The Woken of Asgard (Audio File Set)

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**The Woken of Asgard** is a collectible Intelligence series. It consists of nine files.

## Files

### To: AIM Board From: Monica Rappaccini

Stop trying to throw each other to the wolves. I take full responsibility.

Despite her education, Dr. Helen Gable had no business in our Asgard Initiative from the beginning. All the markers were there. The rigid, legalistic thinking, the speech peppered with unconscious religious allusions, her childhood history. I knew all of it, and I put her in charge. Descent into hyper-religious mania was a predictable outcome.

We don't know what Dr. Gable has planned with the artifacts that she stole, or how she was able to convert so many AIM personnel to her cause when she defected. Yes, this concerns me. But I don't regret it. Only a zealot's drive could have unlocked the secrets of those artifacts. What she uncovered before her delusions took her has already made the Initiative a ten fold success

### To: Odin From: Thor Odinson

Odin Borson, Allfather, Speaker to Ravens,

I have come to depend on your lack of answers, father, for I can truly be honest in these letters. I do not even have to send them. But I long for your wisdom, now more than ever.

It has been a long while since any of the humans of Midgard truly worshipped us. Our sacred names are forgotten to them, only seen now in the fading ink of regrettable tattoos. To tell the truth, I have liked it this way. I did not recall how much devotion made me feel so unworthy.

But it has begun again. I can feel it like a gathering storm. Fanatics, calling themselves the Woken of Asgard, scratching at the past, bringing back the old ways. I know there is honor and wealth in our past. But like the plague, or chamberpots, I confess I had hoped the humans had moved on.

### A Message from Helen Gable: The Chosen Ones

Friends,

Every day, we hold the works of the gods in our hands. We grow numb to their wonder, but even as we break them apart to learn their workings, we have forged undeniable connections between us and the divine.

Make no mistake. We are beyond fortunate to be where we are. But it is more than fortune. I believe that we, all of us, have been chosen. We were chosen because we alone are awoken to the wonder of Asgard and what it offers. We alone are worthy.

I do not make these proclamations lightly, or timidly. I know, beyond all doubt, that we are here for a reason.

I know, because Thor, God of Thunder, revealed himself to me. I have stood in his presence. I have quailed before his storm. But he has found me worthy of his truth.

Now I hand this truth down to you, with open eyes. We are Awoken, chosen of Thor. We will listen and follow in his wake.

### Report on Helen Gable

Dr. Rappaccini,

We've done our best to retrieve the data that Gable and her followers tried to destroy, but she was thorough. It seems that she had been keeping two separate logs of her discoveries, one that was passed to AIM leadership and yourself, and one that was private.

For the most part, those records were identical, but in the last year, they appear to diverge wildly. She had been working directly with an artifact that we initially believed to be a fragment of a weapon. Her public research notes confirmed this fact, but privately, she had discovered that it was a key of sorts, unlocking some form of doorway, or perhaps a vehicle. She was certain that it led back to the device's creators, in Asgard.

She believed that from a complete key, she could reverse engineer the method of transit, but was unable to learn more at this time. Shortly after that is when we believe she was contacted by the outside agent we discussed. That's when everything went to hell.

### A Message from Helen Gable: Our Journey

My fellow travelers,

Your discretion and precision in these last few weeks have filled me with pride. I know it was not easy to conceal our purpose from AIM, but your dedication and determination does not go unnoticed. So I come to you today with the most glorious of news.

Thor has given me a revelation. Now that he is satisfied with our effort, the rest of our divine path lies ahead. We are done with AIM, and this mundane world. We will take what we need, and salt the earth behind us.

The way ahead will only grow more challenging. Thor, and I, will ask much of you in the coming months. But what he offers is nothing less than paradise. My brothers and sisters... Thor has found us worthy, and if we will follow him, he will take us home. He will lead us to Asgard.

### To: Odin From: Thor Odinson

Odin,

For all my dealings with the mortals, there will forever be a gulf between us. Because I am a god. I can never forget that, although I choose to ignore it most days. And when I disappeared from the world of men, Helen Gable and her followers still found a twisted version of me. Religion can be an excuse for humans, an apology in advance for intended atrocity. They will do it in our name, and the worst of them believe they are right.

The imposter who walks in my footsteps knows this - and will continue to mislead them into darkness. I cannot allow this.

I know that I have a great responsibility if I choose to walk in Midgard. Whether or not I am worthy, all the humans see is a god.

If I do not speak, the humans will do so themselves, in our name. And no man speaks for Thor.

### Report on Helen Gable: Update

Dr. Rappaccini,

We went back and reviewed Dr. Gable's correspondence with internal AIM team members just prior to he defection - The make up of the terrorist cell is generally representative of AIM personnel stationed at the same facility as the Asgard Program, indicating she was recruiting openly.

But, you were correct in that we can draw inferences based on the effort spent in converting certain key individuals, and it seems she had a vested interest in recruiting indiviudals with very specific backgrounds.

Specifically, anyone who worked on the Einstein-Rosen Bridge Project was highest on her list. You'll recall, that's when we attempted to create a stable wormhole between two microscopic singularities for instant connection between two distant points. The internal records have been expunged following the containment incident, but the few surviving team members were highest on her list.

Whatever her endgame is, that;s currently the best lead I can offer.

### Last Known Transmission from Helen Gable

My brothers and sisters,

The time has come. Thor has shown himself to me once more. This shall be the last time that he reveals himself to us on Midgard. For very soon, we will walk with the gods.

We knew this was coming. There will be fear and anxiety, but we are prepared. You will sell what you can, and leave the fragments of your old lives behind you. You may be tempted to say goodbye, or to offer comfort to those you are leaving behind, but we can take no risks. Those who do not see the truth have no place with us now.

It will be difficult. Thor will ask much of us in the coming days. A prophet of a false god might ask for your faith and for you trust. I will do no such thing.

We are here, lives on the line, not for faith, but for certainty! We are all people of science. Faith is what a charlatan asks for. We have seen the truth, undeniable and material. We have the light of the gods to guide us, and we will not falter.

### Monica's Notes: The Gable Situation

In the end, Dr. Gable and Thor provided us with one final experiment, and I suspect we will be parsing the data for sometime. Gable fulfilled her purpose, just as intended. We learn from her failures as well as her successes. We move forward.

Dr. Gable looked at the Asgardians and saw proof of the divine. I see no such thing. I see a stepping stone. The Asgardians are beings of great power, surely, but they fight, bicker, and die, just like us. I did not collect those artifacts so that we could learn to better praise them. I did it so we could one day learn to surpass them. Today, we just took a great leap forward.