A Most Cunning Fish

A Most Cunning Fish was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Basim Ibn Ishaq in 2020 through the Portable Animus HR-8.5, in which a vision of one of Odin's memories could be seen.
==Description==
Havi overheard the concerns between two dwarven siblings.
==Dialogue==
Havi heard an argument between a brother and sister.
*Meiri: Look, don't be embarrassed. If you've lost the key, just say so.
*Batr: I'm not bloody embarrassed. It's like I said! The damn fish took it from me!
*Meiri: You were robbed... by a fish! C'mon, get serious!
*Batr: I am serious!
*Meiri: So, what? The fish reached into your pocket and just took the key?
*Batr: What? Don't be stupid. I... uh, gave it the key.
*Meiri: You 'gave' our key... to a fish?!
*Batr: An exceedingly persuasive fish, yes! You want it back, you go talk to it!
*Meiri: Look, just... tell me again, exactly what happened.
*Batr: So I was gonna catch the fish, right? Well... it had other ideas. Told me to drop everything I had in the water. So, um, I did.
*Meiri: Right. Good. That clears that up, then.
Havi spoke to both Meiri and Batr.
*Havi: You there. What's this of a fish-based robbery?
*Meiri: According to my brother here, the damned fish that guards these waters has now taken to petty theft.
*Havi: It guards these waters? Surely a terrifying creature of the deep!? All teeth and tentacles, and eyes all over its monstrous head, yes? A challenge fit for the Lord of Asgard!
Meiri and Batr looked at each other confused.
*Batr: No, no. Just a normal, y'know, fish.
*Havi: But huge, at least... Yes?
*Meiri: No. Not especially.
*Batr: But it is cunning! No dwarf has caught a fish here in months, and all because of that one fish!
*Havi: ...Indeed. And... what of the theft?
*Meiri: It managed to charm our hard-fought key right out of my stupid brother's pocket, he reckons.
*Batr: It was most persuasive.
*Meiri: Listen, stranger. Catch this fish, you can keep our key and the treasure it unlocks. We just want that one fish gone. What'd you say?
*Havi: Perhaps. Let us see what this beast is capable of.
*Batr: Us? Oh no. I'm staying well away. You want it, you get it. I'm off.
*Meiri: Yeah, there must be somewhere decidedly less dangerous to go fishing...
Havi walked to the fishing edge.
*Havi: Come, fearsome creature of the depths! No more shall you torment those who visit these waters. Face your end at the hand of the High One!
Havi received no answer.
*Havi: (clears throat) Have at you!
Havi used his fishing line to reel in the fish. After some time, Havi got a bite and started to reel the fish in.
*Havi: (grunt) This feels different! You... you are the guardian fish! Come here!
:Havi might have shot and wounded the fish, instead.
Havi reeled the fish in and caught his prize. However, Havi placed the fish down and it transformed to a Jotun warrior, Kjoptr.
*Kjoptr: My mouth! What are you playing at? You don't see me barging into Asgard and dragging you out of your house!
*Havi: So, not a fish at all!
*Kjoptr: No, and not an enemy. I was there when you came to Jotunheim, and drank enough mead to kill a man. I saw what you did to Suttungr that day, damn near beating him to a pulp single-handedly. Only a fool would challenge you. But, you have bested me fairly when no other could. And believe me, many have tried.
Kjoptr took out the treasure chest's key.
*Kjoptr: You want this key, I assume.
*Havi: That, and for you to leave these waters.
*Kjoptr: That I will not do. I have made a home here. Dwarves repeatedly intrude. Make attempts on my life, and those of my aquatic neighbors. I won't stand for it. So I impede them, harming nothing but their pride. I daresay you would defend your lands from invaders more vigorously?
*Havi: Aye, I would, and I see your point, as strange as this all may seem.
*Kjoptr: Then have your prize, and I shall have mine. Life as a fish is full of wonder you'd never imagine, so I shall protect these waters for as long as I live.
*Havi: Very well.
Kjotpr gave Havi the chest's key.
*Havi: After all that, let's hope this chest was worth the bother.
*Kjoptr: I just want to swim in peace. No concerns. No burdens. Just movement, and flow. You hear that, brothers? Sisters? Our lake is safe again! ...Hm. Conversation is the one thing I miss, mind. I shall guard this lake, and all who dwell within it. It is an honor and a privilege. Feels strange, having legs again... I found the most remote lake in Svartalfheim, and yet dwarves flock here like there is no invaders in their lands.
Havi opened the chest and collected a Platinum ingot and left Kjoptr in his new home.
==Outcome==
Havi caught the mischievous fish, who turned to a Jotun named Kjoptr, and let him live in peace as a fish.
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök
Category:Memories of Eivor Varinsdottir
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5