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"Oh don't worry Runa, I'm sure they'll be fine on Asgard. They are friends and are trying to aid in everything that is occurring in the universe. The All-Father likely will be alright with them there, if there is a problem I'll do something about it," Klara said with a bit of a shrug as she flew them through space. Unlike everyone else, her clothes stayed the same, keeping her to be in her own armor.

It took a few hours for them to reach their destination though. Pietro as usual was completely bored and (thankfully) since the ship was so much bigger than the one they had had before, he was able to run around it with relative ease. The flight was fairly uneventful. Though every so often there was a Nova Corps ship or two that came into sight, and Klara would just simply maneuver the ship out of the way to avoid them entirely, though it did add a small amount of time to their travel.

Eventually, off in the distance of the stars, they'd be able to see it, Asgard. The thing that they'd see first that stuck out was the building that housed the Bifrost bridge, and then they'd see the rainbow bridge just beyond it, with the city itself looming off in the distance. "Wow..." Mary couldn't help but mutter, seeing just how large it was, and how beautiful the buildings were. Everything seemed to just sparkle as the sun hit it.

"You get used to it," she responded a bit nonchalantly, before guiding the ship towards what looked to be a ship dock of sorts. Lance didn't even really react much to what was in front of them. Actually he'd traveled to more than a few places, of course, he'd been traveling with Thor and they had been trying to find Klara and Runa. Though throughout all of those travels throughout the stars, he'd actually only been to Asgard once, and what Klara had said about under special circumstances non-Asgardians were allowed there. His circumstances had been because he was aiding in trying to find two missing Asgardians.

"It is really something, just the whole sense of wonder kind of goes away after you've been there," he commented with a shrug, as they entered the hangar and Klara landed the ship, before powering the systems down.

"Alright all of you, stay close by, we don't want anyone wandering off since otherwise the All-Father likely would not be too happy. And trust me you do not want that to happen," she said as she headed off of the ship, once off, she greeted a few nearby guards who were there with a bit of a wave.

"Guin, remember this isn't a sight seeing thing, we are actually trying to accomplish something here. And I don't think you taking pictures with the rainbow bridge would go over too well with the people here," Mary said a bit pointedly towards her, before heading off of the ship herself.

So, essentially I probably shouldn't move since we don't want to cause problems or whatever. And if I start racing around odds are I will cause trouble in some form or another, just my thoughts.

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Runa nodded, not entirely reassured by Klara's words. The All-Father claiming acceptance wasn't always enough on Asgard - something Runa knew all too well. Her grandfather never feared her, but that didn't stop the rest of the realm from believing that Runa was a thing of darkness, a wicked and vile witch, the next Loki who would come for the throne. Odin not thinking such things did not cause everyone to fall in line. And she was not even too certain that Odin would welcome the presence of mortals on Asgard. Odin was used to being worshipped by mortals, not aided by them. Yet she held her tongue. There was no point in arguing otherwise. She spent the time in transit to Asgard sitting with Lance, quietly holding his hand.

When they finally came into view of Asgard, Runa's spirits lifted - she had missed her home more than she had realized. She hadn't been home in a month or so. Asgard was always breathtaking and dazzling to look at. There was no sight on Midgard that could even begin to compare. She glanced over at Klara as Klara dismissed Asgard's splendor - Runa wasn't taken away or anything from seeing her home, but she was incredibly proud to be Asgardian at the same time. "Our home really is beautiful," Runa agreed softly, as Klara directed and docked the ship. She took Lance's hand and headed off the ship with him. As she stepped into view of the guards - the ones Klara had waved at - Runa's heart sank into her stomachs. The guards had stiffened noticeably and started glaring when they saw her.

"We should move quickly," Runa mumbled, looking down at her feet.

That was the one thing she hated about Asgard - almost everyone who wasn't her family was afraid of her and hated her.

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Asgard came into view and Guin practically swooned. She loved space travel and it felt like she was looking at something straight out of a Star Wars movie. The glittering building, the rainbow bridge, it was all completely stunning and amazing. The city was gigantic and it looked like it was essentially floating on a cloud. "Holy fucking shit," Guin said, before whistling slightly. "Maybe we should move to Asgard, babes," she teased Pietro, before giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Do people fall off the rainbow bridge? Is it like rainbow road and super hard to stay on? I'm guessing no one floats you back on up if you fall - is there a giant net maybe?" she inquired. She just had this image of school kids just running around on the bridge and falling off.

Lance's sentiment about the sense of wonder going away was infuriating - one, because this place looked amazing and two, because he was basically bragging about all of his previous space trips. The ship went into the dock and Guin was practically bouncing on the balls of her feet. Yes, she was still upset about being put into an Asgardian dress, but she was also really excited about going and exploring Asgard - and saving the universe, that too. "Wow, Mary, ye of little faith," Guin complained.

I think you can move, as long as you take me with. Also, we definitely have to get souvenirs. If you got me an Asgardian necklace I'd wear it. Ooo too bad we don't have your Star Trek cosplay with us, we could pretend we're exploring a world for the prime directive or whatever it is.

But weren't we told not to mess with anything? So wouldn't that mean no souvenirs since that would likely mean me stealing stuff.

... Do you think they take Venmo here?

Probably not.

Maybe you can just steal something small.

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Bethany felt her clothes suddenly shift and looked down she was now wearing a black dress, which really wasn't something that she was to thrilled with wearing. "Thank you Runa." Bethany said it was a gift from her friend after all as well. A few minutes later they were now in Asgard as she stood up and made her way over towards the closest window to see the fancy looking buildings shining in the sunlight as well as the rainbow bridge. "This place looks really cool." Bethany said as Klara flew the ship towards the nearby docks.

A part of her was curious where they were holding Loki, the last time they all saw him they were playing a deadly version of Jumanji. "Is Loki here?" Bethany couldn't help but ask Klara and Runa. She got off of the ship shortly after Lance and Runa did as well, seeing the guards staring at her friend made her slightly angry as she went over and gently rested a hand on her friend's shoulder. "Hey it's alright, just ignore them." Bethany said trying to cheer up her friend as she adjusted the dress a little bit slightly.

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Ed looked out at Asgard as they arrived. It was a beautiful city. He was impressed, and despite assurances that he would become used to it, he doubted that. He didn't know much about architecture but he could tell this city was well built.

As they exited the ship he saw the guard's reactions to Runa and that infuriated him. He didn't care what they thought about her, she was fantastic. He glared right on back at them choosing to walk a bit closer to Runa than he would have otherwise. He also wondered if Loki was here. A part of him hoped not as he didn't even want to be in the same city as that man. Ed didn't know why Loki had picked on them with the Jumanji game, but they were lucky everyone survived it. Even if not everyone survived after it.

"Will you be able to give us a proper tour sometime?" He respected that they couldn't wander around, but he did want to see the city. And having a proper tour would be nice.

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As they travelled, Antoinette pulled her drawing book out again and kept herself occupied with that until Klara changed their clothing. Antoinette beamed at the dress she got to wear, feeling more Asgardian already. She twirled around with it, giggling softly to herself. It was so soft and flowed like water.
They started their final approach into Asgard and Antoinette wandered towards a window so she could peer out as they approached. The city itself was grand and much bigger than Antoinette pictured. It was also surreal for her to be approaching another civilization on a different planet. She knew they were out there but never had the pleasure of visiting another planet before.
Once they were docked, Antoinette turned her attention to Klara and nodded with her warning to stay close. She followed Klara out of the ship, smiling politely at the people she saw but her gaze kept shifting to the rest of Asgard and how bright it looked. Antoinette held her drawing book to her chest, hoping she would be allowed to capture something to remember.

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"I'm pretty sure people have fallen off, but then again most are never heard from again when they do." Klara commented with a bit of a shrug at Guin's question about it. "And sure, if we have time later I'd be happy to give you all a tour of the place if possible."

Lance stuck close to Runa, and also shot a bit of a glare at the guards who were a bit rude to Runa. Sure, he knew that they technically were guests in this place and all currently, but still. They shouldn't be doing so mean and rude to her. That was a little bit ridiculous.

"I also know you well Guin, so I also know what likely goes through your head," Mary pointed out to her. Yeah, she wasn't too sure she would trust Guin running around this place without someone keeping an eye on her. Actually Pietro was likely worse than that, but problem was it was really difficult for him to keep an eye on him since he could move so quickly.

Klara seemed to almost hesitate a bit when they started asking about whether or not Loki was there, "Yes, our uncle is here... Actually as usual he was the first sort of suspect in everything, but kind of got exonerated since he's still locked up and couldn't possibly have done it. Thankfully anyway, don't exactly need him running around or whatever causing issues now do we?" she explained simply with a bit of a shrug.

"Ok, so we're here now... Anyone have any bright ideas for where exactly we should go to start looking around? We probably should try to figure out something before we wander around too much..."

"Well, problem is Asgard is a pretty big place. And one that most of us haven't actually been to before, meaning splitting up would be difficult to do, since if we do that we could probably get lost fairly easily. Any sort of ideas on where we should look first?"

"I mean there are so many places around here. Not sure what specifically we would be looking for though. Unless something actually happens that might signal a thing, which honestly would be strange but also really convenient at the same time."

"I mean, that would be insanely coincidental, but also helpful."

Well, maybe we can try to get something small and probably get chewed out about it later, Pietro said mentally to Guin. As the entire group got led outside of the area and they could see the buildings and everything more clearly.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake for a brief moment, but it only lasted for a second, and now Klara looked a bit confused, "...Okay, now what the hell was that?" she commented. There was something that was more of a blink and you'll miss it sight, where only a few people could see it, and not too many bystanders around them seemed to notice. Lance, Pietro, Ed and Runa all would be able to see a streak of light shoot up into the sky, straight into the stars before disappearing entirely. The source of the light seemed to be off to their left a ways away to the point where they couldn't see what building it was from.

"Okay, weird light thingy shooting up in the sky, what was that?"

"...Weird light thing?"

"Yeah, it kind of just shot off and disappeared or something. It's gone now."

"Well if that's the case it couldn't have been someone using the Bifrost, since that's a steady stream of light, not to mention the fact that the Bifrost is really far away from where we are now. Sure we passed it on our way over here, but still, pretty large distance..."

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Runa nodded as Bethany put a hand on her shoulder and told her to ignore the glares of the guards. She noticed Edus walk a little closer to her and Lance glaring at the guards in turn. Her eyes watered and she smiled ever so slightly. Her family had even become accustomed to the way people on Asgard treated her, not even Klara had said or done anything about the guards. Runa hadn't even realized how much that had hurt until her new friends huddled around her in support and it meant the world to her, even though the joy was tinged with pain and sorrow. "Thank you," Runa told her friends, appreciating their support.

She tilted her head slightly as Klara lied as to Loki's whereabouts. Her eyes widened ever so slightly in alarm. She hadn't realized Loki had either been freed or escaped from prison. She bit her lip a bit, figuring that Klara had lied to try to keep the others calm. Klara didn't usually lie unless there was a good reason, and Runa knew she was telling the truth about Loki being cleared from suspicion, so everything ought to have been fine.

The ground then shook and Runa's glance went skyward. A streak of light, a beam really, shot up into the sky and vanished. "I agree, that wasn't the Bifrost... Perhaps some wayward spell... or hammer."

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Guin noticed the way people huddled around Runa, and that more or less instantly drew her attention to the direction of the looks - some guards. Guin scrunched up her nose, seeing the way that they were glaring at Runa. "Eww, fucking assholes," she complained. She wasn't super close with Runa or anything, but Guin hated bullies. They reminded her too much of the people she had gone to boarding school with - judgmental pricks who were really just super jealous that they didn't have an avenger for a father. She was far happier to hear that Loki was locked up and wouldn't be a problem. She didn't want to play the next haunted board game after Jumanji - Zathura (even though in her opinion Zathura was the superior game).

"Not to volunteer Pietro for extra work, but he's a speedster. He could search the entire place faster than we could splitting up," Guin pointed out. She did really appreciate Pietro's speed searches whenever she lost one of her AirPods - it was a lifesaver. And yay, souvenir! Maybe they have a -My daughter went to Asgard and all I got was this stupid t-shirt- sort of thing for my dad.

Wow Guina, I seriously doubt that.

Guin was about to reply, when suddenly the ground shook and Guin grabbed onto Pietro's arm. She had been through a lot already with being thrown into a jail cell and separated from him, she wasn't about to let an Asgardian sinkhole or earthquake or whatever do that. Plus, she didn't trust her ability to run in a dress. "Aww, I missed the sky beam? Lame," Guin complained. "But guess that's where we should go. Where there's a sky beam, there's almost always an evil villain with a plan to destroy the world - or worlds, I guess."

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Bethany looked at Runa and smiled towards her friend and nodded towards her. "Anytime, if you want me to punch someone for you let me know." Bethany said towards Runa as she continued to follow the others. She listened to Klara as she answered her question about Loki, she was glad that he was still locked up. She didn't really want to deal with Loki again really at least not for a very long time that is anyway, as she felt the ground suddenly shaking, and then stopping just as quickly as it had came.

"Are earthquakes common here in Asgard?" Bethany asked Runa and Klara, she didn't see any kind of beam of light sadly like the others did, as she looked over at Pietro. "If Speedy here can find the source I could try and shadow travel us over there." Bethany suggested, at least they had a lead now on where to go now.

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It was relieving to know that Loki was not the culprit here. He had a feeling that Loki was usually the go-to one when something went awry, so they probably investigated him first.

Ed was lucky he had been looking in just the right direction and saw the flash of light too. He frowned. "I think investigating that would be a good idea. If Pietro is willing, he should take Klara and go looking and see if they can find a sign of where that came from. And we'll start going that way with Runa as our escort." He had a feeling that splitting the group even like that might not be allowed, but it was the best plan he could come up with. Or switch Runa and Klara.

If some sign had been left behind maybe Ed could set up a tracking spell too. That could get them started in the right direction. Hopefully. Though this whole thing was distracting them from their original reason for going to space. He hoped Lance was alright with that. He'd have to ask if they got a moment of quiet.

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Antoinette was quite easily distracted as there were so many new things to look at. The others were busy trying to form a plan on where they should go to do some investigating first. Antoinette wasn’t sure if the palace would be the best bet but maybe somewhere on the streets. Just then the ground started to rumble beneath their feet and Antoinette looked around in alarm. The Asgardian’s didn’t really seem to know what was happening.
A couple of her friends and Runa, started talking about a beam of light but it had been so brief that not all of them saw it. She turned her head and squinted in the direction the others said the light had come from. She couldn’t see anything from here but figured that would be a good location to start.

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"Wow automatically assuming that it was my father's hammer really?" Klara commented with a bit of an eye roll. "Not to mention, my father spends more time on Midgard than he does here, and that's not even the direction towards where my family resides."

"And that would be where?"

"That way," she responded, before pointing in a direction that was towards the right of where the beam of light had come from. "The home typically is occupied by my mother and twin brothers, and myself of course, since as I said, my father doesn't typically stay on Asgard all too much anymore..." It was clear that she was a little saddened by that thought, before she snapped back to her usual self, "Actually that area is closer to Baldur's area than my father's..."

"I guess I can go race around in that direction, see if I find anything..." Pietro said, a bit uncertainly.

"I don't think that's a good idea. We don't know what's over there. Since for all we know, you could be heading straight into a dangerous situation with whatever is destroying realities which may or may not be an infinity stone..."

"I mean... We all could go there, see what's over there..."

"I can go around real quick I guess, since then we'd know for sure... And too many people heading that way might alert whoever it is to realize that they are cornered or something like that... And when people get cornered they freak out and start lashing out... It might put more people in danger..."

"To be fair, Asgardians aren't like humans, we're a lot more durable."

"Doesn't mean anything..."

"Good point, since infinity stones are bad, even the ones that might be considered the weaker ones in terms of what they specifically do are dangerous. Pretty sure they probably could bypass and injure Asgardians just like us."

"Well we need to figure something out... Going as a group or even more of just splitting into different groups to find everything or figure this out makes the most sense to me..."

"Problem is this doesn't have an easy solution, and I do agree your powers probably would make it easier for you to easily see what's going on over there..."

"Well then I'll go, this'll totally be fun, and gives me a chance to stretch my legs after being stuck on first a small spaceship, then space prison, and then once again on a small spaceship. Klara you tagging along or no?"

"Sure, let's go," she said, before the pair raced off.

"Why do I feel like that was a big mistake sending them off like that..." Mary couldn't help but comment, letting out a bit of a sigh. Annie's powers wouldn't really pick up much of anything as to what sort of directions things might be coming from or where specifically the person causing problems was. Not specifically anyway, however she did, kind of like what Mary said, get a bad feeling about Pietro and Klara racing off in that direction by themselves.

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"So I guess we'll see you two when you two get back then." Bethany said as she watched Pietro and Klara both running off, leaving the rest of them behind. She didn't like the idea of the two of them going off alone really as Bethany looked at the others, crossing her arms over her chest. "Should we just go after them, in case something bad happens?" Bethany asked, it was better in her opinion that they had the strength in numbers.

Bethany thought about just shadow traveling them all there, but she wasn't even sure where the place where the light that the others mentioned about was. And being her first time in Asgard as well to, she wasn't sure where things even were either, as she ran a hand through her hair and sighed slightly.

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Runa hesitated, before nodding. Edus had a good plan. She didn't need to feel sad that Klara had been the one picked to go look, even though magic was more of a hobby to Klara. Runa should have been used to this by now - Klara was the daughter of Thor, the next All-Father. Thor was beloved on Midgard as one of the Avengers, while scarce few had even heard of Baldur. The only time Runa had heard someone mention Baldur was when speaking of a cat, rather than the deity. She wasn't jealous by any means - no, not at all. She just felt a bit of pain in her heart. There was no reason to. It made perfect sense. Why wouldn't people suggest Klara? Everyone loved her.

She felt a strange sense of shame too, as Klara pointed in the direction of her home, and then referenced where Breiðablik, Baldur's hall was. Not many people made the trip to Breiðablik, as it required purification in order to enter - and for mortals, a hefty amount of sunscreen. Her father was the god of light - everything there was gleaming. And the place was overrun with her mother's flowers. Runa's heart broke again slightly. She knew the prophecy that Ragnarok would come one day and claim her father's life, and that her mother would follow him shortly after. This entire situation was giving her so many emotions - jealousy, shame, fear, sorrow.

"... It's in the hands of the Norns," Runa mumbled. "Come. We're headed to my father's hall."

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Guin wasn't a huge fan of Pietro dashing off without her, and she shot Edus a bit of a look. She had already spent a lot of time trying to get un-separated from him during the prison incident, and they knew where that light had come from, apparently it was near Runa's place. They didn't need to split the party for this. "I'll conference call in, see what's going on, now let's move it, people. Universe isn't going to save itself," she said, following Runa.

As she walked, Guin used her telepathy to see through Pietro's eyes - making it a minor miracle she didn't trip or fall over anything. It was also a blessing that she didn't get motion sickness instantly. Everything she saw through Pietro's eyes was incredibly blurry - how was he able to not trip when he ran? There were some buildings, but it was all somewhat blurry and just hard to make out. There was some light coming from one of the buildings too, one in the direction Pietro was going. If you get hurt, I'm going to have too much material to talk about in therapy, Guin warned him.

Hey I don't try to get hurt!

Just be careful okay? I've got major bad vibes.

I always try to be careful, you know that.

Says the man who attacked the director of SHIELD

He deserved it.

"He's near some building with a huge light coming out of it," Guin said, letting the others know what was going on.

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Mary did not like his idea. There was a good reason. Splitting the party wasn't a good idea. But with Pietro's powerset he was the best one to send off on what might be a wild goose chase. If they got more information from the spot where the light had been then they could as a group finish investigating it.

Ed frowned seeing that Runa looked upset, he leaned over and said quietly. "I suggested Klara because if they get stopped and questioned she unfortunately would be trusted more. As a group we can support you better. I'd rather have you guiding us so we know what Asgard is really like." He smiled, and followed her toward her home. He was greatly looking forward to see what her home was like.

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Antoinette looked back and forth before all the people talking. It seemed the consensus was to head towards the beam of light. There was discrepancy on whom the light came from but Antoinette trusted Klara’s idea. This was her and Runa’s home after all. As a sort of decision was made, Antoinette’s intuition responded, causing her blue eye to glow and she frowned.
”I agree Mary. The two of them running off ahead doesn’t sit well with me. I think we should head in that direction incase backup is needed. I’ll keep tapping into my intuition to see if I get something the closer we go,” Antoinette said, hoping that would help.
She looked over at Runa when she spoke of heading towards her father’s home. Antoinette thought that would be rather exciting, to meet another Asgardian God other than Thor and Odin but Runa looked sad. Antoinette wasn’t sure if it was the thought of seeing her father or if there was something else going on underneath all that dark make-up and black clothes.

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Okay, think we've found the building. There is one building that is glowing all of the time, not sure what building that is... Wait Klara is saying that it is called Breiðablik, or something really weird... That's Runa's home apparently. The building is near it though, and everything looks really weird with it. Apparently going there if you aren't pure or something really weird like that is a bad idea for not Asgardians, so that's a fun bit of trivia I learned... No, the building is nearby it... I just shot a blinding streak of light shoot out of the non-glowing building. so it kind of stood out like a sore thumb. Pietro said mentally to Guin now.

Lance was staying rather close to Runa, more or less keeping an eye on her to make sure that she was okay. The others were talking about how everything was going to probably not end well all things considering. Truthfully sending only two people was a really bad idea, especially since he wasn't too sure how much two people could do if they ran into trouble. "It'll be alright Runa... Everything will work out..."

Mary nodded when Runa gave them a direction and started leading them towards where Pietro and Klara had raced off to. She still had a bad feeling as to everything that was going on. That feeling wasn't going away, and she doubted that it would any time soon. At least not until this entire situation was over and done with.

This is really weird... What's that? Pietro said to Guin, before falling silent at the moment. Everything though would suddenly be like a bit of a blur. At least for everyone in the main group. Suddenly, the group was seemingly separated in a rather large gust of wind, as something else seemed to occur. For Mary, she'd find herself by a river or something suddenly, and looking around, she'd see that she wasn't alone, and Runa was with her.

"...What the hell just happened? Where are we?" she asked Runa, not too sure where she was in comparison to where they had been. Actually she wasn't even too sure how they had gotten there.

The others weren't where they had been before either. They were split up and sort of scattered around Asgard themselves! Bethany and Ed would get split up from the rest to, and they'd see a building behind them, and the large rainbow bridge they had seen when they were flying in stretching out in front of them. They were rather far away from where they had been moments ago.

As for the other three, they hadn't been able to stay put either. They'd end up in a rather large building in a room that was empty currently, and probably somewhat luckily for them honestly. Since currently they were kind of stranded away from their Asgardian guides. Though luckily, Lance did vaguely recognized the area that they had ended up. "...What just happened, and why did we end up in the throne room in the palace?" he asked the other two, looking around the area to see if he saw anyone else.

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Runa was a little embarrassed by Edus' reassurances, her face flushing bright red. He really was supremely kind - and was quickly becoming her best friend, even though she was several years his senior. He had been consistently trying to cheer her up, even when her boyfriend didn't (from what she had gathered from watching some films on Midgard, boyfriends were notoriously bad at that, so she figured Lance was above average). "Thank you - I appreciate your counsel," she whispered back to him earnestly. He did make her feel better, embarrassment aside.

Lance then tried to reassure her as well and Runa smiled ever so slightly. She wasn't used to people on Asgard being kind to her. As much as she loved her home and was fiercely protective of it, the people here broke her heart. On Midgard, they didn't do that. It was one reason among many that she spent so much time with the X-Men. However, out of nowhere there then was a large gust of wind and the next thing she knew, she was standing near a river. She heard Mary exclaiming something nearby, but Runa's eyes were trained on the water. She had nearly drowned in this river as a child. Her brother had been so upset when he found out what had happened, when Klara had been babysitting her...

Runa knelt down for a second, scooping up some of the water with her hands and letting it escape through her fingers. She then shook her head slightly. "We're an hour's walk away from my home," she told Mary softly. "Be careful not to tread on any of my mother's flowers - they're her pride and joy," she then added. She got up from the ground and reached into her bag of runes, pulling out the one she desired by feel alone. She had a deep connection with the raidō rune - it stood for journey or ride. Runa threw the rune down at the ground and a ring of black magic emanated from it, and then stepping out of the waters were two unicorns.

Runa mounted her unicorn, before glancing at Mary. "I'm assuming you've ridden something before?"

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It's called what?? Breaklick? Guin asked, not able to understand what Pietro was saying. Yes, Thor had been around for most of her life and she did teasingly call him Uncle Thor at times, but her knowledge of Asgardian words and how to pronounce them was limited. She pretty much knew the basics - Asgard, Mjolnir, Bifrost... and that was it. She couldn't think of another important one off the top of her head. Ask your doctor about if breakellick is right for you - side affects may include dressing like a bad Shakespearean actor, she then joked. It was good to know though that she wouldn't be able to go into Runa's shiny home - Guin was pretty sure her purity had left the station a long time ago.

What's what? Guin asked, before a second later she blinked and she had been whisked off to what looked like a palace. She had read enough Percy Jackson books to know basically every god had a palace, so Guin couldn't even guess who the palace belonged to. There was one thing she could guess though - who had done this. You have five seconds to explain why you whisked me off away from the action, babe.

Uh what? came the response, actually he sounded a bit dazed when he spoke.

Why'd you run me to some random palace with Lance and Annie? Guin asked again, a pit of dread forming in her stomach. She was going to kill Edus.

I... I don't know, what just happened?

Guin's anxiety was getting worse. She didn't even answer, just closing her eyes and trying to switch places with Pietro through the mental link, but nothing happened. She could practically see Professor X out of the corner of her eye, informing her that she needed to train more. Ugh. Babe, I don't think you're in control of your body. Can you fight it?

"I think Pietro's being mind controlled - not sure by who. Guessing the same asshole who's eating realities like a Hungry Hungry Hippo."

Wait when could that have happened? And just what?

Guin forced herself to focus, pacing back and forth slightly. Come here, she said strongly, doing her best to give Pietro a forceful suggestion and hijack his brain. She had no idea if it worked or not though. She had tried more new things with her telepathy in the last 24 hours or so than she had... well, ever.

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"Alright then lets get going." Bethany said as she started to follow the others down the road while occasionally looking around at the architecture still looked really cool. "Hopefully Pietro and Klara didn't get themselves into trouble or anything." Bethany said as she continued to walk, when there was a sudden gust of wind, and then the next moment she was transported somewhere else against her will pretty much. "What the hell just happened?" Bethany asked as she looked around, she sighed slightly relieved to see that Edus was with her at least.

"Let me try and see where the others are." Bethany said as she closed her eyes using her other ability clairvoyance and started to try and search where the others were. "Well, good news is that Annie, Guin and Lance are still in the city somewhere, but the others seem to be really far away." Beth said as she looked over towards the building that was at the end of the bifrost bridge. "Lets see if anyone is there." Beth told Edus. "Unless you got a fancy spell or something that can get us to the others?" She asked Ed.

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Ed gave Runa a reassuring smile. Realizing he was growing fond of her. Not in any way other than a friendship, or maybe a brotherly way, but that scared him more than anything. Before he could give that serious thought everything became a blur and he was standing with only Bethany on the Rainbow bridge they had seen earlier. Concern for the others coursed through him, especially Runa. He frowned and looked around trying to take in his surroundings. He could figure out the emotions later.

"I can't teleport us." Ed paused thinking. It wouldn't be much of a leap to go from his tracking spell to teleporting. Hmm, he'd have to look into it some. He was concerned about ending up in a wall or something equally horrifying. "I can, however, see if I can get a more precise location on them." He pulled out the vial with Annie's hair in it and set about the task of casting his tracking spell. With Runa's help, he had been able to improve it when they decided to go looking for Dr. Banner. The pendulum swung and pointed directly at the giant Palace in the middle of Asguard. "I believe we will find Annie there. Hopefully, she is with the others. Do you think you can teleport us there with your shadow travel?"

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One moment they were walking towards Runa’s home and the next, Antoinette’s vision was blurred and she was standing in a very shiny, gold room. She grabbed her head, willing the room to stop spinning. When it finally did, she spotted a chair or throne looking thing but no one else. Thankfully, she was with Lance and Guin. Antoinette spun around in a circle, looking over the whole of the room while Lance informed them they were in the throne room.
”How bizarre,” she mused. Antoinette faced Guin when she suggested Peitro was being controlled and was the one who brought them here. That explained the dizzy, nauseous feeling and the new location. ”Do you think we should try and locate the others?” Antoinette had a bit of telepathy from her illusion casting but it wasn’t as advanced as Guin’s. She took a breath and tapped into her intuition, looking for the best solution, stay in the quiet throne room or venture forward. Unfortunately, no results were given to her other than the obvious. They were in the throne room in the palace.