asgardmeridiem | END OF ARC 1: DAY 168 BATTLE

[The grey dim light of false dawn has just settled on the city when the sirens sound. The piercing shriek of a modern warning system begins, and within seconds is joined by the low, haunting wail of wood and bone horns from the Elven camp outside the Gate of Fire. A minute later, there is Thor's post to the network.

And now, as the sun slowly rises, the light reveals clouds of dust in the distance, far off to the North and West. In that time, the city will be awakening with a start. Anyone with connections to a god-supported group or to the elves will be roused and rushed off to their jobs. Folkvang comfort house will open its doors, revealing an interior cleared of equipment and converted into a shelter for those who must flee the incoming violence.

The whispers on the streets are of disbelief and fear. Is it really the end of days? Surely the walls will hold against any mundane army. Surely it will all be over soon... right? Healthy natives are saying goodbye to their loved ones "just in case". Perhaps you should be too.

Later, the armies arrive. First the enemy, made up of humans, monsters, and five dragons. The lesser giants look almost human, except for the flame or frost in their eyes and the warm or cool tint to their colouring. But the king of the fire giants is something else. He is tall and broad and strong, riding on a huge, splendid black boar. The queen of the frost giants is equally intimidating, in armor that looks made of glacial ice itself, seemingly too ornate to be practical but clearly worn as if it is. Her mount is a great white serpentine creature that radiates dangerous cold. The other kinds of creatures are uncountable in their variations, but all well armed.

They dwarf the small forces of Asgard and the forward units of the elves, but just as battle is about to break the sound of a great number of clockwork machines heralds the arrival of the full forces of Alfheim. They are joined soon by the modern outfitted soldiers of Utgard, and then the masses of people collide like conflicting waves of water. Above them fly the dragons, and one great flying ship that seems to have come from nowhere but fights on the side of the gods.

What will your characters do? Will they join the front lines? Hide in the shelter? Man the Arena-turned-war-hospital? There are a million things to do in a battle, but not even those hiding will escape the smell of gunpowder and metal and the sounds of battle.]

[ooc note: your characters are welcome to come up with any frost/fire themed monsters you like! They may not directly combat the giant king or queen. They may not fight dragons without first checking in with the mods in this post (and two dragons are already claimed). Try to consider that there will be a second battle, so you can vary what you're doing. Also make sure to read the plot post thoroughly, especially with regards to character death.

Make sure to include the rough time of day in the subject of your top-level comments, as well as if your thread is open or closed. This whole log will only cover Day 168. If you need mod participation/NPCing, please ask us asap and give us some allowance to be slow, since there's a lot going on.

There is a log for the downtime on days 169-170 here, and a full-event log for those staying in the shelter at Folkvang here. There will be a second pair of battle/downtime logs for the second battle (Day 171-172 with downtime on Day 173) posted on Nov 8.

Important note! There will be a lightning speed commentspam thread for taking down the most familiar dragon in this post beginning today at 6pm CST. At that time there will be a mod plurk to let everyone know we're starting. We will also ask those who can to join the AIM chat (asgardchat) at that time so we're all on the same page. It's a thread we want to get done from start to finish as fast as possible/within two evenings, due to mod business. Please don't feel left out if you can't participate in that thread. It's partly an experiment in seeing if this kind of thing works for us, and there's lots else you can do!

Have fun, everyone! If you have questions, please ask on the event post so that everyone else can see them/the answers. Thank you!]

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[Oh, getting sassy in our old age, are we? But it's much to late to have a nice chat with the giants with that Loki bloke now, so Ten shrugs it off.]

I think it's worth a try, if we can at least try and figure out why they are doing this. After all, if the giants kill Yggdrasil, what do they gain from it? What would they possibly gain from killing whatever sort of leaf universes are out there? Why are they so against the so called gods in the first place? It might be impossible to halt the entire army, but we don't need to do that just yet to figure out the reasoning behind this war.

[Ten definitely wants to, now. He needs more information, plain and simple, and he doesn't like how the gods have been so dodgy about giving it. He especially doesn't like Thor and proving him wrong would brighten his day, but of course that's not why he's doing this and it never will be.]

[ Maybe. Loki's gone home, actually, he checked just now, but, ah well. That's probably good, really. ]

Right. So we'll need to figure out if there's anyone who could answer any of those.

More importantly, anyone who would. These so-called gods are not being helpful, so even if they do know the answers it's not like they'd just step aside with one of us and give us absolutely every bit of information we want.

Still, can't hurt to ask, I suppose. If we can get one of the giants talking, I'm sure that'd shed even more light on it. Different perspectives, more of an overall view of things, more insights, you know.

I know.

[ He drags his fingers through his hair again and looks out one of the windows. This is not going to be fun... ]

[War never is.

Still. Ten slows down enough to really take a look at Eleven, noticing the fingers through hair and the forlornly looking out of the window. He doesn't need to ask what's wrong. He knows what's wrong. Looking at Eleven, now, he sees it so clearly, knows it so intimately. Neither of them want to be involved in this sort of thing again, but here they are, thrust in the middle of something they have no idea if they can stop or not. Neither of them can sit back and be bystanders, not after everything they've done and fought for, not when there are potentially many, many universes at stake. They need to do this, and if they can, together.

He extends a hand.]

The sooner we get started, the less people get hurt. Theoretically.

Theoretically.

[ There's a wry smile at that, but he looks down at that hand and takes it anyway. They've got to try, they do.

What else is there?

But, first. ]

I need to find my friends first. Make sure they're all right.

[Ten smiles in return, not as wry and definitely a bit genuine. As much as they're pressed for time, knowing that he still has people who are important to him in his future makes it a bright one, despite his decision to travel alone for a while. In the end, some things never change.]

'Course you do. I'll help, if you like. I mean, it's not like I know them all that well, but I met Rory and he apparently remembers me-me from last time, so that's a start.

No.

[ He looks at Ten for a moment as if he wonders where that even came from, how he could even think in that line, and shakes his head. Honestly. ]

You need to check on Rose.

Rose - what?

[What do you mean he needs to check on Rose? Rose is in Pete's World you know that! Never to be seen again - hold on.]

What?

Hold on, wait a minute. Are you suggesting Rose is here? In Asgard? And has been for quite some time because you've assumed I've known this?

[Now, forget all that, Eleven. Ten doesn't even care if you answer that because if it's true and you haven't just been seeing things, he needs to know one thing.]

Where is she?

[ Blink.

Wait. What even. ]

Of course I thought you knew! She's yours, you two are drawn to each other like the positive and negative--!

[ But, right, that doesn't matter. He just makes a tired motion with his arms and shakes his head again. ]

I don't know. She's in Sigyn, start there.

[There's no use arguing. There's no point in yelling at each other about this. There's a beat where it sinks in for Ten, where he realizes he can see Rose again, that he needs to be the one to go look for her, make sure she's safe. Not because she's a victim, but because now that he knows she's here he needs to know. Despite giving her up, despite the issue of parallel worlds, despite the fact she's already got someone else to live her life with, despite everything.

All of that doesn't matter right now, because without a second thought Ten's let go of his other self's hand and dashed away, daring to run the entire way to Sigyn. He doesn't know where he'll find her, only knows that she's here. Rose is in Asgard. That's all he needs to know to keep himself searching until he finds her.]

[ Geez.

He sucks in a deep breath and rubs his hands over his face. Well, at least he can be certain that someone will take care of Rose and he can focus on his own. Good.

Right, then. Rory first - Amy might be there, or he might know where Amy is.

Another glance out the window, and then he takes off running as well, but in a little less of a rush. ]

END OF ARC 1: DAY 168 BATTLE

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