[ 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

[dothelokimotion]

[ Who knows what that is. ]

Neither of us are that comfortable discussing our past.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, I don't think a lot of people are. That's what makes it hard.

But I hope you have a net positive relationship with him.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki scoffs delicately. ]

I don't care all that much.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she 'hmm's skeptically ]

If you say so.

[dothelokimotion]

[ It's very believable. ]

At least he'll aid me in making a tiny profit.

[takingkarabusiness]

Won't he be mad if he catches you?

[dothelokimotion]

I'm not so easy to catch.

[takingkarabusiness]

So you've done this before, I assume.

[dothelokimotion]

A few times. My brother and I have visited many worlds.

[ They've always done their own thing whenever they made a trip, unless Loki required Thor or vice-versa to achieve their goals. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

More than as just part of the Fleet? Because I feel like you haven't been here that long.

[dothelokimotion]

[ He blinks. ]

Of course. Traveling between worlds was easily done on Asgard.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, I don't know! Everyone comes from such different places here.

[dothelokimotion]

[ He nods. ]

I am aware it is not common among mortals from Midgard.

[takingkarabusiness]

Oh, I'm not from Midgard. Midvale, yes. Is Midgard what you call Earth, or is it another place?

[dothelokimotion]

Midgard is what we call Earth, yes.

[ Loki swings between the two at times. Old habits and new ones. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, I'm not from there, either. We did a lot of interplanetary travel when I was young.

[dothelokimotion]

[ His eyebrows climb upwards. ]

Where do you hail from then?

[takingkarabusiness]

A planet called Krypton. It orbited a red star.

[dothelokimotion]

[ "Orbited" ]

What happened to it?

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she moves to fix glasses that she's not wearing ]

The core became destabilized and it had a catastrophic failure... It's exploded.

My parents managed to send me away right before it happened, but I got knocked off course and was suspended in time for 25 years.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Ah. The same flicker flashes through his face. ]

Were there any other survivors?

[takingkarabusiness]

I used to just think it was only myself and my cousin, but a handful of other Kryptonians had been spared in a prison, trapped in the same stasis I was.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki looks vaguely queasy. ]

They were left in stasis?

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she finds herself in the position of wanting to protect her mother but also recognizing how awful some of the laws were ]

I don't agree with all of the choices that my people made. Mainly, you know, imprisoning dissenters and criminals in the Phantom Zone and stretching the planet beyond its capacity to sustain life.

[dothelokimotion]

No, of course not.

[ It brings up old memories for Loki. In a void, untouched by time or space. A formless thing. ]

I suppose it merely . . . surprised me.