[ 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]

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.

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[dothelokimotion]

[ He locks it. Not that his identity is much of a secret, but he rather not have it spread around. ]

What is Luka a variation of?

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[aeturnus]

[ Interesting. ]

Lukas, generally, but it can actually mean light in Latin. But going back even further and with the rather blatant hint about your username, you're trying to insinuate Loki here.

Right?

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[dothelokimotion]

[ That clinches one of his suspicions. ]

You've guessed correctly. I am Loki.

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[aeturnus]

So, you're not human. Never met a god before. Neat.

[ Which was actually going to be his question in the first place. ]

How old are you? "Eternal"?

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[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki makes a tsk noise. ]

It is your turn.

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[aeturnus]

All right, consider that mine when I've answered yours. Go ahead.

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[dothelokimotion]

How old are you?

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[aeturnus]

[ He doesn't answer immediately, just sits back and gets a distant look on his face like he has to think about it. There's no surprise at the question itself, because it's certainly fair after all his talk of having plenty of kids and experience, but...

He wrote this down somewhere recently, didn't he? Keeping the exact number is not one of his prioritized pieces of information. ]

Twenty-seven hundred and ninety-one. Should be. Might have skipped through a birthday in the change of dates between home and here.

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[dothelokimotion]

[ An immortal. With some rudimentary magic tied to his being, but Loki can't picture Jacob doing any casting. ]

I have not kept in time with Earth's centuries. I was born when mankind slowly emerged from the ice and snow.

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[aeturnus]

[ Casting magic is for the dead, ewwww. ]

So, what, after the ice age? Huh. That would make you the first person I've met that's older than me.

[ Abel doesn't count when he only made it to 24 before dying. Being an immortal spirit now doesn't change that. ]

Your turn again.

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[dothelokimotion]

Were you born or created to be this way?

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[aeturnus]

Born like this, apparently. It didn't stick until something happened, but it was always going to happen.

What's your magical deal? What can you do?

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[dothelokimotion]

. . . I am a Norse God. What can't I do would be a fairer question.

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[aeturnus]

Apparently you can't trick my eyes, so there's that. And I'm willing to guess you can't control the portals that could bring more people in or take them home.

But if that's how you want to answer it, then what can't you do?