Svalin Thorsdottir (shield_maiden) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-05-06 01:49:00

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Moving Meditation (open to Defenders)
To say Svalin didn't deal well with inactivity was a big understatement. She was not the type to sit still and do very little which made this pregnancy into a very taxing thing. The blood of warriors ran her her veins and it wasn't easily stilled. It made her irritable and restless.

Svalin was awake before the sun had risen. A nightmare, one of her son destroying Asgard and Migard and Jon accusing her of letting it happen, woke her and she found sleep elusive afterward. The words spoken to her by her grandfather on her wedding day weighed heavily on her mind. She could not easily ignore the possibility of her son being the cause of the destruction of two worlds.

Svalin made her way up to the main building and to the training room. Some exercise and practice would help calm her thoughts and help her center herself. She programmed the room to a low level setting and had it create some robot opponents. Svalin knew they were a creation of light and force fields, but they would serve her purpose well enough.

Vigfrior was a sword and she started hacking through the fabricated robots.

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	shield_maiden 2011-05-09 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	"Fair maids art turning down the Bear of Asgard?" Svalin teased. "Surely it must be a first." She sighed a little. "Aye. I hath become more awkward and I art tired. Restful sleep ist elusive." "Woudlst thou care to spar?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-09 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	He frowns. "I wouldst care to, but must needs not. E'en sparring, I lose care too quickly. Thine wife hast a'ready warned me of this. I mayst join thee in training, but we need wait to spar further until thou hast given birth." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-09 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Thou hath n'er hurt me during sparring, but I know thee and thou wilt not change thine mind." She shook her head. "It ist not the same. These unreal robots art no real challenge." Svalin had tried to increase the difficulty of the program, but had been locked out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-09 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	He looks back at her evenly. "Thou hast a different challenge now, sister mine. Mayhap one e'en more taxing. And one that a sword and shield cannot make disappear. I know thou'rt up to it... but thou must needs accept all that the challenge puts upon thee, as much as thou wouldst undertaking any other quest." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shield_maiden
2011-05-09 08:27 pm UTC (link)

Svalin looked away. "I doth not know if I canst handle this challenge," she said. "It ist a great burden upon mine shoulders. One I doth not know I canst carry."

She hadn't spoken to anyone except Vernique about her grandfather's words during their wedding. She was warned not to speak of it except for those she trusted the most. Her brother definitely fell under that category.

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	stone_bear 2011-05-09 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Then stop carrying it alone. Thine family hast broad, strong shoulders for a reason. Carrying the child must be thine weight alone, but we canst aid thee with much that comes with it. Come, rest a time, and let us speak." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-09 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Come then. We canst talk o'er some food and drink." She said as she sheathed Vigfrior. "I hath many doubts and concerns, but I art also scared," she said as they started walking. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-09 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	He nods, and moves to follow, just behind and to her right. "Aye, tis quite a responsibility. But thou'rt the princess of Asgard. Thou wilt o'ercome thy fear, and do better than any of us e'er thought possible." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-09 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	"I hope thou'rt correct," she said. "If it wert just having a child, I wouldst not worry as much. Lord Odin didst speak to Vernique and I. There art concerns for Asgard and Migard regarding mine son." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-09 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	"If the all-father ist concerned, then it must be important indeed. Tis good that it ist thine responsibility then. Few others wouldst be up to it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-09 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye," she said. "There ist much to concern Lord Odin. Mine son wilt either be a light for Asgard and Migard, or the doom of both. I fear mine shoulders art not enow to bear such responsibility. What if I fail and I art the cause of such devastation?" Doubt, fear and uncertainty are things the Asgardian was not used to dealing with. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-09 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Then I hath a question for thee in turn. Dost thou trust me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-09 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin stopped walking. "Of course. With mine life." She did and had many times. Every time he succumbed to the madness, she trusted him to recognize her and come out of it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-09 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Good, then thou shalt not fail unless all of us hath failed as well. Ne'er shalt thee fail, unless the bear hast fallen first. Thou'rt both mine sister and mine liege-lady. Mine life ist thine... so worry not on such things. If thou trusteth me to hold the line for thee, then thou wilt ne'er fail." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-09 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	Tears formed and spilled from her eyes. She hugged him tightly. "I art truly blessed to have a brother such as thee." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-09 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	He hugs her back. "Aye, I and mine art cursed that others mayst be blessed. Didst thou think I wast born such without purpose? Tis not only in war that I stand between thee, and all foes. Thou wilt succeed... I stake mine life on it, always. Hath no more doubt sister mine. I hath none." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-10 12:08 am UTC (link)
	Svalin released him and gave him a small smile. "Thou wert born to be mine brother whom I love dearly. That ist purpose enow for me. How canst I fail with the Bear of Asgard on mine side?" She kissed his cheek. "I love thee brother." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-10 12:10 am UTC (link)
	"And I, thee. Now I wilt hear no more of thee failing. We hath established mine purpose. Thine ist to succeed, always. Now, food ist called for." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-10 12:14 am UTC (link)
	"Aye. Soon mine appetite wilt outstrip thine," she joked. They started walking again. "The All-Father warned against telling many about mine son. Thou'rt the first I hath told, but I wouldst like to keep it within these walls." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-10 12:16 am UTC (link)
	"Mine tales of thee art of dragons, maidens and valiant command. What knowst I of children? Tis thy story to tell or not to whosoe'er thou wish'st. None wilt hear of't from me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-10 12:20 am UTC (link)
	Svalin laughed. "Nay there wert no maidens. I doth think that times art about to get interesting. It wilt not be long before the enemies of Asgard doth learn and art upon us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-10 12:28 am UTC (link)
	"Well of course they art maidens no longer." he teases. "And tis for the best, I prefer them where I canst see them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-10 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Svalin shook her head. "I wilt be envious of thee when thou art fighting and I cannot." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2011-05-10 04:26 am UTC (link)
	"Thou wilt be fighting again soon enow. If what thou sayst ist true, there wilt be more battles ahead for all of us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-10 04:40 am UTC (link)
	"Aye, but it ist hard only watching," she said as they entered the kitchen. "I art not used to it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)