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Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Just outside the Arena
Skills: N/A

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Stella smiled happily as Kristin gave her another bronze drachma so that she might call her dad's. "Thank you again so much, hopefully this time I can call them without trouble." She half chuckled at that before looking down and seeing something right in front of her. She leaned down to pick it up, and examined it. It was a beautiful bronze sickle, that shined beautifully in the flickering firelight from the camp fire. As Stella wrapped her slender and small fingers around it, she instantly knew that this was a gift from her mother. She smiled brighter at that, as she could tell that this was going to come in handy.

As she was getting ready to split from the group, her attention was drawn back to it when Zeke started choking Demi! "What are you doing?!" She nearly screamed out as she saw that. She was about to summon vines when she saw that Mary had done it and the vines were tying up Zeke. She went over to Demi, kneeling next to him. "Are you okay? Say something? Is there someone I should go get?" She looked up at Kristin, ready to do anything that she could to help the poor young man out.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Hotel Valhalla - 100th Floor
Skills: Grappling/ Spear Fighting

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Location: Hotel Valhalla - Elevator Bank -> Top of Elevator
Skills: Spear

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Lara let out a slight sigh of relief as the doors opened, and they were finally able to see two people in there, at least their heads. She knelt down at that point and was about to help her when she heard the howls again. Wolves. Her ancient enemy. And now she was sure there was more than one of them at that point, as that was the sound of more than one was echoing through the halls. As she kept her hand out, she was taking off guard by the wolf launching itself at her and then knocked her down. She let out a cry as she put her arms up in front of her, trying to protect her face. Thankfully, one of the Einherjar knocked the wolf off of her, leaving her with some scrapes and bite marks on her arms.

Astrid heard Lara's cries and was worried about her, but it seemed that fate wouldn't be so kind to the group of them atop the elevator as well. Thankfully she already had her spear out, but she wasn't fond of the idea of fighting in such tight quarters. She lunged at the wolf with her spear, and her first attack , more likely ticking off the wolf than doing anything of note or worth damage wise to the wolf. She snarled a bit as she pulled back, getting ready to attack again.

Lara grasped at the pendant around her neck and then tugged at it, summoning her spear to her aid as she worked on getting up at that point. She was injured a bit, but that didn't matter much for the moment. She stared at the wolf, and narrowed her eyes as she went to lunge at the wolf, missing the first time as the wolf moved to the side. The second time she lunged at the wolf, and that time the spear managed to penetrate the skin of the wolf, and she smirked a bit at that.

Astrid pulled herself back and then lunged at the wolf again. This time her pierced flesh, causing the wolf to let out a bit of a growl of pain. The wolf backed off a bit at that point with that attack, and that was probably a good thing for them, as it gave them more space between them and the wolf. She narrowed her eyes as she went to pull back, waiting to attack again at that point.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Just outside the Arena
Skills: N/A

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Stella had been a bit worried that she had done the right thing until Kristin ruffled her hair a bit and told her that she had done good. She did smile a little bit at that. She had done the right thing, and it seemed that she had helped prevent Demi and Zeke from being hurt more. "Thank you." She spoke softly and shyly at that point as she wasn't sure that she could add too much to the moment, since she hadn't witnessed too much earlier. "I'm sorry Lauryn, I do hope I didn't bind you too tightly." SHe shuffled for a bit at that point and then looked back up to Kristin.

"Can I have a couple more drachma please? My Iris call to my dad's got cut off because I went to restrain Lauryn and I didn't think they should see it." Stella looked sheepish as she asked this of Kristin and waited for her response. She doubted that she was the first ever demi-god to have an Iris message cut off, but she did feel bad for having to ask for more money to make the call.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Hotel Valhalla - 100th Floor
Skills: Strength

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Location: Hotel Valhalla - Elevator Bank -> Top of Elevator
Skills: Climbing/ Spear

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"I agree, we should get the others out before we do anything else." Lara walked back over to the elevators and looked up and down the door. She did hope that she had enough strength in her to help with the doors, but she soon got a great idea. She pulled out her spear and then jammed it into the place where the doors opened and wedged it in there nice and tight. She wiggled the spear for a moment and then frowned as she didn't seem to do anything with the first jiggle of her spear in the door. "Drat, give me a moment."

Astrid chuckled a bit at that, but said nothing to Dalisy. She wasn't happy to hear that it was a wolf, but better that they find the wolf there rather than running around in the hotel attacking other people. She remembered that the children of Tyr always had a hard time with wolves, as any child of Fenris was not a fan of them. She shook her head as she tried to change her thought track and went to follow up Klara and Dalisy to help them both with the wolf.

Lara summoned her strength to herself at that point and the grasped at her spear again and focused. She wiggled and worked her spear and little by little the door soon gave way and the doors opened on their end, and she let out a soft sigh at that until she heard the sound. The howling of a wolf, just in the elevator. "Oh... fuck." She had a bad history of wolves, with whom her father was. She held her spear tightly in her hands, as if waiting for the beast to launch at her. She frowned more as she waited, her hands gripping so tightly that the patter of the wood was probably ingraining itself in her hands.

Astrid tasked herself with getting up to the top of the elevator car, and then dragged herself up and out of the hatch, and paused as she heard more howling at that point and then she grasped at her necklace. She summoned her full sized spear to her aid and her eyes narrowed as she hoped that she could truly be of aid to the others, and she held it out in front of her. She did not speak, as she wasn't sure what would happen if the wolf heard them.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Just outside the Arena
Skills: Plant Control

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Stella paused a bit as suddenly Kristin and Marygold came over, as well as a few others. She was second guessing herself, wondering if she had done the wrong thing. However, she did see that Demi and Zeke were all cut up now, and it seemed that Lauryn was confused as to why she was there now, all tied up. It took Stella a moment, as at first she was too flustered, but once she focused again the vines came down from around Lauryn, and let the young woman go.

"I don't know what happened myself, but all I know is that I was trying to Iris message my dads, and they both must be super confused now since I cut off the call, and I saw Lauryn attacking Demi and Zeke... and I felt I had to do something, but I didn't see the shadows wrapping her up either until after I had tied her up in the vines as well. I can't attest to anything else that happened, but I am sorry Lauryn but I couldn't let you keep doing that. I'm sorry." Of course, Stella was stumbling over her words and speaking quickly as if she had just gotten in trouble for breaking something.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Hotel Valhalla - Elevator -> 100th Floor
Skills: N/A

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Location: Hotel Valhalla - Elevator Bank
Skills: Lifting

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Lara nodded at what Nadia said and then smiled a bit at that at that as they waited for the elevator. Once they arrived, she got in and then leaned up against the wall a bit as the elevator went up. She listened to the music as well for a moment before tuning it out. "I do hope that it is nothing serious." She looked up at the dial counted up to the floor they wanted to get up to before they got to the 100th floor and she got out with Nadia and started looking around.

"No problem Dalisy." Astrid smiled a bit at that as she truly had no problem holding the other woman up, as she was stronger than she looked sometimes, especially with her upper body strength. She was a bit glad that everyone else had stepped up to help Runa, as she was trying to focus more on Dalisy and keeping her up there. When Dalisy told her that it was stuck she simply nodded. "No worries, I got you. I don't mind if you put more pressure on my shoulders." Astrid did adjust her grip to hold Dalisy up, and then she waited.

Lara looked around the 100th floor and paused a bit as she realized that it was residences and a room that was marked 'Arcade.' She knew what they were but had never really gone to one herself inside the hotel. She did notice the bloody hand print there and narrowed her eyes a bit at that. "Hey Nadia, did you see this?" She didn't want to say aloud what it was as she noticed the group waiting for the elevator as well. She was still worried as it looked like the other elevator was still not going up or down, but well, she turned back to the door and waited for Nadia.

[color=#EDDA74]"Are you alright?"[color] Astrid had seen Dalisy fall and had tried to catch her, but had just missed her it seemed. She offered her hand at that point and waited for to either decline or accept at that point. She could tell that Runa was still panicking a bit, but she was slowly getting control. "If anyone wants to go up and out the hutch, let me know. I can lift you up."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena -> Just outside the Arena
Skills: Iris Message + Plant Control

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"Stella... we know you had to go somewhere, but where are you? We've tried calling your cell but nothing. We've been worried." Kenneth looked worried as he spoke to his daughter, and Stella noticed a new patch of silver in his hair. She felt guilty but she couldn't really feel too bad. She had needed to be at the camp, to understand and learn how to control her powers.

"Dad, is Otou-san around? I want to tell you both at the same time."

"Yes, he's here." Soon the face of Stella Otou-san, Taka, appeared in the mist.

"Stella! Oh thank spirits. You're well!"

"Yes, I am Otou-san. I'm sorry to both of you... I promise I was not ignoring your calls. I've had to have my cell phone off since we started traveling. It turns out it is dangerous for me to have them on..." Stella was about ready to give her father's a brief explanation of what was going on when something else caught her attention. She recognized Zeke, and Lauryn, but not the third person. However, Lauryn didn't look right, and she was attacking. "Sorry! I'll tell you later!" She cut off the message and dropped down to the ground, and put her hands on the ground.

"C'mon..." Stella focused, like she this morning. The first time, nothing. The second time, nothing. It was like the plants didn't want to react to her. She frowned and focused a third time, and that time was the charm. The vines rose out of the ground and joined the shadows that wrapped around Lauryn. "You two okay?"

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Hotel Valhalla - Office
Skills: N/A

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Location: Hotel Valhalla - Elevator Bank
Skills: Lifting

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"It seems we will have to be waiting then." Lara tapped her foot a bit at that point as they waited for the elevator to come back down. She did frown a bit as the elevator just stopped and flicked off. That didn't seem right to her, as the hotel was pretty magically powered, so why would just the elevator stop, but everything else seemed to be working. "Odd, but yes, let's try another one." She followed Nadia and then hit the button for another Elevator at that point.

Astrid noticed how Runa responded when she had said thank you to the other woman. She wasn't quite sure why Runa was acting like that, but she did have other pressing concerns on her mind. Her expression formed into a frown as the elevator just stopped there, right between the two floors and then she watched the power cut off as well. "This isn't normal, and I doubt that this is normal for here. We should try to get out of here then. I'll give you a lift to the top."

Lara hit the button and then paused a bit as she looked over to the frozen elevator at that point. "Isn't that the elevator the others were in? Do you think they're stuck there?" She didn't like the fact that one of the elevators seemed to be out of service while the others were still working. "Do you think we should tell someone about this?"

Astrid knelt down to offer Dalisy a boost and then stood up fully to lift her towards where the hatch was located, and made sure to stand stead so that Dalisy could open it. She stood there, supporting the demi-god until she heard Runa faintly talk. She paused and wanted to help the other woman but she was currently supporting Dalisy. "Hey, Arnora, could you check on Runa please? I'd do it myself but I'm in the middle of something."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena -> Just outside the Arena
Skills: Iris Message

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"I haven't had time to call them yet, so if it is alright I'd like to do that. I have the coins to make the call so I might go find somewhere to make the call, if that is alright?" Stella paused a bit as she looked around the fire a bit. She was bored as well, and it sounded like that until the Romans appeared not much would happen. She wasn't looking forward to seeing that girl from earlier again, as she had been very rude to her older sister, and herself.

"Do excuse me." Stella got up once she got the approval of the others and wiggled her way out of her seat and then out of the arena. She found a nicely light area with the help of a prism, she soon had a rainbow being formed from the light and mist and then she tossed the coin into the water. "Oh rainbow messenger goddess, please deliver my message to Kenneth Herbalem." She paused and then smiled as she soon saw the familiar face of her father.

"Stella? Wh...what is going on? What is this?"

"Hey dad, it's me. I'll explain everything."

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Hotel Valhalla - The Elevator Area -> Office
Skills: Investigation

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Location: Hotel Valhalla - The Elevator Area -> Elevator
Skills: N/A

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Lara looked up when Arnora said that there was a lead in the elevator, but she saw that Dalisy was heading that way. "I'd appreciate your help, Nadia. I know we've probably picked it clean but I'd rather double check just in case, especially since our invisible assailant revealed themself." Lara went to head back into the office and started by looking over where she thought their invisible assailant had come from, and focused on that spot for a moment.

Astrid stepped into the elevator with the others and spotted the blood on the floor button and raised a brow at that. Either their assailant had been in a panic or as Dalisy had pointed out, it was a trap. "If it s a trap, we will have to take the risk. It is the only lead we have unless we truly can lift and compare prints." Astrid chuckled a bit at that and then looked over at Runa and then nodded her. "Thank you for joining us."

Lara had come to the realization that there really was nothing else to find there, or if there was, it wasn't anything she could spot that was new besides the mark from earlier and the empty spot. Maybe it had been a bust, but she felt a bit better after double checking. "Thank you for coming with me, Nadia, even if it turned out to be nothing." She went to head out of the office, wondering where they should go next, since they had missed where the rest of the group had gone.

Astrid leaned up against the wall, watching as the numbers went up. She just stayed silent, thinking about things. Agent of Loki, agent of Chaos... the dead staying dead in a hotel where that wasn't suppose to be. Her brows furrowed at that point as she watched the little dial move up until it hit 100. "Here we are then."