asgardmeridiem | WELCOME TO ASGARD (part two) [OPEN]

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WELCOME TO ASGARD (part two) [OPEN]

Who: EVERYONE!
What: Getting introduced to the city
When: Day 1, around noon
Where: The castle plaza and the Welcome Halls
Rating: Worksafe -- If this changes, please inform the mods.

[Welcome to the city of Asgard. Now that you've woken up and been given your welcome instructions (as per the FAQ), what will you do? There are a good number of other new arrivals being shown to the gates, and for today the plaza that surrounds the castle is open for mingling. You could also head to your Welcome Hall (details here) and meet your Housemates if you'd like. Whatever you decide to do, have fun getting settled into your new home!]

(ooc note: there will be threads below for the plaza and each House. Mingle and get to know your fellow Travellers! This is a continuations post, but by all means feel free to start new threads.)

[thread links: CASTLE PLAZA | ODIN | THOR | LOKI | SIGYN | HEL | HEIMDALL | FREYR | FREYA | BALDR ]

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Oh - yeah, sure. I know where it is.

[She gets the coffee and filters out and heads for the maker, and Ianto may notice that she's getting ready to start scooping. If he wants control of his coffee, he may want to intercede now.]

[ Ianto notices this, and steps forward into the space with a friendly smile. ] Thank you, but you don't have to do that. I really don't mind making it myself.

Oh - [It was so automatic, she hadn't even noticed she was doing it. Setting everything down beside the coffee maker:] If you're sure, then.

[And she starts gathering the things for tea, putting the kettle on the stove and slipping a bag of green tea into a large pot. It's not much to do, though, so she inevitably falls back into helping him, opening the fridge and peering in.]

Will you use cream?

[ And it's very much the same for Ianto, within seconds of starting to make the coffee, he's on it. It's very much instinctive of him, and it gives him something else to concentrate on and think about. ] Cream, yes. Thanks.

[ He glances sideways, noting the tea. There's enough coffee for two or so more people, regardless. ]

So, did you just get here as well?

[She hands him the jug of cream - the, with nothing to busy herself, she becomes shy again.]

Um, yeah. Just a few hours. [Clutching the edges of her cloak and wrapping her arms around herself for strength.] There's so many people, I haven't gotten to meet most of them yet. How - how about you?

[ If Ianto notices her discomfort, he choses not to remark on it. ] A few hours, same here. I'm not really sure what to make all of this just yet, to be honest.

[ With the brewing going, he walks away and steps towards the fridge, and looks inside. ] I'm going to make some food, maybe a sandwich or something. Want anything?

Oh - um, no thanks. I had a sandwich earlier. [That gets a small smile. Everyone she's met so far has been helpful and thoughtful. Is that what Heimdall values in people?]

I... don't really, either. I thought it was some kinda afterlife, where you go to be tested or something before you go to the place you really belong, but... everyone seems kinda calm. You'd think a few people would be scared or mad after - y'know, dying.

[Indirectly revealing her own dead status through rambling: done.]

[ Ianto smiles and returns to looking through the fridge for meat and condiments.

However, when he hears her next comment he closes his eyes and sighs. He's still very much trying to understand this, and why he's here - note aside. Coping with the fact that his friends aren't here and he's very much, well... ]

That's what I originally thought, but the longer we're here, the more I think it just doesn't feel or sound like any sort of afterlife.

[ Phrasing. ] Not that I have any expirience in that field, or anything.

[ She's not the only one dead in this conversation. ]

But... you are...?

[Uncomfortable, but also hopeful. It'd be nice to find someone who understood.]

Dead? [ He glances down at the floor briefly, unsure if he wants to reveal that. Finally he looks up and nods. Maybe there's a pattern, maybe there isn't. Regardless - ] Pretty sure I'm supposed to be.

I take it you're in the same boat, yeah?

[Her kettle boils right then, so she hurries over to finish the preparations for her tea, then turns back to him once it's steeping.]

Yeah, I am. [Lacing her hands together in front of her.] It's weird, isn't it? You don't even know if you're... real. I mean, I feel real, but... I remember it. I remember everything going dark.

[Then she blushes a little, glancing away.]

Sorry. You probably don't wanna talk about it.

I'm sorry. [ His coffee has stopped brewing at this point, but he's not really paying attention.

A nod. ] Basically. I feel the same as I did before. Before the dying part.

No. I mean, it's not really the most cheerful conversation I've ever had but at least we know that we aren't the only ones.

I was ready for it. [Ducking her head at his apology.] I knew it was coming, it wasn't any kind of surprise. So... I'm alright. This is the surprise, really.

[She's got so much more she wants to ask, but he agreed that he doesn't want to talk about it, so she sets about pouring herself a cup of tea. Maybe that'll alert him to his coffee being ready?]

[ Ianto nods. That much he knows and understands. He'd worked for Torchwood long enough to know he wasn't likely going to hit retirement age. He'd even accepted that, but he hadn't wanted to leave just then. How they'd fared... well, he imagined that Jack and Gwen had figured something out in his absence and stopped the threat. He hoped.

It was true, he didn't want to talk about this anymore - not when he did not have any answers yet and - oh, right. Coffee. He goes about grabbing a mug. ]

I'm Ianto, by the way.

Ianto. Ianto. [She says it a couple of times, struggling on the pronunciation in both this new language they've all learned and her native Japanese. It's like nothing she's ever heard before. She blushes a little at her continued struggle.]

Ianto. Have I got it right?

[ He nods, giving her a friendly smile before taking a long drink of his coffee. ] Yep, you've got it.

[A relieved sigh.] Ianto. Nice to meet you.

I'm Mako Nakarai, but I go by Nakama.

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