asgardmeridiem | BURNING BRIDGES, PART ONE

Who: EVERYONE
What: The The BURNING BRIDGES Mingle Log (Part One of Two)
When: Days 421-422 (March 21-24)
Where: All over the city.
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 421 ( Mar. 21/22 ): All throughout the day, the inhabitants of the Holy City will occasionally hear low rumbling sounds not unlike the beginnings of an earthquake, but nothing shakes or stirs beyond the quiet trickle of rain for most of the day. However, as the rain picks up and blots out the sunset, the rumbling grows louder just before a rift opens in the ground. Though it's not terribly deep, the split is two feet across at its widest and travels several hundred yards, starting from beneath the city wall at the corner of the Thor district and moving quickly into Loki's district. The ground nearby shifts somewhat with it and any buildings unfortunate to be affected will start to sink into the gap.

Any shouts of surprise or cries for help from this tear in the earth will be short lived, however, as large shards of ice begin to rip through the wall in various places throughout Sigyn and Hel's districts, piercing holes into anything - and anyone - in their path before shattering or melting. These are not directed or precise by any means; they fly in random places at random times. It may very well seem like the least coordinated attack ever and the Giants have really lost their game, but as the rumbling reaches its loudest peak, a burst of flame far outside the city wall may hint that it is not an attack at all. At least, not one intended for the Travellers.

To the east of the city, not nearly far enough from the thick wall that separates Asgard from the rest of Yggdrasil, a massive battle between the Frost Giants and the Fire Giants is being waged. What splinters off and reaches the city is purely by accident; collateral damage, as it were.

The shattering of rock and the splintering ice as well as bursts of flame and cracking of trees can be heard all throughout the night as more debris and stray projectiles find their way over the city wall. This can be anything from more needles of ice and much smaller cracks in the ground to flaming stones and sheets of hail. For now, these will remain small things that come over the wall rather than through it, but feel free to play around with what exactly comes your way.
Day 422 ( Mar. 23/24 ): The battle continues on into the next day, and by early morning, the city guard will ride through the city to alert everyone as to what's happening beyond the gates. From what they can see, Thiazi's army is pushing Surt's back and away as the Fire Giants attempt to encroach forward. They know of little else, but the battle is coming closer and closer to the city, which means the collateral damage will continue to worsen.

This is where the decision whether or not to fight will come in! The decision will be left to the Travellers in whether they ride out to force the Giants out of Asgard's land or simply bunker down and wait out the war. All action and inaction comes with a list of pros and cons, so consider it carefully before settling on your decision today.

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the first half of the Burning Bridges event, leading up to the decision on how the Travelers will react to the battle. The poll, though closed, is located HERE for reference! The mingle log for the second half of this event will be going up soon, and a link will be provided here when it is.

A Special Note: As of the beginning of this event, god-given powers will now work outside of the Asgard. More information on this OOCly is forthcoming, and characters involved in the plot please be on the lookout for contact from us! Please feel free to assume that all Travelers have been made ICly aware of the fact that they can now use their powers outside of the city now.

Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] in the title of your comment, along with the time and location. Let us know if you have any questions! ]

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Give it a few days from now, and Kimberly wouldn't have believed what she was doing here. Even with her power, it wasn't the most agressive sort and these were freakin frost and fire giants. What a time to have her power coin not work.

Learning her lesson from the previous day, Kim stuck to dark cloths that she didn't care got burned or torn up. They were also better camouflage than anything brightly colored, and the smoke gave her a good cover to get in on attacks.

While it wasn't her power bow, she'd had enough practice and training that she was still a skilled archer, using the confusion to take out the enemy. At one point she has her arrow aimed, but then she sees them stab another giant and she quickly realizes that it's one of them.

Movement catches her eye. One of the other giants caught wind of their 'double dealing' and headed towards the two of them. Less than a second later, Kimberly pulls back and loosens are arrow right at their head.

She's already pulling out her newly bought machete incase it wasn't a kill shot. Unlike her power bow, this didn't give her an infinite number of arrows.

There's a hard look behind the mask that the person is wearing, lashing out at the giants. She crouches and disappears into the underbrush, snarling and motioning for the archer to come over. It was a small cove, away from the sight of the main forces, and it was clear that the girl needed a breather.

The machete worked the same as the blade in her power blaster, so she was able to transfer that into slashing at some of the giants as well, ignoring any tears in her coat. It was basement bargain anyway.

She can't see the expression behind the other girl's mask, but she can hear the snarl and when she motions over for her to join her in the cove, she doesn't need to be told a second time. Going for a run, she slides inside with her, hiding next to the wall just out of view of the entrance.

The taste of adrenaline's strong in her mouth, more so now that they're affording themselves a breather (but for how long?). Part of her wants to go back into the fight, the thrill of being in combat having almost been forgotten from home, while the other part knows that without the Power giving her extra endurance, she needs the five minutes.

Edited 2014-03-26 23:05 (UTC)

"Take a second," she growled low, breathing heavily. The masked girl closed her eyes and shook her head. She looked out over the edges of the tiny sanctuary that they had. The fight wasn't too close to the city yet, so everything was just early, their actions little preparatory for the real fight likely to come the next day or two.

"Damned hard to tell who I'm fighting," she muttered. "How many of us are playing like this. Do you know?"

Kim tried to relax enough to breath, but it's clear from her hunched shoulders and posture over all that it's easier to be said than done. She does carefully scoot over to look over the edge with her, moving her head back quickly so she's not seen. Not that anyone would notice though, given the look of battle.

She tried to think, but her mind's racing and it's hard to focus. "Not many. Some of the guard, other warriors, but not enough against a whole army." Just enough to infiltrate.

She tapped the cheap knock off frost giant clothing she was wearing and shaking her head. "They're smart, staying in. Let these jokers do the killing for us. I'm just helping them along," she said with a very nasty little grin. "Hell of a lot more fun than staying on the wall praying everything will be ok."

The mask off, she recognized her from the network, but now wasn't the time to start anything. She takes off her hood as well, shaking bits of ash, ice..and possibly other bits out of her hair before pulling it back again. "If it was just them killing eachother I wouldn't have a problem. I'd just prefer they do it without including the city."

Under normal circumstances, Kim would've protested, but she was right. Even for her, it was clear that the fight was between the giants, not them. The only reason she was there was to slowly take them out.

"War's not like that," she said with a sneer, looking through the bushes and snickering. "Everyone gets stuck in the fighting, whether or not they want to. You can do this to help people out. Me? I'm going to enjoy myself for once."

Kimberly frowned, memories of zord battles playing through her head. As much as she knew they had to summon their zords, it always worried her that there would be casualties from being thrown into buildings or roads.

"I know that." She snapped. "It doesn't mean I have to like it." She frowned, opening her mouth for another retort, but she couldn't do it: truth be told, there was something she almost missed about the battles as well. "Whatever."

Weak, even by her standards, but she had to say something.

She chuckled, a dry, throaty sound. It was laced with a certain amount of bitterness. "Fine. Hate every minute of it," she said, eyebrow raised. "I intend to enjoy this. This has been the most normal day of my life here. Hit and run tactics like this are perfectly normal."

"Take out the run part and it would be a perfectly normal day for me too-only with some actual powers." She couldn't hide the bitterness even if she wanted to-and she didn't want to.

She pulled her quiver from her back, inspecting her arrows: she had eight left of the original twelve. She'd have to either resort to the machete or find a way back over the wall and retrieve some more-while trying to not get killed.

"Yeah, well, you've got to have at least a little sense when they've got these kinds of numbers," Kin retorted, shaking her head. "I'm not cocky enough to take on a whole army at once. Don't tell me you are."

BURNING BRIDGES, PART ONE

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