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

[machinamentum]

Oh, I grew up on Eden-5. But these days I come from Pandora. It's the place they call the wasteland of cannibals and convicts before you ask what it's like. Guess it's home now.

[momsboy]

Pandora! Rhys mentioned that planet. Do you know each other or have you two met here?

Tall brunette, metal arm, a bit weird...

[machinamentum]

Weird as fuck tie? Why does it tuck into his belt?

Yeah, I know the guy. He's from my home planet, Eden-5. But we never met before we turned up here, actually.

[momsboy]

I was wondering that too. I thought that maybe that was the fashion style at Pandora.

Pandora sounds like a hell of a place to live. Do you like it better here?

[machinamentum]

God, no. The only fashion style on Pandora is shot with bullet holes, not... whatever that is.

Kinda. I mean. It's weird. You get used to one set of rules for the galaxy, and bam gotta adjust to a new one. So iunno if it's better here, or just different. Seems like the stakes are the same, though.

[momsboy]

That kind, uh? I know places like that.

Yeah, I agree. It's hard enough to survive when you know the ropes but this city is always throwing us curve balls. First a dragon and then god curses. And now animal murder.

[machinamentum]

HA! I told Rhys there'd be a need for people like me, nothing is ever this nice for that long.

You need some help on shit like that, BTW? Dealing with curveballs is basically why people hire Vault Hunters.

Probs why I don't get why everyone is so upset about some animals biting it.

[momsboy]

Not this level of nice, no. There's usually a catch, I learned that the hard way.

[ THANKS, DAD. ]

Nah, I'm good so far but it never hurts to know you're available too if an extra hand is needed. You can always contact me too if you need a hand. Are Vault Hunter like mercenaries?

Mostly because there's a limited number of animals, we don't know where they came from or if we will ever get more, waking up to find the streets and your house door covered in blood is freaky ...and because the animals are adorable.

[machinamentum]

Vault Hunters are the people you hire when the mercenaries are all dead, you get it? Vault Hunters are the people that kill the mercs, and the bandits and the monster they accidentally set loose. Does that make sense?

[ The insane ones, the ones left standing, the ones that fight like there is nothing else to live for -

- Or that's how Zer0 or Maya might put it. Gaige just knows what she's good at. ]

First two I get, sure. The third one? Ehhhhhh, it's not like anyone is asking them to be covered in blood so it sounds a lot like 'I don't understand it and it scares me and blood is bad'. Pffft.

[momsboy]

Yes, it makes sense. You all must be one tough group, I wouldn't want to be on your blacklist.

[ He gets it, he really does. Life isn't all rainbows in certain sectors of the galaxy and people do what it takes to survive. Peter only wishes that things were different, that they could improve in some way. It's what the Guardians try to accomplish. But sometimes some things, some places, some people...they are are just broken. ]

Blood can be a shocking sight for those unprepared but now, well...it doesn't matter what we think of it as much as what the Gods decide to do about this. We can only wait.

[machinamentum]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah, people run away screaming from us nowadays, go figure.

[ PFFT. Because he's... right. Pandora is broken, it'll never be fixed. Because what requires making it fixed Jack had tried and the only way was to make it worse. And the people that survived it, came out the other side, were soaked through to become what was required to live that kind of life. ]

Well, I hope no one yells at the local people too much, it's not their fault other people aren't used to it.

[momsboy]

Not anymore here, I hope.

[ Although if Gaige and Ivar keep hanging around together, who knows if that would happen in Asgard as well. ]

I think most people are now their distance from the locals, so there's no real yelling.

[ ooc: maybe we can start wrapping this one up? C: ]

[machinamentum]

Not yet, anyway. Ain't no bandits to go hunting, so no one needs to worry about it.

[ As if that was the real problem here. ]

Hopefully. I mean, I plan on go joining their party soon. I gotta go find something to wear.

[ ooc: sounds good to me. ]

[momsboy]

That's probably the last thing we need on tip of everything, trouble with thieves.

[ Said the ex-thief. ]

Wear something you don't particularly like if it's going to end covered in blood.

[ Or if certain viking is going to tear it off of her, but that not here nor there. ]

See you around, Gaige!

[ ooc: thank ya! ]