[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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[sorcerous]

[ There, a hint of a smile. ]

Then I greet you, as another versed in the arcane arts.

Here, they call me a wizard, it seems.

[shiromadoushi]

Still learning, more than really versed! [[protests with a smile. He'd really had no luck getting anyone to teach him anything with his magic when he'd gotten it back in the City, even more so when it stopped being D&D magic and more "real" magic...]]

So is a wizard more a wide spread of magic user, then? Since everywhere uses different names for the same things, it seems.

[sorcerous]

I had a great many abilities in my own world. I... it seems that the transition has sapped my strength. Perhaps in time it will return.

I suppose now I don't know my limits.

But I am a shape-shifter, illusion-caster, sorcerer and spellworker.

[shiromadoushi]

Heeeeeh? Really? [[Looking very genuinely impressed. Even with his own magic, other people who had a more 'natural' magic (read: that already had it before they were dragged to another world) were still amazing]] That's really cool! Is it just one shape you can change to, or the more unlimited type where you can be anything?

[sorcerous]

I do have my preferred forms...

[ He remembers Angrboda, and the magical forest where he first met the giantess -- she was enthusiastic too, when she found out what Loki could do. And felt just as foreign then as it does now.

Magic. A worthy art, in this place, perhaps. ]

[shiromadoushi]

[[a nod. That made sense. Like how people had a preferred way to look, just more so!]] Are you still you when you shift? [[a pause]] Aaa-- if it's not rude of me to ask, sorry! [[says with a small, apologetic laugh]] I don't mean to pry or anything like that.

[sorcerous]

A ... complicated question. More complicated than you know.

[ As this, now, is not his natural form. ]

[shiromadoushi]

Aaa- sorry. [[looking so sheepish]] I had a friend where I was before here who could change into a few forms, so I was wondering if it was similar to what he could do. Didn't mean to pry!

[sorcerous]

How would you know what questions are the complicated ones? -- I do not take offense.

[shiromadoushi]

[[smiles, looking a touch relieved. He's unfortunately prone to saying the wrong thing at the wrong time (or to just be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Such was always his luck...)]] Aa, I'm glad!

[sorcerous]

Know you, then, that this is not my natural form, that I am not in the least human.

And I do retain my mind in full when I transform.

[shiromadoushi]

Really? What are you normally, then? [[rather curious there. As he had made very good friends with some giant robots in human form before, it wasn't too surprising. (Though he was pretty sure this person wasn't Cybertronian. He liked to think he was pretty good at picking up the signs of that!]]

[sorcerous]

Normally? Does this look abnormal, to you?

[ Excuse him while he dances around the question. ]

[shiromadoushi]

Aaa-- like the usual thing you would be, I mean! What you would be originally. Though I guess it wouldn't be anything too drastically different if you think looking human is normal, ne?

[[a warm smile there. Not like with any of the Transformers or even Kogenta-kun, who always grumped about having to be human, that was for sure!]]

[sorcerous]

Perhaps I prefer a form that isn't mine.

[ Is that right? Does he prefer this to the night-blue skin of a Frost Giant? The creeping tattoos, the red eyes...

But, does he prefer this? A reminder of the lies of the Aesir.

What is he, truly? ]

[shiromadoushi]

[[a small nod]] Un.. I guess if you can change to be anything, you could chose your ideal, ne? And make that be the you you wanted everyone to see.

[[Idly, he muses what he would change if he could... Maybe someone with muscles, black hair, maybe a tan... or he could actually make himself look Japanese and fit in with everyone back home...]]

[sorcerous]

[ An exhale. The knowledge that he did that, even as a child, as a squalling infant, is a bit too much for Loki at the moment.

He changes the subject. ]

How old are you? How long have you trained in magic?

[shiromadoushi]

Aaa-- [[rubs the back of his neck a little, feeling a bit embarrassed and like he was prying again.]] Just 20. [[though really, he doesn't at all feel like an adult]] And I've only had magic a little over 2 years now, though I wouldn't really say I've been really training it for very long. Beatrice-san was trying to teach me some things, but... [[trails off slightly before shaking his head.]]

I've been mostly figuring it out on my own, which is why I'm not very good at it. [[again, that utterly sheepish look]] I mostly just have practice with healing and shielding with it.

[sorcerous]

Hmm. Well, I learned the same, though in my case... centuries, not months.

I dare say you could benefit from my expertise.

[shiromadoushi]

Centuries?! [[There's some awe to his surprise. Were all magic users so long lived?!]]

Would you be willing to try and teach me? [[It an almost timid request, his tone becoming more formal as he feels as if this is a large request, especially from someone who... may actually be that person from myth]]

[sorcerous]

Is it your desire to learn?

[shiromadoushi]

[[he nods]] It is.

[sorcerous]

Then I will endeavor to teach.

[shiromadoushi]

Really?! [[perks up so much at that, giving an almost glowing smile]] Thank you! [[bows]] I'll try not to disappoint!