1. [accidental sound --> video]

[not_a_troll]

[Everyone who is listening can hear the sound of leaves rustling followed by a soft groan coming from someone's mouth.

After that there are footsteps that slowly fade away but get louder again after a minute or two. Apparently someone discovered the book and the small yelp followed by a referral to Odin's empty eye socket might give the impression that someone managed to step into a pinecone with his bare foot.

There is more rustling and a soft thud, the sound of someone opening a book and...]

Oh! It is a Midgardian recording device in a book!

How perfectly...impractical!

[Since the owner of this voice, Loki Laufeyson from Asgard, is really fond of any Midgardian way of communicating through long-distance connections he figures the book out in a rather quick way.

Eventually his face appears on everyone's feed, finger tapping against the screen to test if it might be a screen of touch, like his own phone of Stark used to have.]

Everyone! I figure this book of communication has been left to me with a certain purpose. So I shall ask for your aid, yes?

[Loki takes a deep breath.]

First of all, someone has provided me with white pants, yet has forgotten to give me a proper shirt. Second of all, I am fairly sure this is not Broxton.

Is there a town nearby? At least one where I can get proper garments?

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[action]

[complicatedliar]

Not any more than you can prove to me that you will not. Only time will tell.

[Loki stares at the wall for a moment, idly running his fingers over his lips.]

Though the evidence would say that I was once as you, and now I am myself. And the same for the older self you had in your reality, since it sounds rather different from me. The two data points that exist are certainly not in your favor.

I am driven by purpose. The anger just provides useful fuel.

[It's not that he necessarily wishes the less pleasant parts of his existence on his younger self. It simply seems inevitable. To be Loki has always been to be mistrusted, hated, and at least at first for things that were not his fault. It would be nice, to think that second chances exist in some form.

He hasn't believed in nice in a long, long time.

He shrugs.]

Then what are we?

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[not_a_troll]

[Loki listens to the things the other says. He considers them for a moment but still finds himself unable to agree with him.]

Anger should not be one's fuel, it should be one's tool.
It even rhymes, you see? That is how right I am.

[He gets up from the chair he is sitting in and straightens his tunic.]

That is a good question, older self. Yet, I am really not fond of answering questions.

But I have enjoyed your tea of oolong very much.

[He makes a bow of some sort.]

I shall take my leave but we will talk again, yes? After all, we carry the same name.

[action]

[complicatedliar]

[Loki snorts.]

You've no idea at all, do you.

[He waves a hand, almost regally. Of course his younger self isn't fond of answering questions. Loki himself hates it with a passion.]

I'm certain we will.

[Luceti is a small place. It's not as if he could avoid it forever. He still hasn't decided how he feels about any of this.]

[action]

[not_a_troll]

[Loki looks at his older self and smiles.]

It is the other way around, older self. Think about that, yes?

[After that he waves as well and nods in farewell.

Oh, he's sure that he'll meet him again.]

[action]

[complicatedliar]

[Loki waves his younger self off. His natural urge is to want to have the last word, always, but he's willing to give it away this time.]