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Jun 1, 2015 11:43:24 GMT -5
Post by Teja on Jun 1, 2015 11:43:24 GMT -5
"Loki, we were planning on this happening when you were running," she said, returning to the bathroom to brush her teeth. "After the whole Manhattan thing? We didn't exactly calculate that they'd lose interest."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jun 1, 2015 11:53:51 GMT -5
"No one needs to know you were in on that too-"
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Jun 1, 2015 12:07:57 GMT -5
Post by Teja on Jun 1, 2015 12:07:57 GMT -5
"I didn't mean tell them you wanted to rule them," she said hastily. "Don't be that honest."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jun 1, 2015 12:30:54 GMT -5
"Of course not," he said. "The trick is to make my father think I am."
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Jun 1, 2015 13:33:14 GMT -5
Post by Teja on Jun 1, 2015 13:33:14 GMT -5
"Think... what?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jun 1, 2015 13:37:03 GMT -5
"Think I'm too busy tending to Midgard to possibly rush home."
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Jun 1, 2015 13:48:07 GMT -5
Post by Teja on Jun 1, 2015 13:48:07 GMT -5
"You know it won't matter to him. It would be as though you had a place in the family business but tried to convince your father you were very busy working at an ice cream parlour - if he sees it as having any value at all it would only be as practice. Nothing you do will change his mind, you know."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jun 1, 2015 13:57:49 GMT -5
"Yes, exactly! Practice!" he retorted. "He never trained me up the way he did my brother, so this can be a show of initiative."
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Jun 1, 2015 14:05:23 GMT -5
Post by Teja on Jun 1, 2015 14:05:23 GMT -5
Wearily, she said, "I think he'd rather teach you himself. Would he think much of ruling Midgard as practice, even if you flatter him?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jun 1, 2015 16:58:25 GMT -5
"He does rather think of it as our jurisdiction," he said dryly.
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Jun 1, 2015 17:04:39 GMT -5
Post by Teja on Jun 1, 2015 17:04:39 GMT -5
She hesitated.
"We'll... see," she allowed.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jun 1, 2015 17:08:14 GMT -5
"There's far worse out there than Asgard, darling," he said.
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Jun 1, 2015 17:33:40 GMT -5
Post by Teja on Jun 1, 2015 17:33:40 GMT -5
She pulled a proper robe on and curled up on the end of their bed, trying to be moderately seductive but mostly just intrigued.
"What do you mean? Other alien civilizations?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jun 1, 2015 17:50:19 GMT -5
"Oh, empires," Loki said casually. "The Shi'ar, the Skrulls, the Kree, the Spartoi, Xandar, the Ourusian System, Rigellia. Whatever's left of the Krypton empire, I suppose-"
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Jun 1, 2015 17:52:19 GMT -5
Post by Teja on Jun 1, 2015 17:52:19 GMT -5
"The...."
Only one of the words made sense.
"We have Cree here too, but it's probably a coincidence."
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