@ The End
Scarlett, Tobias and I were discussing Martha Ellis after her attack of Toby. Toby seems to have a different perspective on everything... maybe its because he is always drifting off. We call Quinn to ask him to put out an APB for Martha, and after some hand holding he understands and helps us.
Sylvie & Drake return and tell us they followed Nowak to Hades Town.
Hades Town is apparently a large city accessible via "Cat Bus"? They followed Nowak, but a distracted Bear lead them in another direction. A very loud dogwalker called them Alive in a derogatory way and pointed them to the leader of Hades Town's developed side. They went to an Italian restaurant named: Persephone's. They met with a man named Antoni Vidalis. He explained that Hades Town was split into two areas, his (the developed side) and Fatima's (the ancient side). When they asked him if he was Hades, he warned them not to give power via names. He gave them a pass to return to his side of Hades town. In order to get back they need to go to Ambrosia here in Valiant City and speak to someone named Elena.
An interesting detail they mentioned was that the people in Hades town ate food that at the last minute seems to be a glowing orb. Antoni seemingly tried to get Sylvie to eat one of the orbs, but Drake stopped him. Also, they were warned to leave the city before sunrise.
I will unpack all this another time... the most important detail I picked up is that they were following Nowak while Das was being attacked. So in my mind, Martha is the killer. We review the clues found at Nowak's room i/e the drawings. Drake has a theory that these are premonitions so he knows who to escort to the underworld / afterlife.
Would Krystal Knight know anything? Where do we find Martha now that she is hiding out?
Quinn calls back and explains that the APB is out for Martha and confirms that Martha is not at The Washboard. We decide to go and see if she is hiding out at Wolfe Tower. It was a perfect opportunity to finally wear that lil blue dress I bought while shopping with Jane. She has been wondering where I have been spending my nights, but honestly how do you explain this group to anyone?
I meet up with everyone across from Wolfe Tower and some rando was selling candy. Sylvie ended up trading a nice watch for 11 packs. Not a bad deal for either side.
In the lobby i found a very agreeable guard to let us up to the 69th floor. Once the elevator doors open we are greeted by a thumping bass line and a rave of colors. Monty's voice permeates the floor and it is as obnoxious as ever. I scanned the room, but there was no sign of Martha. I made my way to the DJ booth and talk to Monty after they hype up Martha's upcoming gig at the Opera. They feed me a piece of Candy and the world goes blue. I feel it taking effect quickly and i raise my shield, but I was too slow. Monty seems to take to me more once I let myself feel the music and drop my grudge against their persona. They still had no information for me. Before I left, they handed me a card to the Penthouse and an invitation to come back anytime.
I handed the card to Sylvie to keep. I was too pumped with inspiration to let this feeling go to waste. The elevator would only slow me down and I knew i was indestructible. I looked for the pool, but it was filled with dull grey people and I wanted color. I needed something alive. I looked out onto the skyline and the pulsing colors of the lights of Valiant City. I knew down below was our van. I climbed the side and jumped. I expected to fall, but instead strong arms wrapped around me and we flew up. I looked up and saw Drake. I was understandably confused and extended my shield to encircle him and it tinged his wingspan the most sparkly shade of Ultra Marine Blue. He looked worried, but I couldn't think of that too hard as we glided down to street level. We landed with a soft thud on the pavement.
As I suspected, Drake was not happy. He did not realize i would have been fine... I was a bright blue goddess! He was not convinced and honestly it was bringing down my buzz. I dropped my shield and it broke off into shards of blue shell. I began picking up the shards as Toby emerged from the van looking confused.
"Why are you blue?"