MARCH OPEN LOG

[sailmods]

[a soft chime of unplaceable music at 7 AM sharp. Friday's voice going over the daily weather (it never changes) and the daily schedule (it barely varies, though Friday does mention a "welcome party" set for later in the month with increasing amounts of poorly restrained glee. the mic is passed so that the captain can make his usual announcement. after a minute, it is passed back, so that Friday can wish everyone a fun and fulfilling day.

it's easy to fall into routine, on the serena eterna.

the spirits, or whatever they are, seem to have calmed down. they are still there, of course, but the plates are carried to tables instead of thrown, and any movement of the furniture is the kind that comes from normal use. wonder what they were so upset about. maybe someone talked to them.

an unfamiliar face in the hall balks at how their legs stop working suddenly. new passengers seem to arrive every other day or so, and it's always the same exact process. did you keep your lei?

the sun is shining. the air is warm. the sea is placid as a lake. you never meant to end up here. you certainly don't want to be here.

but, you can try to make the best of it.]

[ooc note: if any character decides to do some more than casual investigation of a location, be sure to ping the mod! there may be hidden treats! or hidden tricks! or maybe nothing! the best kind of prize is a SUR-PRISE!]

Comments

[decohere]

Ava is pleased that her answer is good enough, as incomplete as it is. She slides off the edge and back into the hot tub slowly, deciding not to run off after all. But it's much more comfortable in here, and she was starting to chill from the night breeze against her soaked clothes. She seems less opposed to sharing the space than she did a few minutes ago, drawn in by the discussion.

"Mn, with science, the physical world, is powered by... the atom and particles. Charges and different properties of the elements and their isotopes. Gravity and magnetism, electricity, chemical interactions... building into the biological and mechanical. Some think the mind is more than that, that we have a soul or a spirit." Ava isn't religious, not quite, but she isn't entirely opposed to the idea of there being more facets to reality when she exists on the edge of it.

"That's fascinating. I'm not aware of anyone having mastered such a combination... except perhaps the Asgardians? They're... gods from another realm. So not of my planet, but visitors. And the tesseract, I have no idea how to describe what that is. This powerful glowing blue cube..."

[selenokinesis]

"How interesting. Can these gods from another realm visit your world freely, or must they be summoned somehow?"

He has marked fascination with this sort of topic. The movement of the gods throughout Elrios is important to him and his research, and he knows of only one god that exists within the material plane. The other two are nebulously always "somewhere else"; Henir is said to be in a dimension of His own, and no one has seen Elria since the dawn of time. The question as to if they can come into other realms is still a question that Ebalon is trying to solve, especially since Henir is more than just a god... blah blah blah, the gears in his head are spinning.

[decohere]

"Freely, I suppose? Mostly Thor," and Ava may not be all that much of a fan of the Avengers, but even she isn't immune to thinking the thunder god was a bit cute. "But his brother Loki attempted to subjugate the planet. Didn't go so well for him."

She tries to remember how they got there though. There was no spaceship... "I think he gets beamed up by some rainbow light. Like in Star Tr- you don't know that show do you. Well he calls upon Heimdall with his... enchanted hammer." She holds her arm up to the sky... Why does that sound so bizarre to say aloud. She lowers her arm with a small splash.

"But I think at some point the gods must have visited more often. Odin... they're the basis of the Norse mythology."

[selenokinesis]

It sounds as though her pantheon is rather vast. There are a lot of names to keep track of already.

"I see. I do not know what the first item you mentioned is, no, but I can imagine what being 'beamed up by a rainbow light' looks like. You mention 'Norse' mythology, so is it safe to assume that there are other mythos where you come from? For example, where I am from, humans have different mythos than elves, such and such. Or, I suppose, if you've actually seen these Gods, they would not be myths so much as reality, hm?"

[decohere]

"Each ancient culture had its own, stories that date back thousands of years. The Greek and the Romans, the Egyptians, Mayans, the Chinese..." She looks thoughtful. "So I'm sure some of those could be real as well," she's never been a religious sort, but she's not going to deny the possibility of anything.

"But I think the myths are more the stories inspired by the existence of the gods and their activities, they wouldn't necessarily all need to be true. Does your world have something like that?"