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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[umgekehrt]

A man's life, my last inmate was worth, and he was kind enough to graduate-- I wasn't ever going to trick that gentleman into anything.

If another inmate indulges me it'll be a woman's life saved.

And that's as much detail as I give, mister-?

[Private]

[lacksconviction]

Hm.

Loki, Son of Laufrey.

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

[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]

It's possible. Was he of Asgard?

[His head turns slightly, at the mention of Ragnarok, and he frowns.]

"Twilight of the Gods?" I do know the language, yes.

[He doesn't know nothin' about no prophesy though.]

Re: [Private]

[umgekehrt]

Might've been. He startled me a bit: I hadn't met a god before. And he was gone soon after. More than a year now, I think.

[A shrug. Sorry.]

[Private]

[lacksconviction]

If that was how he seemed to you, then It's likely he was of my kind.

[But why would anyone on Asgard name their kid after him now unless...

...They were trying to replace him entirely.]

Re: [Private]

[umgekehrt]

Something about a wolf, I think, and the end of the universe.

I want nothing to do with that, as I normally live in the universe and like it standing. But it was my introduction to the massive variance in the individuals aboard the barge.

[Private]

[lacksconviction]

Of course, there are always wolves. The end of the universe though, I could tell you nothing of... for all I've seen, it may go on forever.

[Private]

[umgekehrt]

I like to think so. Longer than my life at the very least. But that's not hard.

[Private]

[lacksconviction]

You're not expecting a long and exciting life when you depart from this place?

Re: [Private]

[umgekehrt]

I'm near fifty. I think the universe can hold itself another five decades or so, don't you?