[orb post, day 4 ; arrival]

[sorcerous]

[ The orb floats above him and Loki regards it with calm regality, with impassive green eyes. ]

A small thing… but well-crafted. The magic is strong.

[ He settles back: lounging, tense and casual. ]

I hear we have a community of heroes. Please; show yourselves. I am Loki -- [ and here his tongue trips, for the first time. A blink, a falter. ] -- Odinson, from Asgard realm, and I am ever so eager to make your acquaintance.

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[tatra]

I've never heard of Asgard...

I am Tatra, from Chizeta. It seems there are new people arriving every day now!

[sorcerous]

Nor have I of Chizeta, but that means little when it is the conjunction of the worlds in question.

Hello, Tatra.

[tatra]

Hello, Loki. I'm afraid I'm not one of the heroes you're looking for, but I do like to greet newcomers.

[sorcerous]

How kind of you.

[ Said with a soft edge -- maybe it's sarcastic, maybe it's not. ]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Oh hey. This guy looks... kinda familiar? Someone who'd been in the City perhaps? ...though he was sure that he would have noticed if someone from-- no, no, be honest Bakura, considering the elves, shikigami, Jedi and formerly giant space robots that were your good friends back there, not to mention Godzilla and Darth Vader's guest appearances... no, just someone who was from myth and legend would not have stuck out.


He rubs the back of his neck, bumping the oversized white mage hat slightly.]]

Some of us are just heroes in training, if that, I think...

[sorcerous]

[ And there is no hint of mockery in his tone when he responds.

Yet.

Oh, but that hat will be a target. ]

And any good trainer would tell you that heroism is in the heart, not the body.

[shiromadoushi]

[[It is a pretty silly hat. But he rather likes it, all the same. Socially accepted LARPing!]]

Un. [[nods]] The body can be trained, the heart is what you have, ne?

[sorcerous]

[ A strange flicker, in Loki's expression. ]

I suppose.

Your name?

[goldeneyeball]

I haven't met any heroes here, man.

[Jim, always the pessimist.]

[sorcerous]

Haven't you?

[goldeneyeball]

[He shakes his head.]

Not a one.

[sorcerous]

How tragic for the kingdom.

[greatsquirrelhunter]

[Small child staring] If have orb, are hero. Faolan watches orb. Attack anything that threatens.

[Faolan is fierce.]

[sorcerous]

It seems Faolan has the spirit of a true warrior.

[He says it dryly. He is none so fond of warrior spirits, of late.]

[greatsquirrelhunter]

[Faolan does not understand sarcasm, because he perks right up at the compliment]

Yes! Faolan protects!

[sorcerous]

Perhaps Faolan could use a few years of experience in battle before he is the protector.

[schrien_die_raben]

You don't sound so eager. And if you're looking for heroes, you are very much out of luck. There's no one here but several people who have no clue what they're doing.

god he is so full of himself.

[sorcerous]

Perhaps it's good that I've arrived, then.

[schrien_die_raben]

You think you'll be able to stop the thorns? By all means, have at them. I'm tired of getting dirty looks not being out there hacking at them right now.

[knowsmorethanyou]

[Mild amusement shows on the woman's face]

Loki? Any relation to the Norse myths? Shapeshifter, cuckolded Thor, caused general mayhem, gave birth to Odin's horse?

[sorcerous]

[ Ah, good; finally, there is one who knows his name. He relaxes back, raises an eyebrow. ]

Yes.

And all the stories are true.

[ They aren't, of course. They're stories. Some true, some false, some heavily layered in metaphor. But they are his stories. ]

[knowsmorethanyou]

[She smiles faintly and widens her eyes in slightly amused {and very fake} surprise]

You really mated with a stallion and gave birth to a horse? I suppose I don't have to ask if you're bi. I just ask that you refrain from mating with the local wildlife unless you make any particularly rash promises.

[whatmuttiforgot]

I've never heard of Asgard. Are you from another world too?

[As an afterthought.] I'm Momiji

[sorcerous]

One of the Nine Worlds. The greatest of them all, and home of the Aesir.

[whatmuttiforgot]

Nine worlds? [Yep, he's still confused.]