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.]

Comments

[lacksconviction]

Alas. But he is no less important for the enigma.

Private

[lacksconviction]

Asgard. The prince of our world had come to yours before, I believe.

I hid the tesseract beneath the earth, where any failure in my safety measures would be far from human lives.

[Get on Mr. Technically not lying today.]

[Private]

[lacksconviction]

You are not human then?

And if you need to ask, then know that you are not. It is innate.

private

[lacksconviction]

Those in the kingdom I was raised in, have been known to steal children from the battlefields they leave behind them.

[private video]

[lacksconviction]

And yet I've no doubt that a valiant effort has been made none the less.

[Hey he's not lying! YOU OFFERED HIM A DRINK YOU ARE PRACTICALLY PALS IRL!]

Neither one, I'm afraid. You and I met through the machinations of Nick Fury, after I... made some unauthorized improvements on a project he was working on.

[Private]

[insolubleriddle]

Mortal is an inaccurate assessment of what I am. Call me Edward, Prince of Puzzles.

[Hopefully Loki can appreciate a joke.]

So, Loki. My favored jötunn-- or is it God? Lovely to have you aboard.

[private video]

[aggravating]

I almost got a spark out of a sandwich and some licorice earlier, so yeah. The most valiant effort this ship has ever seen.

[WELL. OKAY, YES. THIS IS TRUE.]

Hey, anyone who messes with Fury is a friend of mine. The apparent scotch sharing is just icing on the cake from there.

[This is so not going to end well] You have a name, Romeo?

Re: Private

[chlorophylliac]

I don't. Nor does anyone else, you'll find, but feel free not to take me at my word. Do you have a name?

Private

[lacksconviction]

Loki, Son of Laufrey. And might I ask you the same thing?

video; private

[thrawn]

I have yet to discern a method or pattern. The Admiral does not conform to any expectations.

[mightymorbid]

Despite whatever contradictions you sense, you would probably be best served assuming that no one is directly lying to you -- unless it is through their own ignorance.

If you don't know how you got here, then your best bet is that you're an Inmate. Most that are Inmates died before coming here, or were close to it. Normally your soul would go wherever souls go in your reality. This is something of an alternative. Complete your time here and you can go back, no questions asked, and perhaps even with a few extra perks in tow.

[Private]

[umgekehrt]

Huh. I knew a 'Loki', perhaps you're of the same culture. [In the same way that the Combine's history is lousy with Andrejs and Jennet, Ralph, and Brachi aren't vastly uncommon names through various planets. Right?]

'Ragnarok' mean anything to you? But, nevermind about that, once you've settled.

Mister Braxiatel was a damn sight brighter than me. He paid me attention, but I couldn't change that man's mind with any amount of tools. I counseled-- yelled at him from time to time-- but I wasn't here to break him. Lucky on my part because I'd never have done it.

Private

[lacksconviction]

I fail to see how it would make a difference? You all follow a man who you do not know, who many of you think mad, and you carry out his will without needing answers to your many questions?

You seem blind enough to me. I do not lie when I tell you that you loo to me more like a cult than like a prison.

[lacksconviction]

Indeed. Although I'm told now that neither one could reach me here.

[lacksconviction]

Not clever enough then, it would seem. And object though I might at being caught in it, I don't question the effectiveness of the cage.

[private video]

[lacksconviction]

[He laughs, sounding INCREDIBLY PLEASED by all of this.]

Then I am the truest friend you have ever known. My name is Loki, of Asgard, and I am glad to see your familiar face in this strange prison.

You are a warden, I trust?

Private

[truth_is_cold]

How many cults have you seen? He's a poor god, I can confirm to you that.

[lacksconviction]

I was more thinking that the answers revealed more about the respondent than the place itself.

I need not ask if you are a warden.

[thestarspangledman]

[A moment, because Steve is being a clever kid and looking at what he can see of Loki's conversations with fellow Avengers. Well. He knows at least who Iron Man and Natasha are, so.]

Don't even try it, Antlers. You know Iron Man and you know Widow, you gotta know me.

[Private]

[lacksconviction]

[His eyes narrow slightly at Eddie Calling his a Jötunn. THAT'S FAMILY SHIT EDWARD >C]

The myths your world told of me were simple tales for children. The truth is more complex, and not to be guessed at.

The Prince of Puzzles though? How came you to be called this?

[lacksconviction]

[To gracefully concede that he is totally busted, or to keep lying, that is the question...

...okay so it's not much of a question when lying is your whole schtick.]

I do know them! She from my imprisonment by Fury, and he from when I was released... but you? You I do not know, Mortal...

[mightymorbid]

Unless you're very bored, at least.

I've been both in my time here.

[thestarspangledman]

Yeah, your imprisonment by Fury? I was there. You know that. I'm part of the reason you got stuck there in the first place, or don't you remember your little stunt in Stuttgart?

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Be sure to let me know how the escape plan works out for you.

[lacksconviction]

I recall it well enough, but by my memory it was Thor Odinson who delivered me to Earths authorities.

It sound that you know much of what I've done, however. I do wish I knew who you are?