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[redhourglass]

[ Natasha isn't quite certain why she feels as if she should say anything to the general public about this, or why it's her responsibility in the first place. But it seems like it's the trend here to make announcements when these things happen and .. there might actually be people out there who care to know. She can think of one in particular that she's spoken to on this matter.

Information is the key to winning a war, even if it's being informed about the other combatants. ]

Loki has disappeared. It appears that he's gone home. If anyone knew him, I thought they might want to know.

[ Oh wait. There are two Loki's, aren't there? There is a small pause before more text appears on the screen. ]

The one from a different universe, not the God.

[ On the contrary, she's not celebrating. How can she? Why did Loki get to go home with she was forced to remain here, uselessly gathering information and observing, waiting for a battle that she had no stake in? She was a spy, not a soldier. Natasha didn't belong here. If she could swap places with him, she would. ]

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[Video]

[5thchild]

Was he a friend?

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[redhourglass]

No. Just someone I barely knew from home.

[ actually, an enemy, but it doesn't matter now. that's how she knew he was gone - she'd been keeping tabs on him. easy enough when he lived across the hall. ]

Audio

[samantha_grey]

Again? I barely saw him this time around. That one always kept his own company, didn't he?

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[redhourglass]

He does what he wants. There was another Loki here before him?

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[samantha_grey]

No, I'm pretty damned sure it was him. I just didn't talk to him much when he came back, so I'm not one hundred percent sure. He's been here twice.

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[redhourglass]

Any chance of him coming back again this time? Does that happen often?

[ first time natasha has ever heard of it. ]

[Text]

[occulthymns]

[This lady again! And she's mentioning Loki? Huh.]

Did you know him? He was kind of strange.

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[redhourglass]

Yes. He was from my home.

Did you spend time with him at all?

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[occulthymns]

I wouldn't say we spent time together, but we talked a few times. Are you going to miss him?

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[redhourglass]

[ that's a complicated question. her life had certainly been more thrilling with Loki around, even if she hadn't uncovered some grand scheme of his to take over Asgard. and having someone who knew who and what she actually was .. it was nice, to say the least. but missing him? what did that entail? ]

In a way. He was only an acquaintance, really.

[tradingsecrets]

Are you okay?

[redhourglass]

[that's a weird question. though not given the fact this person doesn't know the context. and considering.. ]

Yes. Why do you ask?

[ if anything, she's angry. but unlikely to show it. ]

[tradingsecrets]

Well I remember what it was like when one of the people from our world went home. That's why I was asking, that's all.

[Peeta had been a big blow on Katniss, and when he thought Annie had gone home he had definitely been upset.]

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[helps]

Didn't know him, but that's a pretty confusing name to have around here.

A friend of your's?

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[redhourglass]

Not quite a friend. [ an enemy. ] An acquaintance. The only person from my world who was here.

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[helps]

So it's like that... [ he sort of gets it, though obviously not entirely. there's really only one reason he can think of why you'd say use the word "acquaintance" to describe someone who's left. ]

Sorry, then. I guess it's rough being... alone like that.

[Video | Private]

[comeonthensexy]

That's one less thing to worry about, I suppose. For now.

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[redhourglass]

Yes. It certainly makes things less interesting for me.

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[comeonthensexy]

Or that.

I agree, actually. If there was anything remotely positive about him, it was that.

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[extraordinarymuse]

Sorry.

Friend or not, he was from your world, right? [Someone can check the other responses before she messages people.] It's always a little rough.

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[redhourglass]

Yes.

I suppose. You tend to wonder why one person gets to go home and not you.

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[extraordinarymuse]

There doesn't seem to be reasoning behind it, some people are here for months and don't go home, and some are here for a lot less.

[Text]

[canttakemysky]

Someone you knew, I take it. It happens quite a bit, it seems.

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[redhourglass]

Someone from home. I've seen others leave, but he's the first person I knew personally.

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[canttakemysky]

[This is text, so he can't tell how she's taking it. Part of him wonders if that's on purpose.]

Well, perhaps he'll be back before you know it. Some people have a habit of that here, apparently.