Challenge #8

[dance_the_dance]

Crossover Conversations
(closes 30 November 2012 at 3 pm GMT)

Challenge:- Choose any female character(s) and post comments that the character would post if she had lj. Reply to other people's threads with the things that your character(s) would have to say

Comments

[rhye]

The Touchstone? Is that something I should be worried about?

Also, in my experience, very few things are 'just' the weather. All that stuff about high pressure and low pressure-- that's mostly what mortals tell themselves so they can think they understand what causes events beyond their control. 'Superstorm Sandy' for instance! Sure you can say it was a set of complex weather patterns coming together, but who do you think causes those weather patterns to behave the way they do? Who do you think decides when to turn the storm inland? Do you think that the fact that it hit downtown Manhattan was a coincidence? Of all the possible places on the planet that could have been hit by that storm, and it hits there? Sorry, I'm still angry about that. I know Poseidon had a good reason to be angry with Hera, but to disregard the innocent lives of the mortals just trying to go through their daily lives in order to throw what amounts to a god-sized temper tantrum-- I think it's very rude. But at least in that case I do know the cause and we've

[erinm_4600]

I haven't had the pleasure of meeting those System Lords yet. I need to make some calls to our allies, it would seem.

The Touchstone is a device from the planet Medrona. It regulates their weather. It was stolen and brought to Earth, which caused a lot of random weather patterns that weren't normal for various parts of the globe. And nearly destroyed Medrona.

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Just got word from Medrona - the Touchstone is in place.

-Sam Carter [SG-1]

[rhye]

That's both good and bad news. If Kione had the Touchstone, at least we would know what was happening and have some idea of what she was planning. Now, I'm back to square one with no information, but at least we know she hasn't stolen this Touchstone.

One question, though-- when you say other planets, do you mean, like, other planets? Around other stars? If you do-- in that paradigm-- I guess you could call the gods our System Lords. Do other planets have their own? I don't know why that should surprise me, I guess I honestly just never thought about it. You've met these other System Lords but you haven't met or even heard that we have our own? That does surprise me, a bit.

- Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson)

[erinm_4600]

Sorry for the slow reply. Had to make sure the connection was secure for this one. Technically breaking the law by telling you this

System Lords are the most powerful Goa'ulds in the galaxy. Their race is heavily-based on the Egyptian gods, and each controls their own space and armies. There's a lot of in-fighting, though, which has worked in our favor on more than one occasion. We've managed to knock a few down some pegs, if not remove them from power entirely. On occasion, we've had to even work with the System Lords, in order to fight something worse.

Then, there are the Asgard, who take their basis from the Norse gods. Colonel O'Neill did have a run-in with a System Lord named Ares, once, but he's presumed KIA.

-Sam Carter [SG-1]

[rhye]

Oh. Well either that was not actually Ares, or else his death was a ruse, because I can assure you Lord Ares is very much alive and living in Manhattan. I probably shouldn't be telling you any of this either, but I think that sometimes the exchange of information is so beneficial that you have to set other rules aside. Or at least, I believe my mother would think so. I'm assuming you wouldn't share anything I'm telling you with these System Lords. I'm not in the habit of sharing my own conversations with anyone besides my boyfriend, but I'll even keep this private from him also since he usually doesn't think before opening his mouth. Still, this sounds like information that could one day be vital, and it wouldn't be good to be caught someplace where you need this information to survive and to not have it, so I'm grateful that you're sharing this with me

[erinm_4600]

Only System lord I'm on even remote speaking terms is Ba'al. And he usually gets my fist in his face before he can finish his thought. Nothing will be shared with a System Lord by me. You have my word.

The history is a bit sketchy, but I'd say it's a little bit of both. Well, a lot of both. Doctor Jackson is really better to explain it; he's the history nerd. I'm a tech nerd. :)

If your Gods are actually aliens, I have to say that they're doing an excellent job of keeping a low-profile, what with all the actvity we've had in our own Solar System over the years.

Also, philosophy is Daniel's forte, as well.

-Sam Carter [SG-1]

[rhye]

The gods use something called The Mist to cover the perceptions of mortals. Mortals come up with all sorts of silly explanations for things that are the doings of the gods. But also, they haven't get that low of a profile, really. You just think you know better than to believe in them. After all, when I speak about the gods-- about Lord Ares or Lord Zeus or my mother Athena, you know exactly who I mean, don't you? You spoke of a Colonel, didn't you? The Colonel rank in the U.S. has as its symbol an eagle, right? That's the sacred animal of Zeus, and that's not a coincidence. So really, your friend the Colonel is honoring Zeus right on his clothes even if he doesn't believe in Zeus. There is such a thing as hiding in plain sight.

- Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson)

[erinm_4600]

I never really thought about it like that. But what I meant by low-profile was that while we were defending the planet from attack, it was just us. We didn't have any outside help, mysterious or otherwise.

-Sam Carter [SG-1]

[rhye]

Oh yeah, that's likely. Our own gods are usually too busy fighting each other to be much help to the planet. Just look at how Poseidon devastated all of Manhattan simply because he was angry at his sister! If you had to protect us from aliens, I'm glad you were there! I've been busy trying to protect us from our own gods. Which sort of brings us full circle because I'm still afraid that this Kione is up to something.

- Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson)

[erinm_4600]

Not sure what help we can offer. But don't hesitate to call, if you need help.

-Sam Carter [SG-1]