audio & action @L.Mills forward dated to April 8th

[thestoriesarereal]

[The audio turns on to the sound of silence for the first few seconds before Lucy asks her question.]

If you could have one wish, what would you wish for? Not like...money or anything. Not for powers, but what would you really wish for?

[Because it's her birthday, and she wasn't really in the mood to celebrate. Of course, she'll wish for her family to be okay, for them to remember and come here so they could meet Victor. But...would that be a waste of a wish? Sure, wishes were powerful, but she was in another world, and she didn't think they would be strong enough to pull her family from one realm to the next...

Or, maybe she's just over thinking things. Maybe she just wants to talk and not think about her birthday.]


[ooc: Lucy's birthday is on April 8th, so here's her birthday post! She won't say it's her birthday, not yet anyway. Either way, this post can double as action too. So have fun!]

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[ragnarsson]

I could tell you, but I'm sure you can probably guess.

[What could a crippled Viking possibly want that he'd never get?]

[thestoriesarereal]

[There's a very faint smile on her pensive face. She doesn't need to guess what it would be.]

I can guess...and yours would be understandable.

I haven't been keeping up on your stories in my book. I'll try to get back to them.

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[dothelokimotion]

Speaking a wish out loud ruins the possibility of it coming true.

[thestoriesarereal]

[The video turns on to show Lucy looking pensive, not all smiles and cheer like she was before.]

Fair point...I'm just trying to get ideas...that's all.

[dothelokimotion]

[ He blinks. ]

What for?

[thestoriesarereal]

...For something.

[He'd laugh. He would probably laugh and say it's silly, the things mortals do for birthday's.]

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[dothelokimotion]

[ He locks the feed. ]

Or someone?

[thestoriesarereal]

No...

Promise not to laugh or anything?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Huh. ]

I promise.

[thestoriesarereal]

[There's a pause as Lucy does her best to explain what this tradition is.]

It's my birthday, and for mortals, when it's our birthday and we light a candle, we can make a wish and then blow the candle out.

I know...the wish I have won't come true. So I don't want my wish to go to waste...so I'm trying to find other things to wish for.

[dothelokimotion]

[ He nods slowly. Loki is passingly familiar with mortal birthday customs. ]

I suppose it is difficult coming up with wishes. I'm not in the habit myself.

[thestoriesarereal]

Because you're a god? Or...you know there are limitations to wishes too?

[The question was asked softly, trying to respect him but also a bit curious.]

[dothelokimotion]

No. I simply never put much stock in wishes. I never believed in them.

video @frankenstein

[jolting]

Hm. Honestly, I don't think I'd wish for anything. I'm more the type to just work toward what I want.

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[tanker]

I'd wish for freedom, for everyone, back home. For everyone to have the same rights to a good, normal life.

what about you?

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[bastardofipswich]

a new x-box

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[thisisamazing]

Not for powers? Because flying on my own would be really cool. [He can already sort of fly with his suit, but it's really more like gliding.]

Hm. I guess... to have gotten to know my mom. What kind of things would you wish for?

[thestoriesarereal]

Really? I would've thought...since you're a god, that wishes would be easy things to believe in--all things considered.

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[thestoriesarereal]

But there are somethings you can't work towards...so...there's wishes.

Are you coming home soon? Is Jim doing better?

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[thestoriesarereal]

[What they're describing sounds like...they're in the middle of a war, or a fight. She wants to ask, but she's unsure of how to go about it without being blunt.]

It sounds like things aren't good back home for you. Are you okay? [Yes, small child is concerned.]

There are a lot of things I could wish for, but they won't come true here. For the curse to be broken...for my family to be okay. For any of them to be here...but since that won't happen, I don't know what to wish for.

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[thestoriesarereal]

Like the gaming console thing?

[jolting]

Well, if there's something I can do to help with your wish, let me know.

I'd be confident to give him a clean bill of health. And I should be home soon. I was just checking in at the hospital.

[thestoriesarereal]

I think that's something everyone would wish for--flying, or maybe the ability to breathe under water.

[See, his wish is sensible.]

Things that are impossible and won't come true...so I'm trying to think of something else to wish for.

[bastardofipswich]

heck yeah!

[ Look at that, he even watched his language for what sounds like a small child! ]

alternately i'd want to travel back in time and go to woodstock or something

[thestoriesarereal]

No, there isn't anything. I'm just...thinking, that's all.

So...Jim could leave the hospital, soon? Really soon?

Okay...just be safe out there.