Owner	Pose
Balder	Balder still reeling from the effects of the fear toxin still sees horrifying visions. The Midgard serpant swallowing the sun, Surter destroying the city the Titan that tortured and nearly killed him. But Balder is starting to catch on that these are hallucinations. He fights the urge to fight monsters that arent there. He remembers that there was at least one hero there when it happened remembering spotting power girl before he was gassed he assumes people are safe because of her. But he is still worried about what he may have donw whtn his mind and eyes betrayed him. The stumbles towards a big tower at times it looks like his old home but then it phases back into stark tower. Either it seems liek the right was to go.
Hermione	Minnie hated being stuck inside the Stark Tower, but with the gas outside, everything was on lock down. Tony told his heroic protege to stay inside and keep people safe and calm. She wasn't entirely happy that she couldn't go out and help, but he was right, she had no way to protect herself from the gas and would end up just a liability. Now that she is allowed out of the tower, she rushes to find her husband, whom she was supposed to meet for lunch. Was he okay? Had he been caught in the gas? What was the gasses effect on Asgardians? Is she a widow? Please don't let her be a widow! She runs out into the square before the tower, looking around for a familiar face.
Balder	Balder is not hard to miss, look for the glowing viking man. and somehting is telling him to go towards the tower. One moment it looks like Odin's castle in asgard and the next its Star tower. Either way it feels like the only safe place to go. He doesn't want to hurt anyone... else. "Minnie" Balder calls out remembering vaguely why he was in the area. "Minnie its Ragnarok" He stays visibly and audibly confused and panicked.
Hermione	Glowing viking man and a glowing latino woman. She sees him straight away and lifts up of the ground to fly to his side, wrapping her arms around him. "I've been so worried about you, Balder! I wanted to be out here, to help you, to help everyone, but I was told I had to stay inside and keep people safe. I was... how did he put it? Team two." She looks to Balder apologetically, as if she believes her powers don't make her good enough to be on anybody's team One. Running her fingers through his hair, she shakes her head. "I don't think it is Ragnarok. At least not here on Midgard. Didn't that already happen? Isn't that why your people are here now?" Of course, if Balder the Asgardian isn't dead, then surely the gas had no effect on him at all, says her unwaivering confidence in the Asgardian's abilities
Balder	Balder takes hold of her. He looks at her trying to steady his mind and his eyes. for a moment he sees a halfing sorceress a familiar face from the time he doesn't speak about. but then his mind focuses and he see minnie. "Beloved... is this world ending? or have I been put under some terrible spell" He hugs her tight to him "Help me"
Hermione	If Balder were to ever refer to Min as a halfling, she would likely throw him into the river, even as polluted as it might be. She may be short, but that is not something she likes to be teased about. Ever. Hermione sees the distress that her husband is in and strokes his face. The way he's talking... did the fear gas do something to him? But surely... She shakes her head, her words soft and sweet. She speaks in Spanish, not because it will make a difference to her, but because in her own mind that is the language that always gave her comfort. Her mother's tongue. "It was an attack. Using a gas that caused fear. You must have gotten some. Let's get you somewhere safe. Some good food and a shower will fix you right up." Ah yes, Minnie's cure for just about everything; food and comfort.
Balder	Balder nods "It's not real it was a poison. This world isn't dying." He holds her close and kisses her. "get me out of here Minnie I don't want to hurt people." He looks at his sword and wonders if he's cut anyone down.
Hermione	Hermione nods to Balder as he asks to be taken away from this place. She scoops him up in her arms as if it were nothing at all. Yes, Asgardians are actually heavier then they would look, much denser muscle mass, but when you're a girl that lifts tractors up over your head, an Asgardian is pretty simple. She smiles to Balder. "Just hold on to me. I will keep you safe," she tells him as she rises up into the air to fly home to her apartment in Hell's Kitchen. After landing on the roof and putting Balder down, Minnie takes his hand in hers. "I was thinking of making shepherds pie for dinner. Would you like that?"
Balder	"I tips her too what a waste." Balder mumbles his mind piecing together what happened. "strange woman I didnt' want to offend her." Balder starts taking off his shirt to try to clean his face with it. "aye sounds good Min, I need know how long this gass will effect me can you find out?"
Hermione	Hermione gets Balder to the apartment and starts getting things ready in the kitchen as he starts to clean off. When asked about finding out the effects of the gas and how long it takes to wear off, Min grabs her phone and connects to the app that lets her access JARVIS. She waits for the information while cutting up the vegetables for dinner and then relays the information to her paramour.
Balder	Balder undresses and heads for the Shower. Once he is told when the effects will wear off He calms down but he still sits underneath the shower lletting the water wash over him and dissociating. This poison brought out memories of what he's been through and fears of what might be. It takes a bit for him to compose himself. Balder has no visible scars to cause Hermione to think there is something wrong Balder might be keeping from her but He has been through brutal horror. So Balder sits in the hot shower, trying to forget trying to put it all back in it's box.
Hermione	Hermione may not be able to see scars of his past battles, but she's a smart enough girl to know that when someone is sitting in the shower and just letting the water rain down on them, something is not altogether well. She gives him privacy to come to terms with what the gas might have made him see while she cooks dinner, but then she slides the food into the oven and comes into the bathroom. Lowering the lid of the toilet, she sits down, watching her partner. "Do you want to talk about it?" she asks, not pushing but letting Balder know that is willing to listen
Balder	"nothing can harm me. Thats the story they tell of me. Can you imagine what someone like me would be afraid of?" Balder says quietly. There is a long pause "Do you really want me to tell you what I saw. To put that in your head?"
Hermione	Rising up from the toilet, Hermione sits on the edge of the tub. She's changed to her usual outfit about the house of shorts and a tank top. She reaches into the shower and rubs her hand on Balder's back. "Nothing can harm you. Physically. That may be true. But that says nothing about emotionally or mentally. I hurt you once. When you thought I loved someone else." She pauses for a moment, letting that sink in. "If I know you, you saw your parents and your people being harmed. You saw me and my family harmed. You saw me telling you I didn't love you anymore. You saw things that couldn't harm you physically. Because you have nothing to fear from that. But your heart and mind can be hurt so much deeper and leave scars that last much longer." She leans in, letting herself get wet from the shower, and kisses him softly
Balder	Balder kises his wife and leans against the wall. "A serpent so big it rose from the sea and tried to eat the sun." Balder murmurs. "I saw Surtur destroying everything. I saw..." Balder sighs. "you don't know what happened I haven't told anyone"
Hermione	Hermione listens and nods her head. "I've read the legends. When I first met you, I wanted to know as much about you as I could. I know that they were actually predictions of what was to come, but it helps me to understand a little of what you might have seen." She stays where she is as he leans away. "Jormungandr. So long and so great that he circles Midgard and will crush it in his coils and kill Thor. Fenrisulfr, who will grow so large and whose hunger will grow so great that he will eat the sun and bring the time of Ragnarok. Surtur... that's not a name I know about though. He's not in any of the books I read." She looks up at him, her glow keeping the room lit without need for electricity. "I know you must have seen terrible things after the war, caught on the enemy side. We have stories of our own veterans that have had that happen to them. Grandpa used to tell me all sorts of stories of his time in World War II. You know... Asgardians can probably get PTSD too. Maybe we could find someone for you to talk to."
Balder	"I'm not talking about back then. I mean now recently what happened to my home Minnie" Balder says with a plea in his voice. "I was there when they came for asgard , The new how to hurt me. They hunted me in the wilderness. Like an animal till I fell and the next i knew Surtur was destroying asgard and i was launched through space through the realms I ended up I don't know where. I was captured and tied up and forced to fight this monster too powerful to be and he hit me and beat me and struck me with so much force it hurt it broke my bones my organs but I couldn't die but he kept trying. Breaking me physically over and and over again."
Hermione	Hermione looks to her husband as if her heart might break as he tells his story. She rises and gets into the shower with him, fully clothed, and wraps her arms around him. "I'm so sorry, my love. I had no idea. But... you're here now. On Midgard. And your people are safe. Well, most of them." She looks up to him, reaching up to caress his cheek. "It was just the gas, making you relive those awful times. I promise that if something like that were to happen again, I would be fighting at your side until the end of my days."
Balder	Balder is happy that the shower hides hsi tears but he clings to his loving wife."I love you." Is all he can really say and he rest his head on her shoulder. "I love you so much."
Hermione	Holding the emotionally scarred Asgardian as close as she can, Hermione nods her head. "I love you too, sweet Balder. We will get through this. You and me. Together. I'm not leaving your side and we will find you someone who deals with emotional wounds like this. Help you to heal." The oven in the other room dings to alert the pair that dinner is ready. She gives Balder a sqeeze and looks up at him. "I need to get that. You wouldn't like dinner if it's all burnt and crunchy."
Balder	Balder looks at her and smiles slightly he kisses her on the lips. He gives her a nod and lets her go. as she leaves Balder shuts off the shower and gets up and out of the tub. After hurriedly drying himself and throws on a pair of boxer briefs that cling to his still damp body and goes out tot he dinning area. "It smells good, Love" Balder says trying to sound like he's ok.