test drive / milliways

[gods_that_haunt_me]

A tall, lanky man, seemingly made up entirely of long lines and angles, wanders into the bar through the back door.

He's been out all day, exploring the forest. Listening to the trees.

(They were quite talkative.)

The waitrats scatter as he crosses the room. They probably don't like the hatchet tucked into his belt. Or the knife. Or the sword.

He snickers at their fright. He's harmless! Really!

(No, he isn't.)

"Lady Bar, a cup of mead, if you please," he says in Old Norse. A horn cup appears, and he takes a swig.

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[gods_that_haunt_me]

"Oh, but I do," Floki says with a wink and a knowing, crooked smile. "The gods have plans for us all."

[ostro_goth]

"Fate happens," Teja says, "but I doubt it is planned by god."

[gods_that_haunt_me]

"But there are gods of fate. Some give, some take away. Some destroy, some heal. That is why we must appease them all so that we are in their favor. When hardships befall us, or when death takes us, we must accept what we are given. The gods are fickle and perhaps not always fair, but as it is, everything we do and everything we receive has already been determined. We have Seers who can tell us what the gods have in store for us. The gods speak to them. And sometimes, even I can hear them."

[ostro_goth]

"I have ever seen fate more like a great water, that runs in eddies down a mountains -- looking at the rocks and pebbles, one may guess at possible ways that water will run," Teja says.