accidental(ish) video; @angela

[hevenly]

[ There's a flapping of wings and the rush of wind. The video is obviously being taken from a point very high up. All that is visible is Angela, her silver armor with its golden wings gleaming in the sunlight, and the blue, cloud-dotted sky behind her. She holds the phone out, posing for the camera. Though she can't seem to settle on a good angle.

Is she...? Yeah, it looks kind of like she's trying to take a selfie. She must have hit record by mistake.

Oh well. Enjoy, Quarantine. ]

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[ video | un: trickster ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Well. That's new. ]

Do you require aid?

[hevenly]

[ By now, Angela has realized she is recording. ]

It is difficult to manage the device with only one arm, but I believe I can manage.

[dothelokimotion]

Will you speak up if that is not the case?

[ Because none of them have been particularly skilled in asking for help. ]

[hevenly]

[ Truly? No, she will not. ]

Perhaps it would be best to abandon the effort until I am grounded once more.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki hums, watching her wings. ]

That would be wise.

[hevenly]

[ Enjoy a swooping view, then, as she dives down to land on the nearest hilltop. Once her feet touch down, the wings fold themselves neatly back into her armor again. ]

There. That is better.

[dothelokimotion]

[ He smiles, despite himself. ]

Perhaps with magic, I can construct a phantom limb. A temporary one.

[hevenly]

Thank you, but no. [ She doesn't feel like repaying him for something like that. ] I am fine with just the one.

[dothelokimotion]

As you say.

[ Loki's helpfulness comes in tiny bursts, never to be seen again. ]

What happened though?

[hevenly]

[ Angela glances down at her arm, or what's left of it, cut off at the elbow. ]

It is an old injury, from a beast I was hunting in Heven. It got the better of me, for a moment. It could have been avoided, had I had someone else to fight alongside me, but... [ She did not. And so here she is. ]

[dothelokimotion]

It is what it is.

[ A little blase from the guy who assumes the worst of others. But since it doesn't concern him directly, Loki has no problem with the straight answer. ]

What manner of beast was it?

[hevenly]

A foul, winged creature. Some sort of dragon, I believe.

[dothelokimotion]

A dragon? I thought most of their kind were extinct.

[hevenly]

Not in the Endworlds.

[dothelokimotion]

I am not familiar with this location.

[hevenly]

Good. It is not a pleasant place.

[ aka it literally is only ever mentioned in Angela's comics and I can't find any information on it. ]

[dothelokimotion]

I shall keep my eyes open lest I ever hear of it.

[ This still feels strange, foreign to Loki. To talk so casually without fear. Perhaps he can get through a conversation without raising a hurricane. ]

[hevenly]

See that you do. Though I have no doubt you could survive it. You seem resilient enough.

[dothelokimotion]

[ His lips twitch. ]

A compliment of the highest order.