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asgardeventide2012-03-18 12:55 pm
ofthursday) wrote in asgardeventide2012-03-18 12:55 pm
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[Prepare, Asgard; another of the Supernatural cast is on your screen and there's no car involved, which means seriousness and general nerding is to come.]
So it seems the stabbings were related to the Ides of March, as Sam and several others have posited, which coincides with the warning of the man that had been wandering the city. This raises several issues beyond the simple consequence of injury.
One, which is the most minor, is that time seems to be passing differently here. The time between the Valentine's Ball and the Ides of March was perceived as only half of what it should have been. This could be a simply difference in this dimension, in that what would normally be twenty-four hour periods are forty-eight, or a trick of how we are measuring time in our minds. It is something to be aware of, if not particularly consequential as of this moment.
[And though his tone has been generally just factual so far, it shifts to more serious now.]
The other, however, is why there would be attacks on us to begin with. Either this is work of another outside kingdom or the gods themselves, and the latter seems most likely as some have been receiving gifts instead of injury. As the pattern emerging so far is that those who listened to the man were rewarded and those who did not were harmed, it's a clear enough warning from the gods about what they expect us to be doing, which to believe in what we are told without skepticism or questioning.
[And this is the part Castiel is most focused on, because his warning bells have been going off since the moment their 'purpose' here had been told to them.]
To several, my stance in the matter of this war we are supposedly here for has been made clear, but I will state it for the others. There are great parallels in what is happening here and something that occurred in my world, in which doing as asked and fighting in the required war caused exactly what it was supposed to prevent, because the leaders had orchestrated it in that way. Questioning was not allowed, and doubt or refusal to do as told had severe consequences.
[There's a faint flicker in his neutral expression for a moment at that, before he covers it.]
It seems a risk here as well, but it is those situations that require doubt the most.
So it seems the stabbings were related to the Ides of March, as Sam and several others have posited, which coincides with the warning of the man that had been wandering the city. This raises several issues beyond the simple consequence of injury.
One, which is the most minor, is that time seems to be passing differently here. The time between the Valentine's Ball and the Ides of March was perceived as only half of what it should have been. This could be a simply difference in this dimension, in that what would normally be twenty-four hour periods are forty-eight, or a trick of how we are measuring time in our minds. It is something to be aware of, if not particularly consequential as of this moment.
[And though his tone has been generally just factual so far, it shifts to more serious now.]
The other, however, is why there would be attacks on us to begin with. Either this is work of another outside kingdom or the gods themselves, and the latter seems most likely as some have been receiving gifts instead of injury. As the pattern emerging so far is that those who listened to the man were rewarded and those who did not were harmed, it's a clear enough warning from the gods about what they expect us to be doing, which to believe in what we are told without skepticism or questioning.
[And this is the part Castiel is most focused on, because his warning bells have been going off since the moment their 'purpose' here had been told to them.]
To several, my stance in the matter of this war we are supposedly here for has been made clear, but I will state it for the others. There are great parallels in what is happening here and something that occurred in my world, in which doing as asked and fighting in the required war caused exactly what it was supposed to prevent, because the leaders had orchestrated it in that way. Questioning was not allowed, and doubt or refusal to do as told had severe consequences.
[There's a faint flicker in his neutral expression for a moment at that, before he covers it.]
It seems a risk here as well, but it is those situations that require doubt the most.
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[Encouraging, indeed! Wendy's thinking the same thing.]
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[He remembers how terrifying it had been to be the only one wondering if something was wrong, and then what he was supposed to do about it all alone.]
Has anything like this occurred in your world?
[She seems so unsurprised.]
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Anything like random gods appearing and trying to enforce their rules on penalty of a fate worse than death? Not really. Most of the stuff I've seen isn't that bad, but I'm pretty adaptable. And my boss has made sure I know the protocol for every kind of emergency situation, so there's that.
I would ask about what's happened to you, but it sounds pretty intense and personal. You don't have to talk about it any more than you already have.
[Wendy isn't one to question people. Not about that sort of stuff. For her, it's enough that this said anything at all. No one needs to push him for the details.]
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Regardless of whether you've dealt with something this serious, you seem experienced enough.
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I work for O.2.S.T.K. where we [ Finger quotes] "Fight evil so you don't have to."
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The boss is big on not killing unless you have to, though, especially if deportation to Greenland is an option.
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Deportation to Greenland?
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...Greenland is probably a hive of scum and villainy thanks to us.
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But the more complicated answer...]
Something like that.
Why Greenland?
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That sounds complicated, as it tends to be. [It wouldn't be "hunting" if it wasn't. ]
Apparantly, the higher ups have a facility there. It's like Alcatraz for the supernatural, extraterrestrial, and just plain cray cray.
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[His opinion of higher ups isn't that good, no matter the situation.]
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