asgardmeridiem | ENDGAME EVENT: WE RISE AGAIN

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ENDGAME EVENT: WE RISE AGAIN

Who: EVERYONE
What: Endgame mini-events
When: post-endgame and onward
Where: anywhere in Yggdrasil
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to an open log, please!

DAY 578 ( MAR. 1/2 ): The Grey Sickness is officially declared gone and Asgard begins tearing down its walls.
DAY 580 ( MAR. 5/6 ): Honir permanently opens the portal for travel between canon worlds and Yggdrasil. Henceforth, any character can come and go as they please.
DAY 583 ( MAR. 11/12 ): Frigg gives any willing Travellers the ability to redesign the earth through expressions of emotion or art. Asgard has a huge tree-planting party with blessed water to encourage faster growth.
DAY 585 ( MAR. 15/16 ): Small councils are formed with Travellers at the head of them to begin rebuilding the new kingdoms around the world.
DAY 590 ( MAR. 25/26 ): New Giants are born neutral of any bias for people to bring into the world with the Lokis as their Kings.
DAY 600 AND ONWARD: Everything is awesome.

[ OOC NOTES: This is a general catch-all for playing out any endgame mini-events. You can feel free to make your own headers, create your own events, or post your own logs elsewhere as you please. Let me know if you have any questions! ]

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[So they could come and go as they pleased now, hunh...]

[Adachi had been lounging on his bed in his apartment in Loki District since the announcement, staring up at the ceiling most of the time when he wasn't rolling around like a useless lump. It was all over, they weren't needed anymore. They could all go back home to their peachy lives and never have to remember this place again if they didn't want to.]

[...he didn't ever have to think about how much he enjoyed being on the City Patrol, how it made him feel like a detective again. Or he found a woman that made him excited, or another one that opened his eyes, or how he almost died trying to do his own part or... anything.]

[All he'd have were three walls and bars, and a short time to think on his life.]

[Finally, Adachi slapped his hands on his mattress, bolting upright... and a few hours and some stubborn determination later, he could be found just outside the portal, a massive stack of flyers in hand. He was passing them out to anyone that passed by, Traveler and native alike, one of his usual lopsided smiles on his face.]

Hey, c'mon, let's keep the City Patrol going, make sure we can preserve this peace thing we've got going.

Hey, are you stayin'? Why not join up with the City Patrol? We'll get it back up and running again for the city.

[...this was probably the most enthusiastic he had been in his entire life.]

[Harley held the flyer away from her as if it were something disgusting and crumpled it without reading. She glanced at his stupid grin from the corner of her eye. There was a chance he hadn't recognized her under the greasepaint, mask, and distracting costume. If she didn't say anything, if she just walked away, she might be able to avoid him entirely if she just walked away.]

[... But then she wouldn't be able to finish something very important she hadn't gotten the chance to do before she left last time ...]

[Harley threw the crumpled flyer back into Adachi's face and kicked him in the balls. Mission accomplished.]

[Adachi stared for a long moment, knowing he knew the clown woman, but having trouble placing her. She was all dolled up like a harlequin clown and... His eyes slowly widened as realization hit him. Harlequin. Harley Quinn. Holy shit...!]

Harl--!

[...and then she kicked him in the balls.]

[Adachi let out a groan, eyes nearly bugging out of his head as he clutched at his precious, sinking down to his knees. It took him a moment to catch his breath, before he could finally turn one of his lopsided grins up at her.]

H-heh... I-I missed 'ya too, dollface.

[Harley crossed her arms and huffed.]

Like I'd believe that. If anything, you just missed getting your dick wet.

Well, there's that.

[AT LEAST HE'S HONEST?!]

Though with everything going on, it woulda been great if you were around.

Why? What happened?

[Adachi let out a grunt, forcing himself to get back to his feet. He survived a beating by fire giants, he could survive a kick to the precious... right? Right.]

Man... well, we beat the bad guys? I got to be kinda hero-ish?

Uh huh. You probably did something super dumb. Well, congrats on winning the war, or whatever.

[She turned on her heel and looked around. Would her old room still be open? Did she even remember how to get there? Crap. A perfectly good exit ruined by a poor sense of direction. Crap crap crap.]

[Adachi let out a faint noise as she turned away from him, not about to let her go a second time. He reached out for her before she could get too far away from him, grabbing for her arm.]

W-wait... I mean it, I really did miss you.

[Harley went stiff when he grabbed her arm, her mouth pinching at the corners. She refused to turn back to him.]

Well? So what?

[Adachi hesitated a moment, making a face at himself. He didn't like doing things like this... it was so super sappy and out of character for him. But... he still stepped closer to her so he could wrap his arms around her from behind.]

I-I'm sorry.

[Harley squared her shoulders and balled her hands into fists at her sides, nearly trembling. She scoffed and tilted her head back, closing her eyes. Who the hell did he think he was?]

What are you after, Tohru?

Hey, I told you a lot happened, 'ya know.

[He let go of her after a moment, rubbing at the back of his neck.]

We could... talk about it over a drink? ...as in coffee. Not. You know.

[Harley shook her head. She didn't know who the bigger idiot was - him for thinking they could talk it over, or her for agreeing to it.]

Fine. Fine, okay, but you're paying.

[A faint smirk crept up onto his face.]

Yeah, sure.

[He paused a moment, before gesturing to her face.]

So... is this how you usually look?

Yeah. I mean, not all the time, but when I'm on the job.

[She shrugged and started walking in the direction of a coffee shop.]

Y'know, doing crime stuff.

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[He hurried to catch up with her, looking her up and down as he folded his hands behind his head, giving her an eye up and down. He definitely wasn't objecting to this...]

...it's a good look.

[She paused for him to catch up. Her mouth quirked up at the corners. She almost smiled at him like she used to, before catching herself and shaking her head.]

You are so weird.

Never claimed I wasn't.

[He looked stupidly proud of that.]

But you liked that about me once.

Once.

[She almost smiled again and sharply looked away. Not at anything in particular, really, just not at him.]

But then, I'm famous for having bad taste in men.

[She crossed her arms, closing in on herself, and set off toward the coffee shop again at a faster pace.]

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[He never said he was a decent guy either, but Adachi decided not to push it. Instead, he stayed quiet, going with her all the way to the coffee shop and ordering himself his usual. He waited until they were sitting, sipping on his drink, before he finally spoke up again.]

...I'm staying here. I've had... too much happen here for me not to.

[She lazily dragged a spoon in circles through her coffee, barely glancing up at what he seemed to think was an important announcement. She rolled her shoulder in a half shrug.]

Okay? I mean, I figured so, going around recruiting with flyers like you were.

If that's what you wanted to tell me, you could have said it back there.

Well, it's more than just that.

[He glanced down at his coffee, mulling it over in his head a moment. Geeze, it was easier to spit this out before, when he thought for sure he was going to end up dead and no one would ever think of him again. Now that he had a chance at a decent life...]

I'm an ass. I'm a murderer and I don't give a shit about it. But... these idiot gods trusted me enough to let me in the City Guard, to let me do what I wanted and put up with me when I complained, and then the Tree let me talk to it, and they let me go with the guys offering peace before that last battle and...

[He trailed off with a huff, making a face.]

...point is, I guess if they're stupid enough to trust me, I guess there's more to me than even I know about.

[Harley frowned down at the table. Did he expect ... What? Some sort of validation? Did he want her to be proud of him? She couldn't figure why he needed her around to hear any of this. He could have rambled on at any old stranger.]

[Stupid Harley. Stupid, stupid Harley, for thinking - hoping - that maybe, maybe he'd ... She didn't even know. Apologize? Pfft, not likely.]

Okay, well, that's- Good for you. Great job. Sounds like everything's coming up roses.

But I don't-- I mean, it doesn't really have anything to do with me, does it? So...

[She shrugged.]

So I guess I'll take this to go. Thanks for the coffee.

Well, that's up to you.

[Adachi glanced up at her, almost like he was silently asking her to stay, but he couldn't actually say it.]

I mean... I... really like the second chance this place is giving me. So... if this entire world can give me that...

[Can you? Please? But of course, he couldn't actually manage to voice that.]

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