Video; thunderer [Thor 3 Spoilers]

[worldsaway]

[You can tell from the moment Thor's face appears on camera, he's been through hell and back. His hair is almost entirely buzzed down, save for the tufts on top, with markings shaved into the sides. His eye is covered by a black patch, indicating an injury that he isn't happy to talk about.]

I've made some changes. [Bluntly, as if he consented to any of this.]

What else.. Some things have happened at home that may be of interest to some of you. [He hums, considering.] Odin is dead. I have another sister? Her name is Hela. Mjolnir is destroyed. Banner is alive. [He feels a little guilty revealing that one, but he thinks someone deserves to know.] I fought the Hulk. I won. I met a real, live Valkyrie- And Asgard is.. [A people, not a place, but..] The realm has been destroyed. My people are seeking refuge, I suppose I understand now what displacement feels like.

I have the remains of Asgard in a ship, floating through space. If a portal could open for them, that would be extremely useful to me right now. I'm a king with no land or people, now. Very poetic. [Does he seem terse? He's kind of tense.


And then Loki comes barging in, looking very much the same and carrying a large parchment. He glances at the recording with a frown. He places the map of Earth on the wall, pinning it with a single dagger.]

Must you reveal everything? Put that away, I have work for you.

Comments

[bottombitch]

[ There he is! ]

N-no, I'm fine! I was just surprised. [ And like hell he's explaining the real reason why, thats embarrassing. ]

You look different.

Um, I keep hearing bad things about that ship, I was worried.

[worldsaway]

Surprised because I look different? [His voice verges on offended, but he's messing with Aoba.]

You don't need to be worried for me. We'll be fine.

[bottombitch]

[ Uwah! Now he fans out his hands before the screen, feeling like he needs to smooth things over! DON'T TEASE HIM, HE'S KIND OF GULLIBLE ]

I'm sorry! I didn't mean to imply --

Listen, I just... I got worried because I know some people who suffered a lot on that ship and I got them confused. I'm glad that's... not the case.

I mean.

It sounds like you've already gone through enough.

[worldsaway]

What sort of things have you heard about that ship? And you said there are people here who have been rescued from it?


[That might be useful.]

[bottombitch]

I don't think people like to talk about it, but I can understand why. [ He remembers watching Ichimatsu shift uncomfortably as he talked about it. ]

Sounds like some people were drugged in a way that changed their behavior, and there were some malicious aliens were allowed on board.

...A lot of people were hurt or killed. [ There were killings was what he heard, but somehow that sounds even uglier - like people were killing each other. Aoba's glad to leave that as the unspoken elephant in the room. ]

[worldsaway]

Then it's definitely not the ship we're on. We commandeered it, so unless it's haunted.. [Mostly haunted by tired, scared people.]

It's interesting that they can bring people in from a ship.

[bottombitch]

Right? [ That's what he thought! ]

I asked your brother if he thought maybe we could see about bringing in refugees from your ship here, but... I guess that's not a good idea, in hindsight.

[worldsaway]

I had considered the same option, but it's possible Riverview doesn't have the resources to take them all and I couldn't live with myself if we took even one less person.

Don't mind Loki too much. It's been a difficult week for him, and he's not very friendly at the best of times.

[bottombitch]

[ Aoba shakes his head. ]

No, it's fine. It sounds like you both lost a lot, isn't that natural?

How are you, by the way? I mean... with all this going on.

[worldsaway]

Yes, but he's normally a jerk anyway.

[Thor shrugs.] Not sure what to make of it. Feels strange to be here and not there.

[bottombitch]

[ Aoba tries not to laugh. Wasn't that harsh? That's your brother, Thor! M-maybe they're competitive... ]

I can imagine.

When you went back... did you pick up where you left off?

[worldsaway]

We didn't go back, really. They give you canisters full of new memories that are implanted into your mind. I woke up with the physical changes.

But my memories started from where they left off.

[bottombitch]

[ Aoba's jaw drops. ]

Canisters?! How did they even do that?

...That's so suspicious, how do you know they're even yours and not like... made up?