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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! ]
freezerburned: (I'll serve your head up on a plate)

[personal profile] freezerburned 2013-06-14 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[He grins at the intrigue, as the knights skid to a stop, before steering their horses to circle warily around one another.]

Yeah. I can make weapons and big animals and stuff. Basically anything I want out of this stuff. It's pretty convenient.
adventuretime: (adventure time!)

Gathering

[personal profile] adventuretime 2013-06-14 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[You might get a face full of Aradia. She's not dressed in her usual red garb, wearing something more practical and being more efficient in protecting her. She looked like a little Indiana Jones. She's still got her troll horns and skin to make her stick out, along with her large wings.

But she's interested in Timcanpi, reaching out a hand towards it.

She's also quite forward and also one of your teammates.
] Oh! Is this yours? [She wants to know more.]
adventuretime: Art by Xamag (seeing a new dawn)

En Route

[personal profile] adventuretime 2013-06-14 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aradia is also rather cheery and talkative. So, she is completely fine with having someone talk to her or vice versa.]

Are you used to traveling like this? [It seems like he is. She's not quite used to how things work, but she doesn't seem bothered at all.] Things work a lot differently here than what I've ever seen before.
feathery: art@dodostad (etc; feathers what feathers)

[personal profile] feathery 2013-06-14 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey, powers of observation are a good thing to have and earn Isaac a couple respect notches.]

Man, you haven't seen anything, thanks to the despritification clause the gods have got going here. I used to glow in the dark.

[Because all of his icons are hilariously inaccurate and I should eventually do something about that.]
freezerburned: (Things will shortly get out of hand)

[personal profile] freezerburned 2013-06-14 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wellp.

There's still a crow motif or something right.

Oh well. Isaac just nods, a little- uneasy by that last comment. Glowing in the dark?

Not that he can really complain, being sort of an ex-werewolf on campus here.]


De... spritification?
adventuretime: Art by Hussie (HAT!)

[personal profile] adventuretime 2013-06-14 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You're shivering a bit? Would you like to wear my cloak? [Aradia is used to colder temperatures and her skin is more durable than most humans, if not all. So she's actually enjoying the weather quite a bit. She was never used to sun until the Green sun became a thing, always living nocturnally.]

I'm used to colder weather, so I wouldn't mind sharing. [They can both be cheerful together.]
adventuretime: Art by milkmanner (a dream to the future)

wagons

[personal profile] adventuretime 2013-06-14 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Namine might feel someone draping their coat over her.

Aradia sits across from her, looking completely fine in her clothes, despite it looking quite little to combat the chill. Aradia is lucky to be a troll, used to the cold and made with more durable skin.
] You wer elooking a little chilly and I don't really need that.
feathery: art@centaursmilkyway (ok then)

[personal profile] feathery 2013-06-14 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yep, still totally a crow-kid. Just with legs and less orange. He is pretty fond of the legs thing, it's definitely an upgrade.

In fact, he's going to discuss that now and gestures from the waist down.]


All this, dude. Gone the way of a ghost tail. I'm pretty sure I don't need to explain why that sucked.
adventuretime: Art by Hussie (its great to be alive!)

[personal profile] adventuretime 2013-06-14 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
While Equius looked grim, Aradia was a ray of sunshine. There was pep to her step and she seemed rearing to go. She had a sword and whip at her side. The whip looked like it could do quite a bit of damage and she kept sharper weapons to deal the final blows. All in all, she was built to fight like all the other trolls.

Being on the Defense team meant she was gonna have to take things head on, after all. That's how she liked it. She didn't need powers to fight.

"I guess this place gave you a chance to finally be able to handle a bow."
adventuretime: Art by Xamag (huh?)

[personal profile] adventuretime 2013-06-14 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aradia doesn't mind the colder temperatures and she has seen snow before. She has never heard anyone refer to it as good stuff. She isn't sure what Jack is referring to in general though.]

What kind of good stuff? Is something happening out there?
freezerburned: (It's been getting to me all this time)

[personal profile] freezerburned 2013-06-14 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, cool. Isaac appreciates the power of having legs. He was almost cut in half once. He knows how much the prospect of not having them sucks.]

Weird. I get it though. You were like a- bird ghost or something?
timaeus_testified: (And what is that?)

[personal profile] timaeus_testified 2013-06-14 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
The thing? [He repeats it, mind rolling through what lore he knows.] Do you have any further details about it besides that vague reference?

[Possession and a creature, 'thing'. If he only knew what the hell ??? was talking about he could watch his ass for it.]
timaeus_testified: (Dirk Strider)

[personal profile] timaeus_testified 2013-06-14 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[When he sees her Dirk can't help but think of Indiana Jones. Aradia needs a hat. Maybe he'll get her one when all this is over. She's got the whip, it would be a crime to not complete the image. He turns to face her, arms crossed over his chest as he waits to get under way. Every minute they stood out here felt like it was another chance for something to warn the giants.

If they weren't waiting for them.

He nods to her and affords her a brief smile.]
Let's hope it's a quick job, as exciting as it is, kicking the nest is bound to stir up more than we bargained for.
timaeus_testified: Icon by <user name=nimmo> (pic#6176069)

[personal profile] timaeus_testified 2013-06-14 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that does seem a little ridiculous.

[His lips twitch again, a smile threatening despite his efforts to suppress it. Well, he's not trying too hard. Dirk looks at her, then back to the sky. The weather is so strange to him. He's read about it, but never seen it like this before. It's a little ironic that he was given ice magic when he's never seen naturally forming icicles or snow before.

Maybe he could discuss that with Odin. The idea leaves him as quickly as it formed, the god was not someone he was going to bother asking idle questions of. Dirk finally sobers a little, remembering why they're heading to the city of the giants. It isn't like he forgot but being distracted is nice.]
For now, if you need that blade sharpened, I can do that for you.
necrowmantic: (48b)

[personal profile] necrowmantic 2013-06-14 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Soul stealing, huh...? Or soul reclaiming, I guess.

[The answer seemed to satisfy him, or at least, Henry didn't think to inquire about any further details. Like whose soul it was, or how it had gotten lost in the first place. It didn't matter remotely to him- though to be fair, very little really did. But going to reclaim something like that sounded like it would involve a high chance of fighting, and as long as that happened, he was happy.

Henry avoided thinking about details.]


And no offense, but you don't really seem like a scholar. Not nearly stuffy enough! But if some other-world divinity picks you just 'cause you're smart, that's gotta be a bit of an ego boost.
necrowmantic: (and when I'm done it's over)

[personal profile] necrowmantic 2013-06-14 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Henry looks up when Davesprite joins the wagon- the feathery cool kid is a bit hard to miss, and he's more than a bit pleased when he sits down nearby. Not just because it means he gets a much better view of said feathers and associated wings. But he's pleased enough that he momentarily forgets the question or that he's cold- or anything else, really.]

...Hm? Oh, it's nothing much- just something the soldiers used to sing back in camp. Some kind of rousing war ditty! Never learned the words.

[And the version he was butchering sounded more like a funeral dirge, but hey. He almost manages to bite back the next comment, but it comes spilling out anyway.]

--Did you know your wings are even more impressive in person? So, so cool.
necrowmantic: (57)

[personal profile] necrowmantic 2013-06-14 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, are you sure? I've seen snow and all, but I don't remember ever being this cold before. I wonder if my blood will freeze!

[Cheerful buddies! Though Henry's more curious at her appearance than even the cloak. He'd never really seen trolls before.]

--And those are the cutest horns I've ever seen! Are you a beast-person?
key_illusion: (This lying heart fell)

[personal profile] key_illusion 2013-06-14 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Darkness. [As much as ??? wants to warn him, there's a reason why his details were limited. As soon as he has to think about it, he stiffens with his hands clenching and releasing at his sides.] The worlds I come from worked on a light versus darkness balance. I was never really afraid of it, but this was different. The anyone who got caught by it had their minds emptied out and became its puppets... [Sometimes having Telepathy isn't a good thing.]

So...if you see anyone covered in shadows and talking strangely, it's around.
lethechained: (oh....)

[personal profile] lethechained 2013-06-14 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[She jumps a little, at first, hand reaching up to catch part of the material of it just before she blinks down at it, briefly confused before turning her eyes on]

-- Aradia.

[It's a pleasant sort of surprise, at least, and Naminé straightens a little in her seat, offering a late but not insincere smile.] Are you sure? You're already wearing so little...!
lethechained: (Olderne! Maybe so.)

[personal profile] lethechained 2013-06-14 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods, only once despite the force of it, and does not say anything about the rebellion of his lips even though she takes note of it. Ironic, indeed, and if she were clearer headed and without the uncomfortable storm clouds of other thoughts hanging around the back of her mind, she might make the connection herself.]

[A good distraction, indeed, but at his comment, it's over. It's strange, being armed, and even stranger to have someone else take note of it. The corners of her smile lingers, though it's in a very different sort of tone, one much more sober.]
I appreciate it, but I... don't know if it's had an opportunity to get very dull. [That's part one of the confession she must make and it's evidence for the second. Her eyes avert, hands clasping each other a little more tightly. She doesn't know much about what causes a blade to dull, but isn't use the most likely thing?] ... I've had it for a few months, but I've never actually used it before.

[Given the circumstances, that seems foolish.]

[personal profile] bowdown 2013-06-14 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Dun' care fo' no mission. I care fo' krillin' bitches.

[ she is simple like that. Condesce tilts her head back to give the other more of her hair (though there is plenty already).]

These gods can't ebben make a trip go fast. Or win a carpy war. Dumbfucks.
timaeus_testified: (pic#5762952)

[personal profile] timaeus_testified 2013-06-14 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[His mind offers up the gray skinned, cold stare of Jade Harley as she raised her hand to send him away. If he sees anything like that again. Dirk's hands clench into fists, the instinct to draw a blade flaring through him.]

...I'll be careful. [The darkness held only horror back home. Horror and the dead.]

The realm I came from. Darkness contains gods that have more dimension than we do. If you hear incomprehensible language and it sounds a lot more like screaming, run the hell away and shut your power off. I don't know what that sort of thing could do to a mind reader. You don't want to find out.
timaeus_testified: (It's that simple.)

[personal profile] timaeus_testified 2013-06-14 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It's understandable. To most people, the first instinct isn't to fight. Could I see it anyway? [He doesn't like the idea of her going into a fight without being sure the weapon she'll wield is sharp enough to protect her. Even if the concept of her fighting at all, bothers him. But he knows for the sake of survival, they all have to fight.

More importantly, she doesn't know how to wield it. He doesn't seem surprised, yet at the same time the sober air he's taken back on grows.]
I'll show you the basics.

I'm not an expert with a knife, swords are what I know. But a blade is a blade, and I know those better than most. [It isn't a boast. He grew up with a sword as his only keepsake. A legacy of fighting was something he was born into and expected to become. So he did.]
lethechained: (Looooooking)

[personal profile] lethechained 2013-06-14 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[There is a pause, her expression quietly uncertain. It's not because she doubts him; it's something else entirely. The source of that weapon, specifically, is what troubles her. She has always put it as far away from her as possible for the sake of that memory, of knowing who it was that forced it upon her, and somehow, she is ashamed to even let it be seen. It was a necessity, though, and she tries to curb the shame in her expression as she turns her eyes away and eventually nods, reaching to pull the knife (still sheathed) from her side and offer them to him.]

... I've never liked fighting.

[Not that she's used to being in a fight that wasn't one-sided.]

But I know I should learn. You could probably teach me a lot. Thank you.

[He could probably teach her a lot about the knife, too, because it's dosed with poison and she is totally unaware of that fact.]
conquering: (❝in the evil's heart❞)

[personal profile] conquering 2013-06-14 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Fates would have you look upon the City of Frost, then. The cold is unbecoming, but it is merely an obstacle, I do not take it as a threat.

[ she smiles, a crooked turn of her lips as she regards him. ]

Finally a battle, an adventure, a voyage. Dangerous as it is, it must please you a little.

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