The silence she welcomed as she sat herself down at the little table for two against the far wall, her chair facing the door so she could see Artemis when she came back to their room. Disregarding the fact that she still wore her cloak, Tracey did push the hood of her cloak back with a sigh. Her notebook sat on the table in front of her, a pen poised in her right hand as she waited to write down her next bout of thoughts. Without really paying attention to the time, she didn't realize how much she had written until several pages had been written and she heard knocking on the door. Tracey stopped scribbling in her leather notebook, her handwriting neat and small to conserve space on the pages so they could hold all her deepest thoughts and wishes. She heard Artemis's call, closed her notebook and wrapped its leather cord around it before standing up, resting her hand on her journal.

"I don't care to entertain at the moment." She muttered in Elvish, forgetting herself with a shake of her head and picked up her book to take to her satchel and put it away. "A day Artemis, can we not have a day without something happening?"

She turned back to the door of their room and saw Artemis standing there with food and drink. A moment later a man stood behind her, the same one she saw in the common room when they arrived. She studied him again and then looked to Arty again with a sigh. Artemis set the tray down and gave her a placating look. "Tracey meet Amphiaraus. He's had a vision about us and has offered to take us to someone who can help."

Amphiaraus was giving Tracey an odd look his eyes half focused as he moved a little closer. "Your skin is too tight… you long to fly… and run… to rend flesh and swim in rivers lakes and the sea…"

She started to stiffen her posture at his advance, squaring her shoulders but not making any move to step back or show any weakness by shying away from him. The twitching returned to her lips and she flexed her hands beneath her cloak without realizing the rising urge she was starting to feel, but resisting it.

"Ah yes, now I remember where I've seen you before..." Tracey said quietly, eyes never straying from Amphiaraus and his sleepy features. "What are you talking about...?"

He blinked and seemed to come back into focus. "Hmm… Oh was I talking? Don't mind me, it happens from time to time." He took a step back and glanced at Artemis who was watching him intently. "I need to take you to Hercules."

"That will have to wait until after we've eaten." Tracey answered with a shake of her head. "We just got here and are starving. If you wish you can stay and enlighten us with some information as to what village we're in and such like that."

She sat back down in the chair she had been occupying when they arrived and pulled a plate off the tray and placed it in front of her so she could satisfy her hunger. Artemis poured her a glass of watered wine and dished out a portion off her plate for Amphiaraus. He nodded his thanks but answered Tracey's question. "We're in some backwater village called Daera. I was passing through when I had a powerful urge for some wine and stopped for a bit. They're celebrating the emergence of a new God here. In fact they are celebrating it all across Greece, it is quite the occasion, we don't get new Gods very often. Pity it wasn't a Goddess, we could use a few more of the fairer sex in power."

Tracey looked to Artemis and raised an eyebrow, a smirk on her lips. She had to shake her head though, they were back in Greece again and it would only be a matter of time before Zeus found them. He was going to want some answers and as for herself and Arty, they were going to want some of their own questions answered too.

Does this new god have a name?" Tracey asked, pressing lightly for more information.

Artemis shook her head just a little and picked at her food, Amphiaraus leaned back and watched the pair for a moment. "Echthros, it means Enemy. Though what he might be the Enemy of is unclear as of yet." He watched as Artemis's face went a touch pale but she spoke calmly.

"With luck he's be the Enemy of suffering." She smirked a little.

"With any luck you'll be right Artemis, but when have we ever been that lucky?" Tracey asked glancing at her before looking at Amphiaraus again. "Where is Hercules now?"

She picked at her food and selected some fruit to be consumed while she waited for him to speak again.

"About a days walk. He asked me to go talk to the Oracle at Delphi, I was on my way back to give him her answer when I ended up here. He thinks there's something fishy about this new God, especially since there have been quite a few battles and disasters that preceded him."

Tracey considered this new information and sat back in her chair, her hands folded in her lap and her legs crossed over each other.

"I won't try to dissuade his thoughts and conclusions, but could it also be Ares throwing a tantrum?"

She thought back to the first time they were sent to Ancient Greece and figured he could have been bored and looking for something to do to entertain himself. Tracey did have to smile a little when she taunted him, it was fun and she'd do it again in a heartbeat if they were to meet up with any of the Gods and Goddesses in this Universe.

"Nonetheless this will have to be something we look into... But tomorrow morning, we've come a long way and need rest."

He nodded. "I will go speak to the innkeeper about a room then." He stood and Artemis walked to the door and let him out.

She turned to Tracey after she shut and bolted the door. "You know in all likelihood we won't ever see any of the gods here right?"

Tracey leaned forward until she could rest her elbows on the table and pushed some of the remaining food around on her plate with her fingers.

"Yeah I'm sure the only one we'll even get to glimpse will be Zeus and he'll be wondering why the hell we're back in his domain... If he is the same Zeus in this universe as he was in the other Ancient Greece and the last one."

She popped another grape in her mouth and chewed slowly.

Artemis sipped her wine. "I think the Ancient Greece we started in is a totally different universe from this one. I don't think we can play by the rule book we had back then."

"Then we'll have to be very careful here so we don't screw anything up." Tracey replied with a sigh, finishing her food. "I don't know what's my new skill set is here, but I have a feeling that we could be finding out soon enough. I was getting twitchy when we were in the common room and saw him staring at me and then again when you both came back to our room."

It was like there was an inner turmoil inside her that wanted to get out, but she had it suppressed it for now. Artemis nodded. "I have a hunch as to my own skill set, I was going to test my theory after we ate."

"Care to elaborate?" She asked, smiling a little more. "Think you still have your practitioner skills or something new?"

She looked down at her own cloak and body wraps and pinched them carefully. They were clean, but she didn't like how they covered just enough of her flesh to be decent but also left a lot of her skin exposed for her and the world to see. She figured it wouldn't be wise to change into anything else yet, at least not until she figured out what skills she possessed.

Artemis nodded. "I just need to figure out how to use them here. If I can do it with gestures or is it strictly verbal, or is it a mixture of that and tools etc. It'll probably take me a while to work it out."

Tracey nodded and gave her another smile, finishing her food and sipping on her wine a little at a time.

"Well we'll have plenty of time to test out all your theories before we leave tomorrow morning. I just hope we'll be able to get through the crowd without much trouble."

Artemis nodded and sat back eyes closed. She searched herself trying to get a sense of her power and held up a hand. Nothing happened so she twisted brought up her injured wrist wrapped in it cast and started twisting and weaving her fingers, that resulted in a few sparks that danced in the air around her but it still wasn't anything to write home about. She pursed her lips and started muttering as she wove and twisted her fingers. That got results at last, a tiny bird of flames flickered between her hands then around her head before finally snuffing out. "Can I borrow that little figure I gave you?"

"Of course, going to use it as a focus point?" Tracey asked, standing up and walking to her satchel as it lay on their bed.

She took a few moments to find it but then acquired it and brought it back to Artemis. Handing it over, she took a few steps back and leaned against the back of her chair to watch what came next, eyes curious. Artemis used a finger dipped in the wine to draw a circle then a few symbols around it and put the figure in the center. She started waving her hands, fingers twisting and weaving intricate shapes as she murmured and the figure grew, the stone became shimmering feathers and the figurine became a living bird that hopped around inside the circle. It made a cawing noise and hopped out of the circle only to fall on its side back to the original size and shape of the figurine. "Transmutation. I've never been able to do that before. It's all be shaped will up to now. In this world I have to use gestures, words and will. If I want bigger results I have to use more tools."

"Interesting and very enlightening." Tracey said softly, clapping her hands together and touching the figurine. "That was awesome. I would love to see what else you could do with the proper tools at your disposal."

She placed it back in the circle and wished that she could have the real Nargis again, but that would be next to impossible for her to have in this universe. While it was just them in the room, Tracey untied her gray cloak and draped in over her chair, getting comfortable and stretching out before falling back on their bed carefully. The bandage wrappings around her body rustled a little and she plucked at them again with a sigh.

"You know I have to wonder if Hercules has all of his company or not." She laughed, rolling over carefully and propping a pillow up under her chest. "Artemis, we'll get to meet The Rock... finally!"

Artemis laughed and dug her own journal out of her bag. "Just remember to call him Hercules ok?"

"Oh that won't be the hard part..." She mused, brushing her fingers over her lips with another smirk. "I bet you anything he really is built like a rock."

She wanted to call it a day and sleep the rest of the early evening away, but she wasn't tired just yet. Taking out her leather bound journal again, Tracey reread a few of the letters that Legolas had written her and then began to sketch a few of her favorite flowers she had found in both Lord Elrond's and Lady Galadriel's gardens. As the hours grew later that the noise from the common room died down considerably, Tracey drew herself a bath and slipped behind the reed screen stand so she could bathe in peace. The hot water left a burning sensation on her arms as she carefully cleaned the dust and dirt from her skin, but she didn't mind it so much and proceeded to finish with a final douse of water to her hair. Looking at her arms as she dried all the water from them, Tracey was glad that the scars were fading.

"Hey Artemis, would you mind helping me with the ointment and the fresh bandages before I pass out for the night please?"

She came out from behind the screen and dug around in her bag for the supplies that they needed to complete their task and brought them to the table. Artemis helped her with the bandages and handed her an antibiotic pill. "You have 4 more days on these." She reminded her.

"I'll make them last and then we might have to find something that works here or take these every other day to stretch them out a little more." Tracey said, popping the top of the small container and taking out a pill. "After this I'm passing out... you should too because the gods only know how much good sleep we're going to get before all hell breaks loose."

She secured the top on again and handed them back to Arty. Crossing the floor to the table, Tracey took up her wine glass and filled it with water before taking a mouthful and downing the pill. She stuck out her tongue to show that the pill tasted horrible and then downed another glass of water to wash the taste out of her mouth. Folding back the covers to the bed, Tracey pulled them over herself and fluffed up her pillow before settling down for the night and sighing happily.

"I think you should consider coming to bed too and soon Artemis, this mattress is stuffed with fluffy goodness and the pillows are perfect... good night."

"John got me a supply of them before we left." Artemis retorted. "I'll come to bed in a bit."