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[slowmotionbuscrash]

Display Name: speed
Profile Photo: Shiny
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[ A tired young man who looks exactly like Billy Kaplan, colouring aside, is broadcasting from one of them Diadem rooms. ]

Anyone else fall out of the sky and run down the side of a building today? I might’ve missed seeing someone worthwhile because I didn’t read the nonexistent sign telling me to stay put the entire time.

So. Guilds, flash hotel rooms, superhero social media for public outreach or whatever. Consider yourselves reached. Name’s Speed. Should I give the tour now, or wait until I hit ten thousand followers? Nah. I know.

[ There’s a jumble of frames that are barely in focus. Anyone who pauses at the right spots will catch moments of a superspeed tour of the room: Tommy dressed but in repose on the bed, pretending to drink from the minibar, showing off the full ice bucket, and of course a bathroom mirror selfie before returning to where he’s been sitting. ]

I’ll redo it every time I get a cool number of follows, a little slower each time. I get bored. I’m already bored. There’s nothing to do in this hotel except watch tv. I’m going out. In a world where you could go anywhere you want at any minute, where would you go that’s not lame?

And don’t say Paris - I’ve been there, and it’s French. Good carbs. Bad music.

Comments

[thecoolerloki]

Hmmmmmmmmm. Two minutes? What kind of apps do you have on your phone? Are you into gacha games?

[slowmotionbuscrash]

If this is you negotiating for more time, maybe you start by not getting distracted by what apps are on my phone.

And no, I hate gacha games, but not why you think. It’s the whole energy construct they use. What a crock. I want to play on my time, not theirs.

[thecoolerloki]

I don’t need more time, my story’s very short. This is simply what I look like.

I could hack into the games for you if you wished, though.

[slowmotionbuscrash]

O...K...

[ ???

Loki's a god who casts magical illusions. Tommy has no context for what should, and shouldn't be alarming or commented upon, and at the moment, regardless of mental age, he looks far too young to be called cute.

Maybe that's what he's supposed to mention, but, again, illusions. Tommy actually thinks he's being clever by not addressing it. ]

Am I supposed to tell you that your nails look nice?

[thecoolerloki]

Do you want to tell me my nails look nice?

[slowmotionbuscrash]

I don’t know. Do they look good? Hold up your hand.

[thecoolerloki]

[His hand, as it usually is, is covered by black gloves. He just grins.]

[slowmotionbuscrash]

[ Tommy acts annoyed but he’s also laughing at the same time so. Well played. ]

Oh come on! You can’t dig for compliments and cheat at the same time!

[thecoolerloki]

What else do you expect from Loki?

[But he does take a glove off for real now to show him! His nails are painted a very Kate purple, though they're definitely starting to chip away already and show his natural frost giant black.]

[slowmotionbuscrash]

Seriously? Higher class pranks.

[ It’s not said maliciously, just quick and honest. ]

Nice! I like a good purple-and-green. You should get her to touch them up unless you’re going for that whole classic rock look.

[thecoolerloki]

Those take time, time which I still have to fill with smaller acts of mischief.

[He replaces his glove, considering.]

It doesn't seem worth the effort, given how hard it is to paint my nails already and the fact they're really only visible when I disguise myself as a Midgardian.

[slowmotionbuscrash]

And how many of those smaller mischiefs are headed my way?

[ He’s not mad about it; he’d just like to know what’s in store. ]

Like weekly estimates. Also, don’t steal ONE sock. Steal the pair.

And why can’t you paint non-Midgardian nails?

[thecoolerloki]

I don't steal socks, that'd be silly. Regardless, I try to plan only as much as I need to, so no estimates here!

[And speaking of, now he might start stealing socks cause that's kinda funny.]

Oh, you can paint Asgardian nails. And you can paint my nails, it just takes an extreme amount of effort. Frost giants' nails are naturally black, you see.

[slowmotionbuscrash]

It’d be crazy annoying, you mean.

Why not get one of those nail polishes that are clear with chunky glitter? That’d work on black nails. You can get them with different shapes in the glitter too.

[thecoolerloki]

Hm, I hadn't considered that. But again, I wear gloves almost literally all the time.

[slowmotionbuscrash]

If your look is strictly for other people, then it's not your look. It's just the front you're throwing up because you think it's what other people want you to be.

If you want to wear nail polish, then you wear nail polish. You're not wearing it for anybody else but you.

[thecoolerloki]

... You're more intelligent than I thought you'd be. I think I might actually prefer you over your brother.

[slowmotionbuscrash]

[ That might be one of the nicest things anyone’s ever said to him. ]

Yeah, well. Don’t go telling everybody or they’re all going to expecting me to be insightful.

[ Fine, the small Loki gets to be the coolest Loki. ]

You can tell Billy I’m the cool twin though.

[thecoolerloki]

Will you tell Thor I'm the cool brother?

[slowmotionbuscrash]

Will you give me Thor’s number?

[thecoolerloki]

Will you text him endlessly and annoy him constantly on my behalf?

[slowmotionbuscrash]

I don’t know if you fully appreciate what you’re signing him up for. He piss you off lately?

[thecoolerloki]

I'm Loki. And he's Thor, which is really all the information you need.

... and he told me I couldn't keep a rooster. Let him be bombarded by speedy texts!

[slowmotionbuscrash]

Yeah, and he’s Thor, so I want to know what I’m getting involved in before I’m dodging gently thrown hammers.

Okay. I’ll add him to my people to text when I’m bored list and campaign for your rooster to annoy him

[thecoolerloki]

Yippee! And I will proceed to tell Billy that you are the cool twin.