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ᴀsɢᴀʀᴅ ɢᴇɴᴇsɪs ❧ mod account ([personal profile] asgardmods) wrote in [community profile] asgardmeridiem2013-09-11 04:03 pm

EVENT LOG: TAKING THE HOBBITS TO VANAHEIM

Who: Everyone going to Vanaheim!
What: We're Taking the Hobbits to Vanaheim. Part Two of this log can be found here!
When: Days 324-334 ( September 10-30 )
Where: On the way to, the way back from, and in the city of Vanaheim.
Rating: PG-13. Anything that might go higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

[ Vanaheim is a truly medieval-looking city and a close ally of Asgard. The city prides itself on tradition and knowledge, with great libraries and a prestigious academy of music and theatre. Residents are mostly a mix of human and elven, and the rulers are a group of the same kind of beings as the Gods of Asgard. Freya & Freyr originally hail from this city -- their coming to Asgard was part of a long-ago peace treaty between Odin and their father: the King of Vanaheim.

Freyr and Freya have been summoned home to Vanaheim, and they have asked any interested traveler in Asgard to come with them. The trip will involve a full IC day's travel by floating Elven train each way, and a five IC day stay in Vanaheim proper. They will be met with a large banquet in the castle courtyard, ushered to large and comfortable rooms in the palace to leave their things and rest in, and given a comfortable spending allowance for any sort of bauble or trinket that they would like to purchase.

The citizens of the city are friendly, but almost condescendingly so. Some will gawk and stare at the travelers; others will speak to them in cooing, coddling tones; others still regard them with open but vague pity, as if not expecting them to understand. Almost all of them will treat them like uncultured, idiot children, and will assume they have no manners and no sense of social intelligence, and will be visibly surprised if they are proven wrong.

Characters will not be babysat or watched over, and will be allowed to go anywhere within the city that they'd like (though any who try to leave will be stopped by stern and chastising guards.)

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the Vanaheim travel event! There will be several location headers below with further details on places in the city and events that your characters can visit and participate in. If there is something particular you'd like to do or see that is not listed below, please let us know!! There will be NPCs out and about, but if there is something you specifically want an NPC to tag, please drop us a line or put it in your comment title.

Signups for this are not required and open to everyone, but keep in mind that if your character is in Vanaheim, they will not be around for a majority of the Bad Moon Rising plot. Traditional prose and [bracket-style threads] are both equally welcome! As always, please feel free to ask us any questions you have.

NAVIGATION:
ON THE TRAIN | THE ARRIVAL BANQUET | TRAVELERS' PERFORMANCES/DINNERS | THE PALACE/TRAVELERS' ROOMS | THE MARKETPLACE | MUSEUMS/GALLERIES/LIBRARIES/THE UNIVERSITY | PARKS/ZOOS/THE FLOWER GARDEN | SHOPS/RESTAURANTS/OTHER BUSINESSES | ANYWHERE ELSE


SPILL OVER LOG as a continuation of this log in a cleaner space!

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-09-12 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[During all his jumping, Jack manages to land on Ghani's table, and he notices those blue eyes fixed on him. It's a funny feeling... he knows he doesn't have his magic anymore, but somehow, this looks like it. AS if teh woman have been "funned".

This is proving to be a fantastic night.]


What about you, lady? Do you believe?
ghani: (slight smile)

[personal profile] ghani 2013-09-12 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
If I say yes, will you stop telling stories?

[ Said with with a healthy dose of humor and a friendly smile. ]

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-09-12 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack grins at her. Fuck yeah, sense of humor. Points for the woman in read!]

That depends. If you pick the rabbit as your favorite, we'll have some problems.
ghani: (orly?)

[personal profile] ghani 2013-09-12 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ She raises an eyebrow at him, still smiling. ]

Oh? Who should I pick then?

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-09-13 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, dunno.... [He makes his staff whirl in his fingers.] I heard some amazing things about the Winter Spirit.
ghani: (slight smile)

[personal profile] ghani 2013-09-13 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
But there is no winter where I'm from.

[ And fun has slid rather far down on her list of priorities lately, much as she was a bit of a mischief-maker in her earlier years. That goes unmentioned, however, since this is just friendly teasing. She doesn't actually want to make Jack feel unimportant. ]

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-09-15 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack gasps and stares at her. It's as if someone just told this kid his pet died. THIS IS A SCANDAL.]

No winter? At all?!
ghani: (plants)

[personal profile] ghani 2013-09-16 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a desert planet.

[ Well, it used to be, and for all the changes Arrakis is going through, winter has yet to happen there unless you count the polar caps. ]

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-09-18 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
OH. Yuck. [He pulls a face, clearly not a fan of the idea.]

My condolences. [Nevermind, that's just him being an asshole.]
ghani: (Default)

[personal profile] ghani 2013-09-19 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Pretty much, yeah. Not a good move when talking to someone who is fiercely proud of where she's from.

She is aware, though, that spending time on her home planet would be considered a punishment by many, so while some of the carefree fun he brought out in her evaporates at his comments, she remains friendly.
]

None are needed.

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-09-20 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jack chuckles at that, he wasn't expecting her to take him seriously. Ok, this is going to be interesting.]

You arrived to Asgard recently then? They told me they had snow during winter last year.
ghani: (plants)

[personal profile] ghani 2013-09-20 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I arrived relatively recently, yes. My only experience with snow and ice here was when the city got suddenly covered by it.

[personal profile] 2cool4guardian 2013-09-22 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jack pulls a face again, obviously the attack a being a bad memory for him.

He shakes his hand in front of Ghani.]


Nooo way. Bad, bad lady. That's not an experience you should count. Winter is supposed to be fun. Thiazi just happens to be evil. And a wacko. The black sheep of the ice family. Not that Odin is that much better, but at least he's on the good side.
ghani: (listening)

[personal profile] ghani 2013-09-25 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
You are aware that a winter landscape is not actually all that far removed from a desert when you think about it?

[ Just pointing that out since he seems to consider a desert the direct opposite of fun. ]