DECEMBER 6TH | VIDEO | UN: LOKI

[selfimage]

[ While the jailbreak ends and everyone goes back to their lives as fugitives, three (four, including another one on another important mission) gods have put it upon themselves to have a kidnapping. There's the familiar face of Michel, placed unceremoniously upright on a stump, a paper bag over his head supporting a cheesy looking inked smiley. Loki, stepping back like she's adjusting a camera, waves a hand toward him in a long, lackadaisical motion. Let no one say that Loki didn't have a flair for dramatics. ]

We've got it in the bag, or so the mortals say. Ah—shall we do introductions?

Everyone! I present the leader of the Order of the Chimera himself, Mister Michel, straight from the slammer. With circumstances as they are, we thought it best that he didn't make a further mess of things. On the more unfortunate side, that makes all of us super double traitors, both to the crown and the Order ... [ jazz hands!!! ] To the least, the history books will name us resourceful ones. ... you know, if they don't erase of us entirely. It has to be something about the job description ...

[ She's not alone, both Thor and Ahad stand behind her, the darkly cloaked Thunderer with his arms folded and Ahad fingering a cigarillo. Loki straightens the lapels of her jacket and gives a long glance back at the two of them. ]

He's been kind of enough to answer a few of our questions, but it's been—ah, less than enlightening.

[ Which is when Thor move forward, arms loosening though his gaze remains hard on Michel. Or at least, his paper bag. ]

He speaks of his gods as if in conference with them. If they find the schism between peoples here unnatural then have them present a solution that is not blotting out the sun and throwing the realm under their care into chaos. [ A growl rumbles in the back of his throat as he paces to one side. ] He could not send a message, as he said, unless he were first a messenger. I would meet with these gods, if they live elsewhere than his excuses.

[ And likely demand they guide their people if things are so dire. Or introduce their faces to Mjolnir, at this rate, instead of letting one of a pair of brothers lapse into magic-fueled madness … not that Thor is personally touched by any of this, no. ]

[ Meanwhile, Ahad simply sighs, remaining in his position in the background. There's one further practical consideration, which he means to address. ]

If there are any useful questions from the rest of you, we can attempt to pose them.


NOTE | There's Thor, Ahad and Loki. If you want one specifically, please let us know. Also, feel free to have seen them at the jailbreak! They got in > got Michel > teleported out, but the three of them were there briefly. If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me!! xoxox!

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video; un: PARTY (sorry forgot sobs)

[inroad]

[ oh my god what the hell he gets stuck in jail and you guys legit turn Them all into the biggest traitors out there? ]

...let me get this straight. We get arrested along with the order, our group has absolutely no idea or ability how to get us out of there and still try to dangle bullshit over the Order's head when one of them offers to actually alliance with us for the same cause... and then we go and double cross them?

[selfimage]

Technically no. Technically we fulfilled our part of the bargain. We kept Arthur safe, we got his brother out. Michel has an opportunity to tell us his side of this whole thing. He could have a point, depending.

It's the good kind of being a traitor. The one that saves people from the unpleasantness known as dying.

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[officer]

[ Try though he might to make sense of this, Cullen can't. He mulls over whether he ought to expose his ignorance, then decides that he isn't going to be useful if he doesn't know what in the Void is going on. ]

I'm sorry, I thought we were meant to be working for a legitimate organization. Is that not so?

[ Forgive him, he's a new recruit. ]

[selfimage]

[ for someone so sketchy, Loki has no problem flitting along and doing her own thing. a little double-crossing here, a little doing what she wants there ...

she's not exactly on board with ALASTAIR, but there's a nagging, anxious feeling about the whole thing that she doesn't let show. ]

You'll have to define "legitimate."

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[adlantisag]

Well done, the three of you.

[ Someone sounds impressed. Or maybe she's just happy to see THIS ASSHOLE get his dues. There's a rapidly-fading bruise beneath her eye, but otherwise whatever mark remains of her incarceration, it isn't physical. ]

Who are these gods of his? Do they have names? [ A beat. ] Ydite?

[selfimage]

[ thank the Norns it's Kida. ]

Thank you, thank you. [ she waves her hand. ] There will be an autograph session later.

[ Loki tips her head in Kida's direction. ]

We could ask. Gods seems a little contrary to what we've been hearing, doesn't it?

video; un: deathweaver

[respired]

[Koltira's fresh to this whole situation, but he's been here long enough and asked enough questions to know that this man is the architect of their current woes.]

What do you plan to do with him?

[selfimage]

[ Loki looks at Koltira, and then back at Michel, and then back at Koltira again. ]

He probably won't go on that date with me now, will he? With the whole kidnapping thing tossed in there.

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[perma_banned]

Heyyyy. Now, this is interestin'.

[Waving a bottle of ale around between his fingertips, Ban snuck in a chuckle.]

I'm pretty good at torture if you need help~.

[selfimage]

If they won't let me adorn him in proper fugly holiday attire then you don't get to torture him.

[ wow Ban, fugly sweaters are torture. maybe. kind of. but they're also fun!!! ]

Your kind sounds considerably more hurty.

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[grunehexe]

[She has to compose herself before she takes to replying to this post. Loki and... company certainly sprung something on them, now didn't they?]

I would see his face.

[It's not that she doesn't trust you, but.]

[selfimage]

[ knowing Loki always comes with fun surprises, only half of them bitter betrayal!!! ]

Ah-ah-ah, careful. [ she shakes a finger. ] The bag is enchanted. Can't let any silly little spells pass through his lips when he's not answering a question.

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[underthings]

[ He's not sure what any of this actually means or who these people are, but he's going to get to the Important things here. ]

A paper bag. Truly? At least use burlap to afford the man a breath or two. I can't imagine anyone wanting to supply information in such a fashion. [ a beat, then; ] The art could use a little work as well.

[selfimage]

[ everyone's a critic. ]

Who crowned you Captain Handlebar McJudgeyson? Paper's easier to enchant in a pinch. Burlap is burlap, and a tad harder to work with. So scratchy.

We don't want him getting ahead of himself, hm? At least not yet.

[ but she does go over to add some angry eyebrows onto Michel's paper bag. ]

I can put a bow on him.

video | un: Verity

[burdenoftruth]

Loki?

[Her tone is surprised and also kind of hints at her questioning the wisdom of what is happening.]

What the hell?

1 of ???

[selfimage]

[ hold please. ]

Video: un: turnabout

[wright_idea]

[Are you kidding me?! Looks like we're just as good as ever at winning friends and influencing people.]

Would've been nice if we'd known that's what you were planning AHEAD of schedule.

[Once the shock wears off, he stops to think.]

Uh... you say he's not answering questions very effectively? The truth is, I might have something that could help with that...

[selfimage]

Unfortunately for everyone, we hardly had time to consider an ahead of time.

[ Loki looks irritatingly casual about this whole thing. ]

Well don't trail off and leave us hanging.

VIDEO | UN: Tohsaka Rin open to threads with all of you! ╰(◡‿◡✿╰)

[defenceless]

... Huh.

[what do you really say to that? rin, at least, doesn't hide her interest. she sits in a well-furnished hotel room, casually sipping some tea.]

First off, I suppose some congratulations are in order, and my thanks. Michel was our greatest threat there in that jailbreak. It's fortunate someone else had the forethought to capture him.

[and even with the paper bag, she does trust thor; this must be the real deal. her question:]

Does he aim to kill innocent people?

[selfimage]

[ Loki flicks her fingers up in a small bit of smug triumph. it feels good to maybe save the day. maybe being key here. ]

As focused as he is on his retribution, he'd most likely make quite the spectacle out of this big and large something that he's planning on calling. [ big and large are the same thing, Loki. ]

He's blotted out the sun, possibly killed a handful on All Hallow's and to his own admittance has a greater scheme. Probably a scheme where people die. Possibly not, but, you know, precautions.

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[anti_altruisms]

[ Well, well. This is an interesting development. He's pleased, actually, that someone had enough sense to try something like this.

The name 'Loki' catches his eye, but he'll leave it be for now. ]

Disastrous events have a way of shaking people from a sense of complacency.

[ And gods are fickle things, besides. ]

Did he say the gods themselves granted him the power to do what he's done?

text.

[selfimage]

[ they couldn't continue to let him run around like a crazy sun-blotting out person. ]

He's suggested it. Books have also suggested it. He has a band of magical followers that shoot spells out of their finger tips like laser guns. Pew pew pew pew!!!! ;)
But the whole divinity thing......
That can get screwy.

username: happybirthday

[adoube]

'Magic' ' m a g i c ' 'MAGIC'

Does he still have it? ( ๑ ᴖ ᴈ ᴖ)ᴖ ᴑ ᴖ๑)❣

[selfimage]

[ wHY ARE THOSE EMOTES KISSING. ]

To his claim.

[ UNSURE. ]

video; un: Hawke

[bougy]

( actually kidnapping him is a bit distasteful but, short of singing kumbaya and getting him to leave the prison an utterly repentant pacifist, this really is the best possible outcome. she's sure it's spared the lives of some of their comrades and innocent bystanders.

and the artwork leaves a bit to be desired, but that just adds charm, doesn't it? )

Rather obvious, perhaps, but have you asked him how to reverse the magic? Did one of his 'gods' tell him to do it?

[selfimage]

We've been working on that, but I've my doubts that he'll comply with anything that doesn't play into this little scheme of his.

He's upset over the divide between the goblins and the humans—being both himself. He's gotten ... hm—well ... passionate about the whole thing.

[ there's a glance back at Michel. Loki gets it, probably a little too much. ]

text; un: NICO☆NICO☆SMILE

[troublebusted]

[ Nico probably should recognize this as kidnapping and she would definitely disapprove if there was torture (Ban's reply is useful in that it both reminded her of the possible definition of questioning and ruled out that this trio was doing that so far), but her sympathy for the Order is super low on the ground right now. If their group are the heroes, she's cast the Order as the villains and, really, this level of fantasy makes it hard for her to not think in such fictional terms. She keeps to text, though, in case this gets found out - she doesn't want her idol persona connected to all of this (shame about the username making it pretty obvious). ]

Who were the people they murdered on All Hallow's Eve?

[ She didn't get anywhere near those bodies, but she assumes that they were both killed by the Order, probably due to Mr. Angry Sunkiller here. ]

[selfimage]

[ no torture and no dying.

while Loki doesn't seem to find she has sympathy for neither (the Order nor the King), she's more drawn to Michel. he's a product of the situation—crazy, yes—but it's not unfathomable. on a level, she gets that, and it should terrify her. ]

Is that what you want to ask?

[whereismypie]

...

What the hell.

[selfimage]

Hello usually suffices—and before you say anything. Yes, it's a terrible idea, but we a lack an alternative.

video | un: Anna

[rosing]

[ She blinks, surprised at the man on the chair, but recovers quickly. There's no expression on her face as she offers, ]

I can try to read his mind. [ She doesn't know what kind of powers he has, if she'll succeed. But she can still try. ]

[dailydouble]

[ The level of invasiveness involved in mind reading will never leave Ahad comfortable. It's an option, but not one he would use without exhausting many other things first. ]

What would that entail?

video; username: butterfly

[digophelia]

[ Well. She couldn't say she agreed with Arthur or the order, though, Alice isn't sure about this. She watches them, with slight signs of distress on her face. Hands slowly drawing to her face, Alice rubs it. And with a sigh- ]

Are you sure this is wise?

[selfimage]

[ Loki regards her casually, her voice flippant. ]

Wise? No, absolutely not. I'd say the better of two options. Obviously he can't run free.

text; un: fairyking

[slothking]

How do you know he'll be telling the truth?

[selfimage]

Which truth? The truth he believes, or the truth that is actually the TRUTH? There's a big difference.

VIDEO. UN: BELL

[dominance]

[ bellamy should've taken the username "loki" seriously. at first, he hadn't really looked. the technology here is weird, considering he's used to radios and being able to connect monitors from the ground to those in space. though he's a bigger fan of the greek gods, he knows a little about the norse. anyone with the username "loki" should never be thought to have empty sleeves. ]

Huh. [ he doesn't know whether to be impressed, so he settles on the usual indifference. ] Guess you had a good plan after all. [ one that would've appealed to him if he hadn't experienced the trials and tribulations of post-apocalyptic earth life. but he can't help but still be slightly impressed that someone around here has a bit of a plan. ]

[ albeit, one he predicts won't end very well. ]

What are you going to do when Arthur finds out you've got his brother?

[selfimage]

That would depend on what Arthur does, and what we do.

[ it's a decent plan, sure. Loki figured it was better than the alternative; letting Michel run free to continue his possibly destructive retribution wasn't high on her TDL. it didn't mean she didn't feel for the guy, because she did. he was the victim of something terrible, and that terrible was going to keep happening, possibly more terrible of Michel had his way in it. ]

This is where the plan ends.

[ she admits, tossing her hand. ]

The suggestion box is open.

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[winces]

[ oh. olivia doesn't like this. she doesn't like this at all.

things had already seemed hairy before — murders and kidnaps and imprisonment and treason — now they're adding kidnapping and double-crossing on top of that?

weren't they supposed to be the good guys here?

the face that greets the gods — not that she's even aware she's in the presence of them — is an uncertain one, seeming to bear the weight of everyone's wariness and uncertainty. her voice, when she speaks, is soft and meek. ]

...what are you going to do with him?

[ the scene painted on her screen doesn't exactly read as innocent. ]

[selfimage]

[ Loki is casual enough, she tosses her hand and shrugs up her shoulders. in all honesty, this is where the plan ended. being the traitorous, double-crossing liar is her modus operandi. she's never claimed to be a good guy, but she doesn't mean to let her skills go to wait when people could not be dying. ]

Oh, I don't know. Have any ideas? We could use a few. I debated "throw him a party," but I don't think it would change his mind.

Video | un: Clara

[spacegirl]

[Clara's mouth is fixed in a tight line, and she doesn't look pleased with this.]

What have you asked him so far? Specifically, what have you asked him?

[selfimage]

[ Loki doesn't look particularly fazed. she's used to certain methods of hers being unapproved of. ]

Word for word, you mean? Lesse ...

[ she counts off on her fingers. ]

What are your motivations for a darkening the sun? Where do you mean to go from here? And what were you going to announce in surprise at the little meeting that you had in the forest?

Would you like to make an addition?

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[hideyourself]

nice! talk about a smooth [- wholly independent, questionably valuable, possibly short-sighted -] operation.

[what was done was done. and anyway, he did have a question.]

how about this: seriously, where did he hope his plans would take him? was it a bid for a wipe and rewrite? if the only answer is something as useless as "justice," that's good too.

[selfimage]

It's on the agenda! Somehow I think it'll boil down to "unnatural schism."
That always boils people's potatoes.

[ she feels for Michel, she really does, but they couldn't keep allowing him to run off into the realm of possibly making everything awful. ]

video | un: dark rescue

[promises_to_keep]

Finally. I've been trying to get answers about who this Michel yahoo is since I got here. So he's the bastard that blotted out the sun and caused this whole mess? [Lea leans forward and squints a little, frowning at the paper bag.] Well, it wouldn't be the first time I've been branded a traitor, so... bring it on, I guess. [Can't be worse than being a fugitive from the Organization. Shrug.]

Gonna have a little fun with him, I presume? I mean, if he's not answering questions like a helpful prisoner...

[selfimage]

Oh, kinda-sorta. I wouldn't say he's caused the whole thing, there are a whole lot of pointy fingers going around at this point. Goblin this, king that, and then there are those that are both, like him.

[ she huffs and shrugs. ]

Besides, I usually reserve my fun for board games.

[ it's delivered a little flatly. ]

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[regida]

[ really her expression is edging on incredulous fixed on the paper bag marked with a smile. incredulous on the method, but not at the fact that they had taken it on themselves to subdue michel. she had been looking for him, during the escape, hadn’t been able to pick him out during the chaos of it.

if she had seen him, she would have taken the stone she’d found dislodged from the cell wall and hit him over the head with it herself. in order to prevent whatever retribution he’d bring about.

dry : ] Maybe Alastair placed us here to see how many natives we can make hate us.

I’m not surprised, that he hasn’t told you anything. All we’ve done by taking him prisoner is hopefully put a halt to whatever he’s planning. There’s no way he’s going to talk without an incentive.

[ a moment, and a sigh, and she just barely retrains herself form scrubbing a hand across her face in frustration. ]

There was word in the cell, about a traitor to the order, someone who sold them out and put up the barrier. Maybe he’ll be pissed enough to give you a name.

[ and then she cocks her head, eyebrows raising a fraction and really it’s a miracle she didn’t start out with this— ]

You look different.

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[selfimage]

I'm always myself.

[ and that's all she says about that. Loki was always Loki, and Loki could only ever shift into forms that she was, and nothing that she wasn't. she tosses some hair over her shoulder, accompanying her words with a pose and a smile. ]

Either we've halted it or we've bought ourselves time. I'll take both in this matter, the problem exists where the problem still ... exists. There must have been something to provoke this in him. Whatever it is—and I could make a few educated guesses—will provoke the same in someone else.

Though we'll take anything we can guess. Shall I phrase that as a question? "Which of your most loyal followers betrayed you to the king?" Ouch. A sore spot.

[ there's a little shrug of her shoulders. ]