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chthonicgodling · 7 months ago

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🍕 🎹 for Eel! :)

Side note, do gods even need to eat? Or is it just for fun? Are there any gods who hate to eat?

[ask game here!] tyyy! FIRST Lemme answer that side question -

Gods DO need to eat but - not really mortal food haha. They all do cause it’s fun and tasty but. The only required dietary needs of the Greek gods are nectar (special glowing liquid) and ambrosia (special glowing solid), it tastes better than anything you could ever imagine (sayeth Tory and Jesse, former mortals) and keeps gods healthy! if they dont eat this regularly they WILL become sick and weak! Sooo Mortal food is just fun optional bonus food but,,, it’s tastes fine, plus lots of people in the palace like to cook, plus its easier to feed lots of people with like, real food, plus having wide variety is fun…. They just mix ambrosia into everything they eat :) daemons like Epi and Ker also prefer eating 💞human flesh💞 (and anyone who hates to eat - well KER does not eat mortal food unless you mean food that is made out of mortals,,)

The Norse gods - are similar, though instead of nectar/ambrosia, the only crucial part of their god diet are the Apples of Idunn, which prevent illness too but also prevent aging! (The Greek gods don’t age past a certain point - norse gods CAN grow indefinitely old… IF.)

lmfao I think ambrosia is completely flavorless to Loki & any of the Norse gods. Loki imports an infinite supply of these from…. ?:) don’t worry about it:) and also has always taken care to make sure all his kids, Norse/Greek pantheon blended babies as they are, just in case are fed plenty of appy slices and applesauce as babies so—

Anywayyy back to my favorite oc lmfao

🍕 - What is Loki’s favorite food?

with all of the above being said. Loki had never really bothered to investigate ✨Midgardian cuisine✨ prior to moving into the palace although yknow, Norse Viking Prince background, staple diet of like. infinite meat and mead.

…long story short the palace introduced him to ice cream 🥺

He’s very fond of anything frozen, particularly ice pops and frozen fruit. no need to ask why 💙 shhh

🎹 - Do they have any hobbies?

primarily Loki loves to read, he’s got an extensive library in his bedroom, all sorts of literature from all sorts of realms and all sorts of ancient creepy spellbooks from every dark corner of the universe! Always withdrawn and cagey from everyone else lmao,while the rest of the palace is piled on top of each other on the couch platonically snuggling Loki’s often shut up in his bedroom with books until someone peels him out or the kids come to play with him — note Loki is withdrawn and cagey BUT NEVER EVER EVER WITH HIS CHILDREN and will ALWAYS bend over backwards to goof off and play with them :)

He likes doing little academia things like researching and note taking like upon first coming to Elysium first task at hand was an EXTENSIVE deep dive into the details of Greek mythology and mapping out the entire new pantheon of which he now found himself residing. Heeeee also likes writing and journaling and has kept infinite journals through basically his whole life - except for the few brief periods when he was out of his mind trying to take over a planet - those journals are all heavily encrypted, written in invisible runes, and will also explode if they’re opened for too long by anyone who’s not him. I don’t even think anyone KNOWS he keeps journals they are incredibly well hidden obviously

….finally I would also like to state that Deliberately Pushing Other People’s Buttons is a genuine hobby of Loki’s, as well as mild tricks and pranks and encouraging chaos and shenanigans amongst his gaggle of children 😇😇

thank you for the asks!!!!

#asks #oc talk #eloki #duck-n-clover #long post //

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lokihzra · 4 years ago

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My Heart’s On Fire For Your Love

Chapter 7: I don’t have a voice

Summary: Only a lucky few happen to find their soulmates. It was so rare that it became a myth. So why did Tony find an L on his wrist a couple hours after Loki threw him out a window and why did he agree to Loki and Thor moving in the tower?

Tony couldn’t deny his heart shattering in his chest, the shards cutting open his lungs in the process. He wanted to freak out, he wanted to yell, yell at Thor for not knowing, he wanted to go to Asgard and poke out Odin’s good eye but he didn’t, instead his eyes well up with tears as he mumbles out “what?”

Tony didn’t think one name would make him sober up completely. Like that time he was wasted after promising Pepper he would stop drinking and she fucking caught him. He sobered up in an instant at her pained expression, now they’re broken up all because of alcohol.

“yep” Loki hums before sitting back down and going back to his book, completely ignoring Tony’s presence like he was never there.

“why? why the fuck would he do this to you?” Tony asks a bit louder, not caring that his voice shakes because Loki doesn’t fucking do anything other than flip a page of his book “Loki why would he do this to you?”

Nothing.

No reaction.

“it wasn’t because of the invasion right?” Tony can’t help but ask “I mean he’s your da-“ Tony tries to make sense of why Odin wouldn’t do this but Loki catches him off guard by interrupting him.

“he’s not my father”

“I know but he raised you-“

Loki speaks louder this time “raising me does not make him my father, loving me and caring for me would make him my father and he’s never done either”

Tony frowns because that’s the exact reasoning he uses to disown Howard before he snaps out of it and realizes this is what Loki wants, to distract him from the real reason he’s here “Jesus you really do know how to use your tongue” Tony states “I almost forgot what we were talking about”

Loki sighs loudly, looking back at his books he says “I hate that you’re intelligent”

“well thanks and I hate that you actually live up to Silvertongue”

Loki looks up at Tony through his eyelashes “you have no clue Stark” Loki says lowly, his tone suggestive and it almost works as Tony's mind flickers over the possibilities.

He’s smarter than Loki thinks, he knows Lokis game “don’t flirt with me to try and make me forget about the fucking cuts all over your back from Odin”

Loki sighs loudly, placing his book on the bed beside him, Loki really does not want to say anything but Tony is fucking persistent and he could use this to his advantage. “promise not to tell Thor”

Tony frowns at that “he’s your brother”

“he’ll tell my mother and my sister and it will just go to shit after that”

“stop swearing” Tony complains with a groan and in reply Loki spits “fuck you, do you promise to keep it to yourself or not? ”

Tony hates promises just as much as he hates breaking them but there’s likely no other way he can get the God of Manipulation to tell him “I promise I won’t say anything”

Loki is quiet for a moment, taking in Tony’s clenched fists and jaw, his tapping foot and quick breathing “I called him Argr after I yelled at him for lying to me, being a terrible father and treating us all horribly, told him that he didn’t deserve us or Asgard” Tony won’t tell and if he does Loki will just throw him off the building.

“you’re not wrong about that” Tony says without missing a beat but quickly asks “what’s Argear?”

“Argr” Loki corrects “worst insult in the Norse language, I’m lucky he didn’t kill me”

“what the fuck is Asgard?”

Loki ignores him and continues “calling someone Argr results in a battle between the accused and accuser, if the accused proves himself a man then he can decide if the accuser dies or lives”

“so what does Argr mean?”

“unmanly, coward, informally it means having relations with a man”

Tony frowns, trying to wrap his head around it “so it’s like Asgard's equivalent of faggot?” Tony asks because it’s the only thing he can compare it to, except that shit doesn’t result in a fucking fight to the death.

You don’t know that

“if it is then why are you saying it?” Loki retorts quickly, hopefully shifting the conversation.

Without missing a beat Tony says “I’ve fucked with men as much as I’ve fucked with women”

“and you’re proudly telling me this?”

Tony shrugs “not in Asgard, people are free to love who they want here”

Loki huffs out a bitter laugh “I see why people like you”

Tony doesn’t ask. Loki wouldn’t tell him anyway. “people like me until they meet the real me” the only people that still like him after knowing him are Happy, Pepper and Rhodey. His own uncle can’t even stand him, Tony doesn’t blame him for that though, he did kill his son, even if it was self-defence.

“When will I meet him?” Loki asks with a raised brow.

Tony can’t help his eyebrows shooting up, he thought Loki would be smart enough to notice the shift “you’re talking to him”

Loki scans him for a moment before nodding with a hum “I like this Stark better” Loki states

Tony's brain short circuits “well I’m going to bed I guess”

“don’t tell anybody” Loki reminds him as he walks out and Tony calls out a quick yeah before heading to Thor's room.

There’s a promise not to say anything.

There’s no promise keeping him from writing it.

Tony backed out. He wouldn’t want Loki to do that shit to him so Tony couldn’t do it, he couldn’t break his promise, he can’t tell anyone. So how can he get them to know without Tony physically telling them? He can’t show them, he can’t write it, it’s the same as telling someone. Fuck he’s supposed to be a genius.

“Stark”

Tony snaps out of it to find Thor heading out to the helipad “when my brother wakes up can you tell him I will return tomorrow”

“of course” he replies too quickly and Thor frowns, noticing his bouncing leg and fidgeting hands.

“is something bothering you?” Thor asks “anything I can do to ease your anguish?”

Tony frowns even harder, his leg bouncing faster. How can he tell Thor, how can he make Thor figure it out? “the trail, Loki’s trail” he mutters “what happened?”

Thor frowns harder “is something wrong with my brother?”

“no no I’m just-“

“maybe I should stay” Thor nearly whispers

Tony’s eyes widen as he sits up “no no Thor, Loki is okay I just wanted to know what-“ Tony stops as it finally hits him “I gotta go”

“do what?” Thor asks as Tony gets up and walks to the elevator.

“ya know work stuff, sign papers, look over footage, make some calls, that boring stuff” he lies easily and he can tell Thor doesn’t buy it as the elevator doors close.

Thank god he’s catching on.

Turns out Thor didn’t catch on.

Tony was in the lab all day watching footage of the tower. Loki had the cuts since the day they showed up to the tower so it confirmed Tony's suspicions of it happening after the trial when Thor came to earth ahead of Loki to inform them of the situation. Loki has magic so that explains why he wasn’t weak or covered in blood.

But why the fuck is he hiding it?

May 19th, 2012

It happened accidentally.

Tony fell asleep during a movie on the couch in the living room. He fell asleep staring at the pictures of his back. So when Steve came in and went to wake him up, Steve freaked out before he could, making Tony literally fall off the couch from flinching so hard.

“what the fuck?” Steve yells

“no no Steve shhh” Tony hushes him loudly as he scrambles to his feet and snatches his phone out of Steve's hand before anything else.

“who the hell did that Tony?” Steve hisses, pointing at the phone in Tony's hand and on instinct the latter shoves it in his back pocket.

“Steve I’m fine” Tony almost yells as he turns around and lifts the back of his shirt a bit “see? I’m fine so stop fucking yelling” he demands and turns back around to face the superhuman.

Steves face hardens before he asks lowly “who did that?”

“It wasn’t done to me ” he says slowly, not knowing how to explain it to Steve without flat out saying it, knowing Steve likes things to be sugar-coated.

“what?”

“the bond” Tony says, hoping Steve could figure it out on his own.

“Loki, you got those from Loki?” he snarls, ready to go fuck him up but Tony quickly says “no Loki didn’t give them to me the bond did”

“What?” Steve frowns before his arms fold together and he asks lowly “does Thor know?”

“No” Tony admits and Steve immediately turns to the elevator. “no no no no Steve please don’t” Tony begs as he steps in front of the man “I promised Loki and-“ he trails off, almost mentioning Odin.

Steve’s gaze hardens as he swerves around Tony and marches out, ignoring Tony’s pleas.

Tony was anxious as shit. He was pacing, biting his nails and constantly checking the time to see how long it took for Loki to come and kill him.

Bruce and Natasha simply sat and watched until a glow of green lights up the room for a split second and Loki appears out of nowhere yelling “you fucking told them?”

Tony holds his hands up in a submissive manner as he steps behind the bar “no I didn’t tell-“

“so what did you write it?” Loki roars as he marches over to Tony and thankfully doesn’t join him behind the bar,

“no Loki-“

“you said you wouldn’t say anything”

“and I didn’t”

“I trusted you with this-” Loki yells even louder because he never trusts anyone, ever “-what if I told them about-“ Loki trails off with a groan, running his hands through his hair. Loki wouldn’t go that low, Stark may go that low but Loki won't. “now my whole fucking family is gonna split up because of me”

“because of Odin” Tony corrects, stunning Loki into silence “it’s not your damn fault he can’t take a fucking insult”

Loki drops his hand from his hair with a sigh and says “my sister will most likely show up with my brother”

“Yeah I heard the Bifrost” Tony mumbles

“you don’t know how badly I want to smash this glass-“ Loki points to the window beside them “-with your head”

“get used to it” Tony retorts without missing a beat.

"seriously you're going to have to" Natasha butts in "I've known him for a little over a year and the urge is still as strong as ever" she says lightheartedly.

"I think I might like you" Loki states, Natashas jaw falling open and he resists smiling by turning back to Tony and asking “if you didn’t tell them then how does Rogers know?”

Tony presses his lips together as he digs out his phone, Loki watching silently as he scrolls through it until Tony throws it down on the counter, the phone nearly sliding off the edge but Loki quickly catches it.

Loki ignores his stomach throbbing with his heartbeat as he stares down at the phone showcasing wounds on Tony's smooth tan back. He simply slides it back across the counter “delete that and don’t show my brother and especially not my sister” he demands before walking to the stairs.

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nighttimepixels · 5 years ago

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-dropkicks into your inbox- speaking of wedding asks, what kinds of rings/other such used-for-proposals-items would the ladies be inclined to get for their s/o? 👀 something subtle? flashy? something they know without a doubt their s/o will love? (or, on the flipside: what kind of rings would /they/ prefer to recieve?)

Ohhh man I’m always a sucker for this kind of thing-!! Okay so, for sure, all the girls would absolutely do a ring for their s/o if that’s the sort of thing they really wanted/expected; and in general, most of them would be pretty tuned into their s/o’s taste, too - so they wouldn’t be getting something ostentatious if that’s not what their s/o wanted.

However if their s/o is open to the girl’s own instinctive desires for proposals-items by their own traditions, then that’s absolutely what the girls would go for first! (It’d later be supplemented by a ring/they’d choose a perfect matching pair of rings for the wedding bands~)

As for what they’d like in return, pretty much anything you give them will be universally adored. None of them are the ostentatious type, though - and for that matter, as monsters, they have no particular value for diamonds (and actually, literally none of them prefer them) - heck, it doesn’t matter if they’re super cheap, crystals/gems associated with soul traits have much more impact!

The rest below a cut because I’m too thorough XD

For the UT girls Serif and Vellum, their world traditionally doesn’t have a specific item; rather, they bare their souls to one another when proposing (it’s rather private, of course) - but in more recent times because of the joy and fun, they’ve picked up a newer tradition of handcrafting an item that would mean a lot to their s/o in some way to propose with - this is particularly good for those (coughVellumcough) who would love a proposal with a bit of showmanship! Rest assured the soul baring comes later that night.

But for the initial happenstance, Serif will likely be making a pendant for a necklace for hers; it’s not just any pendant, though. Shaped slightly like a save star, it’s actually a tiny, intricately made magical projection unit, as well as having a central crystal from the glowing crystal cavern. When activated, it projects a hologram like nebula and view of countless stars - at the center of which is one that Serif ‘bought’ a name to, for you. It’s got a lot of features too, but the point is, it’s a beautiful star - just like you are to her in her own night sky.

Vellum, meanwhile, actually constructs a tiny, intricate puzzle box for her s/o. It’s actually absurdly intricate and utterly beautiful, and has many levels of being solved, each with a different small gift and tiny scroll of her writing effusing on yet another reason for her love - and each level gets progressively more difficult. Effectively, the entire thing symbolizes her love for her s/o; each way she’s fallen for them, each way she loves them bared only reveals deeper levels of her love, increasingly devoted and dedicated. She’s definitely gonna cry, shhh, make sure you have tissues handy if you suspect she might be proposing soon ;Dc

For the US girls Sapphire and Amber, their world ended up adopting a pretty strong tradition of proposing with a key! This is because the proposal-to-marriage window was effectively done by building a home together. In older days/Underground this was a bit easier, but nowadays it’s accepted that that could absolutely include getting an apartment together and taking a lot of time to decided upon furnishings/etc that you actively want. Highly skilled/motivated monsters will even learn how to locksmith, or go to a locksmith to have a highly unique one made; a small version of the key would then be wrought in fine metal and possibly embedded in crystal/laced with a glowing jewel/otherwise decorated; this, often strung on a necklace, would be presented to the partner to propose. If building their own house, the lock would be placed in the finished home as the final step and symbol of the partners starting a new life together.

Nowadays, even if the partners were already living together, this is still accomplished by either moving to a new place together or by changing the lock to make it ‘official’ that they were a married/mated couple. Sapphire is likely going to engrave the key copy, with the key itself being some beautiful silvery metal; there will be fine veins of glowing sapphire crystal in the key’s divots, and an accent of a crystal of your favor/soul trait’s color.

Meanwhile Amber is going to likely have a rose-gold tint to the key she gives you. It’ll have an artistic depiction of some important place to you both engraved on one side, and the head of it will be set into a glowing crystal.

For the UF girls Crimson and Scarlet, their world traditionally goes with collars! Of course, collars have many different forms and meanings. Utilitarian ones often made of leather (that are likened usually to dog collars) tend to be more signifiers of protection, but fancier ones that often take the form of some sort of beloved and sturdy jewelry can/do tend to signify romantic permanence/marriage! These can also be bracelets, but it’s more traditional/common to have something around the neck.

Crimson is actually going to hand make hers and imbue her magic into it; namely, it’ll end up being a finely made braided chain that’s nigh indestructable and catches the light subtly, and it’ll have a key on the end, with the head wrought of a glowing magic crystal. She’s going to be super flustered but secretly sappy about it, heh - especially as the matching one she made for herself, signifying she’s just as much yours as vice versa, will be a fine lock on a leather choker that your key goes to ;)c

Meanwhile, Scarlet will lean towards buying you a choker style necklace herself, but it’s going to be made by the finest monster craftsman she can find. The metal and inlaid jewels will be subtle but durable and extremely high quality; it’ll have a subtle pendant at it’s front, an upside down heart with the center comprising your primary trait in jewel form. It’s extremely tasteful yet unwaveringly romantic and exactingly, secretly extravagant. She has one that matches but is long instead of being a choker, and features a rightside up heart trimmed in red crystal.

For the SF girls Pepper and Cinnamon, they also have traditional collars, with similar rules to the Fell girls’ regarding different types meaning different things; in particular, though, there’s a big emphasis on handmade collars for a romantic partner. While the fell world had a ‘kill or be killed’ motto, their’s was ‘take or be taken’ - as such, it was of... significant cultural importance to show just how much something was yours - and even more so, if you declared that in turn, you were theirs, as was the case in a romantic partnership. With an Underground of an old-Norse sort of flavor, too, there are a lot of subtle visual influences there that will be brought in.

Pepper is going to, in secret, absolutely agonize over what to make you. Everything will be taken into account; from the obvious of your tastes to the thoughtful details of what your life is like/what would suit your lifestyle, to what materials might best bear magic, to the symbolism even in how chains might link together... in the end she’ll probably choose something of leather, braided and burned, a choker style necklace; where it connects to the pendant are nordic styled connecters but instead of beast heads gripping the pendant, it’s tiny versions of her gaster blaster skulls. The pendant itself is a blaster skull bearing a crystal in it’s mouth; despite the sound of it, it’s not ostentatious at all. The leather and fine metals chosen complement your skin tone and tastes, and the leather has subtle symbols worked into it and is extremely comfortable.

Meanwhile, Cinnamon will actually go for a longer necklace; something that, if you desired, you could tuck beneath a shirt to keep out of your way if you’re bending over to work/etc - and also had the option to shorten up. It has a subtle magical mechanism in the back that, for all intents and purposes, could effectively spool up the excess material. The loop itself is of warm, well-treated leather that won’t ever wear out, and has tiny symbols in an ancient runic language written on it. The pendant for hers is akin to a save star, but within it are two hearts, one inverted, and both overlapping.

For the HT girls Blade and Twist, their traditions were the same as Serif and Vellum’s, but since their world turned sour they shifted. Instead, monsters turned to magical tattoos to signify their bonds to one another; some of the most popular variety were, quite frankly, merely bite marks infused with the partner’s magic made, well, precisely the way you’d expect. It was possessive but dear as well, a strong symbol of your life being in their hands, trustingly. Such marks/tattoos are mirrored between partners; and made usually with the help of both partners magic combined.

For a human partner this would be trickier, but still doable... in private, heh. In proposing, up on the surface, they’d likely stick to providing a ring or a necklace with a raw magic crystal charm/center point, and propose their preferred type of mark. Admittedly, both girls are... the bite types, but if you’re opposed, they’d respect that because of human traditions, but it really would mean a lot to them if you got a tattoo, if not a bite mark, through their magic.

Both of them will lean towards some depiction of flowers/plants; Blade would likely in particular ask if you would like a poppy, while Twist might lean towards lavender or even fireweed. (and hey, if you’d like both a bite mark and the magical flower tattoos, well... they’re very willing to oblige, and holy hell, I hope you’re prepared for a very, very pleased and in-love skeleton woman to not be willing to let go of that proposal high for a loooong time yet, heheh).

For Glyph and Alpha, they’re obviously outliers in both tradition and desire; Glyph will likely only get married in a poly situation, in which case she’s actually going to propose more by bringing her partners out on a trip with her, and playing a song she wrote for them. She probably wouldn’t have a physical item, but would have ideas for a ring exchange for if they say yes. She’s a big sap and romantic deep down, but for her experiences are more important, and so her ‘item’ would be a song more than anything.

Alpha meanwhile doesn’t have a ‘home world’, so to speak - so she’d actually probably just adopt whatever your preference was. This would probably mean a ring, but stars above, you better bet she’d find a way to make it perfect on every level... and too, it would probably some major leap in her tech - in other words, her figuring out how to safely upload your consciousness into digital form (and having a perfected robot/android body option for you to still exist in physical form). A proposal from her would be both dazzling and romantic by starting with the ring, if you agreed, would turn deeply serious because then she’d share that she’d figured the digitization thing out.

She’d never force it, of course, but... well. She’s an undying digital entity, after all; she’d thought intensely about making such a move as to propose. If you’re with Alpha you’re already probably the type to consider such a step regardless at least in hypotheticals, but the reality’s all the more overwhelming. She wouldn’t expect an answer on that side right away, of course, but she’d make it clear all the same as the second half of her proposal (as you could consider her second proposal ‘item’ as being... all that, hoo boi!).

#night answers #lilytale asks #about the lilytale crew #lilytale proposal items #dammit i love weird random worldbuilding details #and romance XDDD #hope this was fun to read heh #*eyes towards HT girls and those bite marks*#((yes i went there hush))#torrikor

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zrtranscripts · 5 years ago

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Season 8, Mission 21: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Hanged Man

SAM YAO: Five, Jody, you've reached the town. We don't know who was working with Jones, or who has the Edda, or who drew all those super creepy pictures of people they wanted to kill, or if they're all the same person. It's dark, but try and stay out of sight. I've got some cams on the island, but yeah, [sighs] a lot of them don't seem to work well in the dark, so I might not see anyone following you. Have you got the map?

[paper rustles]

JODY MARSH: This is from Jones' papers, right? It marks out a route in symbols and says "Follow in the footsteps of the father of the slain," which isn't at all sinister.

SAM YAO: Yeah. Amelia and her people have been going through everything we found in Jones' stash. They've correlated what they've got with Ellie's notes, and the only thing they're sure comes directly from the Edda is that map.

AMELIA SPENS: Which is why you and Five are going to follow the route for me.

SAM YAO: Amelia! Sam, why didn't you say she was with you?

AMELIA SPENS: I'm not. I'm in my stateroom aboard the Undaunted. Since Team Janine has proven a complete liability, I'm overseeing this mission.

JODY MARSH: Hey, Janine's not well. Paula says she's permanently lost vision in one eye. And we still managed to make a successful alliance with Dearg labs, and we discovered that the red fungus comes from Mor Island like the Edda.

AMELIA SPENS: You also discovered several caves bursting with red fungus, which might have been useful to know about earlier. I've sent marines to scour them with flame throwers. All traces of silver mud will be delivered to Dearg for analysis.

SAM YAO: The laird is doing a good impression of an irritated landowner rather than a sinister skincoat. He complained to Janine about damage to a historic sight.

AMELIA SPENS: And the UK is losing more land to the red fungus. Everything we've learned about the Edda suggests that it contains an account of a way to stop it. That's why my marines are searching house to house for the Edda, but so far, they've turned up nothing. All we have is that map. Jones scrawled something on it about the source of the red fungus, and he wrote "skincoats" next to it.

SAM YAO: Right. So following this map might help us understand what's in the Edda. Or guess at it, anyway.

AMELIA SPENS: It's a faint hope that ancient history might save us, but we must follow every lead. Chop chop! Run!

SAM YAO: Okay, you're at the first location marked on Jones' map. It's the street in town we, um, destroyed.

JODY MARSH: The houses are burned-out shells.

AMELIA SPENS: Honestly, I send one envoy out as Prime Minister and you set fire to a town! It's just as well no one has the vote.

[paper rustles]

SAM YAO: The route runs between the uh, the squiggle we think is the church and the um, blob we're pretty sure is the pub.

[paper rustles]

AMELIA SPENS: Isn't the smiley face the pub?

[paper rustles]

JODY MARSH: That's a Celtic symbol. It represents the graveyard.

AMELIA SPENS: [sighs] Are you sure this map is to scale?

JODY MARSH: It was drawn by an unstable murderer and is based on a book that's a thousand years old. Of course it's not to scale! I've done the best I could, but -

[cough]

SAM YAO: Someone's coming.

AMELIA SPENS: Probably a displaced islander coming to recover the remains of their treasured possessions from the ruins of their family home.

JODY MARSH: Aw, shut up.

SAM YAO: Right, time for you to get out of there. The next mark on the map is up that hill to the north. Run!

JODY MARSH: We got away from that person, Sam. Did they see us?

SAM YAO: Don't think so. It's Hamish McDougall, the grocer. Amelia was right about recovering possessions. He came out of a burned-out house with a charred box labeled "king of the rocks - costumes."

AMELIA SPENS: This is the same king of the rocks ceremony that Jones kept raving about? The one in the rhyme Chief Macallan told us? Moons and pools and stones and fruit? Isn't it a bit of a coincidence that he should pop up on the map's exact route?

SAM YAO: Nah. No, not really. The full moon isn't far off, so everyone's preparing for the ceremony.

JODY MARSH: Besides, the king of the rocks parade doesn't go anywhere near the route on Jones' map.

AMELIA SPENS: All right, then. The next location's marked by a crown?

SAM YAO: That's the laird's manor.

AMELIA SPENS: Ah, yes. The man who not only shot Jones, but had a secret tunnel filled with red fungus in his back garden.

SAM YAO: Yeah, just have a quick look and then get out as fast as you can. It's at the top of the hill. Run!

JODY MARSH: Five and I have scaled the back wall. We're in the laird's garden. It feels a bit cheeky, being here on the sly. He's always been dead nice to us.

SAM YAO: I know, but well, the truth is we have to suspect everyone, don't we?

JODY MARSH: So what are we looking for, exactly?

SAM YAO: Anything that looks like it might be connected to the red fungus.

AMELIA SPENS: Other than the tunnel full of red fungus beneath the place, you mean? You could sneak through a window and see if the laird has the Edda. He's been... resistant to the idea of my marines searching his home.

JODY MARSH: We can't just break in!

SAM YAO: Jody, shhh! Keep your voice down!

[door opens]

LAIRD REID: Who's there? If that's another lackey from that blasted Prime Minister – [cocks gun]

JODY MARSH: [whispers] It's the laird! He's got a shotgun!

LAIRD REID: Who is that? Oh, Five, Jody! What on earth are you doing?

JODY MARSH: Um - !

AMELIA SPENS: Oh, for goodness sake, lie!

JODY MARSH: Actually, we're following the route of this map. It's from Jones' notes on the Edda.

LAIRD REID: Interesting. May I have a look?

AMELIA SPENS: I despair.

[paper rustles]

JODY MARSH: See? Your manor's marked with a crown.

LAIRD REID: Hmm. I think you might have made a mistake. Why don't you and Five come with me, and I'll offer an alternative theory.

SAM YAO: Uh... I don't think that's a good idea.

LAIRD REID: Come along. It's not far.

SAM YAO: Five, don't – [sighs] Okay. Do follow him, but be careful, guys. There's lots of reasons not to trust him.

LAIRD REID: We'll have a good view from up here. Do you have a spare headset?

JODY MARSH: Yeah. Here you go.

LAIRD REID: Sam, hello.

SAM YAO: Hi.

AMELIA SPENS: Laird Reid.

LAIRD REID: Oh! And Prime Minister. A delight, as always.

AMELIA SPENS: I should very much like to know why you've kidnapped my people in the middle of a crucial mission.

LAIRD REID: [laughs] I'd hardly call it kidnapping. I wanted to show them something. Look, up on that hill there.

JODY MARSH: It's an ancient stone circle. I've been up there. There's a carving of the sun in the middle.

LAIRD REID: Aye. During the king of the rocks, there's a parade over it waving yellow streamers. Does the shape of it remind you of anything?

SAM YAO: Uh, well, stone circles sort of, um... It looks like a crown?

JODY MARSH: Oh, you're right! Wait. Have we been reading the map upside down?

AMELIA SPENS: So this exercise has been a complete waste of time?

LAIRD REID: [laughs] It's not their fault. There's a clue on the map, but you'd have to know a lot of Norse mythology to spot it.

JODY MARSH: Ellie would have known.

LAIRD REID: Aye. Your Ellie, or my wife. Those words on the map there, follow the footsteps of the father of the slain? That's another name for Odin. In his quest for knowledge, Odin hung himself upside down.

AMELIA SPENS: Ah, that does make sense. An ancient code for those in the know.

JODY MARSH: Just a sec. Jones drew this map from the Edda, we're sure of that?

AMELIA SPENS: That's what the Norse history boffins tell me. We're as sure as we can be that that map is in the Edda.

JODY MARSH: But look, Five. Turned upside down, it does follow the king of the rocks parade. The ceremony isn't just some folk tradition, it's from the Edda! Laird Reid, we'd never have figured it out without you.

SAM YAO: You've got the follow the rest of the route.

LAIRD REID: Tell me what you find.

JODY MARSH: We will.

SAM YAO: Hey, wait. What - what's over to your left?

JODY MARSH: I don't see anything.

SAM YAO: No, I thought... [sighs] No, you're right. There's nothing there now.

JODY MARSH: What was it?

SAM YAO: Well, it looked like a person in one of those gray coats. You know, the skincoats. I'm sure they were there!

JODY MARSH: Probably just shadows playing tricks with your eyes.

SAM YAO: Yeah, maybe. Look, just finish following the map and get home safe as soon as you can. Uh, the next marker's by the shore. Go, run!

JODY MARSH: There's a snake marked on the map here. Looks like the footpath leading into that cave. The parade starts outside it. Let's see if there's anything hidden in there, Five.

SAM YAO: Um, now if Jones had the missing pages of the Edda, do you think he knew the ceremony came from it?

JODY MARSH: Hard to say. His notes weren't exactly coherent. Mostly ramblings about what he'd do when he was made king of the rocks.

[zombie moans]

SAM YAO: Zombie!

JODY MARSH: Worse, a creepy child zombie! It's walked in through the cave entrance. It's blocking our exit.

AMELIA SPENS: Shoot it!

JODY MARSH: We didn't bring weapons!

AMELIA SPENS: Oh, for pity's sake!

SAM YAO: Uh, doesn't the king of the rocks cave have another opening?

JODY MARSH: Yeah. The parade used to start there, lighting bonfires deep into the cave. I heard the laird say the town council stopped it because of health and safety.

SAM YAO: Then you need to get to that entrance. Go!

[zombie moans]

JODY MARSH: There's a breeze up ahead.

SAM YAO: The cave opens out over the sea. If you let the zombie follow you out, then knock it off the ledge -

JODY MARSH: Way ahead of you. I'll lead it towards the opening. Five, grab some rocks. Aim for its knees.

[rocks clatter]

SAM YAO: It's slipping. Just one more!

[zombie croaks, water splashes]

JODY MARSH: Amazing shot, Five!

SAM YAO: Uh, guys, have a look at the cave ceiling.

JODY MARSH: Oh God. Amelia? The ceiling in this place, it's covered in those big bulging alien egg-looking things. Like the ones we found in Jones' camp, the things that coconut pomegranate-y seedpods hatch from.

AMELIA SPENS: The pods that brought red fungus to the mainland.

JODY MARSH: Yeah. And there's hundreds of the egg things in here, over our heads.

SAM YAO: Hold on. So the king of the rocks used to start with the islanders lighting fires in this cave?

AMELIA SPENS: And we think Jones lighting a campfire is what caused seedpods in his cave to hatch out.

JODY MARSH: So we're saying the king of the rocks is from the Edda, and part of the ceremony is causing fungus seedpods to hatch? And they used to do it on purpose for some reason?

SAM YAO: Um, but shouldn't Mor Island be overrun with V-types, in that case?

AMELIA SPENS: And certainly hatching more pods won't help us fight the red fungus. [sighs] The ceiling. It's not what I'm used to. In general, I've found when I want something, there's someone I can bargain with, some deal to be struck. But this... we're looking for knowledge no one has anymore about the meaning of a ritual whose origins are forgotten.

JODY MARSH: Jones' notes kept mentioning Edda verses 321 to 327. If we could read them, they might explain it all.

AMELIA SPENS: Yes, but we can't. I've just heard from my marines. Their house to house searches have yielded nothing. [sighs] I won't allow those seedpods to further devastate the mainland. The Edda is the key! We must get that book back! [sighs] So I'm going to need to find someone to negotiate with, aren't I?

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