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! ]

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[ What he wanted to say was demanding just how this man knew just who he'd signed on with. Lucifer had been a bit to preoccupied to notice the god's enthusiastic participation in the party itself. He also didn't stop to think too much, because of the mood he was in. So when he opened his mouth, no such question came out. ]

I killed my brother because he threatened someone...I'm close to. I didn't just send his soul back to the Silver City, but rather used a blade that erased him from existence.

[ Then he stopped. Looking utterly horrified. As if someone had just stabbed him in the stomach. It seems he'd found one of Njord's coins. ]

[ His curiosity immediately veers back into deep concern, and he makes another quiet oh no! under his breath. ]

Is your close person okay? Are you okay?

[ He stops just short of asking if his brother is okay, because 'erased from existence' tends to suggest otherwise, but the thought is almost there for a second. ]

[ Lucifer took a slow step back from the other, a faint note of fear in his eyes. There were only a few people on earth who knew about that little secret for a reason.

His hand was still out, frozen from where the object had disappeared. He looked from his hand to the one before him, trying to find some reason behind this. ]

What did you do to me?!

[ There was a fierce and fragile anger in his words. ]

[ Oh no. Honir winces a little, a pained sort of well. ]

It's a little bit of magic. I wanted to tell you before you left the castle because you seemed really angry, but then you left really angry, and then it was too late.

[ He makes a vague "shooing" motion with his hand, and several more nearby items vanish out of sight with an odd clinking sound. ]

[ For someone who could compel people to speak the truth, and had a brother who could slow time, he looked rather alarmed at the display of power. Almost offended, even.

That anger Honir had seen at the party was nothing compared to what seemed to be boiling up inside Lucifer now. This was deeper, stronger, and scarier. Which made it all the more alarming when he sounded almost calm when he spoke. ]

Magic. You're throwing around magic when I've been robbed of-- of mine?

[ Strength, invulnerability, and the ability to change his face wasn't exactly magic, but his words were a bit lacking at the moment. ]

[ Despite his building rage (that already started from a rather high place to begin with), Honir still maintains a hapless smile as he tries to explain what he can. ]

It's kind of hard not to when everything here is made of magic, but this one in particular is -

[ - less than ideal, perhaps. He trails off a little at the end, not sure what to say, but then visibly livens with another thought that suddenly hits him. ]

Oh! But you'll definitely get yours back when you go home and it's safe again, so it won't be gone forever?

[ A hopeful note? Maybe? ]

[ That was like throwing kerosene on the fire. He seemed to grow taller, his back growing rigid as a terrifying fury threatened to boil over. If he'd been in possession of those powers, his entire face would have flashed over by now. It would have been a nightmarish sight. But instead he was just left looking like he was struggling to not attack the man before him. ]

Then send me back now!

[ He practically roared the word. Sorry, Honir, he might have a few issues he's been refusing to work through since the literal beginning of time. ]

[ Honir's whole face scrunches up as he yells, so unused to the sound is he when even the fact that he has ears is still relatively new. Lucifer's been yelling since he got here though; do they all just speak at this volume in his world? That sounds painful. :(

Still, he keeps trying! After opening one eye to make sure he's done shouting, Honir gives another deeply pained smile. ]

I'm really sorry. We would if we could.

[ It would definitely be a lot easier than standing around getting yelled at in the street. Some natives have stopped to watch by now, but Honir just smiles and waves them off. ]

[ If Lucifer notices or minds the onlookers, he makes no show of it. He's mostly focused on the fact that someone is at least giving him something close to the reaction he expected. It wasn't cowering in fear, but cringing like that was better than some of the others at the party. ]

What do you mean IF you could?! This is Asgard, is it not? You're--one of them. The god types. Not very godly if you can't go throwing people out of your little paradise, are you?!

[ An idea seemed to catch him by surprise and he just ran with it, his anger turning into something far more dangerous. A plan for revenge. ]

If you can't throw me out, that means I can do whatever the bloody hell I want!

[ He frowns at the idea of throwing people out - that seems rude - but visibly perks up again in naive ignorance of Lucifer's less than friendly intentions. ]

Oh, yes! We'd really like for you to do just about anything you want to do while you're here. Just please don't die.

[ It's a very earnest request, said as sincerely as everything else he's said thus far. ]

[ A god telling him to NOT do something? That was very dangerous. Especially since his dying usually came with a safety net of just landing back in hell. While he wasn't keen on taking that step, it was just too juicy to resist. ]

And what would happen if I did? I end up in the single-L Hel instead of the double-L?

[ ??? ]

No, I don't know what that is. You won't go anywhere, you'll just - well, be erased from existence.

[ Now it's his time to ???? ]

This IS Asgard, is it not? THE Asgard. You've got Odin and Yggdrasil and everything. Valhalla? Hel? The realms of the dead?

[ Hmm. Honir ticks them off one at a time on his fingers: ]

Asgard, Odin, and Yggdrasil, yes. Valhalla... not that I know of? Hel, not yet.

[ Oh! He claps both hands to his mouth with all the surprise of one finding out they're going to be an uncle.

?!? ]

[ Well that registers a reaction. Surprise and shock, at first. Especially as Honir covers his mouth. But it quickly fades into suspicion. His eyes narrow and he takes a slow step toward the other. ]

What do you mean, not yet?

[ He lowers his hands slowly, still very wide-eyed and confused. ]

I don't know. That's never happened before. We don't have a Hel, but… I suppose we're going to?

[ How? When? What? ]

AUGUST INTRO LOG: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

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