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asgardgenesis2020-02-04 02:45 pm
asgardmods) wrote in asgardgenesis2020-02-04 02:45 pm
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( NPC POST, VIDEO ) a collective address
( though the network has consistently broadcast in the same rectangular box, those who tune in to this address will find that the display is not only wider, but curves around you from your 10-o'-clock to your 2-o'-clock - not that the gods are familiar enough with clocks to measure it as such.
it's a dramatic change, but a necessary one, as now the entirety of the pantheon stands or sits before you. unified, at least in this moment.
that's when ODIN begins to speak. )
▒█ Wanderers, lend us a few minutes of your time. █▒
( many of the other gods straighten a little, noting that the address is starting. honir flashes a reassuring little grin, though it fades quickly to at least a facsimile of gravity. sigyn breaks what otherwise was a concerned sidelong glance at skadi (who stands near the back, impatient, attention off to the side) to turn dutifully back to the screen.
ODIN continues, seeming at times almost contemplative, though no less certain. )
▒█ Two-hundred and forty days. That's how long it has been since the first of you arrived, chaotically but beautifully, on our doorstep. A number we wouldn't have known, had you not taught us to measure a day to begin with. In thinking back, that should have been a sign of our fallibility right there at the start. █▒
( he pauses, perhaps with intent to continue, but instead FRIGG sets a quiet hand on his arm for silence and stands from the chair she has thus far occupied. )
▒█ What he means to say is, we're sorry. We've - mistreated you, in your time here. We've nurtured you, left you to want for nothing... But we haven't truly, have we? █▒
( her expression has taken on a deep remorse, the look of a mother who has come to realize she's failed her child, because that is what the wanderers have become.
expression steeling a bit, HEIMDALL speaks up from the edge of the group. )
▒█ Purpose. It's crucial to every living thing, and we've spent eight-? Nine months robbing you of it. Making you aimless. Complacent. Giving you just enough room to pretend you had agency, but sheltering you from everything you might use that agency to accomplish. █▒
( TYR, from the chair where he sits with one leg crossed leisurely over the other, exhales in a sort of amusement. like 'oh, heimdall's being dramatic again', as if tyr himself isn't about to diffuse the so-called dramatics by be equally dramatic. )
▒█ So we've decided to trust you, what a novel concept. █▒ ( he cuts in, as if this were an idea he's had from the start. maybe he has, but it hasn't been worth the effort to push for it. ) ▒█ A bit ironic, isn't it, that it took giving you housepets to see that we've treated you like them? █▒
( heimdall scowls and opens his mouth to cut back in, but tyr holds up a a lazy silencing hand. ) ▒█ Understand that we only wanted to protect you, of course. We simply failed to realize you may not be so in need of protection as we might otherwise have assumed.
You are truly impressive, do you know that? Each of you, even to us. I can only wonder at how impressive you might be, had the Mother played a bit nicer with your true magic. █▒
( though he's kept his lips carefully (almost comically) shut through tyr's bit, HONIR can no longer hold off interjecting. )
▒█ We have jobs! For you. Odin, tell them about the jobs? █▒
▒█ We cannot progress independent of one another. █▒ ( ODIN says, while heimdall settles back out of the forefront and frigg sits back down in her chair. ) ▒█ As you grow stronger, we grow stronger, and thus does Asgard - and if Asgard grows stronger, so too does each of you.
We want you to become a part of that, if you're willing. █▒
( a pause for emphasis, but then he continues. )
▒█ While each of us already embodies a conceptual domain, we've elected to each choose a domain of progress - of something critical to Asgard's wellbeing, to the strengthening of it - to direct our magic and efforts toward as well. Our Frigg, for example, has extended her reach over such things as health care, for both the body and the mind. Those who wish to heal others, to help them, and perhaps even to provide relief in the wake of any number of battles to come are welcome to speak with her on the matter. █▒
▒█ And I get scouts! █▒ ( HONIR is practically brimming with excitement, despite his relatively successful attempt at gravity earlier. ) ▒█ That is, I already have a couple of scouts - but now I'll have more. We'll discover mysteries, maybe even build little settlements outside of the city. It'll be such fun. █▒
( despite himself, ODIN's lips curl into the faintest smile. )
▒█ We will, of course, provide more concrete information regarding the roles you might fill as soon as we're able.
Thank you, Wanderers, for listening to us now and so many times in the past. █▒
( the other gods (for the most part) all nod or murmur a form of agreement, then the message cuts off. )
( mod notes: you're welcome to reply to this post to talk amongst yourselves, but the gods themselves won't actually be responding to it. they have Too Much Planning To Do, some of which isn't entirely a unanimous accord amongst the gods quite yet. )
it's a dramatic change, but a necessary one, as now the entirety of the pantheon stands or sits before you. unified, at least in this moment.
that's when ODIN begins to speak. )
▒█ Wanderers, lend us a few minutes of your time. █▒
( many of the other gods straighten a little, noting that the address is starting. honir flashes a reassuring little grin, though it fades quickly to at least a facsimile of gravity. sigyn breaks what otherwise was a concerned sidelong glance at skadi (who stands near the back, impatient, attention off to the side) to turn dutifully back to the screen.
ODIN continues, seeming at times almost contemplative, though no less certain. )
▒█ Two-hundred and forty days. That's how long it has been since the first of you arrived, chaotically but beautifully, on our doorstep. A number we wouldn't have known, had you not taught us to measure a day to begin with. In thinking back, that should have been a sign of our fallibility right there at the start. █▒
( he pauses, perhaps with intent to continue, but instead FRIGG sets a quiet hand on his arm for silence and stands from the chair she has thus far occupied. )
▒█ What he means to say is, we're sorry. We've - mistreated you, in your time here. We've nurtured you, left you to want for nothing... But we haven't truly, have we? █▒
( her expression has taken on a deep remorse, the look of a mother who has come to realize she's failed her child, because that is what the wanderers have become.
expression steeling a bit, HEIMDALL speaks up from the edge of the group. )
▒█ Purpose. It's crucial to every living thing, and we've spent eight-? Nine months robbing you of it. Making you aimless. Complacent. Giving you just enough room to pretend you had agency, but sheltering you from everything you might use that agency to accomplish. █▒
( TYR, from the chair where he sits with one leg crossed leisurely over the other, exhales in a sort of amusement. like 'oh, heimdall's being dramatic again', as if tyr himself isn't about to diffuse the so-called dramatics by be equally dramatic. )
▒█ So we've decided to trust you, what a novel concept. █▒ ( he cuts in, as if this were an idea he's had from the start. maybe he has, but it hasn't been worth the effort to push for it. ) ▒█ A bit ironic, isn't it, that it took giving you housepets to see that we've treated you like them? █▒
( heimdall scowls and opens his mouth to cut back in, but tyr holds up a a lazy silencing hand. ) ▒█ Understand that we only wanted to protect you, of course. We simply failed to realize you may not be so in need of protection as we might otherwise have assumed.
You are truly impressive, do you know that? Each of you, even to us. I can only wonder at how impressive you might be, had the Mother played a bit nicer with your true magic. █▒
( though he's kept his lips carefully (almost comically) shut through tyr's bit, HONIR can no longer hold off interjecting. )
▒█ We have jobs! For you. Odin, tell them about the jobs? █▒
▒█ We cannot progress independent of one another. █▒ ( ODIN says, while heimdall settles back out of the forefront and frigg sits back down in her chair. ) ▒█ As you grow stronger, we grow stronger, and thus does Asgard - and if Asgard grows stronger, so too does each of you.
We want you to become a part of that, if you're willing. █▒
( a pause for emphasis, but then he continues. )
▒█ While each of us already embodies a conceptual domain, we've elected to each choose a domain of progress - of something critical to Asgard's wellbeing, to the strengthening of it - to direct our magic and efforts toward as well. Our Frigg, for example, has extended her reach over such things as health care, for both the body and the mind. Those who wish to heal others, to help them, and perhaps even to provide relief in the wake of any number of battles to come are welcome to speak with her on the matter. █▒
▒█ And I get scouts! █▒ ( HONIR is practically brimming with excitement, despite his relatively successful attempt at gravity earlier. ) ▒█ That is, I already have a couple of scouts - but now I'll have more. We'll discover mysteries, maybe even build little settlements outside of the city. It'll be such fun. █▒
( despite himself, ODIN's lips curl into the faintest smile. )
▒█ We will, of course, provide more concrete information regarding the roles you might fill as soon as we're able.
Thank you, Wanderers, for listening to us now and so many times in the past. █▒
( the other gods (for the most part) all nod or murmur a form of agreement, then the message cuts off. )
( mod notes: you're welcome to reply to this post to talk amongst yourselves, but the gods themselves won't actually be responding to it. they have Too Much Planning To Do, some of which isn't entirely a unanimous accord amongst the gods quite yet. )
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.. by 'trouble', you just mean pulling pranks, right? [ JUST MAKING SURE. It's not as if Chizuru thinks Terezi isn't a good person when it comes down to it, anyway. ]
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[Which sounded great and all, but it was worth considering that her pranks had been borderline lethal back home at times.]