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[lbigreyhound13]

Take It Slow (BOTGD flashback)

@asha-the-viking

July 1048

It had been two months since Ragnarok ended and since the Grounded Dungeon Rebellion was released from their bunker once Hel informed them that she had won the war. The rebels moved on from their spot in the Everglade and set out to start lives anew or to resume their lives from before the Rebellion. Once she and King Haddock formed plans for her to continue her position, Lady Grey Bergman took her Night Fury, Shadow and led her best friends, Greg, Warren, their young daughter Lila, Asha, and her young daughter 3-year-old Siri back home to Haligan Island.

Upon returning, Grey reunited with her parents, Sven and Ingrid and her uncle Einar along with the rest of the village. She introduced them all to her unofficial adoptive siblings, Greg, Warren, and Asha and her nieces Siri and Lila. The Boomerang Squad settled into life on Haligan Island after that. Greg and Warren settled into their own house with Lila. That of course left Asha and Siri. Once Grey explained her situation to her parents, Sven and Ingrid welcomed Asha and Siri to live with them with open arms.

Ever since then, Asha and Siri had been living in the Bergman household and had been sharing Grey’s room with her and Shadow.

One morning in July 1048, Grey found herself waking up early that morning and getting ready for the day before walking out of the makeshift changing space in her room. She loved having Asha and Siri as roommates. Shadow immediately jumped up to greet her rider and sister.

“Hey, girl,” Grey said as she scratched her dragon’s head.

[ingrid-rehan]

It Will Go Down in History (BOTGD EU) Part 7

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"Let's go, then," Ingrid replied, falling a couple of steps behind Grey as the two of them left the Great Hall. They hadn't walked far before Ingrid spoke again, quieter this time.

"Actually, if you do want to know...I wouldn't mind telling you what I think I'm guilty of. You know, what we talked about during lunch? I could see you were curious." She looked more amused than anything else as she spoke, but inwardly she felt quite nervous and hoped this conversation would turn out helpful instead of extremely awkward.

[ingrid-rehan]

It Will Go Down in History (BOTGD EU) Part 6

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"What?" Ingrid said, startled. "No, it's okay, we can keep going. It's been a few years since it happened, after all, and it wasn't that bad to begin with. Plus, we've come this far."

Darn, I seriously should have tried to focus more... Now I've made her worried, she thought. It hadn't been a pleasant day, but Ingrid was still glad to have found out so much and she doubted there was any need to put off the project.

[ingrid-rehan]

It Will Go Down in History (BOTGD EU) Part 5

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Ingrid nodded. "I just thought of something else, though. When a witch is destroyed, it would drop a grief seed that can cleanse a wish-maker's soul gem, remember? I never really knew what a grief seed is, because it originally holds no magic but it can pull a certain amount of corruption from a soul gem into itself. So, it's...some sort of a container.

"But it makes no sense that a witch can randomly create a non-magical, non-corrupted item that just happens to be very helpful to wish-makers. Considering that everything in here seems to be a cycle, with people hunting down witches only to become witches themselves, does that mean soul gems...become grief seeds in this process?"

[ingrid-rehan]

It Will Go Down in History (BOTGD EU) Part 4

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"Yeah, that sounds like the best thing to do." There was another moment of silence as both of them returned to their food. Ingrid didn't pick at it even though she didn't have much of an appetite. There was nothing Grey had said that Ingrid hadn't thought of herself, but simply talking about the problem did have the effect she wanted.

"Anyway, thanks," she said, smiling at Grey. "And, er, I know I was being very vague but I was asked to not tell anyone about what happened. That's really it."

...I hope that didn't just make her more curious. Technically, Elia had only asked her to not tell anyone that she made a contract, but Ingrid thought that telling Grey about other details would be a bit too much for both sides. "I could have prevented my cousin's death" struck her as the least cheerful topic that could be discussed over a meal.

[ingrid-rehan]

It Will Go Down in History (BOTGD EU) Part 3

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Ingrid nodded. "That makes sense." She resumed scribbling down her notes and, after more discussion with Grey about her specific ideas, began working on her draft. Together they made good progress, even though Ingrid's mind kept returning to a different time.

She remembered the desolate, grieving week after what they thought was King Haddock's death; sensing but never seeing the white cats that prowled around camp day and night, finding out all too late that they shouldn't be trusted; the suffocating dismay she felt when she found out Elia was a victim; Elia's hollow voice when she said she was leaving...

She must have already sensed what was happening to her...and I thought she was dying and that it was the worst possible thing.

Two things Elia had said suddenly flashed through her mind, and she froze.

Not long after the two of them met, they had once talked about defending themselves. "I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I ever killed someone, even if it was completely out of self-defence. I don't know if that's honourable or just plain stupid..."

And the day Ingrid found out Elia had made the contract: "I can help people with this power, you know. Who knows how many people a witch can kill before someone finally finds and destroys it."

Ingrid didn't notice Grey's concerned gaze or the ink blot forming under her motionless quill. A new wave of consternation had practically wiped away all of her thoughts.

Did she kill herself?

[ingrid-rehan]

It Will Go Down in History (BOTGD EU) Part 2

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Ingrid’s heart was pounding. No, that can’t be possible...but why else would he have done it? “The colour,” she said, forcing her voice to be steady. “Did you see what colour the gem was?”

[ingrid-rehan]

A Sense of Belonging (Grey’s Coronation EU) Part 3

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"Well, there's still a few places I want to visit to learn more about my past, but after all this wandering around, I need to find a job. It's for saving up travelling funds and I'd like a break, in any case. So...I was just wondering if I can work in your village for around half a year?" Ingrid wanted to add something else, but she cut off her rambling before it could start and waited for Grey's reply instead.