dn: Otto Octavius | video

[doctopoda]

[Otto seems harried, clearly walking very quickly down the street as he posts. This is just a quick message anyway:]

Please tell me there's someone else out there who's still their normal age?

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[thecoolerloki]

Rude. I'm technically still my normal age, though.

[doctopoda]

Fair enough. But I'm really worried about the lost kids running around, and you're hardly that. [...] And I think someone's turned into a baby.

[Loki! At least fix that!]

[thecoolerloki]

And? It's not my fault that other children aren't as well-behaved as I am.

[doctopoda]

Is that what we're calling it?

[thecoolerloki]

Well, I've been whisked away to many realms and caught up in innumerable spells and schemes and I've never once cried over it. What else would you call it, then?

[doctopoda]

.....I wouldn't say being scared or upset is the same as being poorly behaved. It's perfectly natural.

[Well, right out of wry mode, now he's a little worried about you generally!]

[thecoolerloki]

I suppose it's natural for some. But I'm still surprised more aren't excited, so many children's stories begin with being brought to some strange and magical world.

[doctopoda]

Those are stories. It's different when it's happening for real.

[thecoolerloki]

Yes! Because it's better when it's happening for real!

[doctopoda]

It can actually be dangerous when it's real.

[thecoolerloki]

But it's not dangerous. Everyone's merely overreacting.

[doctopoda]

A lost kid doesn't know that, Loki. They just know that they're lost and alone. They're not ancient gods or anything like that, they're just literally twelve.

[thecoolerloki]

I've lost my memories of godhood before and been for all intents and purposes, literally twelve. And lost, and alone. I believe that would make me more knowledgeable on this subject than you.

[doctopoda]

You think I was never a kid?

[But, more to the point:]

I'm sorry that happened to you. But that doesn't mean other kids are wrong for handling it badly. It shouldn't have happened to any of you.

[thecoolerloki]

I only mean that it's clearly been longer in your case than in others'!

[You are old! ... but he wasn't expecting that, that last bit, and it does shut him up. Mostly.]

Either way, I think it might help some of them to focus on the good rather than the bad. I'm trying to be a good role model in that way.

[doctopoda]

[sigh]

Maybe so. But it's an adjustment. Might help if they had some company?

[thecoolerloki]

And I have offered my company and my abode! ... But very few trust me enough to accept my offer.

[doctopoda]

I'd hoped you might have better luck with that.

[Due to, you know, not being a fifty-something year old man on the internet.]

[thecoolerloki]

I had hoped so as well. [That was kinda the point of all of this. But,] Unfortunately, I am still Loki.

[doctopoda]

[That's sort of sad...]

...some of them recognize you from home?

[If they don't, he's not sure what difference it would make. But Otto's definitely already been yelled at about being Doc Ock.]

[thecoolerloki]

That, and... I have a sort of vibe, I suppose.

[doctopoda]

There is that...if it makes you feel better, I've already had one teenager screaming at me about my evil plans.

[villain problems!]

[thecoolerloki]

I... appreciate the gesture? Now that I think of it, we're rather lucky no one's become evil through this process.

That is what would happen in my case, for the record.

[YOU KNOW WHEN YOU PLOT THE DOWNFALL OF ASGARD AT 5 YEARS OLD]

[doctopoda]

Good to know.

[We'll just. Keep that in mind?]