001 ♔ video/action for Odin District

[glaremaster.livejournal.com]

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[Anyone passing through Odin District may notice this prosecutor conversing with a very familiar snowman near the library. His arms are crossed, and he taps his right upper arm with his left index finger as he waits patiently for this winter visitor to speak. He's a little relaxed...although some tension remains. Because seriously HE'S TALKING TO A SNOWMAN ASGARD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE NOW. Sure, Miles has gotten sort of used to how things roll here, but nothing prepared him for TALKING SNOWMEN. WHAT WERE THESE GODS PLAYING AT.

The snowman's button mouth moves, and he finally gives his riddle.]

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?

[A moment is all Miles needs to answer this one. His neutral expression changes into a smirk. This riddle was child's play compared to the contradictions he had to unearth from difficult witnesses' testimonies. His tone is very sure...possibly even smug. Silly snowman, you don't know 'bout his shiny logic.]

The letter e, of course.

That's right. [The snowman hands him a wrapped present; his coal eyes seem to twinkle with approval. Miles looks at the present for while, then slowly reaches out to take it.]

Ah...thank you. [He stares down at the gift, wondering what could be inside - or if this was yet another trick by the gods.]

[video]

[Several minutes later, he will make his very first post on the network. Miles has spoken to a few people - mostly from his House - but he has spent much of the past week investigating as much of Asgard as he can, trying to find anything that would unravel this setup. He has found nothing, and as all his theories fall away one by one, he slowly realizes that everything, from the gods spiriting them to Asgard to the gifts these gods supposedly granted their visitors, was real. With no evidence to debunk the existence of this strange realm, his arguments were going nowhere.

So ladies and gentlemen, he will be seated at the table in his room, with a stack of books, his organizer and this hat - albeit black with an equally dark satin ribbon. At first glance it doesn't seem so warm, no? But hey, it's a nice hat. And it's winter.]

The snowman I met in my district tested my wits with a riddle, and rewarded me for my answer. [He gestures toward the hat.] I can only assume that snowmen in other districts would test others differently. [He didn't leave Odin District after he got his riddle and his hat.]

If you have met a snowman in another district besides that of Odin, what task were you given, and did you complete it?

Comments

[pyritic.livejournal.com]

Heimdall. It wasn't far from the ...thing to begin with. [ Again, not much of a challenge. Cloud shrugs. ] Maybe it thought that was hard enough. Not like it had real eyes.

[ Snowman, after all--the eyes were only approximations. ]

[glaremaster.livejournal.com]

Maybe the task was not meant to be a challenge.

[pyritic.livejournal.com]

...Seeing if we'd play along. [ He folds his arms. ] Least they pay.

[ Still, it's kind of annoying. ]

[glaremaster.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Other tasks were meant to test other aspects of one's personality, from what I've gathered.

[pyritic.livejournal.com]

Odin wants intelligence. Heimdall wants... ...gofers. [ Why is he in this house. Why. Because he actually got the button, and he's sure no Odin. ] What about the others?

[glaremaster.livejournal.com]

Thor tested people's temperance, Sigyn's snowman asked for something warm, another had people pose for pictures...

...

And the snow-woman of Freya District wanted kisses. [His face just screams WHYYYYYYY.]

[pyritic.livejournal.com]

...Not just kidnappers but creeps. [ Yeah Cloud's face is echoing that scream a little though he wouldn't cop to it. ] This keeps getting better and better.

[glaremaster.livejournal.com]

I would think a little creativity with the tasks could go a long way.

[pyritic.livejournal.com]

[ Cloud almost scratches his head, but catches himself and folds his arm, trying to keep a serious look. ] ...don't know what Freya's task is supposed to say about her picks...

...Sigyn must be looking for nice people. It'd fit with--who I've seen there. [ Making a mental note to himself to keep an eye on that house for Aerith and Tifa. ...Then again, he can see Tifa taking care of Thor's snowman without much problem. Or piledriving it. ]

[glaremaster.livejournal.com]

Freya is the Norse equivalent of Aphrodite in Greek mythology - the goddess associated with love and beauty. I suppose her chosen travelers are those who prioritize them as much as she does.

And yes, perhaps so. [He may know a thing or two about Norse mythology but he's not an expert. Still, that was a possibility.]

[pyritic.livejournal.com]

You're not a native, but you seem to understand her pretty well. [ ...What are those terms you're throwing around, Edgeworth. ]

[glaremaster.livejournal.com]

[He does that, DEAL WITH IT. But don't worry, all he knows about Norse mythology are the basics.]

Where I come from, these gods are characters in stories and epics.

[pyritic.livejournal.com]

So this place and your place are connected.

[ ...it makes sense from his pov okay. ]

[glaremaster.livejournal.com]

...in a sense, and by the merest thread, perhaps. After all, not many people nowadays believe in them, and I am also convinced that they were only legends passed down from generation to generation to explain what were once unexplained.

[pyritic.livejournal.com]

[ Looking skeptical on this end. He knows something doesn't need to be believed to be true. Where he's from a lot of people are pretty clueless about how the Planet works and don't believe too much in it. ]

So how would you explain the ones here?

[glaremaster.livejournal.com]

...

The gods here, as far as I can tell...are real. Without anything to disprove the same, I have accepted this as fact.