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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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[dothelokimotion]

[ Okay, he snorts lightly at that. ]

I do no doubt Victor's recollection, but if there is one thing I know about Stark is that he is a cockroach and no force would kill him so easily, much less a coma. It is not suitably dramatic for him.

[ikols]

[ Running a hand over his hair brushes away the consoling touch. ]

I can't go home and I have to rely on Victor von Doom for news, this is what it's come to. [ His voice wavers. ] And Anthony liked you, so don't be a dick.

[dothelokimotion]

[ There's a flutter of uncertainty at that, but Loki calms the urge to wince. ]

My point stands. Even with what Victor remembers, it is still limited. Open to change. And we, of all people, know how difficult it is to stay dead. Unless Stark says so with utmost clarity, I see no reason to accept it.

Do not limit yourself with fear.

[ikols]

Can I at least grieve before you tell me to be more Loki about it? I'll do what I want.

[ Even if that means being a lonely crybaby for a while. ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ There's a telling silence before he responds. ]

Of course.