OPT-OUT EVENT LOG: SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT, WEEKS ONE AND TWO

[asgardmods]

The volunteers from the LOCUSTS! event last month found in Odin's office endless research into Ginnungagap and a handwritten note from the King prior to his collapse. All arrows are pointing in the direction of the sacred canyon, and so it is that the Travellers will be initiating their own investigation into whatever Odin believes may be down there. It will be done without the eyes of the gods, however, so the trip will be a dangerous one without a map to lead the way and there may be many unforeseen obstacles along the way.

Week One: Day 441 / May 1-3

Day 441 ( April 30/May 1 )
As per the whispers on the street, the Travellers that've decided to go on this trip will meet up in the earliest hours of Day 441 at the Gate of Fire. Pack and prepare for a long haul, as this one will be a difficult journey. Any of those that went on the Down This Road opt-out event may want to offer up their memories as a vague guide into the canyon, but either way - without the guidance of the gods, making it to Ginnungagap safely will be nigh impossible.

After the Travellers sneak their way out of Asgard, they will make way towards the canyon to the east. Travel will be slow and difficult, particularly in moving through the forests that have been ravaged by the recent flooding. When they make camp for the evening, they will suffer the same strange sensations as those in Asgard just before 11PM: they will simultaneously feel a flicker in their bodies, like a missed heartbeat or a cut-off breath. Those in Freyr house that were present for the god's death and those that were present for the Friendly Fire event will recognise the sensation; it will happen twice more before one final blip. In that moment, everyone will essentially have a minor blackout: their vision will fade, their bodies will freeze, and there will be an internal sensation of dropping.

After this, the Travellers outside of the city will feel something of a drag towards Ginnungagap. It will feel like an outside force beckoning them inward, to someplace they belong. The compulsion will be relatively easy to overcome, but it will linger all throughout their journey through the depths of Yggdrasil.

Week Two: Days 443-445 / May 4-9

Day 443 ( May 4/5 )
Approaching the border between Asgard and Ginnungagap will bring the Travellers closer to the Fire Giants' kingdom of Muspellheim. From this distance, they will just barely be able to make out the great volcano, still lit at its peak, and a heavy black cloud that lingers over most of the kingdom. In this area, it may behoove them to keep an eye out for Giant patrols and pockets of defects from Surt's ranks, all seeking safe ground somewhere in the relatively neutral territory of Ginnungagap. They will be volatile and attack upon sight, but no groups will be any larger than five, maybe six at most.

As they sneak and fight their way across the plains, they will find that Ginnungagap is sparsely littered with old trees and short, soft grass on the outskirts of the canyon, streams flowing from varying mountain peaks into the vast space below; deeper within, it is sheer rock and sharp edges that are harsh and unyielding. If one were to look at it from above, they might think someone stabbed a knife into solid stone and carved out a jagged wound, and so it is moving through the canyon itself, where one false step can lead to certain and painful death.

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for WEEKS ONE AND TWO of the Something Significant plot event! Remember that your only characters who signed up for this opt-out event by the deadline will be able to participate. Please put your character's location in the title, as well as either OPEN or CLOSED and the DATE. For more details, please head on over to the full rundown HERE. If you have any questions, please let us know, and have fun! The event log for the SOMETHING OMINOUS opt-out plot log can be found HERE.

SPECIAL NOTE: As of the power expansion plot, bracelets will work outside of the city along with god powers. Characters WILL be able to communicate with those inside of the city of Asgard, as long as the party has his or her bracelet on him. ]

Comments

[comeonthensexy]

I don't see why not.

Or maybe we're just bad at adjusting.

[allpurposescarf]

Bad at adjusting?! Of course we're not bad at adjusting!

If it's anything it's the waiting that's a problem.

[comeonthensexy]

Yes, I mean we're bad at adjusting to waiting. A slower life.

[allpurposescarf]

Ah... yes. I suppose we are a little. Too many years spent moving from place to place, I suspect.

[comeonthensexy]

I suspect so too but, then, I spend the last few centuries - or several centuries - in one city. So who knows really?

[allpurposescarf]

[The idea of staying that long in a single place - that one of his future selves would stay that long in place - is something that Four isn't sure what to make of.]

Well... I suppose if you wanted to. Or needed to. But that doesn't mean that it's going to be any easier now.

[comeonthensexy]

No, apparently not. See, I would've liked it if it did.

[allpurposescarf]

Of course you would have! But we didn't. Or don't, I suppose.

[comeonthensexy]

Ah, well.

At least there are still parts of this world undiscovered, eh?

[allpurposescarf]

So there are. And ones that we might not have expected to find either.

[comeonthensexy]

Hopefully we'll get the chance to find them too.

[allpurposescarf]

We can certainly hope. And that's hardly nothing.

[He's always been fond of a good solid hope, after all.]

[comeonthensexy]

Makes the future seem a little brighter.

[allpurposescarf]

It does. And lights the way to the future a little as well. If you know where to look for it, of course.

[comeonthensexy]

Best keep an eye out, then.

[allpurposescarf]

I'll see what I can do. It wouldn't do to have something like that end up being missed for lack of people keeping an eye out.

[comeonthensexy]

That'd be embarrassing.

[allpurposescarf]

Of course it would. For us and for anyone else. And who knows what else we might have missed, if we managed to miss something like that.

[comeonthensexy]

I don't even want to think about it.

[ Shudder. ]

[allpurposescarf]

No, neither do I.

[And he's the one who'd brought up the possibility in the first place.]

But one thing at a time, eh?

[comeonthensexy]

Mm.

Maybe we should actually get some rest.

[ But he doesn't sound overly happy about that idea. Surprise. ]

Not like much can be done right now anyway.

[allpurposescarf]

I've said it before, but sleep is for tortoises.

[Not them, and even in bodies that are too human it isn't something he much enjoys. It's something they might have need of more than before, but that doesn't make it terribly enjoyable.]

[comeonthensexy]

Also, unfortunately, necessary for all forms of life.

[ Four, it’s just dumb to be so stubborn. Really. Eleven looks positively fond, like watching one of his children. ]

[allpurposescarf]

[Alas, stubborn is what he'll be, till the end of his days. (He can't speak for who he'll be next, unfortunately.)]

For most forms of life, yes. But that doesn't mean we have to like it.

[comeonthensexy]

No. But we're also clever. And unless we wanna fall to our deaths when we reach the passage to Ginnungagap ...