Post #2469912 in Marvel's: The Order, a roleplay on RPG

Astrid sucked on her tongue for a minute, trying to figure out how to answer her brother. Where did she start? She finally just sighed before taking on a serious expression. “I've been having...dreams. They started a few days before Thor and Odin came to drop off Loki at the Fridge.” The Fridge being S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most secure base for the meanest of the mean and the baddest of the bad. She knew her father didn't have Loki there because it would be the first place she'd look if he thought she would look or send others to look. And because he was weak enough that he didn't need to be there. “I saw mom. And me. And you. We were smiling and happy. The clothes we wore were...elegantly primordial. In the Asgardian fashion. When I woke...” She had to pause, closing her eyes. “It didn't feel as strange as I thought it would. It felt natural. But that's not what made me start thinking.”

She squatted down, her fingers brushing over the grass and the dirt. “A few months ago, I had a dream. I was standing on top of the Empire State Building in my S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform. But everything started changing. The city became Asgard as mother used to describe to us. And my uniform became the armor that was worn by the Valkyrie figurines at home. Loki was here. He was laughing at me and telling me that I knew what we were. That I just refused to admit it...That he knew more about us than we do.” She looked up at her brother with hopeful, desperate eyes. “Think about it! Mom's name, her face! Nowhere! We've searched pictures, birth certificates, everything! She's not in a single international database. She had no family.” Okay, so she sounded like an orphan under Witness Protection.

“She said she was from Scandinavia but she spoke with a Surrey accent. All of our bed time stories were about Thor and Loki and Balder and Freya and all the others in the Norse Pantheon. Everything she said was in vivid detail and looking back, there was nostalgia in her eyes and in her voice. I couldn't recognize it then, but I read people well enough now that I know what it was. And remember that time a stray dog came in the yard and tried to bite us? She kicked it and it flew over fifty yards away. C'mon, Ásbjorn! Think about how Thor and Odin looked at us when they saw us! Recognition! Gunnar and Johanna always look guilty! They told me that they know who our mom is. They aren't allowed to tell us. She is from Asgard. Orfelina compared our DNA against Thor's, Johanna's, and Gunnar's. It's a close match as far as species is concerned. Lina suspects that it's something...called Vanir. It's like the sister race of the Aesir.”

She was absolutely spewing information now, having stood up and damn near gotten into her brother's face. Excitement raced through her. “All I had to do was get through a year. Change Loki. Asgard would have a worthy prince again and Odin would owe us.” She seemed almost hysterical as she ran her fingers through her hair, slipping back into her former self that used to go on rants, pulling her hair out and resembling someone on drugs. “Dad ruined everything! He's always ruining shit for me! FUCK!”

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New Mexico...

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“Oh, so you're falling in love.” She didn't ask it. Nor was the tone accusatory or teasing. She was stating it as a fact. “You can deny it if you want. Fight it. Whatever helps you sleep better at night. Whatever makes you feel like you're still supreme ruler of evil and mischief. But the thing is...” She leaned forward a little more, her purple eyes lighting up before fading out. “I'm always right. I see all that was, is, and ever will be.” Her dimples deepened as she gave a chuckle and stood up. “I came here because her life is in danger. Not just hers, but everyone's. A war is coming. So very soon. And you're the only person who can stop it. I'm not sure how. But we'll find out when that time comes.” She canted her head a little bit before checking the watch on her wrist. “Well – That's all the time we have for today. I'll see you in about four days. Hopefully.”

Her speech wasn't exactly straightforward, but she seemed content. As quickly as the cryptic woman had arrived, she was soon leaving, the cameras coming back to life as she left Loki to ponder her words.

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