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END OF ARC 2: PART ONE OF THREE

Who: ANYONE going on the infiltration into Thrymheim!
What: Lots of travelling and also rescuing Freyr's soul.
When: Days 278 - 279 ( June 10 - 13 )
Where: Asgard, Thrymheim, and the road inbetween.
Rating: PG-13. Anything that might go higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

[ Before even the first crack of sunlight over the horizon on Day 278, every bracelet in the city will give a quiet blip! as they activate with a short mass text from the gods:
The time to act has come. Gather at the Gate of Frost by the Sun's first rays if you will, and be prepared to strike at the heart of ice. There is no room for failure.
Exactly as the message implies: it's time to ship off to Thrymheim. Gear up in your best winter clothes and bring whatever weaponry you need; there are wagons thinly concealed and waiting for you at the southern gate that leads to the home of the Frost Giants. Inside the wagons will be those portable heaters that you guys bought in Utgard, along with spare gloves, jackets and scarves for anyone that foolishly believed summer might touch the kingdom of ice. Travellers can also find food rations to last a week alongside a generous amount of medical supplies that may or may not be a bit foreboding.

The caravan will leave at precisely 5AM, driven by the barest amount of Natives to keep travel at a minimum. Secrecy is of the utmost importance, and a severe silence will fall across the few sitting in the back of the wagons with the Travellers. They know the weight of this mission: if you fail, Freyr's soul will remain trapped forever. It is dangerous and no one's lives are guaranteed, so prepare yourselves for a fight quite unlike any other this far.

As you travel further from Asgard, you might notice the terrain getting a bit more uneven as the wagons move through undeveloped areas. There may be the odd village noticeable in the far off distance, but they are nowhere close enough to make out any distinguishable details because you don't want them distinguishing anything about you in return. These villages are few and far between, and grow even less in number the closer the caravan gets to Thrymheim. The terrain goes from rocky but arable to colder and harder, the temperature dropping increasingly as the earth grows solid and unforgiving, eventually peppering with light snowfall even in the midst of Yggdrasil's summer.

It will take two full days to reach Thrymheim travelling at as fast a pace as they can without wearing out the horses or catching unwanted attention. They will make short stops to feed and brush the horses, switch drivers, and allow for any necessary relief - but these breaks will last no longer than ten to twenty minutes at most. Simple meals will be served by the Natives thrice daily, and Travellers are welcome to attempt sleep on one of the meager pallets stocked up if they think they can manage it. Space is not abundant and neither is time. ]

[ OOC NOTES: This is part one of three for the Save Our Souls plot! Please put the day/location in the title of your comment along with [OPEN/CLOSED]. The second log can be found over here and the third and final log can be found here. Let us know if you have any questions! ]
timaeus_testified: Icon by <user name=nimmo> (pic#6176085)

[personal profile] timaeus_testified 2013-07-03 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[He smiles just a little. It sounds like Dave and Davesprite.]

It's...I think it's fitting. Anyone we connect with here, why wouldn't we connect again and again?
lethechained: (Olderne! Curly hair <:)

[personal profile] lethechained 2013-07-03 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods, that smile still lingering at the corner of her lips.]

I know... some people would say friends are friends, even if they forget each other. [Or, you know, relationships in general.]

In all this time, I've never left the city. So-- I'll just have to keep remembering for them, whatever happens. [Assuming, of course, that she continues to stay. It's implicit in the statement.]

They both helped me a lot when-- with the dreams, too. They were there for me when I needed them, and I'll be sure to return the favor as long as I'm able to. [Not that owing them is even a requirement for that in the first place.]
dyingisnotdead: (pic#4015044)

[personal profile] dyingisnotdead 2013-07-04 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
And this place took away all your other abilities, correct?

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-07-04 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Technically he's dead anyway, oops?

He smiles, actually liking Natasha's "definition".]
Best buddies, pretty much brothers - insult winter and you're pretty much insulting me.
redhourglass: <user name=megascopes> (Default)

[personal profile] redhourglass 2013-07-04 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
( she shrugged that one off. )

I don't have anything against winter. Just people who don't know how to dress for it.
historyrabbit: (injured φ (This time))

[personal profile] historyrabbit 2013-07-04 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
So the man in the moon is listening to all of us through moonbeams? [Trying to figure out how the hell it'd work with sunlight. But there's possibly other ways for it to occur. Probably. The science isn't in his time just yet.]

How do we even know our bodies will accept it? [Staring at this tree just a few dozen feet from them.] It might be poisonous to us like having our powers here is.
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[personal profile] timaeus_testified 2013-07-04 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah. Now he realizes why he's so taken by Namine and her quiet way. She reminds him, not of Jane but Calliope. He has to wonder if they know each other. Dirk steps forward, and his smile softens a bit as he nods to her.] I agree, friends are friends even if they forget each other. It's not a bond that snaps and can't be repaired just because the memories are gone.

You're a good friend, Namine. I'm sure they see that too. We Striders are always on your side. I have to get going. Doubtless the rest of the Strike Team is looking to sit together and chat. I have to find them. Take care.
lethechained: (Olderne! Sunflowers)

[personal profile] lethechained 2013-07-04 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[If she did know the other two, she'd likely think either comparison a flattering one. That he should smile at all, really, is pleasant enough, and she smiles, too, although there is a quiet breath that she lets out - and it isn't a sigh, really, but it may be something close - at those words. Perhaps it doesn't count if there was never a true friendship in the first place, but-- no, now's not the time to think of old promises.] Of course. You can always make new memories together. [Even if it's not a replacement, per se.]

[That compliment, though - that seems to throw her, and she blinks a startled blink. Once she recovers, her smile is warm, though it is a bit late, a bit shy.]
I'll... have to remember that. [She falters a moment, only because she's considering addressing that last part first, but--] And-- you're a good friend, too. Just don't forget I'll be there for you, all of you, when you call for me. [Or even when they don't have the opportunity to call.] I wouldn't want to keep you from your work. Thank you for all your help, and... good luck. Take care...!
timaeus_testified: (And in my heart I can't contain it.)

[personal profile] timaeus_testified 2013-07-04 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll remember. Good luck, and stay safe if you can. [He nods once more and turns away, striding purposefully away, heading for another wagon. He has the other members of the Strike team to find and consult. Unknowningly, he has a death waiting for him in the city ahead of them.]
conquering: (❝seven devils all around you❞)

[personal profile] conquering 2013-07-04 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Quite everything, yes. He had no playmates before I came along, Arthur and I had very few as well. I suppose....we helped each other through our childhoods.
conquering: (❝the stars are black and cold❞)

[personal profile] conquering 2013-07-04 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
All of them, down to the last one.

[ she nods. ]

And the Deities replaced them with a shadow of what they used to be.

[ she does smile at that since. shadow. ]
lethechained: (oh....)

[personal profile] lethechained 2013-07-04 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[She watches him go, raising a hand to wave regardless of whether he's looking at the time. Once the hand has lowered, it clasps with its twin close to her torso, an outward sign of her concern. She may not know the future - never has had that ability, for all her foresight and planning - but she will think, almost certainly, that it's a cruel irony that someone so prepared, so capable as he should lose his life while she keeps hold of hers. (His assistance in that will never go unappreciated, even for a moment.)]
feathery: art@ybee (etc; chilling with my caw bros)

[personal profile] feathery 2013-07-05 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, Davesprite is used to that, especially when a decent chunk of HS charaters probably don't get world mechanics. But he will make himself sound as indifferent as possible to the congrats, both in part to make it less awkward and also because he isn't actually sure how to take it.]

Thanks. Congrats aren't exactly what you'd call common, seeing how most of the gods' abductees are probably more pissed than chill with losing powers. Not that I can blame them when some of them count as gods; a House power is a shit exchange for the astrophysics some of them got up their metaphysical sleeves.
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[personal profile] feathery 2013-07-05 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Given the eccentrics who show up from time to time, there were probably some creeps claiming foul in the sugar-tainted audience. It's not like there's anyone around to keep them in check besides the gods, and they're not exactly what you'd call overinvested.

[His head tilts and angles, gesture remarkably avian, and he silently observes Henry at the mention of reversing time. But it's brief and he doesn't address it, instead skipping back to the original topic at hand.]

So do I got to stick around for the environmental autopsy. Sounds like the whole deal will be pretty boring if I'm not allowed time off to evacuate. And I know this might be tough to believe, but I'm not too partial to the idea of being cinematically cuffed to a corpse. Like, no offense.

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-07-05 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Now that- [He puts a finger up, no pointing at anything in particular.] -is something I can agree with. Winter wouldn't have such a bad reputation if people grabbed a pair of gloves.
starktomboy: (i can be your family)

[personal profile] starktomboy 2013-07-05 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
You don't help one another now?

[She suspects not.]
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[personal profile] dyingisnotdead 2013-07-05 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
So they make us equal, then unequal once more.

[Loras sighs, looking outside.]

Ironic for you.

My gift is a mockery--kisses or not, I could have used it where I am from.

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-07-05 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
He was at home. I'm not sure yet of what's going on with this one. [Not getting an answer isn't proof of anything, since that's pretty much the rule when it comes to MiM. Silent bastard.]

That's why I asked if it's normal fruit. What do they use to make regular food anyway? [The maids always have food ready for them, it has to come from somewhere.]
conquering: (❝is lost in shadow❞)

[personal profile] conquering 2013-07-05 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Much has changed since then. We have both grown.

[ and separated; Morgana turned against him and acted out in her hatred, had betrayed him for she was convinced he betrayed her much earlier. they fell apart and struggling to put themselves together again. ]

--- but he is still my brother.
starktomboy: (intent)

[personal profile] starktomboy 2013-07-05 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[She has to wonder if she's changed from how Jon saw her. She's certainly not so small and scrawny anymore. Another year and she would have a woman's curves.]

What does that mean? [Because she doesn't want to assume they don't get along. They wouldn't live together if they didn't, right?]
historyrabbit: (look up φ If you close your eyes)

[personal profile] historyrabbit 2013-07-05 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably one of the gods could answer that, if they felt like answering unimportant questions like that. [Not that Lavi judges it to be so, but the gods might think it beneath them and things like that.]

Only one way to test it out, yeah? [He shrugs and shifts off the wagon, landing beside Jack.] Maybe they get shipments from our homes so we don't get ill of their food.
conquering: (❝Salt and swear I am up to no good❞)

[personal profile] conquering 2013-07-06 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It is all a mockery, Sir. We should be thankful they have not took away our skill with sword as well. I feel this will come more at use near the city than kisses or shadows.
conquering: (❝Have only seen what I wanna see❞)

[personal profile] conquering 2013-07-06 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It means we -- are not as close as we were as children, certainly; back then our world was nothing but days of playing and laughing at the noble women who came to the court. But we are close still. Simply in another way.
redhourglass: <user name=megascopes> (Default)

[personal profile] redhourglass 2013-07-06 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
( she quirks a smile. )

Exactly. Now go pass out gloves to those people.
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[personal profile] dyingisnotdead 2013-07-07 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps when we return, we can spar, together.

[Loras has not known many female warriors--the only one killed the man he loved.]

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