Asgard was snowy. I was “tested” by someone in battle (they’re fucking powerful as hell, but astral rules dictate I can manipulate it all easily.)
I talked to Odin, he seemed good mannered. He took me under a giant gargoyle (??) and we raced (???)
I just nearly beat him, but I was giving it MY ALL and channeling weird “i am speed” bullcrap. He was also going easy, but the race (even though I didn’t understand it) lead somewhere.
He knew what I was seeking, and he decided to help. We stopped at a basin of blood. It was darker than normal.
“Whose blood is that?”
“Look into it.” He said.
I looked into the blood and saw the face of a dragon. He emerged from the blood and made a general ruckas, something Odin was fine with. (lots of destroyed shit). He was just watching.
I worked off of intuition. I asked the dragon it’s name. Didn’t get a straight answer.
“Can I drink of your essence?”
He scoffs. “Why would I give my blood to you?”
I respond, “I’m on a path to draconic ascent…” blah blah explained my situation. You get the idea.
“Yeah, I know that, why would I give it to you?”
I try to embody the path. Self deification and power. A bold move, but I had to try. “Because if you don’t, I’ll take it.”
The dragon laughed. “Ha! Okay, you have the guts, but that doesn’t mean you have the dedication. Why would I waste it on someone who won’t do anything with it?”
I just sort of opened my arms and presented myself. “Take a look into my mental plane! I’m nothing if not dedicated.”
He nods a little, agreeing, “Okay, you’ve got a point. But I can’t just give it to you.”
Yada yada cut to a montage of early sephirothic-esque tests in astral control. I break through rooms, then I realize it mimics the serpent of kundalini up the spine. When I broke through all the rooms up and down the spine, I felt a kundalini spark. I finished them and he’s like, “Alright, go ahead.”
I drank from a spiked chalice. It feels dark. He said it’s a process, I feel vaguely powerful. I felt a burst in my solar plexus. I made a few weird sounds. It was mildly intense. I just left.