Tenth Trick: Permavideo

[doeswhathewants]

[The NV flicks on, propped up on a table, focused on Loki who sits cross legged on the floor, a baby sling across his chest. The sling is occupied by a lump that is invisible to most, save for a hot pink mohawk and a hot pink collar with a little silver hammer shaped tag dangling from it. The hellhound looks plump and happy to everyone who can see her.]

This- [He speaks with his head bent over the hellhound] -is Thora. Say hello, Thora-

[He helps her wave a faintly pink paw at the NV and she tries to nip his fingers in retaliation]

She's kind of the best hellhound ever. [In that condescending way only thirteen year old boys are capable of. And then suddenly serious, green fire in his eyes] And if anyone were to harm her, I would put their insides onto their outsides and join her in having a nibble. Just saying.

[And then that jovial demeanor returns again.] I've been learning much about the mortal world thanks to Google- the browser of webs. But so much information conflicts. I wish to know more. Midgard and humans are so different than what I always thought.

Comments

[hisoldgirl]

They are terribly confusing, aren't they? You think you know everything there is to know about humans after visiting their planet for seven hundred years and then they go and do something that makes absolutely no sense.

[doeswhathewants]

Agreed with you on that. Though, I suppose part of the problem is never having seen them as individuals with autonomous and worthy points of view.

[hisoldgirl]

And you see them that way now?

[doeswhathewants]

I see little difference, now, between Midgardians and the Aesir, in truth. So many people here have been kind- beyond kind- with no intention behind it other than to help. It... helps to shift perspective.

[hisoldgirl]

There are those here who would not show you kindness as well, though. Or have you seen fewer of those than the former?

[doeswhathewants]

Oh, all of Asgard aside my brother despises me. I am as yet unsure how they will react to my return. But here, there are only a few dildos- Pickles is teaching me slang, it means a not cool person- and the most are quite open, in my opinion. At least from those I have met.

[hisoldgirl]

A not cool person? You mean someone who is hot? There aren't any magmars here, are there?

[doeswhathewants]

Ah! No, Tardis, cool is slang. It means something preferable.

[hisoldgirl]

Ah, I see. So a dildo is a person you'd rather not associate with.

[doeswhathewants]

Precisely! Pickles is the keeper of modern colloquialisms.

[hisoldgirl]

I really must append my databanks with this new information. There's so much I realise I never knew, even though I thought I did.

[doeswhathewants]

You ought to speak to him, he is a font of knowledge.

[hisoldgirl]

I'll be certain to do so.