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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 24, 2019 16:43:14 GMT -5
Ashton stood up fast enough to knock his chair over but didn't follow.
"Wait-"
This, of course, only made it more disconcerting when he came jogging toward her from exactly the wrong direction once she had gotten herself another block away. He pushed his hair from his eyes and held a cup out to her.
"Here. You forgot your tea-"
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Post by Teja on Nov 24, 2019 17:21:02 GMT -5
She let out a silent scream and started running in the other direction.
There was no doubt whatsoever in her mind what he was - or rather, what he wasn't - when she saw him again, this time a little winded, running towards her from the direction she'd originally come from. He took a breath and opened his mouth to speak, looking a little like a snake oil salesman with his toothy sharp insincere grin and the laughter she could see he was clearly going to start with, though his previously gelled hair hair had come loose and wild.
Instead Teja reached up and grabbed him by the collar and pushed him against a brick wall.
This being New York, those who were still out on the street in the cold ignored them entirely, hurrying along to their own destinations.
"What are you? That time over drinks you said 'You're only human' to Megan, that was so obvious, you're not even good at it! So you're probably not a mutant, are you? Are you a mutant? But the galaxy thing really freaked you out, huh! And you don't know what coffee or tea are and the only movie you've seen is Star Wars so that's it, isn't it?"
She looked stunned and almost excited with her discovery far more than she looked angry or afraid.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 24, 2019 17:26:00 GMT -5
Ashton gingerly touched the back of his own head.
"Ow," he said, with a pointed look at her.
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Post by Teja on Nov 24, 2019 17:26:42 GMT -5
"Say it."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 24, 2019 17:29:43 GMT -5
"You've already figured out the relevant details, I'd say-"
Ashton appeared to be trying to slither out of his own clothes to get away and was repeatedly, to all appearances, stymied by the dimensions of his own physical form.
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Post by Teja on Nov 24, 2019 17:31:02 GMT -5
She slammed her hand to the side he was trying to duck out on, though her response to her palm slapping the brick wall was her own belated "- ow.
"So," she urged on, her eyes wide with wonder. "You're really from out there, aren't you?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 24, 2019 17:37:11 GMT -5
“And what of it!" Ashton blurted. "Honestly, you're embarrassing the both of us-"
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Post by Teja on Nov 24, 2019 17:39:10 GMT -5
"Okay, but you aren't exactly being forthwright about it, plus it casts a decidedly patronizing overtone to your proposal to save us from ourselves, don't you think, Mr. Ashton?"
Her eyes had narrowed, with a kind of exhilarated smile drifting over her mouth, as she'd said so; but after a moment her mouth popped open in surprise and her eyes widened once more.
"Ashton. Asgard! Lukas - Loki?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 24, 2019 17:40:42 GMT -5
"Oh, come on-" Ashton groaned. "Really? I worked hard on that, thanks-"
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Post by Teja on Nov 24, 2019 17:55:30 GMT -5
She clapped her hands over her mouth in stunned silence, accidentally freeing him to bolt, had she posed enough of a physical threat to keep him in place.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 24, 2019 17:58:33 GMT -5
"How did you even manage that one? Honestly-"
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Post by Teja on Nov 24, 2019 18:00:38 GMT -5
"You are, aren't you?" she whispered. "Or you think you are-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 24, 2019 18:10:59 GMT -5
"Two hours? You figured it out in two hours? My brother couldn't pay anyone to believe in him..."
Ashton peeled himself from the wall with a grimace, trying unsuccessfully to smooth down his wayward hair again. When he met her eyes, his frown deepened.
"Don't look so proud of yourself," he grumbled. "It's humiliating."
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Post by Teja on Nov 24, 2019 18:15:22 GMT -5
Proud of herself seemed like an odd way to put it. She was gawking at him with greater shyness than she'd felt about him as a political celebrity.
"Well, you shouldn't go around announcing you're from Asgard, and you should have done a lot more homework," she said, but as an attempt to be witty she said it too rushed, and was too reluctant to meet his gaze, except in furtive, stolen glances. After a pause, she said, "... how is that possible?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 24, 2019 18:30:22 GMT -5
"I could very well ask you the same thing," Ashton grumbled. "Good heavens-"
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