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Lies Your Parents Told You Sept 18, 2015 19:54:21 GMT -7

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Post by Loki on Sept 18, 2015 19:54:21 GMT -7

Date: May 30, 2015
Location: Odin's throne room, Asgard
Summary: Loki needs a distraction, and not the one Thor provides.
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He was bored.

Bored with having no one to mock. Bored with ruling in disguise. Bored with the life he'd wanted for so long, if only because he could not rule as himself. He wanted Asgard to know who was leading them now, but he couldn't reveal himself to them. Not until his plans were complete, not until his ultimate victory was assured. Only then would they know who had brought them to that ruinous end. The ultimate revenge for their callous treatment of him, Loki's long-awaited victory, was nearing.

One year hence, two, even three, he didn't care how long it took. The further off that fated day was, the more time it gave him to plan. To move the pieces on the chessboard that was all of Asgard into place took time and patience. Now that he was King, even under guise as Odin, Loki had all the time in the world to plan, so long as he remained on his guard. If he became too comfortable in his power, too complacent, it all could fall apart.

Again.

That simply wouldn't do. As long as his oafish brother stayed out of his way, as long as Heimdall was blind to his true form, as long as Lady Sif and the Warriors continued to believe he was who he appeared to be, Loki was safe. Secure. He could sit freely on Asgard's throne, Gungnir close to hand, and plan his revenge. Of course, there was another matter that Loki didn't like to think about, but it needed to be addressed one way or another. He preferred to deal with it later rather than now, despite how often it came back to the forefront of his mind.

It was right there, at his fingertips. He knew exactly where it was, exactly what to do with it. His very life depended on it.

As Odin, he couldn't be seen to retrieve it, couldn't even hire a courier to bring it out where no Asgardian had ever ventured, where they didn't even know the coordinates. Hel, he doubted he could find it again on his own anyway. Best not to think about it now. A dark look covered his borrowed face as he firmly quashed those thoughts. There was a time and a place to think about the debt he owed, and it was not now or here. Not while he had bigger fish to fry.

Curse this infernal boredom, he thought, slouching a bit on the throne, drumming his fingers on the arm of the great golden chair. And curse the thoughts it leads to.

Where was a distraction when he needed one?

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Lies Your Parents Told You Sept 19, 2015 19:17:34 GMT -7

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Post by Thor on Sept 19, 2015 19:17:34 GMT -7

Thor stepped forth from one world to another in nary the space of a breath. For all that he was enamoured of Midgard, its peoples, its places— Asgard was home. Nay. It may have been home once, but home now was in the sweet smile of Jane's face, the curve of her neck, the cast of her eyes as she looked at him, or away.

Indeed, Asgard was no longer his home in any sense of the word. It only offered the pain of his mother's loss of life, a childhood tainted by the revelations of lies his parents told him and his late brother, Loki. Ah, Loki, what would have been. What could have been. Only regrets lay here, bitter and repugnant to the taste.

So perturbed by his thoughts, his reasons for coming here, Thor did not put much enthusiasm in his greeting to Heimdall as he stepped off the dais to the rainbow bridge. The repairs to the bridge were so finely done he could not see the seams. The bridge appeared to be flawless. The long walk to Asgard proper was one of contemplation, and Thor took every moment to ruminate further upon the vision he had experienced back on Midgard. It had thrown the others for quite a loop, and he rather thought Black Widow had been rattled by the experience. As for himself, he had seen some troubling imagery which spoke of his subconscious trying to alert him to this vague feeling that he was missing something he should have observed.

All too soon, Thor alighted upon the palace steps and strode into the great hall. He wasn't certain that he had a plan upon which to act, and was thus, as he had heard the Man of Iron say once, "flying by the seat of his pants."

The Great Hall, was as its name implied, great. It was large enough to hold large banquets and great celebrations of war and peace. Ostentatiously, the grand throne took up space at the end of the hall opposite the great entrance. There Odin sat, upon his throne, watching him approached. Thor knelt before the throne.

"Father," Thor greeted, somewhat subdued.

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Lies Your Parents Told You Sept 19, 2015 19:41:55 GMT -7

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Post by Loki on Sept 19, 2015 19:41:55 GMT -7

Still lost in dark thoughts that refused to leave him, Loki almost -but only almost- missed the echoing footfalls that filled the otherwise empty throne room. His eyes landed on his brother and his face fell behind his disguise, but he quickly covered it up with a look that he hoped conveyed pleasant surprise. Odin's face couldn't be allowed to show Loki's negative feelings about Thor. He had to act as Odin would.

Lifting a hand, he dismissed the few guards that stood watch, just in case. They left silently, and Loki sat up a bit straighter on the throne. His manner put Loki a little on edge. It was unlike him to be so... quiet. It was unnerving, and sent odd shivers of foreboding down Loki's spine. Giving his head a little shake, he pushed those feelings away.

Something was bothering Thor, that much Loki could tell. He'd always been able to tell, and he'd always been able to needle his brother about it, but he couldn't do that here.

"Rise, my son," he said in Odin's voice, "and tell me what is on your mind. You do not seem yourself."

Sounded like something he'd say.

Damned if Loki didn't impress himself sometimes.

"Has something happened on Midgard, that brings you home in such a state?"

Okay, maybe that one was pushing it. Maybe. But all of Asgard knew of Thor's love for that world, so asking after it seemed logical. He had to be overthinking this. If he said one thing wrong, everything he was working so hard for would be lost.

Shifting nervously on the throne, he tried not to think about what his older brother would do to him if he figured it out. He had to be careful. Well, more careful.

He still considered himself lucky that the last time he'd met with Thor in this guise had gone off without a hitch. He really couldn't afford to screw any of this up.

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Lies Your Parents Told You May 6, 2016 18:48:15 GMT -7

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Post by Thor on May 6, 2016 18:48:15 GMT -7

Rising as his father bid of him, Thor suppressed his wince of annoyance at the slight dig Odin made regarding Midgard. It was no secret his father did not approve of Thor’s dalliances to that realm, and the reminder that Odin suffered Thor’s desires for as long as it pleased him, irked Thor. Odin had never been the indulgent sort, even when Thor had been very small, and his father’s lack of sentiment had only grown the older Thor grew.

“As a matter of fact,” Thor replied, keeping a level voice through dint of his stubbornness, “I’ve had a disturbing time of it on Midgard. My friends and I battled a mighty foe. The battle was great and lives were lost. Though we were successful in saving the world, the battle has left upon each of us scars invisible. I have returned to Asgard to recover and to seek respite.”

Thor was careful not to reveal too much of how, precisely, disturbed he was by the visions he had seen. He simply could not shake the terrible feeling all was not right in Asgard. Or even the feeling that his brother might possibly be alive. Thor also had the feeling that divulging this sense with Odin would only incur his father’s terrible wrath. Though he was certain Odin regretted how events had played out with regards to his brother Loki, any reminder would only serve to reopen those wounds.

Indeed, Thor decided, he would investigate this alone. “I would spend a few days here, Father. By your leave.” Thor bowed his head minutely, “in a few days hence, I would make for the expanse of space to investigate more deeply certain threats I feel are fast approaching. A threat I feel is encroaching on the realms of Asgard, and all those whom inhabit it. Make no mistake, Father, these are only feelings, not certainties, but better to make certain of no threats in the field, than to be surprised at the front door.”

Thor was not given to making long speeches which could only attest to the discontent the vision had roused within him. Still, he hoped his Father would be moved by his passion and allow him this. Odin was a fair man, though his deeds sometimes may not seem just.

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Lies Your Parents Told You May 31, 2016 13:30:31 GMT -7

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Post by Loki on May 31, 2016 13:30:31 GMT -7

Curious though he was about what manner of enemy could shake Thor so visibly, Loki decided he didn't want to know. He'd always thought his older brother a brave soul, often to the point of recklessness, and seeing him so disturbed was even more unnerving than anything else about him in that moment.

It was almost like looking at himself when he was under Thanos' control. Almost. Loki had to surpress a shudder at the thought of the Titan. He pushed that horrible experience from his mind in order to focus on what Thor was saying, in case it was important.

"Spend as long as you like here, my son. You have been missed." He shifted a bit at his brother's next words. He was going out into space? As in, leaving the relative safety of the nine realms? He hadn't thought Thor would be nearly that reckless. Very rarely had any of them left the system within Yggdrasil. There were dangerous foes out in the expanse of space outside their system. The Kree came instantly to mind. The appearance of one on Midgard not long ago signaled that perhaps not even the Nine Realms were safe from their kind. And if any of them caught wind that an Asgardian had ventured out, the consequences were not something Loki wanted to spend too much time worrying about.

Thor did have a point though, as much as Loki hated to admit it. In fact, it sounded like something Loki himself might have said, from a strategic viewpoint.

"Very well. If your mind is set on this course of action, there is nothing I can say that will change what you have decided. All I ask is that you be safe." He didn't want to admit to himself, but he wasn't entirely sure Odin would show this concern, even if Thor was his favorite.

But the words were out now, and there was no taking them back. It was possible that Odin would be concerned, of course, given that the Kree, and other races, posed very real threats to Asgard and her people, but Loki privately thought that he was letting his own concern show itself.

No matter how often he told himself he didn't care about Thor, they were still brothers, and deep down, Loki didn't think he could stand to lose him to whatever threats waited out there.

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