past prologue.

WHO. Jane Foster & Thor
WHERE. Her apartment, his apartment. His & hers, awwww.
WHEN. Backdated to the night of the big NYC snowstorm. Brrr.
WHAT. Some Aether ideas, a little schmoopy couple stuff. Yanno.

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( Hardly genius, Jane. That epithet I save for you. )

NYU shut down early so I had to drop by New York Public library for a short while.

Sadly, I didn't get stuck there with Jake Gylenhaal, but at least that's good news that it's not the end of the world?

WHO: Sif, Thor, Jane, Fandral, Volstagg, and a Dr Strange
WHEN: BACKDATED to after this exchange.
WHERE: Avengers Tower, Sif's quarters.
WHAT: The Lady Sif is not herself, and all who can come to aid the fight.
WARNINGS: Somewhat disturbing poisoning? Fantastical themes! Upholstery defiling.
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( The Lady Sif is not herself. )

[Avengers]

We're seeing a lot more meta-humans coming up on the radar. It may be time to offer up training services. Think of it as a training academy, to help them control and focus their powers at the very least, and if they're interested in more, then they may make good candidates to support the Avengers as well. They can learn basic combat techniques for SGS personnel, but not how to deal with more unique challenges that could be provided by us truly. What say you, fellow Avergerites?

Who: Jane, Thor, Sif, Fandral, and Volstagg
Where: Jane Foster's Home For Wayward Asgardians apartment
What: IC/OOC Family Dinner (and a movie) at Jane's
When: Saturday night as invited
Warnings Most likely nothing; Aesir have good manners

( Dinner at Jane's )

Who: Volstagg, Hogun, Fandral - Thor is invited, Loki is invited, Sif is invited!
When: Backdated to a less complicated time
Where: Asgard
What: What Asgardians do best!
Rating: High-ish? Heavy drinking and likely violence, later - you know those Aesir!

( 'For Odin!' he loudly declared, dedicating his feat to the All-Father... )

WHO: Avengers
WHEN: Sunday, December 28
WHERE: An Avengers-only conference room in the Tower.
WHAT: Time to clear the air and decide on where to go next.

It's time for the Avengers to clear the air a bit, I think, and especially, to decide on where they ought to stand with SHIELD going forward.

(And to deal with some of their Issues, because they don't need SHIELD to have plenty of those already.)

Comment in the various sub-threads with what your character does/says. Go IC as necessary, if you want.

Who: Jane, Thor, and Fandral
Where: Jane's lab at the Tower
When: BACKDATED immediately following Thor's return from Amsterdam
What: Jane and Thor are reunited for about three minutes before Fandral arrives to brief Thor on their Aether problem
Rating: It's two Asgardians and Jane so... PG for kissing

( ''You did commit treason for me so...'' She shrugged. ''Are those sandwiches?'' )

[DOCTOR STRANGE, SIF]

You must provide me a full account of your adventures with the Lady Sif, sir. She has fallen extremely ill and I know not how or why, only that it began after your return.

[JANE, FANDRAL, SIF]

Sif has taken ill. The Aether is our priority, as the All-Father has commanded, but Sif must be made whole. She will be instrumental in recovering it and she is our good friend and comrade.

[ TOWER RESIDENTS/AVENGERS ]

I haven't been around for Christmas since 1944. So thanks.

[ STEVE ]

You were right. All it needed was a good shock.

WHO. Sif & Thor
WHERE. Sif's quarters
WHEN. After the Amsterdam shenanigans.
WHAT. Thor comes to see about his girl, & gets more than he bargained for.
RATING. PG-13 for fightin'

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( Then you will be destroyed. )

WHO. Bucky Barnes & Thor
WHERE. The street; the top of Stark Tower
WHAT. Hmm. The meteorologists certainly got today wrong.
WHEN. A short while after Amsterdam.
RATING. Safe for work. PG-13 for shirtless Buck & puke, too.

****

( I respond well to electricity. )

Charlie Brown, wow. (I'm burning through my DVR - all the Rankin Bass specials are next, so watch out.)

When you sit back and look at everything that one Christmas special gave to the world (and even though it's 50 in your mind, it's still pretty new to me) -- not only do you get a host of really good jazz, but we all get to sit on our laurels and be reminded that Christmas is actually about giving.

I remember
whe It's important, more than ever before, to remember each other. And it's important to put others first -- if we're all looking out for one another, I can guarantee that everybody's back is covered.

[AVENGERS]

Let's circle the wagons. You've had a tough few weeks, (days, months, lifetimes ...) and I want to hear about what's happened. I also want to hear about our next steps. We've been batting clean up to HYDRA too much and I'd like to get one step ahead of them.

So, that means sharing key learnings and re-molding our strategy. And Stark, I know that sharing really isn't your strong suit but give her a whirl.

[America]

Hey, you.

Who: Jan, Tony, Natasha, Thor, Sif, and Julie. + some nefarious Nefaria criminals, etc.
When: Immediately following this.
Where: Building D, Roeterseiland & Nieuwe Achtergracht, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For the most part.
What: Janet goes to rescue her father, gets in a bit over her head. Fortunately the Avengers have her back.
Warnings: Violence, many many deaths. Failvengers.
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( Who says I’m not ready? )

[Stark Industries, Thor, and Sif: posted 9:12pm]

The lab equipment has picked up a massive energy spike. According to the data, I calculate the Bifrost will open in Flushing Meadows Park in approximately 47 minutes. I'm leaving for the park right now.

Looks like I'm trading one island for another. I'm back from Kona and looking for apartments for rent in New York. Nothing too modern, nothing too large, must have a balcony.

( This is NGC 3603, a nebula, constellation Carina )

I don't know who you are or why you took him, but I'll pay whatever you want to return my father.

First of all, I just want to say that our hearts and prayers go out to the lives lost in New Mexico. Rest assured, this attack will not go unanswered.

Stark Enterprises is happy to cooperate with all congressional inquiries. It is, after all, the people for whom we work, and we all know the U.S. Congress has only the people's best interests at heart.

[Jan]
Saw the news. I'm sorry. I'm doing everything I can to follow up, but for a bunch of weed-smoking, prostitution-loving bicyclers, Amsterdam police are amazingly hard to work with.

[Avengers]
Don't worry about this government thing. It will blow over.

[Pepper]
Not too late to make a run for the border. Just sayin'.

Added later...

[Ward]
The good news: I've put a thousand books on your tablet for free.

The bad news: You're stuck indoors. No more dog-walking.

[Coulson]

Benching Ward. He cannot be seen in light of all the renewed scrutiny. It may be a good idea to turn those HYDRA prisoners over to the proper authorities now. It's not like we can keep them here indefinitely, Agent.

Avengers in the headlines, not a good thing.


[Avengers, SHIELD]

I'm back at the Tower.

Sorry for the mess, Tony. I can honestly say it wasn't all my fault. You've read the reports, I assume. One good thing, I guess, is the Abomination is back in custody.

The public reports deleted the fact that Nick Fury was there.

WHO: Tony Stark & Thor
WHERE: Somewhere in the mountains, somewhere in Afghanistan
WHAT: Someone needs to come home.
WHEN: After Tony safely ensures that Julie gets home.
RATING: SFW
STATUS: Complete

****

( Ten Rings? HYDRA? )