princex

[purposeful_glory]

In the largest city on Asgard is the second-largest marketplace. (There is a smaller city with more of a commerce focus. Still.) In it, Asgardians are buying and selling objects. The aesthetic is premodern but the technology is high and the magic subtly prevalent; everyone is LARPing their very hardest that they are primordial forces of nature with only pointy sticks and their wits, and the electronics are gracefully hiding while the spellcraft props up the illusion.

Here is an Asgardian with a pointy stick, her wits, and more magic buzzing along in her than any other person for miles around. This is particular notable because she's a she. The more conventional amounts of magic locally had are all found in men.

She's not doing any magic right now, though, she's talking to a paper-seller.

Comments

[purposeful_glory]

"But you've tried before."

[disregards_the_lines]

"A few times, when I've met someone interesting enough or convincing enough."

[purposeful_glory]

"...Relatedly, are you planning to tell anyone what I look like in your peculiar vision?"

[disregards_the_lines]

"Not at this moment."

[purposeful_glory]

"I see. Well, then, in preparation for future moments which might differ, I'd better not loiter around you enough to give your rumors credibility, had I?" And she turns to leave.

[disregards_the_lines]

"Enjoy your life Princess Loki. It looks like it will be an interesting one."

[purposeful_glory]

She departs.

[disregards_the_lines]

Raiden watches her go, then goes to find out more about Asgard's magic and traditions.

[alicornucopia]

On Asgard and some culturally similar planets, magic is a masculine undertaking. Women are supposed to be physical combatants; enchanted objects are one thing, casting spells quite another. It's more acceptable for men to take up weapons than for women to fiddle with the arcane, and in either case it mostly just isn't. The queen has magic, but it's not sorcery - and she's the queen - so it's okay. Neither princess has ever been seriously accused of such unprincessly behavior as delving into the craft of seidr; they're both known to be fine warriors, each with a signature magical weapon.