second scroll [voice ; open] backdated to Sunday of Week 30

[girlworthfighting]

All who can hear this, you will be so good as to grant me a moment of your time to listen. My message is both of stern significance and brief.

For those who've not yet met me or don't know my voice, my name is Fa Mulan. In the land I come from I am a warrior of great renown, and no small amount of skill. [She rarely ever boasts like this, so it must be important - and not about her.] The young prince and novice sorcerer known as Loki Odinson is under my protection. I know there are some of you who may take issue with his presence, or wish him harm for another unvoiced reason. But I care not what these reasons are. They are irrelevant to me, and to the oath I've taken upon my name and honor.

I don't seek out battle with this young man's would-be enemies. But if you make quarrel with him, then you will quarrel with me. That is the way of it.

I expect when I return from the short journey I am undertaking I will find Loki perfectly safe and unbothered. If not, then any who have failed to heed this warning will answer to me.

[There's a pause and then, in a softer tone, she begins as if almost in a separate message.]

Jack Frost, will you be so obliging as to allow me to request of you to keep an eye on him while I am gone?

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[attention_wenches]

[Sigh. And not just because this stupid crystal scrying stone is constantly bothering him with people's nonsense and irritating to make use of.]

...As regards that low profile I've been attempting to keep, it involved my name and rank.

[Even Sigyn understood that much!]

[girlworthfighting]

[Well there's gratitude for you. Mulan sorely wishes that she could say she was really surprised.]

If so it was a poorly-kept secret indeed. Especially in regards to your name. The Lady Sigyn already made that one quite public before I had even brought you to the city.

[attention_wenches]

For one thing, I'm fairly certain no one listens to a thing the lunatic says. For another, she didn't feel the need to announce my rank.

[Sigh again.]

And I would note that I asked for none of this and would much prefer to be left alone.

[He'd be grateful if any of this were pleasant or desired.]

/threadjack for lull

[fotlenke]

[ You can hear Sigyn's fingers click-clacking atop a wood surface testily. When she speaks, her voice is low, grave, and harder than any stone in Asgard -- not even Thor's hammer could crack this stone. ]

For true? No person listens to what the lunatic says?

[attention_wenches]

[Ugh, go away.]

Not really, no.

[girlworthfighting]

I doubt she entirely comes across to others as 'a lunatic'. At least not to the point where others completely disregard anything she says.


And were it likely, I would be more than willing to leave you to the solitude you so desire. However so long as there's a chance being on your own will leave you open to dangers, then it cannot be. Or do you care nothing for your own survival either?

[attention_wenches]

Thus far, the only threat to my survival has been from the entirely sane woman with the dagger and the bizarre accusations.

not here.

[fotlenke]

[ Sigyn hears Mulan's voice over the network and listens to what Mulan has to say. When Mulan finishes, a big grin morphs on Sigyn's lips and she quietly turns off her device. Ideas start to move in her head in twists and turns, melding into so much more that had been stifled since her vow by Yggdrasil to protect Loki. But not that others are taking more of Sigyn's burden...

She starts to plot her freedom. ]

[cantcatchme]

Yeeeah. Just gonna say that I'm not promising anything if he starts it. Which he did.

[But this new tidbit about that scrawny kid being Loki? Oh, that's interesting. Pietro is paying attention now.]

But hey, I'm not planning on bruising anything worse than his ego.

video.

[fotlenke]

[ Sigyn's putting her hair up and hasn't exactly put her tunic over her chest wraps, but she turns on her device and responds to Pietro when she hears the indication of Loki have done something wrong.

She sighs, twisting her hair into a ponytail, looking dully into the camera. ]

What crime has Loki committed?

Re: video.

[cantcatchme]

Crime? Crime? Who said anything about crime? The little weasel tripped me. [Hey, that's a serious offense... sort of. Really, though, Pietro doesn't look too perturbed. More like he's putting on airs.]

Magic. He's as bad as Iceman.

video.

[fotlenke]

[ Sigyn reaches off-screen for something, then pulls back her hand -- an elastic band pinched between her thumb and index finger -- and begins to tie up her ponytail. ] Oh? [ She makes a droll face, arching a brow, wondering if Loki had bruised the man's ego. ] And did anything else besides your pride take a hit?

Re: video.

[cantcatchme]

I don't see how that's relevant, lady. [That's a no, Sigyn.] I'm just not going to be bullied into sitting back and taking it when he's being an asshole.

[girlworthfighting]

[Pfft. Boys.]

If the two of you want to engage in roughhouse scrapping, I have no objection. Break anything on him, however, and we will be having more than words.

[cantcatchme]

I might bruise his ego. Is that going to bring his mama's wrath down on me? [Sometimes he doesn't know when to shut the hell up.]

[girlworthfighting]

[So unamused.] I am not his mother. I am his protector.

[cantcatchme]

[Yup, that was what he was going for. Pietro lives to push people's buttons]

Well, you're certainly acting like it. Why's he so special that he needs everyone scrambling to "protect" him, anyhow? [Yes, he does use air quotes]

[erranthero]

Good, he seemed the type to get into trouble, and you seem like a good choice to look after him.

[Saves her a lot of trouble]

[girlworthfighting]

Thankful to hear that, on both accounts. At least it means someone agrees with me.

[erranthero]

Well, he seems like a bit of a troublemaker, and he's got a foul demeanor at least. But he's still a kid, he'll grow out of it.

[She hopes.]

[girlworthfighting]

I guess until then it's up to me to try and make sure he lives that long.

[Video]

[frostedoverland]

What is with you and Sigyn asking me to watch over him? He's a big boy, you know, he can take care of himself.

[Loki is rather famous for doing absolutely nothing. How come he can't get that kind of attention?]

But yeah, I'll keep an eye on him, I guess.

[Video]

[girlworthfighting]

He's little more than a child, with a skill for finding danger, as well as being inclined to impatience and recklessness. It's a bad combination.

...Thank you. For watching him for me. I know you might not think it's necessary, but I'd feel better knowing someone is around than not.

[Video]

[frostedoverland]

Actually... I'm pretty sure he's older than even me, Mulan. Also, it sounds like he's got a serious case of mistaken identity. Or, um, mistaken... timeline? I don't even really know what's going on, with him not being the same Loki as before or something.

[He nods.]

You're welcome. Just try not smother him too much? I doubt he totally appreciates this when he's trying to keep a low profile on his own.

[Video]

[girlworthfighting]

In literal years? Perhaps. [Assuming everything he says about his origins can be entirely trusted.] In attitude? A different story. But then, with all due respect, you're not exactly the aged man the numbers of your lifespan would prompt to envision, either. [She's almost teasing, really.] And as to that...I don't entirely know what's going on myself. But I don't need to. I only know I need to fulfill a promise.

Loki's already let me know of his disapproval, believe me. I can try to be more careful from now on. But I can't deny his comfort comes very secondary in my concerns to his safety.