[action/video] Day 360/Morning [announcement about the mirrors]

[not_a_troll]

[Action]

[Loki keeps his distance from those mirrors, choosing the middle of the road to walk. There is something not entirely right about them and frankly, they give him the creeps. Still, he hasn't seen the lady checking her appearance in one of them in time and bumps fully into her...]

My apolog....

[Loki falls silent halfway, trying to reach out but the mirror just takes her. She gets to close and she's gone... ]

Er...

[Video]

[Loki takes a deep breath.]

Direst news, denizens of Other Asgard! My name is Loki Laufeyson and I see it as my duty to inform you about the fact that the mirrors...take people.

I have seen someone get close to the mirrors and they fell through.

It is still not confirmed what is behind them. I truly hope it pertains to green grass, flowers and oodles of chocolate.

[OOC: The girl who just fell through the mirror is Rise Kujikawa multifacets]

Comments

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[redhourglass]

I know him. You can trust him.

[ it was almost awkward, breaking in this way. but.. ]

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[subecho]

And I know him better. You can never trust him. It is part of his charm.

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[redhourglass]

He's not the same Loki.

[ sigh. ]

When he first came here, he didn't recognize me. He doesn't know about the Chitauri, the tesseract, any of it.

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[subecho]

So I have seen. But he is still Loki, his nature stands the same. He will jest and he will cheat and he will play his tricks. It is his way.

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[redhourglass]

I've watched him. He hasn't yet.

[ her tone is warning. ]

He's a child.

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[subecho]

And he is of Asgard. You will not speak to me of his ways.

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[redhourglass]

You haven't seen him here.

[ where was thor when loki cried? where was he during all the horrors of the last months? or when he reappeared, remembering nothing? ]

Are you going to blame him without giving him a chance? Not very just of you, is it.

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[subecho]

I have not given Loki chance? I?

Listen here and listen well: I give him chance by letting him live and not cutting him where he stands before he might grow into a world-slayer. That is my mercy. That is my justice.

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[redhourglass]

He might. You have no idea where his future will take him, but you're determined that he shouldn't see it.

If he says the mirrors are taking people, I believe him. Letting him live might be merciful, but there isn't anything just about your prejudice.

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[subecho]

Your beliefs are your own. As mine stand with me.

Now: have you done with the lecture?

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[redhourglass]

You deserve to be lectured more.

[ she eyes the camera. ]

What are you going to do?

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[subecho]

About my brother?

Feed him, and hope he grows the better this round.

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[redhourglass]

I'm not concerned.

[ which should tell you something. ]

If you lay a finger on him..

[subecho]

...you will thank me for not laying the full hand?

[redhourglass]

I never thought I'd say this -- but he's been through enough pain here. You might do better if you just talk to him.

[subecho]

Have you no matters your own but to give me brotherly counsel?

[redhourglass]

Sorry. I'm making him my business.

[subecho]

Find your own brothe - ...you may have friend Volstagg. He shares your hair.

[redhourglass]

[ but thor, she can't find a brother - she had sisters sort of in the red room. and then they killed each other. how is that for family? ]

Does that make you and Rogers brothers then? He's also blonde.

[subecho]

I have a brother already. You may have seen him: he wore the cow and meant to rule your world?

[redhourglass]

Oh, him. I hardly remember him. Was he someone important?

[ airily. seriously, you guys, tone down the sass. you'll hurt someone. ]

[subecho]

...to his kin and his world.

[ Ah, can it be? Newly discovered patience, at long last? ]

No matter the face he bears, he was my brother first. Whatever — business you have with him, whatever your claim, it does not stand before that. I know my duty to Loki better than you can tell it to me.

[redhourglass]

I hope you do.

[ she'd always heard family was to nurture you. if she finds him laying a hand on Loki.. well. it seemed unlikely, but she'd been in this business too long not to count for the unlikely. ]

.. I am not your enemy, here.

[subecho]

Then we're in luck that I do not count you as it.

[redhourglass]

I don't anticipate that changing.