[Video] | Tuesday afternoon

[loveshishammer]

[Hey, look who's found his way onto the network again! Finally! Thor is smiling cheerily, and maybe a little bit like he's going stir-crazy, at the camera on his phone. He's also not in his armor, but a rather nice blue tunic with some gold embellishments. Somebody did some shopping while across the ocean.]

At last, we are again in range! Hello, my friends in the Old City! It is Thor Odinson, and we are on our return trip. Apparently we will be arriving at the end of the week, but we are not to speak of that until we strike land again.

[And Thor, while a bit of an airhead, is still trying to abide by the rules.]

Have we missed anything of import? Is everyone still well? Please, regale me!

[And keep him from being bored. Please.]

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[hypospraying]

[Regale him? Who is this guy?]

Uh, hello?

[She's looking with uncertainty at the screen.]

I take it you're on the boat trip?

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[nodavinci]

You know, usually not speaking about something involves actually not speaking about it.

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[pepperspray]

[Pepper's smile is sunny as she looks up from some bit of mild construction project in her apartment. Sisal rope and some bits of lumber are in the process of being turned into a cat tree... or were, before her communicator chimed to her. The cat in question has decided this means it's a good time to bat madly at some stray twine while in the backdrop.]

Hello again, Prince Thor -- or should I call you that? Either way, it's good to see you again. I see you found some trade while you were away?

[The nod she turns on the tunic is briefly assessing and then quietly approving, and a discussion of fashion shouldn't lead him down paths he shouldn't talk about. She hopes.]

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[wisdom_of_hounds]

[Hi Thor, have a very suspicious Druid.]

You certainly seem to be in high spirits, friend. I have hope this means your company has met with success but I will not ask you to break your word and speak of that. [He does his best to mimic Thor's own manner of speech which is not entirely unlike the modern interpretation of Shakespearean language. It's a trick he adopted a long time ago. If you want someone to be at ease with you, talk like them. It makes it less jarring for them, makes you seem familiar when you're not.

He really hopes it works.]

Forgive me, though, I am new to the Old City here and have not had the pleasure of meeting you ere this voyage began. Tell me truly. You are Thor the Thunderer? He of the great hall Bilskirnir in Asgard?

[steamosaurus]

Oh, is the boat returning? I take it everyone's safe and well? If so, that is good news!

[Darwin has momentarily missed the fact that she hasn't met this guy yet. She's just run into so many interesting types here, and... well, monkeys kind of all look the same, at first.]

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[attention_wenches]

[It wasn't supposed to be this way.]

[He'd already decided. Thor would return, explain why on earth he'd joined a diplomatic mission, and sit around being cheerful and unhelpful while Loki got the two of them home. They'd leave behind the uncomfortable place and its strange machines and unfamiliar magic, and he'd even start leaving the temple again, his appreciation for Asgard renewed by this stint in the grim little city on the edge of no world at all.]

[Loki has been quietly regarding his communicator for hours, making himself accept what he'd been trying to deny. There aren't just different Midgards. But he'd know his brother in any guise, and it's better to get this over with. Then, when Thor returns, they can plan from there.]

Circumstances have gone more awry than I had realized.

[Of course he tries to sound aloof and mildly bored, but his voice cracks when he speaks. Loki--this Loki has a bit of a fixation on being both tidy and unremarkable to look at. At this age, it's one of many ways he copes with his place, the shadow to his brother's sunlight. Short hair, modest bearing, and no finery at all, but not a speck of dust or a thread out of place. Looking exhausted and disheveled and not posing to hide any interesting feature says a lot about just how distressed he is.]

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[frostedoverland]

Everyone's fine but apparently your brother showed up and caused quite a few people to freak out.

[Yeah, Jack's not going to sugarcoat it. He's sitting on a tree branch at the moment, outside of the Old City.]

People say he's dangerous, others say he's not the same guy... I'm not sure which is which anymore but I've hung out with the guy. Your brother is pretty cool, though a lot younger than I thought he'd be. Sigyn's going out of her way to try and protect him despite hating him and Mulan and I are just trying to keep everyone else from attacking him until things are actually sorted out.

Probably time you got back.

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[girlworthfighting]

Thor Odinson? Then I take it you must be Loki's older brother. He has mentioned you...several times. I'm glad that at last we meet.

My name is Fa Mulan. Forgive me for my abruptness. But there are some matters I think we need to discuss.