Mount Olympus Ski

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Mount Olympus Ski

Mount Olympus Ski Lodge

(NOTE: THIS IS NOT PERCY JACKSON/HEROES OF OLYMPUS/RICK RIORDAN RELATED. This is based purely off of Greek mythology and has nothing to do with the world of Percy Jackson. Sorry. However, this does take place in modern times.)

It's a great day for someone like you to go on a vacation, you think, standing in the Ancient Greece section of your local museum. It's a very interesting exhibit, but you still yearn to do something like visit Ancient Greece itself. Or maybe visit the Bahamas. Yeah, a visit to the Bahamas is much more do-able, you think to yourself. That option doesn't require inventing a time machine.

You start to walk away from the exhibit when an elderly woman cries out. Something clatters on the floor, and you turn to see she's dropped her phone. The battery pack has popped out of it as well.

"Oh dear, it looks like I've destroyed my phone!" She sounds pretty anguished, so you decide to help her out.

"Don't worry," You say. "The phone's not broken, the battery pack just got knocked out of it." You bend down and put the phone back together and turn it on, showing the woman the only damage is a tiny crack in the screen's corner.

"Oh, thank you, you're very kind," The elderly woman says to you, smiling. 

"No problem!" You respond. "I'm happy to help."

You head home, and just as you walk inside, your own phone starts buzzing. You pull it out of your pocket, expecting it to just be a telemarketer. But the screen is glowing, and a rainbow is coming out of it. Suddenly, a beautiful young woman with bright rainbow hair bursts out of the phone screen. She's wearing tie-die athletic clothing and has huge golden earrings. Her skin is a medium dark and her eyes are the brightest blue you've ever seen. You gasp and drop the phone on the ground.

"W-who are you?"

"I'm Iris!" She says, grinning. "You know, goddess of rainbows, messenger of Olympus?"

You remember reading about her in the museum and nod slowly. "What are you doing here?"

"Remember that old lady in the museum?" She continues before you can respond. "Well, that was Hera, Queen of the Gods, in disguise. And, as a way of thanking you, she's inviting you to stay at Olympus for a short period of time."

"Whoa! Really?" You're completely shocked. Hera is real!

"That's right! You just need to fill out this form. Oh! And we're not at all responsible for any deaths or injuries."

She hands you a piece of paper, and vanishes. You begin to read it:

Name:

Gender/Pronouns:

CB Appearance:

Personality: 

Skills:

Favorite Greek god/goddess:

What are you bringing:

Other:

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Twelve participants only! NO AE's, CAPTCHAs, or CAPTCHAEs. This is a CBER ONLY ski lodge. 

 

 

submitted by Nine Muses, age Ancient, Mount Olympus
(January 3, 2021 - 4:40 pm)

Name: PinkAxolotl (you can just use Pink!!)

Gender/Pronouns: She/her!

CB Appearance: I have light pink hair that is a little wavy and goes to my waist. I wear a light blue t shirt and shorts. I wear pink converse and have bright blue eyes.

Personality: I like to think I am very happy and friendly! I care for everyone else. I'm kinda a 'mom' person I guess.

Skills: Friendly, confident, nice, good writer, poetry, singing!

Favorite Greek god/goddess: That's super hard! Maybe Poseidon, the ocean is pretty cool. 

What are you bringing: A notebook, some pencils, a phone and charging cord, changes of clothes, bubblegum, and extra pillows.

Other: Nope! 

submitted by PinkAxolotl, age Nope!, Nope!
(January 5, 2021 - 7:58 am)

Name:Sterling

Gender/Pronouns:Female, she/her

CB Appearance:Shoulder length dark blue hair, olive skin, grey eyes, tallish.  I'll be wearing a white three-quarter sleeve shirt with blue wave patterns at the hem, frayed jean shorts, sandals, a beaded choker necklace, and gold earrings shaped like arrows. 

Personality: Creative, Passionate, clever, perfectionist.  I'm somewhat quiet and reserved, but when I'm with my friends I tend to be enthusiastic, competitive, and excitable.

Skills: Reading, rock climbing, exploring.  I'm a decent author and artist.

Favorite Greek god/goddess:Artemis or Hermes.

What are you bringing: Clothes, essentials, journal and sketchbook, pens, watercolors, chocolate, book of greek myths, pocketknife.

Other:I loveGreek mythology and can't wait for this to start!

submitted by Sterling
(January 5, 2021 - 10:02 am)
submitted by One Spot Left, Nine Muses
(January 5, 2021 - 2:25 pm)
submitted by RESERVING, it's Luminescence
(January 5, 2021 - 4:17 pm)

If you reserved and haven't completed your info sheet yet, please do so by the end of today or I will begin without you. Thanks!

submitted by Nine Muses, age Ancient, Mount Olympus
(January 6, 2021 - 11:29 am)

I plan on start writing tomorrow, please try to finish your info sheets soon!

submitted by @RESERVATIONS, Nine Muses
(January 6, 2021 - 6:37 pm)

Name: Luminescence "Lumi"

Gender/Pronouns: she/her, female

CB Appearance: Short brown hair that glitters red in the sun, gold-brown skin, dark brown eyes, blue-green braces, average height and weight for a 12 year old, likes to wear black leggings, black ankle boots or sneakers and colorful flannel shirts when it's cold and solid t-shirts (or t-shirts with inspirational messages/quotes), jean shorts and sandles or sneakers when it's hot.

Personality: kinda bossy, perfectionist, talkative, argumentative, the peacemaker in most situations but not all, laughs a lot, generally pretty positive, tries to be kind, is afraid of being judged as "weird" even if I never want to admit it

Skills: Writing (I hope XD), reading, giving pep talks (I hope...), horseback riding (...ish...), 

Favorite Greek god/goddess: I do not know. Hestia, Artemis, or Athena.

What are you bringing: several changes of each of the outfits stated above, toiletries, pajamas, a laptop, some positivitea, a kindle, headphones, a waterbottle, a hoodie, and a blanket just in case.

Other: n/a (except I'm really excited)

submitted by Luminescence
(January 6, 2021 - 10:39 pm)
DAY ONE, PART ONE
The CBers stood at the gates of Olympus, amazed, breathless, speechless. Wreeboo found that it was impossible to tear her eyes away from the golden metal. Several gods, who must have been acting as guards, stood just outside the gates, though Wreeboo didn’t know who they were. Just beyond the gates, a few gods were walking towards them. One of them was a tall, strong-looking woman with olive skin and dark brown hair wrapped in an elegant bun, wearing a blue dress accented with peacock feathers. A golden crown studded with blue gems rested upon her head, and Wreeboo guessed she was probably Hera. 
Next to Hera was a tall, muscular man with a white beard, wearing gold and white clothing, with lightning themed accessories. This god was obviously Zeus. Zeus and Hera pushed through the gates, looking far more majestic than anyone Wreeboo had ever met.
“Welcome to Olympus, mortals!” Zeus said. While still awestruck, Wreeboo noted Zeus’s voice didn’t quite match up with the booming, deep voice she’d imagined in her head. He sounded more like any average man in his forties. Even so, she had no idea how to respond.
Luckily, Pink, Lumi, Gracia, and Rainbow had no problems talking to the gods. 
“Wow!” Pink exclaimed. “Your dress is so pretty!” Hera smiled at her.
“Yeah!” Rainbow added. “I love the peacock feathers.”
“This is so cool!” Gracia said.
“Thanks for inviting us here,” Lumi said. 
“Oh, it’s no problem at all! Hera loves to repay a favor,” Zeus said. “Now come on, I’ll give you a tour.”
The CBers followed Zeus and Hera through the gates, all of them staring in awe at the gorgeously crafted statues and buildings. Wreeboo could hear music playing somewhere in the distance, the most lovely music she’d ever heard. 
Gracia walked faster and caught up to Hera. She leaned over and asked, in her kindest voice, “So, I really don’t mean to sound rude, but how exactly is this all working? Like, I mean, people have obviously been to the top of Mount Olympus and none of this was, y’know, here…”
Hera laughed. “Oh, mortals, always thinking things must not be real if they’ve never seen them. The explanation is quite simple, really. This Mount Olympus isn’t actually on top of Earth’s Mount Olympus at all--right now, we’re in a pocket dimension. We--by that, I mean the gods--created this alternate reality after the Roman Empire took over Ancient Greece. It’s why they have different versions of us--well, except for Apollo. That idiot decided no Roman gods were going to take his place.”
“So, basically, you...moved away? So the Roman gods could move in?” 
“Pretty much, yes. It’s not natural for things to last forever on Earth. Not even gods,” Hera explained. Gracia fell silent to process this information.
“So, the Underworld, is that a pocket dimension too?” She finally asked.
“Why, yes, it is,” Hera said. Then, she shooed Gracia away.
Lumi looked up to see Gracia walking back towards the other CBers. Zeus was taking them into the building they were staying in for their vacation here. It was a small, but elegant, marble building, with enough rooms for all of the CBers to stay in.
“Each door will have a name on it,” Zeus explained. “Search for your name to find your room.”
Lumi walked down the hallway, noting that her room was at the very end of the corridor. Across from her was Lazerbat’s room, and on her room’s right was Dreamii’s room. There were no other rooms to left of hers.
She opened up the door and crept inside. There was a light switch on the wall--Lumi was immensely grateful there was electricity on Olympus--and turning it on revealed the contents of the room. The floor was covered in a soft turquoise carpet, and there was a single bed with golden sheets and pillows against the far wall. A small wooden bookshelf was also in the room, though it looked like most of the books on it were written in Greek.
Lumi had just set down her stuff, when there was a sudden knock at her door.
~~~~
submitted by Day One, Part One, Nine Muses
(January 7, 2021 - 12:49 pm)

This is a cool take on Olympus. I like the whole idea :) Also, that sounds like Apollo lol. Keep it up!

submitted by Silver Crystal, age Infinity, Milky Way
(January 7, 2021 - 2:39 pm)

This is good so far, but did you forget me? I'm pretty sure I sent a character submission. Thanks!

submitted by Lazerbat
(January 7, 2021 - 3:13 pm)

Wow, I love your writing style! I am so ecxited for this ski lodge!

submitted by Feline Fantasy
(January 8, 2021 - 8:20 am)

Please note that most posts will focus on one or two CBers at a time so as to prevent confusion. 

DAY ONE, PART TWO

Lumi opened her door slowly, cautiously. There was a man on the other side--but not one she recognized, not at all. He had olive skin, and strange, purple eyes. His hair was brown, with purple undertones, tied back in a ponytail, and it sported an undercut. He wasn’t very tall, though he was still taller than Lumi. 

“Uh, hi?” Lumi asked.

“Oh! So, so sorry,” The strange man said. “Sorry, no, you’re not the one I was looking for.” He looked up, his eyes facin

Lumi smiled at him. “That’s okay. Who are you?”

He paused, for a moment, as if he wasn’t really sure himself. “Uh--Dionysus. You know, Greek god of grapes, vineyards, and a beverage I’m probably not allowed to mention.”

“He’s also the god of madness!” A voice said, from behind Dionysus. Dionysus turned to see who had spoken. It was Dreamii--she was standing in the hall, in front of her door, suddenly looking sheepish.

“Er, sorry,” She said, sounding apologetic. “I just--heard you talking--and…” Dreamii trailed off. Her eyes suddenly focused on the floor.

Thankfully, Zeus came back to the CBer’s hall, saving Lumi, Dionysus, and Dreamii from a very awkward situation.

“CBers!” He said, joyfully. “Come along, we’ve got an activity for you!” His eyes landed on Dionysus and confusion filled them for a moment, a strange sort of confusion gods shouldn’t have been capable of feeling. 

But Zeus shrugged it off, and the CBers followed him, brimming with excitement. Feline Fantasy walked over towards Silver and Moondrop.

“What do you think we’re going to do?” Feli asked. Silver shrugged.

“Probably something really cool!” Moondrop said. “Wow, these buildings are so cool. Am I using the word ‘cool’ a lot? I feel like I am.”

Silver smiled at her. “No, you’re good. It’s hard to find words to describe...all...this....”

Silver’s voice faded away and her jaw dropped as she saw what Zeus had taken them to. Feli looked to see what it was, and she gasped. An excited squeal escaped from Moondrop. 

“Are those PEGASI?” Pink exclaimed. Zeus grinned.

“That’s right!” He said. “The sons and daughters of the very famous Pegasus. Now, who wants to meet all of them?”

The others rushed after Zeus as he led them outside, but Sterling stayed behind. She tapped Song on the shoulder, who was near the rear of the group of CBers. 

“Hey, have you seen Dreamii recently?” Sterling asked, concern in her voice. Sterling had been walking with Dreamii not too long ago, but then she’d pulled ahead and Dreamii was gone.

“No, but I’m sure she’s probably with the others,” Song said. They sounded fairly unconcerned. 

Sterling frowned. “Well, I’m going to look for them. If anyone asks, tell them that’s what I’m doing.”

“Alright,” Song agreed. “And, if she’s really missing...good luck.” With that, they turned away and joined the rest of the group.

Song walked over to Lazerbat, who was petting the head of a golden pegasus with a shining white mane. “Hey, have you seen Dreamii recently?” 

Lazerbat paused, then shook his head. “No, sorry. I’d guess she’s probably looking at the Pegasus, though. That’s where everyone else is.”

“Uh, okay.” Song joined the large majority of the CBers, who were ooh-ing and ahh-ing as Zeus led Pegasus around the stables. They searched for Dreamii amongst the crowd, but couldn’t find her anywhere. 

A scream tore across the air.

The CBers fell silent, and Sterling burst into the stables. “Dreamii is dead!” She cried out.

Zeus’s face turned hard, and serious. “Show me.”

--

The CBers had gathered around where Dreamii’s body was, though a sheet covered it. “What happened?” Lazerbat asked.

Sterling wiped tears from her eyes, and took a deep breath. “Sh-she went m-m-missing, and so I-I went l-looking for h-her. And th-then I f-found her, and sh-she was DEAD!”

Pink moved forwards to console Sterling.

“There was b-blood, e-everywhere,” Sterling said, much quieter.

Another god had joined the group--Athena. She had fair skin, and ebony hair tied in a ponytail that reached her waist. She always wore armor, as if she were about to engage in warfare at any moment.

“Did you see anyone else around?” Athena asked. Sterling shook her head.

“That’s not...no…” 

Lumi turned around, alarmed by the voice coming from the alley behind her. She saw none other than Dionysus.

“What are you doing here?” She asked, stepping into the darkness.

Dionysus seemed to only just notice she was there. “Oh, come on, when something exciting happens, I’m bound to show up.” His voice was drastically different than it had been moments ago. It’s very unclear as to whether this is a plot hole or if the narrator can’t figure out how to describe Dionysus’s character.

“Exciting?” Lumi’s tone became angry. “You act like this is--like this is a good thing!”

“Listen, mortal, when you get to be as old as I am, weird things--no matter how tragic--become pretty entertaining. And anyways, we’re on Olympus. Gods live here. Believe me, someone has got the power to just--” he snapped his fingers “--bring her back to life.”

“We can’t bring her back to life!” Athena suddenly yelled. She and Zeus each had their hands resting on the sheet, where Dreamii’s forehead was. “There’s...something wrong.”

Dionysus sucked in a breath. “Or, there’s some sort of weird murder-mystery going on, and we might have ourselves a problem.”

~~~~~

 

submitted by Day One, Part Two, Nine Muses
(January 8, 2021 - 2:25 pm)

RIP dreamii! The pegasi were a nice touch. This is really interesting. Keep it up :)

submitted by Silver Crystal, age Infinity, Milky Way
(January 8, 2021 - 4:39 pm)

Okay, that's for clearing things up. I hadn't done a ski lodge before so I didn't know they focused on one or two characters at a time. Sorry!

submitted by Lazerbat
(January 8, 2021 - 5:35 pm)

DAY ONE, PART THREE

Rainbow was determined to find Dreamii’s murderer, no matter what it took. Just one look at the horror and shock on Sterling’s face had convinced her.

Athena took the CBers on a trip to the Olympian Library in order to distract them from the troubling events of the day. Rainbow immediately searched for books on the Underworld, and Hades--if there was one god who could figure out how Dreamii had died, it was probably the god of the dead. She picked out one of the few books that was in English--the title was simply “Hades, God of the Dead.”

She started searching for a section on how to get to the Underworld when she noticed a face staring at her over her book, a face with white-blonde hair and warm brown eyes. 

“What are you reading?” Wreeboo asked Rainbow. 

“Oh, just, uh...this book...on...Hades,” Rainbow said, sounding embarrassed. Wreeboo furrowed her brow, then seemed to come to a realization.

“You’re trying to solve the mystery, right?” Wreeboo said. “Of Dreamii’s death?”

Rainbow nodded a moment later.

“Ooh, solving murders? Count me in!” Wreeboo and Rainbow both jumped in surprise, looking to see the newcomer. He was very tall, and looked young. His hair was a shining shade of yellow, but maybe orange, but maybe yellow, but maybe orange. It was short and fairly curly. He wore a yellow dress, made most of a lace with yellow flowers over it, one that stopped a modest few inches above his knees. He had thin, golden-brown eyes with long eyelashes and just a little sunset-pink eyeshadow to compliment them. His skin was a warm golden brown--in fact, almost everything about him had a golden shine to it. He had orange earrings resembling the sun, and a gold necklace with a pendant resembling a lyre.

“Oh, don’t worry about me giving away your secret!” he continued. “The name’s Apollo, you know who I am.” After a moment’s hesitation, both Rainbow and Wreeboo shook his hand. 

Wreeboo thought for a moment, then came to a sudden realization. “Wait, Apollo, you’re the god of prophecy, right?”

He nodded.

“Couldn’t you just predict the future and tell us who the murderer is?” Wreeboo asked.

Apollo shook his head. “No, no, no, I’m amazing, yes, but I can’t do that.” (Wreeboo felt that the point about him being amazing was probably unrelated to the rest of the sentence, but she kept silent.) “You see, I can only see fragments of the future. And besides, I actually did have a weird dream about a murderer, but Dreamii was the murderer in it--and well, she’s dead.

“So, either there was a mix-up on the Fates’ end--which is impossible--or it was just a weird dream predicting that Dreamii would die,'' Apollo finished.

“Okay, but what if we asked Hades for help? He’s god of the dead, he must know something, right?” Rainbow said.

“Um...what if we don’t visit him, actually?” Apollo said. “He’s not really on...speaking terms...with the rest of us Olympians. And anyways, it would make the plot way too easy to solve.” They weren’t supposed to hear that.

Rainbow seemed lost for ideas, but she told herself she had to keep trying. “Okay, then, we’ll do this the old fashioned way! So, right now, our biggest suspect is Sterling. She was the only one near the body when it was found.”

“But, also, I saw Lumi vanish down an alleyway when we found the body, and I could hear her talking to someone, but I don’t know who,” Wreeboo said. “Maybe it could be her?”

Apollo seemed to consider this, then his eyes widened. “What if...one of the gods is the murderer?”

That’s not possible, no.

“Oh, maybe!” Rainbow said. “Maybe Zeus? Or even Hera? Either one of them could be jealous the CBers are taking attention away from them. Or, even though we haven’t met him, maybe Ares? Since he’s the god of bloodlust or whatever?”

They aren’t supposed to be talking about this. None of this was supposed to happen.

“Well, maybe it’s D

“Yeah, you’re right, Lumi and Sterling are our only two suspects, and there are no others,” Rainbow said, clarifying this for anyone who might have thought otherwise.

“Wait a minute, I’m getting a dream,” Apollo interrupted.

“Who’s in it? Who’s going to die?” Wreeboo asked.

“I don’t know...there’s no one in it. Just...two shadowy figures? They’re holding hands, but that’s all I can see,” Apollo said. His eyes were closed. “I think maybe, the murderer is working with someone?”

“Maybe a god? Like, they’re working with a god?” Wreeboo suggests. This is much more likely than their earlier topic of discussion, which made zero sense at all, and nobody should even remember it, because it was so nonsensical, and made zero sense.

Song had been listening to this, and they already had a few suspects in mind. When Apollo, Wreeboo, and Rainbow had left, they snuck over to where they’d been standing. They pulled out the book Rainbow had been reading--it was the only one in English, so it wasn’t hard to find.

They tucked it into their bag, and then followed the rest of the CBers as they were led into the dining hall.

~~~~~


submitted by Day One, Part Three, Nine Muses
(January 9, 2021 - 8:14 am)