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Black Box
The Mechanisms
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The Bifrost Incident
Any schoolchild could tell you about it
The fall of the old order
Two hundred years of Asgardian hubris come together
In a single epoch-defining event
The maiden voyage of a train through the stars
Vanished without a trace
For decades it had been old lady Odin's passion project
Her long-sought legacy
Shoot a locomotive through that man-made rainbow wormhole
Cut the time between worlds from three months to three days
All the tests had been passed with quite literal flying colours
And the train was deemed safe
And what a train it was
Gilded with gold and swirls of bismuth mosaic
Every high-up, well-to-do, nose-turning Asgardian hobnob
Was on that first trip
Or risk Odin's displeasure
So when it didn't come out the other side, who's left to rule?
In the chaos that ensued
No one really had a chance to see what happened to the train itself
And that's where I come in
Inspector second class, Lyfrassir Edda
New Midgard Transport Police
Because the Ratatosk Express has finally arrived in Midgard
Eighty years late
There's nothing left, except the twisted ruin of the engine room
And a couple of warped skeletons
And the black box
It's as much a history project as a crime scene at this point
But combing through the data still comes down to me
First recording is Odin's launching speech
Almost a century ruling Asgard
You'd think she'd be a better public speaker
Not rambling on about the glories of her pet science project
As though exporting quicker tyranny to Midgard
Was all she'd ever dreamed of
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