net.

Are many changed today?

Is anyone else finding this awkward?

After all that has transpired I find myself feeling generous, mortals. Should any of you be in need of healing, you may swing by my temple and I shall remove your wounds and injuries.

FILTERED TO STEVE ROGERS:

So give me the run-down on everything you see. Any fits? Any headaches? Anything out of the ordinary?

FILTERED TO LOKI:

Want to tell me about the procedure?

Alright. Lemme lay this out for you.

Me and you... we tend to snark at each other a lot, but otherwise? I got no beef with you. You like to cause mischief, which I can totally get behind and enjoy the hell out of. The 'trying to rule the world' thing is a little too Dr. Evil for my taste, but hey, whatever gets you through the day.

But let me just say something here, and understand that this is not a threat. It's merely some fun facts bundled up with a promise.

To my best knowledge, I am unkillable. Anything you do to me, no matter how severe, I will heal from. Now. YOU may be unkillable as well. I have no clue. But regardless, I'm really not someone you want on your bad side.

That being said: Captain America is trusting you with something very important to him. And I promise you... if you betray him? Or make him in any way regret trusting you?

Since apparently I'm no hero anyway, I will not hesitate to put a bullet in your skull. We'll see how easily you get over that.

A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend. Have a nice day!

Did I hurt No one was really hurt yesterday, were they? I mean, it wasn't a long storm, after all.

[Filtered to Loki (Canon), John Gray, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff]

How different should I feel?

[Filtered to Loki]

I have spent some time in the mind of your friend. You are right, the damage is quite severe and unlike any mind I have stumbled upon in my experience. His is not madness, but manipulation. Still, it is more like a tapestry torn early from their looms. The images are there, though frayed and unravelling and the threads so too. But that whomever did this to him used broad strokes which means that the marks of his consciousness still remain.

I think they could be repaired. With time and patience. And a fortune on his side. I did attempt on a few fragments last night. You would need speak to him to see how that affected him.

I'm restless. Which normally doesn't fare well for those who aren't... Me. Consider this your warning.

Unless someone has an idea of what to do with me. I am always open to suggestions.

[Filter to Thor]

Darling brother.

Charming, thoughtful, compassionate brother. Who Is fully worthy of the greatness bestowed upon him. Have I told you lately how much admiration you deserve for your just opinions and ---

All right.

I'll stop.

I haven't been telling you the entire truth about something, also I'm about to unapologetically control someone's mind to felt him gain back his memories -- and also because I want to see what it's like.

Don't be mad.

FILTERED TO LOKI (CANON):

What game are you playing with the Winter Soldier?

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December’s bareness every where!
And yet this time removed was summer’s time,
The teeming autumn, big with rich increase,
Bearing the wanton burden of the prime,
Like widow’d wombs after their lords’ decease:
Yet this abundant issue seem’d to me
But hope of orphans and unfather’d fruit;
For summer and his pleasures wait on thee,
And, thou away, the very birds are mute;
Or, if they sing, ’tis with so dull a cheer
That leaves look pale, dreading the winter’s near.

[Natasha Romanoff (canon)]

So.

What happened?

[Thor]

The Frost Giants have stopped coming. Their numbers will now only diminish as the violence continues. It won't last much longer.

Thor. Put the hammer down a minute. I need to speak to you.

An entire race arrives at your door, confused, lost, frightened. They, like each of you, were kidnapped and brought here against their will -- like each of you -- but somehow they are different, the Jotuns, and instead of being welcomed -- they are attacked without mercy.

You say you stand for justice, SHIELD, that you wish to protect -- yet you chose as will who deserves it and who should fall to your efforts.









[OOC Note: Loki really, really doesn't give a damn about the Jotuns. Or the fact they're being beaten up, subdued, injured or killed. But you know, rare is it that what he says is what he means or that his motives are as clear as he states them to be.]

[Filtered to the Demigods, and to Thor and Loki]

Thalia Grace has renounced her hunter vows and has taken on the mantle of my champion. From this day hence she is the Golden Huntress of Apollo!

A feast shall be held in her honor this weekend within my temple, you are all invited to join the celebration.

[The Winter Soldier]

I have to tell you, I did expect you to kill him. Really. I did.

But this -- Oh, but this is so much better

[Natasha Romanoff]

There's something different about you. Oh, but don't tell me, my dear, let me guess

[Thor]

I'm sorry your friend, a man you loved and respected, has ultimately betrayed you. I'm sure you must be stunned, as nothing like this has ever happened to you before.

...

What I need is a quart of Bushmills and a girl who can say damn without a blush and in a few hours time it will not matter where I am, who I am or what I am.

[LOKI (AU!)]

Now, I must say, I didn't expect to see you here.

[Filtered: Loki (Canon), Thor]

Could I have a word?

[Thor]

Do you trust me?

[The Winter Soldier]

A PRINCE had some Monkeys trained to dance. Being naturally
great mimics of men's actions, they showed themselves most apt
pupils, and when arrayed in their rich clothes and masks, they
danced as well as any of the courtiers. The spectacle was often
repeated with great applause, till on one occasion a courtier,
bent on mischief, took from his pocket a handful of nuts and
threw them upon the stage. The Monkeys at the sight of the nuts
forgot their dancing and became (as indeed they were) Monkeys
instead of actors. Pulling off their masks and tearing their
robes, they fought with one another for the nuts. The dancing
spectacle thus came to an end amidst the laughter and ridicule of
the audience.