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asgardmeridiem2014-05-03 06:13 pm
asgardmods) wrote in asgardmeridiem2014-05-03 06:13 pm
OPT-OUT EVENT LOG: SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT, WEEKS ONE AND TWO
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. - 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.
Week Two: Days 443-445 / May 4-9
[ 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. ]
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Ryoji doesn’t exactly have the guts to say anything unless someone has seriously wronged him, but he’s glad Ellie stands up for herself.
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Ellie emphatically agrees -- though she's not exactly quick to forgive either. "Like handcuffing me."
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Sorry, Ellie, but you’re going to have to clarify.
“Who would do something like that?”
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Snorting, she shakes her head, shoving her hands back in her pockets. "I go to shake his hand and thank him for busting in and saving our asses, and the idiot handcuffs me to a pipe and starts shaking Joel down, looking for bites. ... so I pulled the pipe out of the wall and-"
She pauses here. She'd actually damn near broken his shooting arm, but only because if she'd let Bill find her bite, they'd have been dead.
"... yeah. He's hated me ever since. Feeling's mutual."
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Was Bill afraid of dogs or something? It doesn’t make much sense to Ryoji.
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Ellie gives a shrug. "It's just how it is. It happened before I was ever born, so."
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Ellie gives him a wry smile. Not yet, Ryoji. Not as far as she knows.
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"No, really, it's cool. I mean, it's normal for me. I don't worry about it or anything. It's just reality."
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