Orb ; rebirth decline 8

[sorcerous]

Heroes; to me.

[ His skin is blue and his eyes aglow with red; he has disregarded his glamour entirely. He has learned, now, that his Role has changed overnight, and that he will have to relearn all he once knew, as far as his sorcery mixes with this place.

There is a tightness to his tone, a firmness, a dignity and an urgency. Not the sharp-tongued princeling, at the moment. ]

We face destruction, lest we act. To me. I am [ address of an apartment, rooms that he has rented from a recalcitrant landlord for a week or so ]; respond, or come to me if you are willing.

[ His urgency is a bit hypocritical; after all, he delayed because of his own problems. Nonetheless: he can delay no longer. The Hero of the Mountains is here, and she must be killed. ]

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[sorcerous]

[ The glance he shoots at her is sharp. What does she know? What has she seen? ]

I would not take this kingdom, even if it were my inheritance. It is a fragile community of village idiots, ruled by forces beyond their understanding or ability to control.

[toxic_tsarina]

[Tasha crosses her arms, the annoyance mounting.]

Then what, exactly, is your plan? You're calling for heroes and asking me about magic, and then giving me some cryptic sentence.

[sorcerous]

My plan is to -- [ a little laugh, and for a moment there's a flash of madness, the same sort of madness that he had in New York ] -- to save it.

The Hero of the Mountains is a creature of chaos, not order. She will see us all destroyed. It's time she be killed.

[toxic_tsarina]

[And now, Tasha turns serious.]

She's here? You've seen her?

[sorcerous]

I know she is here.

[toxic_tsarina]

[She sighs, uncertain on how much she can trust this other Loki. Regardless, she had already made up her mind to show up in order to determine that. Mind as well attend in the open.]

Who else has responded to your distress call?

[sorcerous]

A few. Near enough, I think.

[toxic_tsarina]

[There's a beat of silence for so long that were there no 'video' being transmitted, one might think she had cut the feed.]

Add one more to your few.