[ open ] And they said you were the crooked kind

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who: Loki + You
what: catchall for CR
when: August
where: Around
warnings: N/A


[ Closed to 616!Tony Stark ]

[ Early mornings, Loki finds, are the best times to wander Riverview. Most people are still sleeping and the streets are all but empty. Of course there are a few stragglers around, but Loki finds it easier to ignore them as he enters the coffee shop. This is one of the few strange conventions he enjoys though he tends to leave after a certain hour. He orders a different coffee every time and settles himself next to the window with a book. To everyone else, he looks . . . normal. Ordinary. It's not an image Loki wishes to present to other people.

The Once and Future King lies open on the table as Loki takes a sip from his straw, occasionally glancing out the window and watching people drift. Living was so slow when you reside among humans. ]

[ Closed to VICTOR VON DOOM ]

[ While Loki loves his work at Gramarye, he does not care much for the people. And quite often, Loki gets tired of the inane questions that people bring him. Loki does his duties with aplomb because he dislikes being accused of doing a terrible job but eventually, people grate on him long enough to lock himself in the break room with Victor. ]

How do you even work with these people?

[ He trudges off to the coffee machine, looking harangued. ]

[ OPEN TO ALL daily life ]

[ If anyone wants to catch Loki, he can be found at Gramarye Institute of Magic, somewhat willing to answer queries or the library where Loki is slowly churning through the various literature available to him. You can also catch him wandering around Riverview in the rain without the slightest fear of being burned by acid rain.

If you need a personalized starter, please drop me a PP or ping me on quixotically#8692 ]

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[ Loki stares at his clothing, torn between bemused and curious. Sometimes it is easy to forget that he's not known here. Granted some Avenger or some figment from his world is quick to remind him otherwise. ]

What's your point?

[fingerstripes]

Well, it seemed like an occasion to ask if you need a spare. [ There's an extra bat umbrella he'd been carrying for that purpose, carefully reinforced with material from another hazmat suit. He tucks it away a little awkwardly, with a halfway sheepish smile. ]

But I can see now that I'd be wasting my bandwidth.

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[ It's the tone of voice that bothers him. Loki is still not used to simple gestures of kindness and generosity. Loki eyes the man before softening a little out of curiousity. ]

You are another costumed hero. From . . . Gotham city, I presume?

[fingerstripes]

[ The tension across his face is there and gone in a flash. It's not as if that's a tremendous leap, with so many of them regularly patrolling the streets. He's been working on stepping down on reflexive paranoia. ]

You've run into friends of mine?

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I believe so?

[ It's a club, but not one Loki fully understands. Tim had told him a little of Gotham but costumed identities are unusual in a world where all of them are known. ]

I've only spoke to the one.

[fingerstripes]

Aaand I guess he didn't think to mention me. [ His grin is easy now as he offers a gloved hand. ]

Nightwing. I'm the nice one.

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[ Loki eyes the hand (as he does whenever people perform the most basic of manners when they meet him) before extending his own. ]

Loki. The not-nice one.

[fingerstripes]

Oh yeah? [ Watch the last vestiges of his caution dissolve. ]

Nice Loki happens to be a good friend of mine.

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He tends to get around.

[ Loki isn't particularly jealous, though he is envious at how well Loki can fake it. Granted, it is ironic that Loki himself isn't that great a liar. His lies work on nuggets of truth people fail to address and that's part of his deadly skills. ]

I am, however, a little more introverted.

[fingerstripes]

Funny how that works. [ Loki's a butterfly, alright. He wonders fleetingly if this one finds it difficult to contend with that. ]

But I woudn't have guessed if you hadn't mentioned it. I'm sure playing the comparison game gets old.

[ He'll have to endeavor not to do that. ]

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[ He shrugs loosely. Loki doesn't mind so long as one of them is looked upon favourably. He can live without being seen as the good one. He's too far gone for that. ]

It cannot be helped. No one can avoid making a few comparisons, no matter how hard they try.

[fingerstripes]

And you're alright with that?

[ He's not entirely sure he'd be able to be so circumspect about coming face to face with yet another alternate reality double. But it's entirely possible that his experience is unusual. ]

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[ Loki shoots him a wry look. ]

Do I have much of a choice?

[fingerstripes]

I guess not. [ He says it with a wry little smile.

Speaking of which: ]

So was it Red Robin you met?

[ He's wildly curious about what kind of notions this Loki has about them. About what they're doing out here, roaming the rooftops in spandex. ]

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Is that what he's called?

[ What a strange name. ]

I suppose it must be, with all the red he was sporting.