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[trashvalkyrie]

[The girl onscreen might look vaguely familiar; anyone who's befriended Valkyrie during her time in Riverview might recognize her, but with a slightly softer face, shorter hair, and looking a good decade younger...in human years, anyway. The last time she looked like this, she went by the name Brunnhilde...but she's not telling a soul that. She's currently pouting as she faces her phone camera, propped up on her bed in her new room in Thor's house.]

Look. Far be it from me to complain about shaving a few years off, but this is fucking—

[She cuts off out of sheer frustration, and clenches a fist near her jaw.]

No liquor store will sell to me! I tried explaining that I'm actually, like, multiple millennia old, but of course I can't fucking prove it.

[Val sticks out her tongue, going momentarily cross-eyed.]

Anyway, point is. Who's going to buy me booze?

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[buildingcastles]

In- I'm the creepy one? You're asking complete strangers to buy your drinks. Don't you know how bad that could go?

[He huffs and blusters at the suggestion.]

Besides, you're supposed to be thousands of years old! You just look young, right?

[trashvalkyrie]

Not drinks. Bottles. Sealed bottles. I'm not an idiot.

[A smirk is creeping onto her face. She likes getting under peoples' skin.]

Right, but, like. Physically, I'm just an innocent teenager.

[buildingcastles]

[He's keeping his eyes on her, watching with eye contact that is probably nervous energy, like he's afraid to let her get advantage somehow. It's just a conversation, but Christian is definitely watchful.]

I've never met a teenager that was innocent. Pretty sure those don't exist.

[trashvalkyrie]

...I mean, you're probably right. But I can still play the part, or at least try.

[buildingcastles]

[That's an answer that gets a hesitant smirk from him, like he wants to laugh but doesn't want to be caught doing it.]

How badly do you want free drinks?

[trashvalkyrie]

Okay, I never said I wasn't willing to pay for them.

[buildingcastles]

[Okay, now he laughs.]

That's decent of you. Is there a commission fee too? Just wondering what you're paying for these drinks of yours.

[trashvalkyrie]

[She smiles, nose wrinkling, as she considers that.]

My commission fee is not beating anyone's ass.

[buildingcastles]

Well, that's vaguely threatening. Do you really think you should be drinking if you're that inclined to attack people?

[She is officially great.]

[trashvalkyrie]

"Vaguely threatening." That's much nicer than anyone's ever put it before.

[She shakes her head.]

You really don't get it. I mean, I wouldn't expect you to.

[buildingcastles]

Well, you're talking to me through a phone. It's not that threatening when I can just hang up.

I've been told that before. What's the appeal? What are you missing now that you can't buy a drink?

[trashvalkyrie]

[The girl appears to deflate a little. There's only so much bravado she can put on when you have a total stranger calling your bluff.]

I spent a millennium loaded. It's not something you can just...cut off like that. [She snaps a finger.]