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[ikols]

Who: loki ikols & kid loki thecoolerloki
What: sleepover night
When: post-strange's spooky house adventure
Where: loki's apartment in central city
Content Warnings: tba

[ Having asked for some time alone with the boy, Loki finds himself missing Peter as evening crawls onward and the apartment is too quiet. He busies himself with his tasks: adding blankets to the back of the couch that will serve as the boy's bed later, setting out an array of snack foods on the coffee table, and hooking up his consoles to the large TV on the wall. He calls for pizza early, two kinds in case the boy is picky, and plants his hands on his hips as he surveys his child-proofed home.

Anything of real worth or danger has been stuffed in his pocket of reality that he keeps items in when pockets don't match his outfit, so he feels confident there isn't a Norn Stone or wad of thousands of cash lying around forgotten. He figures that if the boy is planning on murdering him and exacting revenge then he will twist himself into knots in an attempt to do so and if it is truly going to be attempted the allure of doing it in Loki's flat will be too ironically delicious to resist, so they may as well get the temptation over with. That, and he doesn't like the idea of the boy snooping around trying to figure out where he lives; better he knows and stops caring.

When the knock comes on the front door, he opens to peer down. ]

You had better have brought pyjamas and a toothbrush.

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[thecoolerloki]

Oh yes, because it’s very linear to be a child in Asgard and then wake up one day in Midgard to see your brother fully grown and learn you’re one of the most hated men in all the Nine Realms.

[ikols]

There's no need to get sassy.

[thecoolerloki]

I only state the truth.

[ikols]

You are not the sitar from Moulin Rouge, there's no need to do it so proudly.

[thecoolerloki]

I do everything proudly.

[ikols]

Take your pizza and go play your game, I have to call someone. It's not about you, I simply promised them I would.

[ Shoo, shoo!! ]

[thecoolerloki]

I'm not the one who presumes everything is about me.

[He is, because they both are.

He grabs another slice then eyes the milkshake... Well, if the quest for beer has proved fruitless, he might as well give in now. So he takes it and moves to the couch.

Time for Smash Bros and maining Bayonetta and trying to eavesdrop!]

[ikols]

[ He waits until he hears the game before calling his boyfriend, not bothering to keep his voice at a whisper since he suspects he's being intently earwigged on anyway and it isn't worth the effort of hiding the conversation. Getting himself an ale, he finishes his slice of pizza while talking. ]

Heyyyy. He's here. Playing games, actually. I don't know, I'll let him decide. Where are you? Hah, don't fall, dear, I need those long legs. They are mine, yes! I own your stockinged stems ... well, you call it a suit, I call those things stockings. Mmm, you do that! Buy me the black pair, ha!

I've got to go, I'll see you tomorrow. You had better miss me! Maybe, yes. I miss you too. Take care! Love you. Bye.

[ Closing the call, he strides into the lounge where the couch and entertainment setup is, along with one tiny Loki. ]

[thecoolerloki]

Gross.

[he doesn't look away from the screen, Bayonetta is kicking Joker's ass.]

What am I to decide on then?

[ikols]

Which movies we're watching, whether you want to play with makeup, mess about with magic, or if you would like to do something else. I didn't plan a gigantic itinerary.

[ Also Peter is not gross, you little snot. ]

[thecoolerloki]

So this sleepover's supposed to make me feel better before I'm shipped off to live with Strange. Got it.

[Obviously the older Loki's the gross one.]

[ikols]

You're not being shipped off, [ taking a seat on the couch, he swipes more pizza, ] I imagined it might be fun for you to learn what you can from him! I was once the Sorcerer Supreme and let me tell you, he keeps weird shit in his house. Houses. Wherever he lives.

[thecoolerloki]

He lives in the same hotel as the rest of us.

[But he knows he's just being difficult for the sake of it.]

When am I getting scolded for what happened in Sunset Falls? I'd prefer to get it over with quickly.

[ikols]

He won't always live here, none of us will.

[ Poking him on the leg with a socked toe. ]

Who said you're getting scolded?

[thecoolerloki]

It's how the story goes. I have an idea, mischief ensues, the All-Mother scolds me.

[Enjoy being the current All-Mother, Loki.]

[ikols]

[ With a wrinkled nose, he says, ]

As much as my resemblance to mother is astounding, I won't be telling you off in her stead. I think you did well, in point of fact. You held your own and were the most capable person within the building.

[thecoolerloki]

I must've cast a rather strong illusion then.

I endangered all the others on some selfish whim, and I continued, knowing they wouldn't be able to sustain themselves as well as I could.

[He did eventually try to help. And he didn't intend for it to be a scary murderhouse either.]

[ikols]

[ Aaaand there's the confession that a scolding wouldn't have turned up. ]

You didn't know the fullest extent of what the book did, did you?

[thecoolerloki]

I told them I did. And that we didn't need to contact you or Strange.

[ikols]

But you didn't know, you lied.

[thecoolerloki]

Duh.

[ikols]

[ Pinching him on the leg for that 'duh'! ]

So, it was not your fault. You did not know of what you were unleashing, it was an accident.

[thecoolerloki]

[He kicks him back]

Except, I didn't care once I had actually unleashed it. I only allowed it to end because I grew tired.

[ikols]

That's a honking lie and not a very good one. My bird told me you were frightened but bravely holding your ground, I don't believe for a moment you let that house win.

[thecoolerloki]

I never cared about the house, Ikol.