"Then there's your goal. The sooner you get one, the sooner I'll teach you to do so. Unless you mind us making a few holes in one of your walls." He did like that grin and wanted to encourage it.
"They wouldn't be very large holes, if that helps." Loki says with a chuckle. "You might end up with a few anyways simply while learning how to aim. But that can be a future project." She still needed to learn how to properly conjure her own dagger, and to practice wielding it further.
"My intention is for you to have this as a surprise weapon, Sweetling. You're best option is to not need to fight. But if you do, I know you'll use your brain and intelligence. Sif already clearly has no idea I'd given you a knife, and I think it's wise for no one to suspect you have two until you need them to."
"I figured better your Sorcerer give you the 'ethics' talk. Is he aware that you also show some ability at mind-reading? Or at least telepathic capabilities?" Loki wondered, if Strange did, if he also would be getting a lecture, at the very least.
"I would....carefully bring it up. Only because it is closely tied to you Empathy. It's part of the broader skills that fall under 'being psychic' from a Human's definition from what I've learned. I'm not too concerned though."
Moving to take her hand, twining their fingers. "And I'm selfishly glad you only do so with me."
"I think I mentioned before, I've never had it happen with anyone else. Which makes me think it's something about you, Christine." Bringing his other hand up to wrap around hers too. "But it's fitting, in a way, that I find a treasure others overlook."
I have an extremely selective heart, much less letting anyone really close. He'd been hurt too many times over. Christine was new, in that she was a risk worth taking in his eyes.
"Of course." Holding that hug, leaning his forehead against hers as he wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm glad. I am...used to being lonely, but it is far more unpleasant now." Kissing her hair, just gonna hold her a bit tighter too. Wrapping himself around her, his mind around hers as well. Holding that moment.
"We should get to work though." Reluctant, but necessary. "We're going to start, by having you vanish it. You'll want to pick a place it should go to, since you'll need to picture it solidly in your mind." "
"Then that's perfect." If she was already thinking of that place as where it belonged, it would be easier. "So now, what you want to do, is visualize it in your mind. Make it as clear and strong a picture as you can."
Holding out a hand, he manifested one of his daggers. "Now, holding your dagger, you want to imagine that drawer. Imagine your dagger being in that drawer--vanishing from your hand, and reappearing in its home." Loki let his dagger vanish in a shimmer of green-gold, to reappear on the coffee table.
"Very good. Now do it again." Much like the other times he'd trained her, Loki was thorough. He wasn't going to let them move on until she could do this as fast as he could.
"Good." Loki praised from where he watched her. "There isn't as much 'surprise' here, since it'll be obvious you already have a dagger--but better to get rid of any evidence swiftly, hmm?" Loki had left his own dagger on the table too.
"To call it to you is much the same, but in reverse. You want to visualize it clearly, then focus your will on the dagger appearing in your hand." Holding his own empty hand out, he showed her as his dagger manifested in a shimmer of green-gold.
"Am I learning to get away with murder?" She laughs.
Summoning it to her happens much quicker, she visualizes the dagger, and can feel its weight in her hand before it materializes there with a shimmer of magic.
Loki's laugh is much lower, but also amused. "You have a ways to go before that, my dear." But the speed earns her some clapping and a proud smile. "Vanish it and re-summon it. Once you've practiced that, we'll work on some drills." Both drills with her summoning it, and counter-guard drills.
More soft laughter, and a smile on his face. "I don't recommend you try flipping your own dagger yet. You need to learn how to wield it properly still." But he'll have fun teaching her. "Now, I seem to recall you started learning some unarmed counters? We're going to be doing a variation on them, but with you summoning your dagger each time so it's a surprise." One brow rose and Loki's grin was wry. "Please try to not actually stab me. Much as I like being under your care, I was warned against bleeding on your couch."
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Date: 2021-08-29 02:10 pm (UTC)"I very much want to throw it."
Throwing a lethal looking dagger with accuracy sounds like both a useful and sexy skill.
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Date: 2021-08-29 02:24 pm (UTC)"My intention is for you to have this as a surprise weapon, Sweetling. You're best option is to not need to fight. But if you do, I know you'll use your brain and intelligence. Sif already clearly has no idea I'd given you a knife, and I think it's wise for no one to suspect you have two until you need them to."
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Date: 2021-08-29 02:27 pm (UTC)She was warned that manipulating peoples emotions is morally questionable. But that if she was strong enough she could calm a whole crowd.
"Summoning the dagger does make it very surprising."
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Date: 2021-08-29 02:32 pm (UTC)And she didn't really want to discuss how they figured that bit out.
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Date: 2021-08-29 02:37 pm (UTC)Moving to take her hand, twining their fingers. "And I'm selfishly glad you only do so with me."
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Date: 2021-08-29 02:49 pm (UTC)"It's been a nice little surprise to have you with me on so many levels."
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Date: 2021-08-29 02:51 pm (UTC)Were it not you, I would also not welcome it.
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Date: 2021-08-29 02:53 pm (UTC)She closes the space between them to drape her arms around his shoulders.
"Just going to hug you for a minute, then we can work."
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Date: 2021-08-29 02:58 pm (UTC)"Of course." Holding that hug, leaning his forehead against hers as he wrapped his arms around her.
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Date: 2021-08-29 03:01 pm (UTC)She might be extremely caring, but in terms of romantic interest she's always been quite selective.
"I haven't had one nightmare when you're sleeping next to me."
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Date: 2021-08-29 03:08 pm (UTC)"We should get to work though." Reluctant, but necessary. "We're going to start, by having you vanish it. You'll want to pick a place it should go to, since you'll need to picture it solidly in your mind."
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Date: 2021-08-29 03:15 pm (UTC)"Can I use the drawer I've been keeping it in? I already sort of identify that as it's home."
realized I wrote the wrong thing--appearing vs. disappearing
Date: 2021-08-29 03:19 pm (UTC)Holding out a hand, he manifested one of his daggers. "Now, holding your dagger, you want to imagine that drawer. Imagine your dagger being in that drawer--vanishing from your hand, and reappearing in its home." Loki let his dagger vanish in a shimmer of green-gold, to reappear on the coffee table.
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Date: 2021-08-29 05:06 pm (UTC)It takes her a few long minutes of focusing, and visualizing before the dagger fades from view and her hand is empty again.
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Date: 2021-08-29 06:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-29 06:37 pm (UTC)She keeps at it until the dagger is gone in a blink.
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Date: 2021-08-29 06:53 pm (UTC)"To call it to you is much the same, but in reverse. You want to visualize it clearly, then focus your will on the dagger appearing in your hand." Holding his own empty hand out, he showed her as his dagger manifested in a shimmer of green-gold.
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Date: 2021-08-29 07:14 pm (UTC)Summoning it to her happens much quicker, she visualizes the dagger, and can feel its weight in her hand before it materializes there with a shimmer of magic.
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Date: 2021-08-29 08:02 pm (UTC)She sends the dagger away and then summons it back with a bit of a flourish.
"I see why you do the little flip thing, feels dramatic."
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Date: 2021-08-29 08:38 pm (UTC)She would be beside herself if she actually hurt him. Though at least she is qualified to care for him.
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