[ voice ]

[atwar]

To those Loki recruited to assist with his spell, know that it has been delayed. He will contact you when he is...unoccupied.

[ She's a little concerned, but she's seen him spell-sick before. Mostly she's annoyed at having to play nursemaid. ]

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[femshep]

'Spell'. [Elaborate?

She sounds utterly skeptical, though that does explain his strange need for random animal parts. She thought he was just unhinged or something.]

[atwar]

[ Well he might be unhinged too ]

That is correct.

[femshep]

Any chance you'll explain that one?

[atwar]

I was not aware it needed explaining. My companion is a sorcerer of surpassing skill, and several days past he made a general call for supplies.

[femshep]

Probably wouldn't have, but he's the first sorcerer I've met.

[She's humoring Sif until she figures out what to think.]

What kind of spell's he pulling together?

[atwar]

I have heard mortals' belief in the arcane had dwindled, but I see now that it must be true.

A spell of transportation. Loki means to return himself home, and as we hail from the same realm I mean to leave with him. Whether he made promises of escape to others, I cannot say.

[femshep]

I didn't think it was that simple. Leaving, I mean.

[atwar]

We will see. I am aesir; I will not resign myself to being trapped in this place.

[femshep]

Never said I was resigned. Just that I figured escape would take more than a few animal parts and a guy in a cave. [She means no offense by it, though she could've probably put it kinder.

But she can't resist:]

'Aesir'?

[atwar]

Better to eliminate a possibility than not. [ a shrug ]

The race native to Asgard the eternal, first of the nine realms. And I am Sif.

[femshep]

Shepard.

Any chance Asgard's a planet? Or are we dealing with more of the arcane? [She's hoping 'planet', if for no other reason than the fact that planets are very much in her realm of 'normal'.]

[video]

[asecondfaster]

[Hi Sif, have a teenager raising his eyebrows at you.] A spell? Like...actual magic? That exists?

[video]

[atwar]

Certainly.

[video, pretend I didn't html fail up there]

[asecondfaster]

Okay, this is officially too weird to be a test.

[video]

[atwar]

If this is a test, I have little patience for it.

[video]

[asecondfaster]

[Ian smiles at that] Well, we have that in common.