9191/Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters
Date of Scene:	14 September 2019
Location:	Kingsbridge, The Bronx
Synopsis:	A question of motives
Cast of Characters:	Venom, Valkyrie

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Venom has posed:
Here Venom was, minding his own business. He had been out and about, swinging through the air on spider-like webs. He'd encountered a few petty crimes in progress. He broke the hand of one man who had the gall to pull a knife on another guy as he was heading to an ATM. Little did Venom know that the man was withdrawing the money to pay for a prostitute.

He'd encountered some kids who were trying to remove the stereo from a car. Venom decided to web them up and leave them near a police station, though with the stereo. And there was a pair of men who pulled some girl into a darkened alleyway. She had been on her way to a nightclub, but the two men were intent on raping her. So he ate them. The screams of the last one could be heard, and it truly traumatised the girl.

All in all, it had been a pretty quiet evening.

Valkyrie has posed:
One moment there is nothing, the next there is a giant winged horse in the sky, wings sweeping the air to keep it aloft. To be honest, even then it shouldn't be able to fly. Yet, somehow, it did.

Astride the steed was a woman that wasn't the typical New Yorker. Built with a warrior's strength, muscles to spare, taller than most women. Her blonde hair was in a single braid falling down her back, a winged headpiece worn atop her head. It matched the silver breastplate. The skirt was more strips of leather falling around her hips, giving her complete freedom of movement and showing off strong legs.

Valkyrie was returning from a trip to Valhalla, headed for her apartment. She would then send Aragorn back home until he was needed again.

As she nudged the stallion in the side to urge him to the west, she caught sight of the...well, man? Entity? She wasn't sure what was the proper term. Was it a good being or evil? It certainly didn't look nice, between the ebon skin and giant teeth.

"You there," she called out in a voice meant to be heard but not enough to wake the neighbors. Hopefully. "What business have you this eve?"

Venom has posed:
It was somewhat hard to carry on a conversation with a webslinging Venom. Either she would have to continue to fly after him, or he'd have to stop. When the woman called out to him, he continued on his momentum, but fired off a webline, which, unlike Spider-Man's, came from the top or back of the wrists, as opposed to the more famous spider- based hero, whose came from the underside, just below the palms.

Venom's legs went up, as if he were falling, but he did so in the inverse, almost like flying up whilst upside down. It was a mixture of tension from the weblines and general gymnastic strength, but he got some lift, doing a somersault, and landing on a rooftop ledge.

"We will do whatever we want." The voice was that of Venom, the symbiote, but it was speaking for them both. Inside, Eddie said 'beautiful'. While the symbiote said, 'delicious'. Eddie corrected, 'I meant the girl'. And the symbiote retorted, 'oh.'

Valkyrie has posed:
It is easy enough to follow along. A simple bit of pressure with her knees and Aragorn shifted to follow the being. Not that they went far. When he landed on a roof, she draw Aragorn up short just off the side of the building, hovering there (though that too should be impossible). Her brow was furrowed beneath the headpiece, blue eyes narrowing as she regarded Venom.

"Do you intend ill or is your path that of the righteous?" she asked again, thinking perhaps that might elicit a more clear response for what she was seeking. Doing whatever he wanted? That actually wasn't an untrue statement but it didn't fill in those blanks.

Venom has posed:
Venom seemed to be surprised by the question, enough that his teeth curled into an oh-so-toothy smile. "We intend a great many ills towards those who deserve it. But righteous? Can anyone really call themselves righteous? Isn't that for others to decide?" He was clearly of two minds on the subject, though both came out with the same voice.

Valkyrie has posed:
"One can call oneself righteous if their course is true," Valkyrie pointed out simply. It seemed this one was not a monster. Unless someone were doing ill. Unless of course he was psychotic and thought good people deserved to have ills given to them. Which meant she was right back where she started from.

Another nudge and Aragorn moved to hover above the rooftop. Brynn slid her legs to the same side and simply jumped the fifteen feet to the surface below, landing easily and letting her knees absorb the impact. She wore full battle gear fitting of an Asgardian or someone out of a fantasy movie. She shifted her hand so that it was sitting atop her sword handle. Only, the sword wasn't visible since the blade was not drawn. Thus, it probably looked a little odd.

"Who might be deserving?" she asks curiously, tone not challenging but she's still digging. She stood a full 193 cm, or 6'4", towering above most women in this realm. And many men.

Venom has posed:
Venom was big, but this woman was taller than even he, or them. It depended on how one viewed things. The symbiote could expand and make Venom appear bigger, or taller, but that was just adding empty filling. So it looked slightly up at her now that she was on the rooftop too. "Bad guys," was the first answer, coming more from the symbiote, before the Eddie part added in, "and those who threaten the innocent." Venom's goals were pretty noble. His methods on the other hand, led a lot to be desired. Also, there was an issue of disproportionate responses. "We are Venom. Who are you?"

Valkyrie has posed:
We. That implied more than one. Or royalty. Since they sometimes would refer to themselves that way. Valkyrie considered the man(?) before her again and wondered which it might be. He didn't look like royalty but looks could be deceiving. Perhaps where he came from he was a king and considered handsome.

"Here on Midgard I am known as Valkyrie. It is also my calling, so the name is fitting," she explains. As long as he is going to do ill to bad guys, she's no longer concerned about him in the way she had been. Now she doesn't need to stop him from whatever he's doing. After all, she doesn't know he eats people. Probably for the best she doesn't find out.

Venom has posed:
Midgard, Valkyrie, had Eddie paid more attention to Thor and the Asgardians, he'd know about that. But there were a lot of things going on, and information was sketchy at best. It's not like there were biology textbooks on Asgardians, and even if they were, Venom was operating from the texts that existed when he went to school. It could be so hard to keep up to date on current developments. Pluto was considered a planet for 86 years, from 1930 to 2016, and then it got downgraded. For 112 years, from 1903 to 2015, the Brontosourus was considered an Apotosaurus, but then new research suggested that it should be a separate species.

"Then go, follow your calling, and we will protect the innocent," using extreme measures. It was good that she did not know how he protected people. And with that, Venom jumped up, over the ledge, and began falling. But it wasn't long before he shot out a new strand of webbing, looking for bad guys to punish, or eat, depending on the situation, and how hungry the symbiote was.

Valkyrie has posed:
"How very odd," Valkyrie murmured to herself as she waved a hand. Aragorn came to land beside her. The Asgardian kept her eyes on the symbiote as it swung onward through the city, then shook her head before leaping atop her winged steed. "Let us be off. I wish to sleep before the dawn breaks," she murmured, patting the stallion on the neck. She had reins but she didn't touch them, preferring the gentle pressure of her legs to let him know what she wanted. A moment later and the pegasus was airborne the turning to head where they had been intending originally.