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

[timeriffs]

[He could tell him about all the shit from the game, but it's still a little raw. And he isn't quite that eager to prove himself to anyone, though it would be cool to have the respect of a viking. Just in general. And the only reason he's bringing it up now is because, well, he technically does have godly perspective here, and this is a rough thing for him to be witnessing.]


well
as im going over it in my mind
im pretty sure anything i could say sounds too stupid to be true
so im probably just pushing a rock up a hill here
but i guess the best place to start is
me and my friends helped end the world
not on purpose
but the ads for the game we were playing didnt tell us that was a feature

[ragnarsson]

[Trust him, Dave's not the only one who seems to want Ivar's respect. Apparently he was just that effortlessly edgy and badass.]

Alright, I will admit I can definitely seeing you ending the world. The fact you apparently did it out of ignorance and stupidity doesn't surprise me at all.

[timeriffs]

know what
thats fair enough
tho to be extra fair we had to create an alternate reality
with different kids
and they all made the same mistake
just kinda fate you know?
the game was gonna get itself played no matter what
but anyway
i was trained to be ready for that whole shit
by my bro
lots of sword fighting on roofs
kinda sucked tbh
but what can i say
they came in handy
dont think bro ever knew what a fridge was supposed to be used for
but he sure did know his swords
so he got one thing right

[ragnarsson]

YOU know how to SWORD-FIGHT?

[Ivar could've been knocked over with a feather in his surprise. Of all the things Ivar expected Dave to know, how to fight with a sword was so far down on the list it was practically non-existent.]

[timeriffs]

yeah
sword as sharp as my rhymes
cutting off the heads of The Establishment
...or actual people
as the case was
once in awhile

[ragnarsson]

I should like to test my skills against yours and see if there's any mettle to what you claim.

[timeriffs]

...
i dont like to do strife for the fuck of it
not anymore
if i could just never fight again that would be absolutely peachy
but sometimes you dont get an option

[ragnarsson]

Then I shall hope for an opportunity to come along that will test your mettle. You've made me supremely curious now.