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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 18, 2011 23:25:16 GMT -5
One of the nice things about self-exile to Midgard was getting to keep all the perks of being an Asgardian sorceror rather than having to check it at the Bifrost before continuing on.
(Not that Loki had taken the usual route. Or that there was a Bifrost to take anymore. These situations were of course interrelated.)
The Ashton identity had worked like a charm so far, but if he played his cards right, Loki would soon have to give the impression that oh, yes, he really had grown up in a wealthy London suburb before the family came to Long Island instead. Not to mention the number of records he would have to falsify, which along with the location brings us back to the first point re: the convenience of being Loki.
There were worse human cities to have to pop over to than London, though. It was nearly lunchtime, and this particular cafe was full of people on break.
People on break were good to distress, he thought as he idly caused an iced coffee to explode. So many nerves near the breaking point.
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Post by Crowley on Sept 18, 2011 23:34:53 GMT -5
The day before, Crowley'd decided he missed London an awful lot. He could blend into any city in the world as a local, but for some reason London had taken its place as his home in his heart.
He'd decided it might be fun to pop into one of his old haunts and cause some mischief. It felt good, hearing "bugger" and "shit" instead of "putain!" and "merde!"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 18, 2011 23:37:25 GMT -5
He gradually zoned out of listening to the man try to explain for the fifth time that no, it had just exploded, and leaned back with his own cup of Earl Grey and a newspaper.
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Post by Crowley on Sept 18, 2011 23:38:47 GMT -5
Crowley noticed a dark-haired yuppie with a newspaper and a cup of tea. He waved his hand under the table and the tea was all over the man's suit.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 18, 2011 23:43:45 GMT -5
Loki blinked. Had his hand slipped?
He sighed and shuffled his newspaper. In the brief instant his front was covered, the tea vanished from his suit and rematerialized in his cup.
Glancing about the room, he noticed a young man in dark sunglasses.
He smirked and made a small gesture.
One of the lenses dropped a screw.
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Post by Crowley on Sept 18, 2011 23:56:35 GMT -5
He noticed the screw dropping straightaway and put it back without the lens ever popping out. That had never happened before, and he knew better than to write that off as normal. He looked around, trying to found the perpetrator.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 18, 2011 23:58:40 GMT -5
Said perpetrator had just stuck a coin to the ground outside with a light handwave and was watching the results with mild interest.
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Post by Crowley on Sept 19, 2011 0:02:40 GMT -5
There were people bending over now to pick up a coin that was stuck to the ground. Nobody had bent down to put the coin there. That was his trick.
The coin vanished.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2011 0:05:29 GMT -5
Loki frowned and glanced back at the man in glasses.
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Post by Crowley on Sept 19, 2011 0:08:50 GMT -5
Crowley noticed that the man he'd spilled tea on was staring at him. He made eye contact (as much as he could in sunglasses). This was probably his man.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2011 0:10:49 GMT -5
Loki waved a hand and the rest of the cafe stood still.
"Problem?"
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Post by Crowley on Sept 19, 2011 0:13:47 GMT -5
Crowley sipped his coffee as though there was nothing unusual about the room freezing. "Nah, just trying to give you a run for your money. Are you the new London guy?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2011 0:19:18 GMT -5
"No, only visiting," said Loki, who didn't really care what he meant.
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Post by Crowley on Sept 19, 2011 0:22:51 GMT -5
"Ah... Would you mind maybe taking your business elsewhere? I'm only in town for a day and was hoping for a nice, relaxing morning alone here."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2011 0:26:02 GMT -5
"Don't pretend you're any better than me; I know it was you who tried to ruin the suit."
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