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[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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[It's a little surprising to find a stranger as concerned about his brother as Thor is, but he replies soberly, anyway.]

I can only hope not. I was transporting him back to Asgard after he brought war to Midgard, when I was separated from him and deposited here. With any luck, he returned safely without me.

And yes, the bifrost was destroyed.

[He sighs.]

It was the only way to save Jotunheim. Loki tried to destroy it by focusing the full power of the bifrost upon it, and it was too late to close the portal. I had to break it.

[He is silent for a long moment. Loki brought war to midgard already? And how was this Thor responsible for Loki's capture? Thor was supposed to be the one to fight Jormungandr, not Loki. Loki was to meet Heimdall (who was also dead).

Why had he ever let Leif convince him to take him to Asgard?]

What year are you from that Ragnarok has already begun? Or is Loki's capture a sign that Ragnarok has been prevented? I somehow do not think Hel would take Loki's captivity in her stride.

[He would just have to hope that was the case.]

Ragnarok?

[Thor sounds puzzled, at that. He knows the term, of course, but not in the same way that apparently Atticus does.]

Loki is not tied to the end of all things, that I know of. He may be powerful, but he is not so powerful as that. We merely saved Midgard from his potential rule, that is all. I was returning him home to our father in the hopes that he might see the error of his ways-- and if not, that we may keep him from causing further harm.

[There's a long moment of silence after that, one that might even be long enough for Thor to wonder if he's lost the connection again. Atticus is thinking, thinking hard, trying to reconcile what he knows with what this Thor is saying and he finally comes to the conclusion that this must be what Toshiko meant. Similar enough over all but vastly different when you get down to the finer details.]

Our planes must be vastly different then, Thor Odinson. Where I am from the Eddur say that the very first phase of Ragnarok is that Loki's monstrous daughter will come forth from her realm of Hel and free him from the serpent and Sigyn dutiful watch. He is the one to lead Hel's army of the dead and his freedom is what starts most of the events of the world's end. His freedom, as you can imagine then, is something that concerns me greatly.

[Thor stares in obvious confusion.]

Friend, I am sorry, but we must be from different universes, indeed. Loki does not have any children, and Sigyn is a rather volatile young Vanahir who I do not believe anyone would want watching over any prison at all. She is a charming girl, do not misunderstand me, but she does not strike me as the type to stay by something for long.

[Thankfully, he's been introduced to the idea of different universes, or he might just think Atticus is crazy.]

No children? [He can get around all the rest of it but... what!?]

What the Hel happens in your Ragnarok tales if Loki's children are not involved, never mind the trickster himself?

[No way, Thor, you're the crazy one here.]

Ragnarok comes about in a great war of giants and demons, when three cockerels summon Fenris the Wolf, the great Midgard Serpent, and the dishonorable dead of ages past.

[It's not something he's particularly interested in talking about, because it's depressing. But he does know one thing:]

Loki has no part in it, except perhaps to fight at my side or, at worst, take advantage of the chaos to play a prank or two.

Loki has no- [It takes a special kind of talent to get a man that is 2100 years old and has seen just about everything the planes can offer to splutter in disbelief.

But you just managed it, Thor. Be proud of this moment.]

Gods below, how can you say that? Loki leads the army of the dead! It's his children that bring about so much of the destruction. You, yourself, are fated to fall to Jormungandr! Fenris eats Odin! And Hel is the one who builds the army Loki leads.

[Okay talking about this might just have Atticus a little freaked out, the reminders of how much destruction is coming their way, especially knowing exactly when it's going to happen and that all the gods who were fated to slay the monsters that would rise up to destroy the world were dead, many by his own hand, was even more unsettling.]

[This is getting a little ridiculous. Whoever this is, is getting far too worked up over something that makes no sense at all to Thor. He tries to speak calmly, even soothingly, despite his confusion.]

My friend, I am sorry, but Loki has no children. He would have to at least have a woman for that, and he has been rather unconcerned with romance as of late.

[He offers the best explanation he has:]

You and I obviously come from places where the stories of Ragnarok and my people are very different. Why, there are mortals here on this very voyage whose history does not tell of the great attack on Midgard's New York City that was so recent a battle for me, so for them, it did not happen. Perhaps this is something like?

[Though now he's really worried what this fellow will do if he meets his brother. If it is possible that this Loki isn't the one who wants to kill him, the last thing he wants is for someone else to attack him.]

[Very very different planes and his head is starting to hurt from just how many different versions of things he knows there seem to be. It was one thing to travel between Earth and Tir na nOg and Asgard and Third World but... To have so many different Earths? This was just bizarre.]

Okay I've gotta know who Hel, Jormungandr, and Fenris belong to in your world if not Loki. And you say Sigyn is not his wife, nor is Angrboda? So let me guess... you don't know who Nari and Vali are either?

[He has a careless moment of frustration to throw caution aside and the next thing he says is in Old Norse.]

Do you even recognize the language of your people?

[Not trying to be rude, Thor, just trying to figure out what you do and don't know. He'll get back to that bit about aliens in New York in a minute, Bones mentioned that in conjunction with some guy named Stark but... he's still caught up on this mythology thing for now.]

[He does recognize it, though it's certainly been a while! He doesn't try to reply in it. Lanugages were not really his forte.]

I recognize it, but those who spoke it are not my people. I am of Asgard, not Midgard. It is another world than theirs. Another planet?

[Maybe this strange, angry fellow will understand alien planets more than he does "realms"?]

As for Sigyn, I do not know that she would be pleased to hear someone would have her married, much less to Asgardian, given how loudly she protested to even my overtures of friendship when I spoke with her. I am unfamiliar with Angrboda, and I have never heard the names Nari and Vali with regards to Loki or anyone of import.

[He’s not angry so much as just weirded out and having a little trouble wrapping his head around all of this. But he’s getting there and the more they talk the more bizarre Thor’s world sounds. This just keeps getting weirder. He’s trying though, really he is. Sorry Thor this is just incredibly distressing. But maybe this means you guys won’t be quiet so angry with him? Or maybe Loki won’t be quite so terrifyingly bad news.]

Right so all the mythology I know is just… out the window. Got it. And I know Asgard is another plane bu- wait did you say planet? Wha-

[ Nope. Not going there.

Topic change before his brain breaks anymore. Yup.]

So you know Tony Stark?

[C'mon, Atticus, you know comics Thor, right? Same thing here! Thor looks immensely relieved to be on slightly more even footing, here, and offers a smile that is bright and only a little tentative.]

Indeed! We have fought together in the attack against New York City. And once we committed some rather large deforestation in a mistaken battle against each other, but I hold no grudge. Do you know him, as well, then?

[Hey he goes to Comic Con for the SyFy actors ~~and Joss Whedon~~ not for actual comic things, he knows of that Thor but he doesn't actually know his history or anything!

Deforestation!?

Keep digging, Thor. Just keep digging.]

Nope but someone else mentioned him. I'm from the same time period but.. New York is still in one piece as far as I know.

[A pause. He shouldn't say anything, he really shouldn't... but the Druid can't stop himself. Why do you say these things, Thor?]

Deforestation?

[He sounds a bit embarrassed when he answers. And amused. It was kind of funny, looking back, even if at the time he had been pretty annoyed.]

Ah, well, it was a bit of an accident. I came to retrieve my brother, and he had already tried to apprehend him, and we did not realize we both had similar goals. Between the lightning and his power blasts, we were a bit distructive. It did not really cause too much damage until I tried to smash Mjolnir on Rogers' shield. It is an impressive metal, my friend, and the concussion knocked us all back and ruined quite a few trees.

[And at that? He sounds impressed. Sorry, Atticus. Thor is more interested in cool weapons and armor than he is in trees.]

[Not much damage and quite a few trees really isn't as bad as he was expecting. Knowing Thor (or the Thor v1.0 at least) he was expecting miles of forest to have been demolish or burnt to the ground due to some heartless prank or perhaps a moment of spite.]

Power blasts? Just who the Hel is this Stark guy?

[Look, he's even managed not to ask more about Loki! That's impressive for him.]

Tony Stark-- he is Iron Man. I do not know if he is familiar to you, in your world, but he is a hero in the Midgard I know.

[A genius playboy philanthropist, to be precise, but Thor doesn't really use any of those words in casual conversation. Still, there is amiability there.]

We fought together in New York City, being the only two among the defenders who could fly.

[Iron Man? Hero of Midgard? Defending NYC against Alien Invasion? This might actually be weirder than the comics.]

So... you guys are all... some kind of super heroes?

[Oh boy.]

Though that is an odd choice of words, I suppose I cannot argue with the sentiment behind them. So perhaps we are.

[Thor is unaware of the connotation of "super hero", or he might have said something different. As it is, he knows "super" is good and "hero" is someone who saves people, so it fits just fine.]

Not odd... it's a Midgard thing.

[Which meant Thor didn't really know what he was agreeing to. But anyone that has a title like "Iron Man" had to be either a super hero or some kind of rockstar... or maybe a pro-wrestler?]

Ah. I am unfamiliar with that phrase, but if it applies, then it applies.

[There's an obvious shrug in his voice, but a hopeful smile, too.]

With any luck we will be back at the city in short order. Perhaps we can speak in person then?

[And clear up any lingering misunderstandings...? Really, Thor isn't interested in making enemies here.]

Maybe we can. I'm sure I'll see you around.

[And immediately be going the opposite direction, sorry Thor. He's not keen on making enemies either and that... is a very likely outcome if he talks to you much more.]

[Too bad, Atticus. Thor might actually fly after you in an attempt to shake your hand, clap you on the back, and reassure you he's a nice guy, really. Maybe introduce you to the little brother... heh. For now, he just says,]

Until then, then! Farewell, friend.

[And that's that.]

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