asgardmeridiem | Breaking the Ice (WIDE OPEN)

Who: Anyone Sick of a gigantic Ice-cicle on our front porch who wants to hep out!
What: Removing the Corrupted Ice
When: d513 and onward
Where: The Viscinity of the Gate of Fire and surrounding areas
Rating: Keep it PG

Meta-Post for all those assisting in breaking up the ice who would like to post logs to that effect. A reminder for you that Here is the OOC Post. The basic rundown of events is that while Baldr and Loki tag-team to assist in purifying the corruption to weaken the ice enough to destroy it, the travelers will be using a combination of ingenuity, well-protected muscle, technology and powers to

a) Keep the ice from going everywhere.
b) Heal workers who get magical frostbite.
c) Melt, explode, break up and destroy the ice, carting any left over out of the city.

This process begins throughout 513, and you may all assume you're cordially invited if you want to help out. I'll leave some general prompts for participants. Remember the following hazards:

Hazards:
-The Ice has not weakened. It's not stronger, and it hasn't grown, but it's just as hazardous as it was to start. Touch it, and you get frostbite that has to be healed magically, and the healing leaves you with regular frostbite to handle the old fashioned way.
-The above matters because part of this plan involves blowing this massive thing of ice to pieces. Yes, you're planning to build big bulwarks and walls, but there's always a risk of some getting on a few of you... or a lot.
-After this is done, clean-up crews will have to scour the streets and search for pieces just in case. ---Once it's all out, the Engineers can focus on rebuilding the Gate of Fire.

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The stance Don's adopted is casual, a hand in his pocket and the other at his side. Fingers twitching as he works. He'd started small with magic, peeling off his silhouette and passing hours honing its edges or pitting it with holes. Other shadow users have fashioned vast bulwarks, but his strength is fine control: his shadow's seeping into the ice in front of him, worrying at the cracks. It's patient, draining work. Sweat's begun to bead on his forehead and he can feel his magic, too, getting slippery when there's a movement beside him.

His fingers splay. The shadow disintegrates. His step backward turns to a stumble and he reaches out to grip the other man's arm. His hand clamps down as he regains his balance. Stays flat on Roland's arm another heartbeat. “Shit--excuse me.” He's stepping away when he gets a look at Roland; something slams down behind his eyes.

He's never met the man, never wanted to since seeing him on the network assuring Odin anyone who disagreed with war would be dealt with. Since hearing lunatic certainty in his voice. “Sorry about that. It's obviously time for a break.” His smile's pinched, his words are stiff, but maybe that's exhaustion.

Edited (tag now rated pg) 2014-09-26 02:27 (UTC)

Roland, whose world hasn't had anything like the network for a long, long time, doesn't begin to think that abrupt shift in the man's manner is because Roland's character's already been measured with him all unaware. It's something about Roland specifically, that much is clear. Maybe he'd been expecting someone else.

"I think so," Roland agrees, tone cautiously polite, as he holds a water bottle from his purse out toward him. "How long're you planning on being here?"

Don hitches up his posture, smears his hair back with the heels of his hands. His gaze snaps from the bottle to Roland's face. “Thank you.” His first sip's polite; then he gulps, eyes falling shut. He turns his head before wiping his mouth.

He returns cap to bottle, putting the lingering twitch in his fingers to use. Lets his eyes travel the mass of barbed black they're chipping at. “Longer than the ice.”

"Hm." The response, brief and dry as it was, has the opposite effect than the one Don had perhaps intended. One corner of Roland's lips twitch, and he looks faintly amused. "Then I'll have to come back. Food might do well, too - I think someone's still got a food cart out..." He turns, looking. "Ah, over there. If you're not leaving 'till the ice is gone you'll be here a while."

Breaking the Ice (WIDE OPEN)

B (I hope you're okay with SURPRISE NEGATIVE CR Don is paranoid as shit)

yes good

I'M SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG D:

NO WORRIES :D