Natsu

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location: Woods
Skills: N/A

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Arthur processed the sequence of things he heard slowly. He wasn't with Andy in Nancy's vision- they'd already have to split up on a mission, unable to protect one another. He felt uncomfortable not being with her, not being able to protect her at all. He pulled Andy into a side hug, feeling hollow inside. He knew she could defend herself, probably better than he could, but it was just the idea of him not being there at all, leaving things to the fates. He didn't know anything about Doors of Death or The Pit, just that it was somehow his dads domain, or at least adjacent to it.

He watched Niah swear and oath, and he gritted his teeth. He had no idea how binding that was, or what the consequences would be for not following it, but if he had to guess, he'd say the answers to those two questions would be "very" and "death". It was a stupid, rash move, but one that he at least respected the gesture of it. He nodded at Mads, saying, "We'll do whatever we can to keep you safe, I don't... know a lot about this stuff, but if I can help it, you'll be coming back to camp. I promise." He said quietly, but loud enough for them to have heard him.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Location: White House, Oval Office
Skills: Molecular Oscillation

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As the fight began to turn, and Captain America was turned back into a Capsicle once more, Oli was at a crossroads. He could directly engage in the fight, but he wasn't confident in how many times he could hit the electric Skrull before passing out, or he could try a crazy idea. He knew that he was able to vibrate his and other people's molecules to phase through things, and that was something he'd gotten pretty good at, but looking at the flash-frozen Captain America, he suddenly thought of a brave new way for him to use this ability. Something being temperature was just the average kinetic energy of a system, so maybe he could infuse some into the Star Spangled Man.

Placing both hands on either of the Avenger's shoulders, Oliver concentrated, and tried vibrating the two of them at a new frequency. One that wouldn't send the two of them through the floor, but one that would, hopefully, get Cap heated up enough to unfreeze him without also cooking him. After a few moments, the thin sheets of ice adorning Captain America had broken away, falling and turning to faint water stains at their feet. Steve Rogers was now free, and back in the fight. Stepping away, Oliver started paying attention to the fight again, but not before saying, "I sure am glad that didn't kill you..." under his breath.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location: Woods
Skills: N/A

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Arthur exhaled, and gripped Andy's hand tighter. Loss was the sort of thing he felt he was getting too used to, now feeling concern, but not a deep sadness over the fact that, apparently, Mads would be leaving them soon. He gritted his teeth, and looked on at their friends, pullin gAndy in for a side hug, before whispering, "Things'll be okay." He wanted to promise that, but he didn't know if he could, and the thought of lying to Andy made his stomach turn more than anything else at the moment. He couldn't, and wouldn't, promise her something he didn't know he could keep.

He tugged at Andy's shoulder, "Maybe we should go...." It felt wrong to be watching them like this, and the idea of revealing themselves after hearing something they weren't supposed to hear sounded like it could be incendiary to any kind of relationship the four of them had. He couldn't imagine how he would feel after hearing that he had a death sentence, but it wouldn't be anywhere near okay. If Andy wanted to run up and hug her aunt, he'd support her and be with her, but he wasn't about to force either of them into that situation, not without knowing what consequences it could bring.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Location: White House, Oval Office
Skills: N/A

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Taking the nod from Raynor, Oli broke with Matt, and took an opposite side entrance to Matt. He didn't know much about tactics, but it certainly made sense to him that they didn't wanna all funnel in through the same spot. Looking about the room, he watched Alex punch himself, and pursed his lips. He wasn't gonna be too effective at traditional attacks here, so instead, he ran over and grabbed a flag, deciding to try to wrap the skrull up in it, hoping to immobilize him so the others could take him out. Stepping into super speed, he ran a tight circle around Skrull-Alex, entangling the skrull.

Feeling proud of himself for a moment, his face fell as the flag was torn to shreds, not for the symbolism of the flag being tarnished, but because his plan failed. Luck for Oli though, he was smart enough to have contingencies. Taking the poll the flag was on, he swung it wide, right into the fake president, knocking him on his ass. Stepping back, he then put distance between the two of them. He didn't think he'd be able to finish him off, and he'd rather be able to jump in and out of engagement that stay close and risk getting his head ripped off.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location: Dining Pavilion -> Woods
Skills: N/A

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Arthur had to stifle a giggle at Andy's arthur, but merely shook his head. there were better ways to deal with people than abject violence, as fun as something like that could be. He'd figure out how to deal with Cassian later, watching him talk to Mads, he was surprised that he'd gotten this far in life with all his teeth still in his mouth. As Andy dragged him away, he shot a parting smile at Cassian, before turning away and not sparing him another glance. People like him wanted attention, and he was going to give him as little as possible, he'd have to earn it to get it from him.

As they entered the woods, Arthur kept holding Andy's hand, and gave her a hug once they were out of sight of the others, "That Cassian's terrible", he whispered, before eyeing Mads and Nancy. He didn't like the thought of following people, but they were all friends-ish, so he had to assume that it wouldn't be the end of the world if they noticed them. Other than that one comment though, he kept quiet. He didn't want to broadcast the fact that they were there by any means, and the more that he talked, they more likely that they'd end up being heard.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Location: White House
Skills: N/A

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Oliver's number one focus besides the impending confrontation that they'd have to go through was to keep his damn mouth shut. He couldn't do an American accent for the life of him, and the paranoid part of his brain was convinced that a Welsh in the White House would raise too many eyebrows. The security part of his brain though, was considering writing up a report later to submit the government on how to prevent people with less pure intentions from pulling this off, but he wasn't convinced that they wouldn't lock him up for the sheer audacity, given the fact that they may at this point be rabid to get rid of him in one way or another.

As Captain Rogers approached and entered the Oval Office, Oliver was ready to move. The last fight with the Skrulls he used tricks he couldn't rely on here and once they were in the Oval, he'd need to stay there, no floor phasing parlor tricks. In truth, he was a little worried about getting through this unscathed, close up combat wasn't something he knew too much about, he was dependent on disorienting his targets and finishing things quickly, something he didn't think could be pulled off here. In short, Oliver was nervous, but ready to finally start to get this Skrull invasion over with, hoping to find some form of catharsis in the ensuing bloodshed.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Location: Outside Medbay
Skills: N/A

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Oliver frowned at the noises coming from the room, before exhaling, and noticing that Kwassi was talking to him. Oliver felt bad for what was going on, like it was his fault in a way. He was there when Niah's leg was mangled, and all the superpowers in the world didn't stop it from happening. Maybe if he weren't an emotional wreck at the time, or if he was just better at acting like a regular human in general, he could have prevented this from happening. But instead of expositing his complex feelings on the matter to Kwassi, he shrugged and said, "I'd rather the next time a demon comes after us, I can get rid of it myself, so... trying to pick up on the words to facilitate that." before smiling at him and adding, "And I wanna make sure Niah's okay, she's a part of the team after all, right?"

If there was one thing Oliver hated, it was not knowing what was going to happen next. Not being able to physically intervene and stop things from happening? He was used to that. That was most of his life before he turned out to be the son of an intergalactic space tyrant, but the feeling of knowing that something bad was happening and not knowing where to go next, that was hell. He felt that a bit with the skrull invasion, but he at least had been taking steps to understand and prepare for the coming threat. Here, unless he could become a master of demonology and medicine within the hour, there wasn't much he could do. Or at least, nothing he could do besides waiting and hoping. Turning his head towards Raynor, a small part of him realized that he couldn't remember ever saying anything to a Raynor that wasn't a skrull, or at least, he didn't know when Raynor was replaced, so for all he knew, they'd never spoken, and so he asked,"Soooooo.... They got demons on Asgard?" That felt like a better conversation starter than "Hey, I almost killed your girlfriend and mother to your unborn child while you were gone, neat, huh?" so it was what he went with in the face of having no idea what to say.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location: Dining Pavilion
Skills: N/A

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Andy really was a lot more direct in her disdain than Arthur was, but he wasn't about to critique her for that; different styles for different people. As he watched Cassian though, and his reaction, Arthur felt something similar to fear rise through him. Maybe it was that there were too many unknowns about Cassian, or that fact that he did not at all expect him to control himself that well, but he turned his head a bit as he looked up at him. Maybe trading social punches with a spawn of the God of Madness wasn't the best plan for his long term mental health.

Instead of running though, he smiled, and decided to try to be a little friendlier. "Well, now that we're introduced, I'm still not clear on what you want." He noted, giving a bit of a confused look at him. Cassian seemed like the the type of person who desperately wanted people to think that he was important, or at the very least needed attention. So, he figured he'd take actions to deprive him of that, "If that's all-" He was about to say, before a camper tripped and fell in front of him, before yelling at him. He exhaled, more annoyed than anything, but he held his tongue. As people started to flock over, he nodded, saying, "Some people don't know how to look where they're walking, it's fine."

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Location: Homestead, entrance -> Quinjet, Medbay
Skills: N/A

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As Mar-vell spoke about the Flerken, he started to be in awe of them. Growing that fast and being as terrifying as they were, he was surprised the universe wasn't run by the adorable monsters. He was glad they had a space doctor to help with the birthing process, maybe they could get through this without making too much of a mess. As the president walked in and grabbed salt, and ran back out, his head turned. He had no idea what that was for, but he didn't get this far in life by ignoring patently weird things such as that, so he joined the growing crowd, and heading into the Quinjet.

Entering the Medbay, he inspected the scene in front of him and gave an incredibly concerned look towards Niah, before hearing a flurry of things. Firstly, that Niah's leg was getting worse and that she was possessed?. On any other day, he wouldn't have believed it, but having just fought a demon bear, he made the connection well enough. Additionally, she wanted the room clear, and he was willing to leave, but he piped up, standing just at the edge of the bay. He was about to offer some form of assistance, before the exorcism commenced. He started to step out, but paused, and listened to the words. He couldn't get all of them, but he was pretty sure he could do half an exorcism now. Still, this wasn't anywhere he wanted to be at the moment, and he waited quietly outside as the literal demon was dealt with.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location: Dining Pavilion
Skills: N/A

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As Cassian smirked at Arthur, he felt a twinge of his old life. The way he was saying things, the self-assuredness, it was things he used to have, and remnants were still in here. Politics, thinking of ways to get people to do what he wanted, thinking he was better than other people. But now, he felt like trying to be better was a bit like being the tallest dwarf, the very existence of gods made them that much lesser. Instead of attempting to react directly, Arthur collected himself, and smiled, "Apologies, my voice was quiet so Apollo wouldn't hear, not you. Don't worry, not everything is about you."

That dig was maybe a bit mean, but he was getting a bad vibe from Cassian, and he was sure he could take it. "Sorry, I don't think we've met, who are you again? I'm Arthur, and this is Andy." He said, looking up at the boy, and straightening himself. Cassian was practically looming over him, but he didn't let that get to him. "It's neat how you know what's going on in Zeke's head, but I'm sure he'll be fine." Arthur didn't know Zeke too well, but he always seemed to be able to take care of himself. Exhaling, he felt good about himself, confident for the first time in awhile, and not at all put off by this new kid.