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[pummelling]

[With the chaos of the fire over and the smoke cleared (literally and figuratively, really), Jin's settled into hanging around the Audentes campsite. He's helping teammates set up and maintain their camps, aiding townspeople in rebuilding, eavesdropping on all of your gossip, brainstorming wildly on how to deal with the Yeerks Taraxa, the like.

He's got a way more important thing to share with the 'net today, though.]

Um.

[Jin's sitting somewhere in the camp in front of someone's tent, looking a little sheepish-- and holding a mess of dark, unruly hair out of his face.

Help.]

Can I borrow a hair tie? None of the ones the Qorral sell are strong enough. [pause.] I've still got a lot of the ALASTAIR stipend, I'll pay you back with something from the trading post-- I just need something.

[#thickhairproblems]

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[pummelling]

Well, the braid worked out for a while, but I'm just used to wearing it up like this.

[not.... like now, cause it's not up. but.]

Cutting it is out of the question.

[selfimage]

I'd never make such a suggestion. [ in a classic what do you take me for? voice. ]

There's always more than one braid before you tie it back. Advice from someone whose home realm compliments flowing locks alongside an axe to the face.

[pummelling]

Which means that you are that Loki.

[he's trying to rein in his enthusiasm, but omg a ~real god~ and not the dudes punching each other from outworld AT LAST]

So, pointy objects, great hair? [Jin's actually gonna take his advice and begin to braid his hair-- just for now tho he is not gonna tie his hair with his own hair ok] Your realm sounds pretty all right.

[selfimage]

[ his voice is still smooth, faintly incredulous at the connection. ]

Of course I'm that Loki. [ who else would name themselves Loki, Jin. really, who. ] What other Loki would I be?

Regardless, the realm eternal makes its own demands. All right would be a way to put it.

[pummelling]

People aren't creative; they like to borrow names. And I don't like to assume.

[he knows a guy who named himself reptile. because he is a lizard.]

Then a mythology written by dozens of different people is a little bit inaccurate. Somehow, I'm not surprised.

[selfimage]

Think less written, and more of an oral tradition. [ of course, the Eddas had been written to impress a Christian prince, but go fig. ]

Things do get messy, but in terms of tradition, I'm usually on the bottom of the list for someone to take me as their namesake. It generally comes with the territory.