AUGUST INTRO LOG: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

[asgardmods]

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! ]

Comments

[benedicus]

Now, now. I don't believe that to be the case. Suffering isn't in the interest of those above.

( if they're strictly discussing angels in terms of "those above" then it's more so that they simply aren't paying any attention. things like that don't usually concern them. the trickier conversation is what god, herself, thinks of everything, but they're thankfully not having such a conversation. )

And I would hope that would be the case with these "gods" as well.

( then he makes a loose pointing gesture, encouraging her to continue. )

However, what do you mean by your "sort"?

[diamondhack]

[Suffering isn't in the interest of those above.

A curious comment, one she tucks away and pretends she made not much of it. Perhaps there is a point, in that the interest is limited to what is greater than the suffering of a handful of rogue agents in a foreign land.]

Oh, you know. The petty thieves and criminals out to rob from the rich and make themselves richer.

[Though she'd hardly count herself as "petty" in the strictest sense of criminal terminology. And really... Isha just loved the idea of anarchy, of chaos. Those profiting on the backs of others, without working? Well, she should might as well reap those benefits for herself. The only work she had to do was figure out how to turn them all idiots to rob them blind.]

Of course, that's been sadly curtailed as of late, so now I can only live vicariously through others like me. [She doesn't mind the steady paycheck with INTERPOL, she just doesn't like it's significantly less than what she could rob with one case of identity theft.]

[benedicus]

Ah. So, something like Robin Hood and his band of Merry Man?

( it's unclear whether or not he's serious. it seems just as likely that he's being sincere about the sentiment as it is that he's poking a little fun at her. might even be a little of both.

then he makes a vague gesture with his hand. )

I don't imagine that's anything you could pursue here. ( is it? ) Have you been here long, young miss?

[diamondhack]

I'm far too good looking to be Robin Hood. [Said with complete nonchalance. though she doesn't exactly argue the idea of it. They were all criminals, true, but they worked on this side of the law by mere technicality.]

No, I've only arrived some days ago, if you could call them days. [Isha isn't one to trust immediately if time works the same across all places.

Yes, she knows enough science fiction to know that time is always a bit of a mess.]

[benedicus]

Is that so? I wasn't aware that Robin Hood was rated by his appearance. But, I've always heard him to be quite the dashing young fellow.

( which sounds like a fun conversation, but he's a little more interested in a different topic now that she's confirmed that she's at least spent a few days here. perhaps that might have been enough time for her to have a better understanding than aziraphale currently did. )

Let me ask you, if you don't mind. What do you think of ( he makes a flippy hand gesture. ) our current predicament?

[diamondhack]

It's rubbish, bordering on a joke, but there's not much we can do, now is there?

[She'll maintain that something is going to give here, something is going to cause others to want to take payment. Accident or not, their arrival is ripe for exploitation.]

The details of this sordid affair are almost too scant, which means someone or something knows more and doesn't want to let us know. It'll be our way out of this mess.

[Isha smirks a little now, despite herself.] I suppose that's why I chose Odin in the end. God of wisdom, mostly an arse. My preferred methodology.