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fulltiltdiva (fulltiltdiva) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2013-02-18 00:03:00

WHO: Loki Laufeyson & Parker
WHAT: Loki does not like this marriage thing. He doesn't like it at all. Especially not since his new 'spouse' is someone with whom he shares a mutual hatred.
WHEN: February 14th; Morning [Backdated]
WHERE: Loki's apartment
RATING: PG-13 (to be safe)
STATUS: In Progress

It had been a shock. Loki had woken up feeling more at peace than he had in some time and had rolled over to greet Neria. It had been a second too late before he'd realized that the shock of black hair that normally accompanied the other figure in the bed was, in fact, blond, and that his lips had fallen onto the cheek of someone who was very much not the woman he was in a relationship with. Instead, they were the cheeks of a stranger, or rather, a not-so-stranger as her face had taken shape in his vision has the sleepy fog had cleared. Parker. Since his first arrival in the city, since their first encounter, his first encounter, they had hated each other. She's taken something of his, an act which may have proven beneficial eventually but still played upon his last nerve, and things had only compounded from there. So to wake finding her in his bed was an unacceptable circumstance.

He'd tried to retreat only to be cut down by intense pain and locating the ring on his finger had only proven to frustrate him as it was impossible to remove. Magic hadn't given him any clues how to undo the situation so eventually, he had had little more to do than collapse into the chair closest the bedroom and wait for the inevitable encounter between the two of them.

This wasn't going to be any fun. Especially since he'd probably get into even more trouble for doing exactly what he wanted to at the moment, which was completely immobilize her until he figured out some way that he could leave and find Neria.

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inafivepoundbag
2013-02-21 11:02 pm UTC (link)

Ever since Dean and Cas had been sent out of Colligo, back to their sucky reality where they were dead, with Crowley following suit not long after, although at least he was going back to a reality where he was very much alive, Parker had been spending less and less time in her apartment and far more time at the casino that the King of Hell had left to her should he ever depart. She still had the apartment, still kept her stuff there, but it was hard to go back to it every night knowing that it would be empty and she would be alone. So, more often than not, she wound up sleeping on the leather sofa in her office. At least, at the casino, there was always someone around. The place never closed, after all, and gambling was definitely a vice that the locals had taken to like ducks to water.

Needless to say, when she woke up this time, it didn't take her long to figure out that she was not where she had fallen asleep. Eyes popping open as her brain registered the significant lack of noise, Parker immediately sat upright and began looking around in a mild panic. This wasn't the casino, but it wasn't her apartment either. This was...

Well, obviously it was an apartment, considering the layout of the bedroom was virtually identical to her own, but she had no idea whose apartment it was.

"Did someone drug me?" she muttered softly as she tossed the covers aside and slid out of bed. She frowned. That really didn't make any sense. Why would someone drug her? Why would someone - a non-local, especially - drug her and then take her to their apartment? No, something else was going on. Something... involving a wedding band, if the one currently on her ring finger was any indication. Staring at it for a few seconds, Parker suddenly groaned as realization dawned on her. She knew what this was. She'd been through this before.

With a heavy sigh, she made her way out of the bedroom intent on finding whoever she'd been stuck with until this was all over. They couldn't have gone far. And, as it turned out, they didn't. Or, rather, he didn't. He was, in fact, seated in a chair near the door and looking about as pleased at this situation as she suddenly felt.

Standing there, staring at Loki with a mildly horrified look on her face, Parker's mouth opened and closed a few times as she struggled with trying to wrap her brain around what was happening. No. No. This wasn't right. Morgan Freeman liked her. She was his favorite. He'd said so, on several occasions! So why, then, would he stick her with Loki?!

"This isn't happening," she finally decided. "This is a dream. A terrible, awful, money-less dream. That's all this is." Okay, she knew that wasn't technically true, but it sure made her feel a little better to pretend it was. Even if, as soon as she'd uttered the lie, she blurted out a frustrated, "Why did it have to be you?!"

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fulltiltdiva
2013-02-22 03:16 am UTC (link)

Loki was equally as confused as she was. Granted, for entirely different reasons. He knew all too well why they might have been thrust together. He'd gathered that the goal of most of these little games was to make the inhabitants as uncomfortable as possible and beyond taking him away from Neria, sticking him with the one person that he would likely be unable to make any headway with was definitely the best way to make him uncomfortable. The only worse option, Loki could see, would have been to stick him with Clint, and even then, that was more cruel to Barton than it was to him.

Glancing up at Parker made her appearance from the bedroom, Loki offered her the best sympathetic smile that he could muster under the circumstances. "Unfortunately, this isn't a dream. Were it, I would be quite capable of manipulating the circumstances to my advantage. As it is, we're stuck together," He said, folding his hands in his lap before offering her a bit of a shrug as his best explanation to why it had to be him.

"Perhaps our host is attempting to foster communication between parties who would otherwise avoid each other," Loki suggested. "Or we were merely unlucky in the draw. It doesn't really seem like the why should matter beyond the fact that it is. So. Breakfast? I imagine this may be easier to deal with on a full stomach."

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inafivepoundbag
2013-02-22 07:05 am UTC (link)

Ugh. He was talking. Why was he talking. Parker scowled at him, willing him to stop making words come out of his mouth. Even his voice annoyed her.

"I don't want breakfast," she snapped. "I want you to go away and stay away." Even as she said the words, though, she was heading toward the kitchen. She knew how this worked. The more she tried to avoid the "requirements", the worse it would get. No, for however long this lasted, she was going to have to share meals with him whenever possible. As well as a bed.

And her money.

Going completely still, eyes wide and back ramrod straight, it was obvious that last thought had truly horrified her. Quickly she yanked her PDA from her pocket. Muttering a repeating mantra of "not my money, not my money, not my money", she pulled up the information about her bank account. Her now joint bank account, she realized with a sinking sensation. "Freeman, you are going to pay for this. Just wait until we go for ice cream again," she all but growled, shoving her PDA back inside her pocket before storming into the kitchen and dropping down into the nearest seat with an audible huff.

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fulltiltdiva
2013-02-22 07:37 am UTC (link)

"If it helps, I rarely need to make any expenditures," Loki said, having followed her into the kitchen. He knew that keeping close likely wasn't going to endear him, but he'd rather do that than wander a little too far and prompt another burst of pain for the both of them. "But as far going away, that isn't an option. I already attempted that, and the results were...unpleasant, to say the least. I highly doubt you want me to try that again," He said before crossing over to the fridge to fish out something to make for them to eat. Because she needed to eat, and it was unlikely that she could do it on her own. He wasn't entirely certain of the rules of this place, but if they were "married", it was likely they would be expected to do things as a couple.

"As it is, I will attempt to be more tolerable than I usually am if you assure me you'll attempt to same," Loki said, glancing back over his shoulder at Parker. He didn't entirely expect her to agree, but he was making the offer at least to show that he was willing to try and work through this. He wouldn't be surprised if things devolved from here on out, but well, he could still say he'd tried.

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