asgardeventide | Chapter 1

[When the feed first comes on, Castle's just staring at the communicator, a confused look on his face. After he realizes that it's transmitting, he breaks into a smile.]

Ok, seriously, who's on the other end of this thing? Ryan? Espo? I don't know where I am right now, but this is awesome. Is this a belated birthday present from you guys? Please tell me that if I get to be a Norse god, I get to have a costume as well. Where do I pick that up? The woman was really vague... and kind of creepy if I'm being honest with you.

[Castle laughs.]

House Loki. The trickster. Well played, gentlemen. Well played.

Oh and please tell me I get to keep the bracelet, because this is pretty much the most badass technology I've ever seen in my life.

[As he moves outside of the palace, he's able to look around some more and he realizes that thiiiiiiis is not New York City. One can see the mood change on his face. The laughter is a bit more nervous this time.]

T-This is impressive, you guys. Truly. But um.. where exactly am I? There doesn't seem to be a GPS feature on this thing...

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Huh. So apparently bringing color wasn't 'mission accomplished'. There's something more that... whoever wants. Fortunately they picked a good man for the job. I can definitely contribute to the culture of this city.

[He gave her a grin.]

So uh.. what House are you in, Beckett?

[He was fairly sure it was not Loki.]

The gods. They're the ones in charge. [Oh ho ho that grin. Almost makes her want to roll her eyes again. But also grin back. It almost feels like they're back to normal.]

Heimdall. So you're... [She thinks for a moment. She's spent a lot of her time trying to learn the lay-out, but it is a fairly large city.] You're not completely on the other side of the city, but close.

Ah yes, Heimdall. Called Heimdallr in the actual Norse mythology, not the comic book. Keeper of the the horn and the rainbow bridge. I can see it.

[Castle smirked at her.]

You know, Heimdallr and Loki are foretold to kill one another during the events of Ragnarök.

[A small voice in the back of his mind wondered if it was supposed to come to that here. But there was no way he would ever hurt Beckett. If it came down to it, he would take her and hide somewhere or they'd die together.]

[She's impressed. Really, knowing that much about Norse mythology, Castle. She never would have guessed.

That last part though has her worried. And frowning. Especially with the whole 'war' that's supposed to happen soon...]

I don't know about Ragnarök, but there is a war coming, I just don't think it'll involve fighting between the houses. [Even if it did, she wouldn't fight Castle. She wouldn't even think about it. They'd find a way out, around, something. It wouldn't even come to that.]

[Don't you know, Beckett? Castle knows a lot about everything.]

I don't think we have to worry, Beckett.

[He's going to brush the thought away, not think about it right now.]

But I can tell you are. Want to know how I can tell?

[He cocked an eyebrow at her.]

[Sigh. But she's smiling, so it's not a bad sigh.]

How can you tell?

Because I can read your mind, Beckett.

[He waved his hands ~mystically in front of his face, then dissolved into laughter at the look on Kate's. Castle missed this, being able to joke around with her. The last few weeks had been rough for him. But now Jacinda was out of the picture and Beckett had said she was ready. Maybe some kind of magical city of the gods was just what they needed.]

You wanna show me around this place?

[The worst part was that for a very, very brief moment she almost took it seriously. She hasn't met anyone with telepathy yet, so she doesn't know how it works, and Castle reading her mind...no. Kate couldn't even roll her eyes when he broke out into laughter, it was too contagious and soon enough she was laughing too.

It was...back to normal. It was. And it felt good. Maybe she could tell him, like Laine said. Maybe she needed to. But not yet, not right now.

She shook her head just because it's been a while since she laughed like that.]

Yeah, yeah of course. Anywhere you want to go first?

I'd like to find a clear location where my eventual statue will be built. Preferably in a park.

[Smirk.]

Take me where I'll be living I guess. I want to check out these digs.

Uh-huh, sure. You said Loki, right?

[She's already started off in the direction of the Loki district. She hasn't spent a lot of time there, but she goes to the Arena often and that's in Thor, the district right next door. Besides, she's got a map. It's not like she needs to be anywhere today - day off from work and all. And maybe, with how much she's been overworking herself since she's gotten here, she needs the day off.]

Indeed I did. The trickster god himself. Appropriate, don't you think?

[He smiled as he followed her, allowing her to show him around what was going to be his new home.]

[ooc - fade?]

More than.

[And off they go into the ~~sunset~~ rest of Asgard.]

((ooc: yup yup. :3))

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