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who: Stephen Strange and you!
what: Home repairs
when: June 13
where: The Sanctum Sanctorum! Or… what’s left of it anyways!
warnings: Stephen being an idiot.

The Library
[He was… glad to see the Sanctum, to be sure. Even if it was damaged. But he still held his breath almost instinctively as he went inside, to take stock of the damage that wasn’t visible on the outside. He knew the Empirikul gotten in, but it was a question of what they’d managed to do. Which was a hell of a lot from the looks of things. Debris had been cleared out sure, but even still the evidence of destruction was everywhere. Streaks of black from the energy of their weapons, cracked drywall and doors missing altogether where they had to brute force their way past enchanted locks. Dark wide swaths of char and ash in the living room where they’d literally burned the forest to nothing.

Anyone that came in and went beyond the barren front room would find him still there, frowning out the window, one arm braced against the wall. Behind him, Wong paced with small huffs and grumbles, as if the pup was uncertain what to do with his person in such a mood.]

Repairs
[Stephen Strange was not a carpenter. And he never counted building as one of his hobbies. But the state of the Sanctum had him pissed off enough that he didn’t want to just leave it like that. Even if all he could do was just work on sealing the place up again before he took proper stock of the damage, it was something.

Anyone coming by would find the sorcerer up on the roof, nailing down a tarp over the hole that once had been a window. Or trying to anyways. If anyone followed him up the ladder they’d hear the way he was cursing under his breath the entire time he was fighting against too-shaky hands to actually hit the damn nails.

Fuck but this was a pain in the ass.]

Wildcard
[Let me know if there’s another prompt you’d like and I’ll make it happen!]

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My job back home lets me travel a lot. So I get a first-hand look at all sorts of messes.

Primarily magical messes, from what you said earlier.

[ A strange job for a mortal, but mortals do like to feel important. ]

Yep. And those tend to twist around into some of the biggest pain in the ass messes to fix.

[Someone's gotta do it, why not the stone-stubborn recovering asshole?]

And you took it upon yourself?

Comes with the territory. Sometimes fixing the messes gets you ahead of something that could have been a bigger problem later down the line.

[ Loki hums quietly at that. From what he's seen of Earth, they seem to be quite capable of making their own messes. Honestly, it was more fun to watch than to involve himself. ]

And they just keep coming. Tragically.

Well it's not really a surprise, it's a big universe after all.

[And that's not even counting the other dimensions and realities either.]

Can you truly call it the will of the universe?

Oh I never meant it that way, I'm not really a 'it's your destiny' sort. Just with as big as the universe is, there's plenty of places for trouble to come from.

Or you could just be a magnet for trouble.

[That earns a wry chuckle and a faint grin.]

Well that almost goes without saying at this point. It also comes with the job description, sad to say.

A job you've chosen. Surely you can "retire" as humans put it.

Probably could. I'm way too stubborn to stop though.

[ The common mortal flaw. Though . . . perhaps not so uncommon since Asgard possessed it as well. ]

Not even to learn how to pick up a hammer?

[Stephen is chock full of flaws, most of them exasperating for everyone around him.]

Never thought I'd be bemoaning my lack of carpentry skills, and yet here I am.

Moaning and . . . not calling for help?

[He grimaced at that, brows drawing a bit.]

It'll be fine. I'll figure it out.

[Aka: Someone has issues reaching out for assistance, whoops?]

And I have no doubt you will.

[ Actually, he has every doubt and it's quite clear. ]

But I would assume the Sanctum deserves better than the long wait.

[As stupidly stubborn as Stephen could be when he wanted to, learning carpentry isn't outside the realm of possibility even if it wasn't very likely.

And excuse you Loki, who said you could come up with good points? Rude.]

You're... not wrong.

[The only reason he's saying this is because he likes his weirdo hermit-house.]

Biggest thing is how much of this is specialty work. Some stuff can be done normally. Other stuff... well, it's usually picky as hell. The windows are going to be a pain, and the one up top is going to be a downright bear.

All the more reason to farm for specialists in this location. There are bound to be a few. Best to fix something before something comes along to break it.

[ And Loki wants to see this wandering plane of existence restored to its former glory. Perhaps it can prove useful to him. ]

[Ugh, admitting someone else is right is hard. He hates it so much.]

Guess I'll have to see if Gramarye knows what contractors'd be any good.

[If anyone knows where magically-inclined contractors are, it'd be that place.]

[ This is so amusing. ]

And I'm sure you'll see it through. For the sake of this beloved building.

[At least someone's having fun.]

Well yeah. And it gets me out of the dorms so I'll count that as another very enticing bonus.

[That and he doesn't want to think of what happens if the place gets it's mojo back without being properly repaired and warded, that just seems like all manner of Bad News.]

I suppose I can offer my aid as well.

[ He has decent telekinetic powers after all. ]

[That gets a briefly bemused glance, but after a moment, Stephen just nods.]

I can't say it wouldn't be appreciated.

[Achievement Unlocked: Get Trash!Doctor to accept help without a fight!]

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