assguardians | ASGARD GENESIS

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ASGARD GENESIS - TEST DRIVE #1

the test drive meme.

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❧ optional scenario.
As you enter Asgard proper, many of the natives have gathered into curious crowds to greet these mysterious children of the World Tree. Some of them carry baskets of flowers and nervously offer one to any Wanderers that come near. They are vibrant and colorful, picked from the wilds surrounding Asgard, and they might have an odd effect on your character if they sniff the flowers directly.

Purple flowers will make your character very giggly and easily amused by everything they see and hear.
Orange flowers will make your character feel very warm all over, like the sun is beating down on them directly.
Blue flowers will make your character somewhat short and impatient with anything that seems like even a minor inconvenience to them.

Effects of the flowers can wear off anywhere between a few minutes to an hour. And for those new to Asgard, this scenario aligns with some of the general curses we might have in the game!

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[ He comes a little closer, expecting him to step back or to flinch but this was his brother and he does miss him in the end. ]

Do you think that they will keep us here?

[ He doesn't flinch. He doesn't back away. But he does hold his breath, eyes firmly fixed on his brother. (He's missed him.

He'd missed him in the first place.

Not as much as his younger brother had missed him, but he had, not that he could explain that. Not that he had had words for it.

Not that he does now.)

Then the question makes him frown slightly, and look out over the city once more. ]

Probably not after what needs to be done is done.

[ There is always a reason. ]

[ Shen Wei was still being careful but not as careful as he had been a few times in recent memory. Of course he had his reasons; Ye Zun was not exactly welcoming during their reunion save in pain and blood. This time it will be different, this time he knew what had happened.

This time he was going to make up for it.

He looks at the city and the people and huffs slightly, folding his hands together. ]

They better not expect us to be slaves here.

[ Shen Wei blinks very slightly, brows drawing in a bit as his attention shifts to his brother. He says, carefully, ]

Not all restriction is for the sake of slavery.

[ Which is also saying: It might be, and your right to feel angry about that is acknowledged, but wait until you make a judgment. ]

Not all people would agree to that.

[ He has his reasons for saying what he did and he wasn't going to back away from it. Instead, he just tilts his head to glance over at Shen Wei, his mouth curling in a soft, amused smile. ]

But I'm sure that you are right, and if they tried, they will be quickly reminded as to why it's a bad idea.

[ Shen Wei sighs, nearly imperceptibly. ]

No, not all would.

Most are aware that to achieve something, one must give something up. But... not all people could afford what they had to give up.

[ Shen Wei's ability has always been to learn. Not all of the learning has been the learning the abilities of others. In fact, most of it is not. And yes, his empathy always made him a bit of a misfit in Dixing. Not completely alone, but close enough. ]

There is willing to give up something, and then there is being forced to give up something. They should not mix.

[ He understands to a point, but his life wasn't like Shen Wei's. He had to become small and turn in his desires less they were used against him, and he didn't succeed as he had hoped. He was going to try to pull from that, but it would be work, and he will fall into his old ways. Ye Zun hoped his brother will forgive him those failings. ]

Did you ever wonder what it would have been like if we never had parted?

[ Shen Wei nods, slowly, at the first part. Then closes his eyes. ]

I have wondered many times.

But even the Hallows do not change the past. Only complete it. [ He looks at Ye Zun again. ] A lot of suffering would have been avoided.

[ The suffering of many people. But first... the suffering of his little brother. ]

[ The Hallows... They were tools made to save two worlds and yet Ye Zun wished that they could also have done something to the past. That just once, they could sweep away what had happened to something that could have happened. But that was a child's wish, and one that he knew would have never happened.

Still the knowledge didn't stop the bitter curl to his lips. ]

For who? [ He shakes his head and just... takes that last step to be close to Shen Wei, not quite leaning against him because touching was hard, but still close enough to feel some what comforted by his closeness. ]

I know. It is a stupid question.

[ Shen Wei tenses. He knows, he knows he is risking more than he should.

But, in the end, he can't hate his brother. And he can't fear him. Not for himself. He raises his eyes once more. ]

It's not stupid if you think I would take away everyone else's suffering but leave yours. Punishment is one thing, [ and Ze Yun knows that Shen Wei punishes himself no less severely or fairly than he punishes everyone else, ] but what was there in the first place...

I would take it away, if I could.

[ He knows there's no reason to trust him. He knows that he took his anger and pain out on Shen Wei - that he took it out on both worlds. He knows, but those words had him trembling.

His brother never wished for his life to go so wrong. His brother...

He thought he was beyond tears, but Ye Zun could feel them burning at the back of his eyes. Reaching up, he wipes angrily at his face, lips twisting as he tried to not become a crying mess, not here... ]

Brother...

[ Of course Shen Wei did not wish for Ye Zun's life to go so wrong. Or wrong at all.

Back then... Back then, it had been difficult for everyone. And some, some had not understood that there is a limit to what one can take, so they hadn't stopped. Taking from the Haixingians. Taking from each other. Taking from those they thought under them. Taking until there was only destruction.

Shen Wei never could live like that. And Ye Zun...

Ye Zun had to let it sink to the core of his being in order to simply survive.

Can he judge him for what he did? For what he unleashed?

Yes. He can.

Can his judgment be unequivocally condemning?

No. It can not.

Seeing Ye Zun's lashes tremble, the hand angrily swiping over them, Shen Wei's throat tightens and he echoes, ]

Brother. [ He bows his head. Willingly. They are so different. But... they also are the same. ]

[ He should hate him. Ye Zun had spent most of his life focusing all his rage on Shen Wei. For leaving him. For not being there. For finding a place as a hero while he became the face of evil. He should hate...

But he was his brother. His twin. And he knew deep under the hate that neither of them had a choice. They were both broken by the wars and the deaths and the pain. Shen Wei was just better than him at hiding his sharp edges.

Ye Zun couldn't close the last few inches to hug him, but he does reach out, his hand trembling before forcing himself calm. He couldn't hug him, but maybe they could at least take a step together. ]

Should we... explore this place together?

[ Perhaps it is a little too soon for embraces, on both sides. Shen Wei loves his younger brother, always did, always will. Even in the ways he caused him pain, he was trying, trying to get him understand, to get him to slow down and stop the horrible things he was causing and doing.

But, even self-effacing at Shen Wei is, the pain that Ye Zun caused is not this quick to be dismissed. The memory of it lingers under Shen Wei's skin, in his chest.

He loves his twin. He wants everything that is good to come to him, and for Ye Zun to be able to experience it fully. He wants to hold him. But he is not ready, not with the way he will expect something to happen in the worst of way if he does.

Instead, he reaches his hand and grasps his twin's fingers solidly, firmly. ]

Let us see where we are. And why we have been brought here. [ Soft smile, but a certain one. ] Together.

[ This was... good. Ye Zun can't really raise his head fully, not yet, but he does feel his inner knot of anger unwind a little more as Shen Wei tighten his hold on his hand. It was still there; he would be a fool to think that just a few moments like this would fully dispatch it, but he knew that he could move beyond it.

Maybe this place would help. He knew the reasons for why it all happened, he just needed time. ]

Okay. [ Raising his head, he smiles. ] Together.

[ Okay.

Just... just like that, the man who's spent a lifetime focusing on doing what must be done and never allowing himself to expect anything (there was never going to be anything for him), for the second time is reminded what it is to feel...

Hope.

The past cannot be rewritten. But the future might not be only a repetition on what has been.

His smile stays on as he meets the mirror-not-mirror of his own eyes, set in his own face. ]

From what you've learned this far, is there a place you want to see first?

[ Hope was a fleeting moment, a has been that only came in dreams. He never truly had it himself, not even when his power first woke, starving cells pulling the essence of his tormentor into him. There were always consequences.

Always.

But maybe he doesn't need to believe that. Maybe he could actually let go and just be. Maybe it will be better.

And with that thought in mind, he looks around them before nodding at a distant building. ]

That place. The library.

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ASGARD GENESIS - TEST DRIVE #1

(he just has all the issues at least Yunlan hasn't shown up)

(YET. We all know he shows up where things are dangerous, whether or not he should.)

(GDMIT YUNLAN but yeah he should be not here so it's all good. )

(PROBABLY I mean at least slightly less reason for conflict between these two.)

(Yeah Ye Zun would be rather short with him for reasons)

(but he'd make somebody happy...)

(happy brother is nice but still he would grumble...r)

(I'm not saying that grumbling is cute but... it's kind of cute.)

(Ye Zun is not cute.... he is a murder child cute)

(that can still be pretty cute, so long as you don't forget there'll be a knife to stab you.)

(but that knife is for protection and he can't help stabbing someone he loves - also icon!)

(Yu-HUH. He can't help it. Nope.)

(Of course not poor murder child's reflex)

(I have now finished watching and lmao it's gratifying that I was guessing correctly...)

(I kinda like how it is open-ended in a way? travelling the universes way)

(let's go home, didi...)

(T_Tpoor brothers... and Yunlan but still )