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🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim
Skills: Summoning her Horse

Location: Niflheim
Skills: N/A

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"Alright then, I'll stay here." Lara smiled at that as she looked at Arnora and then sat down around the fire with them and then nibbled on her food at that point. "I'm doing alright, just a bit worried about what will happen to Elizabeth now." She sighed more as she nibbled on some of the dried meat she had gotten for herself out of her bag. She got lost in her thoughts for a bit. She didn't move until Astrid stood up and brushed herself off and spoke.

"Yeah, I'm warm. I'm going to go outside first and summon my horse while you put out the fire. I doubt it would do any real damage here, but safety first." Astrid smiled a bit at that as she picked up her bag and then dug around for her whistle. She soon felt the familiar feel of the whistle in her hand at that point. She gently lifted the whistle to her lips, and then took in a deep breath and then blew. To most, it wouldn't sound like anything had come out of the whistle, but to her mount, her winged horse, he would hear it and he would come flying to her aid.

Lara gently looked at Arnora and blushed a bit at that point, and then gently got up and went to help put out the little fire. It wouldn't take too much at that point, as she dumped some now melted water onto the fire, and then she quickly kicked apart their little fire pit. She picked up her bag after that and made sure she was fully bundled up again at that point and sighed a bit at that. "You ready to head back to the Hotel then?" She offered her hand to Arnora and smiled a bit softly at that point.

Astrid was waiting and then she smiled as could hear the familiar beating of wings off in the distance as it got closer and closer to them. She finally saw her horse as he landed in front of her and she walked over and nuzzled him lovingly. "Hey there boy, were you worried about me? I'm sorry I had to go off so quickly without you." She spoke lowly to him as she gently rubbed his muzzle. "You up for taking my self and two others back to the Hotel? I hope so, as they lost their boat and their ride out of here." She smiled as he seemed to nod. "Good boy."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Dining Hall
Skills: N/A

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Stella smiled a bit at everyone's words and reassurances. She could still talk to her fathers it seemed, even if it wasn't over phone. She just hoped that they wouldn't freak out when she called them in a pretty supernatural way. She decided to see how they would react to the call first before she let them know about her mother, and how she was part godly from her. She finished her slice of toast and then asked for another stack of sourdough and took it over to the brazier. She thought it would be rude to offer her mother half eaten toast and bacon, so a fresh stack would do. She gently tipped it into the brazier and thanked her mother for giving birth to her as well as for helping her get to camp safe.

Once she was done, she turned to Marygold and Kristin, as it seemed that Janelle was parting from them and she wasn't sure if Jason would continue to tag along with them now that his sister had parted from them. "I think I'll take the tour first, find out where I'm sleeping before I talk to my dads. I should take a shower or something, as I don't think taking a quick dip in a river counts as getting clean." She knew it didn't really count, as she hadn't had time to scrub up. She had tried to wash her hair, but then some other creature had chased her and her satyr guide from the river.

She picked up her ragged backpack and then smiled up to Kristin. "Ready when you are!"

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim
Skills: N/A

Location: Niflheim
Skills: N/A

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Lara nodded as she handed out the last bits of dry clothing over to Astrid, as well as blankets to all three of them. She then went to fish out some food at that point as she knew she really had the only good source of it. She knew it wasn't too much, mostly energy bars, dried meat, some cheese and a few other things, but she laid it out as a spread for all of them. It wasn't much, but it would put food in their bellies as they thought of what to do next.

Astrid thanked Lara, and blushed and turned around as she went to change out of her wet clothing. She knew that neither of them would see anything but she still hated changing in front of others. She left on her unmentionables, as she still needed them, and thankfully they weren't too wet... at least not wet enough for her to mind. She tugged on the extra shirt and skirts, and then moved close to the fire and held her hands out in front of herself.

"I do agree, we need to figure out another way to get out of these caves. I can do a bit of scouting while you two eat and warm up. I'm not too cold, and thankfully, I'm not that hungry. I did have a small snack on the boat earlier." Lara paused as she thought of which way she could head in the caves to find them another way out. She was really the only one in the state to go scouting at that point while the other two warmed up. She couldn't stand the thought of losing someone else on their quest. They had lost Elizabeth, and that thought made her shudder a bit.

"Yes, once we're out in the open I can summon my mount, and he can take the three of us to wherever we need to go. I'm guessing back to the hotel, yes?" Astrid gently poked at the fire with a stick at that point, to keep it going. She wanted something warm to drink, but she wasn't sure anyone had brought a pot or kettle at that point. She didn't usually bring cooking implements with her, which seemed silly in hindsight. Since when had any mission she gone on with the Einherjar gone well?

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Dining Hall
Skills: N/A

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Stella laughed a bit at Marygold's comment at that point, and then she looked at Jason and Janelle as they spoke. She laughed a bit more between bites of her breakfast and sips of her cocoa. The warm food felt so good, especially after being on the run that entire week. It was suppose to start as a bus trip but it had turning into running into camp at the end. The stories were amusing her, and the mental image of Janelle waving around her broken cane and attacking monsters did cheer her up quite a bit.

Once Marygold spoke again she blinked, and then she sighed as she heard what Kristin added. "So, technology a bad idea for calling then? I guess I'll try an Iris message then... but should I tell them who mom was? If they don't know? Or is that a bad idea?" She looked around the table, gauging their responses. She did look over towards the yelling and frowned a bit at that. It seemed that there will still bullies here too.

"I'm almost done, then I can get that tour, right?" Stella smiled at that as she took the last sips of her cocoa and then nibbled on the last bits of her toast.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim
Skills: N/A

Location: Niflheim
Skills: N/A

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"The caves would be a nice idea... we can build a fire int here and warm up and figure out the next part. We've stopped the ship for now." Astrid spoke as clearly as she could while her teeth were chattering away due to the cold that was seeping into her body. She could feel her clothing begin to freeze and lock up at that point as they walked towards the caves together. There was not too much they could do for Elizabeth at that point, they would have to leave her body. She gently dragged herself towards the cave, and then once inside, she shivered harder at that point.

Lara nodded at that as she moved into the cave and then started to build the fire. She had been out of the water and she knew that Arnora would be fine, but Astrid was not looking so great at that point. She pulled some fire starter stuff out of her bag, mostly her lighter and some kindling at that point. She started moving things around and then after a bit she had set up a little fire pit and was working on the fire for the three of them.

"Thank you." Astrid moved close to the fire at that point and shivered a bit at that point as she went to warm up at that point. She could feel herself warming up and her clothing was defrosting at that point as well. She did have some supplies in her bag, but she wasn't sure if she still had it at that point. She checked her back and let out a soft sigh as she found it, but it was half frozen to her back. She would have to finish warming up before she could get to her bag.

"I might have some blankets and clean clothing in my bag if you're interested, either of you. Also some food... I mean we had snacks earlier but... we might want an actual meal." Lara sighed as she went to dig through her bag to pull out some dry clothing and blankets for them. They would be in there for a while it seemed. "So, what is our next move now? We've stopped the ship for now, but it seems that they will break it out eventually. I guess we also have to wonder how the other group is doing. If they made it to their goal or not."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Dining Hall
Skills: N/A

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"So it's normal for you to be chased into the camp by monsters? I'm glad that it is not just me then." She laughed at that as she sipped her cocoa and then smiled. Somehow it was just like her father's cocoa, down to the subtle hints of cinnamon. She set the cup down and then went to take a bite of her food and sighed a bit. "A running joke huh? Alright then but it seems that people are pretty dumb about the concept of wheat and sickle." She relaxed more at that and then took another sip of her cocoa and then paused as she looked at the siblings, and then to Marygold.

"So, have you met our mother before? I know she left a few things for me that I got." Stella took another bite of the toasted sourdough. She smiled as that wonderful tang spread on her tongue and then down her throat. "So, once I finish we'll go on the rest of the tour and I'll get to see where I'll be sleeping then? I should also try calling my dads... they might know... or they might want to know about my mother. Or at least that I made it here. Can I tell them that?" She dove back into her food and sighed a bit as she ate.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim
Skills: N/A

Location: Niflheim
Skills: N/A

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Lara let out a little cry as the tiny boat was sent flying, so she curled up by some instinct, and that seemed to save her thankfully. She landed hard against the hard ice, and she let out another cry as she felt her skin being gashed open, and she knew she would have bruises where she landed. However, she was alive as opposed to... "Elizabeth... No... I'm sorry..." She could tell the other girl was long gone by the time she had propped herself up a bit. The big piece of wood sticking out of her chest made sure of that for sure. They had now lost another companion it seemed, and this time for good.

Astrid hauled herself out of the water and started shaking immediately. Her blessings from Odin and Freya did offer her some comfort, she wouldn't die so easily, but the cold seeping into her clothing, into her bones would send her into some state of shock. She forced herself to shake for a moment before collecting herself and then stood up and looked at the scene before her. She frowned when she saw Elizabeth there, the wood jutting out of her chest. "I am sorry... we will make sure that your loss is not in vain." She looked over at Arnora, whom was helping Lara.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, sore, but fine. We need to get out of here... Thanks for the help." Lara took Arnora's hand and stood at that point, wincing as she put some pressure on her ankle. She could tell it was bruised, but thankfully that seemed to be the extent of it, just bruising. "Where are we going to go?" She focused, and when she did, the pendent was back around her neck, and she had her spear again. She was thankful for that little enchantment on it.

"Anywhere warm. We need to warm up, and you need some medical aid. We all do." Astrid looked around with her one good eye and sighed. "We need to get going now, before those giants decide to come after us." She wrapped her arm around Lara, from the other side Arnora was on and then helped her up and went to take off towards somewhere warm.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Dining Hall
Skills: N/A

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Stella smiled up at the three slightly older teens and then looked at the plate before her before her attention was drawn elsewhere by someone yelling that she was a commie. She looked up and saw the wheat stalk and sickle. "That's not the Communist symbol, that's wheat and a sickle... wait..." She smiled when Kristin told her that meant her mother was Demeter, and her smile grew just even wider when she told her that Mary was her half sister!

"That's awesome! I've always wanted siblings! And Demeter is my mother? That explains the plants... I've always connected with them better than people sometimes." The young redhead looked nothing but ecstatic about being a child of the goddess of the harvest. "Oh, Mary was part of the group that helped me when I arrived. There was a manticore and Mary was so cool and killed it! I mean there as this other girl there, some Roman girl I was told. But that's awesome! We're sisters!" Her bubbly enthusiasm was just beaming from every little bit of her at that moment.

"Oh yeah, I should eat." She chuckled at that and then looked at the plate. "I would like... sourdough toast, buttered please, with a fried egg and bacon please? And to drink... hot cocoa... with cinnamon." Her favorite treat, which her Otou-san usually made for her on those foggy and cold mornings in San Francisco.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Location: Niflheim
Skills: Spear Attack, swimming, helping Arnora

Location: Niflheim
Skills: Spear Attack

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Lara saw the ice thickening around the boat more and she grinned as it did seem that Arnora was doing it. They continued to row to the shore, when disaster struck. A giant got too close and caused water to wash over them, and the cloak was pulled off of them. She gasped at that as the cloak floated to the bottom of the boat, exposing the three of them to the giant. She could tell that the giant was happy to see them, but seeing that giant lick her lips worried her. She tugged her pendent off and her spear extended in her hands as she got ready to attack.

Astrid had felt the cloak fall off of them and she went to gather it up when she realized that the giant had caught wind of them at that point. She pulled out her own spear and tried to size up the giant and aim before she tossed it. The spear landed firmly into his shoulder, causing the giant to let out a cry of pain. "No sense in hiding now... they will soon all be upon us, so we need to get back to shore and then run!"

"Agreed but we need to get Arnora!" Lara lobbied her own spear and thankfully she had some good aim, as it lodged itself into one the giant's eyes, and it let out a roar of rage. Lara grinned at that as the giant was now at least half blind until she got her spear back, or even longer at that point. She wasn't sure if she had permanently blinded the giant, but at that moment they did have more pressing issues. The giant was still coming towards them, and the cries of rage were soon to call other to stop them.

"I'll help Arnora!" Astrid saw Arnora on a sheet of ice, looking a bit worn out, and she shed her bag and then dove into the water and went to swim to Arnora's aid, and to help her out from the cold water. She gently looped her arm around Arnora and went to help her swim to the shore. She could feel the cold penetrating her clothing, the cold permeating her skin and freezing her a bit. However she wouldn't focus on that, as the goal was to get their companion back to the shore with them.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood - The Big House
Skills: N/A

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Stella looked at Jason and Janelle and blinked a bit as they spoke. Growing up in San Francisco she had heard a lot of different accents but theirs was unique and sometimes a little hard to decipher in her mind. She got that they were siblings, same mom, different god dads. She was wondering how often that happened and was about to ask that before her stomach gave a loud growl once again reminding her that she had skipped breakfast to run away from the manticore. "I figured ask just in case. I dunno if the food is available all the time. Better to ask than get there and find that I missed breakfast."

Stella took Kristin's hand and smiled up at the taller teenager as they walked together in that little group. She did notice two strange things as they walked. One, it was warmer than when she had arrived, and she didn't think she would feel like that going outside from a warm building. The second thing was a car, in the middle of the camp, far away from anywhere any normal person would park a car, and it was a convertible with the roof down to boot. So, that was strange, and she wanted to ask about it.

However the questions were answered when Kristin told her that the tall blond that seemed to radiate warmth was Apollo. "Wait? The Apollo? The sun god? He's here? Why is he here? What is he doing in the dining hall? Is that common? Do gods come down a lot to visit us? Is that his car? Is that is why it got so much hotter? I mean that doesn't make sense since the sun is up there, and he's also here? How does that even work?"