Svalin Thorsdottir (shield_maiden) wrote,
@ 2011-05-22 00:26:00

Every Second of the Night I Live Another Life
Svalin moved quietly and cautiously through the skeletal trees. Soggy leaves barely moved under her feet and it helped silence her footsteps. Her sword was drawn and ready, but she couldn't see anything with this fog all around. Shadowy shapes moved through the fog, but they never drew close enough to see if they were friend or foe.

Svalin had charged after a few, but she never reached them.

Movement to the right caught her eye and she turned quickly. The dark shape lingered for a moment and retreated into the fog. Svalin gave chase. Her movements were slow and awkward due to the pregnancy and she couldn't move quick enough to catch the shadowy figures.

She growled in frustration and received an agreeing kick from the child inside of her.

The fog swirled and moved around her as watched for any shadows to appear.

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	shield_maiden 2011-05-22 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin couldn't help but to smile even as the fog turned into a landscape of destruction around them. "Aye, like his father. He wilt shape the fate of two worlds." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-05-22 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Like his mother - she's a strong one too. He has good guidance. He'll shape things for the better." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-22 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	"We canst hope," she said. "Otherwise all that we see here wilt come to pass and two worlds wilt be destroyed." Svalin tried not to look at their surroundings, but she couldn't help herself. Buildings lay in ruins, smoke and fires filled the air, and death walked freely while pain and suffering followed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-05-22 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	Despite everything else being in ruins, Jon remains sure and steady, eyes just on her. "Not only can we hope, we will. If we don't have hope, we have nothing. He... and you, won't let two worlds be destroyed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-22 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	"I doth suppose I art not doing well as the Goddess of Hope if I doth have so many doubts and fears." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-05-23 12:14 am UTC (link)
	"Everyone has doubts and fears. Your job, and what makes you the goddess of hope isn't that you don't have them - its that you can overcome them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 12:44 am UTC (link)
	"Thou'rt always so optimistic," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-05-23 12:50 am UTC (link)
	"Not always. But I believe in you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Svalin smiled and kissed him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Finally, Jon too disappears, fading into a blue mist. A different figure forms, watching her, backlit by flames from the ruins. "Hello, mother." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 01:25 am UTC (link)
	She had been savoring the kiss when Jon disappeared. She didn't have time to wonder where he went when she heard her son's voice. "Solver?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"In the invulnerable flesh." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 01:45 am UTC (link)
	"What art thou doing here?" Svalin asked. She was still pregnant with him. Her hand went to her stomach and realized it was flat. There was no baby bump and she wasn't pregnant anymore. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 01:49 am UTC (link)
	"You said it yourself, mother, you're dreaming. All dreams can't be chocolate and roses." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 01:56 am UTC (link)
	Svalin's eyes went wide and she drew Vigfrior. "No. Do not do this Solver. Thou cannot be like this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 02:00 am UTC (link)
	He hovers upward out of easy reach, grinning down at her. "Why not? Isn't that what the prophecy said? Unlike the rest of you, I could be all sorts of things?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 02:04 am UTC (link)
	"Thou wert supposed to be a force of /good/. To save Migard and Asgard, not destroy them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lastscion
2011-05-23 02:20 am UTC (link)

"No. What is it your so-called wife called me? A game changer? Yeah. That's the only thing I'm supposed to be right now. I'll change things... but oh, there are so many more ways things can go wrong. And here you are, trusting me with a mortal woman? My future, Asgard's future? Millennia of history... in the hands of a glorified accountant with $400 shoes? And you think that's going to go well, do you?"

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	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"Vernique ist a good person," Svalin said defending her wife and trying to ignore how much his words hurt her. "She loves thee e'en before thou'rt born. Thou'rt half-mortal. Thou needest to know what it means to be mortal as well as of being of Asgard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 02:31 am UTC (link)
	"In order to save worlds? I needed to be constantly put at risk among mortals? I needed to know music and shopping and other women's work? Besides, the worlds are full of good people. Especially in your time... by mine... well, look around you. I love nice people. They break easier." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 02:44 am UTC (link)
	"I wilt not let thee do this," she said and readied her sword. "I cannot let thee destroy two worlds. I wilt make sure this does not come to pass." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 02:53 am UTC (link)
	He shakes his head amusedly, not bothering to go for his maces. "Really? Well, you can always cut yourself open then. Save you a world of pain in more ways than one." he offers, rising higher into the smoke filled skies. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 03:03 am UTC (link)
	Svalin smiled. "I art thine mother. A mother knows her child's strengths and thier weaknesses." Svalin knew she couldn't control the dream as a whole, but there were little things she could control. She pulled a green rock from a small pouch at her belt. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lastscion
2011-05-23 03:06 am UTC (link)

As she pulls out the rock, there's a sudden shift in the dream. the earth cracks, a crack of lightning flashes in the skies - and Solver begins to fall, tumbling towards the earth to land, creating a crater where he hits.

He struggles to pull himself to his knees, looking up at her - at first helpless, weak... and then he grins.

"Are you going to kill me, mother? You're going to have to, you know."

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	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Svalin put the point of Vigfrior to his throat. "Nay, mine son. I wilt not kill thee now. I wilt prevent thee from e'er becoming like this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)