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riverview2018-02-12 04:45 pm
ragnarsson) wrote in riverview2018-02-12 04:45 pm
Video; Round-Trip Home
[The video opens up with Ivar sitting on the edge of his bed, phone recording in one hand, and a knife being fiddled around with in the other. It's clear he's got something on his mind.]
So it turns out if you properly motivate people, they can get that portal fixed up to get you back home.
[It's best not to ask what motivation that was, but Ivar being Ivar, most everyone watching can probably figure it out.]
I'm going back home for a while to take care of some unfinished business. I left in the middle of a war and I need to see that through before I come back. [He pauses.] And don't bother trying to talk me out of this, I've already made up my mind. I'll see you all in two weeks.
[He waves goodbye with the knife and then cuts the video. Looks like the Quarantine has a reprieve from the crazy Viking for the next fourteen days. But he'll be back. Ivar's far too tough to do something as basic as dying back in his home world.]
So it turns out if you properly motivate people, they can get that portal fixed up to get you back home.
[It's best not to ask what motivation that was, but Ivar being Ivar, most everyone watching can probably figure it out.]
I'm going back home for a while to take care of some unfinished business. I left in the middle of a war and I need to see that through before I come back. [He pauses.] And don't bother trying to talk me out of this, I've already made up my mind. I'll see you all in two weeks.
[He waves goodbye with the knife and then cuts the video. Looks like the Quarantine has a reprieve from the crazy Viking for the next fourteen days. But he'll be back. Ivar's far too tough to do something as basic as dying back in his home world.]
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[To put it bluntly. There was still that fear she'd dump Winter in the woods if she cried too much around her mother.]
My uncle Thor? He and Loki have been here for months.
[As if he controls who comes through that portal. Ivar knows that tone, which makes him glad they're doing this over video. He can just turn her off if she gets to be too much.]
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[Which she says without the usual spark of interest in his culture; with her new perspective on Vikings, it just seems pompous to think of Ragnar and Loki on the same level.]
You expect me to trust Thor and your father with Winter? Why not Loki? At least we both know him, I've barely spoken to Thor or Ragnar. And for that matter, you could have left him with Lola and Nico. And Marco, or did you think that might upset me more?
[She huffs, shaking her head.]
You're being childish, I know you are. You just want to show how much better you like the other people in your life, but you can't just give my daughter away for other people to take care of without asking me. I know this isn't how things worked in Kattegat, but I'm her blood and I still have say over her. She should be with me, in her own bedroom at home.
[She's not angry, not exactly. It's not the blind, manic rage she goes into when she's pushed too far and starts making up reasons to be angry or throwing out ridiculous logic; this time her tone is sharp like a disappointed parent speaking to their child. She is older than him now, after all, she believes she has the right.]
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[Ivar generally saves the 'My grandfather is Odin' card only for moments when he wants to brag.]
I wouldn't trust Loki with caring for a cat, let alone a human being. [He cares for Loki as he does for all his family, but he's not the epitome of responsibility.] My father raised six children-- [Even though at the point he comes from, he only has two.] --and I already know Thor is good with Winter. If you don't know them all that well, time to fix that.
[He sounds annoyed now at her reprimanding as if he doesn't have a say in Winter's life as her father. Letha hasn't yet proved herself to him. Then again, will she ever be able to rise to his ridiculously high standards?]
I didn't just 'give her away.' And as for liking people better, think what you want. You always do. I trust my family to watch over her, which is more than I can say about what I feel for you.
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I know you have no conscience, but somewhere in there you must understand how important blood is. My daughter is my kin, not yours. She's a Regis noblewoman, not a Viking, and you can't change that. And no matter how little you trust me, as long as my daughter is with you, I will always be a part of your life.
[Her brow twitches.]
And beside that, you've never given me a chance to prove myself. Wouldn't this vacation of yours be the right opportunity, or do you really think I'm mad enough to try and kill her while you're away?
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The family she was born into is not everything. Part of her belongs to me too whether she's my daughter by blood or not. The fact I'm still letting you see her means I'm allowing you back into her life.
[His eyes narrow and there's a furious look on his face, one that Letha will know quite well. It's that one that says he's contemplating stabbing someone and only can't do it because they're not in the room.]
I think you don't want to know what I think. [Because this'll just end with the two of them pissed off at each other and he'd prefer not to leave with such a thing on his mind.]
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[She bristles with fury, enough that her fair seems to stand on end with some vague ethereal energy. Apparently, she'll be pissed off at him regardless at this point. But that's... to be expected. And when she speaks, her tone is as sharp and icy as her eyes.]
No, I'm curious. I'd like to know exactly what you think. Go ahead.
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I think you've learned nothing in the time you've been away from here. You just came back and expect me to trust you again with both me and Winter. You're a spoiled child who wants her toy back after she threw it away. And you hate hearing the word no because no one's ever denied you much in your life. So take the time I'm away to see Winter, but no, my trust in you has not been repaired.
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You complain so much about how I see you as a hero, how I forget you're human, you're too busy being right to notice that I ignore your faults to make you happy! You're the prince, not me, I'm sure you know plenty about getting everything you want, I'm sure your mommy fussed over you endlessly any time you so much as whimpered! And now that your father is back and you have the daughter you'd never have back home, you're going back there on vacation just to feed your own ego!
Winter is the only part of my home that I have left, the home that I can't return to, so forgive me if I'd like to spend some time with her seeing as I haven't seen her father in over a year!
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[Then she makes two big mistakes. She mentions both Aslaug and the fact he likely won't have any other children all in one breath. It's a good thing they're not face to face, for he goes utterly still for a moment before his countenance turns murderous.]
Mention my mother again and my last act before I leave will be to remove your tongue.
[Don't press him on this, Letha. He's just unstable enough to do it.]
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[She always manages to bring it back to his legs, doesn't she - it's the one weak spot that she's always had her grasp on. The one thing that she knows she can hurt him with, when he doesn't even have to try to whittle into her. She hasn't even finished her sentence before her eyes fill with tears, but she has one last weapon knowing she can stay far away from him until he's gone.]
I hope you come back to find Marco has moved on and lost interest. I hope you die out there and come back to stay in the hospital for a month while they fix your mangled body up. [She wrinkles her nose, in that way that she always does when she's grasping for straws.] And I hope someone pushes your father through the portal and you never see him again.
[And on that note, she shuts her feed off.]