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Tweak says, "Ridikkulous!"

fulltiltdiva (fulltiltdiva) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2012-07-03 01:49:00

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adam young, loki laufeyson

WHO: Loki Laufeyson & Adam Young
WHAT: Adam says that if Loki can best him, he will return his scepter. Loki is blissfully oblivious.
WHEN: July 3rd; afternoon
WHERE: The Desert just outside the city
RATING: PG
STATUS: In Progress

This felt like it was going to be the worst idea that he had ever had, and considering how many horrible ideas that he had both had and participated in in the past, that was certainly saying something. But Loki was a predictable creature in as many ways as he was an unpredictable one, and the fact of the matter of, when presented with an intriguing idea, he was physically incapable of passing it up. A duel with no weapons was an impossible thing to come by on Asgard. A duel with no weapons was pretty much equated to a fist fight among those that he had known most his life, so to realize just what this Adam had meant in his words had sent a spark of interest running through Loki. He wanted a battle of ability, magic against magic, and that, no matter what the result, was something Loki was unwilling to pass up. He was assured in his abilities, his powers, and even if they were weaker here, his conversation with Willow and Tara had allowed him new methods of powering himself, new options that he hadn't had otherwise, and he could only hope that this would be enough to carry him through.

A swirl of green and black smoke wrapped around him as he landed in the familiar desert plain, Loki couldn't help but be quietly thankful that this time, there was no Hulk from which he had to flee the second that they touched down, his gaze lingering about the area to take in the barren landscape. Yes. This would be perfect. Nothing to destroy, nothing to get in their way, and plenty of landscape to take advantage of. Loki could most certainly make this work.

Raising his hands, Loki smirked quietly to himself as he faded his battle armor up into view and turned to wait. He might as well take the chance to make an intimidating impression. Even if, a second later, his mind couldn't help but replay all of the nonintimidating comparisons that Stark and the other Avengers had made as far as his battle armor went. Oh, well. He's made a decision. Might as well commit to it.

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humanincarnate
2012-07-03 07:25 pm UTC (link)

As soon as Loki shifted back into a human-looking form, Dog immediately stopped growling and turned, padding softly to Adam's side with a low whining sound that made it clear he knew he shouldn't have gotten involved. Adam sighed, absently squatting down to pat the mutt. "You shouldn't have done that, boy," he said, although there was no real anger in his tone. "But thanks." Giving the animal a quick hug, Adam then rose back to his full height and turned to face the fallen Asgardian.

"You know," he began as he slid his hands into his back pockets and rocked back on his heels a bit, "you got lots of potential, Loki. You're smarter than most folks think and you definitely got some power." Going flat-footed once more, he sighed and shook his head almost in dismay. "Only problem is, you think you're so much better than most folks. You think humans are weak and you just figure, if someone looks human and aren't from where you're from, they must be human."

With a soft sigh, he made his way to where Loki lay and peered down at him for a long moment. "I'm not human," he said in a matter-of-fact tone, as though it wasn't already pretty obvious. "I look human, and I act human, and most days I wish I really was human, but when you get right down to it, I'm not. I was made to take over the planet and rule it by shaping it the way I wanted it to be." Squatting down so he was sitting back on his heels, Adam shrugged. "Only thing is, I don't much want to rule folks. Seems like an awful lot of work, to me, and I'm not such a fan of that, neither. So mostly I just make sure nobody else messes humans about too much, and have fun. Cause that's what's real important in life. Having fun and making friends and all kinds of stuff you forgot all about."

Standing up, Adam once more peered down at the fallen warrior. "But I think you can change, if you really try. Way I see it, with the right motivation, you could most likely make up for all the stuff you did and try to do better, this time around. You just gotta be given the chance, is all. And I reckon I can probably do that."

Suddenly, the boy extended his hand to Loki in a silent offer to help him to his feet. After a second or two, he arched an eyebrow and grinned slightly. "Go on," he encouraged. "It's just a hand. It's not gonna bite you or nothing. Promise."

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fulltiltdiva
2012-07-03 07:45 pm UTC (link)

Loki was used to be the one who talked when they should fight, who wove words around his opponent to try to confuse and delay them. He wasn't used to being the one made to listen, placed in such a position that another's words were washing over him as he tried to collect himself. Why wasn't Adam striking out? It was obvious that he was more than capable of ending this, more than capable of negating any threat that Loki might pose to this place ever again, but it seemed as though he wasn't going to. Relief and guilt flooded Loki at the same time, yet another person willing to give him a chance that he didn't deserve, a benefit of the doubt that just reinforced everything that he had ever done wrong. Lowering his eyes to the sand, the gaze of the boy far too intense for him to meet even without the feelings that it provoked, the hand caught him by surprised as it was offered.

Lifting his eyes back to stare at it, suspicion growing in him as he wondered whether this was the strike that he had been waiting for, concealing as a gesture of good faith as everything had been concealed with the boy in front of him so far. It was all too possible that taking that hand would leaving him coming away as something entirely different or not coming away at all, but as he shifted his position, Loki knew that to ignore it would only put himself into a deeper hole than he was. So he extended his hand slowly, silently shielding it as best that he could, before taking Adam's hand and standing.

"You all expect too much," Loki said with a sigh as soon as he was back on his feet. "Far more than I expect from myself."

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humanincarnate
2012-07-03 07:59 pm UTC (link)

Once Loki was on his feet, Adam released his hand. He had no intention of physically harming the guy and certainly wasn't going to trick him, either. He'd had enough of that for the time being. So instead he let his arms fall back to his sides and tilted his head a bit as he peered up at the man. "Oh, I don't know," he drawled, absently toeing at the sand at his feet with one sneaker. "I think you expect plenty from yourself. You've just got so used to not getting there that you've given up."

With a small shrug, he glanced over his shoulder at Dog, who was once again waiting patiently by his discarded bicycle. It gave him a few seconds to think, to really decide the best way to proceed. Finally, he looked back to Loki and made his intentions known.

"I'm not going to kill you," he assured him. "I could, if I wanted. I could make it so you don't exist anymore at all, or that you never existed to start with. But I'm not. Cause that won't solve nothing and you won't ever learn if you were never around at all. And I want you to learn. I want you to see all the good stuff humans have to offer, that they're not all bad or weak or stuff like that. Seems to me, if you could just figure that out, if somebody could show you that, you'd be a whole lot better off than you are right now." Pausing, Adam studied Loki for a long moment before finally nodding.

"Yeah, I think that's what I'll do. It worked pretty good the last time I did it to somebody else here. Way I see it, it'll work for you too." He paused again, this time only for a second or two, before tacking on, "So you're gonna be human for a little while, now. Don't get too upset, though. It most likely won't be forever. Just until you learn your lesson, is all. I think that's fair. I know you probably don't think so too but, well, you got your three shots so now I'm taking mine. And mine is to make you human, which means it's done now. I really hope you make the best of it."

With that being said, Adam calmly turned on his heel and made his way toward his bike and Dog, looking for all the world like an average, slightly scrawny, little boy and not a powerful being who had managed to strip a veritable god of his immortality and the bulk of his powers in one fail swoop. And all without even lifting a finger.

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fulltiltdiva
2012-07-03 08:19 pm UTC (link)

It was unnerving, having someone who seemed capable of parroting his thoughts back to him, to reaffirm the fears that he was having even as he tried to dissuade them, so even as Loki was trying to work his jaw into forming some sort of statement, he knew that this was likely a situation where he needed to keep it shut for once. So he just stood there, listening to what was being presented to him, gaze angled down towards Adam as he fidgeted, adjusting the guards on his armor even if they didn't need to be.

But the second the words 'you're gonna be human for a little while' left Adam's lips, confusion blossomed on Loki's features. He was going to be...what? How was that possible? He wasn't even Asgardian. His appearance to anything similar to humanity was a lie, an illusion fabricated by Odin during his youth, and to have such a change stated so simply, so oddly, it was enough to leave him staring after Adam as he turned on his heel, staring for a very long moment until Loki realized just how tired he was feeling.

The fight must have taken more out of him than he imagined. The adrenaline must have worn off in the time that he was listening to Adam and left him well in need of a rest. Raising a hand to press against his face, Loki sighed before moving his arms to try and teleport himself back to the city... Only to find that he had managed to do little more than flail. "What?" Loki questioned softly before trying again and again. Normally, he wouldn't have worried. There were moments, sometimes, when he needed to recharge his abilities before moving himself from one place to another. But this was more than just a lack of power. Looking up sharply from where he stood at the retreating figure, Loki cursed quietly under his breath.

He was going to be human for a little while, and it looked like that little while was starting now.

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