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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 25, 2017 23:15:11 GMT -5
“He’ll cope,” Loki laughed. “He’s an adult.”
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Post by Teja on Dec 25, 2017 23:15:52 GMT -5
"So are you."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 25, 2017 23:17:23 GMT -5
“Let’s go give him a hard time, shall we?”
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Post by Teja on Dec 25, 2017 23:19:05 GMT -5
She grinned at him happily.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 25, 2017 23:38:56 GMT -5
He honored her request to not make it too dramatic and weird- they quietly appeared a block or so from the building, Loki quickly drawing a coat for Teja out of the air to sling over her shoulders. They arrived at the party through the front door like anyone else.
The party was one level upstairs, in the atrium. There was a live jazz quartet playing a lively rendition of the Nutcracker Suite, and a few of the guests- some still dressed in office clothes- were already a little tipsy. More of them were wearing Santa hats than not.
“Well,” said Loki. “Here we are.”
One of the design interns had a chance to look over at Loki and recognized him, blanching slightly. The intern hurried over to her department head, who rushed over to Adrian Veidt, who looked over at Loki and froze in place for a moment before approaching at a brisk pace.
Loki looked over and smiled widely.
“Happy Christmas, Mr. Veidt,” he said calmly.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 25, 2017 23:42:28 GMT -5
“Glad you could make it,” Adrian said, a little distractedly, before clearing his throat. “What...”
He gestured over Loki, who beamed wider.
“What, may I ask, happened to maintaining likeness?”
He looked a little transfixed, and abruptly forced himself to look at Teja instead.
“Glad to see you, dear-“
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Post by Teja on Dec 25, 2017 23:45:25 GMT -5
Ohh, Adrian's reaction was a little too obvious. To the layperson, perhaps it might not be much of anything - just his shock at Loki's avant-garde appearance - but to her, there might as well have been an animation of fluttering, firework-y hearts around his head. "Hullo, Adrian," she said cheerfully.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 26, 2017 15:26:08 GMT -5
“Oh, you don’t like it?” Loki asked, unnecessarily smoothing his hair to the side.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 26, 2017 15:38:13 GMT -5
“Hello, Teja,” said Adrian. “I didn’t say I didn’t- look, you look fine- good, actually, but you nearly gave our toy designer a heart attack-“
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 26, 2017 15:43:56 GMT -5
“Oh,” said Loki, with very little inflection. “Sorry.’
He looked around for a drink, failed to see any, and somewhat resignedly looked back at Veidt.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 26, 2017 22:10:48 GMT -5
Adrian blinked once and then looked back at Teja, with the same slightly distracted expression. Not that Adrian could be distracted to begin with, but in theory-
"That's a... remarkably flattering dress."
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Post by Teja on Dec 26, 2017 22:43:37 GMT -5
She took Loki's arm as though that was going to slightly cover up her cleavage.
"I didn't want to be outshone, you know-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jan 3, 2018 2:22:14 GMT -5
“You’re not being outshone, darling, believe me,” Loki said warmly, touching her cheek as he turned to look at her again.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jan 3, 2018 5:44:34 GMT -5
"So what was this, a spur of the moment decision, or-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jan 3, 2018 5:52:21 GMT -5
Loki shot him an irritable look.
"No, I stopped halfway through a self-destructive episode designed specifically to inconvenience you. Yes, I decided on a whim. Last time I checked, it was still legal!"
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