WELCOME TO ASGARD (part two) [OPEN]

[asgardmods]

 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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[takebow]

[...Yeah, there's a lot of that turmoil stuff.]

Make a difference? Who signed me up to start making a difference here?

[--Though that actually does make her mull over it a little more. Especially if he's here, then, maybe it really is her job. Though her words are as snappish as before, it does tell in her slightly relaxed posture.]

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

[He understands. Kind of.]

No one, I guess. Wish I had some answers there, myself, but... hey, at least they're trying to make us comfortable after yanking us here?

[They could have just locked them in irons and threw them into filthy pens with straw to sleep on. That would be bad, you see, and Yosuke likes to look on the bright side of life.]

[takebow]

...Somehow I can't make myself feel that grateful. I was...

[Fine where I was, she starts to say, but ... that's not true at all. Not in the least.]

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

...in the middle of something, yeah. [Assuming that's what she meant, there.] I guess I sort of was, if you count school and everything.

But, there's not much we can do there. We just need to figure out what the score is, get the job done, and see if they let us head back.

[takebow]

[She mulls that over for a second.]

...Maybe. Yeah, maybe. [...Because she also doesn't want to head back. None of it is making her particularly happy, but frankly, if he, Minato, is really here, really back, then she can't give up this world willingly any more than she would've left hers.

And with that realization, she sighs, her frustration now entirely internal.]

Sorry. [For being a jerk, but also casual enough so it might be just a lead-in to...] I'm Yukari, by the way.

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

[Victory! Kind of! It's not like he was trying to convince her to really be chipper or anything, just not as depressed, so, good enough. He got a name, that's a good start on getting his socializing on!]

Sorry? Nah, nothing to apologize for. [He's dealt with so much worse abuse from girls, man.] Show me someone that's all excited and bouncing around the place, and I'll show you someone too weird for me.

And I'm Yosuke, nice to meet ya, Yukari.

[takebow]

[You shouldn't have broken her DVD, man.]

Yeah, I guess... [Of course all her thoughts are on her mysteriously alive leader, so she starts relating that statement back to him again. Come on, Yukari.] But there are some people here who... [She stops self-consciously.] I dunno.

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

[That was an accident.]

Some people who...? [Sec, while he processes that.] I guess, maybe, if your home situation sucks really hard, this could be an improvement. Beats the hell out of living in a box and eating garbage.

[takebow]

[If you paid for it like it wasn't an accident, you might as well at least enjoy it like it wasn't, too...]

[Anyway, she shakes her head.] I mean... some people here are already -- passed away in their world.

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

[If he'd known the price he'd pay for wrecking that thing, he'd have done more than crack it, dammit!]

...Oh. [That's something he never even imagined.] You mean... you know people here that...?

[Why, hello, thoughts of Saki-senpai, where'd you come from?]

[takebow]

[Poor Yosuke. Maybe you should tell Chie and that and see what she says?]

I...

[She swallows. The happy glow she'd had from hanging out with him had worn off, particularly when Heimdall basically kicked her out and forced her back here, and she doesn't give a response for a moment.]

That's what I've heard, and... [Whatever. What'll it hurt to come clean?] Yeah, I met someone who shouldn't... be here.

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

[...No, no, he likes having an intact spine. Or even worse, she might finish the job she started.]

Man... [Nope, no idea her main squeeze is who she's talking about here. Poor, poor Yuka-tan.] That's gotta be a twist. Dunno what I'd do if I saw someone long-gone.

[So many things he wants to talk to Saki about. So many things.]

[takebow]

Maybe sit on the couch and try to be left alone, I guess?

[Though it's not said with as much vituperation as it might've been originally. In fact, it's more explanatory than telling him to get out.]

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

Ahaha... [At least he's observant enough to see that might not be a hint.] Guessing whoever that is, they weren't someone you were exactly prepared to see.

[takebow]

...I wouldn't have been prepared to see anyone who was supposed to be dead, but yeah, guess so.

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

...Good point. [Head scratch, go.] At least I got a little warning now that I can expect things to get really weird.

[takebow]

Yeah, you're tellin' me.

[She sighs.]

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

Sucks you didn't. These god guys need to give us a better idea what we're in for here.

[takebow]

Yeah, I mean, it would've been nice. But...

[She's mostly thinking to herself now. She doesn't really have room to complain, does she? She got what she wanted, which she thought was impossible?]

I guess I can handle it in the end...

So have you encountered any friends here yet, Yosuke-kun?

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

[But? Huh. There's something deeper here, the hints are all there, but Yosuke's Understanding isn't high enough to press the matter. Oh, well.]

Good! Things can always be weirder, gotta remember that!

And yeah, I did, actually. There's a bunch of my buddies around here, enough we could- [Just about form a full team to dungeon explore, but let's not sound weird, here.] - have a real party!

[takebow]

[And Yosuke's Understanding never will be, most likely.

What kinda party would this guy's "buddies" throw? Sheesh.]

Lucky you, then.

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

[Let's just rest assured on that.

And this party? Rocking.]

Yeah... people you know around here?

[takebow]

Two of them, apparently, though I only saw one of them... And he said something about another group from ... Yasoinaba or something, but I don't really know what that's about.

[thaumatic.livejournal.com]

[Oh, that's one hell of a ping right there.]

Yasoinaba? That's where I'm from! Cool, your friend met some of us!

[wait, what's she mean by other group?]

[takebow]

Huh...?

[What had he said again, exactly? Another group of Persona-users from Yasoinaba...

Wait, this guy was a Persona user, too? After Stupei, she guesses she can't be all that surprised.]

I guess so. Maybe you met him, then... Minato Arisato.