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Loki parks in Doriath for another six years. She manages to make friends with some of the people who have things to do in accelerated perception. The Men who started as babies are full grown. The spell comes along and she refreshes everyone serving as a sorcery backup on a routine basis. She visits people between stints of work; during same she does things that she doesn't have to move around much to do. Writes a memoir. Screws around with decorative illusions. Sleeps, when absolutely necessary.
She's asleep when the quake hits. But not for very long.
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"All of your indiscretions were pardoned at your funeral," says Odin, sounding only a little like she regrets this decision.
Odin makes a sort of growly facial expression, although she doesn't actually growl.
Frigg says, managing to keep his voice and expression perfectly bland, "As the chosen wielder of the Tesseract, I should think you may do whatever you like."
Frigg says, managing to keep his voice and expression perfectly bland, "As the chosen wielder of the Tesseract, I should think you may do whatever you like."
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Loki runs her thumb along an edge of the cube just to feel the crackle. "I'm so delighted to hear that."
Frigg smiles. Odin looks stern in the way that is Odin's way of looking uncomfortable.
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"I'd like to borrow an Allspeak installer and go invite some friends from Arda to visit Asgard. A number of them have been hoping to do so for years."
"...I would be happy to welcome them to Asgard as guests," Odin lies politely.
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"Also, I think I've derived some measure of your Jötunheim-related plans and I'm planning to hire an Elf diplomat after he has had a nice long vacation to help me figure out a more detailed plan on how to carry out your design." Pause. "I do have one question, though. Why am I so short?"
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"I realize I could hardly be twelve feet tall but no one would have been suspicious if I'd been Thor's height."
Odin glowers.
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Loki waits a bit, but when no answer is forthcoming: "I'll go see about borrowing an Allspeak installer, then."
And she bows, slightly, ironically, and disappears to where she got her own instance cast on her when she was little to see if that's still an Allspeak installation location.
And she bows, slightly, ironically, and disappears to where she got her own instance cast on her when she was little to see if that's still an Allspeak installation location.
It is!
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Loki walks in and asks the fellow minding the store if she can borrow his Allspeak installer for some offworld friends. ...Also tell her how to calibrate it for dyslexics.
And twenty minutes later, only a certificate shy of being a certified Allspeak installation technician, she appears among the Noldor on their planet with a forked wand in one hand and a Tesseract staff in the other.
And twenty minutes later, only a certificate shy of being a certified Allspeak installation technician, she appears among the Noldor on their planet with a forked wand in one hand and a Tesseract staff in the other.
They are still having a family reunion. It's a fairly tearful one. Celebrimbor is sitting with Fëanor presumably teaching sorcerous-alphabets and Fingon is holding Maedhros and probably also teaching sorcerous alphabets and most eyes turn to Loki when she's back.
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"Hi! I am not banished and I can bring guests to Asgard! However, if you are going to visit please be discreet with anyone besides my immediate family and best friend about my species. Who wants Allspeak?" She waves the wand.
Seems almost like cheating. But they suppose they can turn it off. There are a few minutes of indecision and then everyone not currently occupied wants Allspeak.
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They each get test brochures which explain various features of Allspeak and how to maintain and calibrate them in 500 languages. "I asked the guy about dyslexia," she says when she gets to Tyelcormo, "it fixes it if I do it right and he told me how to do it right, is that going to be weird for you?"
"I am in favor of being better at things," he says, "and we don't have your world's hangups about magic - is this even magic?"
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"Yes, it's magic. But it's a magic object, not me casting a spell, so I didn't have to explain to the guy that I'm now under a special Loki Does Whatever She Wants She Has The Tesseract dispensation."
"Oh, you have such a dispensation? Congratulations. Also congratulations on killing Morgoth, I don't think I've said that yet."
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"Thanks. My sister has started calling me Loki Godslayer, Sigyn thinks it's going to stick." She taps him in the head with the Allspeak wand and hands him a brochure.
"Loki Godslayer," he says. "If it doesn't stick you can go find some more shitty gods."
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"Talking to Mandos was like talking to a wall but I did not wind up all that tempted to kill him. I might have to look for a while."