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🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim, the Cave
Skills: Medical

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Lara looked up at Arnora and then nodded at that. "I'll try to see if I can at least stabilize Elizabeth..." She sighed at that as she checked on Elizabeth, and remembered some of the medical training she had gotten when she had been learning to be a nurse. After a little bit, she had stabilized Elizabeth and she seemed to be breathing easier for the moment. At least they had that going for them for the moment, even with the Dragur...

She heard the screech and she looked to Elizabeth. "Don't move." She stood up and summoned her spear and shield again from their pendant and bracelet and she went to dash out of the cave to see Arnora engaging with another draugr, as well as what looked like another person? Person! Then she saw the serpent again and her eyes went wide. "Oh... fuck."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Sewers -> The Fields of Mars
Skills: Inspirational Singing

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Marco leaned in to Em's kiss, savoring it before they broke it. He gently traced her cheek and then nodded. "Be safe, my love. And here, if you need me or anyone else... just call." Marco gently pressed the compact into Em's hands and kissed her forehead again. He did grimace when he saw that another legionnaire had gotten accidentally shoved into the labyrinth. However, they didn't really have time at the moment, so he turned to exit the sewer with Demi.

Marco's mind was racing with a thousand thoughts at the moment. He had never really asked for this demi-god stuff. Now his cohort was looking to him, since for reason his leader had run off somewhere else. He wasn't the inspiring kind... or was he. A memory tickled at the back of his mind. He had at one time had wanted to go into choir, but his father had told him no. When he had asked why, his father said something odd at the time. "My son, believe me when I say no good will come of you or I singing. We're cursed at it." His choice of words had always been odd until...

He had seen what Nancy could do with her singing and magic. He had seen what Waverly could do with it too. But he was a son of Venus so his thoughts didn't make sense.

When Demi offered him a ride, he nodded. "Yes, thank you. Fifth Cohort, with me!" He then mounted Demi, gently settling in, and grasping his horns for support. As Demi took off... he closed his eyes and focused. He needed to inspire his Cohort, after what the sewers and labyrinth had done. He needed to be inspiring for all the others...

~🎶Everybody
Rock your body
Everybody
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back alright🎶~

The words to an old pop song spilled from his lips, but they were more than just words. Demi could feel magic in them, as could the rest of the Fifth Cohort, as inspiration took them over. A skill Marco had never known he had before had been unlocked or unmasked... and he would use it.

~🎶Oh my God we're back again
Brothers, sisters, everybody sing
We're gonna bring the flavor show you how
I've gotta question for ya
Better answer now~

Click Me!

The Song in Question

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim
Skills:

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Lara looked over at Arnora and shook her head a bit as well and sighed at that. It was most likely that Elizabeth wouldn't survive her wounds unless they could get her back to the hotel in time, which seemed unlikely. So, she simply put a blanket over the other girl to make sure she was comfy as she leaned up against the wall at that point.

She saw the Draugr as well and nodded. She didn't dare make a sound, she didn't dare alert the Draugr to their hiding spot at all. She did make sure to keep her spear out, just in case their hiding spot was found. However, it was looking worse and worse for them. Lara had seen bad before, but they were outnumbered and if they died here, they were never going to see Valhalla again. She was trying to figure out a way out, maybe a way to bind them with their words, but she doubted the Draugr could even speak.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Sewers
Skills:

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Em's words did not much to comfort or calm down Marco at that moment. The fact that Em could feel the madness like a miasma rolling off of the Labyrinth firmed up his resolve that he'd never be setting a damned foot in the place. He gently soothed Em's hair and kissed her on the forehead before turning to look at Demi. However, his attention was drawn in two other placed at that moment. First was the faint voices coming from the Labyrinth. The second was the sirens.

Before Marco could speak, Demi transformed before them again into a rather large dragon. Marco could only blink at that, as it wouldn't even top his list of strange things he had seen in his life time. "I do agree, let's end this. Fifth Cohort, we are needed on the field of battle, let us make our way to the surface!" Marco wasn't sure what was coming over him that day, but he knew he needed to step up and lead, he needed to use his words, his skills to get the others behind him.

As he started to exit the sewers, he could feel something tingling at the back of his throat, and he wasn't sure what it was, not just yet.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Sewers
Skills: Charmspeak

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Marco wanted to be a little happy for Waverly that she had gotten the second riddle right, but his attention turned to Em, and he could tell something was wrong with her. He wasn't sure what it was precisly, but being with Em for as long as he had been, he could tell when things were wrong. Then he saw the glare Waverly gave Em, just for obeying orders and his own eyes narrowed. Yes, Waverly was in a bad spot, but no one hurt his Em, not like that.

Marco stepped in close and wrapped his arms tightly around Em, and gently ran one of his hands through her hair, just at the base of her skull, and rubbed there softly. "Hey, Em, look at me. Speak to me. What's going on beautiful?" He stepped away from the Labryinth with her and nuzzled her gently as he gently tried to comfort and calm her.

However, his attention was drawn over to Demi again as the boy bolted fort and held himself just at the hole, as if about to launch himself in. "Demi! Please! Come back from there! We can't spare anyone if you go in... please! Stay here!" He could hear the strain in his voice as he spoke, as if the thought of watching someone else toss themselves head first into that chaos would break him. It quite possibly could. He had never asked for this... to be a demi-god. Hell, his five years were almost up right? He could easily retire after this...

He shoved those thoughts aside as he knew he needed to be strong for the moment. Be strong for Emily, be strong for Demi, the fifth cohort and even Waverly.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim
Skills: Basic Ass First Aid

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Lara looked over at their boat and winced as she saw it being smashed and broken into. There went their ride, but thankfully that meant they didn't have to try to return it now, right? She noticed the cave as well and then went to follow Arnora inside, and looked at Elizabeth. The other girl was starting to look pretty bad, and Lara was pretty sure she had lost quite a bit of blood. Once they were in the cave, Lara gestured for Arnora to set Elizabeth down.

For the moment, all Lara could do was rip off parts of the shirt she was wearing and tie them around the bleeding wounds of Elizabeth's both. She wasn't sure if Elizabeth would survive at this rate, and so she looked up to Arnora and frowned at that and then sat down and leaned up against the wall. They needed to still be quiet for the moment, as the dragur were distracted for the moment, but who knew how long that would last.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Sewers
Skills: Compact
Guest appearance: Nancy Parker

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Marco's mind was in a bit of a tizzy as he was trying to figure out what the Greek Demi-god was speaking about, while looking over to see that the sphinx was circling Waverly like she was one tasty Sphinx treat. He did have to wonder more, but his mind was derailed when Emily asked him who Rosie was. "I don't know whom Demi is speaking about, I'm guessing Rosie is another Greek demi-god... Em can you do me a favor love and find out why he wants drachmas and water? Water we have, drachmas... that's Greek money if I remember right so we don't have any. I'm going to call Nancy and let her know what's going on."

Marco was thankful he had not thought to put his compact away earlier when he had put Milo in the Cohort. He tugged the little compact out and within full view of those there, they could see the little rainbow it reflected before he spoke. "Nancy Parker please." It would take a moment, but Nancy's face would appear in the mirror.

On Nancy's end, she would see a floating figure of Marco's head before her, and Nancy blinked slightly, a bit confused by the low budget Haunted Mansion Marco had going on. Something told her he wasn't about to bring her coffee though. "What's gone wrong?" Nancy asked him flatly.

Marco sighed as he ran his free hand through his short hair. "Two problems Nancy. One, The Labryinth decided to show up in the Sewers, and two, Waverly dashed in and is currently having a tet a tet with the Sphinx."

"I'm going to gag her with a fucking spoon," Nancy muttered, clenching her hands for a brief moment as she tried to let her initial rage subside. If Waverley had bothered to learn about their world, she wouldn't have been in this mess. And now, they were about to face a gigantic army, and she couldn't ask anyone to go into the Labyrinth after her - it was suicide. And she couldn't go herself, Rome needed her, Madalyne needed her, everyone's life depended on her. She couldn't sacrifice everyone for one person. "Two things. First, no one is allowed to go into the Labyrinth, that's an order. If anyone tries, a court martial will be the least of their worries. Second, if you can communicate with her, tell her to shelter in place." She left out rest of her sentence - if she survives the sphinx.

"Got it... should we have the rest of the Fifth pull out of the Sewers until we figure out what to do?" Marco nervously bit the inside of his cheek as he looked at Nancy's reflection. He could tell there was a lot on her shoulders for the moment, and this was adding to her stress.

"No. Anything else?"

"Not for now. I'll make sure it's clear no one else follow her." With that, he offered her a small smile. "We'll finish our task here best we can. Take care Nancy."

"May the gods be with you, Marco," Nancy told him. With that, Marco snapped the compact close and looked over the rest of the Fifth Cohort.

"Alright guys, no one is allowed to head into the Labyrinth to help out Waverly, under threat of court martial. We don't need to lose anyone else there... and Waverley, since I know you can hear us... once you're done there, try to shelter in place! We'll figure it out!" Marco looked over the rest of the Fifth Cohort and then looked to Em and Demi, as if waiting for them to speak.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim
Skills: Combat; Spear and Shield

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"I do agree, running seems like a good idea." Lara could see they were getting outnumbered as more dragur appeared at that point, and there were more coming out of the woods. She did take another stab at the drauger in front of her and it crumpled to the ground, having been taken out by her attacks. Thankfully that did mean there was some space between them and the dragurs that were working their ways out of the woods.

She ran after Arnora and then smiled a bit as she saw the ice wall go up and was about to thank Arnora when Elizabeth got hit in the leg. Lara dashed after them, going to grab Elizabeth's other side to help support her as they ran off. "So where are we going to go... should we try to get back in the boat or just roll the dice and pray luck is on our side?"

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Sewers
Skills: Knowledge

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Marco could feel a pit in his stomach opening up when he saw that hole in the wall, one that he was sure that came out of no where. When he stepped closer, he saw a clash of architecture styles and then he took a step back and put an arm up in front of Em to keep her from entering it. "Guys... I don't think any of us should..." Before he could finish, Waverly had shimmed her way through the wall and appear on the other side of the hole. However it seemed that she was stuck on the other side of it and that was what he feared the most.

"Guys, I think that's the Labyrinth, and if it is, we need to stay way from it. I've heard some crazy ass stories about it and we should not go inside. Fuck... Sorry Waverly, if you can hear me." Marco knew they were going to need to let Nancy and Madalyn know what was going on, when his attention was drown to the new voice joining them. He blinked at the beauty before them, before this beauty addressed him personally.

"I guess Leandra is my niece... as for that. That is not a break room. Don't cross the threshold of it. It is the Labyrinth, and it is old and twisted, and goes all over the world. I am Marco, and you good sir, have me at a disadvantage. You know me, but I do not know you. I take it you are one of our Greek brethren here to help us out?"

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim
Skills: Combat; Spear and Shield

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Lara's eyes narrowed as she realized that the Dragur had found their camp and then at that point she went to pull out her spear and shield, and let out a cry as the first arrow hit her in the shoulder. "Oh... you're going to regret that." She growled out as she strapped her shield to her arm. It did sting a big as her left shoulder had been the one to get hit, but thankfully she could use her shield to hold onto and ride out the pain. Besides, an arrow was nothing compared to bullets, or at least that was the lie she was willing to tell herself at the moment.

She dashed in to close the distance to one of the Dragur and she aimed up, hitting him in the chest with her spear. She had hoped it had been a killing blow, but she saw that it had gone more to the left, hitting him in the right side of his chest. She did notice him swing his own axe at her, and she held up her shield and blocked it's swing, and the sound of metal on metal rang out in the little camp, as his blow had hit the center of her shield. "What should we do now, Arnora?"