Asleif Thorsdottir (godlierthanthou) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-03-19 19:17:00

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inactive - dawn roberts, inactive - ohu amane, sydney ashcroft, team - defenders

Dawn of a New Defender
Dawn Roberts, librarian, had not been having a good week. There had been the abduction, and then there had been the nightmares and freakout at work, along with a very perplexing change in her eye color. And now, after a night of even stranger dreams, she'd discovered she'd sleep-walked all night and found herself in front of the Defenders' Compound, just as the sun was coming up.

She looked around nervously, feeling pain in her feet and calves from having walked so much without even knowing it.

Should she? Something had brought her here. But what on Earth would involve a nobody like her with a team of super-heroes and gods? She was probably well beneath their notice.

She hesitated, then reached out and touched the buzzer on the gate.

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	ohu_amane 2010-03-21 03:23 am UTC (link)
	"Dreams have power, too," Ohu nods quietly. "Can you tell us the story of your dream?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-03-21 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Now that Syd thought about it, she hadn't seen Asleif around in the past few days. Asleif was one to keep to herself, but even then Syd saw her around mealtimes. "Yes, please do tell us. Now that you mention Asleif, I haven't seen her in a few days." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

godlierthanthou
2010-03-21 04:00 am UTC (link)

Dawn nodded. "Okay, here's what I remember..."

Her dream had been like this: It was hot. Hotter than she had ever felt in her entire life. She was burning, burning up! She was on fire! She had to move, had to get away, but she couldn’t! Why couldn’t she?! It was hot, so hot! It felt like it was burning her down to her soul!

Her eyes were open now, she could feel they were open, but she couldn’t see anything. Everything hurt. Everything hurt so much. She was certain she was dying. What did she do to deserve this? She didn’t want to die! She’d never been in love, never seen Paris, never wrote the great American novel…

She couldn’t see, but she could just barely make out light and darkness. There was a dark patch near her, and her ears, equally burned and stripped away, could not hear a thing at all. But somehow, she could tell the dark patch was speaking. Oh God, why did it hurt?

A life hath been wrongly taken, by pride and arrogance. There must be amends! Doth thou wish to live?

What?

Doth thou wish to live? Answer!Then fight for thine life! Take it back! Live!

Something, somehow, gave her the strength to move. She felt her ruined, burned arm reach out and grab something and not let it go…

~Let me go!~

And then she'd been awakened by the paramedic, with dead cultists all about her. Which is when the whole insanity thing had started...

"And that's it," she finished. "I feel like I'm losing my mind here."

Upstairs, a banging sound could be heard, as the staff banged on the door, trying to force its way out.

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	ohu_amane 2010-03-21 04:56 am UTC (link)
	Ohu closes his eyes. "...Syd? Why is Aslief's staff knocking on her door?" He opens his eyes again. "Did someone make her staff sentient and mobile and not tell me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-03-21 05:03 am UTC (link)
	"You're asking me about magic stuff? I have no idea." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2010-03-21 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Ohu considers for a long moment. Then, abruptly, having considered the options in his mind and making a decision, he gets to his feet and walks briskly upstairs to open the door of Aslief's room. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

godlierthanthou
2010-03-21 03:12 pm UTC (link)

The staff flew by Ohu, very narrowly missing his head, navigated its way down the stairs, and into the living room where Syd and Dawn were still sitting.

It hovered for a moment, as though navigating, and then made a bee-line toward Dawn at full speed.

She threw her hands up to protect herself and in doing so, grasped on to the staff.

BOOM!

There was a flash of light and for those mystically inclined, a sense of a rush of power. Where Dawn had once stood, there now appeared to be Asleif, looking extremely confused.

"What... What the hell just happened?!"

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	sydney_ashcroft 2010-03-21 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	"What the hell was that?" Syd asked with her mouth hanging open. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2010-03-21 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	Ohu comes down the stairs and looks at Aslief. Yet he knows from her expression that this is not Aslief... it is still Dawn. "You see? Dreams do have power." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	godlierthanthou 2010-03-21 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	She was taller, she could tell that much. Heavier too, it felt like. Clothes were definitely different. She would never wear an outfit with this much cleavage. ...She never had this much cleavage. "Oh God, oh God, oh God...." The staff slipped from her fingers, landing with a clatter on the floor. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-03-21 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Asleif? What happened?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2010-03-21 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	Ohu considers. "Perhaps someone should speak with Thor." He has heard the stories of Thor and his mortal frame. This is sounding familiar to him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	godlierthanthou 2010-03-21 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	And sixty seconds had now passed. There was another flash and another boom, and Dawn was physically back once more. If anyone bothered to look, they would find the staff had changed into a collapsible umbrella. "I...I'm back to normal," Dawn breathed. "But that was her! I turned into her!" She breathed heavily, close to hyperventilation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2010-03-21 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	Ohu nods. "Yes, I think Thor should be contacted." He looks at them. "Do either of you wish to come along?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-03-21 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Come along where? Do NOT go into Asgard on your own," Syd tells him firmly. "I'm sure Mr. Stark has a way of contacting Thor." They sure didn't give HER a way of contacting him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	godlierthanthou 2010-03-21 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Along... where?" Dawn asked, nervously. She really didn't need a Thunder God mad at her for doing something to his daughter. Even if she isn't sure she did do anything. Maybe. But she doesn't need to be smited or whatever it was gods did when they were mad. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2010-03-21 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Ohu shrugs. "Okay, if you want to come along..." Suddenly, Ohu is a spider, spinning a single strand to both Syd and Dawn as he crawls... between reality itself, pulling the two with him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-03-21 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	Syd just facepalmed when she realized where they were. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_asgard 2010-03-21 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	"HALT!" came a booming voice from a VERY large man standing near the gates. "Who art thou?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	godlierthanthou 2010-03-21 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Ohmigod ohmigod Ohmigod ohmigod Ohmigod ohmigod Ohmigod ohmigod Ohmigod ohmigod...." Dawn was not dealing with the dimensional trans-movement well at all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2010-03-21 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	Ohu steps forward formally. "I am Ohu Amane, son of Anansi, keeper of stories; friend and teammate of the Asgardians Halbjorn Thorsson, Aslief Thorsdottir, Svalin Thorsdottir, and Aridis Thorsdottir. I seek an audience with Thor Odinsson." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_asgard 2010-03-21 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Heimdall doesn't look like he is buying it. He finally speaks. "I hath heard of thee. Thor doth speak of his children's adventure and my nephew and nieces didst speak of thee when they wert here. Thou wilst find Thor in the great hall." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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