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Pronouns: She/Hers
Languages: English, French
Current Bio Theme: Beelzebub / Good Omens
Previous Bio Themes: Lorna Dane; Sylvie Laufeydattir; Ahsoka Tano; Harley Quinn; Mood Board / Wanda Maximoff; Bernadette Rostenkowski; Fiona Goode; Sally; Scott Lang; Felicity Smoak; Nico Minoru; The Frost Triplets; Gertrude Yorkes; Violet Harmond; Clint Barton; Lorna Dane; Selesia Upitiria; James March; Tony Stark; Olivia Moore; Harley Quinn

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@BlueSky44@Nallore@Trainerblue192@Achronum@PatientBean@Forsythe@Blizz@Kirah@Natsu
8:20 PM - Sun. October 31st, 2038 - Margaret Carter Institute



April Flynn

Location: Monster Mash - Cafeteria
Skills: N/A
Costume: Perfuma from She-Ra


"Oh my gods oh my gods oh my GODS!!!" April screamed, abandoning the remnants of her cupcake as she jumped up and down. They'd qualified for the Contest of Champions!! She wasn't thinking in that moment about how she'd have to maybe go up against Danni and Dorian in the tournament, no, all she was thinking about was how this was her year - that finally, she'd get the chance to compete and be scouted by major superhero teams and maybe even get her own line of makeup products that gave proceeds to saving the ocean. She was going to be famous, people were going to know Cascade - they were going to know April Flynn. And her friends, they were going to be famous too! And her girlfriends! They were all going and it was going to be fantastic!

Her excitement only amplified when the Savior results came out - SHE'D WON! And her girlfriends, too! Her heart was beating so quickly she could hardly feel it, the beats blurring together. She couldn't breathe either, an incoherent squeal her only response to when Leah asked what they'd won - and then people were congratulating her, Mads and Danni, and then Sabine was taking her and Leah by the hands and taking them to the front.

Coulson crowned the three of them - the crowns must've been magic or something, as they resized and restyled themselves immediately. April's crown transformed to be made out of flowers, perfectly matching her Perfuma cosplay. Sabine's similarly shifted into an upgraded, elevated version of She-Ra's crown. And then Leah's became red and spiky, perfect for Scorpia. It didn't even break when it touched her - definitely magic.

Percy Novikov

Location: Monster Mash - Cafeteria
Skills: Omnilingualism
Costume: the Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who


Percy's eyes widened, not because of Dorian detailing his torment at the hand of Kylo Ren, but because of the dinosaur he had. He blinked twice, trying to make sense of what he was seeing. Their world was full of strange things - it was populated with superheroes after all - but a dinosaur... He hadn't been expecting to see one tonight, and certainly not one so small and tiny. At least it couldn't breathe fire. Danni's dragon was already a liability. "Is he housebroken?" Percy asked.

He didn't want a tiny dinosaur peeing on his things if he came over.

But before Percy could get an answer, the announcements happened - and they'd qualified. Freshmen never qualified for the Contest of Champions, not since the Young Avengers team formed. He had wanted it, yes, but he hadn't expected it. The next thing he knew, Dorian had grabbed him and hoisted him up into the air, spinning him as Percy clung for dear life. His head was spinning by the time Dorian put him down, and he leaned into his boyfriend for stability. "May I attack the other teachers now?" Percy then asked with a smirk.

There was still no sign of Cassie Lang - traumatized, crying students continued to funnel out of the maze/haunted house, mumbling about how they'd faced horrific, demonized versions of themselves within. Lady Nimue must've been around there somewhere, so they could always go chat to her and see if she could help them get Cassie out... or they could make their own plans. Vicky wouldn't be able to hack into Cassie's phone, not for lack of trying - it was like Cassie's phone didn't exist. Maybe it was powered off. Maybe it was on another plane of reality. It was hard to say.

"That's it, I'm going in," America snapped, narrowing her eyes. She cracked her knuckles together, before throwing a punch into the air, and a star shaped portal appeared in front of her. Vicky and Diana wouldn't get a good glimpse of what was on the other end - if America had managed to open a portal to Cassie's exact location or not - but America and Kate jumped through without a thought.



@Nallore: You took a leap of faith, jumping through the stepping disc portal. Each other time that someone had attempted to shift their location in Limbo on this adventure, the results had been somewhat disastrous - it is difficult to control the native portals. But something now has changed, as you leap into the unknown. The veil that separates Limbo and Earth has torn, a gaping wound in the space of reality where it ought to have been.

You have your friends to thank for that - the circuit of Max, Madalyne, and Jack destroyed what was left of the veil.

You open your eyes, finding yourself in what looks like New York City, in Times Square even. The sky is blood-red and you see legions of demons swarming through it. These must be Ananym's forces, here to do her dark bidding. All around you, there is chaos. Hot-dog stands and mailboxes and selfie sticks have all become animated, gnashing teeth as they chase the tourists, out for blood. The ground is wet and damp, but there isn't a cloud in the sky.

You see someone's entrails slowly glide down the red river, unable to enter the storm drain.

The Goblin Night has begun.

@Nallore: You are alone, Madalyne. The others used the portal, stepping into the Everdark and leaving you behind. Limbo is as much your home as it is mine. You know its moods and its temper, how it reflects our worst qualities back at ourselves and amplifies them a thousand fold. But as the portal your friends' took closes, you notice something else. Limbo is bleeding. Stepping discs appear everywhere, gradually at first, before rapidly increasing in number and scope. Limbo's essence seems to be traveling through them, and demons take to the skies, before descending through them.

They're going somewhere.

Are you?

Runa the Grey

Location: Everdark
Skills: N/A
Spells: N/A


Runa was confused for a moment - not by Jack's suggestions, those were quite sound. No, they were perplexed by the sudden change in Max. His words did not make sense - rescuing him from the Purifiers? Runa supposed that would be one way to refer to Ananym and her servants, yet she vaguely recalled that the term had been relevant for those foul fiends who had hunted her husband and his kind in his life. Had they been hidden to her, unable to be sensed? Usually, her lack of sight was a problem for other people, and not particularly one for herself. (Not that she minded the perception of weakness - it made it easier to strike).

"Maximilian, are you well?" Runa asked, before straightening slightly. "I agree. If you would run support, the rest of us may attack," they said. A slight smile formed on their face. There was something else that their husband may have appreciated - and perhaps he did, if he was looking down on them now, part of the Many and no longer the Few. There was a spell from an archaic Midgardian game, one known to bring death and destruction - and Runa thought it would be quite appropriate here. Kosmisk Ild.

"I shall cast fireball at your signal," she said, inclining their head in the direction of Prudence's voice. "My lady."


☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️

Location: Lotus Hotel and Casino
Skills: N/A

Nancy was there, but at the same time, she wasn't. Her body was numbed by anger, her pain and sorrow and everything else that she felt locked away, repressed in a way that allowed her to function. But it wasn't really Nancy, it was more like she was puppeteering her own body, rising to her feet with a rage that burned cold. She looked her brother square in the eye, recognizing distantly that he was just concerned for her, but the part of Nancy that felt compassion and empathy was too overwhelmed to come to the surface, too traumatized and hurt to communicate. "The job," she said tightly. "And then I'm going to burn it all down to the ground."

Maybe some people would've assumed she meant the Lotus Hotel and Casino - that she was going to burn down the place that had wrecked her life, had given her deep wounds that had scarred, never fading. But she meant it all - the Lotus Hotel, the gods, the monsters, all of it. They were all just as guilty for Mads' death, guilty for taking the life of a third of Nancy's soul. And what little love she had for the immortals was dying, had died. She didn't care what happened to her, if she walked away from this or not. All she needed to do was make someone else suffer the way she had - to hold the true culprits accountable in Mads' name.




@BlueSky44@Nallore@Trainerblue192@Achronum@PatientBean@Forsythe@Blizz@Kirah@Natsu
8:10 PM - Sun. October 31st, 2038 - Margaret Carter Institute



@Nallore@Forsythe@BlueSky44: America and Kate looked more and more uneasy as time passes, and still, there's no sign of Cassie Lang leaving the haunted house/maze. Kate bit her lip, not letting her gaze leave the exit. "When you're in there, you're hunted until you die," Kate explained.

"By yourself," America added. "A fucked up evil version of yourself that stops at nothing to kill you."

The infected code was slowly leaving Vicky's system - within another ten minutes or so, it would likely all be gone.

"Maybe she's winning," Kate said. "Maybe she's kicking her double's ass and that's why she isn't out."

"Maybe," America said, fidgeting slightly. "If she's not out in the next five minutes, I'm going in after her."

April Flynn

Location: Monster Mash - Cafeteria
Skills: N/A
Costume: Perfuma from She-Ra


April was freed more or less from the bind, enough to move her hands and grab one of the mini cupcakes. Then Leah dropped the bomb - that she'd never actually seen She-Ra, despite being in a picture perfect Scorpia outfit. See, April even shipped Perfuma with Scorpia (although her first choice was Scorpia with Entrapta and Catra, she was a multishipper and able to support multiple lines). They were a throuple, She-Ra with Perfuma and Scorpia - the rarest of rare pairs! April didn't even know what the Perfuma/Scorpia/She-Ra ship name would be. Perscorra? Shefumpia? Plant-Lightning-Sword? She'd have to workshop it a bit - maybe consult some wiki pages, see if people already had coined a name for that ship.

"Oooo yes marathon time!!" April squealed, clapping her hands together somewhat awkwardly, given the tiny cupcake she was holding. "How cool would that be for you to watch She-Ra for the first time while you're dressed as Scorpia? I bet if we filmed some of your reactions to her best scenes, we could even go viral!! It'd be like Scorpia watching Scorpia!!" There were stars in her eyes. She wasn't upset that Leah had never seen She-Ra - there were so many iconic shows out there and only so much time to dedicate to them. If anything, her heart swelled even more, knowing that Leah had dressed up for something she didn't even know about - just because it was important to April and Sabine.

If that wasn't true love, what was?

Her cheeks reddened at the realization. Did Leah... love-love them? Like love with a capital L? Were they in lesbian love together, the three of them?



Percy Novikov

Location: Monster Mash - Cafeteria
Skills: Omnilingualism
Costume: the Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who


Percy blinked, still disoriented as he found himself pulled into a hug by his sister. It had all seemed so real, so vivid as Not-Nemo dug his fingers into Percy's eyes, undoubtedly about to crush his skull at the same time. He should have been dead. He should have been dead. His body was shaking, as he stiffly hugged his sister back. She was dressed as Annabeth Chase - the original flavor. "I'm fine," he said quietly. He was not fine.

But within seconds, the two of them were joined by Percy's boyfriend, Dorian - another addition to the hug. Percy was pretty awkward when it came to physical contact and affection, never quite knowing what to do with his hands, but he adjusted so that way he had one hand on his sister and one on his boyfriend. And the shakiness within him evaporated, as he saw how upset Dorian was. He didn't notice the tiny dinosaur at his ankle. "Are you okay?" Percy asked, sternly but not out of anger with Dorian - more out of anger with Nimue and her stupid tricks. "I'll burn her alive," he then vowed. "It won't even be hard, all these teachers think they're invincible anyways."

"Attention students!" Headmaster Coulson said, standing at the stage with a microphone. He was dressed as Captain America - the classic costume, from the WWII era. "It's time for the moment you've all been waiting for - we're going to start off with announcing the lucky teams that have qualified for the Contest of Champions... Please hold your applause for the end... The Young Avengers, led by the Vision! The Uncanny Avengers, led by Usagi! The Huntresses, led by Lady Nimue! And lastly, Excelsior, led by Ser Nemo!"

"Congratulations to everyone and good luck at the Contest!!" Coulson cheered, before continuing on. "And now, for our School Royalty... Our first Savior of Avengers Academy is.... APRIL FLYNN! And there was a tie for our second Savior of the school, so please join me in congratulating.... SABINE BASSARD and LEAH JORDAN! Come on up here to receive your crowns!!"




@Nallore: There are a few places in the library that might be a good hiding spot - plenty of bookshelves and dark corners, some tables that could be hidden underneath in a pinch, and maybe you could even try to climb up to the tops of the shelves. But beyond just hiding spots, something else will catch your eye - a stepping disc. Where does it lead to? There's no way to know for sure. But with Ananym hot on your heels, it might be your best chance to escape alive.

In terms of useful books, most of them are written in archaic, dead languages - and would take too much time for you to slow down and peruse them all. There are some heavy looking volumes though that you could maybe hit Ananym over the head with.

"...Two... One!" Ananym screamed, before rushing out of the room with Stephen's body. She chanted in a language you didn't understand, and suddenly, three tigers appeared, growling as they started to hunt you down.

Runa the Grey

Location: Limbo
Skills: Intuition
Spells: N/A


"No, child. It would not," Runa answered Annika. Limbo would not send her home once this was complete - that effort would have to be made under Annika's power, or the power of another. If anything, the realm would attempt to keep her - to corrupt her, twisting her into one of its monstrous creations. Whoever stayed behind may end up trapped in Limbo forever - or they may not. The Norns had yet to decide that thread.

While Runa had mentioned that it would be wise for one to remain behind, to keep to rules of threes, they truly did not care if no one did. The rule of three would enforce itself even if they ignored it. And they had no fear of death. If anything, they needed to leave to in order to ensure that Klara's soul was returned. They had sworn that they would see it done, and as Klara went through the portal, Runa was thus honor bound to follow.

So they did.

On the other side of the portal, they found themselves in a quiet dimension. According to Jack, this was the Everdark - the Twilight Pass. One of the rare dimensions that Runa had yet to visit - one that she had suspected in all truth she never would. While they could not see it, they could feel the texture of the dimension, its strange shadow self.

And they could feel the gods that Jack had trapped here - the ones who held Klara's soul - the Green Eyed Ones. "Hmm, these gods multiply when killed?" Runa murmured. "In my many years, I have found one way to stop such hydras - do not cut, do not tear, do not maim. Only complete disintegration, by flames or otherwise, will be sufficient."

"As to retrieving your soul, killing the one who holds it will suffice," Runa said. "The other option would be combat on the astral plane."

The Green Eyed Ones had yet to notice the group, but they were a swarm, a hive - having a strategy may be a good idea.



Megan Pendragon

Location: Maleficent's Castle
Skills: N/A

"We all die," Megan told Maleficent with a hint of a smile. She was slow to block Maleficent's next attack though, resulting in a nasty gash on her arm. It stung, but the adrenaline coursed through her veins - she only felt more and more alive. The pain was a blessing, a screaming symphony. She went for another attack, hoping to continue the deadly duel between the two of them, but instead something else happened - something unexpected, yet magical and strange. Maleficent was gone, sucked into the packages of a notebook - and then, trapped inside an enchanted lamp.

It was the first time one of her duels had ended like that, in what was more or less a draw. It smarted slightly. But that was fine. It was more important that Maleficent had been defeated, that they could now liberate these lands. Megan didn't imagine that it would be a final victory - she expected there would be some battles to go, some remnants and loyalists to handle, but that was fine. They had cut off the head of the beast after all.

Merlin confirmed that it was all over, and that they were free to return where they wished. Megan had no intention of going back to Kansas - no intention of trading her sword for a scalpel. Instead, she knelt to the ground. She lacked a ring to offer. "Gabriella, I offer you my blood, my body, my flesh, my spirit," Megan murmured. She held a hand to her bleeding wound on her opposite arm, and then extended those bloodied fingertips to Gabriella. "Your enemies will be mine. Your dreams and fantasies, I shall strive to make true. My penumbral mistress... my Gabriella... will you marry me?"



Guin Stark

Location: Asteroid M
Skills: Telepathy, Telepathic Attacks
~Fit Check~

Things were escalating more and more by the moment. And this wasn't the team that Guin would have picked, but it was the one she had. Well, there were only a few people on it that she would have deleted from the roster. A hurricane of schrapnel was spinning its way through them, Guin reflexively shielding her eyes somewhat with her hand. Magneto wasn't monologuing, so it probably was Cortez causing things to go haywire. "Stick to the plan!" Guin called out, hoping to be heard over the chaos.

She didn't think screaming in Magneto's face was helpful, but whatever. If that kept the newbie out of her hair, then that was fine with her. She struggled to concentrate, to dive into Cortez's mind and take control of his body away from him. Between her and Carolina, at least one of them had to be able to take hold - hopefully their efforts would work together in tandem, rather than cancelling each other out. It was difficult and challenging - Cortez had clearly done some anti-psychic work before, his walls were up and strong. She redoubled her efforts, trying to push out the fear from her mind - the fear of being shredded by metal scraps, burned alive by wild flames, or otherwise killed while she focused on fighting on a plane that very few people could perceive.

For a brief second, Guin had him - well, some of him. She had broken through some of his defenses, gaining a foothold in his mind. But it wasn't enough. She pushed and she pushed, concentrating more and more, drawing on all of her training and experience - only to fail, to open her eyes, blood flowing from her nose. "Fucking hell," she muttered under her breath, before readying herself to go again.

Neil Spellman

Location: the Asteroid
Skills: Telekinesis
~Fit Check~

"Um, handsome is fine?" Neil said, although they hadn't really given it deep thoughts. They were a little confused as to the middle aged man who jumped in on the conversation to give advice, purely because Neil didn't really know who he was. But at least at the moment, handsome was okay. They had just come to terms with the fact that they had been using the wrong pronouns for themself their entire life - they hadn't really thought through what descriptors were okay and what ones would never be. They hadn't even thought about what name would work - did Neil still describe them? Or was that the name for someone else, someone they could never be?

They did their best to protect the others, as the schrapnel started flying, a hail of deadly metal implements. Their original mutant power allowed them to move objects with their mind (and sometimes cause them to explode, although Neil practiced that less and less these days). It was difficult to grasp onto the flying pieces, there was such a haze of them, it was like trying to catch flies with their hands. They tried again and again, until finally they managed to provide a small amount of protection - to push the metal away from their friends, their hands trembling as they were like a shield.

Even as their eyes were on Max.




@BlueSky44@Nallore@Trainerblue192@Achronum@PatientBean@Forsythe@Blizz@Kirah@Natsu
8:00 PM - Sun. October 31st, 2038 - Margaret Carter Institute



@Nallore@Forsythe@BlueSky44: Diana and Zelda hadn't emerged yet from the maze - Kate and America were out, both of them looking shaken, but neither was Cassie. She had seemed worried when Vicky mentioned she had had problems with magic, but Kate and America had dragged her into the maze with them before she could really respond.

"Damn, that shit was crazy," Kate said, shaking her head slightly.

"I know!" America agreed. "I'm a little surprised they let her do that..."

"They're taking a while," Kate then noticed, glancing back towards the exit. A boy who had gone in after them that she didn't recognize, dressed as the Doctor from Doctor Who, had come out. Kate's eyebrows furrowed. She had a bad feeling about this...

April Flynn

Location: Monster Mash - Cafeteria
Skills: N/A
Costume: Perfuma from She-Ra


April flushed, feeling secure as Leah put a gigantic muscular (and clawed) arm around her and Sabine, pulling them in close. Her nerves settled down a little bit, the spiral ending somewhat - maybe it was just the physical connection, maybe it was the fact that Leah was talking about her own emotions and it was easier to focus on those than April's abstract worries - but she started to feel better. It was like taking a painkiller and feeling the tension of a headache fade away gradually. "Awww," April said softly, moved by Leah's words. "You're such a softie, Leah Jordan," April teased with a big grin. She then gave her a kiss on the cheek.
She would have grabbed one of the drinks from Mads, but her hands were a little full at the moment.

And then Sabine set the agenda for beginning the best night ever - food. April wasn't incredibly hungry, but she knew that she would be. Honestly, her main interest would be in getting a tiny snack - maybe a chocolate covered strawberry or something if they had it - but she really didn't want to mess up her makeup too bad. And with the announcement imminent, her nerves would doubtlessly come back and she didn't want to vom in front of everyone.

Sabine and confided in her and Leah about her eating disorder, so April had no intention of doing anything like playfully feeding her girlfriends. Nor was she going to make either of them eat. If Sabine ever asked for her to help, she'd do what she could - but she wasn't going to make things worse by pushing on it. Besides, Sabine was the one saying to go get food, so that had to count for something, right?

Danni was whining a bit about it, his arm slinked around hers and she giggled a bit - and then Sabine took her other hand, grabbing Leah's too. And Leah's arm was still around her. "Eeep, you guuuuys, there's just one of me!!" April protested, even as she couldn't stop smiling so much her cheeks felt like they were going to explode. "I'm going to fall!" she then added - it was somewhat hard to be walked along by three people at once, even in flats. "Oh, darn! We should've asked around and seen if anyone had a pegasus, can you imagine if we had flown in here on Swift Wind? That would've been soooo iconic..."

The food table would've made Princess Entrapta's heart soar, as it was mostly full of mini versions of food items - tiny cupcakes, tiny cookies, etc etc. Even the pizza was present in the form of what looked like pizza bagel bites. But while all the foods were individually tiny, there were huge quantities available, and no teachers really limiting what people took. Additionally, there was a bowl of candy that seemed to be neverending, featuring sweets from around the world.

"Your paint is holding up super well, by the way," April added, impressed that Danni was still pretty green - and that he wasn't getting green all over anyone else.

She didn't have any free hands, so she still couldn't accept a drink from Mads - or grab one of the mini cupcakes catching her eye.

Percy Novikov

Location: Monster Mash - Cafeteria
Skills: Omnilingualism
Costume: the Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who


Percy nodded - Dorian's instructions made sense. While this wasn't his scene, he could make a few educated guesses about it. Visibility was likely to be poor, and combined with the heightened emotions due to the intense fear, he could imagine it would be easy to get separated. A physical connection - an anchor, if you would - between the two of them would prevent that from happening. He hoped that he might provide a source of comfort for Dorian, if he were to be frightened terribly. It was his understanding that that was the type of thing romantic partners did for each other, and he didn't want Dorian to be shortchanged, just because Percy was different than everyone else.

Not that anything had ever been officially diagnosed, of course, but Percy knew. He had always known.

He held onto Dorian, following him in through the maze entrance. And while he was certain that he hadn't let go, he blinked and Dorian was gone. He was entirely alone. Percy frowned, narrowing his eyes. It was too hard to see, too dark, and he felt breath on the back of his neck.

"Беги, мальчик, беги!"

Percy spun around, reflexively pulling the closest thing he had to a weapon - his sonic screwdriver - out of his pocket. And he came face to face with Ser Nemo. Or at least, it looked somewhat like Ser Nemo - a version of him in his 40s, rather than his late 1000s or however old he was. His hair was still dark and his eyes were uncannily familiar to Percy. He wore a smart suit with a logo on it - the TVA logo - and there was a sword sheathed to his side.

"Беги!" Not-Nemo screamed again.

Something in Percy's gut told him to listen, and he took off in a sprint, choosing turns within the maze at random in an attempt to lose his pursuer. He tried to teleport, but something was blocking him - the blue energy formed around his hands, but he couldn't jump. Something was blocking him.

And the next thing he knew, he had run straight into Not-Nemo - and Not-Nemo's hands were grasped onto Percy's head, digging into his eyes, as Percy screamed and screamed and --

-- found himself sweating, standing at the exit to the maze.


Megan Pendragon

Location: Maleficent's Gates -> Maleficent
Skills: Fencing

The way was clear, so they pressed onwards, entering the castle itself. Smoke filled the air from the burning fires and Megan breathed in deeply. She adored the scent. As a child, she used to intentionally sit in front of a fire in the direction where the smoke would blow the most, basking in it. And she still went weak in the knees for a lovely woman with a cigarette. But as much as she appreciated the atmosphere, her father was right - they needed to keep on going. The job was not done yet - the day was not yet won.

It wasn't long until they came across the others. Maleficent was armed with a sword, and didn't seem to be using her magic. Megan's blade was already drawn, and she felt an eager pulse through Excalibur, as she then engaged Maleficent. "Hello, dark one," she murmured. She could appreciate Maleficent on an aesthetic level, if nothing else. The first strike of her blade, Maleficent managed to block - the second, Megan missed - but on the third, she left a nasty gash across her chest. "First blood is mine, then. Will you yield?" she asked, fully anticipating the answer was no.

She was looking forward to a duel to the death.


☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️

Location: Lotus Hotel and Casino
Skills: Audiokinesis, Latin

Something inside of her had broken - or maybe it had broken a long time ago.

It was like she was a ghost, hovering outside of her own body, watching things transpire from a third person perspective. Some of the Greeks were there - not all, but some. Her brother. His boyfriend. Janelle. Kristin. Niah's staticky image, conveyed across space by the rainbow goddess. And then her, kneeling on the ground, her face cracked with pain, grief pouring out from her silently as she enforced a bubble, removing every single bit of sound. The gift her father had sent her was already forgotten. All she knew, all she felt was pain. She saw the light that Zeke offered her - saw the gaze in Demetri's eyes - and she turned away from them.

What light could exist in a world without Mads?

What light would Nancy want to have exist in a world without Mads?

She rejected that world. She rejected its gods.

The bubble snapped, a shockwave of pure sound rushing outwards from her, slamming into the other demigods and knocking them back. Images from her life happened all at once - the assault, near death moments on quests, her mother's abuse. It all swirled together in a confusing cacophony of pain and violence. Nancy wanted nothing more than to burn it all down - to hurt others the way she had been hurt.

She rejected this reality.

"Pedicabo deos," Nancy whispered, reverting to Latin even as her eyes were unseeing, her soul clearly detached from her actual surroundings.

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