A Problem Comes Crashing Down

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There was a small sparkle in the sky, as a worm hole from dimensions layered upon dimensions opened up, and spat a lowly figure from its core. The small being, with a loud, drawn out yell, fell through the air, head over heels, towards the village below. 
…
After the perilous events that had ultimately landed another deathblow to the Central authority, the Felmen’s had once again been able to gather under the same roof for a family dinner. The table was set, the spread lovingly placed together, and the members gathered. 
And then the figure smashed through the roof and bounced off the table harshly, before falling to the ground with a clatter. 
Grey and her family hardly had a moment to react when the figure threw itself into an upright position. It was a short, gangly creature with paper white, amphibian like skin, and stringy black hair. Webbed hands and feet slapped against the floor as the humanoid starred wildly around with massive, ink black eyes, and a drooping pink tongue. “What the fuck! What the FUCK! Ow that- Ow? OW!? That hurt?!” She starred up at the hole and then pressed her hands into her bruised face. “Why did that hurt?! HOW did that hurt?! Why is my voice so-?! Why, am…I…?” 
Hel starred at her small hands, and then slowly peaked over them to looked at the slack jawed Felmen’s. 
“Oh…balls…”
@lbigreyhound13
Jan 6, 2021
Grey had thought that after being home and leaving the authority of the Rebellion to her niece full time with promised check-ins that things would be quiet on the island. As she sat down for dinner with her husband and their three children with Shadow curled up by the fire snacking on her fish dinner, it seemed that that was where things were headed. 
As Sven was about to mention what Malak had taught him in their sparring lessons that day, a loud crash came from above…and something or someone…landed on their table causing all the Felmans to scream and jump back.
Shadow immediately jumped in front of Sven, Dagny, and Kari as they huddled behind her while Grey and Brandt stood in front of the dragon readying their swords. The stranger looked odd…and Shadow relaxed when she smelled a familiar scent. Then they heard her voice.
“Hel?” Grey asked raising an eyebrow.
Jan 6, 2021
“OOOOH NO!” Hel wailed in despair and briefly ran in a circle of sheer panic as she gripped her head. “Oh no, oh no! The war, Frigga, why is this a thing-?” She gasped as she clamped her hands over her mouth. “The bet…”
Jan 6, 2021
“This…is the goddess of Helheim…?” Brandt asked as he and his wife lowered their swords. 
“Yeah…pretty much,” Grey replied as they watched Hel scream at the top of her lungs.
Sven couldn’t help but peek over his mother’s shoulder and scanned the creature. “I thought she would be a lot bigger than that…” he whispered to Grey.
Jan 6, 2021
“Pretty much!?” Hel blustered. “You know damn well that isn’t true!” She then returned to her pacing. “No, no, no this can’t be happening. Okay, wait, breath. Just run a quick test.” Hel gave a toss of her hair, and then confidently extended her hand to give a crisp snap of her fingers. 
Nothing happened.
Hel screamed again.
Jan 6, 2021
“Okay! Okay!” Grey said walking up to Hel holding her hands out to calm the Goddess down. “Calm down. Take a deep breath and calm down. Tell us what happened.”
Feb 4, 2021
Hel dove forward and scrambled under the table. “If she sees me like this we’re toast! This is unreal!” She then drew the suggested breath, and poked her nose out from under the table cloth. “Okay, listen, this is probably easily reversible. I made a…bet…of sorts with another god. A drop of his power would have been extremely helpful. But I had to prove myself in a certain way in order to get it…I guess…I didn’t. And he did this!” 
Feb 4, 2021
“Who’s he?” Sven asked as he crept out from behind his parents eying the creature under the table. 
Grey crept a little closer to the table where Hel was hiding and bent down to her level while holding a hand up to calm her down. “I thought all the gods were defeated in Ragnorak…except for you,” Grey said quietly. 
Feb 4, 2021
“Some…intergalactic…dickhead…doesn’t matter.” Hel waved a hand. “As for my victory with Ragnarok…that was…perhaps overstated…and it was also a very earth realm specific, galaxy at best, kind of thing! We all killed each other pretty well, but some of us were only defeated. And trust me, it is a lot easier to defeat a god than it is to kill it. Odin, was killed, Fenrir, was killed. But Frigga was only defeated, and has been plotting to ffffffuck up all my shit ever since! That hag! That-!”
Hel covered her mouth, and whisked back under the table. “I have to be quiet. Anyway, the guy who did this was from a whole other system. Fuuuuck. I fucked up…” 
Feb 4, 2021
“Just when I thought things would finally get quiet around here…” Grey said to herself. She took a deep breath and turned back to Hel as Shadow came up to them sniffing the goddess. 
“Okay, whatever it is that you fucked up…I’m sure it’s fixable,” Grey said with a small smile. “Is there anything we can do to help you? Surely, you will need some shelter.”
Feb 4, 2021
Hel’s mind flashed back to that day she stood over Central, her mouth agape with deadly mist. 
The anger…
The self certainty… 
“Oh.” Hel blinked once, and then waved another dismissive hand. “Pffftt, yeah. Very fixable. This just screams ‘learn some life lessons and move on’ kind of deal. I just…” She cleared her throat. “Yes. A place in the basement would be great, and lowered voices.” She tapped her chin. “But tomorrow I’ll need to talk to anyone I can to help me get back to…myself…in private of course.” 
Feb 4, 2021
“Well, we don’t have a basement, but…” she looked around, “you can sleep here on the first floor if that’s okay. I have guards all around, so you will be protected on the island and free to do whatever you wish.”
Feb 4, 2021
Hel was clearly unnerved by this. “Oooh man…I…well if the table cloth is extra long I’ll just stay under here. No guards. That’ll get her attention.” She gave a nervous laugh. “N-no worries. I’ll have allll this figured…out…tomorrow…” She gave a yawn, and then blinked. “What the me was that? Oh extended family members! It was a yawn…I’m…” Her eyes drooped a little. “I’m, a, little…” 
Feb 4, 2021
Grey chuckled and shook her head. “It’s called being tired,” Grey said. “You just need some sleep.” She turned to Brandt. “Sweetheart, will you go grab some blankets and a pillow?”
Brandt nodded before moving over to the closet and pulling out some blankets and a pillow. 
“So…we’re all just okay with this?” Sven asked. “We’re okay with a goddess staying here?”
“Sven, when you’ve seen the things I’ve seen,” Grey replied with a raised eyebrow, “nothing surprises you anymore.”
Feb 5, 2021
Hel, very gently took the blanket and pillow that Grey handed her, and something changed in her eyes when she did. For the first time, she starred up at the Chief, instead of down at her. Her gaze drifted to an old memory, and she leaned forward, and drew a breath to say something…
But stopped.
Guilt heated her cheeks and twisted in her stomach, but it was matched with pride….
She hugged the materials to her chest. “Yes well…” She said as she turned away to huddle further under the table. “Goodnight…I will…handle this ‘getting tired’ issue…and then we can find a way to turn me back.” 
Feb 5, 2021
“Okay, come sleep by the fire,” Grey said gently taking Hel by her arm. “You’ll keep warm, and you’re probably going to need some food to keep your strength up. You always did want us to sacrifice food to appease you.”
Feb 6, 2021
Hel let her arm slip out of Grey’s, and that awful, awful feeling came back. Hel knew what guilt was. But this cold sweat, this twist in her gut and throb in her heart. She had no idea what to make of it. But that was all physical. It couldn’t guilt. 
Could it?
“That was one time.” She said, and was surprised by the moodiness of her voice. It sounded so different when it came from human anatomy. “Just perpetuating a old stereotype for kicks. And I can’t go out there. I have to stay hidden.” 
Feb 6, 2021
“I was only kidding about the sacrifice,” Grey said raising an eyebrow, “and there’s a fire pit over there.” She pointed to the fire pit in the middle of the living room, where Shadow was sitting not too long ago. “You’re still in the house, and still hidden. Plus Shadow usually sleeps out here.”
Hel gave a cautious glance around, felt a grip of anxiety when she realized that wherever her mortal vision fell, was as far as it would go, and then threw the blanket around herself like a cloak as she complied with sitting by the fire. “Well…fine…” She muttered to herself.
Her mind felt like a puzzlebox, where nothing that used to be hers would be unlocked without twisting, turning, and trying to find the hidden tricks that would open it up. Her fingers fidgeted as she sat beside Shadow and the fire. And then, all at once, that tight feeling in her chest swelled like tea boiling up from a kettle, and she stood up. “Um, Grey!” Hel blurted out a little louder than she intended, and then pressed her lips together. 
Her head moved as it it wanted to look away from her, and Hel had to force it to stay in place. “I…I’m sorry…about the water…what I did to you, just for saying something…it wasn’t right…” 
@lbigreyhound13   
Feb 7, 2021
“What water thing?” Dagny asked. 
“I’ll tell you another time, sweetheart,” Brandt said with a wink. Grey had once told him that story when they were only courting. 
Grey smiled. “Hel, it was 25 years ago,” she said. “I’ve forgiven you a long time ago. It also…doesn’t help that I had…a bit of a spiteful attitude as well.”
Feb 7, 2021
“It makes for no excuse…” Hel said. “But… thank you… anyway.
She gave a long exhale through her nose. “There were… quite a few things I did back then. Some I considered necessary. Others… just weren’t. And I… I’m not sure what to do about that. I’m thinking about it so much more than I used to now. How long has it been, since I got here? ”
Feb 7, 2021
“About 10 minutes or so, why?” Brandt said raising an eyebrow as he placed some food on a plate and placed it on the floor next to Hel.
Feb 7, 2021
….
“What?” Hel said with notable disbelief. “The water thing was twenty five years ago but this was only ten minutes?!”
She fell back on her rear. “Holy crap. Time just drags like this for you guys? I think I’m…” She felt her face. “I dont…I’m starting to sweat…and my throat and stomach feels…” Hel gave a small burp as she covered her mouth with both hands.
Feb 7, 2021
Kari gasped and, before either of her parents or siblings could react, she grabbed a bucket from under the stairs and ran over to Hel. “You’re going to throw up,” she said to the froggy goddess placing a hand on her back. “You should do it in this.”
Feb 7, 2021
Hel vomited the moment the bucket was under her mouth, and then gave a frustrated yell of disgust. “Oh! Aw what the fuck!” She spat into the bucket, and shuddered. Her fingers gripped into it. “Uuuugh! I why do I have no idea what bad or uncomfortable stuff is anymore!? This is bullshit!”
Her breath quickend as she paced in a feverish circle. The blanket and fire were very warm, and her breathing rappid. “He didn’t just make me mortal. He tailored my cognitive abilities. I know I’m a god, but I don’t understand what ‘about to puke’ feels like!? He’s got to be kidding me! I need to get back to normal- I need to- maybe- Everything’s a little- oh…no…”
And with that Hel tipped over in a faint.
Feb 7, 2021
“Uhhh...Mom?” Kari asked looking to Grey. 
“Oh gods, Sven, Dagny, get some water,” Grey said as she ran over and knelt down next to Kari helping her keep Hel sitting up as best as they could. “Brandt, help me get her lie her down. Kari, get those blankets.”
Everyone did as Grey instructed. She and Brandt lied her down next to the fire on a small mat, and Kari covered her with blankets to keep her warm. Sven and Dagny returned with ice and water, and Grey gently pressed the cloth to cool Hel down as she stayed unconscious,
“Is she going to be okay, Mom?” Kari asked.
“She’s going to be fine, sweetheart,” Grey said as she placed cloth in the bucket. “She’s just asleep. I think whatever this bet was did a number on her.”
“We should let her get some rest,” Brandt said. “Let’s clean up, and leave her be.” Shadow immediately took it upon herself to keep watch as the family did just that. She could inform Grey if something happened. 
“I’ll have to run over to the Jaw and let Lila know,” Grey said as she and Brandt cleaned up the mess from Hel’s entrance. “I’ll leave early tomorrow, so that I’m back in time for Sven.”
“You really think that’s necessary?” Brandt asked. “I mean we don’t know if this involves the Rebellion.”
“We were her champions in Ragnarok,” Grey said, “so...chances are it does. Besides, I promised Lila I would make sure to keep her in the loop.”
“Okay,” Brandt said a small smile. “But for right now, let’s get some food and get some sleep. I think we’re in for a bit of a wild dragon ride with this.”
Grey chuckled. “I agree,” she said.