not_a_troll | IC Appointments [Luceti]

Oh! Oh no..! [Wanda moves forward, kneeling down to help gather books, and look at the now visible book-owner, to see if he's alright. ]

Are you ok? Please-- let me help, here. ["Less fine" is pretty vague. He looks uninjured, though. He also looks like a kid.] ... Where are you taking all these books?

The library. The entire point of a library is that one lends books and returns them after one has finished reading said books, you see?

[Some of the books he used for his dangerous stunt to get back home. It was about time he brought them back.]

Are you new here?

Ahh... [She nods. The library. A place a non-reader such as herself hasn't much business going to. Though it crackles up a few memories from the event, where she was all about that place.]

I'm-- new, yeah. I mean... About two months, but who's counting. ... My name's Wanda. [Might as well try to be friendly? Yes?]

Two months? Well, that is hardly new anymore. More old than new.

[He stacks the books neatly.]

Nice to meet you, Wanda. My name is Loki. Loki Laufeyson of the house of Odin.

[He flashes a smile, pretty much expecting somekind of interesting response from her.]

[She cocks her head to the side. She feels like she should know that name, but she can't really remember where from. It's a nice name, anyway, though it kind of sounds like a girl's name, to her.] That's a very pretty name. ...How long have you been here for?

[She stands up, still holding on to some of his books, so he won't be quite so overloaded this time.]

[Well, by Odin's empty eyesocket, that is the first time he got a response like that... A pretty name. Well, perhaps Loki also is a damned pretty name.]

A year, I believe. I have lost count, to be fair.

[He picks up the heavy pile of books without breaking a sweat.]

Do you wish me to elaborate about all my fantastic adventures and the like? I am sure you do.

A year?... If I'm old after only two months, then you must be positively ancient. [She smiles to show she's only teasing. After all, he looks younger than she is. She feels rather bad for him-- just a kid, pulled away from home for over a year?]

I... would love to hear of your-- 'Fantastic adventures' of all sorts, yes.

I am most definitely not ancient. Not even old. For instance, you are older than I am. Therefore you are old.

[There's a playful grin on his face as he talks, holding on to the books.]

Do you wish to hear about the story about how I became a zombie and I got beheaded because of it?

Oh, my...! That sounds-- rather frightening, actually. ... Are you-- alright now? [His head certainly SEEMS attached.]

We die but come back again. Death is not forever here. It is but a phase.

[He shrugs.]

You do get punished for dying, though. They rather do not want to bring you back to the world of living again, it might imply that it is a difficult process.

Just make sure not to get into dangerous situations.

[This is all news to Wanda.] I... had not planned on dying for quite some time, if I could help it... I didn't-- realize that-- being brought back was even an option.

Me neither but it tends to happen.

[He notices the look on her face.]

Please do not fret too much about it. I am sure you know what to do when that situation occurs, yes?

Have you made any other friends here yet?

[When what situation occurs-- dying, or being brought from the dead? Because either way, Wanda doesn't exactly have plans, no.]

I, ahh-- I've met a few people, yes. I'm... not sure if we're friends yet, but I'd like to be, very much so. [She's opting to ignore the death-related comments for now. They're kind of creepy.]

Who? Perhaps we have friends that overlap, you see? Second of all, you also look a bit like a goth. Are you of a goth variety?

Are you fond of sad guitar music made by boys with eyeliner?

Hmm. Well... I know-- Billy and... Teddy. Hrm. Bulla is very sweet. ... Kurt. He's from my world. Kurt, I mean.

[She shrugs, and then glances as him as he asks his second question.] ... I don't think I'm goth. I'm just-- me. [You're a little bit goth, Wanda. Just a little bit.] I think I like happier music. Or maybe sometimes-- angry? I... had not considered the eyeliner though. [She contemplates, trying to think what this would look like. She makes a face. It's not going well, in her imagination.]

I know all four of them. Billy is my bff and Teddy is his bff in many kinds of ways. And Bulla has charming blue hair.

Kurt is fond of sour food and wooing ladies.

[He nods, its a good choice in friends you have there, Wanda.]

But Kurt of the Sour Kraut is from your world? Please elaborate about your world, I am most curious. I hail from Asgardia, I think the rest of the story is very, very old news.

[Bulla DOES have charming blue hair. Kurt being fond of wooing ladies is news to her. It sort of makes her a little angry, though she's not sure why.]

Ah. Hmn. Our world? ... Well. There are humans and mutants. And mutants are slowly replacing the humans. ... But some of the humans don't like that we're superior, so they try to hurt us, and wage war upon our kind. ... Some mutants side with the humans, in trying to oppress us. ... I don't understand that. [She's not sure what's worth telling or what's not. No one's really asked, before. For all she knows, the fact that her world has a blue sky could be some hugely impressive thing that she's leaving out.]

[Loki turns to look. Oh that sounds familiar.]

That is quite similar to the story Billy of New York told me, yes. I wish to remain neutral in this situation.

I am neither mutant or human.

Do you also have special powers? If so, what powers are they?

Well... if you know Billy-- I have the same powers as him. ... I hex things, and ... make things happen. [She always felt a little dumb trying to explain her powers. No "Oh I heal really fast" or "I can walk through walls" or "I teleport" or anything like that. Nope. Just-- 'I make things happen.' Ugh.]

I've met some people who call themselves aliens, here. Bulla's a-- hm. 'Saiyan'. ...Is there a word for what you are? [She didn't want to misclassify anyone. ] ... Why-- would you remain neutral?

[Loki's eyebrows raise briefly. It is a connection that is rather easy to make, really. Same powers, stories about the mutant uprising. This might be the mother he spoke of. The younger version of his mother? He stares a bit longer at her and finally turns to his books again.]

I am extremely witty and most charming.

[He shakes his head.]

I am Loki Laufeyson of the House of Odin. Even though I am most fond of Midgard I am not a Midgardian. I am from Asgard, you see?

I think most definitely quite cool is a good description for me.

[Wanda and Billy actually share a certain family resemblance, not that Wanda's noticed, just yet. She is delightfully dense at times.

A lot of what Loki just said was complete gibberish to Wanda. Midgard? Odin? She can't help but give a small laugh at his completely immodest self-description.]

I... certainly haven't seen anything that would-- say otherwise, so far.

...What's Midgard?

Exactly.

[Loki flashes a grin.]

Midgard is what you call Earth. Ah, when we have arrived at the library you need to open the door for me. I am unable to open them properly with these books in my arms.

[Maybe Wanda can see most of them are about magic and about how to do spells.]

[Ahh, so Loki is an alien. Maybe like Teddy and Bulla, then!]

I would be happy to. ... What-- are you reading about, in all these books? [Wanda can't really read that well herself, but from what she can see, these would be interesting books.]

Spells, magic.

[Loki shrugs.]

Alas, I have discovered that learning the old, mystical ways of incantations is not something I should do.

But I am fond of books in general.

[Hey, hey, hey! You said the magic word! And the magic word is "magic"! If Loki didn't have her full attention before, he most certainly has it now.]

Magic-- is great, though! Why shouldn't you--?

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