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[dothelokimotion]

Who: A baby Loki + You
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS First Breath
When: Right now!

[ loki is no stranger to space ships. though the kind of ships asgard uses are quite different in nature, he's read enough to be familiar with the make and feel of this one. he quietly turns on the recording device, squinting at it. very primitive but it'll have to do. he straightens himself, as befitting a prince, quiet and somber despite the nervousness. ]

Greetings. I am Prince Loki of Asgard. I wish to know about my whereabouts and swift return to Asgard. My father will not be pleased.

[ a pause as loki thinks of what else to add before pulling out a large knife he stole from the kitchens. ]

Also I have a knife.

Comments

[abracafcku]

[He's eating and that's all Taako could really hope for. The knife is real and back in his possession, but now that means he has to actually think about what's going on here. He hasn't been here long enough to see a glitch in action, but he's heard mention of them on the network.

.... More than that though, Loki is just so small.]

So you're really Loki, huh? Didn't expect you to be...so young.

[dothelokimotion]

[ he blinks, staring at taako. ]

I'm over fifty. That's not so young.

[abracafcku]

[Not yet an adult there, buddy. Give it another...? Actually, he has no idea how long it takes gods to mature. He always thought gods just appeared fully grown in whatever form they wanted. He really should have paid more attention when he was scamming those acolytes into letting him join their temple.]

Teenaged then. Is that better?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki frowns. ]

We don't use that kind of approximation.

[abracafcku]

[Figures.]

Well, to put it in perspective, elves don't reach adulthood until we're closer to one hundred, so you're still considered young for us. [Even if elven society sucks balls and can go get a swirly in a toilet.]

Is the cake to your liking?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki nods. ]

I know about the Ljósálfar. I read a lot.

And it's good.

[abracafcku]

[That's...a new name for elves. Okay, sure. Must be what the gods call them.]

Mm, I've never been good with scholarly pursuits. Too much work.

[Which is a lie. Taako read and studied more than most. He did whatever he had to do in order to be useful and needed, which included learning the magic he knew now.]

But I'm glad you like it. I have other things here, now that you realize I'm not some poisoner.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki seems to have caught on that lie because he shoots taako a perplexed look. ]

But . . . you're a wizard.

And I don't know any of you. Father always says to be prepared.

[abracafcku]

A simple wizard.

[That part is important.]

The guys I went around with before coming here? We're basically dumb as a box of rocks, but lucky as hell so we've survived even without being prepared.

Works for us. Maybe it could work for you.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki merely cocks an eyebrow that is deeply reminiscent of his older self. ]

I don't know if I want to be a wizard yet. I just like learning magic because it's easy.

[abracafcku]

Yeah no prob, my dude, I get you.

[Taako started magic the same sort of way. What was easy and useful and didn't require a shitload of physical training, he gravitated toward.]

What kind of magic you learning?

[dothelokimotion]

[ he considers his options before replying. ]

Shapeshifting.

[abracafcku]

[He sort of knew that would be the answer, but it's good to confirm. Taako smirks.]

Lucky me again. That's my specialty.

[dothelokimotion]

Really?

[abracafcku]

[Taako leans in smile.]

Would you like a demonstration?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki nods politely, trying not to seem eager. ]

[abracafcku]

[Something small and easy then. He doesn't need to blow Polymorph here of all places.

So Taako considers and then takes a glass of water. He sets it been the two of them and touches a finger to the rim of the glass.

The water inside solidifies and then starts to change color, deepening to a deep blue. Then he slides it out of the glass and shapes the sapphire into a small snake.]

There you go.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki frowns. ]

Transmutation?

[abracafcku]

Would you rather I turn myself into a snake? I can't exactly talk when I'm like that.

[dothelokimotion]

[ is that a bad thing? ]

Show me!

[abracafcku]

[YES, IT IS. Because a polymorph transforms everything about a person, even their mind.

He considers for a moment and then decides to do something else entirely. He still wants to stay himself after all, especially around a godling.

Taako sighs and does an acquiescing bow.]

As the little prince wishes.

[And he casts Polymorph, not just an illusion like most of his shapeshifting, but an actual transformation of his body. It doesn't take long and everything just sort of...changes without much ado. One moment he's an elf, and the next? He's echidna - half elf, half snake. Scales flow up his body like a wave and pepper down his arms, shimmering up his neck. His eyes change and shift color, pupils narrowing to slits. He's grown in size, his tail elongating and wrapping around through the kitchen.]

Better?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki's eyes go big, leaning forward. ]

That is amazing. What is that?

[abracafcku]

[Well, at least he's suitably impressed. It isn't as much fun as growing wings or becoming some behemoth giant, but staying himself and not himself at the same time was better than nothing.]

The spell or the creature, little dude? Because the creature is an echidna - a sentient monster from my world.

[dothelokimotion]

[ wow. loki props his head up with his elbows resting on the table. ]

How can you turn into a monster? Isn't that hard?

[abracafcku]

Not at all. As a transmutation wizard, whatever I wish to turn into, I can. Just as I turned the water into a snake.

[With this spell, at least. And one day he'll learn to use True Polymorph or another higher level spell. He's still on his way to learning, but he'll still be miles ahead of most other wizards he knows.]

With practice, you could learn the same.