Loki smiled slyly, and leaned back a bit to look at her again. "Actually, as much as I love having you in my lap, if you stand this will be easier." He was already pondering ideas.
It was a necessary loss, and her hand was brought to his mouth to kiss, even while she stood. Needing and wanting that touch. Before standing himself, and placing his hands on her shoulders. Casting an illusion, but giving her a full Goddess of Mischief outfit.
"Oh, you wanted a different look? This was more my making you Goddess of Mischief temporarily." Loki murmured, following her to the bedroom. "Would you prefer something like this?" Standing behind her, hands on her shoulders, so they both could see in the mirror. Including a different style of crown this time.
The deep blue of the tux compliments the colors in her dress well. Taking her hand once more, he holds it out slightly to the side, as if presenting her to someone. "Would you like me to make these real, Sweetling?"
"Perhaps so. We'll keep them in mind for the future however." Bringing her hand up to kiss the back of her palm, her wrist, bringing it up to nuzzle it. "I am very pleased you've taken well to illusions and duplication casting too, my Sweetling. Make it harder to target you if needed."
"Playing dress-up is one of the more fun aspects. And good style is essential to lies and stories. They help make it believable." Loki winked, before switching which hand was holding her own. Stepping away some, and letting her look as she might wish.
"I do wear more casual clothing at times." He still tended to favor Asgardian styles more than Midgardian, but he wore both. The armor she caught him in most often was also because he was at a function that required some ceremony.
That made him chuckle. "Like the jeans, I do have a few items that are far more casual than I choose to wear most of the time. It helps sometimes if all I have to do is change the color of a shirt, rather than change the 'style' of it entirely in illusion."
"Exactly so." Pulling her close once more, Loki shifted them to be in position to dance again. "Much like a lie, a good illusion has as much truth and fact to it, so that it's hard to tell where the falseness begins."
The illusions felt fairly realistic, for all that they were just that--illusions. Tricks of the mind and magic. "You certainly don't have to be." Loki reassured, slowly leading her around in the small space. "I'm a talented one...but I prefer not to, with you. You earned my respect early on, and it seemed important."
With their bond, she probably could. Loki wasn't sure if he could lie mind to mind, as he didn't communicate in that way with anyone but her. With how strong her Empathy was, it would be a moot point anyway.
Swaying with the motion, Loki leaned forward to kiss her forehead. "I'm aware that you're there and...it is comforting. As I said when you tried shielding yourself and you felt so horribly lonely. That is a sensation I was used to in my life, and had grown to no longer care about it."
The mind to mind communication felt to intimate to be able to lie, especially with the way emotions tend to leak.
"I didnt even know it was possible to feel someone like I feel you." She kisses his cheek in reply. "As long as I'm alive you'll never need to feel that loneliness again."
"You are a precious gift, my Sweetling. If I ever treat you as anything less, then I deserve to be alone." Nuzzling her in turn, even while they're dancing.
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"Show me?"
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She carefully removes herself from his lap and stands, also removing the illusion of her little helm.
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"I'm sensing a theme here. Making sure everyone knows who I'm with?"
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"Now we look ready for the ball. And I love both looks."
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But damn if they don't make a beautiful pair. The look a bit like they're ready for a wedding.
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"I practiced mostly for the clothes." She gives a sly little smile. "You look very nice in a tux."
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"I'm impressed with myself on this one." She laughs, "a bit less armor then you are used to though."
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She wonders what a wedding on Asgard would have been like. They must have worn their formal armor for it.
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She basically has an infinite wardrobe now that she can change colors and patterns with ease.
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She moves easily with him, the dress, being an illusion doesn't have the potential to trip her.
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"With our bond, I'd probably be able to tell now. I really like always feeling you, like this familar warmth that is always with me."
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Swaying with the motion, Loki leaned forward to kiss her forehead. "I'm aware that you're there and...it is comforting. As I said when you tried shielding yourself and you felt so horribly lonely. That is a sensation I was used to in my life, and had grown to no longer care about it."
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"I didnt even know it was possible to feel someone like I feel you." She kisses his cheek in reply. "As long as I'm alive you'll never need to feel that loneliness again."
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