Svalin Thorsdottir (shield_maiden) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-08 12:36:00

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cosmopolitan, inactive - eli paravich, jon kent, plot - "12-step", svalin

Settling In
The displaced Avengers had been taken back to the JLA headquarters and had been shown to quarters. Svalin may have stared at Jon a bit on the way back, but she looked away every time he looked at her or Vernique looked at both of them. There may have been some red on her cheeks when someone caught her looking at Jon.

Jon was familiar in a way, but Svalin couldn't place from where. It tickled at the back of her mind and would drive her crazy until she figured it out. For now she focused on what needed to be done.

Svalin dropped her belongings on the bed and pulled out her whet stone. She sat on the bed and started sharpening the edge of her sword. There was some time before they were to meet and discuss what was going to come next.

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	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"I hath not either," she said. She smiled when he pulled out a chair for her and took the offered seat. "Thank thee." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-10 02:56 am UTC (link)
	It was just a reaction as much as anything, he was trained to hold doors, pull out chairs. Little things like that, enough that its second nature now. "Of course." he replies, bringing her her coacoa then sitting down himself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Thank thee," she said and brought the cup up to smell the hot chocolate. "It doth smell wonderful." She took a sip and smiled. "It ist wonderful." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-10 03:01 am UTC (link)
	"I'm glad you like it. Nice to have a few comforts amidst a lot of chaos." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 03:07 am UTC (link)
	"Aye. Comforts hath been few and far in between on this adventure. It doth remind me of home in Los Angeles," she said about the hot chocolate. "Mine roommate and I wouldst have hot chocolate e'ery night before we retire to our beds. We hath nothing like it in Asgard and Momone suggested I try it whilst on Migard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-10 03:10 am UTC (link)
	Momone? That's... different. But then he's found gods often are. "Sounds like you've settled in pretty well on your Earth. Hopefully you'll get back there before too long." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shield_maiden
2011-01-10 03:16 am UTC (link)

"It didst take some time for mine siblings and I to settle in and learn Migard customs. There wast some misunderstandings at first," she said and smiled at the memory. "We art still not allowed back in Disneyland."

The hot chocolate was probably the best she had ever tasted.

"I hope our task ist almost done. It hath been a great adventure and I didst get to slay a dragon, but home wouldst be nice. Either LA or Asgard."

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	first_son 2011-01-10 03:21 am UTC (link)
	Got to slay a dragon? Yeah, this sounds a little like some of the Amazons talking, anyway. "You ought to tell Corrinna, she'd be jealous. Not allowed in Disneyland... wow. That must be quite a story." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shield_maiden
2011-01-10 03:25 am UTC (link)

Svalin chuckled. "It ist," she said. "We wert new to Migard and Zoey, the daughter of Lady Sydney, wanted to go to Disneyland. We went and there wast a small problem with magic. The figures came to life and started attacking the mortals. Mine brother and I battled a kraken. They banned us from the place for life."

"I wouldst love to swap stories with her," she said. "Though mine teammates didst not approve of mine dragon slaying tactics."

"What about thee? Surely thou hath tales to share."

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	first_son 2011-01-10 03:28 am UTC (link)
	"A few. I... returned to this world not that long ago. A bit over a year. I went into space for a while, to go back to the remanants of the planet where my father was born. Its been an eventful year and some since." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 03:33 am UTC (link)
	"It ist no longer there?" she asked. "What happened to it?" If they were in her dimension she would have asked if Galactus had eaten it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-10 03:34 am UTC (link)
	"It blew up. My father was sent away as a baby, his father predicted the explosion - but no one believed him. He ended up near Smallville, where he was adopted by my grandparents." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 03:39 am UTC (link)
	"Oh. I art sorry thou hath lost him," she said. She realized she changed the whole tone of the conversation and it wasn't for the good. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-10 03:42 am UTC (link)
	He sighs and shakes his head. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring the conversation down. You were looking for stories of adventure and all - I've never been very good at talking about myself. I'm usually caught up in thinking about - well, just about everything else." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 03:49 am UTC (link)
	"Thou hath no reason to be sorry. Thou hath suffered a great loss. I art sorry for asking too many questions," she said. "Momtwo hath said I wast too curious for mine own good at times." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-10 03:50 am UTC (link)
	"You have nothing to be sorry for. Its... kind of refreshing, actually, meeting someone who doesn't know me, hasn't basically known me, or known of me since I was born." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 03:56 am UTC (link)
	She smiled a little. "Aye. I canst understand. It ist the same for me in Asgard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-10 04:00 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I can only imagine. I've encountered some of the gods, and Corrinna's mother was, erm, promoted to goddess for a while, but gave it up to help mortals. I know its not quite the same thing, but I guess I can get some idea of the kind of responsibility you face." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shield_maiden
2011-01-10 04:09 am UTC (link)

"I art still learning those responsibilities," she admitted. "Some lessons hath been harder than others." The important thing was that she had learned them. Asgard and her citizens always came first, even above family. She realized this now and it had been one of the hardest lessons of her life.

"Thou doth sound like thou doth carry a lot of responsibilities on thine shoulders as well."

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first_son
2011-01-10 04:12 am UTC (link)

"Its... complicated. My parents shielded me for a time, told me that I always had the choice. My little sister... wants to follow my mother's path, be a reporter, live a human life. They never told me I had to do anything, take up my father's path - a lot of it I'm not sure he even intended to take up. He just kind of... led, naturally. It was something I felt like I had to do. I wasn't sure why, I'm still not, entirely. That's part of why I went into space, to try and find some answers. Whether I wanted the responsibility or not never really occurred to me - it was always that what I wanted was to be worthy to bear them."

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	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 04:21 am UTC (link)
	Svalin nodded. "I canst understand. It wast not exactly the same, but it wast similar for me. What wouldst thou hath choosen if thou had not chosen the path that thou'rt on now?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-10 04:23 am UTC (link)
	"I've asked myself that a lot of times, and never found an answer, honestly. How about you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 04:30 am UTC (link)
	"I doth not know. I doth not have the voice for a skald, despite mine love of stories, and there ist nothing else I hath e'er wanted to. I hath little magical abilities and being a wife hath little appeal." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-01-10 04:31 am UTC (link)
	"So you've always wanted to be... what would it be, a princess? A general?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-01-10 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"I wast born a princess of Asgard, but I art a warrior. I hath decided to take up the sword when I wast five and hath spent mine life so far learning to fight and to lead. Sometime before Ragnarok I wilt be the last to become a Valkyrie and lead mine sisters in the final battle." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)