ragnarsson: ([12.12] Sacrifice)
Ivar "The Boneless" Ragnarsson ([personal profile] ragnarsson) wrote in [community profile] asgardgenesis2019-09-14 02:17 pm

Video; Where's The Laughter in Slaughter?

[When the camera gets turned on, the first thing to note is that Ivar's face is streaked in blood that has only just started to dry in places. Someone's been out worshiping with the natives in a fashion very familiar to a Viking. If y'all hadn't gotten the impression Ivar was a bloodthirsty barbarian from a bygone era, the imagery is definitely reinforced with the dripping red streaks on his face. Also is that some around his lips as well? Has he been drinking the stuff too? Honestly, though, he seems quite pleased by what's been going on even if everyone else might be disturbed by the casual slaughter of the cows. His tone starts off very serious, since worship is important where he's from.]

About time this place started getting some proper worship going. I know most of you all are from soft places-- [The scorn in his tone is obvious.] --but blood sacrifices are always the best when giving due diligence to these gods where I am from. Blood demands blood, especially if you want them to be on your side in battle, or to favor you at all. It's really not all that different then slaughtering animals for food, just with more rituals and rites to it.

[Then he switches back to his usual tone that ranges somewhere between insanity and half-truths end tends to indulge in.]

It's a good thing we finally got the right sort of animals around here. Otherwise, I might have had to resort to sacrificing one of you. [He muses for a moment before laughing.] I'm joking of course! [Beat.] Human sacrifices only work if they're willing participants.

[OOC: This post is for a general discussion, so feel free to have threads amongst all the characters and thread-jacking rather then just talking with Ivar. Do let me know if you do want a specific thread with him! He has rather...strong opinions about this.]
polydeukes: (6)

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[personal profile] polydeukes 2019-09-15 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Contrary to popular belief, it's not the killing of the animals that makes Josie squeamish. It happens in some of the darker magics, and while she's never been fond of it, nor has it been the kind of magic she's actively practiced, but he's not wrong.

Blood magic is powerful magic.

At the same time, there are other things to consider.]


If we're going to do it, we need to be smart about it. These animals just appeared and we don't want them to disappear because we went crazy and abused this resource. We need to make sure there are rules regulating the use of them, not just sacrificing them and needlessly or wasting pieces.

[They need to be consumed properly.]

That being said, since we do have access to the gods, we might as well ask them if this is what they want. If you're arguing that this is to earn their favor, then maybe we should ask them what that entails.
tealeafs: (when i live by your side)

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[personal profile] tealeafs 2019-09-15 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you think the people here maybe just don't understand what they're doing? [ Since like Josie says, there didn't seem to be any rules about it. And while Chizuru is on the other hand the type who'd rather not see any of this to begin with, this is the thought that's been occupying her mind more ever since seeing it happen. ]

They seemed so.. happy about it.
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[personal profile] polydeukes 2019-09-17 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. I haven't really talked to any of them.

[Which is on her, really.]

I just know that this kind of magic where I'm from can get really complicated. Sometimes there are consequences.
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[personal profile] tealeafs 2019-09-19 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
Consequences? What kind of consequences?

[ Sure, some supernatural things do exist where Chizuru comes from, but magic is a whole new thing to her. So she'll definitely listen to someone more knowledgable about it like her. ]
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[personal profile] polydeukes 2019-09-17 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[She raises an eyebrow because really?]

Power for power's sake isn't always a good thing. Blood magic can have a lot of consequences. How would you react if some of those consequences were forced upon you because people who didn't fully understand what they were doing decided to ask forgiveness rather than permission?

[She's just saying.]

I think we'll have to assess what the populations are looking like before we nail down anything hardcore. See what animals are more common than others.
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[personal profile] polydeukes 2019-09-18 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
Cows can serve other purposes. Milk, cheese - beef is all well and good, but we should try and keep them alive for the dairy as long as we can.

[They might need to teach them how to appropriately store and make these things, but it's a step in the right direction.]

Chickens are good for things like eggs too.