two [action] during the scavenger hunt

[falenandawn]

[After the challenge of the scavenger hunt was made, Freyjadour decided it would be a good idea to head to the library to try and figure out what the gods were hinting at. It seemed like meeting the God's challenges would benefit the people of their houses, so even if the tasks posed were a bit strange, Freyjadour figured it was probably worthwhile to participate in the long run.

So early that morning after the challenge had been made, he tells a few of the people he runs into on the way out his destination and then heads to the great library in Odin's district, seeking out some sort of lead. Perhaps there was information about the gods of Asgard somewhere among these shelves.... and maybe answers to their riddles. He'll be paging through various books on lore of different worlds for a good portion of the day, not really knowing where to start but determined nonetheless.

Although he can't help but at some point looking to see if there were books from his world as well. Falena did have a long history, afterall.]

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[bloodypocket]

[Eyes had gone to the library just for the sake of doing so. It had come to his attention recently, what with what happened to Kanone during the dragon's visit, that he needed to review on basic medical procedures that he would be able to carry out on his own.

He did not expect to run into the man from the New Year's party there. Or that by the looks of things, he was actually trying to solve the riddles the 'gods' had left behind for them. It almost makes him roll his eyes.]

[falenandawn]

[Freyjadour looks up from the pile of books he was carrying to one of the tables in the library- various other world texts, some vastly off target while others were from mythologies of different worlds. The look on his face is surprised: He expected others would probably take this route of information gathering, he just hadn't expected to see someone he recognized.] Oh.... hello.

[bloodypocket]

[He responds his greeting with a nod, vaguely eying the titles of the books Frey's carrying. Some of them really are off the mark if what he knows of Norse mythology can be trusted.]

If you're looking to solve those riddles, some of those won't help you.

[falenandawn]

They won't....? Do you know what books I should be looking for? [there is surprise in his tone as he places the pile on the table nearby.]

[bloodypocket]

Try finding material involving Norse mythology. [You can do that on your own, right Frey?]

[falenandawn]

Norse.....?

[bloodypocket]

[Eyes nods again, reaching to select one of the books from the pile Frey had set down and offering it to him.]

Start with this one.

[falenandawn]

[Freyjadour takes it, smiling in return.]

Thank you. Are these from your world?

[bloodypocket]

They're stories of my world. Myths. But that will not guarantee that they'll provide the answers you're looking for.

[falenandawn]

It is more of a lead then nothing.

Thank you.

[bloodypocket]

[Eyes nods again, though he can't help asking:] Why are you participating in their game?

[falenandawn]

[He sorts through the pile, pulling out anything that has the word 'Norse' on it.]

The last competition- houses gained rewards for participation. Even if it is something as silly as a game, if it can potentially benefit the people here or provide them comforts from home then why not humor these 'gods'?

[Not that he.... actually used his house's reward. But the fact remained that people benefited from it.]

[bloodypocket]

Benefit them for how long? They are forcing us to fight in their war without informing us beforehand, after all. [Hello Freyjadour, can you tell that someone is not very pleased with recent happenings?]

[falenandawn]

I know that. But I would rather work on taking care of the people here while I can- until we get through this mess and go home. I do not care about these 'gods' or their whims.

It costs me nothing to look up a bit of information, and it might benefit us in the future in other ways, too.

[bloodypocket]

... Who ever said anything about returning home? [Unless he means to return home after this war is done and 'repopulate,' as Odin stated.]

[falenandawn]

........what do you mean? [Freyjadour hadn't been lucky enough to see Odin's message. As careful as he was to scan the network he missed things, sometimes, and this was obviously one of those times.

He had always, always assumed if the gods were pleased they would be returned home.]

[bloodypocket]

You didn't hear what the 'god' Odin said to us several days ago? [With the amount of ruckus the message spurred, Eyes can say that he is genuinely surprised.]

[falenandawn]

I did not hear any message of the sort from the 'gods'.... What happened?

[bloodypocket]

Odin made it a point to tell us the exact situation of this world and our purpose for it. [Pulling up his sleeve so that he could more easily access his bracelet, Eyes presses the small gray stone identifying him as one of Freyr's subjects to pull up the screen necessary to access the network.

From there he navigates quickly to find the message of which he spoke, adjusting it so that Frey could listen and read it if he wished. It was best to tell it to him directly from the source than to risk misunderstandings.]

1/2

[falenandawn]

[Freyjadour reads it carefully-

The worry for the situation grew as he did so. He had, of course, read the letter they had been given upon arrival, and knew their own worlds were at risk-

He didn't realize it was something the people back home could not fight back against. To.... reset a world? Just like that?]

2/3 i lied

[falenandawn]

[The battleground was smaller, the odds worse, the stake..... everything they cared about.

It was hard to grasp but Freyjadour knew this was going to be a battle of incredible difficult indeed.

Still......]

3/3

[falenandawn]

.....If this is true, then we do everything in our power to win.

If we win, our worlds will be safe and we can go home.

[He wasn't going to give up. In the end it changed nothing of what they had to do.... It did, however, raise the stakes to unimaginable heights.

He probably wasn't absorbing it properly, but he knew enough to know his actions wouldn't change.]

[bloodypocket]

[... An idealist.

It was at the same time sickening... and comforting, for Eyes is one himself. Except with he, the harshness of reality has forced him to push that part of himself deep inside alongside his emotions, under strict lock and key. Not even to emerge when he was alone on all those sleepless nights.

Either this boy was truly that delusional, or he didn't understand the gravity of the situation just yet. Denial, plain and simple. Perhaps his method of coping.

It didn't really matter.] The play their games all you like.

[falenandawn]

[He knew that tone well enough to guess what the other was thinking. He thought Frey was childish, didn't he?

Such determination got him through so far in life. Indeed, he had been given no other choice but to choose that path or run away.... which had never been an option. There were people depending on him to be there and help change things. A 'leader'.

It wasn't something he particularly believed himself worthy of- he was a prince, after all.... but it was what needed to be done and it would be done.

The same belief applied here.]

You've given up already?

[bloodypocket]

... I have something else that requires my attention and efforts more. That's all. [And he, return alone to his world and repopulate it? All of his brothers and sisters, the sacrifice of the little Narumi would have been for nothing.

Kanone would have been for nothing, and Kanone would not be able to return with him. All this realm had done thus far was force him to deal with the return of his brother when the pain of losing him was still raw.

He refused to be a chess piece anymore, it was as simple as that.]