[video]; thunderer

[worldsaway]

[The video begins in the swampier edges of the jungle. Thanks to the flooding, the water is up to Thor's waist and he has mud up his arms and on his face. He holds the camera up at a selfie angle, smiling into it and waving with a muddy hand.]

If anybody happens to know where a big, fat crocodile went, let me know. He's got a scar over his eye and his legs are very stumpy. Embarrassingly stumpy.

[Thor looks about him, holding the camera out so the audience can really appreciate the view of the overflowing river and not the fact that he's wearing a wet singlet.]

And if you've lost anything in the floods, let me know and I'll keep my eye out for-

[He cuts himself off when he catches sight of something making ripples on the water. His arm whips out of camera, snatching the tail of a snake that he brings into view.]

Look at this! Did you know snakes could swim?



[The snake hisses, flicking its tongue at Thor even as it coils around Thor's arm in a lithe, slow crawl. When Thor's hold lessens though, the snake rears back slightly like a mirage before vanishing and revealing a grinning Loki who very casually slides a small dagger into Thor's side.]

Oh dear. Was that me?

[Thor grunts, mostly in surprise but there's pain in it. The little blades sting, and it's a miracle that he can hold onto his camera (lopsidedly) when he drops to his knees and grips his side.]

You've done it now, brother. [Thor growls, with a clenched jaw.] It's all going dark. Dark and cold. I see a light, it's calling me. I'll bleed out before they find me.

[And with his final breath, he musters the strength to try kick Loki into the mud along with him.]

Comments

[Video; @threewings]

[heavenfell]

It's nice to see energetic siblings. [Trying to kill each other, playing pranks... Ah the memories.]

[dothelokimotion]

I imagine we are not the only ones.

[heavenfell]

You are definitely not. [Don't ask her where her brother is currently located. Oh Angel Sanctuary.] I have a twin brother myself.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki's tone is cordial. ]

Oh?

Was there a lot of stabbing involved?

[heavenfell]

He tried to kill me nearly as often as I tried to kill him. Granted, his sanity was failing him as his body decayed and I was merely fulfilling a promise to him that he didn't remember.

[dothelokimotion]

That sounds normal to me.

[heavenfell]

It was normal for us. We are two halves of one whole. He needs me to exist and I don't want to be alone.

[dothelokimotion]

That seems terribly unhealthy.

[ Even more than Thor and Loki. ]

[heavenfell]

Blame god. [Or not since he is dead in their world.] He thought to separate a great power into twins.

[dothelokimotion]

I try not to blame Gods without good reason, being one myself.

[heavenfell]

There was only one in my universe. [She gives a delicate shrug.] We are part of the race meant to serve him.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Ah. He's passingly familiar. ]

Angels, then. I always thought it was gauche, creating a race merely for servitude.

[heavenfell]

Servitude sounds more honorable than "play thing". [None of them mattered to him in the end.] The majority of us were nothing more than experiments.

[dothelokimotion]

That sounds about right.

[ Loki, you don't know anything about Christian gods. ]

[heavenfell]

What's it like being a god?

[dothelokimotion]

I could not fully say. I have always been a God and thus, have no room for measurement.

[worldsaway]

I'm glad you think I'm energetic. Everyone else seems to think I lack enthusiasm.

[heavenfell]

I think they were commenting more on your act. It's a wonder you're alive.

[worldsaway]

Really? It was a very small knife.

[heavenfell]

You should try a full-fledged sword next time.

[worldsaway]

I think that would scar people's minds more than it would scar my body.

[heavenfell]

Is it strange that I have almost come to expect it between siblings?

[worldsaway]

A little bit, yes. Where I'm from, Loki and I are the weird ones.

[heavenfell]

A difficult position and one I know intimately. But no one can dictate how we feel.

[worldsaway]

No, but they'll certainly try.