Video; Where's The Laughter in Slaughter?

[ragnarsson]

[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.]

Comments

[ragnarsson]

[He's quitea bit unsure of a few of those words (twenty-first century slang is weird), but he gets the gist of it.]

So we organize it better. Sacrifice isn't bad, sometimes it's a part of the fabric of life. I highly doubt they're going to sacrifice every single one of the cows. And if they do, then we need to have a serious discussion on the topic of moderation.

[sassery]

look sacrifice may be normal for you but
lets just say it was a Bad Time for me and leave it at that
if the gods want it then ig that works
but this just kinda started happening out of the blue
once the animals showed up right?

moderation and rules yeah
this shit is weird and not everyones gonna like it

[ragnarsson]

Guess the natives knew a good thing when they saw one. The fact they thought of it spontaneously speaks highly of their minds.

I think some organization and rules would be a good thing. Do you wish to be one of those that helps develop them?

[sassery]

you and i are gonna agree to disagree or w/e
i dont really think it speaks of anything good imo

hell no
definitely not
im not the kind of person for that anyway
someone else can do that job

[ragnarsson]

Very well then.

You won't get a say in them, so I don't want to hear any complaining afterwards if they are not to your liking. As for me, I plan to give my input so that I can make sure they are fair.

[sassery]

look pal
much as you want people to not complain?
theyre gonna
its how things are
especially on tough subjects like this

you can give your input im sure they want it
but other people will too
so who knows at this point

[ragnarsson]

Other people may give their opinion, but it will most likely be the wrong one. Me? At least I know what I’m talking about when I give mine.

[sassery]

whoo boy
anyone ever tell you you take shit real far
im talking like extremes here
just bc someone doesnt have the same opinion doesnt mean they wrong
but idk i could be just talking out of my ass here

[ragnarsson]

Once or twice.

[Seriously, Ivar gets told that at least once a day. He's always going at 100 mph without ever stopping.]

I can agree with you on at least one key point there. You are indeed talking out of your ass.

[sassery]

well youll probably hear it a lot more often
i mean
sure pal
if you think that then ig so
whatever floats your boat and keeps you happy right