[ ohay asgard, ever seen the look of someone who's literally just gotten out of bed and scrambled to check the bracelet? because now you have. and he looks awful. if it was possible to look sleep deprived after what he's sure was the longest night (or maybe even multiple nights) of sleep he's ever had. of course, it wasn't just a normal sleep -- hence the franticness of everything he's doing right now.

it's a bit uncharacteristic, but jackson's had the video feed running for a minute or so as he stares at everything in disbelief. it might be the look of a newcomer if it wasn't for the fact that he's in his room at Thor and he doesn't look surprised at the network itself, but at the fact that it's still here. ]

I don't know if anyone— [ dreamt they were back home? no, no, that wouldn't work. what if no one knows what he's talking about. ]

I need someone — anyone — to tell me what day it is. [ his words are coming out too fast and he takes a deep breath to steady himself. ]

And what's the last thing that you remember happening here? I don't mean like you just waking up and getting food, but something major.

Whatever it was, I need to know now.

[ filtered to scott, stiles, allison, and derek ]

i need to talk to you. right now.

Faceless maids, that's ... new. [Someone didn't hang around too long. But long enough, at least, to figure things out.]

Sorry, but I've got places to be.

[Oh, was she not actually talking to anyone over the bracelet? Because from the upward look of things, it might just have been some random NPC person. Or even the maid herself. Because almost just as quick, the feed ends.]

[Once the video starts up, one can see that Bianca is hard at work on something. With all the fabric and threads to the side, it looks like she has something in mind. However, there appears to be that there are small pieces of fabric everywhere.]

Um...I wondering, does anyone here know how to stitch really well? I've been trying to but I don't think I'm suppose to be doing what I'm suppose to do...

[With that, she holds up a very piece of cloth. It was suppose to be a tree with a sun on the side but it ended up looking...well...something like this. In addition, some of the cloth wasn't sewed in very well. With Jasmine gone, she wasn't sure who else to turn to for something like this.]

I was hoping that I could make a quilt for everyone but I think that might have to wait until I can figure out how to make a pillow case first!

[And filtered away from Lucas like whoa but she isn't good at filtering things anyway so...]

And besides, I think it's only fair right? After all, I made someone really sad...

[Despite the snow and cold, Alastair is outside. He's more used to being out and about in the cold anyway, and it's really not that bad, especially with a good coat.]

I know not everyone will care about this, so feel free to ignore it if you're not interested in... other people's worlds.

[He sighs, running a hand through his hair.]

With that out of the way, I was just wondering... I realize we're all from different places, and many of them are vastly different from each other, but I keep being surprised, mostly because something that is so completely fundamental where I come from seems to just... not exist anywhere else.

It's... well it's the Balance. [He rubs his forehead a moment before continuing.] I've explained this to a few people already, but where I come from, the Balance between life and death, creation and destruction, and time... it's all essential to how the world works. If the Balance is upset, things... go badly. [He frowns.] That's a bit of an understatement. But that's not important.

The Balance is guarded by the Keepers, one for each aspect of the Balance. Each Keeper rules a land that is associated with that aspect of the Balance, and in the land there are a few gifted on one side of the Balance or the other. So in the land associated with life and death, there are some gifted with life, and others with death. Only the Keeper has the power of both.

[He sighs. Is he saying too much? It feels like he's talking too much.]

I'm sorry, really the point of all of this is... I'm wondering if anyone comes from a place with a Balance. Or anything like it, really. It just... it seems impossible to me that it exists nowhere else.