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[ikols]

[ The recording shows Loki in a tall-backed chair, a faint green glow off-screen drawing his gaze now and then in the shadowy surroundings. Chinning a hand, he appears uncharacteristically sober, the way only a handful of people have witnessed, and his lips have lost their usual mischievous quirk.

Sighing as though this is a chore, he begins. His voice remains carefully level. ]

Tony Stark of Earth-616 has returned through the portal. I had his movements tracked via rune-magic in case he fell into a different dimension or was kidnapped into Hel-knows-where, that sort of thing tends to happen back home more often than not. But it seems, from what I can confirm from tracing his last steps, that they led him ... away from us.

[ His gaze falls to the mysterious glow, watching it from under hooded lashes instead of paying viewers any mind. ]

If anyone wants to claim his workshop in the perimeter guard headquarters, it's full of his last projects. Unfinished. I suggest our other-verse Starks take precedence over commandeering his mess to make use of it or throw it away.

[ Turning the phone around, the illumination reveals itself to be a ghostly green Tony going about his work on the other side of the desk, a conjured echo as the reality-bending god looks on with everyone else. Why Loki summoned it is unexplained, but he raises two fingers to brush aside the phantom with a gesture and it dissolves in an unearthly silent breeze. The workshop's lights remain off; Loki doesn't need them to see and he would rather hide his face. ]

I doubt he would mind, either way.

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[potentialed]

[ Stephen can never claim to be an expert reader of mood but he does know he's rarely seen Loki like this. So it stands that he asks, in all sincerity, ]

Are you alright?

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[ikols]

[ Oh, look, the lights are on when Loki answers from the same location. That's less dramatic. Much better, he deserves a pat on the back for not being extra-extra. ]

Yes, fine. Did you want anything in here put aside for yourself?

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[winscenario]

[ Saying he's sorry seems a little pointless, and a meaningless platitude more likely than not. He can't begin to imagine how Loki's feeling, particularly after what he's told Jim about Tony and the relationship he had with him, as well as the way in which they parted. He knows there's very little he can say to make it better, but he can't accept simply sitting back and doing nothing. He can, at the very least, offer. ]

Any chance we can meet? Or would you rather be alone?

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[ikols]

I think I'd be awful company right now. [ And he might break down again if anyone is too nice to him, especially in person. ] Thanks.

Ah, was he working on anything for your shuttle, or ... ? I can access his files if you need anything.

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[buildsomething]

Wait, he's just. Gone?

[Tony's expression is some odd combination of confused and sympathetic. He's gotten enough to figure that this Loki and the other Stark were...close. But it's not like he knows either of them well enough to be able to comment on it.]

I can come take a look. If you want.

[It might be an awkward attempt, but he has been invited. Sort of.]

[ikols]

It's not going anywhere.

[ Pardon the short, pitched laugh. ]

Help yourself, you've more of a right than anyone.

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[deathkid]

[ he's at work, so there's the sound of club music in the background, but it's muffled as he keeps the shadows drawn around him. ]

I'm sorry. I know how much he meant to you. I doubt you're in the mood for talking or anything, but in case you are, I'm not going anywhere.

[ikols]

[ so pUBLIC, NICO. ]

That's good to know. How is the club doing, Nico? I haven't been by in a few days, any disturbances?

[ Literally any other subject is welcome at this point, unenthused though he sounds. ]

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[thisisamazing]

I'm sorry about your friend. [He didn't know Tony, obviously, having not been here very long, but Loki is probably sad about his departure, and Hiccup can understand that. It hasn't been long and he still misses his friends. So his concern is genuine, empathetic.]

I didn't know him, but... if you ever want some quiet company, me and Toothless are around. [Loki had shown him kindness, he just wants to return it.]

[ikols]

How would that company prove quiet with you two, exactly?

[ The mildest humour threads through his inquiry. ]

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[wingedman]

Let me know if you need anything, okay?

[He figures Loki might prefer text to other modes of communication right now, and so he affords him that privacy.]

[ikols]

[ If Norse gods blessed people ... ]

i'm ok thx

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[metalmenace]

[The look on Victor's face is priceless because guess who just figured out what was going on between Tony and Loki.]

So, he's gone. I would like to take a look at his workshop in the near future.

[He pauses briefly and looks thoughtful about something.]

Would you like some company, Loki?

[ikols]

The other Starks have first dibs on his things, you'll have to wait your turn.

[ While a Norse godling plays at being Garm the guard-dog. Also, why on earth does Victor look so astonished, wtf. Weirdo. ]

I don't need company.

[ Implicit in that, is the unspoken 'yours'. ]

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[inebriety]

You're offering anyone to walk in and take what they like. Did you truly know him well enough to be upset over his departure?

[And then a separate message sent privately.]

Doom isn't going to wait and either you stop him or we will. He'd rather his work be destroyed then left in another's hands.

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[ikols]

I said people could come by AFTER you two had been in, don't twist things. He actually had friends and by-projects for others, I don't know who they were but they're entitled to what he wanted them to have.

Doom can fuck right off.

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[hevenly]

[ Angela knew Anthony Stark only briefly, but she knows her sometimes-brother was fond of him. She knows his loss must hurt Loki dearly. ]

I am sorry for your loss. Should you need company, seek me out.

[ikols]

[ Gods above, people are so embarrassing. ]

I'm fine.

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[hititwithacrowbar]

[ Jason's hair was messy and all over, he looked half asleep because he was. Having crashed wen he came in and saw the video upon waking. ]

I'm sorry for your loss, Loki. If there's anything at all I can do let me know.

[ikols]

[ Thank Odin this is private. ]

I'm ... [ If he says 'fine' again, he's going to hit the roof. Breathe. ] I'm sorting out his stuff in the workshop, I'll be busy for a while. I wouldn't mind a pizza night some time soon, though.

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[ragnarsson]

[So Tony's gone. Ouch. Ivar knew Tony and Loki well enough to know this has got to be hitting his god hard. So he doesn't bother with empty platitudes. He just gets straight to the point.]

How are you holding up?

[Having had his own heart broken the previous month, he knows what that can do to a person inside, even when outwardly they're still fine.]

[ikols]

As usual.

[ Aside from his kneejerk response to Victor, because Victor, he refuses to admit anything about his feelings on a public line. Not when Avengers are all over the place. ]

Was he working on anything for you? I'm organising his things.

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[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki foregoes making a statement on the network. Some things are better demonstrated in person anyway, even if he's not entirely sure what he should be doing. Steve will be upset too, he realizes. Loki is probably the only person not particularly torn up about this scenario. Empathy may not be his strong point (or close to one), but he's not . . .

( he's not unsympathetic. not immune, though he'd like to be, like to be free of this cloying place. )

He slips into Tony's workshop quietly, searching for his other self. ]

[ikols]

[ In the main chair behind Anthony's best-used desk, he sits with his knees up and forehead hidden against them. The intrusion of his twin doesn't go unnoticed, but neither does Loki react. ]

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[fingerstripes]

[ He'd known Tony only be reputation, spoken to him only once. But he sees the change in Loki, and this kind of loss is painfully, painfully familiar.

Platitudes only twist the knife, and he's not in the mood to dish them out today. ]

He was a friend?

[ikols]

He became my best friend here, despite our history.