Marvel's: The Avengers

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Thor || New York City || Tag: Loki

Thor crossed his arms.
Looks like humanity jumped right back into where it had left it.
He thought as he studied the flashing neon signs scattering the buildings. His stomach turned as he was reminded of the life he had just left. He didn’t think he would yearn for the claustrophobia inducing ship were he spent weeks on end.
The hairs on the back of his neck stood on end as Thro realized people were staring at him. He had opened his mouth to say something but then he heard a sharp whisper that rang through his head. Is that the Avenger?
Thor’s brows furrowed before he was filled with adrenaline.
I’m not one of them anymore, am I?
Thor felt a soft panic creep over him. His fingers itched to summon Mjolnir, or at the very least Stormbreaker.
He began to run, his pace quickening as he felt a Asgardian presence nearby. No, there were multiple, Thor could sense them. His panic began to combine with confusion. Why were there Asgardians here? Where were they?
Thor halted at a coffee shop and slowly pushed the door open.
There sat Loki and his obnoxious serpent.
Thor rubbed his eyes trying to decipher what he was seeing.
“Loki? LOKI! It’s me!! Thor! I’m your brother! Remember me!?!?” Thor slammed the door before spreading out his arms. “I thought you were dead, with your disappearance and all and then I recounted every single time you fake died and I was like no that isn’t true and it wasn’t and you’re here now!”

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Loki Odinson
Location: Coffee Shop | Tags: Thor and Jormungandr

Loki was taking a sip of his latte when a familiar voice jolted him out of his thoughts and nearly caused him to spit out the beverage. Thor? Eyes a bit wide, trying and failing to school his features into something of calm indifference, Loki turned to look at his brother. People around them were definitely staring. "You... thought that I was dead." He said, feeling strangely sorry about that. It really wasn't surprising that Thor would believe him to be. He had nearly died at Thanos' hand, but for some reason Loki had simply assumed that Thor knew about his survival and wasn't seeing him out of anger or disappointment in him for handing the tesseract over to the mad titan. "I'm terribly sorry about that. About not telling you that I wasn't, well... dead, I mean." Loki said, trying not to sound so surprised by Thor's sudden appearance and apparent excitement to see him. Loki was happy to see Thor. There was a part of him that had been worried for his brother, and he'd felt a pang of sadness whenever he thought that their bond had been severed once more. "I hope that you aren't too angry with me." Loki said with a more confident smirk and teasing nature, having mostly recovered from the initial shock of seeing Thor.

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Thor || New York City || Tag: Loki

Thor’s grin faded into a subtle line. He expected more energy from his brother, but he was foolish for having that mindset.
He slowly lowered himself into the seat across from Loki.
Thor had a glimmer of hope that Loki had changed just as he did after all these years, yet Thor couldn’t even see past his brother’s sly mischievous eyes to seek the spark that would keep the glimmer shining.
“Of course not,” Thor murmured. His tone was much different then it previously was, slowly fading into a darker energy. “I hope you're not blaming yourself from the events that had occurred when we had last saw each other. I really thought you were with that madman but you proved me wrong.”
Thor let out a soft smile before reaching out to put his hand on Loki’s shoulder. He paused midair, his expression hardening. He pursed his lips as he began to absorb the scene playing out in front of him. Anger began to bubble up inside of him.
“You made me live life knowing that I had no one left,” he said in between his teeth.
“Mother is dead, Father is gone, Hela, well, rightfully dead, and then my brother strangled to death right in front of me and there was nothing I could do to help you? Loki, life was meaningless. All I did was fail and I had absolutely nothing. Yet, you were here all along.”
Thor stared at the table.
“Who else did you tell before me? Who else knows you’re alive?”

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Loki Odinson
Location: Coffee Shop | Tags: Thor and Jormungandr

Loki was, admittedly, not quite himself at the moment. Thor had gone through much over the past few years, but Loki had also suffered loss, grief, and guilt. As Thor lowered himself into the seat across from him, Loki felt much of that guilt flood back into him. He did partially blame himself for what happened. If he hadn't taken the tesseract from the vault in Asgard, then maybe the stone would have been destroyed and none of the terror that followed would have happened. He also felt guilt for what Thor must have gone through, thinking his entire family dead. Still, it was a relief to hear that Thor seemingly did not blame him for the events that had occurred, and that his brother knew that he was no ally of Thanos. Loki tried to smile, but as Thor's hand hovered over his shoulder, the trickster god caught the shift in mood and his smile faded. Ah. There was the anger. He couldn't blame Thor for feeling angry, but some tension entered his shoulders at the accusation and he couldn't help but to feel somewhat defensive.

"No one." Loki replied with a sigh. "Brother, I've told no one." He admitted, and it was actually the truth. Apart from Jormungandr and Fenrir, no one who had been close to him or even distant had known that he was still alive. It had been easier, in a way, to just live his life under the radar. Incredibly selfish, yes, but easier. I missed you, but I didn't think that you would want to see me. He nearly blurted, but he didn't want to appear or sound vulnerable, or at least no more than he already did. He wanted to apologize. That would have been the right thing to do. "I've been busy." He said instead, which wasn't entirely a lie. The stress that Loki had been under due to Sleipnir's kidnapping and the desperate several year long search that followed was at the forefront of his mind. "I haven't really had the time to seek you out, Thor. I do have a life apart from you, in case you weren't aware." Loki snipped, and he almost flinched at his own words, immediately feeling bad. Why did he always say the worst things? It was like he couldn't help it. The words just slipped out before he could take hold of them and reel them back in.

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Jormungandr || Asguardian/Jotun || Nuetral || No allience || Reptilian - Human form|| coffee shop || Loki & thor

Jormungandr is simpy content with sitting with loki as they plot their course of action. Though his head does tilt briefly at familiar, thunderous vibrations and he ultimately yanks his feet off the floor to have then at his chest. Pale blue eyes wide as he hears the door get thrown open then shut and the conversation that ensues between his father and technically his uncle. The world eater just sitting there, tongue flickering out a bit. Theres not much he can do right now but sit there, slowly putting his legs down and feet on the floor while having a confused, child like facial expression. At least thor hasn't noticed him yet.

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Thor || New York City || Tag: Loki
(Hang in there Jormungandr, Uncle Thor’s going to get his frustrations out before he realizes you’re there)

Thor brought his hand back to his side with a heavy sigh.
Thor did feel a bit better knowing Loki hadn’t revealed his survival to nearly no one, though his anger wasn’t vanquished. Had they not been raised together? Played together? Fought together? Yet Loki hid. Even in those dark years before the adventures in time traveling he hadn’t spoken a word to Thor.
I’ve been busy too, I shouldn’t bother him too much about it.
“Brother, I don’t understand. Am I not apart of your life?”

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Loki Odinson
Location: Coffee Shop | Tags: Thor and Jormungandr

Loki met Thor's eyes, his lips pressing together for a moment as his brother spoke. Thor had once claimed that their paths had diverged a long time ago. They'd reconciled since then, with Loki returning to Thor's side with the Statesman, but Loki would have been lying to even himself if he did not admit that those words had hurt at the time. He had never really wanted to be apart from Thor. His brother was a part of his life. "Yes, you are." He finally acknowledged. "I'm just... I didn't expect for you to care so much." Loki stated, and that wasn't exactly true, but it sounded good to his ears. He glanced over at Jormungandr, noticing his confusion and potential discomfort with the situation. In an attempt to assure him that all was well, Loki placed a hand on the shapeshifter's arm. "A lot has happened, for both of us. I can't begin to imagine what you must have gone through, Thor, but these past few years haven't exactly been easy for me, either." He told his brother, though not unkindly. Between Sleipnir's abduction, his own rather traumatic near death experience, and the guilt that followed both occurrences, Loki's life wasn't exactly idyllic. "I've heard about your 'New Asgard', though. Does it feel like home?" He asked, and for once there was nothing sarcastic or even teasing about his tone. He was being sincere.

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Thor || New York City || Tag: Loki & Jormungandr

Thor bit his lip.
“You may not be blood but you’re still my brother. I am cursed with my level of forgiveness and I will never stop caring about you. We’ve had good and bad experiences with each other but in the end we’re always right back to where we had started. Two boys desperately trying to understand each other.”
He breathed out heavily.
Thor’s gaze followed Loki’s arm and he looked down to see Jormungandr underneath Loki’s hand. A small smile grew on Thor’s face at seeing the shapeshifter. He wondered how long he had been there, sitting and waiting for the conflict to resolve.
How ignorant Thor had been.
He hadn’t the slightest thought of what his brother had been through during the period they had been separated. He had only thought of himself. He took comfort in the fact that his brother wasn’t alone, but the pinch of pain came right back to him that Loki hadn’t sought out Thor for companionship first.
Words began flooding into Thor’s head.
Where did you go? Where is everyone else? Has the world been rid of evil? Did anyone try to find me during my disappearance?
Thor settled on answering Loki’s simple question, clearly asked to change the subject.
“Uh, yeah. Valkyrie’s a excellent leader. Everyone seems to be recovering from the tragic events...”
Thor paused and leaned his head into his hands.
“I did something wrong, didn’t I? This is my fault. Everything’s my fault. I could’ve stopped this. I should’ve heeded the warnings years ago. I should’ve protected the stones more then I did.”

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Loki Odinson
Location: Coffee Shop | Tags: Thor and Jormungandr

It warmed Loki more than he would like to admit to hear Thor speak of how he would never stop caring for him. It was the forgiveness that a deep buried part of him had been desperate for. He'd been so afraid for the past few years that Thor was finally finished with him, and that his brother no longer wished to have any contact with him whatsoever. He was happy to learn that such fears were not the reality. He gave a small nod, and his eyes trailed back down to the table between them. Two boys desperately trying to understand each other. Wasn't that the truth. So many conflicts between them might have been avoided had they understood one another better. They were two sides of the same coin, as one might say, and perhaps their paths would never really diverge from each other in full. It was a thought which comforted him, in a way. They may not have their parents or their original home anymore, but at least they still had each other.

Glancing back up at Thor, Loki followed his gaze toward Jormungandr and smiled slightly. Perhaps someday Loki would take his family and move them to New Asgard. He hadn't thought that they would be welcome before, but seeing Thor now and hearing his forgiveness, it seemed like much more of a viable option to Loki. Blinking in surprise when he heard that the Valkyrie was apparently leading New Asgard instead of Thor, Loki was about to say something, but quickly stopped himself. Thor was suddenly leaning his head into his hands and going on about how he was to blame for everything that had happened. This was unfamiliar territory. Loki was unused to dealing with such an emotional response from Thor. Not since their youth, anyway. Loki opened his mouth to speak, paused for a moment as he went over his thoughts, and then reached across the table to put his own hand on Thor's shoulder.

"Thor, you are not to blame." Loki firmly stated. "I may not know all of what you have been through, or what you've done in the years since we parted, but if you can forgive me for taking the tesseract and making it possible for Thanos to acquire it, then why not forgive yourself?" He asked, not thinking for a second that Thor could've done anything worse than what he himself had done. Thor wasn't the type to make such mistakes. He was a great oaf at times, sure, but a heroic one. "I... should have warned you, many years ago. I should've warned everyone of what the mad titan was planning. I knew that he was collecting stones and a part of me knew what he must've been planning to do with them, and yet I hadn't told a soul. I'm not even entirely sure why." Loki also didn't know why he was attempting to pin the blame back onto himself, but perhaps it was because it felt more, well, normal.

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Oliver Doyle
Location: Hydra Base | Tags: Sleipnir

In Fenrir's absence, Oliver hadn't thought that he'd be revisiting Sleipnir until the dog returned with the requested vetrenarian or some other person with equine knowledge. However, his own curiosity about something was a nagging sensation that Oliver couldn't quite quell. So, with a devise from the labs in hand, the Hydra agent strolled back down toward the cells below their facility. No one said a word as he passed. The hall was not as long as their previous buildings, but the row of cells looked similar in bleakness and misery. They were sterile and devoid of personality. Someone could very easily go mad within these walls, but that was of no really concern to Hydra. Oliver pressed his hand to the scanner on Sleipnir's cell and it opened with a whirl. He stepped inside, shut the down behind him, and sighed. "You really look awful." He said, though he was unsure if Sleipnir could even hear him. His plans were unlikely to work. Not in the state that Sleipnir was in, but he felt too giddy about his finished project not to try it out on someone, and they only had one shapeshifter as a prisoner. Bending down, Oliver went to attach something to Sleipnir's wrist. It was thick and metal, and it hummed with technology enhanced by what seidr they'd sapped from Loki's blood when they'd briefly held him captive. If it worked, then it would prevent Sleipnir from changing forms without Oliver's express permission. He just didn't know if Sleipnir could even shapeshift at all in his current state.