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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 15, 2015 17:24:41 GMT -5
"How?!"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 15, 2015 17:31:33 GMT -5
"Don't ask me! I rushed home and found him ready to impale Teja-"
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 15, 2015 19:42:46 GMT -5
"Who?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 15, 2015 19:46:46 GMT -5
"My fiancée," he sighed. "Though I very much doubt that's going to last."
And there it was. He had finally managed to say it out loud.
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 15, 2015 19:52:33 GMT -5
"Oh, I'm sorry," said Nina, with sincerity. "I'm... I'm not in a relationship I think is going to last either, although he'd - well, he would hardly ever want to be engaged. I rather think he would laugh about it."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 15, 2015 19:54:01 GMT -5
"Is that where you were?"
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 15, 2015 20:00:49 GMT -5
"Yes. Of course my father doesn't approve at all."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 15, 2015 20:09:40 GMT -5
"Do they ever?"
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 15, 2015 20:15:58 GMT -5
"Well, if you find someone who is very wholesome, and not generally an unrepentant murderer, that sort of thing, then, yes, I think."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 16, 2015 2:33:52 GMT -5
"Because your father would know all about wholesomeness and repentance, of course," Loki retorted.
He swallowed hard.
"...look, if I'm to start this- if it's to be anything at all- without taking any advantage of you, you probably ought to know that I tried to convince Meg to give me her child instead. I cornered her, I begged her. And that's hardly the worst thing I've done. I..."
He exhaled miserably.
"If there were none of the monsters left, it would be meaningless that I was one of them. I would have killed them all if my brother had not put an end to it.
"I want to start off just once without deceiving anyone into thinking I'm better than I am," Loki muttered. "Especially you. You've got enough burdens of your own without dealing with me."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 16, 2015 21:50:31 GMT -5
Nina was shocked. "You just heard me tell you about wanting to kill my brother. I'm in no place from which to throw stones, that's obvious."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 3:05:41 GMT -5
"I tried to do that, too," Loki said flatly. "Multiple times, in fact. It was a very rough few hours back there. Trust me, you're allowed to judge."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 17, 2015 3:07:29 GMT -5
"....well, I won't," said Nina with delayed defiance. "You sound as if you want me to dislike you."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 3:11:03 GMT -5
"I've gotten rather accustomed," he sighed.
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 17, 2015 3:12:20 GMT -5
"Well.... That's reasonable," she said, when she found she could not say anything else.
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