Natsu

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location:Hades table
Skills: N/A

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Arthur smiled at Kiera, and said, "Thanks for that, I really really appreciate it." and he wasn't lying. Once Andy and he got away from her, he quietly said, "If you'd like, I don't actually care that much about going to the store." He offered. If she needed to go there, he understood, but he knew a spot they could go to that would be much nicer to say goodbye at. Either way, he was just happy to have this time with just the two of them. Looking around at the Dining Pavilion around them, he frowned. As much as this place was emotionally complicated for him, he would miss it.

Shaking his head back to the topic at hand, he continued to say, "I was thinking we could go to the clearing we went to for your birthday. " That place felt like it was their spot in a way that no other place here was, and that would most certainly be a place where they wouldn't be bothered, and would be where they could get a proper send off. It sounded romantic, and he wanted to do it, but he understood if Andy didn't want to or couldn't. It would be a bit of a trek for sure, but he thought they had time.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Ship interior
Skills: N/A

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Oli's eyes flashed with an odd mixture of exhaustion and determination. He was absolutely done with today at this point, and Celestine losing her mind to some evil something-or-other was just another thing thrown on today's endless pile of bullshit. As effortlessly as breathing, he reached for his speed once again, and was at the console in the blink of an eye. He had to do something, be it shut down Phil, or cut off this connection, but he absolutely couldn't make heads or tails of whatever system this AI was running on. It was beyond him, and that infuriated him.

Second option, knock Celestine the fuck out. Unfortunately, that was far from an easy task when they were falling at terminal velocity, and though he tried to run up to hit her, his fist went wide. He cursed under his breath and felt the pressure as it felt they were quickly running out of options, so he tried to take another hit, but kept going wide. Looking back at Amelia nervously, he only had the hope that she could remedy this situation. Her taking control of the plane seemed like the only thing they could actually do now, and if she didn't, there were all going to die in the worse anticlimax ever.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location:Hades table
Skills: N/A

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Arthur held back a grimace as Kiera offered to take them to the shop. He liked her enough, and she was his friend, but he wanted a few moments with Andy, where they could just... be. Luckily, Arthur was graced with years of deeply conditioned social ability, so he was more than capable of getting Kiera to let them go on their own without hopefully hurting her feelings. He shook his head and said, "We can make our own way there, it'll be a good experience for us to make our own loadout." He said, and he of course, wasn't wrong, but it was a misrepresentation of his true desires.

Standing up, he was ready to head out, but he waited for Andy to take the lead. He didn't want to abandon Ki without Andy's approval, which he would get if she was willing to leave at this point. If she decided to wait up for their friend, so be it, and they'd need to find some other way to say goodbye properly. He was sure that he could think of something, but even if he couldn't, a part of him was even more sure that Andy could. He trusted her, and knew that she probably wanted some privacy to do so as well, or at least, he sincerely hoped that that was the case.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Ship interior
Skills: N/A

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Oliver nodded at Niah's point, for all of Oliver's talents and abilities, prescience over meteorological events was not one of them. Listening in on what was being said about the geopolitics of this world, ands grimaced of the idea of any Stark being graced with the powers of the.. presidency felt like the wrong word, given the literal schism of the United States, but of any major country. He was, in retrospect, surprised the super hero hadn't tried something similar in their world. The bigger question he had was instantly vocalized, "So uh... Iron Man isn't an Avenger in this world then?"

Oliver also was concerned about going to Genosha; he was of course, a genetic oddity, so he honestly had no idea how scanners of any kind would ping on him. On considering this, he was actually surprised he hadn't taken a look at his own DNA, and even gave a nonchalant look over to Niah. Could they even have a kid? He wasn't a geneticist, so he didn't know what criteria there were for.. interspecies relationships again, felt like the wrong phrase, but it was absolutely the closest thing to describe what they were. He'd have to have a conversation with Niah about this at some point when they weren't on a mission

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location:Hades table
Skills: N/A

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Arthur patted Chocolate's head once Andy returned to him, and he shrugged. "It's fine, I promise." Before taking a moment to stare idly off into the distance. It felt like, right now, was a calm before the storm. The next part of their adventure was awaiting them, and he didn't expect this one to come without loss or pain; he time at the camp so far had assuaged him of hope in that form. He just smiled as he finished up his breakfast, taking whatever time he could to enjoy his friends and found family while it was whole. He felt like he deserved that comfort.

Arthur nodded at Kiera, moving over to make room for her, even though the table was currently only populated by Arthur and Andy. He smiled down at Chocolate and said, "I mean, it's bacon, of course he does!" He said in the most adoring voice imaginable. Turning to Andy, he said, "We still need to go to the camp store, so maybe there?" In truth, Arthur had another place in mind as well, but he didn't wanna say what it was with anybody else around, so he led with that. Finishing up his food, he watched Andy to see what her reaction was, to see if she had anywhere she wanted to go.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Ship interior
Skills: N/A

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It was about a second after it was reiterated that Oliver visibly moved his head towards the console. He was doing everything he could to compartmentalize his feelings at the moment, but that was a big revelation, and he wanted to delve more into it, but not now. As the ship flew up and back down, he breathed a sigh of real relief. They were in the home stretch now, they just had to get out of here, and he could maybe pass out on the way to wherever they were heading next. He was desperately exhausted at this point, and needed something to eat.

As people started to board the ship, he was almost instantly in Niah's arms, hugging her. He was so glad to see she was safe, "Sorry um, for leaving you out in the rain." He said, giving her a big squeeze. "I'm really glad you're not dead either." His voice was quiet, and he was visibly tired, but joyous. Letting her go, he looked around and took a headcount, his eyes lingering on Folly and Darcy, but not saying anything. He was always cautious around new people, but he was too spent to be paranoid at the moment. His gaze shifted towards Sparky as she stepped out of the room, then waiting for somebody to take charge of the situation.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Ship interior
Skills: N/A

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Oliver turned instinctively as the door opened to let Celestine in, almost charging her on impulse, before he stopped himself. IT was only at that moment he realized exactly how stressed he was. His heart was racing, pounding faster than he could remember it ever having beaten before. This level of direct engagement and action was new to him, and a part of him honestly loved it. He felt powerful in a way he normally didn't, and in control, something that had been sorely lacking from his life recently. It was also at this moment Oli realized that he was the most senior agent among the three of them, something that was also a new feeling.

Oli shook his head at Amelia's idea, "We needed a way out of here, and we finally got one. We can't give it up now." He said, looking over to the flashing console, and then over to Celestine, "Let's coordinate extraction, make it to the team, and get the hell out of here." He decided, rubbing his temples. Where they would go, once they were out of the Iron, he had no idea, but he had the pressing feeling that time was of the essence. Doom and Luminous wouldn't be sitting on their hands this entire time, and they'd lost countless hours here; they needed to move on as soon as possible.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location:Hades Cabin -> Hades table
Skills: N/A

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Arthur watched as Andy went off without him, and shrugged for a moment. He wanted to spend as much time as possible with her, but he wasn't going to have a breakdown if they couldn't do literally everything with each other. In the meantime, he settled on wrestling up some food, following shortly after Kristen. He didn't go out of his way to get her attention though, he could use a few moments where hew as just on his own, he supposed. He wouldn't be getting too many more moments of relaxed, personal contemplation, so he took a breath, and just existed in the moment.

Stepping into the dining pavilion, he quickly got to the work of getting himself some food, fruit mainly. His stomach couldn't take anything much heavier with his nerves. That, and there was the odd tension in his head where, if he finished his meal quickly, he'd be one step closer to this whole thing actually getting started. Time of course, didn't work like that, and it wouldn't matter how quickly he completed his meal, they would leave when the left. But still, that's what he was thinking about, as he nibbled on some orange slices at the Hades table.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Arthur Stanford

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Location:Arena -> Gryf -> Hades Cabin
Skills: N/A

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Arthur was happy to spend the time he did with Andy, though Gryf still kinda scared him. He hadn't tried to smooth over his relationship with the creature, and he didn't know what kind of memory it had. He held Chocolate at bay, and kept his distance, standing nervously away on the sidelines. He gave a small wave, and scratched Chocolate behind the ears. If Gryf could go with Andy, that would probably be ideal, but the thought of her keeping a menagerie of different magical animals made him smile; he wondered whether or not she'd get any new ones before they got back.

Arthur woke with a start from his dreams, the higher beings still scared him, and the sight of Oceanus didn't do much to help that fact. He didn't know how they were going to defeat that thing, and the thought of going up against it sent shivers down his spine. He was curious what that camp was; he didn't immediately have any kind of guess as to who that could be. Maybe there were half god, half monster children? That was about the only guess he could muster, and even that didn't seem likely. He didn't know any myths about that though, so maybe it was possible.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Oliver Sullivan

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Outside -> Ship interior
Skills: SuperSpeed, Hacking

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Oliver shot a massive grin at Amelia. He knew she could do it; the woman was fucking amazing, and there was no way on any Earth that she would die from a fall. The second her hand touched his, they phased, saving them by the skin of their teeth. This was a hell of a situation, but he was about to give them a ton of cover, assuming he could do it without one of them dying. Nodding at her, he rode off the moment of his oscillation, and transferred that focus and energy into his more traditional speed, and in as long as it took for Amelia to blink, they were inside the grounded ship.

Quickly assessing the new situation, he let go of Amelia and, without letting up his speed, he closed the door behind him, and ran from man to man, disarming each and every one of them, tossing two guns towards Amelia, and keeping two for himself. These obviously weren't his preferred weapons, but it was the best they could do. "Alright, we have cover now, I'm open to ideas. I'm thinking we either get this in the air and start taking out the other ships, or..." Oli walked over towards the console, and started trying to break into the nearby ships, hoping to disable their capacity to fight back, only to have the console shock him. Rearing back in pain and surprise, he stopped, taking a few moments to catch his breath.