[IC Contact] I know there's better brothers, but you're the only one that's mine

[hammerandfeathers]

"Fourteen years have passed since that day,
Your stories are the same but the ends have all changed,
You carried on like you were some type of God,
Some things will never change"


"I am to speak now? Oh, it is recording?
This is the mobile device of Thor, son of Odin. I have failed to answer this device in a timely manner. In my failure, please leave a message, urgent or otherwise, and I will do what I can to assist you.
How was that? I do not understand. Does it not know I'm finished recording--"

| Missed Call | New Message | New Text |

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[ofsilvertongue]

Enlightening me, please, as to why Stark has seen fit to purchase a subscription in my name to a publication titled 'Horse Fanciers' mere hours after speaking to you.

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[hammerandfeathers]

You immediately assume I had anything to do with it? As talkative as he is, I am sure he has spoken with ten others in that expanse of time.

[There's a several minute gap between that text and the next. In which he's sure Loki is staring judgingly at the lettering as if it were Thor himself.]

I never admitted to anything. I thought to check with you before confirmation or denial of his accusation. He obviously came to his own conclusion in the absence of a definitive answer.







Are you
Enjoying the publication?

[Because, yes Thor, that is exactly how you broach the subject without being obvious at all.]

[ofsilvertongue]

[Loki has learned over the centuries that if he wants an answer from Thor, uncomfortable and angry silence will more often than not break his brother of his resolve to keep his own in an effort to mend the situation.

One day, perhaps, he will learn how to do so without making things worse. Loki is doubtful]

I have not lain with an equine nor have I lain with any other beasts your fool mind can conjure and I should feed you your own thumbs for perpetuating the insinuation that I have!

[hammerandfeathers]

[Well, that could have gone better. It could have also gone worse, though he currently isn't sure how.]

I perpetuated nothing! I said naught but the truth, that I was not privy to your bedroom exploits. Whether said exploits did or did not include equine was not information I had within my possession.

However, I am pleased to learn that the claims are unfounded. I shall remedy this misunderstanding with the Man of Iron post-haste.

[ofsilvertongue]

[Did you really expect anything less, Thor? >|]

Did you not stop to consider that a lack of denial in the face of such accusations could--and would--lead to unsavory assumptions being solidified in the minds of those who apparently live for little more than stirring the proverbial pot?

And I'll not having you making things worse, thank you very much. I shall deal with Stark myself.

[hammerandfeathers]

[Well, to be honest, he did not.]

I thought him to have more honour than to arrive at distasteful conclusions when I was quite capable of coming to the truth without spurring unnecessary rumours.

Brother, ending his short existence over a mere misunderstanding is drastic, even for you. Allow me to rectify the situation.

[Oh, if only you knew, Thor.]

[ofsilvertongue]

You severely underestimate the class of your companions.

[Which...alright, maybe Loki doesn't have much of a leg to stand on in saying so all things considered, but the point stands all the same.]

Believe me when I say I have a fate much worse in store for him than the simplicity of death. Kindly stay out of it.

[You don't want to know, Thor. Trust your little brother.]

[hammerandfeathers]

Perhaps.

[He gave up trusting his little brother after the last dozen or so betrayals. You can only break the God of Thunder's trust fifty or so times before he loses faith in you, Loki.]

Spare us both the effort and do not do anything for which I will have to hunt you down. I wish not to fight you, brother.

[ofsilvertongue]

[Loki is inclined to call bullshit on that one, bro.]

Your threats would be more worrisome if I thought you had any hope of catching me when I did not allow it.