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Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood - Dining Pavilion
Skills: N/A

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Stella was munching quite happily on her food, enjoying the taste of the rice as it hit her tongue. It was pretty much exactly as how her otou-san would make it, as he insisted the imported Japanese rice was better than American rice. (Stella had silently agreed with her Otou-san whenever the argument came up at the table, as her dad insisted that American was just as good if you made it the same way.) She took a sip of her soup and let the warm miso linger on her tongue before she swallowed and let the warmth settle into her belly. The food was helping her calm down quite a bit, and to know that she would be heading back to California soon comforted her too.

"I'll make sure to tell you about everything Eva, when we get back. Though from what I understand of where we're going, I'm almost going to be going home in a weird way." Stella chuckled a bit at that as she picked up her cup of tea and took a sip. It wasn't quite the same as the tea her otou-san made, but it was good. She relaxed a bit more as she kept eating, relaxing as her two older half-sisters were making sure that she felt comforted and had a good breakfast.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood - Demeter Cabin -> Dining Pavilion
Skills: N/A

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Stella smiled a bit more at Marygold's words and she did feel better. The dreams were normal, and she wasn't going to let anyone down it seemed. She would take care of herself and she was sure that in a way her mother was looking after her, as if she had known. "I will take care of myself, and I'm sure that someone is looking out for me. I got that scythe that helped me last night, and I have my bag of seeds, so I'm armed, besides going to the camp store. I was told that I could get supplies for the journey there before we leave, right? I'll head over there after breakfast. Some food does sound really good."

Stella looked at Eva as she headed to the dining pavilion and soon headed that way as well. She sat down at her cabin's table and gently tugged a plate and a cup over to her. Within a moment breakfast of eggs, bacon, with a side of miso soup, rice and some fruit appeared, and the cup filled with green tea and another filled with a yogurt drink. She paused a bit as she thought of her otou-san back home, and he was probably worried about her. She gently picked up the bowl of rice and headed over to the brazier and tipped some rice into it, sending up a silent prayer to her mother to keep her fathers safe. She then returned to the table and started eating, nibbling slowly.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood - Demeter Cabin
Skills: N/A

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Stella nodded a bit at that at Marygold's words, and felt a bit reassured. Yes, it seemed that it was normal for everyone to have weird dreams before quests, so she didn't have to worry too much about that being a weird omen or something like that. "Thank you Marygold." Her attention turned over to Eve, and she nodded a bit in the answer to the question. "I slept okay, aside from some weird dreams and being woken up by, you called him, Coach Hedge's yelling? Other than that, I'm doing alright." She relaxed a bit until Eva asked her how she felt about her first quest.

"Oh, I'm scared, but I do have a feeling that Miss Niah and Jason will keep a good eye on me, and they both will be able to help me learn on the way. I know that I may have been a bit... impulsive in jumping into agreeing to go on a quest on the same day I arrived. However, I get the feeling that my arrival was yesterday for a reason. That I was suppose to be here to join the quest. I just hope I don't let anyone down." She let the words rather pour out of her lips, letting her emotions be bared to her two older half-sisters.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood - Demeter Cabin
Skills: N/A

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Stella had had weird dreams in her past, like ones about rolling fields of wheat, fields of poppies and lilies of the valley, but this one was different. She was looking over the ruins of somewhere... but she felt like she knew the location. It reminded her of home, of California, though she had no idea where in California she was. She gasped as she dream moved to a mountain... wait, she could smell the bay... or something tricked her into thinking that she could smell it. She saw a large figure with a lightning bolt, a statue holding up the sky, and the man with the lightning bolt looked awful.

Stella sat up with a bolt when she heard yelling that seemed to boom through the camp. She groaned as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and then she looked around her cabin a bit. She walked over to Marygold's bed and sat on the edge of it. "I had a weird dream last night... is that normal before going on a quest?" She spoke softly, as to not alert the others to what she was talking about for the moment. She wasn't sure if this was common, or even considered normal for demi-gods to have these kind of dreams.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: N/A

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Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: N/A

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Astrid could only nod as Arnora thanked her for her help, even if she called her the wrong name. She chuckled to herself, guessing that maybe Arnora might like the other person, but that was only a guess. She wasn't here to get into anyone's interpersonal relationships, so she just smiled, nodded and then looked around. Loki and the goddess, Eris, were gone. Gone in a blinding flash of light and some more of those damn golden apples. She walked over to Runa and then gently rubbed her shoulder as she could tell the girl was in a bit of distress over what happened. "Just so you know, this wasn't your fault. I think they had this planned from the start." She spoke lowly so only Runa could hear her.

Lara looked around the cavern, a look of what seemed to be hopelessness on her face at that point. She had tried to help, hells, she had even bound Eris to her word to not harm Runa, and to just go. But it was all for nothing in the end it seemed, as the god and goddess had vanished. Though, hearing that Eris was a Greek goddess made Lara's expression turn from hopelessness to shock. "Wait, the Greek gods are real too? That was a Greek Goddess that helped Loki? W...why would she do that? Why?"

Astrid sighed a bit as they were left wondering why Eris had helped Loki, even if they were of different Pantheons. Hearing that other Pantheons existed did make Astrid second guess herself a little. If the Greek Gods were real, what about others? Roman? Egyptian? Mezo-American? The world that she had started to understand as the one she belonged to as a Valkyrie was expanding, and too fast for her to really make sense of it all. See did hope that maybe that what Runa was saying could be correct, that maybe the Greek Gods could help them fix this mess since one of their own had helped cause it.

Lara knew that Balder didn't have the answer as to why Eris had helped Loki, but she had still asked it. They were still in the cave, in Loki's prison, and they would have to figure out what to do next. She was tired, and worn out from the long day at that point. She just wanted to go back to the Hotel, but it seemed that the day was not yet over. They would have to figure out what would happen next, and what the freeing of Loki meant. She really just hoped it didn't mean what she thought it meant, that Ragnarok was on its way.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena
Skills: N/A

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Stella looked at Marygold and nodded at her words. She understood what Marygold was saying, and she could understand what was going on. The choice wasn't suppose to be theirs. Someone else was suppose to decide where the daughters of Demeter went, where their help ended up going. She was still so new to this, but somehow she felt like she understood a few things from that one day. The oracle had given a prophecy, and instead of picking who would go, they had asked others to volunteer. She looked to the other woman there, Niah, and then listened to her speak and she reached out and took Marygold's hand.

"I'll go with Miss Niah and Jason their quest then. I trust Jason, he's been really nice to me today, and if Andy is fond of you, Mary, you should go with her. I'll be fine. I like how you feel Niah, I think I can trust you." Stella offered her older sister a smile at that point and squeezed her hand gently to reassure her that everything would be fine. She had made the choice, and this way, Mary wouldn't feel bad for picking where she went. Yes, it was still true that Marygold might blame herself if Stella got injured on her own quest, but Stella knew that they all ran the risk of being injured, as she had seen coming into camp.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena
Skills: N/A

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Stella was still waiting for Marygold to answer her, when she heard the Harpy speak again and apologize to her for hurting her. "We're good, but next time if you want to play just let me know, okay?" Stella waved a bit as the harpy flew off, as she got the impression that they might be around the same age, as the harpy was young like her. Maybe when she got back from her quest she could get to know the other creatures around the camp. She had wanted to see the Pegasus before, but it seemed that since she had volunteered herself for a quest, she would be leaving come the morning.

She was still looking around, wondering how people were dividing up for the quests. She was either the garden or child of flower... she had a feeling the was more the child of flower of the two. That meant the child of War and Oaths would be her partner... she knew a child of war, and so she looked over to Jason. He had seemed nice enough earlier when they had been on the tour, both him and his sister. The other one, about the maze, the cursed, and the storm... she didn't know who either of those other two were, at least she didn't think she knew. So she'd rather be with Jason and the oaths person.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Oathbinding

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Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Basic First Aid

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Being stuck between a rock and a hard place was hard to be in at that moment. Lara was sure her father knew that situation too well, as he had willingly given up his hand for such a situation. She looked between Loki and Eris, to Balder at that point. Loki had a pretty good grip on Runa, and Lara didn't want to see any harm come to her at that point, so she knew what she had to do. She put away her spear and held both her hands up to show she meant no aggression. "Loki, Eris, if you both promise to return Runa to us unharmed, uninjured and safely we can promise to let you go."

Astrid wasn't quite sure what Lara was trying to do, but it seemed to have no effect for the moment. She looked around the group and knew that out of them all some might be willing to agree to her conditions, while others might not. Balder looked about read to agree to anything, as Runa was her daughter. Seeing that fighting wasn't going to help them anymore she turned her attention towards the injured and walked over to Arnora. "Let me help you there."

Lara could tell that her magic hadn't worked the first time, especially since the god and goddess did not make a move. "I repeat myself, if you both promise to return Runa to us unharmed, uninjured and safely we will let you go. Do you agree to this?" She put more force into her voice and to her surprise it was the stranger to her that seemed to stand down. Eris put away her weapons and held up her hands.

"I agree." Lara could feel the binding take effect and she nodded at that.

"The oath is bound, Eris. Now... do you agree as well, Loki?" Lara turned back to the other god, praying to her father that by some miracle Loki would agree.

Astrid raised a brow as Eris seemed to stand down and even agreed to make sure that Runa would return to them safely. Well, that was one god down. The other however, did not seem inclined to agree to such a deal. She shook her head and turned her attention back to Arnora and frowned. It was in pretty bad shape, but for the moment they were not in the hotel. It wouldn't magically heal or just go away. Astrid fished her first aid kit out of her bag and set to work, doing some basic clean up and binding, so that standing wouldn't be as painful. "I've done what I can for now."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Arena
Skills: N/A

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Stella felt a bit bad when it was identified that the harpy was a young harpy and had just wanted to play a prank. Sure, Stella wasn't thrilled with the idea of having been dragged up into a tree after the day she had had, and after volunteering for a quest. She had wanted to talk to her sister about which one they would go on. "Sorry, but I really wasn't sure where you were taking me!" SHe wasn't sure if the Harpy heard her, but well, she had to try to apologize even a little. She tucked away her scythe at that point, as she didn't need it anymore.

She turned to look to Marygold when when she spoke to her and blushed a bit as she was complimented a bit. "I'm alright, thankfully she didn't carry me off to far, but I do feel a bit bad that I hurt her. And thank you. I have a good feeling about the scythe." She offered Marygold a small smile and then looked at her again. "So... uh, do we want to talk about which quest we should each go on? Or well... I got the impression that you don't really pick it on your own... that it's kinda picked for you. Am I wrong?"

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Spear Attack

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Location: Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: Sword Attack/ Electric Attack

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Lara could see that Eris was pissed that she had attacked her, and paused a bit as the goddess tossed her towards Klara. She paused a bit as Klara easily shoved her off herself, and she moved to get herself up and readjusted herself at that point and held back out her spear. The goddess, Eris it seemed, was really annoying her at that point and well, Lara was pretty sure this goddess and her father would not get along in any way, shape or form. She lunged forward, attacking the Goddess, but missing once again. She wasn't sure why she was having such a bad day, but she gathered herself for her next attack.

Astrid gripped her sword as she looked at the goddess again. She frowned as she watched the goddess toss people around, as well as the fact that she was causing them many issues. She moved to attack the goddess and was surprised when this time she hit Eris again, and she grinned at that, noticing the gold blood spill from the wound. She did make sure to avoid Klara as she attacked, as she did try to keep her words in mind as she attacked more. She could see Loki freeing himself, but she was too caught up in fighting Eris.

Lara went to attack a second time, and then growled a bit as she missed again at that point. She was beginning to doubt herself at that point, but she decided not to let herself get too discouraged. She gripped her spear tighter and attacked her, and thankfully this time, Eris seemed pretty distracted by the three people attacking her so Lara landed another blow on her, watching as the goddess got more cuts appearing on her body until... she heard a rather interesting sound as someone landed a blow to her gut.

Astrid was glad that she had gotten some sword training before, and she was very thankful that this sword had magically appeared before her. She went to attack Eris again, and the goddess must have been very distracted by all the people attacking her, as this time when Astrid launched herself at her, the blow landed and Astrid stabbed the goddess through her gut with a sickening sound, a normally fatal blow on mortals. She pulled back the sword, watching the golden ichor pour out of of the new wound in her gut. Astrid had to chuckle a bit to herself as she moved into a defensive position, not wanting to leave herself vulnerable.