take time. And even now time travel isn't really used." It was only because of where Zari was from that she could time travel, and it was with the use of an item that allowed it.

"Since you were late you missed a few things." As Andy led Zari to her room she caught her up on some of the missed details from the meeting with Coulson so she had the full context. She also mentioned how upset Vicky was, both relating to Coulson's handling of the situation and her self-flagellation related to killing Andy while under Arcade's control. "Leah had a lot of the same things to say, minus the self-flagellation as she hadn't been controlled into killing someone inside the Framework."

Andy didn't care for Vicky and while she approved of her getting to rant and get her emotions off her chest Andy still felt the other girl's personality was too abrasive for her. She doubted they'd ever be friendly. Though, Andy had a feeling she'd have to go out of her way to make it clear she really didn't care that she had been killed in the Framework by her. In fact, getting killed had given her the chance to save Zari. Andy wasn't excited about having to emotionally coddle someone she didn't like, but she'd rather that then have the person tearing themselves apart for something Andy considered more helpful than anything. Hell, she wished she had thought to just die intentionally in the Framework to escape rather than fight unbeatable situations.

Arriving in her room, unshared since her roommate had left the school for bigger and better things, Andy plopped on her bed and sighed. "Alright, since we are having mandatory therapy and now that your secret of time travel has been exposed, I wanted to check that it would be alright for me to talk about that stuff with whoever this therapist is. A lot happened before the jump in a very short amount of time for me. I do need to work through it and this is a good opportunity for it provided the rules around confidentiality are the same as I think and remember them being. Is it okay if I discuss that with this therapist?"

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

---

---

Location: Camp Half-Blood (Arena)
Skill: Sword fighting

---

---

Andy was embarrassed. She hadn't even done a good show of the skills she had gained over the last year. Instead she looked like a fool. She reset her stance and took a moment to center herself. Andy nodded and moved again. This time she did better. At least the sword didn't fall out of her hand for no reason other than clumsiness.

She swung at Kristin and the attack was blocked. Andy used the moment of concentration Kristin had on focusing blocking to sweep around and knock her knees out from under her. Kristin fell to the ground and Any stepped back. She felt better now, though still not totally satisfied.

Andy waited for Kristin to stand back up and then went back into a ready stance. This time allowing Kristin to move first.

---

---

---

---

Location: Camp Half-Blood Roman area
Skills: Odikinesis

---

When the fighting had broken out Niah considered letting it play out. Nancy obviously needed to get some frustrations out. She shouldn't have used that word, but Niah wasn't going to be the one to say that when Zeke did. But the fight ramped up. It was moving on from school yard fight into powers. That was dangerous.

Niah took a long soothing breath and let the calmness of it sweep over the others. The anger starting to dissipate. Normally she wouldn't have used that on Nancy. Niah knew Nancy hated it. She hated doing it. But the heat that was radiating from one of her two best friends in the whole world was too hot. Things had gotten too out of hand.

"This is not the appropriate way to vent frustrations. We have a task to do right now. I am sorry that you don't approve of it Demetri. You, however, are not Roman and do not have a say in this. Just as if you were involved in judgement of a Greek we would not be welcome. Nancy, I am sorry." She did not add qualifiers to her apology to Nancy. There was too much that needed apologizing for.

The Dead Don't Die.

Mandy Mason

Location: New York Streets near car
Skills: N/A

Mandy texted her dad back, "Long story. I'll tell you when I get home. We're leaving now.". It was obvious the alarm had worked. The kid had jumped and was getting out of her car hands up. So the cops attention had been brought to the situation. She stepped aside so the kid could see that the cops were behind her.

That is when she noticed they had their sidearms out. She felt adrenaline hit, her skin getting tight and her armpits started to tingle as she started to sweat. The guns weren't pointed at her but that didn't make the situation any less dangerous. She slid behind the kid and into the front driver seat. She let out a little breath of air and waited for Hermes to get in so they could get going.

Once he was she started driving home. Thankful for that. Home was safety now. They needed to get there and bunker down until this ended. Mandy had no desire to be roaming the streets. It was too dangerous from the sick and healthy both.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

---

---

---

Location: Headmaster's Office -> Hall outside the office
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive)

---

---

Andy's face lit up when Zari came in. Mads quickly filled Zari in on what she had missed. There had been a lot of yelling, and it was enough that Andy gripped her coffee tighter. Coulson had done a good job of defusing the situation enough and shooed everyone out of the small office. She wondered why Vicky was to stay behind, but she didn't worry about it too much. Vicky didn't seem to accept the 'it's not your fault,' but that was for her to figure out.

In the hall, she waited for Zari. There was going to be a lot of group restructuring and she wanted to be included in that conversation. She may not see the merit of the contest but she figured at this point she might as well still participate. "I'd like to be there for that conversation." Andy told Mads. She wasn't filled with a sudden need to be in the contest, more the desire to see it through.

"Zari," Andy said when Zari joined them in the hall. She was smiling again. She wanted to make sure Zari was okay and felt she needed to talk to her about how much she could say to the therapist. She could go through it without fully opening up but she doubted that would help her. "Can we talk? My room?"

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

---

---

Ed Penior

---

---

Location: New Orleans - Botanical Gardens
Skills: Magic
Items:
Magic cloak (like Dr Strange that allows him to fly)
Protection Amulet from Klara

---

Ed wasn't certain what it meant when Guin and Annie both dropped to the ground. Whatever it was couldn't be good. Had Chrysi done something to their minds that hurt them? He had in the past been able to heal minds that had taken damage. He wondered if now that would work too. Ed reached into his special coat pocket that had been added to keep vials of each member of the group's hair. He touched the two for Guin and Annie and started to try to heal them.

His magic, the orange light, emanates from him and touches the pair. He has done a lot of healing recently with his time as an X-Man and because of that, he realizes that they are not hurt. But have been imprisoned. He can assume that Chrysi has them. He can reach out to them, and he does. "I believe Chrysi has imprisoned you in her mind." He tells the pair of them.

"They are trapped in a mental prison." Not unlike the bubble, he thinks. An odd stalemate. Would Chrysi let them go if he let her go? But Pietro has a point, his bubble couldn't honestly hold the Phoenix. Not if it wanted out. "I cannot free them." Ed's skill set when it came to mental abilities was to block intrusions.

The idea from earlier bubbled again. If Guin was inside Mary's head could she push out Chrysi and the Pheonix? Could he protect the inside of Mary's mind?

"Guin, I have an idea, can you push Chrysi and the Phoenix out from the inside? I can try to bubble Mary so she is safe and you, now that you're inside, push the others out?" He didn't like the idea on principle. It was too close to break the Laws. However, it may be the only way to save Mary.

The Dead Don't Die.

Mandy Mason

Location: New York Streets near car
Skills: N/A

Mandy tapped her chest once with her thumb, her hand open fingers splayed. "It's fine." She wanted to tell him she was proud of him. But as she raised her hands to say more she noticed the boy leaning in her car. She pulled her keys out of her pocket and hit the red button to turn on the alarm. Mandy tapped it once and let it flash and beep for a few seconds before tapping it again. Hoping that would scare the kid off. Or get the attention of the officer.

Who in their right mind would try to carjack right next to the police like that? Mandy had a healthy respect and fear of cops. Being Deaf meant that if they gave her an order and she couldn't see them doing it, like coming up from behind, she'd never know and wouldn't be able to comply. She had learned horror stories from her parent's friends.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

---

---

Location: Camp Half-Blood (Arena)
Skill: Sword Fighting

---

---

Andy got geared up and joined Kristin on the Arena's practice field. She had done a whole lot of practice fighting on this field. She had learned how to fight beyond some rudimentary jabs here. It held a lot of memories even though she had only been at camp a year now.

Andy held her sword up and took the starting stance. But her grip was wrong and she realized it quickly as she stepped forward and almost immediately dropped the weapon when she went to swing. Kristin didn't even have to try to defend. Her face grew hot and she quickly scrambled for the weapon to try to recover. It was probably a good thing she was sparing Kristin and not one of the boys they'd have made a lesson of the fumble.

Her recovery was not much better, the only saving grace was that she didn't drop the weapon again. Kristin could easily block or step away from any attack Andy tried. The heat in her face had spread and she was getting more upset with the mistakes and failures.

---

---

---

---

Location: Camp Half-Blood Roman area
Skills:

---

Niah wished for a moment the ability to curse people. This Greek did not understand the Romans. Why they stood together in battle. The Greek way of fighting was chaotic and unorganized. For the Romans standing together, shoulder to shoulder, relying completely on those around you was everything. If you couldn't trust your shield mates death was sure to follow. Niah was aware that Demi liked Leandra, which was precisely the reason she didn't want him with them. She couldn't trust him.

She didn't say anything back. Fighting with him would only piss them all off more and drag this out. She marched on one side of Leandra. There had been a time when she had trusted Leandra. It burned to have been betrayed. The broken oath was like broken glass under her feet.

She clenched her fists and jaw, marching on to the edge of camp. Niah was ready to keep going. Pass the edge and march all the way back to New Rome and take it back right that damn moment. No wonder the Greeks and Romans weren't supposed to share space. They were too ideologically different. Maybe some of the Romans who suffered under the strict rule of New Rome would have been better as Greeks.

"I'd rather fight another damn dragon." Niah hissed through her teeth.