"and for the first week, let's pair the oldest warden with the youngest inmate"
"yeah they'll definitely get along"Excuse me. Are you calling me *old*?
I'm quite a young man, by Asgardian standards.
I'm quite a young man, by Asgardian standards.
you are to most people
same as me but it's not like i feel old either
also pretty sure jinx won't care about asgardian standards
if i had anything to bet, my guess is she won't even bother trying to say asgardian correctly the first time she doesMost people don't know I'm not human until I tell them. If you took your arm off, most people wouldn't suspect anything's odd about you either.
Maybe Jinx will take to me immediately. Maybe she'll want to *learn* Asgardian.
I can't say I've ever been very skilled at optimism, but this seems like a good opportunity for practice.
Maybe Jinx will take to me immediately. Maybe she'll want to *learn* Asgardian.
I can't say I've ever been very skilled at optimism, but this seems like a good opportunity for practice.
well they would if i wore short sleeves
which i don't but i get your point
as someone who regularly practices optimism and then chooses to disregard it
this is probably the worst time to practice it, palWhy are you rooting for me to fail, exactly?
I only have to keep an eye on her for a month, after all.
I only have to keep an eye on her for a month, after all.
no rooting for it
this may come as a surprise but even best friends can be amused at similar circumstances( steve is a better sport about it too. but maybe that's just cause he's more used to it. )
a lot can happen in a month
an alien overlord can show up and two days later wipe out half the population of the universe
for example[So this Barnes is trying to tease him? Interesting. There's something to be said for recovery, it seems.]
Or destroy half of midtown New York.
I'll do my best to keep her from acquiring any stones or armies.
Though honestly, I think it more likely have to tackle that with *your* inmate.
Or destroy half of midtown New York.
I'll do my best to keep her from acquiring any stones or armies.
Though honestly, I think it more likely have to tackle that with *your* inmate.
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( he'd do it even if loki weren't recovered, but that's probably less relevant now that loki's a warden. )
wow was that really how quick that happened for you?
how'd he rope you into that anyway? the reports aren't clear on what happened there, just the "and then the aliens attacked"
you know i had a staring contest with the guy first day? he fell asleep and nearly slammed his face into the ground
it was great
i think i'll be okay
the ship is designed well enough to keep most things out of his reachlol sorry that wasn't clear-- loki mostly knew ws!bucky who was not this personable, hence recovery
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shiftedshape
2022-01-23 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Methods you're familiar with, actually.
A bit of torture and mind control.
Not that I wasn't somewhat complicit. I did want the power I was promised.
He fell asleep with you in the room?
He sounds far more relaxed than most of them.
A bit of torture and mind control.
Not that I wasn't somewhat complicit. I did want the power I was promised.
He fell asleep with you in the room?
He sounds far more relaxed than most of them.
i think what most don't realize is compromise is always involved
even at the end of your rope, if you're giving up, you're accepting to do whatever the will you to
i only became what hydra wanted because i let them
yeah, shocking, isn't it?
i think it was more out of bullheadedness than relaxation though
takes one to know one
still not as bad as steve though
never anyone as bad as stevedon't be sorry! just figured that context would help lol. bucky being a real boy is still new to him
shiftedshape
2022-01-23 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Do you really believe that? That you were somehow going to overpower that kind of control?
It's not as if you had some kind of mental training to resist it. And you're human.
[Not meant to be insulting, but it still might be.]
Steve was stubborn, you mean?
He did insist on being a bit of a martyr, on the Barge, now that you mention it.
It's not as if you had some kind of mental training to resist it. And you're human.
[Not meant to be insulting, but it still might be.]
Steve was stubborn, you mean?
He did insist on being a bit of a martyr, on the Barge, now that you mention it.
( even if loki means it as insulting, bucky seems quite unfazed by his response. )
not inherently. there was hope for a while that i might be found. it had happened before, by chance, so i thought. it was stupid, but. anyway, steve didn't come the second time, so i let them have me because i had nothing else left.
yeah he's always been like that
it's hard to convince him otherwise
he does it with good intentions, not always with the best resultsI imagine that's how he ended up getting demoted, on the last ship.
It had something to do with rebelling against the system.
Which he was probably right to do, but it appears he didn't have a very good plan.
Or enough allies.
It had something to do with rebelling against the system.
Which he was probably right to do, but it appears he didn't have a very good plan.
Or enough allies.
[Just your friendly neighborhood mom checking in.]
How are you doing, Loki?
How are you doing, Loki?
Fairly well. My current inmate was already imprisoned when I got her, so she's not been able to get up to much else.
Has Alex been keeping you busy?
[He could use busy, honestly. It'd get his mind to settle on something more productive.]
Has Alex been keeping you busy?
[He could use busy, honestly. It'd get his mind to settle on something more productive.]
Alex is seemingly well behaved. We get on all right, so I don't expect much trouble from him.
How's your sleep these days?
How's your sleep these days?
( following a conversation with malekith, bucky feels compelled to get a clear answer. )
who is laufey and where is he from?Edited 2022-02-27 00:16 (UTC)
[Well, that's one way to immediately set his teeth on edge.]
I see I'm no longer worthy of a proper greeting.
Laufey was king of Jotunheim.
Did our elf guest tell you otherwise?
I see I'm no longer worthy of a proper greeting.
Laufey was king of Jotunheim.
Did our elf guest tell you otherwise?
Better, I think.
The port was rather tiring, in its own way, and I've been keeping busy since.
[Gotta keep his mind off Malekith somehow.
...Speaking of.]
Have you met our newest inmate and warden yet?
The port was rather tiring, in its own way, and I've been keeping busy since.
[Gotta keep his mind off Malekith somehow.
...Speaking of.]
Have you met our newest inmate and warden yet?
( shit. that's how he usually texts steve. it wasn't meant to be antagonistic. fuck, fuck, fuck— )
sorry that
i usually just skip to the point
i hope your day has been well so far
he said laufey's child was kidnapped
and in the old hydra documents you were listed as laufeyson
i know you're odinson now
i'm just trying to understand if you're the one he means and if
he said you're jotun
but you don't look like a giant[He wasn't expecting an apology, actually. Not that he's any more relaxed about this topic suddenly coming up. Especially with Malekith.]
I was abandoned as a runt.
Odin took me, cast a glamor over me, and called me his son.
He left it up to me to discover the truth by accident.
Laufey never claimed me.
I doubt he knew I survived.
I was abandoned as a runt.
Odin took me, cast a glamor over me, and called me his son.
He left it up to me to discover the truth by accident.
Laufey never claimed me.
I doubt he knew I survived.
He's from my reality.
I wanted to hear your impression.
[Or if he's said anything about Loki. Maybe more that.]
I wanted to hear your impression.
[Or if he's said anything about Loki. Maybe more that.]
[This inmate, Loki, and James, then. Interesting.]
I wonder if I should ask your impression of him, instead. What's going on?
I wonder if I should ask your impression of him, instead. What's going on?
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