asgardmeridiem | EVENT LOG: WITH A WHIMPER

Who: Everyone remaining in Asgard following Thor's announcement.
What: Holding down the home while an offensive is mounted against Thiazi.
When: Days 540-543 (November 14-21)
Where: Asgard city proper.
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please.

DAY 540 (Nov 14-15): Day 540 starts with a bracelet alert right before sunrise. It is a message from Thor telling all that who plan to travel to Thrymheim to take down Thiazi to meet him outside the Gate of Frost. As caravans are packed for travel, Thor tells the Travelers what they've learned from Tyr: as a result of holding his magic inside of her for so long, Thiazi is rotting from the inside out; she is going to be weak now that she is unable to rely on the strength of that same magic to mitigate the damages it caused.

While he speaks, some of the city guard raises a cry of alarm: it seems as if troops are marching toward the city, but it quickly becomes apparent that for once this isn't an attack. Forces from Alfheim - elves and Tree-people both - have arrived and are prepared to march with Asgard in this push back against Thiazi, claiming they haven't forgotten the fact that the Travelers' intervention when they were being driven out their homes by Surt's forces.

They warn that they encountered a Frost Giant scouting toward the area of Asgard, and while they disposed of him with all due diligence, to be on the lookout: there may be antagonistic forces on the way here, too. When the caravan takes off, several of Alfheim's soldiers and the Bronze dragon remain behind and on guard, just in case.
DAY 541 (Nov 16-17): The city receives word via the bracelets that Asgard and Alfheim's forces have arrived in Thrymheim. With so many Travelers gone, the gods request that everyone who is able keep watch for trouble just in case trouble is on the way. Those from Alfheim that remained behind will offer help wherever they can as they wait to hear news from the fight.
DAY 542 (Nov 18-19): Not long after midnight, the city itself feels the echoes of an incredible shockwave as a result of Thiazi's death. It registers as a minor earthquake - not enough to cause any damage, but certainly enough to be noticed. A frigid gust of wind passes through the city like a precursor to a bad winter storm, before a cold energy sweeps over the city and freezes solid every nonliving thing it touches as it passes. Thunder booms twice in the clear night sky, and the entire city is covered in a thick, unbroken layer of ice in less than a minute.

The ice is be non-magical, but pervasive, and ranges anywhere from half an inch to two inches thick.

The temperature in the city remains below freezing even after sunrise and continues on this way for days and days. The ice can be melted by normal means, but keep in mind there is a lot of it, so watch your step out on the streets if you manage to get your door open!
Day 543 (Nov 20-21): The sky remains overcast but the weather is otherwise clear until about noon, when black snow begins to fall like ash from the clouds. It snows steadily for the rest of the day, piling a crisp few inches atop the ice already there.

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the With a Whimper event! Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the time/location of your character in the title of your comment. Let us know if you have any questions! The THRYMHEIM portion of this event log can be found HERE. ]

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[Lilly's sleeping schedule is fucked and her bedtime is whenever the hell she wants it to be, so by the time midnight rolls around and the shockwave echoes through the city, she's still up and at 'em. After a few minutes of deliberation (and nervous peering out of windows), she makes her way outside, medic kit in hand.

The ice is slippery, so she drops to all fours and walks that way, pushing her kit in front of her. If she sees someone that's slipped and fallen, she makes her way over to them and waves her kit in their face.]

Hurt? Medic?

[She does this for a couple of hours; at around 2am, she finally gets tired enough to head inside and sleep for a while. But by noon, she's out there again, doing the same thing. It's probably a little less creepy to have a feral child approach you in daytime than in the dark of night, right?

... Maybe.]

[ Renly has been doing his best to rise up and fight; he hasn't travelled anywhere beyond the city and he is here to defend the place he now calls home. He doesn't intend to simply take a back seat, however; it isn't kingly nor is it worth his time to just hide in the corner and hesitate when it comes to a fight. It's finally a time to prove himself to be something more than the handsome, brainless king that people think him to be. He has his sword and his skills and he has a ring upon his finger that gives him more strength than he can put into words.

When he sees the young girl, though, he hesitates and he pauses before he shakes his head, kneeling down and offering her a soft smile. ]

I'm not, but perhaps we could find some injured together.

[ Because it would be safer for a young girl to travel with an adult to keep her safe, just in case. ]

[Howdy, stranger. Lilly eyes him a liiiiittle suspiciously, but not nearly as suspiciously as she would have a few months ago.

She points a little finger at him.]

Medic?

[ He shakes his head, adjusting his sword at his side so he can move to kneel; he wouldn't do this for anyone but for a child? Well, that is different. ]

No, I am no medic. I am trained in some battlefield healing, however. Not much, but perhaps enough.

[She opens up the little kit she's carrying, showing off its contents. It's filled with basic first aid things, like bandages and antibiotic cream.]

Medic. See?

Ah, I see.

[ He leans down to look at the kit, nodding his head. ]

You must be quite talented.

[Lilly shrugs. Who knows? There's a lot she cares about being talented in-- running, hunting, hiding-- but healing people isn't one of them.

Leaning forward, she points at Renly again.]

You?

What team?

[ He raises a brow, wondering at her speech, before he leans back and hums. ]

Patrol, of a sorts. I feel more akin to a guardsman, however.

Fight?

[She sounds a little apprehensive as she asks. Fighting is more interesting to her than healing-- but fighting in her mind is more about fighting a single person trying to grab her, or hunting down a particularly obstinate squirrel. She's seen the things people fight here-- monsters and giants-- and she wants no part in that.]

If I must I can. I was trained to be a knight before I became a Lord, you see.

[ He shakes his head, though, attempting to be soothing. She's obviously not entirely pleased with the idea. ]

Only if I must.

[Lilly nods seriously. Words like "knight" and "Lord" mean nothing to her, but "I'll fight if I must" is a concept that pretty much anyone can get.]

Big giants. Here.

[The blast had been enough to catch Seimei's attention and given what he had been told about previous events he assumed that meant that the attack had been successful. He had been looking out the window of the Loki house when the thunder clapped, though he left shortly after to explore the ice. As part of the city patrol he wasn't worried about the curfew or running into anyone, and considering those who usually were the toughest enforcers were with the attack he doubted many others would be kept in either.]

[Eventually, he'll catch the attention of this one. She slides across the ice on all fours, pushing her medic kit in front of her. When she's close enough to be noticed, she lets out a wordless yell to get his attention, then picks up her medic kit and waves it in the air.]

Fall! Slip, slip, slip, fall!

[Seimei saw the little beast running through the streets, but he was unlikely to slip or fall despite her chanting and commands. His tails lashes a little as he takes a half step back keeping his footing flat and secure.]

Looking for someone to practice on are we? Perhaps you should wait for the other group to return.

[Lilly nods, emphatically.]

Gonna help!

[She'll keep following Seimei for now, though. There's not much else to do at the moment.]

[Well he hadn't been doing anything that required secrecy and given how quickly the city had forgotten his last little disruptive act he doubted that anyone would take notice of anything he did now anyways.]

That's a pretty generous thing to do, though if you slip and fall yourself who is going to practice on you? There aren't many medics left in the city since most went to the front.

Won't.

[She raps the ice with her knuckles.]

Staying down.

That is a rather smart idea, there are many who would have refused to crawl around on all fours.

[But then the child did look rather feral.]

Do you know how to help if someone falls?

[Lilly nods.]

Check! Look at it. Fix it.

[She points to the box again.]

[Right, Seimei would be certain that if he were to ever need medical attention it would be from someone that could at least compose proper sentences.]

And have there been out with that blast? Most of the patrol went with the soldiers as well.

[He would be far from the only one. Lilly the medic is kind of a horror show, even though she can technically do the job.]

Not me. Gonna stay here.

Good idea, though which house do you stay with? You shouldn't be far from your shelter given that this could be the beginning of an assault.

Freya.

[An assault? Uh-oh. She's heard that word in connection with bad things before, and hearing it again now makes her look around warily.]

Salt's where?

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