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 2011-05-23 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)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"And just how do you plan to do that? You're the goddess of hope... and even you despair. The odds are against you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 04:07 pm UTC (link)
	"I hath doubts, but I do not despair," she said. "The fate of two worlds rest 'pon mine shoulders, but I doth not carry it alone." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Good... because your enemies are legion. Giants, dark elves, demons of Asgard and Midgard. Even the other gods move against you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	His words disturbed her to her very core. She assumed the enemies of Asgard moved against her and her unborn son, but other gods was disturbing news indeed. The tip of her sword faltered and then lowered. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	"This is your dream mother... I'm just telling you what you know, deep down. You really should know better than all this optimism... Goddss of Hope... of a nation that has always known it was doomed. Have you ever heard anything so ridiculous?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	"E'eryone canst have hope," she said. "Most of us wilt die, but for a few there ist hope that there wilt be a new age and the cycle wilt be broken. Thou'rt supposed to be that symbol of hope. The light that guides them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	"You're a warrior - you know well how much easier it is to destroy than protect. You're also the symbol of hope - I'm just what you make of me... and destruction... has so many more ways to come to pass than guidance does." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Fighting to protect something ist more honorable than fighting to destroy something," she snapped. "I wilt not let thee be like this. If this doth happen, I wilt fight thee until mine last breath to ensure thou cannot destroy two worlds." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lastscion 2011-05-23 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	He bows low, still grinning. "Good, then be prepared to kill your own child. Because this... is far more likely than any other path." he replies, before he, too, begins to fade from view. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin watched him go through eyes filled with tears. She bowed her head and cried as the dream dissolved into consciousness. Svalin looked into the darkness of her room. Her chest was tight and her stomach was in a knot. She curled up on her side and cried. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-05-23 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	Vernique was walking down the hall, and suddenly heard something. "Svalin? Hon, you in there?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye," she managed to choke out between sobs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-05-23 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Vernique came in and climbed on the bed to get her arm around her as much as possible. "It's okay. It's gonna be okay." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2011-05-23 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin turned into the embrace and cried for a bit. "I doth...I won't...I can't kill him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)