Ireth
Myth Weaver
Or something along that line, anyway.
I've come across a bit of a problem in my latest short story WIP. To summarize the plot, an amnesiac valkyrie named Runa goes on a quest to find one of Odin's ravens, who's been kidnapped. While searching in Jotunheim, Runa finds the raven -- and Loki, who is the perpetrator. Loki is also the one responsible for Runa's amnesia, and indirectly so for her becoming a valkyrie (since he commanded the giants who burned down Runa's village and killed her some 810 years prior). As a result Loki believed Runa owed him for giving her wings, and he took her memories of her human life as "payment".
Runa now demands that Loki free Odin's raven; Loki opts to tempt her with the restoration of her memories instead, and Runa wants both. Loki then says he'll return Runa's memories, but he'll take back her wings as a price, as well as something else (ultimately her freedom) in exchange for freeing the raven from its cage.
The problem I have is: because Loki is the ultimate a**hole trickster, the things he tempts Runa with are nothing but shiny orbs that Runa is led to believe have her stolen memories trapped inside them. She doesn't find that out until after Loki has ripped her wings off and trapped her and the raven (whose wing is broken so he can't just fly away) in a deep pit underground, with said orbs left there to mock her. How exactly can I show that the shiny orbs are nothing more or less than that? They're about the size of cherries, and as hard as diamonds despite looking just like glass (because gods, magic, etc.), so just breaking them open to see what's inside won't work.
Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I've come across a bit of a problem in my latest short story WIP. To summarize the plot, an amnesiac valkyrie named Runa goes on a quest to find one of Odin's ravens, who's been kidnapped. While searching in Jotunheim, Runa finds the raven -- and Loki, who is the perpetrator. Loki is also the one responsible for Runa's amnesia, and indirectly so for her becoming a valkyrie (since he commanded the giants who burned down Runa's village and killed her some 810 years prior). As a result Loki believed Runa owed him for giving her wings, and he took her memories of her human life as "payment".
Runa now demands that Loki free Odin's raven; Loki opts to tempt her with the restoration of her memories instead, and Runa wants both. Loki then says he'll return Runa's memories, but he'll take back her wings as a price, as well as something else (ultimately her freedom) in exchange for freeing the raven from its cage.
The problem I have is: because Loki is the ultimate a**hole trickster, the things he tempts Runa with are nothing but shiny orbs that Runa is led to believe have her stolen memories trapped inside them. She doesn't find that out until after Loki has ripped her wings off and trapped her and the raven (whose wing is broken so he can't just fly away) in a deep pit underground, with said orbs left there to mock her. How exactly can I show that the shiny orbs are nothing more or less than that? They're about the size of cherries, and as hard as diamonds despite looking just like glass (because gods, magic, etc.), so just breaking them open to see what's inside won't work.
Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!