[ video + planet catchall ] so bring your good times and your laughter too

[dothelokimotion]

Who: Loki + You
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Yes
When: Right here, right now.

[ video ]

[ Loki is sitting on a chair, decked in . . . a large fancy red robe. The background music is currently playing this song, something he heard on the planet and immediately stole for his own needs. He's sitting on the chair, legs slightly up in the air like he don't care because guess what — ]

It seems my request was approved and I am now the captain of the First Breath. Rest assured, I will treat my crew benevolently. Possibly with beer and movies.


[ i. knife play ]

[ Loki has never liked competitions.

Which seems like a paradox because Loki certainly likes to win. But he never had the acumen for Asgard's sports. He could barely lift their swords and axes, after all, constantly stumbling and falling into the dirt. A weakling. It was his mother, a shield-maiden of old who gifted him with his daggers, showed him the form he needed. And like the crack of a white, Loki's knife-throw was impeccable. He could cut down men twice his size meters away. So he found himself here, one of the Bright Birds (for now), flicking daggers at the bulls eye with ease, letting the applause wash over him.

It felt . . . good. That doesn't happen very often for Loki. Briefly, he wonders if this is how Thor feels all the time. He waves back briefly. ]

Why thank you. Please bring out a challenge, next time.

[ ii. poker ]

[ Money is not something Loki gives a lot of thought to. He has noticed the decent influx of money that comes to him via the Atroma and he is a little pleased. A twisted sense of appreciation in a way (something Loki has never been fully able to rebuke, even if he recognizes where it stems from). Either way, he's not going to complain about it as he moves the cash forward before leaning back with a lazy smirk. His opponent looks most disgruntled, folding his cards and leaving Loki with the winnings. As they leave Loki's table, some of Loki's cards vanish in a flicker of gold light. As the next person approaches, Loki smiles, sitting up straight. ]

Care for a game?

[ iii. thor merchandise ]

[ Eventually, the lure of competing (and winning easily, even if he is cheating half the time) gets old, so he takes up the lucrative job of marketing. Everyone who comes up to the stall gets a Thor button to pin on their shirts. Unfortunately, after a while, the button changes to "THOR SUCKS" because that's just how life is. However, when you come back for your refund, Loki is gone.

But for now, you can come up and get some authentic Thor merchandise! ]

[ wildcard your adventure! ]

[ Loki can be found at the fashion shows, checking out art galleries and the libraries. You can drop a PM for an idea/starter or ping me at captainkink ]

Comments

[postocular]

That's not how I meant it. I like being able to contribute and feel useful. There's always a lot to do.

I dunno. I don't really get much opportunity back home to do anything else. Here, it's just habit.

[dothelokimotion]

A good one?

[ Because Loki highly doubts that. ]

[postocular]

[ Carl shrugs. ] It keeps me busy. My dad would say it 'keeps me out of trouble'.

[dothelokimotion]

Does it?

[postocular]

For the most part? I guess. I don't think I've really been in trouble, recently.

[dothelokimotion]

What even constitutes as trouble here?

[postocular]

I don't know. There were the raiders, and then the cannibal planet.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Is that trouble? Loki imagines that if it were, Thor would have told him. The fact that it was little more than a blip on his radar means it wasn't much. ]

It sounds more akin to a diversion. An obstacle thrown in to keep the Fleet busy.

[postocular]

Maybe. Still, it feels like the other shoe is going to drop soon. Doesn't it?

With what went on at the last planet..

[dothelokimotion]

It still feels rather stimulated. Sanitized.

[postocular]

I don't like it.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki blinks. ]

Of course not. Who would?

[postocular]

It just reminds me too much of home. I wonder what their next test is going to be.

[dothelokimotion]

No doubt there will be a lull before the next surprise. That is usually how it works.

[ His expression goes distant. ]

They soften you before throwing the balance away.

[postocular]

..I dunno how much more softened I can get. I've been here almost as long as I have been in our shit situation back home.

[dothelokimotion]

You can always go lower.

[ Loki has reached depths and known there was still an abyss below his feet. ]

[postocular]

That doesn't really inspire confidence, but I guess it's not supposed to.

[dothelokimotion]

I'm not one for hopeless optimism.

But that doesn't mean we cannot be pragmatic. Every system has a weakness.

[postocular]

Sometimes hoping things will be for the better is a solution when things look grim.

What do you think the weakness is in this place? It seems pretty solid.

[dothelokimotion]

It seems that way, yes. But no power can account for every variable.

[postocular]

No, but they have the advantage of being able to mess with our heads before we can make a move.

[dothelokimotion]

Has that actually happened though? We would not make good entertainment if they could simply make us do as they wish.

[postocular]

They've done a bunch of weird shit. Especially to people who are nosy.

[dothelokimotion]

Such as?

[postocular]

There was one time they made someone say only nice things about them? Instead of what they were really trying to say?