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ᛚᛟᚲᛁ has a silver tongue. (the_trickster) wrote in avengers_net,
@ 2019-08-22 17:37:00

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[Private Post] to Thor, Valkyrie, & Sif

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	Same filter asgardswarrior 2019-08-23 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Not I. I have no idea who Travis Twit is. My phone summons me with the tunes of the bard Bjork, who sings the tune Army of Me. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Same filter the_trickster 2019-08-23 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	Has anyone called you, recently? That might have changed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Same filter asgardswarrior 2019-08-24 03:37 am UTC (link)
	Not in the last few days, for I prefer the use of texts and the network. Would you call, then, and let us see if our mischief-maker has included me in their plans? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_trickster 2019-08-24 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	I prefer texting, myself. It is akin to the passing of notes. Of course. Calling now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	asgardswarrior 2019-08-26 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Indeed, you are right. My ringtone has also been changed. I have no idea who it is but apparently "I feel like a woman". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_trickster 2019-08-26 01:18 am UTC (link)
	I think the Army of You suits you better. Stark is the likely culprit. These are his phones, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	asgardswarrior 2019-08-26 01:41 am UTC (link)
	Then let us speak to him. Does his jest earn your blessing, or are you too irritated with the change of your phone's song to appreciate the mischief? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_trickster 2019-08-26 01:57 am UTC (link)
	I shall leave that to you or my brother. I'm afraid that I'm not exactly on good terms with the Man of Iron, after our last encounter. Or, at least, the last encounter that I remember. Actually? I'm both amused and irritated. I'm changing it back to the Bad Guy song by Billie Eilish. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	asgardswarrior 2019-08-26 02:02 am UTC (link)
	I may do it, or perhaps Thor will wish to. (Or Val, if she has some strong feeling about it.) I will also change mine back. I do not care for the stylings of Shania Twain, though I'm sure she is a great bard in her own sort of music. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_trickster 2019-08-26 02:16 am UTC (link)
	I will leave that to either of you, as I doubt my intended has strong feelings about it. I have yet to see her since this morn. Perhaps I should give her a call if she's spending quality time with weapons and drunkenness. Twain. These 'Western' bards have profoundly odd surnames. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Filtered to Loki asgardswarrior 2019-08-26 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Is all ready for the wedding? Is there aught I can do to aid you? Even if it's just sparring with Val? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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the_trickster
2019-08-26 02:40 am UTC (link)

You can always ask her, or I can ask on your behalf? As for the wedding, I'm afraid things have been greatly delayed due to recent events.

I've made ready as much as possible with most of the supplies and decorations from Vanaheim and Alfheim, according to my predecessor's outlines. Once I obtain a few more things to eat and drink, the cooks are all ready. As are the large tents, for when there is a untainted moment. Much less stringent than things would have been, in the palace.

Perhaps this next month? I fear the weather will go sour if we wait overly long.

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	Filtered: Loki & Sif asgardswarrior 2019-08-26 03:03 am UTC (link)
	I will ask her myself. At least we can rely on the weather to be as cooperative as possible given the overall conditions. It sounds like all is well in hand but if there is aught I can do, I will. You have but to ask. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Filtered: Loki & Sif the_trickster 2019-08-26 03:20 am UTC (link)
	~~Honestly, I don't know what the Hel I am doing most times and~~ Thank you. I have everything well in hand, but I do appreciate the offer. How have you been fairing as of late, Sif? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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asgardswarrior
2019-08-26 03:26 am UTC (link)

Honestly? I don't know. I'm a goddess of war in a world that wants peace; I'm an Avenger in a world that doesn't need avenging; I'm a hero in a world where the mortal governments look askance at mortals with gifts beyond their ken.

And I don't think Jane is quite over realizing that I used to be in love with Thor, even though I'm not any more.

The work I do for the Avengers and SHIELD is satisfying but there's not a lot of it. Not that needs me. I'm glad I have the children to teach as well.

That's probably more than you wanted to know. But I ask the same of you: how do you fare?

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the_trickster
2019-08-26 03:34 am UTC (link)

Sadly? About the same, really. I belong in this realm even less than you fit into it.

Lording over the school tutors and their lesson plans is idle work, and I'm bored as a consequence. At least gathering the council notes and looking over the finances is a bit more involved.

In my mind, Asgard still exists. It's where I long to be, yet from that time and place that I left, I've surely been cast out and what would await me is the All-father's wrath and the axe. So that's really not what one could consider home anymore. Is it?

You and Jane spoke about this matter, it seems. How awkward that must have been. Are you certain you are not harboring lingering feelings for my fool of a brother who blatantly never seemed to notice what was painfully obvious to the rest of us?

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asgardswarrior
2019-08-26 03:43 am UTC (link)

It seems we must find something useful to do here in this realm. If we cannot go back, we needs must go forward.

Thor will always mean a great deal to me. But I would not marry him because everyone expected it. If he chose me because he wanted me, on my own merits, I would have him, I think, even now. Your mother knew my heart and taught me the skills I would have needed to hold up her place in due time. But I do not want to be [...] the thing that happens because Thor cannot think of anything better. He loves Jane and I do not begrudge her either him or her happiness. And I want someone who loves me for who and what I am. Thor could be that person in another time and place, but here and now he does not.

And I am not waiting and pining. Jane is mortal and I do not think she will eat the apples forever. If something happens a century or three in the future, it happens. But I will not wait for Thor if I find someone else, mortal or god or even alien, first. Do you see?

All of which reminds me that I had some questions for you, about arranging things for Thor. If you are finding the work of assisting him satisfying, I would not take it from you, but I thought that an assistant to manage his paperwork and keep his schedule might free him from some of the drudgery.

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the_trickster
2019-08-26 10:19 am UTC (link)

Yes, I see.

It is a pity. Father thought you were suited as well. The heart wants what the heart wants, but it takes two in agreement about that want for any such match to be successful. For what it is worth, and despite our differences of opinion in years past? I am sorry, Sif.

Doing the tasks of paperwork , finance, and diplomacy are things that I was trained to do. Essentially, all of the mundane tasks. So I have them well in hand, including taking the council notes when they wish to lodge complaints. Most of which are so outlandish that Thor's eyes glaze over a little, while listening or reading the notes I've taken.

However, I recall that our Valkyrie was also interested in training the children now and then.

As a suggestion, would you be opposed to gathering new guards and training them? Perhaps you could be overseeing New Asgard's security, as well as constructing a dungeon to hold any wrong doers. Yours truly hopefully not included.

You likely would be reporting to his highness on those matters, as well as seeing to his safety. A King's Guard, so to speak.

After this business with the flooding, it might be wise to think about such matters. Would it not?

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asgardswarrior
2019-08-30 02:17 am UTC (link)

I appreciate your kindness. I am trying to see the good in it, though. For the first time in my life, I am free to seek the affections of someone who will care for me as I do for him.

If you have the paperwork in hand, then Thor needs no further aid. I assume you have any assistance you need. I don't envy you trying to get Thor to show up to council, though.

And I agree, we need a King's Guard. In the absence of the Warriors Three, that job must be considered. We should talk to Thor about it and implement whatever he thinks best. Though I hope we will not need a dungeon.

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the_trickster
2019-08-30 05:45 am UTC (link)

I am feeling rather benevolent here. Or at least, pleasantly neutral at present.

I have only been taking notes, discussing history and lore lessons, and making certain our finances and stores for the winter are in order. Thor has been showing up for the council meetings. ~~Which are, occasionally, a farce.~~ He's not terrible at them, actually.

I agree, and so it seems these matters should be brought to Thor's attention. We can do absolutely nothing without the express approval of the King. Unfortunately. I can ask when his schedule is free and we can speak to him, then.

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	Filtered: Loki & Sif asgardswarrior 2019-08-30 05:52 am UTC (link)
	It sounds as though you have matters well in hand. But I agree we needs must speak with Thor. I will do some preliminary research about what would be needed to build a guardhouse and prepare defenses, and identify candidates for a King’s Guard. That way we can at least tell him what will be possible or within reason, and what will not. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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the_trickster
2019-08-30 05:57 am UTC (link)

Then such ideas will need be presented at a council meeting, for disclosure. There is one scheduled for the middle of next week. Perhaps make some lists of several ideas, and I will see to costs and our supplies at hand.

Unfortunately, everything comes with some price or interloping, in this realm. We must keep things looking small, mortal, and mundane on the surface, and it must be done on our own as much as possible, so we are not indebted to outside entities.

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asgardswarrior
2019-08-30 06:09 am UTC (link)

Let us add it to the agenda, then, and I will come prepared with answers to basic questions that Thor and the council may ask.

In truth I suspect that any prison that would hold a villain powerful enough to threaten New Asgard would be too much of a risk. Not to mention beyond our resources. And probably more politically sticky than either of us wishes to think on. But I will perform due diligence on that point so we know what our options are.

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the_trickster
2019-08-30 07:40 am UTC (link)

Yes, it should be added. But I disagree. There is nothing beyond our disposal, Lady Sif. The only unobtainable thing we are missing, much to our detriment, is Asgard.

I have spells at my disposal and knowledge of Asgardian sciences. I can build another Bifrost. Even without, there is more than one way to get supplies or raw materials from other realms. Thor has Stormbreaker, and I know many secret paths. The Valkyrjur have their own way of going to and fro, when battle calls them.

As to those wrong doers, I mostly meant any Asgardians who were being disorderly. We need not have a large dungeon as we had on Asgard. Rather, a simple room or two? I would advise this is kept underground, where it is out of sight from mortal eyes. The Midgardians already have ways of holding large ~~particularly green~~ threats to their livelihood.

I didn't find it particularly comfortable, but I was offered a magazine?

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asgardswarrior
2019-09-02 02:53 am UTC (link)

But you and Val are also limited resources, and so is Thor. Simple strategy tells me we should spend your strength on what we need most, which, honestly, is not a gaol.

An underground dungeon would certainly serve for any of our own people. And if something more powerful were to attack us, it would likely have done additional damage to Midgard, so we might simply refer it to them. But this is a pojnt for the council and Thor, I think, and we can discuss it then.

It's unfortunate that you have enough experience to compare prisons.

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the_trickster
2019-09-03 10:30 am UTC (link)

"Limited resources." Does that mean I might faint from the effort of using my highly sought after spells? Or that the Valkyrie can't fend off foes, if her dwindling energy is devoted to tossing a few broken bedrocks out of our way?

That is a little insulting.

That's not to say that I do not appreciate your concern for us? I do. I want to assure you that we are not at any disadvantage using our own resources or skills. I also think it is always more strategically prudent to only ask for aid from allies when the need is most dire. Since Midgard has adequate dungeons, as we've mentioned, I do not think this qualifies as a dire need.

Thus, assurances. Through my studies, I have knowledge of Asgardian mechanisms and the energies that power them. I am here the vast majority of the time, and I can send and receive texts and calls from all eight realms. The Valkyrie is always here, since she has chosen to not take part in mortal affairs. Not unless it is a powerful foe that threatens all of Midgard, or a direct threat to New Asgard. Then, and only then, will she hearken a call to battle.

We have artisans that survived Ragnarok. We have Korg. Despite his incessant chatter about firm foundations, he's profoundly useful in building things. In fact, we managed to repair an entire decrepit - my bad, allow me to use the Norse government's phrasing - rustic historical village in barely a month's time. No one looked worse for wear from doing so. In fact, it was a pleasant experience.

I believe not relying on what Midgard calls 'handouts' for what we can do ourselves, became a source of pride for those humbled by grievous loss. New Asgard now stands as testament to that. I estimate that we can manage a small gaol up to Asgardian standards, without strain, in a mere three days. Once I've seen to gathering materials, it will be easy. As a matter of fact, I could do this mundane task alone, whilst blindfolded.

If you are worried that I might build something I can easily escape? I will gladly offer to the council that I should be locked inside a single cell with my brother for six hours. That is five hours longer than necessary to reach the point of repeatedly stabbing myself in the face to try to get away.

I sincerely hope that raising my hand to speak at the meeting doesn't cause my fragile arm to snap and fall off? Poor frail creature that I am.

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asgardswarrior
2019-09-03 05:15 pm UTC (link)

Your time has value. Surely you wish to spend more of it with your bride and less of it researching spells for things New Asgard could do more simply. And you are also taking up most of the paperwork of ruling, so your time is taken up that work as well. It's not an insult to your capacity to say that you, like all of us, should spend your time where it will have the best and most significant results. It shows respect for your time to think that your magic and study shouldn't be wasted.

Having said that, three days is not so significant and I would certainly appreciate the effort for a small prison. I am more concerned about what it would take to build a prison that could, for example, hold someone like the Hulk.

My thought about letting Midgard imprison attackers that we cannot imprison easily is not about asking for aid. Any attack that comes against the strength of New Asgard is likely, as a matter of our size and location, to have had significant effects on the whole of the planet. Honoring their jurisdiction over foes who have also attacked Midgard relieves us of the matter of imprisoning of them and also respects Midgard's generosity as our hosts. I do not suggest we give them Asgardian technology; as you say, they had a cell that held you for a time. They do not need our help even though our work would be superior.

It seems we agree on our overall strategic aims and perhaps on most of the details of implementation. I merely take a somewhat different approach, which is to be expected given the differences in our training and areas of influence.

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the_trickster
2019-09-05 09:26 am UTC (link)

Well. That's surprisingly rude and personal. Since you brought up my time management, I spend every morn and eve with the Valyrie in our shared home. To which I've added many more rooms using pocket dimensions, some of which she doesn't know about yet. It will be amusing when she finds the menagerie.

I am not a sickly creature. Three days is ample time. Otherwise, there isn't much to do in a small and isolated village when compared to life in the Palace, or protecting the Nine Realms. Seeing to paperwork barely takes up one half of an afternoon. The school's tutors are capable. I'm only acting as a lesson consult and occasional lecturer.

Unsurprisingly, I feel as though I am being looked down upon for wielding magic, rather than sword or axe.

As to the rest, the mortals have such prisons for their beasts. I did not mean to imply that we should ever be housing Midgard's most dangerous foes. I only meant that this is a trivial task to create a two room dungeon for any wayward Asgardians. Like someone who has been too deep in their tankards and wounded another in a heated dispute, which has happened before. ~~Or for the likes of Lorelei. Or myself.~~

Doing our own work and keeping such knowledge to ourselves, has always been a strategic stance that Asgard took to protect ourselves from within and without. I too know diplomacy and strategy, for I spent almost almost all of my years trying to earn the Odin's approval in such fields of study. I do hope you aren't being flippant regarding my knowledge or expertise due to these so-called differences in training?

We agree on some points. But a 'somewhat different approach' might be putting that lightly.

Have a good evening, Lady Sif. I shall see you at the meeting.

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