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Ne -- This Olympics thing. It's kind of weird, right? We've got all sorts of talented people here in Asgard. Until the Spelling Contest, I had no idea we had so many smart types! And the competition in the Obstacle Course was pretty fierce too! We've got lots of athletes, lots of talent, lots of fighters ... The weird thing is that it's taken us until now to find out.

[Conan pauses here to frown seriously at the feed of his watch. He's sitting in the park, the sun just starting to fade behind him. He must look pretty incongruous, a skinny Japanese kid, all glasses and childish voice at odds with his tone.]

I don't think that's good enough! I know that being away from home and everything you're used to is pretty disorientating -- but I don't want to hear people saying there's nothing they can do about it! There's plenty to do -- and thinking otherwise is playing into the gods' hands. I want to prove that -- and show the gods that we don't need to be forced to do big things! Where I'm from, we have festivals to show what a school or community is proud of. There are performances, food, stalls about local businesses and groups people can join. I want a Traveller Festival to show Asgard what we're capable of.

I'll need lots of help though! So if you're angry about how the gods have treated us, or being forced to do things against your will for their private games, this is for you. If you feel frustrated or homesick, away from the things you're best at going, this is for you. If you have plans for the coming war but you're not sure how to start, this is for you.

Most importantly, if you don't know what to think and aren't sure -- this is for you. Working together, we're going to send a message to the gods, show them what we're capable of. Just what that message ends up being is going to depend on all of us. So far, I don't think we've said much.

Let's change that.

((ooc: thread-jacking welcomed! Please use this as general IC organisation/idea-sharing as I am being 'borrowed' for a 3 day excursion from tomorrow, and may be sporadic.))

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...I'm not really a performer.

[He's trying to sound like he doesn't care and can't be bothered, but a careful ear could pick up that the idea of being up on a stage is a bit intimidating.]

I've got an important job for someone with fire-magic, and it's not on the stage!

...What?

["Important" is enough to get his attention, at least.]

Rapunzel-neechan's working on a fireworks display for the finale! It's going to be really good! I can't wait to see it --

-- but you can't have fireworks in summer without having some precautions! I'd like to have Iceland-san on standby just in case.

[There's a pause.] I guess. If it lights the whole city on fire or something it's not like I could deal with it by myself, though.

I'm pretty sure it won't come to that ... but I should ask for a few more volunteers, you think?

Just one's a bad idea if it's going to be big.

Then I'll ask for more. Thank you, Iceland-san!