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EVENT LOG: A FRIEND IN NEED ( ALFHEIM )

Who: Everyone going to Alfheim
What: The mingle log for A Friend In Need
When: Days 387-390 ( Jan. 12-19 )
Where: Asgard, Alfheim, and the train ride inbetween
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 387 ( Jan. 12/13 )
Before boarding the train around dawn, the leaders of the separate groups should run checks on everyone that's signed up. Natives will help dish out a simple weapon to those without their own that want one, medical supplies to the healers and a simple kit for everyone else, and a simple mask with strict instructions to put them on as soon as the kingdom is within sight. After everyone is geared up and boarded, Odin's spies will set out on horseback first, masks already in place, to clear the path ahead. This gives you a five hour train ride to go over strategies and coordinate with your fellow Travellers and the Asgard natives that have joined the ranks.

As the train crosses the halfway mark between Asgard and Alfheim, the dark black clouds of smoke and ash will sprawl across the horizon and thicken the air, prompting early placement of the gas masks as a precautionary measure. It's a short trip from there, and once the train has stopped, it's time to get to work. The homes and buildings of Alfheim will be in varying states of disarray and ruin, some still burning as the inhabitants and neighbours struggle to douse the flames. Others will be smouldering, successfully saved or otherwise left to burn itself out in the days since the initial attack. There will still be Fire Giants sparsely wreaking havoc amongst the living quarters, but the vast majority of the fighting will have been drawn into the treeline by the Elves to give room for relief efforts and any evacuation attempts. Homes and larger buildings still largely intact will have been turned into temporary hospital rooms or safe houses for the young and incapable of fighting, with the injured laid out anywhere there is room; the dead will be wrapped in sodden sheets in the alleys between buildings until they can be properly buried - if ever they should find the opportunity.

This leaves the Travellers to split up and jump head first into their tasks. The Elves will be pleasantly surprised and immensely grateful for the arrival of aid, but they will not spare much time to gratitude when the battle wages and every second counts. Those fighting will immediately accept the Travellers into their defence, and from there, they will begin to push back against the Giants' forces. At this point, it will be largely defensive combat, an attempt to keep the Giants from moving further into the kingdom and setting more to flames. Surt himself will be present in this, and a vast majority of those that try to stand against him will be met with a heavy hand. Move carefully, Travellers, for there is still fight left in these desperate Giants.

Day 388/389 ( Jan. 14-17 )
By early morning, just as the Sun is beginning to rise, the Travellers will receive some support from their patron deities back in Asgard. For the next two days, they will have their House Powers to give them that extra edge on the battlefield. Another surprise will arrive as well, as the trees themselves seem to move through the battlefield to push back the Giants. The Treepeople will have arrived, many of whom direct their efforts towards the support group to help control the flames while others exact their grief and anger on the enemy forces that still linger around. These beings are the oldest in Yggdrasil, second only to the immortals, and strongly resemble their respective forests, but they are strong and firmly rooted in the Mother's survival.

They will fight alongside the Travellers until they are cut down or the battle is won, which it seems it will be when the flames begin to significantly dwindle nearing sunrise on Day 389. From that point onward, those fighting for Alfheim will rise to the offence and the Giants will begin to fall back as their numbers lessen and their advantage wanes. They will begin fleeing the kingdom, leaving Surt with only his loyalists at his side - and against the might of the Travellers and the Elves emboldened by their allies' support, they few will not be enough to claim the entire kingdom.

Day 390 ( Jan. 18-19 )
The Travellers' House Powers will fade before sunrise, but between the combined strengths of them, the Elves, and the Treepeople, they will still quickly overpower Surt's remaining forces and send them scurrying back to their ruined kingdom of Muspellheim. Surt will leave weary and more furious than ever at his failure, but he knows too that to stand alone would be his downfall. The battle is won, but the damage has been great and there is little time for celebration. The Travellers will be given the most sincere gratitude from the people of Alfheim, and sent back home with packs of food and supplies to patch themselves up before they arrive back in Asgard as the loyal and true allies to Yggdrasil and her children.


[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the A Friend In Need plot event! Team sign-ups are over here and it is never too late to join, thought the leadership positions have already been chosen. To plot out a thread with Surt, please comment here. Let us know if you have any questions or concerns! ]
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-08 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Why? How bad was he before that?" Was he Jackson bad? Don't tell him he was Jackson bad.
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-09 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
"He once picked a fight with a giant bird that appreciates mannerly people and then blamed the bird for it. Tried to have the bird killed and the professor sacked who taught the class." Harry feels like that's a standard example. "Oh, and he threw around ... remarks about people who weren't born of magical lineage a lot. That's a thing where we come from. And he regularly insulted my best friend's dad."
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-10 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh did he?" He might have to have a chat with Draco about that. Insulting dads was a sore subject with Stiles and it reminded him all too much of Jackson. "You guys have a lot of giant birds?"
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-10 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," Harry confirms quickly. At least, to the first part. He knows he said it flippantly, but Malfoy's treatment of Mr. Weasley always bothered him. Both Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had treated him like he was one of their own, which Harry always appreciated. It wasn't as personal to hear those things, but it was still terrible.

"And, er, not many giant birds. Just the one. And it was for a class."
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-10 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
"You guys have classes about giant birds? Are you in vet school or something?" Because that was weird, okay? But they could relate on thinking that shitty behavior deserved to get called out.
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-10 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
"It was Care of Magical Creatures. It was the only class, and honestly ... I hated it a little. It wasn't anything near what I wanted to learn." Plus, as much as he loved Hagrid, having him as a teacher wasn't always the easiest of things to undergo.
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-10 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Care of magical... creatures. Right. Because wizards." But hey, he could understand not wanting to learn something that seemed pointless in the real world. Hello, trigonometry. "So what did you want to learn instead?
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-10 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Defense Against Dark Arts," he says readily. "I'm going to be an Auror in the future. Er, to basically go after dark arts." And ... defend against them, he thinks lamely, but doesn't add.
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-11 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
"So, uh, what are dark arts?" He didn't quite get the category, Harry, but he'd sure be interested.
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-11 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Dark magic, specifically. It's often what the more, er, darker wizards use." That seems to be a succinct explanation, but Harry can go on about it. It is, at least, what he knows best.
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-11 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right. Dark wizards." Because that was a thing, right? Of course it was. Glenda had the wicked witch, right? Merlin had Madame Mimm, why wouldn't a world full of wizards have dark wizards?
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-12 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mostly they're just wizards who like to do bad things," he clarifies. It's really as simple as that.
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-13 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I'm familiar with bad people doing bad things." Intimately. No bueno. "So what, the auruchs are the wizard police?"
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-13 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Aurors," he corrects mildly. "And no, there's ... magical law enforcement. Aurors are slightly more specialized." Harry isn't sure of what the proper parallel is, exactly, but he knows there must be one.
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-14 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Specialized magic wizards. Right." So Harry was part of the magical FBI. Maybe the CIA? NSA? Something with three letters that wore suits and glasses and had their humor sucked out of their --
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-16 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right, exactly," he nods. Harry would think of MI5 as a decent comparison, but he wouldn't compare himself to James Bond. So there is that.
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-17 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
"And now you're stuck here. With no magic and a bunch of dumb gods who turn people into animals and marry them."
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-18 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
"It beats some things, but I do wish I was home. Not having to fight." The lack of magic is frustrating, too, but he doesn't want to get into it. The feeling of being powerless has been something that he's long since adjusted to.
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-18 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey, no argument here. I feel like all I've been doing this last year is getting from one crazy mess into another. A little R&R doesn't seem like too much to ask for." Well, he'd had the summer, but really... come on.
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-18 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
"It'll happen eventually," Harry says, though there's something in his tone that says he doesn't believe it. The reason is that he doesn't believe it.
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-18 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, when I'm dead, right? Again?" Noooo thank you.
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-18 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I certainly hope not." It's probably too serious of a response to that.
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-19 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Probably. "Yeah, well, knowing my luck, that's right about the time it'll happen."
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[personal profile] livedtwice 2014-02-19 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, let's not have it be today. Let's go rest."
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[personal profile] teenyoda 2014-02-20 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that sounds good right about now." Just five minutes. He'd go right back to it after. Promise.