1 - Have I made you desperate?

[lacksconviction]

[He takes his time before introducing himself, establishing the purpose of this place, the fact that his magic definitely was depleted and not coming back by any means known to him, and weighing up the odds of his escaping by the usual means, before deigning to make his first journal entry. He has taken off his ridiculous supervillain hat, for effect:]

My my, is this not an ambitious effort? Certainly, a more elaborate one than the last chamber in which I was imprisoned. To whose hospitality do I owe my gratitude, may I ask? Which one-eyed wolf has clamped these strange jaws around my throat?

[He smiles, but it's unconvincing. His eyes look strangely pained.]

Or perhaps I expect too much in assuming this a prison, rather than an arsenal of purloined weapons, or a vault to hold the spoils of war?

[A slight pause, before he decides he's giving away far too much, and clicks the communicator off.]

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[hourglass_twin]

This is a prison, run by an 'Admiral' who is quite ambitious in those he chooses to hold in it.

[video]

[aggravating]

['Sup my little gazelleLoki.]

Kind of sucks as a prison. More of a self-help yoga ship that runs on rainbows and moonbeams.

Although - have to ask - what the hell is with one eyed things being more of a pain in the ass than something that still has depth perception?

[thestarspangledman]

...Coulda sworn we just got rid of you.

[mightymorbid]

I'm going to say all of the above. You'll make up your own mind about it soon enough either way.

[Private]

[insolubleriddle]

I see some faces find familiarity in yours. Will you be surrendering your anonymity, at some point?

[Riddler raises two fingers to his lips.]

Oh, excuse me. Asking questions without first answering one of yours. [He clucks his tongue in feigned disappointment.] You've been filled in on the basics by now, no doubt, but when you find other curiosities in need of unraveling-- and you will-- I'll have the answers.

[timesbureaucrat]

It does bear some resemblance to the Anomaly Vault. If the Anomaly Vault were run by a crazed entity with a strange obsession with some sort of vague morality and if it were dedicated to sentients only.

[lacksconviction]

So I've heard. And you are?

Private

[lacksconviction]

Tacticians, you say?

And here I was told that the wardens blindly serve an unpredictable madman on the distant promise of their hearts desire...

[lacksconviction]

A little of each. One of my pursuers is a true wolf, all grizzled grey fur and slathering jaws, the other is merely human.

[lacksconviction]

I suppose you speak of yourself there? Did you believe yourself uncontainable?

Private

[truth_is_cold]

Oh, not blindly. Then there would be some sort of solidarity between the entirety of them. In fact, when I was an inmate I noticed a great deal more camaraderie and had more far more productive relationships with my peers.

[Have Rhade's gleaming idea of optimism.]

But yes. Tacticians. I believe a soldier is only formidable if they have some tactical knowledge.

[scentbombed]

Your pursuers.

[video]

[lacksconviction]

[clip clop clip clop.]

It draws it's power from the Bifrost?

[RAINBOW BRIIIIIIIDGE!]

You speak most freely with me, Man of Iron...

[lacksconviction]

[AT LAST SOMEONE WHO CLEARLY RECOGNIZES HIM!]

[But actually now that it's established that some people here inexplicably don't recognize each other...]

Forgive me sir, but I know not your face. You are Asgardian?

[video]

[aggravating]

... Sure.

[Because WHY NOT. Bifrost, gumdrops. This place doesn't make sense anyways, let's just add to the crazy]

Finally. Someone else who knows who I am.

[Because freaky spies don't count, man :c ]

[lacksconviction]

And what of it has your mind made? I've been told many conflicting tales, and am curious to hear more?

[Private]

[lacksconviction]

It is no secret, I am Loki, of Asgard.

[Headtilt. HE IS CHECKIN' OUT YOUR SUIT, EDDIE.]

And let my first question be this: What of you? Will you take my name and withold your own, mortal?

[lacksconviction]

And yet I am beset by people who - blind and willing - serve this unknown creature! You're more a strange cult than a prison...

[private video]

[lacksconviction]

A fuel source then, that even you could not surpass in your inventions?

[And then he smiles, and it looks NICE AND NORMAL AND NOT LIKE HE'S A SUPERVILLAIN JERK.]

Of course! And not merely by your fame. You've raised a glass to me, and bade me drink with you in your halls.

[Private]

[lacksconviction]

Hm.

Loki, Son of Laufrey.

So you trade the minds of strangers for the lives of your friends, Chief Stildyne?

[private video]

[aggravating]

I am literally working with string and paperclips, here. It's hard to reverse engineer the completely illogical.

[That is so not fair, Loki. The second he learns how much you're screwing with him, he's gonna find a way to rewire the heating system in your room and fry your stupid, frosty ass.

In the meantime, he's just grinning.]

So, what, you're some foreign businessman? Or a representative from Shakespeare's Anonymous?

Private

[lacksconviction]

Do you know the cause of the disappearences then? If not for wickedness?

[hourglass_twin]

Obviously I'm not uncontainable. I've been contained, haven't I?

I am merely difficult to contain. I am quite clever, you know, and I nearly killed a goddess, once, so there aren't many who can hold me against my will. Of course, it's far easier when the god who holds me keeps out of sight and places me on a ship in the middle of space with my powers bound.

video; private

[lacksconviction]

It has been mentioned to me, the dissapearences. What do you make of them?

[lacksconviction]

You were a prisoner here?