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asgardeventide2014-04-21 04:31 pm
smartwinchester) wrote in asgardeventide2014-04-21 04:31 pm
28 [Video] ALMOST USEFUL PLOT POST. [Forwarded to the 22nd.]
[Sam has been essentially silent for the past two or three weeks.
He's been researching -- something that's been disrupted due to Asgard falling apart at the seams for what feels like the tenth time this month, but Sam has finally reached a conclusion. A pretty obvious one, if he says so himself. And so he turns on the video feed, looking tired -- drawn, with messy hair, almost like he hasn't slept in a few days (which, let's be real, he totally hasn't), and he draws in a deep breath before speaking.]
This world isn't going to last much longer unless we do something.
[It's quiet, but certain -- firm and steady. Sam has faced down several end of the worlds and has been both the cause and end of a few of them -- he's not afraid. It's just a simple fact.]
The gods are pretty much at their breaking point -- this city, Asgard, Yggdrasil, all of it -- it's going to collapse unless we do something. So... I've been thinking -- the gods lend us their energy. That's how we have our specific gifts, right?
[And, to demonstrate, Sam conjures a ball of fire in the palm of his hand pretty easily, letting it crackle there for a few seconds before it dissipates.]
You can't give something without taking something away -- feeding magical energy into every single Traveler here must require a lot of effort. And, for awhile, it was working -- but now it's got to be nothing more than a giant drain. So... I've been -- thinking, what if we could utilize this connection to our advantage? So...
[Give him a minute as he rustles through some papers -- and as the camera tilts, you can see that the entire back wall of his apartment is pretty much covered in Asgardian rune designs, pinned and strung up, some crossed out, some not -- until he holds up a specific design -- fairly simple.]
So I decided to test something -- in my universe, utilizing sigils on our own bodies can have specific effects, you can -- you can ward against things, you can hide yourself from other people, so I decided to try the same line of logic on myself using this world's magic, and --
[Sam tugs down his shirt a little, to show a rune painted onto his chest -- and like before, Sam conjures a fire ball -- but this time, the individuals watching will be able to see the rune glow -- for Sam, it glows a faint golden-yellowish-orange, the color of Odin. And when Sam makes the fire ball disappear, the glowing fades.
He lets out a slight breath.]
In theory, utilizing magic while having this sigil on your body -- unbroken, anywhere where it won't be disturbed -- will transfer energy back along the connection the gods have with us all in order to help revitalize them. I've been testing it since last night and... there are a few side-effect if you use it too much, but all I can tell is that I just feel tired. Kind of like I want a nap. Or to read.
[Pause.]
-- anyway -- it's worth a shot. People are complaining that nothing is getting done or that this world is falling apart, then here is your opportunity to do something about it. I'm setting up an open download with the runes available -- download it to your bracelet, test it out, give it a shot -- and let me know how you feel afterwards.
[In short -- here is Sam Winchester, following people's advice and being a productive member of society.
Sam pauses again before he offers a tired grin -- a slight one, barely there, but still there.]
And if Odin wakes up, let him know that I do payment plans.
[Fuck you, Odin, better appreciate it, you janky ass bitch. >:(]
ooc; This is the post for the Almost Useful plot. Descriptions are here! Feel free to threadjack and make this post a giant effing mess. :)
He's been researching -- something that's been disrupted due to Asgard falling apart at the seams for what feels like the tenth time this month, but Sam has finally reached a conclusion. A pretty obvious one, if he says so himself. And so he turns on the video feed, looking tired -- drawn, with messy hair, almost like he hasn't slept in a few days (which, let's be real, he totally hasn't), and he draws in a deep breath before speaking.]
This world isn't going to last much longer unless we do something.
[It's quiet, but certain -- firm and steady. Sam has faced down several end of the worlds and has been both the cause and end of a few of them -- he's not afraid. It's just a simple fact.]
The gods are pretty much at their breaking point -- this city, Asgard, Yggdrasil, all of it -- it's going to collapse unless we do something. So... I've been thinking -- the gods lend us their energy. That's how we have our specific gifts, right?
[And, to demonstrate, Sam conjures a ball of fire in the palm of his hand pretty easily, letting it crackle there for a few seconds before it dissipates.]
You can't give something without taking something away -- feeding magical energy into every single Traveler here must require a lot of effort. And, for awhile, it was working -- but now it's got to be nothing more than a giant drain. So... I've been -- thinking, what if we could utilize this connection to our advantage? So...
[Give him a minute as he rustles through some papers -- and as the camera tilts, you can see that the entire back wall of his apartment is pretty much covered in Asgardian rune designs, pinned and strung up, some crossed out, some not -- until he holds up a specific design -- fairly simple.]
So I decided to test something -- in my universe, utilizing sigils on our own bodies can have specific effects, you can -- you can ward against things, you can hide yourself from other people, so I decided to try the same line of logic on myself using this world's magic, and --
[Sam tugs down his shirt a little, to show a rune painted onto his chest -- and like before, Sam conjures a fire ball -- but this time, the individuals watching will be able to see the rune glow -- for Sam, it glows a faint golden-yellowish-orange, the color of Odin. And when Sam makes the fire ball disappear, the glowing fades.
He lets out a slight breath.]
In theory, utilizing magic while having this sigil on your body -- unbroken, anywhere where it won't be disturbed -- will transfer energy back along the connection the gods have with us all in order to help revitalize them. I've been testing it since last night and... there are a few side-effect if you use it too much, but all I can tell is that I just feel tired. Kind of like I want a nap. Or to read.
[Pause.]
-- anyway -- it's worth a shot. People are complaining that nothing is getting done or that this world is falling apart, then here is your opportunity to do something about it. I'm setting up an open download with the runes available -- download it to your bracelet, test it out, give it a shot -- and let me know how you feel afterwards.
[In short -- here is Sam Winchester, following people's advice and being a productive member of society.
Sam pauses again before he offers a tired grin -- a slight one, barely there, but still there.]
And if Odin wakes up, let him know that I do payment plans.
[Fuck you, Odin, better appreciate it, you janky ass bitch. >:(]
ooc; This is the post for the Almost Useful plot. Descriptions are here! Feel free to threadjack and make this post a giant effing mess. :)
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Okay, good. Thanks. I just need to know what will and won't break when I actually do use my power... so far everything's been breaking.
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And I'm Bliss. Do you - work at the arena, Buffy?
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I do! Have since I first got here. Which -- ... Well. I've been here since day one. So... Awhile. [ Then her smile becomes more sunshiney. ] I teach self defense and do weapons training.
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You were here when this started? How long ago was it? [No one's really been clear on that, but to be fair, she hasn't seen any calendars around either.] Just a ballpark number's good.
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A year and a few months, at least. I lost track of the exact dates ages ago.
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God, that long... I mean, I know wars aren't usually quick, but that's a long time to be trapped in an alternate dimension. How do you - ?
[The aborted question is a combination of "r u ok" and "how am i gonna be an optimist about this?"]
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Cope? Deal? Easy. I'm used to weirdness, and Asgard is surprisingly mild compared to some of the things I've had to handle back home. It doesn't hurt that I have a group of friends here. Close ones, some have been here as long as I have, some almost as long... A couple have disappeared back home. [ Gale. Arthur. Morgana. Dean. Giles, Xander, Willow... Among others. ] But the other travelers here... They make things easier to handle. Promise.
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That's what most people say here. Sometimes I feel like the only one who just - went to school, and had weird hobbies that no one in my hometown got, and got steamrolled into stupid crap by my mom. [And led a double life. But considering it was for Roller Derby, that doesn't even feel exciting anymore.] I know that makes me lucky. I just don't have much in the way of context for this place.