I recovered as quickly as I could and did as I was told "Deal with the critters." So, I did what first came to mind: I froze the pool of blood. I didn't think it would work and it wasn't perfect, but I managed to do it. That let Lexi, of all people, snag a gun from the einherjar and lead the team in shredding the zombies in a hale of gunfire. And it gave Anderew what he needed to glide down from the rooftop and put the first loop in place.
If only things were that easy, a giant bone... golem... thing.. was summoned out of one of the walls and started to make its way at us. Well, me. Kenny took a chunk out of it's shoulder as it tried to take me out with an ax made of bone. Claire pulled some mind trick of her own and convinced the giant to "hug" Kur. The distraction of the big thing hanging onto Kur let the second loop get in place while Kenny and I took some more chunks out of the giant.
Then Kur thrashed about and knocked Andrew out of his skin. I poured on every ounce of speed I could to dash up a pillar and kick off to keep the loose end of Glepnir from being yanked away. I managed to snag it just before it went taught.
Hal had the other end and was playing anchor, but, now that I had the other end and didn't have the ability to fly, he had to complete the third loop. I lost track of what else was going on, I just dug my heels in and pulled for all I was worth to keep Kur from getting loose.
Andrew recovered himself and when the third loop was in place, he flew up and completed whatever ritual was needed, then Kur... disappeared into a pile of black and gold dust. Andrew somehow lost an eye in the ordeal, but he seems to be handling it fine.
Hel rewarded us each with a blessing, I felt myself get stronger. Vayu... could have given us more warning. He yanked our souls out and smacked them back into our bodies again. Not a sensation I'll easily forget. After, I felt my ichor running thicker than ever, like that first time we drank the wendigo's heart's blood way back in Alaska.
We were hosted to a magnificent feast and it felt great. There was even a certain valkyrie in attendance (more on that in a separate entry). After resting and recuperating, we made our way back into the living world. We came out into a park area inside a city. A helpful newspaper gave us a quick update that we were in Oslo, Norway, a conflict between Greece and the EU was escalating (no surprise) and that it was Earth Day... 2015!
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