Svalin Thorsdottir (shield_maiden) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-09-19 21:05:00

Entry tags:

asleif, brandr, kael, npc - thor, svalin

Asgard (Open)
It was nearing Solver's first birthday, not that Asgardians really celebrated such, but it had been some time since the mothers, especially MomTwo had some time with her grandson. Einmyria made it a point to send Skari with a message stating such. It was time for a visit while things wert quiet.

No sooner than they had stepped foot into the Great Hall, then Einmyria scooped Solver up to take him to go dote upon him. Eir and Astrid were tagging along after her to play with their nephew. Svalin went to go to talk to her father first. Then find some sparring partners. She brought her bat'leth to use against Asgard's warriors to test her abilities with it.

There was also the quest to find the Crimson Hawk the Norns spoke about.

First thing's first. She went to see her father.

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	shield_maiden 2012-09-19 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye, it ist heavy, but the lives art worth it." Svalin didn't need to specify which lives, because her son, wife and people were worth it. Svalin shook her head. "I didst not tell mine wife. She wilt be quite wroth knowing I art dying twice a year." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2012-09-19 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	The smile disappears entirely. "Didst I hear thee correctly? Thou hast borne this news to me, before sharing it with thine own wife?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-19 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye," Svalin answered. "I wilt tell her in time, but not now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2012-09-20 12:01 am UTC (link)

"No." he says, shaking his head. "Thou wilt speak to her at first opportunity. We do many things others care for not. We art warriors first... given a heavy duty by fate, tis true. Our lives art not destined to be our own. We do many things that those fate hath given free will do not, and wilt ne'er understand... but we doth ne'er shy from facing truths because we fear responses.

Thou'rt a proud daughter of Asgard... for good or ill, stand by what thou hast done."

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	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"Aye, My Lord," she said and bowed stiffly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2012-09-20 12:19 am UTC (link)
	He sighs, expression softening a bit. "Thine wife ist thine greatest ally in all the world. She mayst not always agree with thee - but she ist the goddess of thine home. And tis her job to worry for thee... because as an Asgardian, thou hast no time to do so. To hide things for some imagined greater good is the way of thine uncle... not thee." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 12:23 am UTC (link)
	"Mayhap one day I wilt be as wise as thee, Father," Svalin said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2012-09-20 12:26 am UTC (link)
	"I hath had many centuries to learn hard lessons. Be well, mine eldest. After thou hath spoken with thine wife, if thou needeth still to talk, I wilt be about." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 12:30 am UTC (link)
	Svalin nodded. "Thank thee," she said. "I wilt see to mine duties." Svalin bowed and left the room. First stop was the practice yard to work up the courage to face her wife. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2012-09-20 12:47 am UTC (link)
	For most of the day so far, she hadn't been able to let Solver out of her sight. So she'd hung with Einmyria and the littles and not let the conversation get serious. Only now was she able to assuage the paranoia enough to step outside for some air. "Hey, hon," she said, spotting Svalin on the way to the practice yard. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

shield_maiden
2012-09-20 12:52 am UTC (link)

Her wife was the one person Svalin was not expecting to run into. Svalin would have thought MomTwo would have kept her busy and distracted enough to allow Svalin a few hours in the practice yard to work up some courage.

She really didn't want to do this, but she couldn't disobey her father either.

Maybe Ragnarok was going to come to Asgard sooner than later.

"How fares thee and Solver?"

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	butterflybullet 2012-09-20 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"Your mom and the littles are all over him. He got some suntime; he's just happy as anything. I... just needed some air." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Svalin smiled a little. "They doth enjoy seeing him. Mine sisters art not so little and I doth believe mine mother miss having a little one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2012-09-20 12:59 am UTC (link)
	"Well, she's certainly good at babyproofing a house; no surprises there. How are you? When do we see about the security detail?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 01:02 am UTC (link)
	"Later. First, I must talk to thee," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2012-09-20 01:03 am UTC (link)
	"Talking is good. We're getting better at that again. Mostly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Deep breath. "In mine previous trip to Asgard," Svalin began. "I went to see the Norns. They art the ones who guided me to seek a guardian from the Crimson Hawks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2012-09-20 01:10 am UTC (link)
	At first, the response is conversational. "Oh? Well, I still think we could have figured it out for ourselves, I just needed to know whom to talk to with them, but...waitaminute. Don't they charge body parts and other such things? How much was this really obvious information?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 01:12 am UTC (link)
	"They put the name of the person in mine head so I wilt know it when I hear it," Svalin said. "His fate ist intertwined with thine and Solver's. This way we art sure to find the right guardian." A long pause. "The price ist heavy, but it ist one I wilt gladly pay for thine safety." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2012-09-20 01:14 am UTC (link)
	Vernique starts to nod begrudgingly at the first part, but by the time Svalin has said the uninformative last part... "It has been established that you've got a pretty weird sense of what is figuratively affordable, hon. What are we talking here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 01:18 am UTC (link)
	"Mine life," she said. "Twice a year on the solstice. I wilt be summoned to the base of Yggdrasil and battle Nidhogg, the serpent. I wilt die, but mine blood and death wilt help the great tree heal the damages of the serpent. It wilt give Asgard more time until Ragnarok. In the morn I wilt be reborn and return to mine life." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2012-09-20 01:28 am UTC (link)
	"...Excuse me? You're going to play bloodsacrifice? Twice a year? ... How did this seem like a good plan?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 01:34 am UTC (link)
	"Mine life ist a small price to pay for Solver and thee's safety," Svalin half-growled. "It ist /mine/ duty to protect thee and Solver and mine duty to serve Asgard. This ist the only way I couldst be certain thou'rt safe e'en when I cannot protect thee. Mine life ist nothing compared to Solver and thine lives. I wilt give it freely." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2012-09-20 01:46 am UTC (link)
	"...Like Hell it's nothing! You are talking about what amounts to horrific torture on distinct occasions from now 'til Ragnarok. There had to be more options! Isn't it bad enough that Hal's got his whole 'I'm just a bloodshedding machine and don't matter' thing going? Do you have any idea how it's even worse everytime you act like this?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2012-09-20 12:46 pm UTC (link)
	Her hold on her temper was slipping. "I didst what needed to be done to protect Solver and thee!" Svalin yelled. "It ist mine responsibility and I wouldst rather die than fail! I wouldst go through countless tortures if it meant that Solver and thee art protected! Thou'rt worth it!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)