AUDIO. UN: LOKI.

[selfimage]

[ tap, tap—is this thing on? ]

Well, Audentes, it’s certainly be a trip. [ and he says that with finger quotes. ] Out of the frying pan and into the fire, that should be our motto.

[ for someone stuck in a maze, Loki still manages to find his confidence. ]

As we take a stroll through the maze and await the next hit single of its proprietor, I—or we, rather—would like to share a few words with you. Our Zymandis tag-a-long has spoken with us regarding some of our curiosities.

Unlike ALASTAIR, Zymandis has a fully functional chain of command, all the way from the higher ups to the underlings. Commanders and sub-commanders and the whole bit, going all the way to the tippy top under their leader … you know—Leader. [ he’s just gonna add that right in on there as a good rub. ] They recruit based on volunteers, and have seen their own share of those slipping through the cracks in the multiverse to end up where they are. It seems that this Mavahari is indebted to them through her rescue, and has pledged her life to follow their blah blah blah rebirth narrative blah blah blah.

Not only that, but they believe that the rebirth itself will prevent the next shatter of our dear multiverse. If the entropy is allowed to play out as is, the result will be much of what happens with Surtur gets his hands on something—burnt to a crisp.

Now, we’re not here to start another back-and-forth, however … we still do have the little detail of our Zymandis stowaway. She’s a political assassin, so I’d suggest not doing much to anger her. [ he’s looking at you Thor. ] For now at least.

[ OOC NOTE | please feel free to threadjack, discuss, &c! the thread with the Zymandis agent is here for all who'd like to reference it. ]

Comments

[dailydouble]

It took three gods, numerous godlings, and more than a few demons. ALASTAIR is somewhat under-powered, in comparison...

[ There's a clear trailing off here. In the end, it was a trick that stopped Kahl, while everyone else served as little more than distraction. ]

[banded]

Are you sure? There are lots of teams, aren't there?

[Scott also doesn't know what a demon is in this context.]

[dailydouble]

There are, and other ways to win this beyond strength.

[ Not that this is necessarily about winning or losing, but it fits here. ]

[banded]

I think finding some kind of counter argument to absolute destruction would be a place to start. It's hard to sell people on something that has to be false.

[Scott is someone who refuses to believe any other version of that truth.]

[dailydouble]

An approach like that could alienate those you wish to persuade. The idea that it must be false, that is.

[ Ahad is always more balanced about these things. He doesn't want the multiverse to end, but that doesn't necessarily mean the other side lacks good reasons for feeling as they do. ]

[banded]

Maybe. [He has his doubts, but that might be his narrow thinking on the matter.] I'm not so sure. There has to be a reason why they believe it. There was a reason why she believed it—and she did, partly because of her culture.

[dailydouble]

We need more information, from more than one source.

[ He'll sigh, but it's barely audible. ] If it even matters. I'm uncertain that attempting to encourage large-scale defection will be to our benefit.

[banded]

We might not need to look at it as defection. More ... that they did something to change their outlook. And there's a reason why we haven't changed ours.

[dailydouble]

Not that. My concern is that more exposure to their ideas could have an effect on our team, as well. Defection need not go only one way.

[banded]

If that's the case—it might be too late for that.

[dailydouble]

Have we gone beyond minimal exposure?

[banded]

I think it's possible that we have. [Wherein "possible" means "likely."]