[Ivar watches as what looks like a tree begins to form. Perhaps it is Yggdrasil, the World Tree? That is what the symbol would represent among the Norse. As he watches, he sees the splatter of a few drops of blood appear on the ground, as if there is some invisible being that has been injured.
The drops of blood intrigue him. If Billy were able to see the Viking now, he'd see something rather bizarre. Ivar dips a finger into the blood in the dirt, smearing it, and then licks it off. Hmmm, tastes like it might be human. When one participates in as many rituals involving drinking both animal and human blood as Ivar has, there comes a point when the difference between the two becomes apparent upon tasting it.
Going back to the drawing in the dirt, he tries to decipher it. Is this meant to say something about where they are? He assumes they have to be somewhere within the Nine Realms still, he's just unsure of which world that would be. So he writes a single word in the dirt, runes that form one word: 'Yggdrasil?' The question mark doesn't look like a modern one would. Much as words evolved, so did symbols. Instead, it's more like a jagged lightning bolt with a dash through it.]
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The drops of blood intrigue him. If Billy were able to see the Viking now, he'd see something rather bizarre. Ivar dips a finger into the blood in the dirt, smearing it, and then licks it off. Hmmm, tastes like it might be human. When one participates in as many rituals involving drinking both animal and human blood as Ivar has, there comes a point when the difference between the two becomes apparent upon tasting it.
Going back to the drawing in the dirt, he tries to decipher it. Is this meant to say something about where they are? He assumes they have to be somewhere within the Nine Realms still, he's just unsure of which world that would be. So he writes a single word in the dirt, runes that form one word: 'Yggdrasil?' The question mark doesn't look like a modern one would. Much as words evolved, so did symbols. Instead, it's more like a jagged lightning bolt with a dash through it.]