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[inebriety]

[Tony and Loki staring at everyone with shiteating grins on this great fourth of July.]

We’re happy to present the American Eagle. Customized for this very celebration, Captain America’s birthday. It has many features. Note its colourful plumage and the fact that it can sing the national . . . anthem? I believe that is what it called. Though why a nation needs its own song, I know not.

[Tony rolling his eyes.]

Because God Bless America etc etc. Our great nation was created so we may all look upon those asses today.

And since I blessed it last year, I have come again to bless it once more. With this eagle and my continued presence to his ass.

[Presenting the burd. It starts to sing.



Tony meanwhile is taken aback.]

Wait what? When did you hit that? Which one?!

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[dothelokimotion]

Unbirthday?

[11calls]

Yeah, it's a thing from an Earth Book, Alice in Wonderland. The Mad Hatter and his friends celebrate things called an 'unbirthday' so they can have a party even if it's not theirs.

A good celebration to have, I think. They even have a song.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Ah. Literature. ]

So it is an excuse to have a celebration, essentially.

[11calls]

[Alex just grins and nods.]

Yeah, basically. And thanks for not making me sing the song.

[dothelokimotion]

I might save that for a future opportunity.

[11calls]

[That makes her laugh.]

Oh god, please don't.

[dothelokimotion]

I make no promises.

[11calls]

Well...

[She said with a laugh.]

They're your ears! But I should let you get back to what you're doing!

[dothelokimotion]

Dealing with a magical eagle I've created?

[11calls]

[Sorry Loki, Alex is just going to laugh at that.]

Well, yeah. What does one do with a magical eagle that they've created once the joke's over?

[dothelokimotion]

That depends on the recipient of the joke.

[11calls]

If it were me...

[That's a dangerous sparkle in her eyes, one that probably should say 'Alex NO' too.]

I'd bring it home to Steve. Let him enjoy it in person.

[dothelokimotion]

[ His brow furrows. ]

I'm not sure Steve wants an eagle in his home.

[11calls]

Doesn't have to go inside. Just show up. Maybe you can attach something. Like a carrier pigeon or an owl in Harry Potter.

[dothelokimotion]

Who?

[ He's never watched or read that series. ]

[11calls]

[That's a different response, but it makes her grin anyway.]

Sorry, super famous Earth book about a boy wizard. They deliver mail by owls.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki frowns. ]

That seems inefficient.

[11calls]

I'm an email and stamps.com kinda girl. You're telling me!

[And Alex just laughed softly and shrugged at that.]

But it's what they do with birds in it.

[dothelokimotion]

My father used to have birds to pass on messages. It was annoying then too.

[11calls]

Was it as messy as I imagine it to be?

[dothelokimotion]

Not these ravens. No, they were simply . . . nosy.

[ He wonders what happened to them. When he sent Odin away, he threatened them and they kept quiet. Loki assumes they passed away the same time Odin did. ]

[11calls]

Were they like giant size ravens or just normal sized?

[dothelokimotion]

. . . Normal ravens?

[11calls]

Hey! [Alex is just going to grin.] Godly ravens. You can never tell.

[dothelokimotion]

Why would godly ravens be large?