Dagrún was some how both wound up and terribly exhausted. No matter what she did she just couldn't seem to get to sleep. To make matters worse she didn't really want to leave her nice warm den either. She flipped over onto her stomach, rolled onto her back, growled and finally got to her feet to see if she could burn off some of this energy. Dag stretched a bit to warm herself then slipped out towards the barn to dig up a midnight snack. The moon was every bit disturbing as it had been the past few weeks. It loomed over them, peering down and staring like a great big spotlight at everything going on below.

Dag arrived at the barn but froze as she realized that there was something growing on the side of the barn. At first she thought it was just ice and the glowing was from the moon but as she got closer she realized that there were crystals growing up the side of the barn. What in the heck. Were they made of ice maybe?

Dagrún reached out to touch a crystal with her paw.

Tyrfing was quite enjoying the lengthened night, and after a very insightful conversation with his sister had come to the conclusion that the mysteries plaguing the world were simply the prankster Thor's touch. That realization seemed to unnerve his sibling, but they'd made for the God a sacrifice and that would be enough to keep him happy, right? He trotted on over to Dagrun, this time deciding spooking her was a bad idea. If he wasn't smart about it it'd leave him being coerced into more mushroom eating and while he'd never admit it, the first one left his stomach upset for days. "Hey!" The yearling peeped, peering over her shoulder to look at the crystal she was focused upon. "Cooooool." Falling back on his haunches, he fixed her with a challenging stare. "Dare you to lick it." "Speech" table art by nightauctor

Before she could make contact with the crystal her brother Tyrfing appeared and challenged her to lick it. She glared back at him. "You first!" She'd heard enough noises in the bushes to know the mushroom eating hadn't gone all that well and she was definitely not going to be licking some strange crystal. "What do you think about these crystals anyway, Tyr? Why are they growing up on the barn like this?" She paced in front of the swatch of crystals, noting the strange pulsing glow of them. "Think there are little glowing critters inside them or something?" She was trying to figure out why they might be glowing but so far all she could come up with was some strange creatures that lived inside them. Maybe they built the crystals.

Tyrfing blew out an exaggerated sigh as she flipped his dare onto him, sticking out his tongue to his sister and accepting that neither of them would be licking a crystal today. Thankfully, Dagrun didn't seem too keen on forcing it on him and instead began questioning the weird growths and what they could mean. "I don't know, I think they're pretty." He commented, tilting his head to regard one from a different angle. "Little critters inside? That'd be so cool." It would make sense that perhaps these crystals were the home to something like the glowing fireflies, and suddenly he felt very inclined to take a closer look. "We could break one open and take a look inside." Fin suggested with a mischievous grin. Even if they were grown by Thor as he supposed they were, the God wouldn't have issue with them harming his creations to get a better peek, right? "Speech" table art by nightauctor

Dagrún peered at one of the crystals and nodded, glad her brother agreed. She couldn't think of any creatures that made crystals off the top of her head but that didn't mean they didn't exist. She supposed honeycombs were kind of crystalline but not like this. At first glance she didn't see anything inside the crystals but maybe they were too opaque to see through if something was living in there. "Yea, we could try. How would we even break these open? They seem harder than ice crystals." Dagrún reached out and touched the crystal. Her unsheathed claws tapped lightly at the crystal as she tried to get an idea of what it was made of. Maybe she ought to let her brother break it open. He was good at breaking stuff anyway. It was probably a boy thing.

Dagrun seemed to agree with his idea of breaking the thing open, but wasn't quite sure how. He watched as she tapped it with a claw, determining it was much harder then a crystal of ice might be. "I have an idea!" He announced, reaching forward to tentatively grasp it between his teeth. Once it was steady in his jaws he moved toward the nearest tree, utilizing his cat paws to scurry up the bark (and banging the crystal lightly upon the trunk a few times as his head moved with his body) until he'd made it to a thick, high up branch. "OK, step back a bit Dag, I don't want it to cut you if it breaks into a million pieces." The words were garbled and maybe not intelligible, so he made a 'shoo' motion with his paw just to hammer the point home. Warning delivered, Tyrfing scooted across the branch and held on tight, leaning his head over atop the ground far below and with hard thrust of his muzzle, chucked the thing down to the earth in hopes it would break open on impact. "Speech" table art by nightauctor

Dagrun

You give the crystal a tap with your claw and the moment you make contact a brief, sharp chill climbs up from the crystal. It encases your claw, runs up your paw and leg, and settles itself deep into your chest. You cannot shake the cold no matter how hard you try.

Maybe you shouldn't have done that...

Dagrún yelped at the sharp cold that shivered up her claw and leg before settling in her chest. "Yikes! It is cold, just like ice!" What was strange was that even after taking her paw away she still felt terribly cold. She crouched down near the crystal, settling her chest over her front legs but even that didn't seem to warm her up, what kind of ice was this? Stories of frost giants filled her head and she shuddered.

Tyr stated that he had an idea and she watched as he climbed up the nearest tree. She backed up as he gestured at her to stand back and said er… something. "Ok, I'm clear!" She watched as he threw down the branch. It crashed into the crystal and she gasped. "Hey Tyr! I think it cracked." She still hesitated to go closer but it sure looked like it cracked from where she was.

Tyrfing

Touching it gives you a splitting headache right away. It's kind of amazing you make it up the tree and hold onto your balance but you fling the crystal with a bit more force than might have been intended, eager to get it out of your mouth. But even as it clears your teeth the headache doesn't subside, in fact it grows stronger.

Maybe you shouldn't have done that...

The headache came on quickly and Tyrfing just about fell out of his tree by the intensity of it. With it free of his mouth he ducked his face into the branch, struggling to both hold on to the bark with his paws and also hug his temples with them. "Dag?" He yelled down, grimacing as even his own voice seemed to make the pain worse. "I don't think I can get down, it hurts so much." His vision was beginning to blur and it took all he had to not fall off the tree branch as the headache came in multiple, horrible waves. A small part of him wanted to ask her to try and fix the crystal in case it would help, but he knew that if this was a punishment Loki would not be so easy to give back his favor. "Can you call someone?" Fin managed, shame clear in his voice and eyes shut tight against the suffering. Oh Gods, if one of his parents had to come rescue him from this tree he'd never hear the end of it. "Speech" table art by nightauctor

Firefly Shoppe- Tyrfing

A firefly draws your attention nearby to reveal a cloaked figure with a small wooden table in front of him. On the table lay three items, with their prices beside them. "Choose wisely, and only choose one," the figure says. "If you can afford it, that is." Perhaps he accepts cŕ̷̕y̵̍͊stals and mushrö̸́̀ō̴̉ms... or perhaps its worth bargaining for something greater...


Inventory:

• Glittering Concoction- 2 /
  Smells like mushrooms, glitters like crystals.
  
• Small Unfleshed Thought- 2 /
  This bottle contains whispers of what has passed, what is passing, and what has yet to pass. It looks kinda like a firefly…
  
• Pungent Potion- 1 /
  This tiny bottle contains a green globby liquid, the label claims it was made from local mushrooms.
  

Firefly Shoppe- Dagrún

A firefly draws your attention nearby to reveal a cloaked figure with a small wooden table in front of him. On the table lay three items, with their prices beside them. "Choose wisely, and only choose one," the figure says. "If you can afford it, that is." Perhaps he accepts cŕ̷̕y̵̍͊stals and mushrö̸́̀ō̴̉ms... or perhaps its worth bargaining for something greater...


Inventory:

• Opaque Sack of Mushrooms/Crystals- 1 /
  Running out of event currency and not sure what else to spend it on? Gamble on this mysterious pouch and potentially find more mushrooms/crystals within it! Or perhaps something else!
  
• Fun Shroom- 1 /
  An ordinary everyday mushroom that just has a little handwritten tag on it that reads “eat me”. It seems pretty risky, but it might pay off in the end. Maybe...
  
• Shrink Potion- 1 /
  This bottle is shaped like a pear and within it swirls a sparkly gold liquid. The label shows a crudely drawn image of two wolves of vastly different sizes, with a green checkmark over the smallest one.
  

Dagrún looked up as her brother called to her in a strained voice, saying it hurt so much. What? How did he hurt himself? Must've pulled a muscle or something. Boys! "Hold on a sec. I can get you down. I have claws to remember!" She unsheathed her claws and scrambled agilely up the tree. Once she got to her brother she had to think a minute on how best to get him down. He was bigger than her but she was stubborn and seized the scruff of his neck. She carefully started backing down the tree, clinging to it with three paws while using her fourth to awkwardly try and place her brother's paws to help him down.

Once they hit the ground she shook out her coat. "What happened anyw-" A firefly flew right in front of her face, practically skating up her nose and over her head. She blinked and turned her head to follow its path only to find a strange figure in a dark cloak standing there in front of a table of strange items. Her fur stood on end and she pushed close to Tyrfing. "Tyr… do you see that?"

She cautiously approached the table, trying to tell herself to be brave but she was fearful of what the being was. It offered her a selection of items and she couldn't help but feel like this was right out of one of her mother's stories. She examined the items for a moment before making a decision. "Umm, I'll take an Opaque Sack of mushrooms/crystals, please."

Thank the Gods his sister was quick thinking, and asking no questions about how or why he was stuck in the tree Dagrun managed to get him to the bottom. Then came the questioning. "My head hurts." He murmured, squinting against the pain. A flash of blue caught his blurred vision and he lumbered after Dagrun toward it. She asked if he saw it, and Tyrfing managed a "Somewhat." He sure hoped the headache subsided soon. The spooky figure spoke, and Fin glanced to his sister to see what her choice might be. With her decision made, Fin raised a paw feebly toward the Glittering Concoction - the one that looked most likely like a miracle headache cure. "That one, please." Remembering his manners not a moment too late.   "Speech" table art by nightauctor

Firefly Shoppe- DAGRÚN

The fearful woman asked for the sack of items and the man handed them over in exchange for the currency before vanishing.


You gain:

• Opaque Sack of ̸̾͌m̴͑̋û̸́s̵̀͒h̸̏̒r̶̍͒o̷̢͊o̷͊̀ṁ̴̃s/̶̿͘c̶͌̕r̴̔̉y̷̅͋š̵̾tals- Opaque Sack of ̸̾͌m̴͑̋û̸́s̵̀͒h̸̏̒r̶̍͒o̷̢͊o̷͊̀ṁ̴̃s/̶̿͘c̶͌̕r̴̔̉y̷̅͋š̵̾tals
  

You lose:

• Currency (x1)- Used in Firefly's Shoppe, and perhaps elsewhere...
  
  

Firefly Shoppe- Tyrfing

The young wolf asked for one politely and the figure handed it over, bowing as he exchanged the currency. "It is done," the being replied before vanishing.


You gain:

• Glittering Concoction- Smells like ̸̾͌m̴͑̋û̸́s̵̀͒h̸̏̒r̶̍͒o̷̢͊o̷͊̀ṁ̴̃s, glitters like ̶̿͘c̶͌̕r̴̔̉y̷̅͋š̵̾tals.
  

You lose:

• Currency (x2)- Used in Firefly's Shoppe, and perhaps elsewhere...