The Phoenix Project

From God of Mischief to babysitter in a few hours

[ 06:11 ]

P.O.V. from Loki

We spent a few hours helping Stark with a few last things before the "enhanced version" of his project was completed. In addition to our help as such "monitors", he needed another help with some nomenclatures. According to him, calling people mentors and young people didn't sound very good, and although he "was not good with names", he wanted us to use Nordic names to call these people. So we sat around his desk and began to give our ideas. We had to explain about the language, the pronunciation, and this lasted longer than the search for the names themselves. I decided not to talk much. It was obvious that I wasn't very happy with this whole idea, but I needed to be there, there was no way out. But having to supervise one of these people? It sounded extremely boring. Anyway, I cooperated, even against my will.

For the mentors, the name vīsstyr was stipulated, with the combination of the words "wise" and "master", a name that says it all. For the project participants, mækirja was the chosen name. The junction of the words "warrior" and "beggining", forming the beginning warrior, or just beginner. Thinking from Stark's side, those names really sounded much better.

— Great. This names came out brilliant. — Stark thus complimented by finishing his notes on his system. - So now you'll be the first vīsstyres of this project. But first - He raised his index finger as his right hand moved a monitor on his desk. - To be vīsstyres, you need your mækirjar.

A flap full of photos opened. Photos standard, of several people. The photos were a source of link, so once selected, they opened a new tab. So then, Stark clicked on a photo. It was a blonde, fair-skinned girl with blue eyes. Beside the photo, some notes about such a girl.

— Candice Accola. Born in the United States, Texas, 26 years old. Her father was a member of the U.S. armed forces army, he arrived at the rank of sergeant, but today he is retired.

Another photo in the side appeared. A man with blond hair and blue eyes, just like his daughter. Not just the color of the eyes or the hair, but the look of the father and the daughter were incredibly similar. Intense, deep.

— But, what's more interesting is her mother.

A second image appeared. It was not a picture, but a painting. A woman in white and red armor, with short, dark hair.

— Belona. In Roman mythology, she is the goddess of war. She was here on Earth with her army in the middle of the Civil War of Eitopia, along with the American army, with the presence of Candice's father.

— And the humans knew about her presence here? — Valkyrie asked.

— No. And they never knew. The one who kept this secret was Candice's father. He served as a guardian. If someone in the army suspected the intervention of the gods in the war, he should cover Belona. But the relationship between Belona and her guardian went beyond the battlefield. So they had a daughter that is...

— A semi-goddess. — Thor cut him off.

- Exactly. And just like her parents, Candice has always been very fearless. But, as you know, she can not be raised by her mother, so she saw Belona only in her dreams. And her father, almost always on the field, left Candice alone with relatives or a housekeeper for a long time.

New images and videos have appeared. Some showed Candice at school, or with a few friends, but some scenes in particular caught more attention.

— From a very young age, Candice trained how to fight, even with weapons. She took classes of various kinds of fighting, and as soon as she was 18, she learned how to use firearms. - He pointed to pictures that showed Candice using different types of weapons, and videos in which the girl easily knocked out other opponents in different types of fighting.