a new journal is full of possibilities

[skyti]

 There are few things Atreus loves more then listening to the stories of others and writing them down.  Okay, okay he definitely loves his parents more.  That's a given though.  Also wolves are cool.  He sure does love wolves.  He's quite convinced he'll prove his father wrong one day and teach himself how to turn into one but that day's sadly a long way off probably.

Writing in a journal though! Back to that! He loves writing about his adventures and and every tale he comes across, and he's wanted to write down his findings of the Nexus too... but he thought it'd be appropriate to have a separate journal for here.  There were so many people from so many different worlds! He figures it'll be really easy to fill up a lot of pages really fast.

That's when he discovered the stationary store.  Which is probably one of his favorite places he's found here so far.  Dozens of different journals in different sizes in so many colors with so many pictures on the covers.  And the writing tools! Markers, pens, colored pencils! In any and every color he could possibly imagine! There were other even more ADVANCED materials like stickers an washi tape but he was honestly starting to feel a little overwhelmed.

So he ended up leaving with a truly epic looking journal with a wolf on the cover and a small package of pens in an assortment of colors.  He's investigate the other materials more thoroughly later.

As he walked he flipped open the journal.  The pages were empty and pristine.  There's a bit of a thrill whenever you look at blank pages like that.  What will eventually fill them? He knows the first thing at least.  He selects a pen and writes in runes 'Tales from the Nexus' and smiles to himself.  That feels right.  Not to just... get those tales!

"Excuse me!" he hails a friend or a friendly looking stranger, or just someone INTERESTING looking as they pass by, "Know any good stories?"

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[haveyoucheckedallrallies]

"Wolves are impressive beasts, true. And fearsome - I did fight some. Have you, as well?"

"Yea, I could tell you of my own adventures. I just need to decide which one, and whether of one alone, or one with my comrades."

[skyti]

"Rabid ones. They were hungry, and mad. I didn't like shooting them but it was them or me," he replies sadly. Normal wolves wouldn't just try and attack humans like that. He suspected that their madness may have had a little push from Odin, but that was just speculation.

"Maybe just a story where no wolves die."

[haveyoucheckedallrallies]

"But of course."

"Would you like to hear of a time when aliens attacked Midgar and my team doth vanquished them?"

[skyti]

He's not entirely sure what an 'alien' is. He suspects some terrifying monster. Which means this is probably a fantastic story.

"Sure!" he nods enthusiastically, "Let's hear it!"

[haveyoucheckedallrallies]

"Once upon a time," Thor begins, "on Midgard, there was a brave and noble warrior. Everybody thought him fallen in the great war, but it turns out, he survived. He was found frozen, but alive."

[skyti]

"He was frozen? Solid in ice?" his eyes widen but he leans forward, interested to hear about this mysterious warrior, "How did they find him? How long was he frozen?"

[haveyoucheckedallrallies]

Thor smiles and nods at the boy.

"Indeed, utterly frozen, solid in eyes. Other humans - for he was a human - thought him dead. However, it turned out, he had survived! He lives. The man called Captain America, one of my fellow heroes, for he is one of the ones with whom I adventured. Soon after that."

"Not immediately, naturally. The Captain was upset to hear how much time had passed, while he was frozen, you see. I bet you'd have been, too."

"Ah, I've just realised. I haven't yet shared my name. Most amiss of me. I am Thor, the God of Thunder. It's a pleasure to meet you, boy. Who are you?"