[ 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]

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.

[dothelokimotion]

[ No, but the use of normal and the way Jacob stuck to his story is more than enough for Loki to be suspicious. ]

I'm hardly expecting miracles.

[aeturnus]

[ Oh, he can be as suspicious as he wants. Cain is more than normal enough compared to his gd brother. In his own mind. ]

Is that your way of saying you're already looking to compromise on your request?

[dothelokimotion]

One should always be open to compromise.

[ And while Loki isn't the type of person to compromise, he can certainly bluff and hedge his way into one. ]

But it seems it is quite clear that your eyes function quite well in Riverview.

[aeturnus]

Yeah, I mean, it would suck if I came in blind.

Are you going to actually ask, or what?

[dothelokimotion]

Would you answer honestly if I did?

[aeturnus]

Depends on how nicely you do. Or maybe just an agreement that we both tell the truth.

[dothelokimotion]

Very well. A truth for a truth then.

[aeturnus]

It's only fair. You first.