asgardeventide | Second vision

ooc: Just want to apologize for kind of dropping the ball all over the place in this game lately but my life has gotten insanely busy and I may have to drop some older stuff. There are threads I definitely intend to continue but I'm afraid the pace might be pretty glacial and if you get an ancient tag from me that you don't want to reply to I understand that perfectly. Now, on with the show!

[ Ghanima appears to be her usual calm and collected self, facial expression as enigmatically unreadable as ever. What she chooses to speak to the network about, however, might at least to some hint that she isn't entirely as comfortable in her own skin today as she seems. ]

The apples that give visions, I would like to ask those of you who have tasted them if you believe that what you see is an actual possible future?

[ Not the future because while Ghanima is no stranger to inevitability, she still believes that the future can change. In this case especially considering the fact that they are apparently fighting for the continued existence of all universes here. ]

I am also curious if there are any here who have entered into arranged marriages or similar agreements, if you feel as if that is something you would be comfortable with discussing.

[ And with a slight nod, she ends the video. ]

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Culture, religion, politics, age. There are many reasons why one might do such a thing.

Have you done it?

I once accepted an offer negotiated by my grandmother, yes, but in the end the marriage didn't happen.

[ Not officially at least. ]

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Wouldn't you rather have met this person by yourself and decide by yourself if you'd like to marry them or not?

At the time, it didn't much matter to me.

[ Mostly because her plan had been to murder the groom. ]

Does it now?

I feel differently about it, but that still does not matter much.

Why doesn't it?

Because my consort will be a smaller part of a much bigger plan, one that must take its course.

[ She needs to believe that it really is necessary, to be able to bear the sacrifices she and the people she loves have been making. ]

Bigger plan?

It's a rather long and complicated story.

[ he smiles ] It's alright if you don't wish to tell.

Yes it is.

[ But she doesn't blame him for asking. Her broadcast made such questions rather inevitable after all. ]

How far ahead in time can you imagine planning?

Fourteen years. [ that's pretty specific, he knows. But that's how long he has been alive, so - ]

How many people can you imagine doing it for?

I don't know. I'm not familiar with other people's desires and plans. [ and he is terrible at imagining ]

The union which I have agreed to is part of a plan that reaches thousands of years into the future, and touches upon the lives of billions.

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