asgardeventide | 1ST LOG; VOICE

It's a loada crap, in case you're wonderin'.

...What's that? The situation in general or the Norse mythos?

Everythin'. The shit these gods spew and what they expect from us.

Anyone give you the rundown yet?

Ah... well. I guess that's to be expected from ancient beings. I'd imagine they must be suffering through some form of dementia for how old they are. [ so deadpanned. ]

--If you mean the whole "you need to bring color to this world!"-Disney-esque bullshit, then sort of. Not really buying it. Not after what I've dealt with.

[He laughs at that.]

All of 'em are all sortsa crazy. Not trustin' a word they say.

[Guessing this guy's been through a helluva lot of shit like he has.]

A friend of mine collected some info. Lemme send it to you.

[After a minute, this will appear on the feed.]

He's a reliable sort. If you want to know more, you can ask one of us. I'm Bobby, by the way.

That's probably the best way to go about it. [ someone has ~experience~ with mistrust, apparently. ]

...--Holy shit. Smart friend you've got there. A lot to go over...

Well, thanks, Bobby. I'm James. [ uh. weird to introduce himself like that. ] That's really kind of you to send me this little care package. [ lololol. ] This'll take me a bit to uh. Absorb. [ cos while he's been through SOME SHIT he's still not used to the idea of ~gods and goddesses~ ]

[A hint of pride creeps into his voice.]

Yep. The kid's got one helluva brain.

[He waves it off.]

Nothin' I wouldn't do for everyone else.

[Snort]

Yeah, it can be a bit much.

[ he hears that pride, but doesn't pry... just offers a quiet chuckle. ]

That's awfully kind of you, offering help to strangers. Really need to have more guys like you around.

[ a pause, and he sighs. ] Say, uh. Since you're in leagues with such a smart guy, I'm hoping maybe you might be able to tell me about uh. [ this is harder than he thought. ] ...things like life after death. If you wouldn't mind, anyway. Just, y'know, to humor me.

Ain't like any of us asked to be pulled in here. We all gotta stick together.

[What James is asking makes something inside him twist in an angry and painful way, because it doesn't take a genius to know why the question is being posed. It's already bad enough what these pagan gods are doing, but this? How about having a shred of decency and not pull people like Castiel and James into this stupidass war? Haven't people earned their rest?]

What do you wanna know?

Uh. Well. Just... [ this was difficult to word without coming off as completely insane, but hell. the situation itself was pretty damn insane, wasn't it? ]

Say that uh. Someone comes here and distinctly remembers... an event that would have killed that person, but they're clearly not dead, you know? Like, totally tangible and no Casper-esque bullshit going on.

What would you deduce from that?

[Bobby isn't one to be optimistic or to give false hope, but with Cas and Mary's presence here, he can't help but think...]

Possibly a second chance. The gods coulda brought anyone here in the nick of time, or just plain old revived 'em.

[A few years ago, his answer would have been very different.]

...Wait, so. [ he laughs humorlessly. ]

I'm--

[ ohhh lord. ]

I'm a zombie?

[These talks never seem to go as planned.]

What-No.

[Humorless smirk.]

If you were, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[Because then he'd have to kill you. 8|]

[ pokerface.jpg ]

I was dead. I'm not anymore.

Zombie.

Look. If you really were, I'd put you outta your own misery.

[Pause]

It's my job.

Yeah, it'd be my job, too, but I'm not really in the mood for 9mm aspirin right now.

[Sigh...must be a military type. Well, this is a world where the supernatural aren't some terrible secret, so it shouldn't hurt to tell the truth.]

My job's to identify and hunt the supernatural. You ain't a zombie and you might as well use this as some sorta second chance, shitty as it may be.

Oh.

[ he grunts. ]

You would have been a real advantage to have on the field, then. Fuckin' shame.

[Ah, people thrown into things they had no idea how to deal with. Great.]

Zombies a known menace in your world?

I wouldn't say it's a known menace. It's something I've dealt with.

[ pause. ]

With a friend of mine. Some... Some Russian conspiracy.

[Oh geez. Dealing with supernatural creatures is hard enough as it is without mixing politics into things.]

Shit son. Seems you got dragged into more crap then.

If it is any consolation, I imagine it the same for many here.

I kinda figured. Not too many people worship Norse gods anymore. As far as I know.

Oh, si. To my knowledge, and where I am from, it is far more common to worship the Christian God.

Same here, for the most part. America's pretty much a melting pot, though.

America? [a curious look.]

...Yeah, America. The United States?

I am afraid I am not familiar with it.

I'd imagine not many of us expected these gods to exist.

I sure as shit hope not.

Means less people to yell "I told you so!!" at the end of days.

[Oh dear, how vulgar...!]

I... don't know why anyone would focus on something like that if the end of days were to come.

There are those people who love to get the last say so in, come hell or high water.

There's little point in such a thing. I don't understand what they hope to accomplish like that.

You must not know many overzealous assholes, then.

They're not the ones anyone'd believe in.

Not since the dark ages, anyway.

We had higher standards than this.

Who's "we?" I don't know about you, buddy, but I'm not pushing 600 or anything.

Or do I know anyone who is, for that matter.

Point is, people believed in anything back in those days. I guess it made shit more bearable to think of it as punishment from the gods, or whatever.

Six hundred's too young to know these gods, anyhow.

It also gave us an excuse to steal from monasteries.

[ lolwat. ]

Uh. Sure, pal. Whatever you say.

What I'm sayin' is, don't judge the real ones by these guys.

You keep talking but all I hear is nonsense.

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