Chapter 4: Jason

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As Jason entered Hotel Valhalla, he felt like he was an ant in the Grand Central Terminal in New York. The lobby was huge. It was about twice the size of the London Heathrow Airport and it was way bigger than it looked on the outside. The polished wooden floor was covered in various exotic animal skins and against the right wall, a hot blazing fire burned in a bedroom-size hearth. In front of it was an enormous couch which smelled of rotten eggs. Jason made his mind to never sit on it like the weird alien-looking guys sitting on it now. In the middle the lobby, was a display board that announced:

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES

SINGLE COMBAT TO THE DEATH!—OSLO ROOM, 10 A.M.

2 VS 2 COMBAT TO THE DEATH!—STOCKHOLM ROOM, 11 A.M.

BUFFET LUNCH TO THE DEATH!—DINING HALL, 12 P.M.

FULL ARMY COMBAT TO THE DEATH!—MAIN COURTYARD, 1 P.M.

READING TO THE DEATH!—LIBRARY, BRING YOUR OWN BOOK, 4 P.M.

He stared at it. Buffet lunch to the death? Reading to the death? What?

"The reception desk is over there," grunted Hunding.

Jason glanced over. The so called reception desk looked like an upside down boat and the man sitting behind the boat probably stopped shaving at the same time Hunding did. Wait...no...he probably stopped even earlier than him. His beard was so long it nearly touched the floor and he was dressed in full black. His name tag read: HELGI, MANAGER, EAST GOTHLAND, VALUED TEAM MEMBER SINCE 749 C.E.

"Welcome." Helgi muttered bitterly as he glanced up from his computer screen. "Gods of Asgard, this place is severely overfilled. The overwhelming multitude of it all, with Ragnarok happening so fast and... Checking in?"

"Uh --" Check in? He never even booked a room here!

"Never mind." replied Helgi sourly. He tapped a few keys on his keyboard. "Ah, here we are." He said after a while. "We've upgraded you to a suite."

"Ugh, upgraded to a suite again. Well, what did you expect? We only have suites." muttered Hunding under his breath.

"Hunding..." warned Helgi, clearly annoyed, "Hunding will show you to your room. There's a huge new crowd of people, you'll be sure to meet some friends."

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