[ video | un: trickster ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ The feed opens up to Loki, dressed in a white shirt and black tie and slacks. He seems to be in a facility somewhere in Riverview, one that might not be familiar to most. He taps a pencil on a clipboard, his bid to look professional. Even his hair is combed back, a few strands tied together with a silver clasp. ]

Greetings. I work at the Gramarye Research Facility for Magic and I was hoping to get some examples of magic taken place in Riverview. Any will do, even ones where your own magic has clashed with the rules of this reality. If you could make it short and precise, I would be most . . . grateful.

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[aeturnus]

[ He's snickering just a tad. He can't help it with Gramarye Research Facility for Magic. ]

Next you'll be wanting live examples on us normals, huh?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Don't tempt him. But the odd use of the word normals catches his attention. ]

It would not hurt.

[aeturnus]

Isn't that what the tests would be for? You wouldn't know yet.

[ That's not what he meant, Cain, and you know it. ]

[dothelokimotion]

We are not that kind of facility.

[ Yet. ]

[aeturnus]

If you say so. Word of advice: most people introduce themselves when representing their company, especially since your username doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

What's the hiring process for that type of place, anyway?

[dothelokimotion]

I was hired when I arrived here, so you will have to ask them, not me.

[ As for the username, Loki gives him a pointed eyebrow. ]

It's an old reference to my name. I imagine someone was trying to be clever.

[aeturnus]

Fair enough, they got me the same way.

You realize you could have changed that?

[dothelokimotion]

I might, in the future.

[ For now, it's simply amusing to have around. ]

[aeturnus]

Sure. For now... you're definitely not coming off well for Gramarye.

[dothelokimotion]

I am sure they'll survive.

[ And Loki does not care. At all. ]

[aeturnus]

Just putting in the showing? Make it look like you're working hard when you're hardly working?

[dothelokimotion]

Real work does not happen on the network in visible view. This is merely a starting point. Whether it yield useful gains or not isn't my highest priority.

[aeturnus]

What's the next step if no one bites?

[dothelokimotion]

That would be telling.

[aeturnus]

Then I'll just sit here with bated breath.

[dothelokimotion]

Like a "normal" person?

[aeturnus]

Hey, I heard those airquotes.

[ As if their previous conversation didn't lend to Luka's disbelief at all. ]

Implying something?

[dothelokimotion]

I was not aware I needed to. Considering.

[ Not anyone can pierce through Loki's illusions, even a low-level one. ]

[aeturnus]

Considering what?

[ He's not the best at recognizing when he sees something weird. His sight is... interesting, like that. So now he's wondering what he did. ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Now that was interesting. Loki mentally files that away. ]

I had cast an illusion over myself. You should not have seen me.

[aeturnus]

[ There's a pause, taking that in. He looks a little put off by it, the first sign of anything near the sort. ]

I've got good eyes. Not magic.

[dothelokimotion]

No human's eyes are that good.

[aeturnus]

They're... supernatural, I'll give you that. Those are different distinctions where I'm from.

[dothelokimotion]

And yet a distinction you deliberately avoided until now.

[aeturnus]

Didn't think there was a point since I still can't offer you what you're looking for.