asgardchrysalis | AUGUST INTRO LOG: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Who: EVERYONE
What: the August intro log and first god house competition, More Than Meets the Eye
When: August 8
Where: Gladsheim Palace for breakfast, around Asgard for the game/curse
Rating: PG-13; please take anything higher than this to a private log!

morning: a warm invitation

Everyone wakes up to a friendly invitation to breakfast at the castle with the gods. For most of you, this comes as a message on your bracelet, reading:

Join us at the castle today to welcome some new Wanderers into our midst. Breakfast will be served and a lively game will be available to all of our guests, both new and old.

New Wanderers are curious on their own, and this is the first there's ever been mention of a game. Perhaps it's enough for you to make the trek to the castle, to see what all the fuss is about, or maybe even to see if there's someone you know. Perhaps you want to learn more about the game, or maybe you just want the food.

For our new guests, this comes as a bit more of a surprise. Wherever you were before in your world, without even realizing it, you wake up in a strange new place. No time or space inbetween, just an awareness of There and then Here. A matronly figure tries to explain your circumstances with a sympathetic smile, but ultimately invites you meet them all for yourselves: the Gods of Asgard, and the Wanderers that arrived before you.

The sight that greets you on the castle grounds is a rather festive one, regardless of where you're coming from. Colorful streamers and flags are draped above large tables with room for several guests. Natives bustle about, cheerfully offering food and drinks to anyone that wants some. Everyone is welcomed to mingle and greet the new Wanderers on this bright summer morning.

the game: a friendly competition

Among the brightly decorated tables are ones highlighted in a specific color for a specific god house, and most of the gods themselves can be found sitting behind it with a few of their district's natives. They are here to welcome the new Wanderers into Asgard - but they're also here to explain the rules of today's game. There are coins hidden throughout the city and disguised as mundane items, and the god house that returns the most of their coins will win an upgrade to their god housing! No hints will be given, but the natives are excited to help facilitate the activity and happily invite you to wander through their districts to find what you can.

But you don't have to know about the rules to be playing the game! The coins are already hidden throughout the city, and no one knows what they are until they've been picked up. Whether you're banding together with friends to find as many coins as you can or blindly stumbling over an unpleasant surprise, the game and the curse are in full swing!

evening: a fair prize

At sundown, all of the coins in the city disappear at once, whether they're in your pocket or still disguised as a bowl. Points will be tallied and a winner will be announced (OOCly, on August 17) - but Asgardians are keen to celebrate regardless of who wins a rather inconsequential game. The same colorful display of tables and chairs is still spread across the castle grounds, although now they twinkle with fairy lights haphazardly blinking throughout the air. Snacks and drinks are made available, as well as more dinner-shaped meals for those that request it. Mostly the natives simply want to bask in the strangeness of these Wanderers from other worlds for a moment longer - but they're also eagerly listening to any stories from the day's mischievous game. Relax, enjoy yourself, or again, just stock up on some freely served food. Whatever suits your needs today. Welcome to Asgard, dear Wanderers.

[ OOC NOTE: This is the intro log for August, as well as our first god house competition/curse: More Than Meets the Eye. You are free to play with the curse prompts and searching the city in any way you want! If you would like to submit a map to earn points for your god house, please check out the rules to learn what to do. We will accept maps until August 17, at which point a winner will be announced and members of that god house will be allowed to vote for an upgrade to their god housing. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or need any help on the mod contact page. Enjoy, friends! ]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Okay there is one (1) pipsqueak screaming at the top of her lungs in the middle of the entire castle, and boy, if that isn't a reminder of the fits the kids have sometimes while he's at the orphanage. And usually, the best way to get them to calm down and at least talk normally (in some capacity) is to distract them from what's making them upset.

Case in point? Cue Nero kind of walking over, sighing and scooping up Gaige from under her own arms, lifting her off the ground. That's sure to grab her attention.]

Hey! You trying to blow someone's ear out with those pair of lungs of yours or what? [PLEASE STOP YELLING, YOU'RE NOT HELPING THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW.] Screaming at the gods isn't gonna do shit except give you a headache.

[Aaaaaand possibly get their attention in not-so-great a way. Not that Nero likes the gods- he's iffy on them. But he doesn't exactly trust them either.]

[ SHE WILL KEEP YELLING SO HELP HER. ]

Wha-HEY! PUT ME DOWN! I WASN'T DONE!

[ Did he say anything else? She didn't hear it. But here is the thing, at the end of the day - she does three things, and she does three things well. One, being the cutest robotic engineering mass murderer this side of Eden-6, Two, beating Axton in a chilli-fries eating competition, and lastly, three, survive by the skin of her teeth.

So he might have picked her up, might have been carrying her off, but from one surprised second into the next more alarmed one, she's suddenly all elbows and knees. Legs kicking sharply, swinging herself around. For all she might look like a screaming idiot teenager, and sure, she can admit it, Maya was way cooler than she is, she knew where she was aiming and she did it with a purpose ( ie, really, really hard ).

By aiming straight for his balls.

No one said she was supposed to play fair. People who played fair got killed. ]

[LOUD NOISES!!!!! God, Gaige, please stop making this worse.

By which, as soon as she aims for his junk, Nero has to move quick, trying to hoist her under his left arm. It... sort of works, but not really, because he's not as fast as he usually is back home- so instead of hitting him in the balls, she slams her foot straight into his stomach.

And that? That hurts like a bitch.

Nero wheezes, nearly letting her go, almost in disbelief about actually feeling that kind of thing??? What??? Sure, he's never had a recovery speed or endurance like Dante or Vergil, but his healing factor wasn't anything to sneeze at either.]

Shit- [Ooof this was more than he bargained for, but, he's gonna stick with it now. Nero may not have started this whole yelling session (the yelling being hers), but he's gonna do what he can to finish it.] Knock it off already!

[He's lucky she didn't knock the wind out of him.]

Well don't interrupt a lady when she's talk-

[ She digs her heels in, stumbling to get straight after the squirm and his half dropping her and the kicking him then. Arms pinwheeling as she got herself into a stable spot. Too far forward, too far back.

Finally getting a good look at him. Squinting up at him, before her face splits into a big grin. ]

- Oh, hey, hot stuff. What are you doing here?

A lady?

[Nero would call her anything but. Oh but, see, now all that? Good on her for regaining balance, most people wouldn't do that so easily. But for Nero, Gaige has now managed to not only annoy him further, but he's also now raising a brow even as she finally sees him.

And calls him hot stuff.

This is just getting stupid.

So it's without much of a warning that he reaches out to try and grab Gaige by her collar and hoist her over his shoulder. Regardless,]

Hot stuff? Seriously? That's how you greet someone after you kicked them?

[TIME FOR A TIME OUT, GAIGE.]

[ OOF, over she goes, and this time at least, a little less inclined to kick because - hey, this was getting fun, and she didn't have to walk anywhere. ]

Uh, it's how I got laid the first time, thanks for asking. But it's alright, I'll go gentle with you.

[ He's so, so welcome. ]

Yeah, well, let's just say it usually gets you hit.

[What is his life with finding the weirdest people from all over the multiverse. Not that he's complaining much, it's just a thing of ?????? sometimes.]

And hate to burst your bubble, kid, but I'm already taken. So, not interested.

[He's probably older than her anyway. Nero can't believe this is an actual conversation he's having right now.]

That's a shame. But, I mean, if you're ever bored.

[ She gives a big old snicker. Sure, whatever, she gets it. But let the offer stand, she'd be crazy if she didn't make it.

Or well, crazier. ]

I won't tell if you won't, sexy.

Trust me, I'm not gonna be.

[At that, Nero puts her down, making sure she's actually on her feet rather than just dropping her. Look at him being nice to the troll.

He snorts back a laugh at the offer, shaking his head.]

I don't plan on it. [Not that Kyrie would really believe Gaige if she ever arrived here, but still. Nero raises a brow and crosses his arms at that, bringing his robotic one into full view.] So, got a name, or should I just stick to calling you pipsqueak?

[ She gives him a big old grin for it, cocking her hand on her hip as she gestures with her robotic hand. Wiggling her fingers in hello. ]

Gaige. Or Mechromancer if we're going by what people know me as. But Gaige is fine, what about you, handsome?

Gaige. What, like a machine or something? That kinda gauge?

[For the umpteenth time, Nero wishes his goddamn arm actually worked and did more than just... be an arm here in Asgard. He can't help but have a grin crawl across his face.] It's Nero.

Nifty little thing you got there. [He means her arm.] You make it or someone build it for you?

I, not U. Heya, Nero.

[ She waves her fingers at him, with the correction. ]

What this old thing? I built it from scratch, myself, did it all. That's why they call me Mechromancer. I'm just that good with machines.

I'll keep it in mind.

[Jeez, what a brat. He likes her.]

Gesunheit. [Joking about the word "mechromancer," because what kind of a name is that????] Never heard of it. So your skills or whatever are in machines, huh?

[He wouldn't ask her to fix his arm if it ever got damaged, but it's a good idea to keep things like that at the back of his mind, at least. Nero pauses, stretching the fingers of the Devil Breaker a little to make sure everything's still in working order.]

AUGUST INTRO LOG: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

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