IN GINNUNGAGAP:

When they finally breach the surface of Ginnungagap back into those open plains, the Travellers may very well find themselves faced with a higher number of Fire Giants. Movement in the kingdom has not gone unnoticed, and in this time of war, any opportunity to strike is a good one. Once again, the Travellers may have to sneak and fight their way out of Ginnungagap and back into Asgard. At the very least, the fresh air outside of the canyon will lessen the pull of the compulsion, though it will linger as a buried thought in the back of their minds and may worsen again if they retreat from the Giants into Ginnungagap's relative safety.


IN ASGARD:

The nightmares will begin to worsen: stretching over longer periods of time, becoming harder to wake from, the pain and fear lingering into the waking hours. They will become more vivid as well, bringing to mind images of natural disasters, war, anything destructive ravaging a land that may or may not resemble your own home world. Whether or not it is exactly your canon universe or a vague world that closely resembles it is up to you; they cannot, however, dream of other canon universes being destroyed. These dreams will be easier to remember, though whatever it is in faint memory or stark detail is up to you.

Finally returned to the city, the Travellers will find the state of affairs in chaos. Travellers are missing, others are forgetting each other and themselves, and most of all - those that ventured with them into Ginnungagap only to find their deaths will be wandering the streets as spirits, some of which will not be so pleased to see them. These effects may begin to take place in the returning explorers as well, which you can read up about here.

Over time, as they are cut off from the realm of the living yet unable to pass into the realm of the dead, the ghosts inhabiting the streets of Asgard may grow restless and agitated. They can gradually start to feel the effects of being displaced from their body and disconnect from their physical existence. The intrusive thoughts of 'why can't they hear me' or 'why won't anyone help me' may start to drive them towards anger or resentment for their current situation. Their energies will be fading and fraying the longer they're caught in this netherworld, pushing them into the makings of a malevolent spirit. However you'd like this to manifest is entirely up to you! But over time, being trapped in the veil may very well drive your character to madness.

The very last day of this event, these things will reach an overlapping chaos until its conclusion at the strike of midnight. Regardless of whether your character is alive or dead, awake or asleep, in the city or still missing, all Travellers and natives will share one collective dream. Those that were present for the Bad Moon Rising event may recognise it somewhat; they will find themselves in a wide open space, walking on cold, flat dirt with the faint outline of a grand tree in the distance surrounded by flickering lights.

As they move in any given direction, the ground will begin to crack and split, smoke rising from the surface and the smell of burning wood entering their lungs. The tree will gradually come closer into view, a towering mass of limbs and leaves that stretches across the entirety of your sight as you approach it - but the burning of the ground worsens with each step, and those flickering lights beside the tree are open flames that lick and lash at the tree. The leaves will begin to catch and the flame will spread. The smoke will thicken to near-choking, and just as the heat rises to a near painful point, a familiar voice to some will boom throughout the clearing with a single message:
"It won't stop. This is the end."
As the flame swells to engulf the tree and your character both, everyone will simultaneously wake from the dream.

After this point, everyone will be returned to normal. All memories will be restored, all lost Travellers will return to the city, and the deceased will be resurrected through the castle as per usual.

PREVIOUS MINGLE LOGS:

MAIN PLOT: Weeks One & Two || Weeks Three & Four
OPT-OUT PLOT: Weeks One & Two || Weeks Three & Four

In Asgard:
During the day, they will spend their time helping to repair and reinforce the city where it is still damaged from previous attacks. Their unusual technology is built entirely around steam and clockwork, with zero waste output, and they do everything that they can to help the city in a display of gratitude for the help that they have received.

They will spend their nights sticking close to their camp, but are friendly and cautiously curious about any Travelers who approach. Overall, they are intelligent and well-mannered, and though some of them seem not to know what to make of these visitors from other worlds, their appreciation is open and sincere.

In Alfheim:
Not all of the elves who arrive will be remaining in the city, however. Soon after they arrive, they will make an offer to escort any willing Travelers back to Alfheim to assist them in rebuilding their own city. After the flames went out and the Giants went home, several of the elven homes were left in ruin but the true damage is to the forestry that is the heart of their kingdom. Those in Sigyn with Growth or those with energy sharing, healing, or other such abilities as well as anyone simply interested in helping or curious about a new corner of Yggdrasil will be escorted back to the forests for two days of some mutual benefit.

Alfheim itself will be in burnt disrepair but still very much bustling with life. Charred wood is being stripped and stacked, replaced with fresh building materials as elves work together as efficiently as they can to return their home to what it once was.

In Asgard:
The city's natives will ask the travelers to assist them in setting up dishes from their home world to serve the their Elven friends, but there will be enormous tables heaped high with food from this one as well. The courtyard itself will be lit up with long strings of softly glowing white lights that seem magical in nature. While their fuzzy light is cool to the touch, the air near them is warm, and that warmth radiates out into the courtyard to cut away the biting chill from the entire area. Round tables with modest but elegant tablecloths will provide seating for anyone at the banquet, and some of the more adventurous elves themselves can be found carefully sampling just about everything from the Travelers' worlds.

In Alfheim:
Alfheim's natives will provide food and entertainment in the courtyard of their own castle. This feast will be a little louder as the drink begins to flow alongside Elven delicacies, and the food comes accompanied by joyous song and dance. There is a lot to celebrate, and the natives here seem eager to include the Travelers here in that celebration. When the party winds to a close, they will supply Asgard's travelers with both blankets and small packages of food and drink for the late night train ride home. They will arrive back in the city early on the morning of Day 397 (February 1st), when the visiting Elves still in Asgard will board and head back home.