[closed] mission: lost children

[anotheroldsoldier]

who: Bucky, Eddie, Michael, Yuri, and Ivar
what: The team tries to find some missing children and wind up with more trouble than they asked for.
when: July 9-13
where: Out beyond the fence.
warnings: Fighting and teenagers in peril.


[When children started disappearing, note was taken immediately. They just seemed to wander off, a handful of them between the ages of five and fourteen, near the fences that separate Riverview from the uninhabited city. A small team is arranged to investigate the disappearances and - hopefully - bring the kids home. With representation from the Perimeter Guard and the police force, the group is supplied and set out for a short term mission, starting at the spot the latest child was last seen.]

Comments

[ragnarsson]

"Sure we did. Or maybe one of Hræsvelgr's eagle spawn got the better of us." Like everything else bizarre in Norse legends, there was talk of giants that could turn into birds, birds that could turn into giants, and just plain giant birds. Ivar looked nonplussed about being up as high as they were. Nothing much frightened him except for open water. "You know, I can see why the bird would want to take me, but I can't see what it wanted with your charmless, scrawny ass."

At least now they had solved the mystery of what was taking the children. That still didn't answer the question of why, but he was sure it had something to do with that mournful song. The way the bird had put them all here wasn't like an animal storing food. Rather, it was like a creature forming a collection for some purpose, keeping them safe.

"Well, I'm not going anywhere soon." Ivar was strong, but even if he had a whole backpack full of equipment, it was doubtful he would have been able to climb down from the tree. There was just too much that involved using the legs when coming down from such an extreme height. One grip of his hands just a little too loose and that would be the end of him. That just made him all the more irritable. Ivar hated feeling useless, and while most of the time he was capable of keeping up with everyone else, there was always the painful reminders that he was different.