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from The Bifrost Incident by The Mechanisms

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Nothing. I've got nothing. There's only one option left, and I really, really don't want to use it. Shortly after the Ratatosk Express failed to emerge from the Bifrost, a small group of bandits arrived to prey on the chaos. Their clothing and weapons were utterly alien, and it took almost 20 years to capture them. Even stranger, in the 60 years of their imprisonment, they have stubbornly refused to age. They have, however, shown an affinity for technology beyond what we know. If anyone still living knows about the Bifrost, it'll be them. I hate them.

Marius: Good morning, Inspector Lyf!
Von Raum.
M: And what can we do for you this fine prison day?
Raphaella: Is it about the Bifrost?
Uh, yes. How did you know?
Ivy: Given your distaste for us, it is the only foreseeable event that had a greater than 30% chance of bringing you here. Has the train arrived?
Yes, a few days ago.
Raphaella: Ah, then we should be leaving.
Ha, well good luck with that. Look, I'm just here because I need to understand what happened in the Bifrost. What happened to the train.
M: Well then... We shall tell you...
[Mech song begins]
SHUT UP. No singing. I’m sick of your singing. Where did you get that violin? Just tell me what happened.
M: Well if you're going to be like that, you can just watch the black box.
No I can't. The data's too corrupt.
R: Oh, is that all? Ivy?
I: Give it here.

The recordings are clear now. I can see everything. The first that matters, that really matters is from the locomotive. Thor and Sigyn standing in the driver’s compartment, staring towards where the engine should be. But inside, there is no engine. Instead a man lies upon a silver altar. His name is Kvasir, a low level member of the Midgardian resistance, but that isn't important. What is important is the dozen tubes that feed from his veins, pumping blood through the gears and groves that line the chamber. The metal is the same as what makes the track, and it hums like a far off chant.

Judging by their faces, neither Thor nor Sigyn had any idea what was in this room. After a few moments of paralysis, Sigyn runs to Kvasir, pulling tubes out of him, blood seeping from his wounds. Thor begins pulling levers and throwing switches seemingly at random, causing the glyphs and blood channels to move and warp their constellations. Then they stop. It isn't clear whether it was removing Kvasir or Thor meddling with the controls, but both of them can sense that something has changed. Something has gone very very wrong.

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from The Bifrost Incident, released January 29, 2017

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