orb ; rebirth 12th

[sorcerous]

[ Loki is lit by firelight; shadow and flame reflect in his eyes, glittering cool in the light. ]

Ah, heroes. Must you be so idle? Will you tarry away your days with young maidens, with your squabbles and your delays? You are home no longer. There is a kingdom for you to save.

Then -- perhaps I will take advantage of your laxness. It will not be so difficult to tempt a maiden or two away from her humble home, will it? And who knows what horrors I may subject them to.

Beware, for now there is a sorcerer that lurks here.

[ And video off.

Loki laughs, as soon as the orb is extinguished; it pleases him to take responsibility for the shadowy appearances around Schwanheim. If Thor is to suspect him, Loki may as well confirm it; in the meantime, perhaps Loki will stir the heroes to action.

Loki himself, of course, is nearly at the thorns. He wants to speak with them. ]

Comments

[me_and_only_me]

Do not interfere with the maidens in this town... [[There's a bit of a possessive and angry tone to that near threat]]

[sorcerous]

Would you defend them?

[me_and_only_me]

Of course.

[for_that_i_run]

So all of your lofty talk about 'Being a warrior who could do nothing less than fight when asked' was just that?

[Loki had introduced himself to Eagle as a 'Liesmith, Silvertongue, God of Mischief...' so this turn of events was not really a surprise for him, disappointing maybe but some one can lie without endangering others. ]

And you had even said you weren't really interested in maidens.

[sorcerous]

[ He can do no less... he is doing no less. But there is no reason to deviate from his story now. ]

And I am infamous for the falsehoods I tell.

There is at least one girl who will call me hers.

[for_that_i_run]

You seem to take great pride in that...

Don't you have anything better to do? You could be trying to find a way to return to your home world instead of trying to stir up trouble.

[shiromadoushi]

[[Someone's looking far more clueless than usual today.]]

But what would a sorcerer want with a maiden? [[that wasn't how the tropes worked at all...]]

[sorcerous]

Oh, some sort of evil.

[ he waves a hand, idly. ]

It is more important that they associate it with danger.

[shiromadoushi]

[[blinks a few times]] That's not much of a danger...

[[Just kidnapping a girl? Unless it was the friend of someone important... but that wasn't a danger, that was just a hostage.]]

[wanderwonder]

[ mild alarm ]

What business does one who wishes not to return have sullying his name here? Leave them be.

[sorcerous]

I'll do as I please.

[wanderwonder]

And speak so freely of it?

[ he's either really dumb or really powerful ]

[halfwitch]

Someone's going to try to hurt you if you do stupid stuff like that.

[sorcerous]

I count on it.

If those brought here need some prompting to fight evil, then I will prompt them. I am not the figure of rumor, but, if you value my offer of education, you will not tell them this until they find out themselves.

[halfwitch]

You're doing this to help? [she's silent for a bit, considering this. Then she smiles.] I knew you weren't bad. I won't tell anyone. Promise.

[tatra]

Why have you become so upset, Loki? Have you truly changed your mind, then?

[sorcerous]

My mind has changed; I will allow you that.

[tatra]

You did not seem to me to be the type to hurt others for no reason. [ There is actual, genuine concern for him in her voice. ] Would you tell me why?

[shorterinperson]

And why, pray tell, would you do that?

[sorcerous]

Must I have a reason? I am a fell creature of chaos and evil.

[ He sounds a bit bored, while saying this. ]

[shorterinperson]

Even madmen make excuses.

[sadkitty]

You're a sorcerer? Um. Uh. That, um, doesn't sound very nice...

[/unsureface]

[sorcerous]

It isn't.

[slasher]

[Saika notes that she should have cut him when they had the chance; he wouldn't be doing this if they had. Anri steadfastly ignores her.

There will be another chance.]

You shouldn't do that, sir.

[sorcerous]

I know.