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Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train - Dining Car
Skills: Knife attack and Pupper Attack

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The dining car had become chaos in the blink of an eye, as the harpies seemed content to wreak havoc while the mortals fled in horror. Stella could care less what they were seeing, as she was more distracted by fighting with the harpies at the moment, as they seemed too happy to tear chunks out of the demi-gods and Stella's wolf. Stella hissed as the claws left some rather nasty looking marks over her arms, and she could feel the blood trickling down her arms. She frowned and took a swipe at the harpy that had attacked her, and managed to land a hit, but it didn't kill the monster.

Arbor let out a growl at another harpy and lept up and took a bite out of the harpy that had been bothering him, and Stella smiled softly at that, but once again, it didn't take out the monster. Stella backed up a bit before taking another swipe at the harpy that attacked her, and managed to land another good blow, and the monster dissolved into golden dust. Arbor also got another good attack, and the harpy he had been attacking also turned into dust. It seemed that two more were gone, but there were still plenty in the compartment.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train - Dining Car
Skills: Knife attack and Pupper Attack

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Stella barely had any time to try to enjoy her sandwich when the harpies burst in through the window and started to attack. She let out a cry as she saw her little puppy get swept up one one of those awful things. "ARBOR!" She went to attack the harpy that had her puppy, taking the knife out of her bag that she had gotten earlier. She lunged at the harpy but she missed and ended up flat across the booth seat she had just been sitting in and groaned softly at the feeling. She whimpered as she heard her little pup struggle and fight, until he managed to land a well placed bite, and got himself free.

"Attaboy!" Stella couldn't help but grin as she watched her puppy land on his feet and then lick himself clean of their grasp. He barked, as if to let her know that she was alright, and she nodded at that. She got back up and took an offensive position and then went to attack. She seemed to get lucky, as the one that had been holding her puppy was too distracted licking her own wounds, and so when Stella struck her in the chest, she struck true, killing the harpy, watching as she turned into golden dust, like the other monsters she had watched die before.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train - Dining Car
Skills: N/A

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Stella smiled softly as Niah said that she could pick the table for them and went to find something akin to a booth, and plopped down at it on one side, with Arbor taking up the spot next to her. She set down her food, as well as Arbor's and started to eat. She was feeding her little pup when she started hearing the sounds that started to bother her and she frowned a bit and turned to look out the window she had put herself right next to and gasped a bit.

They looked like birds with women head's and chests, and it seemed that they had spotted the group as well. She watched as they started to fly and then heard thuds as she assumed that they were starting to land on the roof of the train compartment they were on. So much for lunch, and so much for avoiding monsters for too much longer. She handed Arbor the rest of his food, as she was sure he would need his energy, while she looked at the other two. "What should we do? We can't let the mortals know about them, right?" She had lowered her voice to a whisper, as to not alarm anyone else. She knew that the mortals didn't see what they saw, thanks to the Mist.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train - Dining Car
Skills: N/A

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Stella waved softly to Jason as he joined them after talking to his father. He said it had been a fun conversation and there were many ways that could have been interpreted but, it seemed that Jason was no worse for the wear, and it didn't seem like there was any immediate bad news, right? She looked up as the man at the counter set the food in front of them and told them the amount. She fished out some of her cash and set it upon the counter and then picked up the sandwich and sliced meat.

She handed over one of the slices to Arbor, who seemed to accept it for the moment. He seemed happier with the water when he was offered that, and Stella made a mental note to get one of those travel doggy water bowls when she could. The next thing she would figure out to do for him was some compost or something he'd love to eat. She gently pet him, and noticed the old man head down the train but paid it no mind. There were plenty of people on the train. "Should we eat here or go back to our compartment?"

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train - Dining Car
Skills: N/A

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Stella walked over to the counter, and then hopped up on one of the chairs, and let Arbor sit by her feet, and pet his head softly. He was being calm now that he wasn't being cooped up in the cabin at that point, and thankfully it seemed that the train ride would be restful one for a bit. Of course the moment she thought that she mentally cursed herself. Why had she thought that? Just because Ares had promised that the Cyclops monsters were gone it didn't mean that something couldn't easily hop on at the next station or the one after that.

She was jerked back to reality as Niah spoke. "Oh yes, a turkey with cheddar cheese sandwich and a hot cocoa for me, and could I get a bottled water and some turkey slices for my dog please?" She was sure that Arbor would want something better when she had the time to make up a good fertilizer mix, but for the moment she didn't have good access to anything that could be used to make such a thing. And she was pretty sure that if she asked for egg shells, scrap meat and dirt from the cook on the train he would have called her crazy or something else like that. So, sliced turkey would have to work for the moment.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train - Dining Car
Skills: N/A

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Stella smiled happily at the fact that Niah was willing to go to the dining car with her, and so she stood up and gently put the leash on Arbor and checked to make sure the little 'vest' was on display for the mortals. She bowed her head gently to the God before leaving the compartment with Niah and Arbor. Her little pup seemed so happy to be out of the compartment at that point, and was more than happy to enjoy some walkies. She walked the length of the train till they arrived at the dining car.

Stella picked one of the tables by the windows, so that Arbor and herself could look out of it, and then she looked over the menu that was tabled to the table. "Hmmmm I wonder if they'll do just like a hamburger patty for Arbor or something like that. It's not like they sell dog food. Unless... what do you eat boy? Maybe you need some water, sun and nutrients huh?" She chuckled softly and gently pet him softly, knowing full well he really couldn't respond with words. "Hmmm let's see... do you think we order at the counter?"

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train
Skills: N/A

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When Jason addressed the man in the cabin as Dad, Stella could only stare for a moment before remembering that it was really impolite to stare so much at someone, no less a god. However, when she had pictured the God of War she had always pictured that Angry Bald man that was popular in video games. (Not that she played those ones, video games often gave her headaches and she much preferred to be outside.) She did look over to Niah as she was handed a bandage and offered her a small smile. "Yeah, I know I'll have to train him. He was just also wanting to go out and wander as well, so I can't be too mad at him. I want to explore a bit of the train as well."

She gently applied the bandage to her wound and looked back to Ares as he spoke again, telling them they wouldn't have to worry about the cyclops monsters. "Oh thank goodness... If we don't have to worry about them anymore, that means it should be safe to explore the train a bit. May I please go find the food car now? I think Arbor is hungry, and I know we both want to get out of the compartment for a bit." She had seen enough old cartoons to also know it was probably a bad idea to split the group, but she also figured Jason might want a moment along with his father. It wasn't like the gods appeared every day.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train
Skills: N/A

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Stella was glad that Arbor was soon calm, and so she went to clean her hand of the bite wound, fishing some tissues out of her pack. She really didn't have anything better with her, and she wished she had some of that magic stuff she had seen them eating at the camp the other day. She was thankful that it seemed that her pup had calmed down again, and that the conductor had checked their tickets, so that they wouldn't be tossed off the train. She went to relax again, feeling her stomach growling a bit as she was still a bit hungry.

She squeaked as she suddenly spotted the man that was in their cabin, as he had not been there before and he was clearly not human. He had snuck in, right? Who was he, and was was he there?! She dare not speak up first. She wasn't going to say anything stupid and risk upsetting someone that could easily smite her or turn her into some kind of weird creature. She gently set Arbor down on the ground, to let him run around in the compartment a bit. He wasn't going to be let out of the compartment, but he was going to enjoy some freedom.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train
Skills: Pet Control

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Stella let out a soft sigh at Jason's words, hoping that he was right. That they were too dumb to double back and now that they had passed them they wouldn't double back. However Niah spoke up and started to cast doubt on everything. Maybe they would come back... they conductor might catch them but that might start start a fight. She bit more on her nail even as her new puppy started to squirm and wriggle in her arms. "Arbor, what's..."

She didn't even have a second before the puppy bit down, hard on her hand and drew blood. She tried so hard to not let out a cry, as to not alarm her puppy, but she looked at Arbor and reached up with her other hand to rub his back. "Hey, no, that is not okay. Can you let go please?" Thankfully it seemed to work, and Arbor let go of her hand and even seemed a bit remorseful and lapped at the bite. "There we go, we're good, but no biting me like that again, okay?"

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: The Train
Skills: N/A

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Stella was glad that the mist seemed to be doing it's job, and that the monsters were moving on and away from them. She started gently petted Arbor's ears lovingly, chewing her thumb a bit more as she thought. She could see that the conductor was on the way, but given that they had the mist hiding them, would they still have to show their tickets? Things were a bit confusing, and she really wanted to just rest. She continued to pet her pupper softly, looking between Niah and Jason, as if she felt that there was some kind of tension going on. She wasn't sure why she felt like there was tension, but she just felt it.

"Well, I'm guessing we still want to wait before we go anywhere else on the train? If at all? Do... do you think they'll leave the train at all? That they'll give up after a bit?" Stella honestly had never been on a train before so she did want to explore it a bit, as well as she wanted to find the dining car and get some food for herself and Arbor as well, but that wasn't a good idea with those monsters still on the train.