[IC] Appointments Post

[selfhelp]

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[Action, Sept 27th Event]

[selfhelp]

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[Action, Sept 27th Event]

[selfhelp]

[From here]


[Ouch, he's really feeling the love here.]

I could leave you alone, but- I really don't think avoiding people is going to help our amnesia situation.

[Action, Sept 27th Event]

[snikting]

[He just hasn't discovered his papa wolf instincts yet.]

Yeah? You know of somethin' that will?

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[selfhelp]

No, but I think that talking to people instead is a good alternative. Just a thought.

[Discover them, papawolf, and you'll be rewarded with- ...with... well, technically nothing. Teenagers are a pain.]

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[snikting]

Well if talkin' to you is supposed to stir up happy memories? It ain't workin' yet.

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[selfhelp]

[Billy glances at his card again.]

Yeah, I'm not expecting happy memories... I just thought I'd give it a shot, I guess.

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[snikting]

[He snorts.]

So, yer my kid, right? I take it that you're off on your own. The place I woke up was filled with women.

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[selfhelp]

Yeah, I had an apartment in one of the buildings. Women, though? Was one of them your, uh, wife?

[Or girlfriend, or whatever- either way, he's curious about his mom situation.]

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[snikting]

[He snorted. The only one his age was Ororo. She didn't seem the type.]

Not likely. No point in living with yer girlfriend and wife if yer not sharing the same bed, right?

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[selfhelp]

Yeah, I'm... not sure that matters all that much. Apparently people woke up in some strange circumstances.

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[snikting]

Yeah? What's yours?

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[selfhelp]

[Ugh, is this what coming out to your parents is like?]

I woke up with another guy.

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[snikting]

An' here I thought I had it bad.

[He almost feels pity for his... son. Waking up with another guy is the sort of thing that would probably prompt Logan to kill.]

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[selfhelp]

[From here]


So it's not bad, but it's not very exciting either... sounds pretty standard for a job.

[It's not exactly up to super-spy standards, but it's better than fast food.]

"in fact don't give anything sharp at all"

[selfhelp]

[from here]


I don't know... it's hard to explain. Magic is so much faster than science, like- it's got that special oomf to make it happen immediately. I mean, I get how magic has some science in it, but-

[He's rambling again, so he pauses, trying to think of a better way to explain himself.]

Okay, can you do fire magic? I'd try, but I'm afraid of burning the place down.

"clear tape is also an iffy proposition"

[complicatedliar]

I think you're mistaking mechanism and principle.

Our mechanism is much faster because we require no intermediaries like machines. We are in direct communication with the universe.

But we are still manipulating the same sorts of things. [He smiles.] Only we're much better at it because we can use the rules, or bend them or break them. I don't think science has gotten that far yet. At least not the science I've seen in here.

[He nods.]

I can, I think.

"questionable around electronics..."

[selfhelp]

Okay- if you can, then show me.

[He wants to see it before he addresses anything else that Loki said; he has a theory and he'd like to roll with it.]

"checks out too many books from the company library"

[complicatedliar]

All right.

[Loki cups his hands. He knows the mechanics of this now, moving molecules to create heat, a fuel source, everything needed. He doesn't need to think about it any more. A small, controlled flame like a candle appears in the air over his hands.]

"rearranges cubicles into small guarded fortresses"

[selfhelp]

[Billy leans in to watch while he calls up the fire, brows furrowing.]

If we were to do that naturally we'd need, what- something to burn, and a match or some sticks to rub together, something substantial. But magic just makes it appear. That's what makes it different for me. Feels too much like you're getting something for nothing, you know?

"ejected middle manager from 20th story window"

[complicatedliar]

I see what you mean.

I have created those things for it, however, so it might sustain itself.

[He smiles crookedly.]

And it isn't free, though, is it. It takes from us, a bit at a time.

"painted the office black and green"

[selfhelp]

Energy, right? That's why I feel tired after I try to cast. It's not free, but it's a pretty big difference from regular science.

"put horns on all the office chairs"

[complicatedliar]

[Loki nods.]

The devices of science have their own, much less efficient power sources.

Though I have begun to think that it might be possible to draw on that power, and thus not have to use our own energy.

"a thor dart board in the company rec room"

[selfhelp]

[That piques Billy's curiosity, brows lifting.]

What, like gas-powered magic wands or something?

[...Well. Curiosity =/= seriousness.]

"demands his job title be King"

[complicatedliar]

[Loki laughs.]

Nothing so indelicate.

Have you seen the man wandering about, with the blue light in his chest, Tony Stark? 'tis a power source. For example, I think I might be able to communicate with it and thus draw power directly from it to use instead of my own internal energies.

Of course, I would not do that in reality, as I fear it would put his life in danger. But if we could build another such power source...

Though perhaps not one powered by hugs.

"once told the president to bow to him"

[selfhelp]

[Any hope of replying to Loki's response is completely lost in light of two things. One:]

I think you're the only man alive that still says "'tis". Congrats.

[And two:]

...Hugs?