[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

[dothelokimotion]

I would look back more carefully.

[ Loki was revered, but they certainly didn't praise his name or want to do much with him. ]

[heavenfell]

Uh oh. Were you more the...arch-nemesis? [She likes him even more for it.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ An eyebrow goes up. ]

If you're familiar, you should know that.

[heavenfell]

I spent my lifetimes sleeping. What I saw was...short-lived. [Like her human bodies.]

[dothelokimotion]

How so?

[heavenfell]

I was punished for leaving my prison. I entered willingly and I left willingly. They encased my body in a crystal and sent my soul to Earth to be reincarnated over and over again.

[dothelokimotion]

Remind me again why your God is so popular on Earth?

[heavenfell]

Humans came to their own conclusions since he made himself...absent.

[dothelokimotion]

Well. Very little has changed then.

[heavenfell]

Is that a habit of your elders too?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki snorts. ]

What elders would those be?

[heavenfell]

I remember...Odin? Balder? I admit I am not an expert.

[dothelokimotion]

I do not know a Balder. Odin is long gone.

[heavenfell]

He is...deceased? [Huh.] Is it common for your gods to perish?

[dothelokimotion]

All things perish. Time is the only eternal.

[heavenfell]

Does it exist if there is no one to keep track of it?

[dothelokimotion]

Yes. Existence isn't based on one's knowledge. Things have existed long before anyone knew their names.

[heavenfell]

I cannot say how god came to be, but there must have been a time before him. I wonder what it was like?

Now with him gone, we might experience it again.

[dothelokimotion]

Gone in your reality. I cannot say how it would fare but if he was mostly absent, I doubt much will be felt.

[heavenfell]

Until it naturally comes to an end. I plan to be a human for one more lifetime; then I will be myself again.

[dothelokimotion]

Why human?

[heavenfell]

I was still imprisoned when an opportunity arose to slay the creator.

[dothelokimotion]

And that gives him control, I assume.

[heavenfell]

I was in the proper vessel. A human with the soul of an angel was strong enough to make his way through hell and climb to heaven.

[dothelokimotion]

What happened to him?