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[Puck appeared on screen, foregoing a mile of introductions.] Meet me at [directions to the forest], we need to talk.

You busy? I have something for you.

[Outside Loki's door is a little silver box with a blue ribbon tied on it. Inside is this inside with a note.]

Just a little something to remember me by.

-Jackie

Good morrow, Loki, I've been thinking about the song you shared with me and I've found some art that will fit it nicely. I know composing can take time, so don't feel obligated to come and see it right now. But when you're ready, it's in my cottage hanging on the south wall.

[Awaiting under the giant Christmas tree with Loki's name on it is a little Christmas Pixie with a darker green cap to match the green Loki likes.

Made out of yarn as best she could is a little stuffed snake and to go along with it, after learning about it, a Yule Goat though it's got some hay and straw sticking out here and there.

Attached is a card, inside is delicate handwriting:]

Merry Christmas Loki!
I know we've only just properly met but I'm so glad to have met you all the same.
Thank you for teaching me about Yule.
I had to rush on the goat so please forgive the pokey parts!
I'm so glad you're in my life.
I Hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
Again, Merry Christmas!

Love,
Alice Liddell

[Y-Yeah, so...Loki, he respects you enough to work with you on a common goal, but that doesn't mean he likes you, man. You haven't really maxed or even hit two slots on this young Hero's Social Link or whatever - it's still hovering at a solid one star. So, needless to say...he doesn't really go all out for you, o-oops?

The gift is set under the Christmas tree when all the others are, since Loki lives with Gamora and Alice, Katsuki can just come and go as he pleases (likewise with the young girl at his place), so it was the easiest to place. It's really not much, a basic baggy tied with colorful ribbon that holds an assortment of frosted holiday cookies which are stupid good. Soft, moist, and almost silky in texture and a ripe balance of sweet and a little buttery. They'd go great with tea or coffee...or cocoa, honestly. He doesn't stick around long, to see Loki open them or anything - the day is for Alice mostly, and she was the one who got utterly spoiled by the explosive blond, but...

There you go. I guess?? \:|/]

[Gamora waits for the storm to pass. Alice is a clever girl. If anyone can resist an implanted thought, it's her. The fallout is no less painful than hers. She may not have been pushed to do anything terrible. The opposite, she thinks. She allowed people who cared for her to play roles that didn't seem too out of character. Gamora is her family. She sees how fond she is getting of Loki and has been with that boy.

It still hurts to be forced to believe something that is not true. Gamora is giving Alice space at the moment. Readjusting to reality is never easy. She rather the girl make sense of things before running to comfort her. She needs to settle something else in the meantime. Being cast the role of mother to his father left her without a chance to talk.

Like it or not, she must speak to him. He is close to the one person she loves. Her anger with him is based on something he cannot possibly know. She knocks on the door to his room and waits with her hands behind in what passed for a parade rest back when she was with Thanos. Some things never left her.

When he opens the door, Gamora is immediately to the point.]

Are you willing to speak with me? [Cool, professional. It's a sharp contrast to the warm albeit confused mother.]

[ In the morning if Loki steps outside his home, he will find a dried flower wreath hanging on the door, delivered by the mail mice. Attached to the wreath is a tag. ]

To Loki,

Happy Holidays!

- Willow

Hello Loki, meet at my cottage in an hour from seeing this. Luz will be attending, this matter concerns you both.

[ Loki likely noticed that Seto went quiet after the sleepr interaction for a bit...some time that evening (after work), he'd show up at the cottage with a pensive expression. A tentative knock, and he'd hope Loki answered---but he was prepared to greet Gamora and Alice, at least. ]

Busy? We should talk- and cuddle, honestly, but mostly.. No, both in equal measure.

Hey. I think we need to talk about some things. You have a few minutes?

[The morning of Feb 1, Loki will find a letter delivered. In calligraphy is the following, and nothing else on the letter to show who it's from: Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,]

Care to join me for a meal at my cottage and a chat about the Gathering? My usual "get lost in anything else" attempts at managing things haven't been working as well.

Hey, Loki.

Just thought I'd let you know that I'm not hurt. I've heard some people had it worse than I did in the labyrinth, but all my partner and I saw were some weird mirrors.

Are you all right?

Kaiba was incredibly relieved to see the cottages come into view. Surely it'd be fine as long as they didn't touch any mirrors, right?

"...thanks again," he said softly. "I thought I was dead meat."

[The first call for mosh pit buddies went pretty well, so now Erwin is calling his other friends who he thinks might enjoy this. It helps that he's three--maybe four by now--Long Island Iced Teas to the wind, and at his absolute most persuasive.]

Loki! Hi, Loki! I'm at the club and Crowley is coming and Dolph and Levi are already here and you should come too!

[NTS NTS NTS in the background, flashing lights in the video. Who could resist such a siren song? Never mind that Erwin didn't actually get confirmation that Crowley is coming. In his heart, he did.]

[Puck pops onto the feed with a charming grin]

I mentioned you-- but not by name, to the woman hosting the upcoming Valentine's tea party as a tester for fruit pies in Autumn. I would have offered, but I have too much of a bias towards sweet things and sweet gods of mischief I know.

My magic is fully back, you should come see it!

Shall I track you down before or after the angry mob fails to form?

[Puck doesn't even bother sending a message. He shapeshifts into Owen and approaches Loki's cottage with the cool assurance of any businessman. Someone he loves needs to see that Puck is there for him so Puck will be there for him in both aspects of himself.]

After not getting a response, Seto waits a bit. He'd sensed Puck should probably go first on...this. But he starts looking around for Loki as soon as he feels ready. The house, further out...he won't give up.

Edited 2024-03-13 04:17 (UTC)

[A few days after Sleeper, Eilonwy hand delivers a letter for Loki to his cottage. In a very "I'm getting used to this specific alphabet" hand is the following letter in runes:]

Hail, Loki!
I hope this letter reaches your hands sooner instead of later. With the unpleasantness of the last few days, I'd thought about writing you a letter on the device itself but then realized that wouldn't satisfy either myself or what I wish to say properly.

First, I meant what I said in my comment defending you and your character. I still do. Secondly, thank you for taking the oath you did to help me learn to become stronger. I didn't expect to hear one of Llyr's oaths spoken back to me in a moment of self doubt and fear, but hearing it along with the promise you gave helped me in ways I can't properly put into words. Know that they helped, and I won't dishonor that by being anything less than a good student in our practices together. If you ever wish to reach out, I'm usually at my cottage, but I won't keep the burden of communicating on you, so I'll visit again in 1 day hence.

May you continue to remember how many of us here consider you a friend.

With health and good fortune sent,
Princess Eilonwy of the House of Llyr, Prydain

Edited 2024-03-13 04:24 (UTC)

[Eilonwy pops onto the screen, looking equal parts surprised and a little pained] Hail again, Loki. I know we're currently practicing my mental magic for protecting against suggestions, but I should also tell you that my ability to speak without moving my mouth has returned-- at least some type of it.

[She shakes her head and winces a bit] It's different in that Bauble, what I usually talk to, isn't with me. I don't sense it, so I shouldn't be able to feel that ability; but.. [Eilonwy trails off and lifts her shoulders in a quick little shrug, at a loss for how to explain all of this.] But you should know, as my teacher and friend. I may ask others for advice, but I haven't decided yet. Most of today has been spent just readjusting and fighting off a headache.

[With a wave, she ends the message]

[ It's training day again. Seto's still working hard, as he always does, but his mood is...different. Instead of buckling down and grumbling when he makes mistakes as usual, he's taking things in stride more. There's a little smile to his eyes. There's something else on his mind, but he's doing his best to focus anyway. ]

...Sorry 'bout that. I can go again.

Edited 2024-03-28 01:57 (UTC)

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