InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Yeah, I'm listening."

After the initial trauma of appearing suddenly on Midgard with no ship, no Asgardians, no plan, Thor had thrown a party. It was mostly to distract them from the uncertainty they were all facing, and to size up who else was in the same situation. And the party had been a rousing success.

Since then, things had gotten significantly worse. They were on the point of being evicted from their new home, and now they were fugitives from justice because of the supposedly advanced form of representative government. Things were simpler and more fair with a king, and he was one, and so he would not allow their present circumstances detain him. Another distraction was called for.

Many on the Google were fierce proponents of acquiring dogs that had been abandoned to shelters, rather than purchasing dogs from stores. There were also directions to several such places on the island of Manhattan, so he texted some of them to himself while he waited for a response from the Valkyrie about accompanying him. He knew that she also wanted a dog, so it made sense to go together. Of course it was more than that. Her presence seemed to put him at ease in some way. She was a kindred spirit. Well, except for all that drinking.