Kirah

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

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Location: Party
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive)

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"We can watch the gory ones just the two of us." Andy smiled at Zari, this was her real smile. The one she shared with Zari. Hunger still crawled inside of her, but time with just her girlfriend kept it to the side for a moment.

"Yeah, let's go to my room, I don't have a roommate anymore so it'll be quiet. I've got some movies. We can give Plan 9 a shot. I'm pretty certain any movie that's black and white won't be too bad in the gore department. There is death in it, and graverobbing aliens."

Andy took her useless snacks and started to leave the party. She had a strange temptation to reach out and touch the Haunted House. She considered if she could 'eat' the magic of it, and decided against it since she knew there were people inside of it.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Sierra Trail
Skills:

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Niah patted Stella gently on the shoulder. "You're welcome." She handed the box back to a nodding Andy who stuffed the box back into her bag. "I am ready." Niah started walking again. Leading the way up the hill.

It had only been a few days since they had left Camp Half-Blood, and in that time Niah's little group had dealt with a few monsters, but it had been peaceful for a while on the train. Those hours fell away and Niah drew herself together. She had to keep it together.

Location: Sierra Trail
Skill:

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Andy followed in Niah's footsteps, still clutching the sword. It was a good thing camp encouraged a lot of physical activity because this hike would have been too much otherwise. She was hungry, unsure of the last time she had eaten, sometime in the Labyrinth. Before things had gotten bad. She wished she had some snacks on her.

"Oh, hey, I'm sorry I don't remember what your quest was." She said finally breaking her silence. She knew what her quest was, to get the sword from the Labyrinth. But other than that she didn't remember what anyone else was doing. Andy knew that Arthur had gone to the sea and Nancy had gone to the Lotus Hotel, however, she didn't remember what the quests were in specific.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Ed Penior

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Location: Asteroid
Skills: Magic (shield)

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Ed maintained his shield. It was a good and strong one. He could feel what emotions had gone into building it. Fear and worry for those around him. He had to protect at least his team. He would always protect them. That's what he was good at, defense. He had never been allowed to be anything else. He knew the itches of ideas, the terrible plans he had if he ever fell from the graces of the family. Even now he didn't want to. The laws were old, his family was old. He would not betray them. He would not betray his sister. He had become such a better healer since joining the X-men, but that didn't put him on her level. She had brought people from death's door. He doubted he could do the same.

He stood there, arms up, holding the shield that pressed against the walls, ready to protect against the horror of space when the inevitable would happen. He nodded as the faces of people he knew entered the hangar. Not daring to talk or distract himself more than that. The minutes were ticking by. He didn't know how long they had. But there hadn't been enough strange faces entering to include all the people on this cursed rock.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

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Location: Party
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive)

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"That keeps a lot of options open still. My favorite type of movie is a category called 'B films.' They are intentionally bad sometimes all about being campy and silly. I do enjoy a lot of the classics too. But I can find stuff that'll fit your desire for no gore. There's plenty of that out there." Andy smiled, she had put some snacks on a plate and was drinking liquid—a distraction, just like the conversation. Neither thing was really pulling her from the clawing in her stomach. Her mouth was watering in a way that she might have thought she was going to throw up any moment if it had been accompanied by queasiness.

She was watching the events near the Haunted house, out of morbid curiosity and the being ready to step in if needed. What she would do she wasn't certain, especially with Sabine and Leah just marching back into the Haunted House to fight it. Andy thought she had a broken fight or flight, it almost always went to fight. Those two were trying to beat her and fight something that logically couldn't be fought. But who knew magic was weird?

Her hands were slightly shaking and she pulled herself back to the conversation with Mary Sue and Zari. "I have a few movies in mind already actually. I might want to rewatch them or check what the internet says about gore level for them before I suggest them though." Andy smiled, it wasn't her real smile. Not the bright one she often had, this one was forced. She drank some of her punch and ate some crackers and tried to beat back the edge of the hungry, but it didn't work.

The Dead Don't Die.

Mandy Mason

Location: Parent's Place
Skills: N/A

"Thank you for the cookies. Tell Howard we said hi, and both of you be safe." Mandy smiled and waved letting Millie go. She was frustrated with the CDC website, but figured because of the press release a lot of people were probably flocking to the site. There had been no mention of how the new sickness spread. That was concerning.

She tapped her father on the shoulder. "Maybe I should just wear a mask in case. We don't know how it spreads. I have some anyway still because of school." Working in the medical industry, even removed from people as she was a Vet student, Mandy still had to wear masks for certain situations. "I'll leave a box with you." She offered.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Sierra Trail
Skills: First Aid (with assitance from medkit)

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With a snap of bone, the fight was over. Persephone had killed the werewolf leader and the other ran away. Niah smiled, it was a satisfied grin. However, it faded quickly. Now that asshole was in Tartus. He probably would see Mads soon. She shook her head and then turned to the group. "I'm ready-" She cut herself off at Stella's question. She turned her attention to Stella and saw how badly the young girl was doing. Niah's stomach clenched, had Stella been bitten and she hadn't seen?

Andy reached into her bag and pulled out a first aid kit. "Here, my brother put this together for me. I don't know what all is in it, but it might help." She offered, Naih took it from her and opened the box.

Location: Sierra Trail
Skill: Knife fighting

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After handing the box to Niah, Andy stepped back. She didn't know first aid, so she just watched as Niah set about to help Stella out.

"Let me see your back, please." Niah said. Andy wondered why Niah wasn't just giving Stella a piece of Ambrosia. Stella moved so that Niah could start examining her back. Niah's hands were shaking as she looked over the other girl's back and because of that she dropped a few items. It took her a moment to gather her wits about her. Andy was nervous for Niah (and Stella). Niah was clearly shaken.

Once Niah had cleaned up Stella's back and then given her some of the Ambrosia. Stella was much better off. Andy let out a little sigh of relief and looked at the others checking to make sure they were all okay too.

The Dead Don't Die.

Mandy Mason

Location: Parent's Place
Skills: N/A

Both Mandy and her father shook their heads no. They didn't have any other information. Mandy remembered during COVID how hard it was to get information. There had been a few people who posted videos on Youtube explaining the situation in ASL or she had read the CDC website. That gave her an idea.

"That email said its information was from the CDC, maybe they have more information on their website." She signed, mostly to her father. She did not want to deal with masks again, masks blocked people's lips making it so her and basically the rest of the Deaf community couldn't read lips. There had been some masks that had a clear see-through section but not everyone wore those. Her school wouldn't have them, not this time. It wasn't Deaf focused like RIT had been.

He nodded and headed back to his office to his computer where he could look up the CDC site. Mandy grabbed another cookie and waved Millie to join them.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Ed Penior

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Location: Asteroid
Skills: Magic (shield)

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Ed flinched at having Guin in his head. But he could see the reason for it. They needed to get moving. He wondered if he could make a bubble big enough to fill the hanger.

"We need to get moving toward the hanger. If you see other people tell them, shout it or whatever. If there is another way to access the PA system on the way we use that too." He was relieved there was some sort of backup system, hopefully, that meant there was some redundancy too. More than one way to do things.

Mira showed Ed a map of the place. He took a good look at it, memorizing the route, and then took off running toward the hanger. As he went if he saw anyone he would yell at them to head to the Hanger for an evacuation. He didn't know if anyone would actually listen to him or not, he didn't wait around to see.

Ed slid into the hanger. He paused for a moment taking deep breaths trying to center himself. He touched his shield pendant. This would be the largest one he ever made. Keeping the shield pendant tucked into his hand, he pushed his magic, a gentle orange glow, out filling the room until it settled around the walls of the room.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

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Location: Party
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive)

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Andy nodded and smiled. "You're absolutely welcome to join." Andy said and made her way toward the food. Her stomach was growling. There was a creeping sense of dread that she had thinking about that hunger that had started to claw through her. She had been hungry plenty of times in her life. She had lived on the streets. She had been near starved at times. But the hunger that had started to seep into her since leaving the haunted house was not the same.

As they walked over to the table Andy thought of the few times she had 'eaten.' There had been a feast at Genosha, that had filled her so much but had been basically purged for the sake of those she had eaten. Then had been the accident with Mads, the drink she had then had been quickly countered with a stab, and last had been the drink during the fight for a place in the Contest of Champions. Now she suspected that whatever had happened in the Haunted House had started her appetite up again. The thought of asking a teacher for a way to...eat. It seemed like something that would quickly get her expelled. But taking from her classmates and friends was just as likely to cause that.

At the table, she got some punch and quickly drank three cups of it, the hunger not abating. The food seemed unappetizing but she filled a plate and took a few bites. As expected the food itself was bland, despite the smells of spices. This was going to mean a conversation with Selene later. She didn't like that idea much.

"Well, so do you still want to watch a horror movie?" She finally said after a bite of food and a sip of drink to wash it down. She tried to smile, tried to cover the concern that had settled into her bones. Also, ignore the chaos that April's breakdown was causing. Nimue had moved and was now in that area. Andy looked away focusing again on Mary Sue and Zari.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Sierra Trail
Skills: Short sword

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"Never." Niah said gritting her teeth at Lycon. She didn't know how she'd get out of this, but she refused to surrender to him. Thankfully Persephone had stepped in. Niah sighed relieved and took her hand getting back to her feet. "Yeah, thanks for that." She didn't know if Persephone could get involved in this fight, but Niah figured she only would have if she could.

"Gonna help them now, you've got him?" She gave a head tilt indicating Lycon, before joining the fray. She went straight for the werewolf messing with Andy. She killed that werewolf and spun heading for the next nearest one. It gave her immense satisfaction to be killing these werewolves, she hoped that Lycon was watching. Another werewolf fell at the swipe of her sword. She noticed somewhat out of the corner of her eye that Andy was following close on her heels.

Location: Sierra Trail
Skill: Knife fighting

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Andy was reeling a bit from the werewolf that had suddenly attacked her. She was a bit off balance, but there was Niah behind the cloud of dust that fell. Niah, nodded at Andy once and moved on. Andy blinked a little stunned. She hadn't expected that. But she saw that Niah was heading for another werewolf. She followed after her, going to stab the next werewolf while it was distracted by Niah, but it didn't matter because Niah had already killed it and was moving on to the next one.

Andy got the feeling that Niah was pissed and taking out all her anger on these werewolves. She quickly figured out that it was probably these werewolves that had turned Mads. She followed again. This time getting in a jab with her knife on the werewolf and it turned to dust.

Chocolate jumped and bit another werewolf, it also dissolved. She was thankful for the little dog and hoped that Hellhounds were immune to becoming werewolves. She did not want to think of what that combination would be like.