asgardchrysalis | NEW LOCATION: ÁRÆÐI COLISEUM

Who: ANYONE
What: the grand opening of the Áræði Coliseum
When: early November (pssh dates)
Where: Tyr's district
Rating: PG-13; please take anything higher than this to a private log!

Tyr volunteered himself to the task of creating a training facility for the Wanderers to explore the powers bestowed upon them by the gods. For the God of Courage and Diplomacy, however, there is far more to such a concept than the simple notion of magic. Today, he unveils the newest attraction in his district: the Áræði Coliseum, where mortals can come to test their mettle in a wide variety of fields.

In Leikrúnhöll, you can find a large facility of smooth, clean surfaces and user-friendly controls to be able to build the right environment to practice your magic safely in. Indestructible targets, magic- or sound-proof rooms, or any other equipment you might need is available by request.

In the Karasuno Courts, you'll find every field or court necessary to play many of Earth's most popular sports, including but by no means limited to football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming, tennis, and whatever else you can think of! The necessary equipment is available and a healthy number of Asgardian natives are plenty interested in learning the rules.

But because that's not enough, not by a long shot, the rest of the Áræði Coliseum is filled with a vast assortment of bizarre challenges and gravity defying sports. There's even these strange, empty holes that many people seem to cautiously avoid for fear of whatever they may do. Whatever fun, weird, and potentially dangerous challenge you can think of can likely be found in the coliseum in some fashion. American Ninja Warrior courses? You betcha. Go wild with this one.

Tyr built this place to be fun yet challenging, strenuous but exciting, and most importantly: the more people there together, the better it is. Invite your friends to a race through an inflatable obstacle course or team up to show them who's really the best at badminton. Enjoy yourselves!

[ OOC NOTE: This is the grand opening of the Áræði Coliseum, a new location in Tyr's district that will be available for use from this point forward! We have a bunch of other new locations being added all the time, so please do let us know if you have any questions or ideas!

And as a side note, we have an IC Q&A about the god powers happening here and an OOC Q&A about the god powers happening here if you need any help or have any question! ]

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[ Chizuru does note that slight oddity in Naminé's words. Chizuru may not be that old yet, but she's definitely an adult, and so in her eyes Naminé is still definitely a child. And not yet at the age where she'd feel the need to set herself apart from other children, Chizuru assumed. And yet now she's doing just that.

.. for a moment she quietly ponders it, but she reaches the conclusion it might just be since Naminé never got to play much with those other kids from what she's saying. ]

I never played anything like this when I was younger either, so I suppose have something in common.

[ Although her own reasons for that are more what she's projecting onto Naminé rather than anything special.. ]

I guess that's why I'm so bad at it, hehe. [ She rubs her cheek, but the redness does seem to grow a bit less intense by now. ]

[ The funny thing of it is that Naminé doesn't quite realize she's doing it. It's not that she deliberately wishes to separate herself, or act as though she's older - it's more a result of her constant, albeit largely subconscious awareness that she isn't the same kind of entity as the ones she's speaking of. Those children were human; Naminé is not, not truly. ]

I suppose we do.

[ And despite how, given her own experiences, that might imply a certain loneliness, Naminé chooses not to assume about Chizuru's past. Instead the blonde smiles, just a little, only for it to grow wry at the other girl's last comment. ]

Well - nobody could expect you to know how to do something like that right away. [ Not anybody with any sense of realistic expectation, anyhow. ] But--

[ Watching Chizuru rub at her cheek, Naminé hesitates a moment, briefly second-guessing offering further assistance for fear it might be resisted. In the end, though, ]

If you have someone to look after you if something goes wrong, wouldn't that help? It must be a lot harder to learn on your own, especially when you could get hurt.

.. I guess that would help.

[ Thankfully there doesn't seem to be a lot of pushback this time. Even though Chizuru usually tries to do things all by herself since she doesn't want to bother other people, there's an obvious implication in the other girl's words. And if Naminé is trying to offer her help here, then Chizuru would feel rude just totally shutting it down right away.

But still, being as polite as she is, she still wants to make sure-- ]

Are you saying you want to help? You don't have anything else to do right now?

Of course...!

[ Gentle though the words are, there is a certain emphasis; Naminé most definitely means to offer her assistance. She pairs it with a fragment of a smile, somewhere between wry and encouraging. ]

Actually, I've been a little lonely looking around this place today. There's only so much that I can do by myself.

[ Games-wise, that is - although there are plenty of other, slightly less recreational forms of exercise available. Not much of it is all that familiar to her, as she's already admitted, and thus more intimidating when she's by her lonesome. With a small shake of her head, ]

So-- no. I don't have anything else planned.

[ For a moment she stares at the girl - mostly wondering how much of that statement of being a little lonely was true. Surely a girl like Naminé has tons of friends who'd want to play with her, right? Chizuru knows the people in this place are nice, there's no way they would ignore someone like her.

But regardless of whether she's saying it for the sake of seeming more available to her, Chizuru just decides to accept it anyway. The gesture is sweet even if it's true. ]

Then.. Is there anything you thought looked fun that you wanted to try? My face doesn't really hurt that much anymore, so we could play something together that you want to play.

[ And it does indeed seem like the redness in Chizuru's face is fading a little bit, although it's still not fully gone. ]

[ The thing of it is, it's entirely possible that Naminé is always a little bit lonely. She certainly seems to be found by herself more often than not, though at the same time she isn't ever actually unfriendly. She just sort of - seems to exist in a space that's just a tiny bit separate from everyone else, whether she intends for that to be the case or not.

At this very moment, though, the girl waits patiently under Chizuru's scrutiny, awaiting her verdict with a ghost of smile - probably for the purposes of being encouraging. Namin&eacuts; appears pleased by the older girl's eventual agreement, and perks accordingly in her own subtle sort of way. ]

It'd be hard to choose...! [ The admission is a trifle bashful, less a copout and more a matter of being overwhelmed by the sheer number of options. ] So many of them look fun. But actually--

[ The momentary gladness wavers as she reminds herself of the other matter to which she feels the need to attend; the proof of that is still there on Chizuru's face, after all. ]

I was hoping you wouldn't mind if I took a moment to call my friend first. [ And by 'friend' she really means 'healing spirit'. Her eyes fall briefly to her own palms, which remain worse for wear themselves. ] It might be able to help both of us feel better. I didn't want to summon it if it was just for myself, but...

[ Since there are two of them that need assistance, it feels less like a waste now. ]

Friend?

[ Her gaze turns curious as she looks over at Naminé. At first she assumed the other girl was going to call an actually human friend - maybe to come play with them, since a lot of these things here seem to be more suited to be played in groups? But then the girl continues speaking, and then she talks about feeling better and uses the word 'summon'..

That's not just any normal friend she's talking about, huh.

It's obvious from the look on Chizuru's face that she doesn't think of it as anything bad though - she just seems more surprised than anything else. ]

What kind of friend exactly can you summon..? [ She quickly adds, just to make sure to reassure Naminé-- ] I don't mind, I just didn't know you could do that.

Mmhm.

[ Naminé confirms it with a hint of a nod, studying Chizuru expectantly for a moment. The other girl's question reminds Naminé that she really ought to have explained that beforehand, oughtn't she - though she manages to look only a little bit bashful as she says, ]

Oh, that's right. It's my mistake - I should have told you that first. The power I have from Sigyn is to summon a spirit that can help heal wounds.

[ Which works out well for both girls at the moment, even if the injuries aren't serious. ]

I can show you, if you'd like.

[ Despite her surprise still being present, Chizuru slowly nods. ]

Of course. [ She's not going to turn down the girl if she wants to help so badly - Chizuru knows that feeling very well, after all. And it's not like she's suspicious of the power in the slightest. Didn't she see a kind of summoned spirit before, the one Peter had? Although she doubts a healing spirit would look like a dog.

.. Probably.

So she just sits there, patiently waiting for Naminé to show her. ]

NEW LOCATION: ÁRÆÐI COLISEUM

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