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...No offense to the gods or anything, but this place has some of the worst editors I've ever seen. Seriously. Because is it just me, or did I somehow miss the memo of "mysterious dragons who talk and spew fire while conversing on war," "ice fairies who give frostbite handshakes," "re: heads exploding is the new black," and now "color is here, you can go search this big forest with no end in sight?" Honestly, I can't tell where anything is going right now. It's like Stephanie Meyer went on a writing rampage with a red pen and forgot to plan anything out beforehand.

...actually, she does that all the time. Probably not the best example.

I guess if I had to relate it to something- it's even worse than the time Barry tried to drunk-edit one of my stories to have Godzilla and Mothra share drinks in a bar and talk politics while watching a bar fight. And that's saying a lot.

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I've only been here a few days. I know about the gods, I know of the goals they wish for us to reach, I know your head will be blown off if you attempt to do magic and I've heard of some of the things they've unleashed on the city. Visions and ice fairies and the like.

Oh. And the war. [Because that definitely hasn't left his mind yet.] What else is there?

Basically each god is in control of a house, and people are assigned to each house based on how they act. At least, from what I can tell. The two goals we have to do are 1. Color the city, and 2. Prepare for war and prevent Ragnarok. If we don't, we're screwed, because we won't have homes to go back to.

Heads explode if you get the powers you have back home, here- that's why they gave us powers that were "compatible." Whatever that standard is for Asgard. As for fairies, they come to cause problems when they can, and last I recall hearing, the dragon talked and declared war on the entire city as a whole.

I could go into the whole Norse Mythology thing too, but that might bore you to tears.

What I want to know is how they can select which traits of ours will be used to determine our placement. It seems fairly obvious in most cases, but it's a bit disturbing knowing there are gods who know more than I'd like them to. ...Ragnarok. Can you elaborate on that?

So I also missed a dragon. I was actually hoping you were exaggerating. There isn't any way to determine when these occurrences will happen, is there?

Might is a bit of an understatement. However, is it important to know?

Good luck with that first part. It'd probably be best to actually ask the gods, when they come around. They do every now and then.

Ragnarok. Pretty much the Norse equivalent of the end of the world. Not much else to explain other than that.

Apparently. I missed him too, though I think I would have gotten my popcorn and soda and watched for a while, instead of running like a lunatic. I heard he was a nice shot with all the fire he produced. And no, not from what I can tell. They're sporadic.

I'd think so. Knowing the basics at least will help you understand this place a bit more.

But are they actually likely to answer these types of questions?

Oh. No, no, I think that's perfectly clear...

Was he actually attacking people though?

If it doesn't take too long to sum up, then sure. I reckon it'd be useful to reference back to later.

Sometimes. Depends on what you ask, from what I've seen.

He set things on fire. Like buildings and things. And he talked. I guess that counts as attacking?

Okay, well. First thing's first- Odin is your head god in Norse mythology. He's like Zeus. So don't piss him off. From there you've got a million and a half other demigods and gods and goddesses, most of them unmentioned because who wants to read all of them at once? But Loki, Sigyn, Hel, Freyr, Freya, Baldr, Heimdall, and Thor are the main ones here, and I think each one is based on different personalities. From what I remember, Loki and Sigyn are married, Hel's Loki's daughter, Freyr and Freya are twins, Baldr's an ass, Heimdall's loyal as they come, and Thor... is Thor. He's got his own special category for describing him.

If people weren't lit on fire, I don't count that as an attack, honestly. An overreaction maybe, but not an attack.

It's a bit disappointing that they can be summarized in such a black and white manner, don't you think? [Not that he's not grateful for the summary.] Theoretically then, Odin is the only one we really need to listen to.

I wouldn't know. Like I said, just reading things off from what others have said.

Sometimes. But this Asgard isn't exactly the same as the ones I've read. The story differs each time.

Bzzzzt, wrong. That is probably one of the worst things to assume, kid. Try talking to a god with that idea in mind, and they can pretty much do anything they want to you to show you who's boss.

That's all we really have to go off of, it seems.

..."this Asgard"? How many have you read about now?

[Oh. Okay. That probably is a foolish assumption, isn't it?] I'm not going to go around kissing all of their arses just to make sure they're happy, you know. They need as many of us as possible, don't they? I'm hardly worried. [Liar.]

Pretty much.

Only a few. Some of them have different interpretations of names and places, but the general idea is the same.

More like they need us because we're screwed otherwise. Never said you had to please them, but just don't go accusing them of things and you should be fine.

Nothing entirely worth noting then. Understood.

I'll keep all of that in mind. [Sort of. He's still a bit skeptical of the whole idea, but he'll play along. There's a really long pause then, before-] Thanks.

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