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[inebriety]

[Tony has the Iron Man helmet with face plate up and one of the gauntlets on which he uses to wave at the camera. He's smiling brightly, but there are bags under his eyes and the flush to his cheeks are from more than just excitement.]

Some of you might remember a certain someone's offer to trade junk into something better. Please be sure to get the right guy because I don't work for scraps. If you have trouble telling us apart, other me is highly strung and a little sensitive.

[He taps his fingers against his chin.]

Perhaps we should change names as well. I was already thinking of rebranding Iron Man and getting a new paint job. And he can be... do you think he'd mind if I called him Greg? Or is that a little too morbid using a dead man's name? He'd have to dye his hair too, we look terrible in white otherwise...

[He picks up a bottle with his uncovered hand and takes a drink.]

Okay, it probably is. This silly event has got me maudlin I see.

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[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki shrugs gracelessly. ]

Playing devil's advocate is what I do, Stark. Surely you knew that?

[inebriety]

Not really. You don't leave that much of an impression.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Well, that's galling. ]

Oh? What did Loki do then?

[inebriety]

If you're going to do some dick waving how about you just tell me what you've done and then I'll tell you if you won or not.

[It'll save everyone time and Loki gets to be smug faster or avoid humiliation, a win for everyone.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ He weighs the possibilities in his head before shrugging. ]

I tried to take over the world.

[inebriety]

Midgard or Asgard? You've probably won, by the way, his motivations mostly seemed limited to messing with Thor. That's not to say he didn't try it, but it wasn't his end goal.

[dothelokimotion]

Midgard.

[ Loki is, despite himself, hooked. He has no intentions of fitting any kind of mold, but the trend in the name is disturbing and tightly woven. ]

What was it? This goal of his.

[inebriety]

Prove his superiority to Thor once and for all or something like that. He had a chance to rewrite reality all he did was make us think Thor was crazy.

It's a waste, but good for us.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Unsettling is the word that first comes to mind. Certainly, his . . . hatred of Thor is tied into Asgard and many other factors, but his tricks certainly don't come close to that. He suppresses the feeling. ]

I suppose there was not much room for imagination.

[inebriety]

But you're gods. If you have centuries to plan something shouldn't you at least do it right?

[Tony can't fathom the idea of having that much time, but he envies it in a way. He could do so much more if he had just a little more time.]

[dothelokimotion]

Time does not function for gods the way mortals see it. You may see a wide expanse. For us, it is a heartbeat. A missed step.

If that was his one desire, nothing else would matter. Not time, not planning. Simply the goal.

[inebriety]

...Wasted on people who don't see the value in it.

[While he struggles to fit everything into the time he has left.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki snorts lightly. ]

Something you are deeply familiar with, no doubt. Have you ever seen value in anything you do, Stark?

[inebriety]

[The conundrum of the actions of a drunken mess who claims to have little time. The truth was these actions were often the only thing capable of keeping him going a little longer.]

Oh, maybe once or twice.

[Drunk or not, he's never seen the value of explaining his actions. Better to let them keep their assumptions as it makes them easier to work around.]

[dothelokimotion]

That's a number higher than I expected.

[ Considering this Stark doesn't seem to have a high an ego as the one Loki is familiar with. He might actually enjoy this one. ]