asgardeventide | NPC POST - FREYR

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NPC POST - FREYR - VIDEO

[It's roughly noon. The armies are staring each other down across a field of mud and gravel and blood. It's clear that Asgard and their allies are heavily battered down, suffering from heavy losses and damaged morale. It feels like today is the last day. It seems like there's no chance that anything but the end of the world could come today.

Then a video feed starts on the network, surveying the view from a high vantage point. Freyr isn't on screen, but he's close enough to speak and be heard clearly. But even if he weren't close he'd still be heard. There's a convenient little spell projecting his voice all across his side of the battlefield and through the city itself. It's a stern voice, tense and short instead of the gentle, patient attitude he usually shows.]

Sound the retreat. Get all living things within the city walls. Abandon that which cannot be swiftly carried. Now.

[The video continues in silence while his orders are spread through the forces and followed. It takes little more than ten minutes to move everyone inside at an ordered dash. Supply wagons and tents are left in the field and people and animals are removed until all that remains is ghost town of a camp. Small groups of enemies that try to chase are quickly and efficiently deterred by fire from the flying ship, and eventually all are safe inside.

He wants this recorded. It's more than just to be sure his announcement is heard -- he wants to be sure no one forgets how close they were and how important this battle was. His ship maneuvers to the center of the field, and he takes a graceful leap to the ground just yards from the enemy front lines. At that point, he begins to glow.]

...Do not doubt that all of you would have died this day. This is not a game. It's not a trick. Everyone and everything you love is and has been riding on this. I'm sure, even now, that the war will not end. You will all have to continue to fight, and for that you have my sincerest apologies. You also have my sincerest faith. I have never seen hearts so strong as those who stand for what they believe in when they are so far from home. Whether you hate us or not that remains true. I am sure you will triumph in the end.

Thus, I am honored to have observed true beauty in all of you. Thank you and good luck.

[His voice wavers by the time he's done. He'd like to be emotional, but showing fear and regret won't help anyone and so he holds it in.

It's a distant angle, but the video might just catch a hint of a solemn smile. Then, with a flash like a bomb the view goes white and then blinks out. After that anyone looking out past the gates will see a wide, shallow scar on the land, stretching from just feet away from the city walls to what used to be a point three quarters of the way into the enemy army. In that place, nothing remains but rock-solid round covered in a layer of fine white dust. Not even a bit of metal or a single plant mars that flat surface. For a moment anyone in Freyr house will have their powers flicker off, then back on within a few seconds.

But the enemy is decimated, and shows no signs of coming close again.]

[ooc note: That's it for actual plot events! The enemy army will stay at a distance the rest of this IC day (tonight and tomorrow), and will leave in the morning (Nov 16). There will be another NPC post on the 17th, but other than that from this point on is just cleanup. Characters who died will return on the 17th! Thank you for playing!

Oh and P.S. you can get comments from the other gods, so do feel free to respond to this post to talk to them or just to talk to each other. Threadjacking is A+! It is a free-for-all in this post, even for quick action threads.]

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There's nothing that says gods can't die. It all depends on how you define it.

Well, back home, they're defined as immortal, invincible, omnipresent, omniscient, omni-what-have you beings. So, in my book. there is no way these beings are gods. Powerful, yes. Gods, no.

Of course, that's a usual definition. But imagine this.

Out there, in some universe, somewhere, there's a planet where the intelligent beings are called gods, that's their species. They're very powerful, almost immortal, perhaps they even hold power over a big part of that universe.

Word travels, you see, even through the universe. People don't necessary realise that's where something comes from, likely don't, but they might just pick up the word "god" and apply it to their own powerful being, in whatever form that might be, immortal and invincible and omnipresent or not.

It's less unusual than you might think.

...

[GOSH DARN IT DOCTOR why do you use logic, you make it that much harder to snark against.]

Fine, fine I see your point. But still. People who think they're something super special and something to be worshipped are just plain wrong, especially given what you just said right now.

[ Because logic is the best! ]

Have they ever actually said they want to be worshipped?

[ Definitely not said as if he think they haven't, but he can't actually remember it. ]

Not exactly...but they've got this entire city under their thumb, I wouldn't be surprised if their egos were as big as their control over this place.

Well, let's not judge too soon, shall we? One of them did just sacrifice himself for us. Didn't look like he was lying about his gratefulness either.

Just because one had a change of heart doesn't mean the rest will. Remember, they kidnapped us from our own worlds to die in their little war without even asking permission.

They see us as nothing but tools. That's a fact.

Do they?

Yes, I don't really agree with a lot of things they've done at all, but I wouldn't say there's a fact in there. An understandable conclusion to make, but not a fact.

Have you seen how many times they talk to us? We're not even worth their time except when the going gets tough and they need help. They didn't even apologize or anything. Just threw a bracelet and a power at us and called it a day.

Eh. call it whatever you want, but the gods aren't the precious little beings everyone thinks them to be.

I was under the impression most people are more of the same opinion as you. And I'm not saying it's wrong, or that you're wrong. Maybe a little hasty.

How long should I wait before making a judgement call, then? Two days? A week? A year? Illuminate me on this.

[ He purses his lips. ]

Good question! It's not something you just know. But, like you said - they haven't talked to us much. As far as I can see, they're trying to survive and save their world - so far so good. They're being rather rude about it, but thinking someone's a tool and using them as tools in circumstances this desperate are a little different.

Sort of.

[ A pause. ]

Actually, I'm not sure how good that sounds even to me. I'd call it crap if I was someone else too. Probably. Maybe. I don't know, they don't make sense! And I don't like it!

[ SNIFF. ]