Thor Odinson (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rebuildyourruins) wrote2020-11-09 09:03 pm
rebuildyourruins) wrote2020-11-09 09:03 pm
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[ he rubbed his palms together briefly before letting his hands drop. ]
I thought it might be better to use the space efficiently for your next goal.
I thought it might be better to use the space efficiently for your next goal.
[His next goal. Casting Loki another uncertain look, Thor moves into the office properly and over to the paper affixed to the wall.]
You don't mean Thanos?
[Of course there's nothing else Loki could mean. It's why it's less of a question than an admission of not being sure where Loki's going with this.
The stabbing would have been more clear.]
You don't mean Thanos?
[Of course there's nothing else Loki could mean. It's why it's less of a question than an admission of not being sure where Loki's going with this.
The stabbing would have been more clear.]
[ loki nods. ]
Thanos.
[ a pause. ]
And maybe using the Gauntlet to reverse its effects.
Thanos.
[ a pause. ]
And maybe using the Gauntlet to reverse its effects.
[He pauses in the middle of reaching out to touch the paper, mind working furiously. Thor remembers the Gauntlet. Up close and personal. His fingers curl back inwards into a fist, and he turns his head back towards Loki.]
It would take an incredible amount of power just to control the Gauntlet.
It would take an incredible amount of power just to control the Gauntlet.
[ loki gives him a flat look. ]
You're a God.
You're a God.
One who does not intend on making the same mistakes again.
[It's a rebuke, though not sharp. Thor knows his own strength and his talents. But he also knows what it's like fighting Thanos head-on, with just one Stone and with all six. He can't afford to be cavalier about this.]
You didn't wield the Stones without their casings either, did you.
[It's a rebuke, though not sharp. Thor knows his own strength and his talents. But he also knows what it's like fighting Thanos head-on, with just one Stone and with all six. He can't afford to be cavalier about this.]
You didn't wield the Stones without their casings either, did you.
[ loki waves his hand, flippant. ]
Forming a casing isn't hard if you're not putting them all in one place. And I'm not much of a God, so it's a moot point.
Forming a casing isn't hard if you're not putting them all in one place. And I'm not much of a God, so it's a moot point.
[He sighs, relenting the point.]
No, I suppose it isn't. They kept them on Earth without issue for so long, after all.
[And Earth is pretty backwards.]
...what brought this on, Loki.
No, I suppose it isn't. They kept them on Earth without issue for so long, after all.
[And Earth is pretty backwards.]
...what brought this on, Loki.
[ loki had half a mind to deflect but it would seem pretty transparent. he rubs his palms together. ]
I just prefer to put my time towards something constructive.
I just prefer to put my time towards something constructive.
[Thor turns away from the paper finally, giving Loki a pondering look. Eventually he huffs. A half-smile curls his lips.]
I know the feeling.
I know the feeling.
[ loki doesn't say time is short, who knows how long I will be here.
who will remember me when I'm gone, my actions dust?
instead he says. ]
We still have work to do.
who will remember me when I'm gone, my actions dust?
instead he says. ]
We still have work to do.
[Work that may lead nowhere. Work that may be snuffed out as worse than useless should Thor get another burst of memories. It was what had prompted Thor to come in here, a scant few days after remembering Thanos, to stare in ever-growing anger at the plans they had made. It had taken little thought to scrape all the papers off the table, rip all the maps off the walls, and hurl them into the forge.
It had been at some point while Thor was ripping pages out of a notebook that day that he had just stopped and begun weeping again. The notebook was still in here somewhere, half-emptied. He couldn't bring himself to finish the job.
Typical, really.]
Yeah. [He rubs at his cheek, looking around to re-orient himself in the present. Out of his cursed memories.] Uh, so this chart is...?
It had been at some point while Thor was ripping pages out of a notebook that day that he had just stopped and begun weeping again. The notebook was still in here somewhere, half-emptied. He couldn't bring himself to finish the job.
Typical, really.]
Yeah. [He rubs at his cheek, looking around to re-orient himself in the present. Out of his cursed memories.] Uh, so this chart is...?
[ loki had been watching thor with a frown before he smooths his expression away. ]
Magical signatures. If you need to track down the stones. Your, ah, axe should be able to pinpoint them.
Magical signatures. If you need to track down the stones. Your, ah, axe should be able to pinpoint them.
[It's par for the course. Thor's lapses are irregular but common enough.]
Oh, yes. You mentioned laying a spell upon it that could do such a thing.
[Folding his arms over his chest, Thor scowls at the chart.]
As long as it holds. This damned place already robbed Stormbreaker of its Bifrost power.
Oh, yes. You mentioned laying a spell upon it that could do such a thing.
[Folding his arms over his chest, Thor scowls at the chart.]
As long as it holds. This damned place already robbed Stormbreaker of its Bifrost power.
It should. I see no reason why it would not.
Only one way to find out, right?
[He flashes Loki a grin, not incandescent as it used to be but genuine regardless.]
You've seen it, I hope. The damage that the Marsiva still hasn't repaired.
[He flashes Loki a grin, not incandescent as it used to be but genuine regardless.]
You've seen it, I hope. The damage that the Marsiva still hasn't repaired.
[ he rolls his eyes. ]
I had noticed, yes.
I had noticed, yes.
It's progress! We're making headway against it.
[ sigh. ]
Yes, yes. I'm very proud of you.
Yes, yes. I'm very proud of you.
You should be.
[Without a hint of irony.]
But others joined the fray as well.
[Without a hint of irony.]
But others joined the fray as well.
It was hard to miss you and the team of Hitting Things Until It's Fixed.
I intend to be noticed when I make my feelings known.
[With extreme prejudice.]
Though for all that, they did not seem to react to the assault.
[With extreme prejudice.]
Though for all that, they did not seem to react to the assault.
[ yes, that is odd. why wouldn't they react or bring about some punishment? or were they so secure in their power that they consider the marsiva an acceptable loss? ]
Well. It hardly matters if they do.
Well. It hardly matters if they do.
I think it does. I just don't know how.
[He may have punctured the Marsiva's hull a few dozen times, but Thor's yet to pierce the veil around the Atroma in general. None of them have. How long will it take...? Breathing out through his nose, he shrugs his shoulders abruptly.]
No matter. It isn't impervious, and that is a good thing.
[He may have punctured the Marsiva's hull a few dozen times, but Thor's yet to pierce the veil around the Atroma in general. None of them have. How long will it take...? Breathing out through his nose, he shrugs his shoulders abruptly.]
No matter. It isn't impervious, and that is a good thing.
[ he doesn't like that look. there's something below the surface, something loki can't quite touch and it bothers him. instead loki reaches out to touch thor's face, hands resting against each cheek. ]
You did well.
You did well.
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