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[rebuildyourruins]

Who: Thor + you
Broadcast: no
Action: around Baruut
When: mid-to-late october

a. scrap markets

[Thor hates this planet, honestly. It's like a worse version of Sakaar, somehow, and he wasn't fond of that place to start with. The only upside Thor can see to Baruut so far is that he wasn't immediately captured and enslaved in a fighting arena.

Kind of a back-handed compliment.

But after his stint on the Marsiva and then spending a week looking after a shockingly young Loki, Thor's ready to put that baggage in the backseat and go look around anyway. He has a couple of items he's on the lookout for. It becomes quickly apparent though that finding a decent item is the harder task. The low quality of most wares annoys him and it's not uncommon to find him standing in front of a stall keeper, shaking an item at them and being loudly indignant.]

Yes, I know that it has clear sight, but if it only sees in green then what's the point of it as an eye?

[Is that an eyeball in his hand? .........yep. Unfortunate.]

b. watch for falling debris

[You're out in the junkyards proper, minding your own business. Doing whatever it is you decided to venture into canyons of rubbish to do. A distant yelp and a thud rings out somewhere above you - and you barely have time to look up before a body comes smashing down into the junk a few metres away, sending scrap metal and plastic spraying everywhere.

The 'body' turns out to be a very alarmed, very dazed junkyard thief. They scramble to their feet and run away shrieking, not looking back at you or in the direction they fell from. Should you decide to look up though, you'll see Thor pop up over the top of a hill-sized pile of rubbish a fair distance away. He waves to you and calls out:]

You should be mindful where you step! There are thieves about.

c. wildcard

[Thor can also be found bartering for equipment at shops specialising in spaceship parts, lugging supplies back to the Blue Fish, or throwing his hammer around near the Knorst Cliffs. If you have any other ideas, drop a comment or hit me up on dudemeister.]

Comments

[rebuildyourruins]

You enjoyed it.

[As if Thor's going to apologise for that.]

[dothelokimotion]

I was young. I didn't know any better.

[rebuildyourruins]

You had excellent taste, I think.

[Thor pushes away from the counter, the strained air that had fallen between them mostly dissipated. He casts Loki a sidelong look.]

And you weren't that difficult.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki sniffs. ]

I never was. I may have acted out from time to time but I wanted father to see that I was just as worthy.

[rebuildyourruins]

[Thor's eyebrows shoot up at 'never'.]

You once filled my bed with spiders.

[dothelokimotion]

You ripped my favourite book!

[rebuildyourruins]

You left your book lying around on the floor!

[dothelokimotion]

It was not on the floor and you know it!

[rebuildyourruins]

Of course it was, that's how it got stepped on in the first place!

[He distinctly remembers stepping on the thing, at least. The rest of it- well, he's sure it wasn't his fault.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ he scowls. ]

It got stepped on because you knocked into the table and couldn't watch where your big feet were going!

[rebuildyourruins]

[Loudly, as though saying it louder makes it more true:]

That wasn't what happened!

[dothelokimotion]

That is precisely what happened. Why would I be leaving books on the floor?!

[rebuildyourruins]

I don't know, to trip me? You got a new book anyway!

[At this point, they're drawing stares from the market shoppers around them, curious about the two grown men arguing over torn books.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ he snaps back. ]

If I wanted to trip you, I'd turn your legs into jelly!

[rebuildyourruins]

You wouldn't have dared.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki raises a hand, glowing bright green. ]

Wouldn't I?

[rebuildyourruins]

[Wow. So that's how it's going to be.

Thor stubbornly sets his jaw, backing up a couple of paces - before he snags a heavy pile of curtains off the table behind him and throws it in Loki's direction. They're already in each other's faces, it shouldn't take much to cast the whole thing over his brother.]

[dothelokimotion]

You —

[ loki snarls, fumbling with the curtains and pulling them off with one jerky motion before throwing the spell at thor. ]

[rebuildyourruins]

[Thor assumed that was coming. If it hadn't been before he tossed the curtain, it definitely was after. His ploy was for the curtain-bombing to buy him enough time to get on the front foot and attack first.

Which means that as Loki pulls the fabric away and hurls his spell, Thor's already lunging for him with a yell. The spell hits its mark easily-- causing Thor's next step to buckle, and the attempted tackle turns into a pure crash towards Loki.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki squawks as he goes down, hitting the ground hard with a groan. which won't stop him from cursing thor out. ]

Get off me, you oaf!

[rebuildyourruins]

[Thor ignores the scattered yelps of surprise from people nearby and focuses instead on scowling at Loki's face.]

Well I can't get up now, can I?!

[His legs, man.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki pokes his elbow into his side. ]

It's no less than what you deserve.

[rebuildyourruins]

[Just for that, Thor stubbornly pins Loki's arms down with his own.]

Oh, because I got ahead of your stupid spell? Sounds like your fault, not mine.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki pushes against them with a hiss. ]

I would not have used that spell if you hadn't decided to throw things at me! What is the matter with you, anyway? Is it so important for you to be right all the time? Didn't you have enough of that before?

[rebuildyourruins]

[That pulls him up short, scowl lessening. With a huff Thor lets Loki go, rolling off of him to the side.]

You were getting ready to use it.