u/SquirrelOfYggdrasil

*Ratatoskr, in her human form, appears through a Yggdrasil portal before the German noble within his office in a secret Hydra base.*

You're not an easy man to find, Herr Zemo, but as both a goddess and an investigative journalist, I have my ways.

I'm sure you're surprised to see me, but before you call for your guards, I beseech you hear out my proposition.

I have heard tell that you possess an artifact of immense power. In the wrong hands such power can cause truly chaotic events. I've also heard that you are definitely the wrong hands.

Now, before you argue against that, I'm not trying to remove such a thing from you. I love chaos. So, I wish to aid your use of this device. I'm not the only one with ways to find you, and we both know those who would wish to stop you have been more than capable of doing so in the past.

With a goddess on your side, one who has razed entire realms into ruins with just a whisper or two, you'd be much better protected against potential threats to your power.

If you refuse, I'll leave. If you accept, then I'll look forward to a wonderful partnership. But either way, I will be watching your chaos with great delight.

So what will it be, Herr Zemo?

*Rachel Oskar sits within her office at YDSL News, the news company she had used her powers to build up, where she was the only real employee*

Boredom can be a very dangerous thing for us deities. And I've felt it for a while.

*She looks at the tree symbol plastered on the microphone she uses to report on the news*

I've witnessed the chaos Midgard has to behold, it does hold true beauty to me, but it has become entirely... Mundane...

*She looks over to the man before her, a veteran from the Canadian military*

I've heard tell of the depravity your government and military has wrought in the wars this realm has waged. I want you to bring that chaos back for me.

"What?! But that stuff has been deemed illegal by all the governments on the planet!"

*She glares at him*

Hmm... I don't really think I care... Plus, it'd make great news!

"I won't do it! You're crazy, Lady!"

Perhaps, but wouldn't you love to stick it to everyone in the government who's ever treated you wrong?

"I... Y-yeah! Yeah! You're right! What has the government ever done for me? I was just their pawn!"

Indeed. And now, you can take charge of your own life and spread glorious chaos!

"Yeah! I'm my own person! And I can do whatever I want! I can burn it all to the ground!"

Yes. Now go, my puppet. Go bring chaos. If anyone asks you who sent you on this quest, you won't remember anything of my involvement.

"I... I won't remember you."

Good little pet. Now, go.

*Later that day, a makeshift bomb explodes in a government building in Ontario. No one can trace it back to Ratatoskr.*

*She sits in her office, and smiles*