asgardmods: (FAITH ❧ listless king)
ᴀsɢᴀʀᴅ ɢᴇɴᴇsɪs ❧ mod account ([personal profile] asgardmods) wrote in [community profile] asgardchrysalis2019-11-17 11:11 am

EVENT LOG: HÆIÐRS-MINNI

Who: EVERYONE
What: the Hæiðrs-Minni event log
When: November 16
Where: EVERYWHERE
Rating: PG-13; please take anything higher than this to a private log!

morning: the funeral


The morning sun is lost behind clouds that pour in an endless rain, casting the city into a dark and gloomy shadow. The streets of Asgard are almost entirely empty, although hardly a soul can be found indoors either. Everyone is gathered instead at the riverbank on the castle grounds, where a series of boats are tethered along the short and gently tugging with the current. The native Asgardians place gifts, food, and personal belongings into the boats in memory of their lost loved ones.

Whether you've lost someone, were lost yourself, or carry some other loss within you, the natives invite you to place your own offerings in the boats to send off your sorrows together.

Several hours into the morning, once everyone has had their chance to fill the boats, Heimdall gives a short speech honoring those that fell in the recent battle as the boats are let loose down the river. Honir fires an arrow towards the last one to float away, and Odin lights it on fire as it soars overhead, the single arrow splitting into a wave of shooting stars that strike each boat dead center. The boats alight all at once, and even with the rain pouring overhead, they continue to burn as they float gently out of sight, carrying everyone's grief away with them.

all day: the dedication


Throughout the rest of the day, many of Asgard's residents seem to buzz around Firar Samka, the cultural museum in Mimir's district. A new wing has been added to document Asgard's recent triumphs, but most especially to honor the unexpected stalwart allies of the kingdom: you, the Wanderers from other worlds. This display was added to memorialize the lengths you've gone to in the name of protecting and preserving life within the realm, the core purpose of Asgard in its entirety. You are heroes among gods and this exhibit seeks to portray that for all to see.

As you wander through the display, you might see childish drawings of familiar people fighting a massive dragon, or a large painted mural of solemn faces standing off against an army of ghoulish figures. Skadi can be found beside these, sometimes twisting them into eerie motion or placing a new piece somewhere along the halls.

Elsewhere, you can find Njord alone or accompanied by some human skalds as they sing or read poetry or even sometimes reenact part of the battles against the Red Death and the Army of the Dead. Your characters can watch or join, and they might even hear their own names mentioned among the reverence and song. This is the story of Asgard and the Wanderers conquering death, and you're right at the center of it.

evening: the feast


To end the day on a high note, everyone is invited to Nādhirhöll in Tyr's district, where the entire banquet hall has been decked out in so many colors and leaves and lights that it might feel like walking into an overgrown forest tightly held in the grips of a sparkling autumn. With the growing success of the distilleries in Njord's district, vodka and ales are passed around freely alongside the mountains of food available on tables in every room. People dance and sing and lounge around the leaves with laughter and a joyful appreciation of life in the air.

If your character joins the party, they might notice themselves feeling more warm and relaxed over the course of the evening. They might have the unusual inclination to be more physically affectionate with people and vocally declare their appreciation to them. Deep in this glittering "forest," it is easy to feel lost in the warmth and comfort of good company and relative safety.

This party continues into the morning of the next day, something that many may not realize as deeply wrapped in an artificial forest as they may be. The effects of the curse fade as everyone stumbles their way out of Nādhirhöll, leaving a heavy blanket of strangely warm exhaustion behind. It's been a long and potentially emotional day, but the city seems to be brought together under a shared relief and a new tomorrow.


[ OOC NOTES: This is the event log for Hæiðrs-Minni! There are various goings-on throughout the day to acknowledge past strife and be grateful for a projected future. If you have any questions or need any help, please let us know on the mod contact page! ]
lethechained: (er....)

[personal profile] lethechained 2019-12-10 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
There must have been someone you--

[ -- did some good for out there, Berserker or not. But she knows better than to speak on what she hasn't experienced for herself, and after a moment shakes her head, redirecting her thoughts. A beat, and, ]

Even if you are dangerous, you still fought to protect the city and all the people in it, just like the others.

[ Truthfully, she doesn't seem at all intimidated by him, despite his claim. She's certainly not making any effort to edge away, surreptitiously or otherwise; she stays where she is, apparently unconcerned enough about any potential threat to become preoccupied by her sympathetic thoughts. ]

That's worth praising, isn't it? When someone tries to do something good, even if it doesn't turn out right?
beefaroni: (You Are Hungry For You)

[personal profile] beefaroni 2019-12-10 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
... I am not worth praise. Never. If you stay near me... if you keep coming to me... you will be hurt, too.

[So long as he is without his Master, he can't be trusted. It hurts, but it's the truth. He begins walking, with slow steps.]
lethechained: (oh....)

[personal profile] lethechained 2019-12-12 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Never? Ah, it's no true surprise to hear such a thing, considering the way he's spoken of himself already. That additional piece of evidence slides into place with his previous unwillingness to accept help, and together they make her all the more sure of the picture she's getting of his self-image. (That is to say, a pretty abysmal one.)

And although she knows perhaps it would be wiser to let him go, there's a part of her - and it's a part that might well have spent entirely too much time around Sora - that balks at the idea. This Asterios fellow seems to her to be very much in need of help, whether he's aware of it or not. So without thinking about it she ventures one single step after him, and calls a, ]


Doesn't that mean I should stay near?

[ The beat that passes afterward encompasses her moment of being surprised at herself. She's never been one to actively seek out company, especially of the unwilling, but-- ]

I can heal... remember?

[ So if there's someone who causes hurt - doesn't it only make sense that someone else should be around to help patch things up afterward? ]
beefaroni: (Dark As Can Be)

[personal profile] beefaroni 2019-12-12 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Like the last time they met, he stops and glances back at her. He has to admit, he's surprised to see someone like her take such bold conviction. She doesn't exactly look like the type to have it.]

... And who will heal you... when I hurt you?
lethechained: (calm)

[personal profile] lethechained 2019-12-14 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Naminé does make for quite an unassuming figure. Everything about her seems delicate, from her gentle, careful nature to the fundamental aspects of her small physical form. But she's quite determined, it seems, and her eyes to show a better indication of her strong will than the rest of her ever does. ]

If you hurt me... [ Not when, if, but the girl trails off, pausing - her expression is serious, as if she's giving the possibility due consideration, but it doesn't cause her to waver fully. After a beat, and in a softer, more resigned tone, ] … Then I'll just have to heal myself.
beefaroni: (Is Enraged By The Sun)

[personal profile] beefaroni 2019-12-14 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
... The power, I have... might ensure... there is nothing, left. To heal.

[Be scared, dammit.

But since she can't be convinced, well, it's not his job to do so. If she wants to fail, let her fail. Maybe then she'll learn. He walks on, intending to leave.

Although he hopes such circumstances never come to pass - he doesn't actually want to hurt her or worse. He just sees it as inevitable.
]
lethechained: (Shade)

[personal profile] lethechained 2019-12-15 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Very faintly, her expression darkens - but it's not with fear so much as more of that same resignation. That's a fair point, she supposes; if his assessment of the risk is even remotely accurate it's good reason to be cautious, especially considering that she's not exactly the most physically resilient individual in Asgard. But when she says quietly, ]

… I understand.

[ It doesn't sound like she's giving up. Seeing him continue to depart, she begins half a step after him, one that she stops just in time to scuff against the floor, a soft little 'tap' that suggests her intention. But she's never been one to intrude beyond a certain point, and not having spoken to him more, she's hesitant to press the issue. So rather than following after, she calls, a beat late, ]

You don't have to leave. You're not hurting anyone now...!
beefaroni: (Tiny Fearsome Awesome Minotaurs)

[personal profile] beefaroni 2019-12-16 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[If she did understand, she'd leave him be. She'd never approach him again. But then, she doesn't know the whole story. No one does, and as much as he wants to be left alone, he doesn't want them to know.

Only if things are at their most dire... only at his lowest moment... can anyone hear the story of the Minotaur.

He continues to walk away.
]

I do not... belong here.
lethechained: (Darkness)

[personal profile] lethechained 2019-12-18 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's not hard for her to tell there is a story - must be, with the way he acts. His appearance isn't what proves that to her, but rather the things he says of himself. The irony of it is that she's all too familiar with that type of mentality, considering how she was taught to view her own kind and her own nature, and in being so knows just how hard it is to change someone's mind once they've decided that they're a monster.

Jarring as it is to see something of her mind in someone else, Naminé doesn't permit herself to linger on her own existential crisis. Instead she lets her eyes trail him as he departs, a perplexed sort of frown shaping her mouth, but she doesn't prevent him from leaving. (Or try to, rather. She has no illusions about how effective that would be.) As she looks after him, despite having resolved to let him be for the moment, some of the truth escapes anyway in her murmured, ]


… Neither do I.