System Mingle!!

[appletart]

Who: EVERYONE!!
Broadcast: If you want?
Action: In the current system!
When: ALL MONTH!!!

It's a system mingle! What are you up to? Exploring the surface? Living the best nightlife ever? Fighting off your own allergies? Doing your best to ignore Fred.....?


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[rebuildyourruins]

It isn't your doing.

[He can say that readily enough, with little thought. Loki's mere presence isn't to blame for everything Thor struggles with in this place. It's the opposite most of the time, a relief where there's so little of it to be found.

Squeezing his glass with his fingers, he looks up again.]

It's never far from mine either. Any of it.

[dothelokimotion]

[ oh. that's depressing. ]

Thor.

[rebuildyourruins]

[He shakes himself, sitting up straighter and pulling back on his dour mood.]

No, it's fine. It would be stupid to pretend that it isn't, but it is not constant.

[dothelokimotion]

[ gently. ]

I don't think either of us are engaged at much pretense lately.

[rebuildyourruins]

[He screws up his nose briefly.]

Must you put it that way?

[It's so... florid. Raking his fingers back through his hair, Thor does stop and think about that.]

I don't honestly know.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki can't help it. he laughs a little, soft. he's always sought answers from the people he cared about; odin, thor, frigga. but the truth of the matter, the truth that loki has always shied away from is that they didn't have answers. not for him and sometimes, not for themselves.

but it wasn't so bad. or maybe he feels less lost now that he knows the end of the story. as far as endings go, he can't complain. ]

That's fine.

[rebuildyourruins]

[And ultimately Thor doesn't want to know. Not really. If he's coming apart at the seams and everyone is too nice to tell him so, so be it. He doesn't need confirmation. He needs to-- keep at what he's doing. Until he can get home and do something about it, he needs to treat the Fleet as something to endure and eventually overcome. That's the only way he'll get both himself and Loki out of this mess.

He does roll his eyes a little, having a swig of his drink.]

As long as we both agree.

[dothelokimotion]

I see no reason to disagree.

[ he eyes thor's hair, remembering the way thor fiddled with it earlier. ]

Your hair is looking worse. Have you forgotten how to take care of it?

[rebuildyourruins]

[Thor's eyes snap up and he's affronted, immediately. His hand automatically goes up to his hair again.]

What-- no it isn't! I had it cut just weeks ago!

[dothelokimotion]

In a style that is clearly outdated. Was it Romanoff? Her hair gets worse every time I see her.

[rebuildyourruins]

I went to the barber who has a salon on the Iskaulit. He evened out the jagged bits, that's it.

[So it should be essentially the same haircut he got on Sakaar, if less ragged. Thor hasn't thought about the style of it much, given it wasn't his choice and it's short. Style is for longer hair.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki takes a prim sip of his drink. ]

You should have let it grow out.

[rebuildyourruins]

I did that last time, now I have to wait again. I felt like-- doing something about it sooner.

[In some half-assed way it was Thor's attempt to get his shit together after the memories from home. He flaps a hand irritably, going back to his own drink.]

Hair takes time.

[dothelokimotion]

I don't see why it should. I could make it grow.

[rebuildyourruins]

You'll turn it pink again, like that one time.

[He knows you, Loki.]

[dothelokimotion]

Oh, please. Like I would repeat the same trick again.

[ he would, but not when he's called out. ]

[rebuildyourruins]

[Shaking his head imperiously, Thor's not having any of it.]

Not a chance.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki tsks. ]

Is the Mighty Thor afraid of a little spell?

[rebuildyourruins]

My hair is not to be meddled with.

[Grand words, considering a nobody in a slave-arena managed to do it once. Thor thumps his finished glass onto the table with finality.]

I didn't think they were serious when I came in here, but they really do only serve one thing.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki huffs. ]

Why did you think otherwise?

[rebuildyourruins]

Because it's stupid.

[And should have been a joke.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki rolls his eyes. ]

I take it we're finding another bar.

[rebuildyourruins]

Absolutely. You want to come?

[dothelokimotion]

[ he sighs, dramatic. ]

Why not?

[rebuildyourruins]

[Good enough. Loki may make airs of not being interested, but Thor knows better by now. His brother wouldn't agree at all if he had better things to do.

So as soon as Loki's done with his drink they exit the bar, heading into the street and arguing about which bar looks like the next best option. Too gaudy, not gaudy enough, full of ornamental butterflies, a dress code that requires a tie... if nothing else, Kenn-Tellnic has plenty of variety. After a while they finally hit upon a spot they both agree on: aesthetically classy and not so densely populated, with a much better range of options. The view isn't so good here, but a few drinks in that ceases to be much of a problem.

Thor pokes Loki in the shoulder across the table, setting his glass down.]

How's your ship doing? Are you doing anything for it while we're here?

[Loki always seems to have some project on the go for the First Breath and it's of interest to Thor, both as a frequent visitor and a captain in his own right.]