True Heroism! The Olympian Way! Session 7. Period 3

[olympian-herc.livejournal.com]

For today's final, Hercules again directed the class into the Danger Shop.

"We have done many things, fought dragons, rescued kittens, designed outfits. But this class is also about the Olympian way, so today we go to the great deeds of Olympic heroes. And I don't mean those of Jesse Owens, whose deeds were that of legend as well."

He grinned as he gestured to what lay ahead of them. In front of the class was a big wooden door, the kind one would normally expect in front of a dungeon. But surely they'd done a dungeon already?

"Ahead of you lies the mighty labyrinth, that which Theseus conquered," Hercules said. "Ah, but you are thinking, 'Hercules, why not one of your own triumphs?'. Those I am saving for my fall class. This... this is a classic. You should be happy I did not pick Icarus! Though... Warren here would be at an unfair advantage, there." He laughed.

"The task is almost sheer elegance in its simplicity," Hercules said. "Get to the center of the labyrinth, where there is punch and pie."

He pressed open the doors to the labyrinth.

"Oh, and there is a minotaur in there. And some trolls. And a few goblins. Just to make it interesting."

He laughed, and gestured for the class to enter.

"I shall see you at the center!"

[ooc: OCD first, por favor Open class! Woo!]

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Talk Amongst Yourselves/Prepare to Set Out

[olympian-herc.livejournal.com]

Why yes, if you take a look around the chamber before you head in, there are sticks of chalk and balls of string.

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[wwiii]

Warren was here. Warren was totally here. See how here he was?

... He was kind of difficult to miss, what with all of his feathers having been dyed such lovely colors of the rainbow. From the back, he looked more like the forbidden lovechild of an angel and a gay macaw.

He was kind of just hoping that nobody would notice while he scooped up a few balls of string.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves/Prepare to Set Out

[trigons_child]

Oh, there was slim chance of that.

But Raven was trying very very hard not to giggle.

And failing miserably.

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[wwiii]

And now Warren was turning just as red as a few of his primaries seemed to be. He was technicolor, not deaf, after all.

"It's not really that funny, is it?"

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[trigons_child]

"I have just never seen you look so colorful before," Raven said, trying to be as diplomatic as she could. "It is a very interesting look for you."

She was fairly certain she couldn't heal dye. Besides, it would turn the netherverse psychedelic for awhile.

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[wwiii]

"I've looked worse," Warren decided, lifting his chin a little and giving his feathers an indignant ruffle.

Rainbow featherdust everywhere.

"Besides, a little color never hurt anybody, did it?"

Even he didn't sound like he was buying it.

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[trigons_child]

Raven took a step back. She did not want rainbow dust all over her lovely black clothing, thank you very much. (Except that Joni seemed to possess the ability to selectively shed white hairs on her black clothes, sigh.)

"How did this happen?" she had to ask. This is what overindulgence in mind-altering substances gets you, Warren! "It should grow out eventually, should it not? I am uncertain if bleach would be a healthy solution."

And most importantly: "Has Karla seen you yet?"

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[wwiii]

"Feathers don't work like that," Warren replied, about one grumble shy of a flat-out pout. "Hair grows out. Feathers fall out. Annually."

He was still living in the vain hope that the dye wasn't really, really permanent. But with the money that they'd had at their disposal to throw around on Wednesday night, of course they'd aimed for quality.

"I can't even remember what exactly led to this, but I haven't shown Karla yet. I'm kind of thinking maybe I'll just go into hiding in Kilimanjaro or something until this goes away, first."

He would never live it down.

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[trigons_child]

"You would make Karla very sad if you did such a thing," Raven scolded gently, though she knew he likely wasn't serious. "She may find some amusement in your appearance initially, but she loves you and will wish to soothe your pride." Once she stopped laughing.

"Perhaps her Craft can vanish the colors, or she may be able to find some sort of herbal wash that would remove the color without damaging your feathers," she said. "It would be safer than just pouring bleach on you."

Better smelling, too.

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[wwiii]

"Yeah," Warren sighed. "I'm pretty sure bleach would completely ruin them, and I've been grounded more than enough already this month."

Infection. Pinfeathers. Panem. Having rainbow feathers that could still get him into the sky was better than most of the alternatives so far, this August. It was embarrassing, but it wasn't actually hurting anything, either.

And he was sure that it had probably been funny at the time.

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[trigons_child]

Raven didn't know what had happened in Panem -- she'd gotten the impression from Karla it had been bad, however -- but she did know how hard the infection had been on him.

"It is not wholly unattractive," she said soothingly. It was festive! Like he was going to a gay pride parade. "It is not what I would ever expect of you, so that is why I laughed. I apologize if I have hurt your feelings. And I do hope that you had an enjoyable time the other night and that you were not too ill afterward. Karla and I were preparing remedies to relieve your hangovers upon your return, if they were so needed."

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[withasword.livejournal.com]

A few pieces of chalk and one ball of string got tucked into Kate's belt while she considered the idea of what she'd do against a freaking minotaur without her sword... Those things were supposed to be huge.

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[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Percy didn't know what the sticks of chalk and string were for but he grabbed one anyway. Considering he himself had actually just gone through a labyrinth a few months ago, he figured this task would be cake.

Of course, he'd had Annabeth and Rachel Elizabeth Dare with him then and now he didn't so...maybe he was overconfident.

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[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Juliet wasn't sure what to do with the chalk and the string, but everyone else was grabbing them so she did too.

She was really hoping somebody else would kill the minotaur before she had to.

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[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Well, this was a story Dolf certainly knew. Knew it well enough to secure some string and some sticks of chalk, actually, while he frowned at the labyrinth itself.

He'd gotten lost in worse places, he reminded himself.

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[longislandiceme]

While Bobby was by no means a scholar of myth, hanging around supposedly mythological figures meant he picked up a few things, like the point of the string and chalk. So he pocketed some... while trying not to snicker too much every time he glanced over at Warren.

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[trigons_child]

Raven glided over to him before setting out into the maze, looking him over for rainbows or any other visible alterations to his appearance. "Hello, Bobby," she said. "I hope you suffered no ill effects from your night out with Warren and Tony."

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[longislandiceme]

"Other than waking up with my face mashed into a bunch of feathers? Nah." Which... hadn't actually been the first time that had happened. And wouldn't be the last (especially once the other Warren got his real wings back).

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[trigons_child]

"...did you try to eat Warren's wings?" Raven said, more than a little troubled by the thought. Given the messages they'd been leaving for her and Karla, it wouldn't surprise her. They'd been eating hats, after all.

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[longislandiceme]

"No!" Bobby said emphatically. "I just... fell asleep faceplanted into one of them, apparently. Say what you want, they make a very comfortable pillow."

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[trigons_child]

"I have never had the occasion to find out such a thing," Raven said.

She peered at Bobby. "You have not altered your body in any lasting way as well, have you?" she asked. He could be hiding a new tattoo somewhere.

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby's expression twisted into a slightly bitter smile for just a second, because his body had been altered recently, just- not by this trip.

"I don't think so," he said, and then lowered his voice somewhat so that their classmates or the squirrels wouldn't overhear. "I don't remember, but it's possible I might've tried," he admitted quietly. "But those things don't always take."

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[trigons_child]

Raven caught the shift in his emotions, and her expression grew more concerned. "Are you all right?" she said quietly. "I know this is not the place to speak of something that might be troubling you, but if you need to talk, I am willing to listen and help in whatever way I can."

She knew Sookie's imminent departure must be weighing heavily on him, but she wasn't so sure that was what was bothering him.

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[longislandiceme]

"I'm fine," he said, trying to reassure Raven.

She was right, of course; he wasn't looking forward to Sookie's leaving by any means, but living the sort of life he did meant being used to people coming and going. So no, her leaving for Bon Temps wasn't the issue... the problem was that at this point he wasn't even sure anymore what the issue was.

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[richieryan.livejournal.com]

Richie hadn't exactly spent any time at all studying mythology, so he wasn't sure what was up with the string and chalk. He figured they might come in handy though, and that it probably wasn't coincidence that they were there, so he slipped a few sticks of chalk into a pocket and grabbed a ball of string as well.