"I understand. I'm certain things will get better, though. It's always darkest before dawn." Riou replied.
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Athena began to wonder why no one had yet come to talk to her. "This is odd. I know my appearance was strange, but why has no one come to talk to me?"
She got up and walked to the door, holding it open just a crack, she could see that the people seemed to be panicking for some reason. She could make out something about a ship's sudden appearance. She decided to walk out, and addressed the closest person she could find, that looked to have authority.
"Excuse me. Why has no one bothered to interrogate me?"
"You? Listen, just go. We have other things to deal with. From what we can tell you're clean."
She cocked an eyebrow at this. "Say what? What about my we- I mean my staff?"
"Take it, it looks like a ornament. It's too heavy to be a weapon. Just don't take it on one of my planes. Go, before I change my mind."
Athena decided to take this chance and gathered the Staff of Light, making a show of it being heavy, so they wouldn't question it further. She made her way outside and saw the ship.
OoC: @Nail How big is it, anyway?