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Let's all haze the newbie.

Who: Ruffnut and you!
What: Viking girl is having a hard time adjusting to the arena.
When: Week 2
Where: near the end of main street.
Notes: None yet but give it some time, I'm sure some monsters will show up or something.

Sometimes, it was the little things that got you through the night.

It had been a long week without proper food, a proper bed or a proper argument with her brother. Ruffnut found she kept turning to say something to him only to remember he wasn't there. And for the first time in a long time she had the strangest feeling in her guts.

Could she actually be missing him?

No of course not! That was stupid!

And so as the morning mist settled over the street, the eerie silence would be broken by the sound of metal on metal clanging together in an irritating fashion that was sure to draw someone (Or something's attention.)

The source of that noise was Ruffnut, sitting on the front stoop of one of the abandoned houses as she tried to pound a hole in the side of an old rusty pot.

CLANG CLANK CLONK!

Her mouth twisted into a crooked look of satisfaction as the nail she'd been hitting with a hung of broken brick pierced the worn and rusty metal. Turning the pot around she resumed her work on the other side.

Next to her say an over sized serving fork and a bent piece of pipe. Whatever purpose they served in the project would become apparent in time.

Because sometimes when nothing in the world made sense anymore you grasped for the familiar. And so in desperation she sought to at least replace a lost item that would make her feel a little less off balance.

Ruffnut was making herself a helmet.

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Thor chuckles at her surprise, an easy smile on his face so he doesn't at all appear to be a threat. He takes a step closer, now that she seems accepting of him, giving the helmet an appraising nod.

"It seems clear enough to me." He muses. "And you are a viking?" He raises a curious brow, looking a little incredulous.

"Yeah!" She declared proudly setting her project aside for now.

"Ruffnut Thorston from the isle of Berk. Proud member of the Hairy Hooligans tribe!" She puffed out her narrow chest as all Berk children were taught to do when trying to appear imposing. It failed miserably with her.

"We ride dragons." she added as a side note wanting to make sure this guy understood just how awesome she was.

“I’ve not heard of them, personally, but I’ve heard of Vikings. They are good folk, brave and fiercely loyal. Much like the people of Asgard, in fact.” He certainly isn’t imposed, he just laughs, seeming very pleased to hear it.

“And does Lady Iskierka know that you may intend to ride her?” He raises an amused brow, wondering if she’s had the fortune of meeting the dragon.

She snorted and laughed "Yeah we may have had that talk, she didn't seem real interested." Ruffnut seemed genuinely amazed "I've never met a talking dragon. I guess they have as much to say as the rest of us after all." Even if her conversation with Iskierka hadn't gone anywhere.

"She is a difficult one to impress, I'll grant her that." He laughs, more amused by this conversation than he's been in a long time. He holds out a hand for her, since he knows it to be a human greeting.

"I am Thor, Thor Odinson." He offers her a grin. "And I'm sure you will have heard of me, Viking."

Sitting up she reaches for the hand, but when she takes it he says his name and she blinks startled.

"Wait...like Thor? The Thor?" She snorted and barked out a laugh.

"No way. You're like...tiny! I always thought Thor was ya know...Big as a house and strong as a mountain! Lightning bursting from his every footstep!"

"Is there another Thor?" He raises a brow as she laughs, trying not to be offended by her reaction. His ego isn't that fragile, no. But it's still a surprising lack of respect for a viking.

"Tiny?" He narrows his eyes. "I've not heard that before, but legends are often prone to over exaggeration." He shrugs his shoulders. "I cannot show you proof, not without my hammer."

She seems to consider this for a moment, stroking her pointed chin deep in thought.

"Well...if you're the real god of thunder..." thinking seemed to be a painful process for her from the strain on her face.

"What's Odin like?"

Any slight offense he had is waning into pure amusement, this conversation is the most lighthearted experience he's had in the time he's been here. He cannot help but feel endeared to her, even if she can be foolish, it reminds him a little of himself.

"As I and others understand it, yes." It's never been questioned quite so much before. "Much the same, but wiser. Older and more powerful than the powers that hold us here could ever imagine." He's a bit of a Daddy's boy.

Ruffnut seemed to accept this and there was a glimmer of delight in her eyes.

"What else? Who do you hang out with up there? What do you guys do for fun?" Any Viking worth her measure knew the legends of Asgard but if he really was a local then he would probably have something unique to say about it.

There was a sudden hunger in her, this was the closest she'd been to anything familiar in so long.

"Up there? I had The Warriors Three. Fandral, Volstagg and Hogun. And Lady Sif, of course. There was a time when Loki joined us. For fun, we would hunt monsters and adventure, but there has been little time for fun as of late. Together, we brought peace to the nine realms, but without Loki by our side."

He had been fueled by her excitement for a moment there, but he seems a little solemn about that. He doesn't dwell on it long, moving onto the next thing like he had said nothing at all about Loki. "I myself reside on Midgard now."

That really did sound like fun! Listening to his explanation lit a fire in her veins and suddenly she wanted to go dragon riding.

Still that wasn't possible so she picked up at his last few words. "Midgard? Why would you leave all of that to come live with the rest of us?"

His smile warms at her question, it's definitely the look of a man with someone who makes him very happy. "A woman." He says simply, no shame in hiding it. "Her name is Jane, it is my will to be by her side."

Ah...so he had a girlfriend already...

...well she wasn't here was she?

"Jane huh? And what makes Jane so special?" She pressed folding her arms in appraisal. There is no malice or jealousy in her voice yet but his answer may change that.

Thor is, of course, unaware that she's already enamored with him. It's difficult to place the difference between admiration and desire, but she's too young for him to consider it in any case.

"She is wise beyond her years, strong beyond measure and she is full of wit and passion." He can't help grinning just a little. "She has opened my eyes to the wonders of a world I thought myself too good for."

OK...that would be harder to compete with.

For now she would just enjoy all this one on one time. "What sort of wonders?" She asked with a hint of suspicion in her voice. Already her mind was whirling with possibilities.

With no idea it's a competition to Ruffnut, he freely feels the need to praise Jane. He'd been so happy with her and he's so sad without her, it feels good to be able to talk about her.

"The beauty of the night sky, the importance of intelligence and deep thinking and the strength and honor of mortals." He smiles. "Before I met her, I had not held much interest in Earth, but in my travels I've met many a mortal more deserving of my respect and recognition than I ever thought possible."

That...was all pretty impressive. And Ruffnut was starting to lose confidence in her own feminine wiles...or lack there of.

Still the more she could learn the better. "She's pretty strong too? So would it be better if she was here fighting with us?" Because if this girl was so beautiful AND a warrior that might be a problem. The rusted gears in Ruffnut's head were trying to turn so she could plot a way to win over this hunk of man meat...or at least so she could continue to objectify him.

Alas, poor Ruffnut. Thor thinks she's perfectly sweet, perhaps so much so that he'd try to set her up with a tribute he deems worthy of her affections.

"I think not." He admits with a shake of his head. "If they were to bring her here, I could not keep my temper." And in a place like that, this is not a good idea. "If I had it my way, I'd not see you here either." He says plainly. "You deserve a peaceful life away from such torment."

And she'll just keep on crushing on this new big brother/father figure in her life.

"Peaceful?" She snorts giving him a incredulous look. "Where's the fun in that? I'm a viking not some sheep or yak! I want adventure and stuff to blow up! I wanna ride my dragon and set things on fire." She declared loud enough for her voice to echo in the chilled air.

Thor immediately regrets his choice of wording in the face of a viking, he fiddles with his wrists as if looking for the armor cuffs that he no longer possesses. They were often what he turned to when he wished to fiddle to make his thoughts run faster.

"Perhaps so. But you deserve to do so in your own lands, amongst your own people. Not amongst the vile and underhanded controllers of this place." He hopes he gets his point across with that. "Do you travel alone? Perhaps you should accompany me."

"Uh...well not normally but yeah I'm by myself." She grinned excitedly at the prospect of going on an adventure with Thor.

"Yeah!" She plunked the makeshift helmet on her head as the fog rolled in. "Where we going?"

"Someplace safe for the evening." He says, not without a stern lilt to his voice. "Tomorrow we will venture onward." But he knows she's waiting to hear something exciting, so he can't help appeasing her. "Perhaps we will find beasts to hunt."

It works like a charm as the fire in her eyes blazes hopefully and she grins wickedly.

"Hunting beasts with Thor." She chuckled thuggishly. "My brother is gonna be SO jealous."

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