Loki chuckled at his lady's reaction. Her temper ran hot. It was no wonder when a beast rested inside of you. But her approach to a fight was vastly different from his own. Nonetheless, he felt a satisfaction when things - Zatanna in particular - started to move. Just like Shannon, he was itching to let go.
"I am truly hoping for some resistance," he said before he kissed Shannon at the root of her hair and stepped through the portal himself.
The stench was the first thing he noticed. It was disgusting. He linked up to his own mind and his lady's after she followed and quenched. The particles were still there, the perception was not. Then he let the place in... he shut his eyes and let the mind wander, mapping every corner and every sign of intelligence within a radius. He gently probed some of the minds farther off. Some let him in, some resisted. But there were enough to take over to cause considerable damage and confusion. The wrapped the knowledge into a snapshot. A touch to Zatanna's forehead and Shannon's transported a map of the wider area, the current positions of their inhabitants and their level of power to their mind. It was a still. No moving parts. He could not link them to the stones. It would tear their mind apart,like it would his if he stated linked with them for longer.