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[dothelokimotion]

What kind of stories did you grow up with?

What kind of myths and fairy tales were you told?

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[dothelokimotion]

Mmm.

[ Loki's hum is noncommittal. This comes precariously close to his own feelings. ]

As I said. Monsters.

[veritron]

Yeah, but that means humans are also monsters.

[Which she ain't gonna deny. She saw what they did to Hunter and Sunstreaker.]

Still, giants sound like they've gotta be cooler than stupid fat elves like Santa Claus.

[dothelokimotion]

Perhaps. I am not human myself.

[ But Loki does not see humans in that way, despite his arrogance. He knows better than that, but he can't say she's wrong either. ]

But they merely . . . appear cooler so to speak.

[veritron]

Yeah? [If you're trying to make yourself sound less cool, stranger, you are failing. Spectacularly.]

So, like...what you got? Tentacles? Weird head antennas?


OOOOH. A tail? Tell me you've got a tail!

[dothelokimotion]

[ But he's trying so hard. ]

No. But I can make myself appear as if I have those things. I use magic.

[veritron]

REALLY?!?!

[Oh, you poor bastard, you now have a bff. ]

So, like, is there a catch? Do you gotta turn back by midnight or you can't look like someone who's actually alive or something?

[Because, hey, there's gotta be rules!]

Could you do me?

[Wait. Not, uh, like that!]

[dothelokimotion]

[ He shrugs loosely. ]

I could. There is no catch. They are merely illusions.

[veritron]

[ This is by far--BY FAR--the coolest thing she's ever heard. ]

Anyone ever tell you you're fucking cool?

[dothelokimotion]

[ . . . ]

No?

[veritron]

Well, then, I regret to inform you that you hang out with idiots.

Because that, my friend, is fucking cool.

[ She's an expert on cool. Obviously. ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Oh. That's . . . kind of nice. ]

I cannot deny the truth in that statement.

[veritron]

Damn straight, you can't.

[Because she is an expert. ]

Name's Verity, by the way. Verity Carlo. Hacker, thief, and all-around giver of zero fucks.

[dothelokimotion]

I am Loki. I work at the Gramarye Institute of Magic.