nine_songs: (wednesday - odin - hooded)
Where does a god live?

A small, comfortable room, the Nexus having picked up on it's owner's personality and decorated itself accordingly. Wednesday would never have taken the time or the interest to do so himself. He didn't feel as if he'd be there long enough for such things.

The walls were soft grey-blue, the light ambient and originating from nowhere in particular. The bedspread is old, handmade, and Norse in origin, the pattern intricate and dark. The lamp beside the bed is cheap and resembles hotel room lighting, as does the desk against the wall. The carpet is worn and stained from multitudes of feet having crossed it. A bottle of Jack Daniels bourbon and two glasses are on the desk as well. A raven with glossy black wings stands at the foot of the bed grooming itself, one wing and then the other. Otherwise, the room would be sparse save for the books.

Books, old and older, crumbling and re-bound, were stacked everywhere. Two chairs and a small table held their share, and several were stacked next to the bed. Nexus history, magicka, tomes describing other worlds and their own histories and peoples, fiction, poetry, war tactics--any subject imaginable. Not all were in English, and many were in languages that weren't familiar. There were no notebooks or writing implements, no laptop, nothing to take notes of any sort. The lone inhabitant of the room doesn't forget easily.

Currently, he's sleeping, a book open next to him and the lamp nearby lit, harshly bright against the cool warmth of the rest of the room. In slumber, he doesn't seem a god at all, only a man.

And he snores, but rather quietly.
nine_songs: (odin - wanderer)
It reminded him of being backstage, in a way.

Wednesday had never been dead, truly dead before. He had fought against it; it was known they would all die, come the day of the great war. It was only in his nature to find a way to live through it all.

And he hadn't, because in the end he knew. Both he and Loki had known. It would have been a hell of a thing, wouldn't it have? Would the skies have broken, would the world have crumbled had they succeeded? The oracles had all fortold their deaths. They knew. Besides, it had been the only game, the last great game, in town.

But wouldn't it have been a kick in the ass.

The pain had been brief. It had pissed him off that they'd been such cowards about it all. A sniper, a gunshot through the eye, brains all over the wall, all over his good suit. Fucking hell, these kids had no style. They didn't deserve what they'd inherited. They didn't understand what they had.

Shadow had died for him, as he'd been bound to do. Three draughts of mead and their bond had been complete. Now, his son, he would do what he had to do. Whatever that was. It wasn't his concern anymore. He was dead.

And yet, he was here.

It was like being backstage, only without the substance. The power was what reminded him of it. It flowed everywhere, through everything he touched. Wild, chaotic stuff--Loki would be unstoppable here, he knew.

But they believed in their protectors. Such as they were. Belief was everything, in the god business. Hermes must be one high roller, to have even such a following here. They believed. He prospered. It was.

Wednesday felt the pull of it all again. It was like being alive, in this place. So many points of power in such a tight radius. It was almost overwhelming, intoxicating. He should have been able to go anywhere he pleased. Yet, Valhalla was out of his reach. He was denied its access. It didn't bother him as much as it should have. Maybe it would, over time.

But these people, they were all so different. It reminded him of America all over again. He'd been told there were gods everywhere, and while he didn't dispute it, he wanted to know if they were like him. Were they dead? Misplaced? Small? Or were they just visiting (and was there a way out)? Because as much as he liked the idea of free alcohol and a bed to sleep in, a world without the fear of death hanging over him, he was restless. This is not me. This is not what I am. I am The Allfather, Geat of the Slain, the Victory Bringer, Mover of Constellations, The Lord of the All-fucking-Earth.

Nevertheless, he was dead, he was still all of these things...

And he was bound to the Nexus.

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