Mythborne Episode 1: Ratnarok Begins

>  "In a world DMed by Slimecicle, Aster (Grizzly), Connor (Bizly), and Ryan (Condi) are college students with secret extraordinary powers. Today is the big game for their college Floatball team, but when a mythical disaster strikes, it's up to them to cross the threshold, put their abilities to the test, and save the day." *- Ratnarok Begins Official Description*
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## Ratnarok Begins

### Characters

Ryan Selucreh, Aster Aeliana, Connor Connors

## Episode Summary

The episode starts off with a scene that describes the life of Sigil City, where we are then led into a tucked away alley where we see a sickly green light, faintly illuminating the inside of an ancient tomb. A hand reaches out and grabs the light, launching the world into darkness.

**FLOATBALL**

The scene reopens in the large indoor Floatball Stadium of Wilrise University. On one side hangs red banners with a depiction of a ray wrapped around a ball and text that reads, “Wilrise Wildrats”. On the other side are purple banners with a griffin holding a ball in its left talon and a rat in its right, with text reading “Gilmore Griffins”

Connor stands towards the front of the stadium at the concession stand, moving around and giving out hotdogs. Aster sits at the front row, leaning over the railing and cheering on the Wildrats, along with other Wildrats fans wearing red face paint and foam fingers. Meanwhile, Ryan is in a group huddle with fellow Wildrats floatball players, made up of the The J-crew. The scoreboard reads 2-0, Griffins to Wildrats.

Ryan encourages his uncertain teammates on the upcoming round and is hoisted up by Jason. As the huddle breaks, Gary Gilmore from the Griffins looks at Ryan and makes a two-fingered “I see you” gesture, before motioning to his team to fan out. Ryan makes a punching motion back.

**THE GAME**

The game starts off with the referee throwing the floatball up in the platform middle. Gary launches himself at the ball while jeering at Ryan, who then punches Gary in the solar plexus with his left hand, catching the ball in his right. Gary flies off the platform and the crowd cheers. People rush towards the railing, nearly crushing Connor. Aster shouts at the Wildrats in a both encouragingly discouraging way.

Ryan lands on the platform, superhero style. His teammates hop from platform to platform, and Ryan passes the ball to his teammate Jackson. Ryan drops under the platform to try to sneak towards the goalpost, but Gary launches himself off a trampoline and into Ryan, sending him off the platform that Gary lands on. At the same time, Aster tells Connor to give her a hotdog. Connor hands her a floordog (a hotdog that has been on the floor), which she flings at Gary. The floordog hits Ryan just as he climbs back up the platform instead, and he falls off again. The scoreboard buzzes 3-0 in favour of the Griffins as they score. Halftime is announced.

**HALFTIME**

The Wildrats huddle together, slightly discouraged. Ryan gives them a pep-talk before halftime starts. The lights dim a dark red and flash towards the bottom of the stadium where the platforms realign to form a staircase. The announcer announces a performance by the school’s beloved Professor Aeliana and the school rat, Biwi. Aster is shocked as the crowd goes wild and some people even take their shirts off. Connor is unwillingly crowdsurfed across the field.

Professor Aeliana walks out on stage, holding a cage with a red velvet fabric covering that contains Biwi. Taking the microphone, he introduces the song he plans to sing as him and his daughter’s favourite, before singling out to Aster in the crowd. Spotlights shine on her and she is embarrassingly greeted by the entire crowd.

Dancers join the professor on stage in his performance and he is “absolutely slaying it out there”. As the beat drops, he places down the cage and uncovers it. To the crowd’s horror, the cage is empty.

**RATNAROK**

Connor, lying down after the crowdsurf, feels something hit his shoulder and looks over to see a black rat with beady eyes looking at him, and he greets it nervously. A small brown rat falls onto Connor’s shoe. Simultaneously, music weaves its way into Ryan’s ear, as if wrapping around his brain. He resists its control, but joins the other several Wildrats as they stumble into the glaring spotlight of the stage. All at once, they point at the griffin and speak in unison:

*“Too long has this rivalry stood, griffins of Gilmore. Too many times have you forged a barrier between us and the victory we deserve. Nonetheless, if we cannot acquire this merit, then we will see to it that neither can you. Prepare yourself, Griffins, for the end of all your games. Prepare yourself for Ratnarok.”*

As the last word is spoken, the spotlight is drowned out by hundreds of rats pouring from the ceiling. Chaos erupts as rats infiltrate into the fleeing crowd, scurrying away from the light of the spotlight.

Aster helps Connor up, who was lying stiffly, and suggests they leave. They notice the J-crew still motionlessly pointing, as well as Professor Aeliana, who screams as a wave of rats falls, threatening to hit them. Ryan turns to the J-crew, chuckling at what he thought was a well-executed intimidating prank. He looks up and spots the Wildrats mascot in a Biwi costume, standing amidst the rats and looking menacingly at Ryan with a green glow. When they notice Ryan, they get on all fours and scuttle across the rafters into a vent.

Aster yells at Ryan to grab Professor Aeliana. Ryan complies, pulling Professor Aeliana to safety, but he himself gets swarmed by rats instead. Connor tries to convince the Professor to clear the crowd while they assist Ryan, but the Professor dives back into the arena to try to save Ryan. A wave of rats hit him, and begin carrying him out of the stadium. In the bleachers, the rats congregate to form another wave. Ryan bursts free from the swarm, but is bitten by a few rats.

Connor uses his death tome and the ceiling above the Professor decays into dirt and ash. The rats scurry away as light shines through, leaving the Professor behind. The tidal wave of rats in the bleachers slams into Aster. Ryan jumps towards the spotlight light to shine it on the J-crew, who are still pointing, with Jason momentarily snapping out of the trance and raising his hand to form a foothold for Ryan. At this point, most of the crowd has cleared and the scattered rats begin to disperse.

**THE AFTERMATH**

Connor and Aster run up to Professor Aeliana. Aster takes out a pressed flower, using her powers to grow it into a bandage over her father’s wounds. Ryan approaches them, and they discuss the events that occurred. Professor Aeliana tells them that the mascot was meant to perform with him, before leaving in a rush to check on his other students. Ryan reveals that the Wildrats monologue was unplanned, which raises questions. Aster expresses concern over their use of powers in public. They hear the scoreboard buzz 4-0, and notice Gary Gilmore still scoring goals. Ryan throws a ball at Gary, breaking his glasses and causing him to fall. The ball bounces into the goal, scoring a point for the Wildrats. The announcer announces that the game is cancelled.

Gary calls animal control to take care of the rats. Ryan crawls on the ground to demonstrate what the mascot did, before going to talk to the J-crew, who do not seem to remember the monologue. Jason is dejected at their loss as it was his last year at Wilrise, but tells Ryan that they’ll make a comeback, before the J-crew leaves the stadium.

Connor recalls the myth of the Pied Piper and tries to make connections. Ryan brings up the music he heard. Animal control enters to fumigate the stadium, greeting Gary for what is not the first time. Connor uses his tome to decay the insides of the fumigation machines, rendering them dysfunctional while Aster tries to convince them to leave. The frustrated workers return to their van. Ryan tackles Gary. They argue and Gary shoots another hoop, but is blocked by Aster. Connor interrogates Gary, but he doesn’t comply easily and walks away rudely, mocking them as he does so.

The group further discusses the events, and concludes that they must find the mascot. Ryan jumps up to the rafters to investigate where the mascot went. The episode ends as he spots a red fraternity patch belonging to the fraternity Sigma Alpha Theta Alpha Nu (SATAN).