~Goddess of Joy and Peace
Nanna is the wife of Baldr and the couple produced a son, the god Forseti.
Baldr was incessantly tormented at night by phantoms which mimicked the shape of Nanna and caused him to fall into such an unhealthy condition that he could not even walk properly. The violent passion that soaked his heart brought him almost to the verge of collapse. He judged that victory had yielded him nothing if it had not given him Nanna as a prize.
After Baldr's death, Nanna dies of grief. Nanna is placed on Baldr's ship with his corpse and the two are set aflame and pushed out to sea.
In Hel, Baldr and Nanna are united again.
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ZNT4A
Day 3: Lisa//leap
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Lisa catches a glimpse of a pool from the corner of her eyes and her body moves on its own. She throws her bag at Yui and jumps in, cute outfit, socks and shoes, and all that before her friend can even protest.
The water is a shock of cool against the heavy summer sun, the cold freezing its way through layers of clothes, skin, muscles and bones. The world is bright blue against her retinas and the sunlight dances its way to the bottom of the pool. When she surfaces, Lisa's longer hair slaps her face, her nose fills with the smell of chlorine, and warm water spills down her ears and chin.
"Hey!" Yui calls out to her, and Lisa wades closer to her friend, a sheepish smile tugging at the corner of her lips. "You scared me crazy. What did you jump in for?"
Lisa doesn't even need to think of her answer: "Because it was hot."
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Lisa picks up a pair of blue glasses and Yui groans behind her, so she turns to look at her friend, one eyebrow raised in question.
"I knew you'd pick the blue one," Yui says, and she doesn't even sound gleeful at her correct prediction, just exasperated.
Lisa frowns, on the defensive. "What's wrong with blue? It's a perfectly fine color."
Yui rolls her eyes, one hand on her hip and the other vaguely pointing at her. "Take a look at your outfit."
Lisa looks down: dark flats, white pants, a red camisole, and a dark blue clip in her hair. She doesn't get where Yui's coming from.
Her friend sighs. "I always see you dressed in red, white, and blue. I don't think I've even ever seen you go outside without wearing those. You need to wear something else!"
Lisa looks at her outfit again, eyes catching on her red-white-blue striped belt and matching anklet, then back at the pair of glasses in her hand. "I happen to like this combination," she says, softly rubbing the rim of the glasses, mind stuck on the memories of two boys.
"I know," Yui says softly. "I'm not saying you can't wear this anymore. Just that you should broaden your horizon. Try if for me, please?"
Lisa sighs and agrees, which is why the next day, she shows up in a pale yellow dress.
Yesterday's blue glasses perched on her nose.
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Lisa isn't sure why this one video caught her attention out of the many hundreds recommended to her by youtube. Maybe it's the insomnia, maybe it's the exhaustion, maybe it's the burning of her eyes, or maybe it's the red-white-blue of the preview, a faint memory of two boys springing at the back of her mind.
She can barely read the name, letters twisted and curled in unfamiliar patterns. When she does click on the video, there are no comments, no description, nothing: just a loading symbol spinning round and round and round as Lisa fetches her earphones in the meantime.
The start of the song is slow, the piano crisp and clear in her ears. The singer's voice sounds sad, nostalgic, yet hopeful at the same time, and Lisa feels herself being transported to a time when things were so complicated yet so simple.
If she takes one earphone out and closes her eyes, she can picture Nine standing on her left, fingers closed around his phone. She can see Twelve rolling the ball between his feet, his shuffling silent in order to not disturb them.
V-O-N comes to and end, and Lisa opens her eyes, finding her heart stuck in her throat. She swallows thickly, and turns her computer off.
Lisa goes to sleep, dreaming of Nine, Twelve, and V-O-N (hope).
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Hiiiiiii I was wondering when you will post the prompts for the znt 4th anniversary?
They’ll hopefully be posted end of this month/first week of July, as we’re just working on them now! :)
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Pain (Nine)
Nine never thought of himself as particularly emotive. While Twelve wore his heart on his sleeve, Nine was the opposite. He kept what he was feeling deep inside the cage that was his heart. There were no room for emotions when they were in the Institution. It was a hard and cruel lesson but it had wormed its way into Nine at an early age.
However, the moment when he tried to stop Twelve from going to Lisa, he felt that cage break. He was desperate, he didn’t want his beloved friend (crush, now that he thought back on it) going off on a suicide mission. He knew that Five had Lisa in her grasp and that she would set a trap. Five had picked up on Twelve’s feelings for the useless girl and planned on using her. Also, Five had seen how Nine had looked at Twelve and figured the best way to get Nine out was to trap Twelve, which included taking Lisa.
A clever plan, but he didn’t plan on following. He knew Twelve more than Five did, after all. Twelve would have a plan, but Nine had a suspicion that if pushed, the brunette would reveal everything. To save the one he loved.
So once Twelve left in a fit of rage and fear, Nine knew it was over. All their work on revealing the Athena plan to the world was crumbling, but not completely impossible either. He had run several plans through his head and made back-ups just in case one didn’t work.
“Dammit Twelve,” he muttered under his breath. A few stray tears trailed down his cheek but no more followed. “If that’s how it has to be, then so be it. I just hope you are happy with her. You deserve better than me anyway.”
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~God of Light, Purity and the Summer Sun
“The second son of Odin is Baldr, and good things are to be said of him. He is best, and all praise him; he is so fair of feature, and so bright, that light shines from him.”
He had a dream of his own death and his mother had the same dreams. Since dreams were usually prophetic, this depressed him, so his mother Frigg made every object on earth vow never to hurt Baldr. All objects made this vow except mistletoe.
Loki gave a spear of mistletoe to Baldr's brother, the blind god Höðr, who then inadvertently killed his brother with it.
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July 9th [Day 1] MYTHOLOGY
July 10th [Day 2] TRANSPARENT // NINE’S DAY
July 11th [Day 3] LEAP // LISA’S DAY
July 12th [Day 4] FREEDOM // TWELVE’S DAY
July 13th [Day 5] DARE // FIVE’S DAY
July 14th [Day 6] DISORDER // SHIBAZAKI’S DAY
July 15th [Day 7] ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
Remember, the themes serve only as a general guide, but any and all posts will be accepted during the week (provided that they are tagged ZNT4A), even if they’re not strictly related to the themes.
Have fun, guys!
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Day 3: Lisa - Leap
On feathers
I guess this is not so much of a leap but this is how I usually imagine her sooo... besides I’m still terrible at capturing motion ugh.
Even though I prepared a few dáy early I still dont know if I have time to do Twelve and Five suddenly the schedule is so tight after exams and everything, so I am gonna borrow some hope from the show *sigh*
DA link: http://fav.me/dcgx32h
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