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X-23 ([personal profile] cutting_edgex23) wrote2017-06-10 06:26 pm

Lakes and skiffs

X is outside, seated cross-legged on a rock by the lake.

She is very still, breathing in, then out, then in again, and watching everything.

It is not meditation. But it is still nice.
foolyoutwice: He's nice really. (Smiles)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-12 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Even the narrative voice doesn't know how much evidence there is, because the Family Discussion thread is temporarily on pause, but...yeah, it's a safe bet that there's something. Loki smiles a private smile at the spot and steers on.

"Of course it is. Knowing when you do and don't have to be patient is an even more useful skill. But, as I said--your wish is my command, Lady X."

It's a very scenic bit of mountaintop.
foolyoutwice: He may or may not be smarter than you but he sure thinks so. (Smirk)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-12 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"...I have heard about the virtues of patience before, you know. More than once. But do go on, lecture me."

There's not much venom in it, though. He swings them in a little closer to look at another possible cave opening, and then begins a descent. "--Is there anywhere else I can keep this?"

He doesn't want to give it back.
foolyoutwice: (Thinky (helm))

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-12 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Loki looks down at her hand a little blankly, as if he's not sure what to do with it, but he doesn't pull away. "--You tease a bit differently from other people," he says after a pause.

He should probably say something prickly and unkind now, to shake off the unfamiliar feeling of something like offered friendship, but he just turns his attention back to his flight. "The squid," he asks after another pause.
foolyoutwice: It's possible he's not thinking bad thoughts here but let's be realistic. (Miffed or maybe just thinking)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-12 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a large wolf on one of the crags, staring at them unimpressed. (Gredya does not approve of hovercraft.) Loki stares back, also unimpressed.

"--How giant is giant?" He's seen some very large water creatures in his time. Definitely things that could swallow down a skiff in one gulp.
foolyoutwice: It's possible he's not thinking bad thoughts here but let's be realistic. (Miffed or maybe just thinking)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-13 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Mm. That could be a nuisance, yes. Please do ask Sunshine Dust and Mr. Julia Fruitnugget not to bother my skiff." (His.)

Now they're descending in earnest: there's a gully, clear of trees, and he swoops the skiff down it before pulling up again to skim over the wooded approach to the lake. "So how did you get to Earth just now? And how do you know it was the Earth of my universe?"
foolyoutwice: It's possible he's not thinking bad thoughts here but let's be realistic. (Miffed or maybe just thinking)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-13 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
Loki considers this in silence until they're over the lake, low above the water. "Most people," he says eventually, "find it a challenge to fit between atoms. But who is We? And is We all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful, or...?"

(He doesn't believe in all-seeing, or all-anything. All-seeing Heimdall can't see him, and All-father Odin, well. Not Loki's father.)
foolyoutwice: (Thinky (helm))

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-13 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
WHO KNOWS whether the MCU will incorporate any of this and whether it will brush against anything Asgardian but probably not, so the mun assumes that these are unfamiliar names to Loki. Unfamiliar names that he's tucking away in his memory to find out about. It's all very humbling.

Loki doesn't believe in humbling.

He studies the scars without expression. "And how did X come to be allied with the Enigma Force?"
foolyoutwice: (Thinky (helm))

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-13 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hm."

Loki turns away from his inspection, and busies himself with landing the skiff, bringing it to a stop in a sheltered part of the shore. X probably wouldn't like any of the thoughts in his head just now and he wants to give himself something else to look at. "What do you consider to be your jurisdiction? What great needs call this force into service? Besides--heh--winning races with Loki of Asgard."

foolyoutwice: He may or may not be smarter than you but he sure thinks so. (Smirk)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-13 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"As it suits your mood, then?" He looks up from the controls of the skiff with a sudden white grin. They've come to a stop an easy jump down to the shore; he's just messing about to see if he can lock the controls for his private use.
foolyoutwice: He may or may not be smarter than you but he sure thinks so. (Smirk)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-13 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't need you to show me how to--" Mmph. He places his hand.

And looks over at X sideways. "I expect I could provoke a mood in you."
foolyoutwice: He may or may not be smarter than you but he sure thinks so. (Smirk)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-13 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Moriarty's only human." Loki can do better than a human. (Loki can also do better than an Enigma Force--he thinks.) "And I've been frustrated before. I have practice."

bring it, x

"Well. Here we are. Do you need a hand ashore?" (He knows she doesn't.)
foolyoutwice: He's nice really. (Smiles)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-13 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
He gives her a moment to step out of the way before hopping down himself. "My pleasure, Lady X. We must do this again some day."

It has indeed been a pleasure! And informative. That too.
foolyoutwice: It's possible he's not thinking bad thoughts here but let's be realistic. (Miffed or maybe just thinking)

[personal profile] foolyoutwice 2017-06-13 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Hmm hmmm hmmmmmmmm.

Loki has a keen appreciation of the power of travel. The root (and trunk and every little branch) of Asgard's power comes from Yggdrasil: Asgard can send its king, its warriors, across the realms in the blink of an eye. Without that, what are they? And Loki can take paths no one knows and no one sees: without that, what is he?

So he's watching this very attentively.

And keeping his questions to himself, because he's probably roused X's suspicions enough already. But yes, yesss, it makes sense that at this scale you can find paths.

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