[open] comfort comes to those with faith in mysterious ways

[worldsaway]

who: Thor and open for people looking to train/garden
what: Thor extends an offer to help train people, desperately pleads for help with gardening
when: during or after the butterfly effect event, up to you guys (he's not changed).
where: The Gymiest place there is, Communal Housing
warnings: Violence? Sadgardian.


i. Training
[Thor allots time with everyone who takes interest in his offer to train together. Usually it's an early morning, but he's flexible depending on when Search and Rescue needs him. He locates a gym and arrives early, setting up with punching bags and make-shift, training weapons that resemble small, sturdy pool noodles. It's not easy to find a lot of swords here.

He's requested the ability to have a private room, away from sweaty people on treadmills, and the need is accommodated given both necessity and charm.

He's dressed casually. Sweatpants, a grey cotton shirt and his hair pulled back tight in a ponytail with a silver clasp that he rarely removes. Anyone who knows him as the glorious, cape-wearing god will probably be taken aback by the fact that he looks like a hippy gym teacher.

He'll be happy to see you when you arrive.]

ii. Gardening
[If you take Thor up on the offer to help him with gardening, he will gladly invite you to his communal housing room. He has a set up of various wilted plants in the sunlight of a window, gardening magazines strewn about.]

Comments

i - sorry i'm so late to this! if you'd rather hand wave just lemme know!

[couldkillthedevil]

[Chloe arrives at the gym fairly soon after their talk over the network. She's got her own easy look about her, with a simple t-shirt and workout pants, her hair tied up in a messy half-ponytail. It's not difficult to spot him even when he's fitting in with the crowd; while she doesn't yet know who he is exactly, he's pretty noticeable.

She walks over to him, giving him a brief wave of greeting.]

Hey. Looks like you came prepared.

no worries, this is fine!

[worldsaway]

[Thor can make an assumption about who Chloe is simply by the way she approaches him. So far, every student has wandered in looking uncertain and uncomfortable, she carries herself differently.]

Yes, the classes had more interest than I had anticipated. I've been here more often than not.

[He chuckles, then extends a hand for her.] I do not recall if we introduced ourselves. I am Thor.

[couldkillthedevil]

[She reaches a hand out to shake his automatically, though her face falls almost comically as he tells her his name.]

Thor. You mean, like... the god of thunder Thor? The real one?

[worldsaway]

[Her reaction is comical, and despite the many, many times Thor has witnessed such an expression, he still finds it a little amusing.]

In a sense, yes, perhaps not exactly the same Thor from your world.. And the vikings have greatly exaggerated in their tales. [That makes you sound so humble, Thor.]

[couldkillthedevil]

Ah. Yeah, I— I know someone like that too. Whose story was wrong, that is. But yours isn't wrong, just exaggerated. Yeah. I'm still holding your hand.

[Which she lets go of. Finally. She gestures vaguely.]

I, uh. Actually met Loki awhile ago. Or a Loki, anyhow.

[worldsaway]

You are. [Thor says, casually, letting go when she does.]

Perhaps I ought to meet them, if they're here. We can exchange tips. [He chuckles, then raises a brow.] Was he older or younger? There are two, oddly.

[couldkillthedevil]

I've only met the one, and he seemed young enough. Couldn't tell you in comparison, though. Seemed like a real jokester.

[worldsaway]

Could very well be either, then. [Thor just laughs, then he steps back.]

Shall we spar? You can use weapons, if you wish, I will stick to hands.

[couldkillthedevil]

[That comment earns him a quirk of her brow, something like amusement playing across her features.] I already agreed to hand-to-hand. I'm hardly gonna go back on my word now. God of Thunder or not.

Let's do this.

[worldsaway]

Let it be known that I offered. [He says, to the invisible crowd, then braces himself.]

Care to take a run at me, then?

[couldkillthedevil]

Someone's cocky.

[Muttered lowly before she got into position. He's larger than her, so rather than taking him head on, her first move is to cant to the side before trying to get in a hit at the legs.]

[worldsaway]

And rightly so.

[He says, and he's quick to observe where she's aiming for, though he's only moving away just in time. Thor chuckles, then takes a swing at her mid-section. He is politely not aiming for the face.]

[couldkillthedevil]

[The swing is wide enough for her to see it and avoid it just in time, though it leaves her open as she takes her own hit back at him in an attempt to tip him over.]

[worldsaway]

[Thor moves with the hit, allowing himself to tip backward, putting his weight on his heel so he can kick and swing his leg at her feet in an attempt to trip her up.]

[couldkillthedevil]

[She notices the move but it comes too quickly for her to avoid it entirely; when she tries to step out of the way, her foot doesn't quite move in time and she staggers a bit on her feet. Damn.]