TEST DRIVE MEME: The First (Fixed Setting)

[thecrows]

TEST DRIVE MEME
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You were just ushered into a large park by a murder of loud and insistent crows who somehow manage to get the gate shut behind you before they fly off. The park is awfully green for such a dead-looking town. It's dusk, and things are starting to get a little noisy at the edge of the tall iron fence that surrounds the area. There are gazebos, cobblestone pathways, gentle slopes, and of course, the lake and the island with the large, dead tree. It's full of crows, and if you stare at them, they'll all stare back. Feel free to take a load off on one of the many iron and wood benches, but the gates to the city are closed!

This does not, however, mean you are barred from ghost-watching as night progresses. Remember, they won't see you!

Comments

[erfingi]

[he could understand being stuck, but] Fangs? Do you mean to say you have fangs normally?

[hmm, he had a choice, the truth was he was being dragged before Odin for attacking Midgard, or he could lie. Perhaps a mix of both, the mortal seemed to know something of the mythology, and his time on Earth had shown him so many convoluted stories, so many ways to mess with people]

I suppose this is better that whatever punishment Odin All-Father was going to level at me this time. However, I do not appreciate the crow's audacity. [Odin's ravens were one thing, crows an entirely different creature]

[newmoononmonday]

No, but I can like, control them, see? I can shift whenever I wanna, an' the full moon, an' when I get pissed off. [he shrugs a bit] I mean, it's kinda tricky to do small bits? But I do the teeth an' claws a lot, so I got practice there, plus, they're what change first anyway, so it's kinda easier that way too.

Yeah... Odin's kinda a dick, ain't he? [he nods along in understanding. He also has a dad who is kind of a dick. He doesn't know about the whole attacking Midgard thing, but he also doesn't think Loki did anything super terrible in the myths. He usually fixed whatever he broke, anyway.] Like, man. Dick dads are the worst, right? It's like, I'm just tryin' to be a good son, Dad, I'm sorry I don't live up to your expectations.

[erfingi]

So you are more part wolf than a man who acts a wolf. [that was different, though not a bad different]

[it's hard to keep the mirth from his face as he turned a mortal from Odin without bothering trying. Loki was glad that he knew more mythology than it seemed] It is more difficult when your rival is as golden as Thor.

[newmoononmonday]

Yeah, that's probably right. [he's never really thought about it]

[A pissing contest with Loki, the trickster god? Probably a terrible idea, but he can't help himself. He's competitive.]

[he draws himself up proudly, chest puffed out and shoulders square] I will give you that, Thor is basically the Golden Boy of Norse mythology, but I got THREE older brothers. [uhuh, that's right, THREE of them] They basically claimed all the favor, an' ain't nothin' I can do what can compare to them.

[erfingi]

[oh this was such a bad idea... for the human... or werewolf, rather]

Three older brothers is, admittedly, a bad break. However, Thor has enough presence as an older brother to be three separate men. Additionally, your family is not royalty. You did not grow up with promises of a throne, knowing they are false, for you would never be as bright and shining in your father's eyes as your older brother.

[oh that one stung just to speak about, but what's done is done, he could still take Asgard]

[newmoononmonday]

We useta be. [he frown, biting his lip] Like, hundreds of years ago, 'n Da... well, he don't plan on lettin' anyone forget.

[he's a quiet for a moment, before he adds] Wouldn't want the throne. Wouldn't know what t'do with it. Guess it'd be different if I was Auggie or Apollo, cuz they were raised with that expectation, but Da never thought I was good 'nough to bother with. Not unless I made a mistake, anyway.

[erfingi]

Ah, my father raised me to expect a throne. He taught me the ways of a ruler. But it was never his intention. After all, you can never have a frost giant sitting on the throne of Asgard. [he smirked] However, I managed it for a time.

[newmoononmonday]

Did you like it?

[That seemed like the most important bit to Artemis. Politics and slight-of-hand never sat well with him, but he knew some people were into that, and that was the way the world worked. If you were happy with what you were doing, and no one was getting hurt, then that was all that mattered]

[erfingi]

If I had not inherited a war my brother, in his vast foolishness started, perhaps I would have.

[oh yes, he had intended for Thor to try, but truly, why would he ever want to go to the cold wastes of Jotunheim?]