Loki of Asgard
"I never wanted the throne, I only ever wanted to be your equal!"
"I could have done it, Father! I could have done it! For you! For all of us!"
"I am Loki of Asgard and I am burdened with glorious purpose."
"I said, KNEEL! Is this not simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity, that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a made scramble for power; for identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end you will always kneel."
"I went down to Midgard to rule the people of Earth as a benevolent god, just like you."
"I didn't do it for him."
With that last memory plaguing his dreams Loki's green orbs pop open. He then sits up in his bed allowing his elegant green sheets to fall just below his lean toned torso. The sorcerer then takes a deep breathe before looking around in the darkness. Did he really mean his last words to Thor? He wonders while thinking of his brother and how his last true words still do not sit well with him. However having the knowledge that the imbecile had had the intelligence to turn down the throne did bring a smirk to his face. The trickster knowing he couldn't go back to sleep even though he wants to use his magic to dress himself before getting up and walking over to one of the chamber's windows and looks out at the night sky.
While he gazes at the fullness of the moon he allows his thoughts to ponder the direction his life had taken of late. For three months he has kept Odin imprisoned in the dungeon, two since he had revealed himself as having been Asgard's king and one since Thor had been notified of his rule. And what was he dealing with now thanks to the big oaf? His Lady Jane, the Man of Iron because S.H.I.E.L.D. And that blasted Director Fury believes they have have business being on Asgard. Much to Loki's dismay that wasn't all he now had to deal with. No of course not he is now stuck with Thor's lover's friend one Darcy Lewis to which Loki had no idea as to why she was even on Asgard, what to make of her nor why he is stuck with her.
The dark king finds he doesn't actually mind thinking of the loud, outspoken, insolent or perhaps honest female because there is just something about her. What is it? Love? No he knows far better than that it takes more than two days for that to happen. He thinks for a second that it is perhaps fondness but realizes even that is too strong of a word. The procrastinator sends quite a bit of time thinking of the right term for his unwanted yet somehow welcomed quest before realizing he finds himself interested in her even though she is quite a bit shorter and much younger than even him and the fact that she id of Midgard. The thought is laughable and the brooding raven haired ruler allows a laugh to escape before an unwanted thought crosses his mind. What would hid mother think of his interest in the young Ms Lewis?
Loki's laughter ends once the thought of Frigga enters his mind. Why had he so stupid? Why had he said she was not his mother? What possessed him to say such a thing to the one person that loved him most? He knew he was angry but not at her. Never at her all she had ever done was love him as if she had been the one to bring him into the realms. Thor on the other hand was worthy of a great deal of his anger saying something ill to him would've made more since however the bastard he had called father deserved all of his anger and then some. And yet even with all his rage Loki's thoughts cannot help but to return to Frigga.
"So am I not your mother?"
"You are not."
Why? Why had he said that? He knew she knew his heart and that he hadn't truly meant his words but sadly that knowledge couldn't ease his pain. The trickster knows he cannot fix the past and honestly there wasn't much he would change even if he could he knew sending the Destroyer down to New Mexico was the right thing to do he could not after all allow Sif and the Warriors 3 get away with committing treason. His reaction to their treason the last time he was king was justifiable. Commanding the Destroyer to destroy everything however he knows was the only real mistake he had made. Why no one else wanted to acknowledge that with that one mistake aside he is actually a skilled ruler.
The dark king yawns as the moon begins to set as he can feel his thoughts turning ever darker as they go to the Mad Titan Thanos and his glorified minion the Other. He wants to think joining them was the biggest mistake of his life however he knows being half under mind control greatly impaires ones judgment. Naturally this bit of knowledge was lost on Odin whom believed every action of his was completely of his doing and therefore unjustifiable yet for some reason the old bastard felt as though Thor's actions on Midgard were justifiable even though he disagreed with his favored son's being with the Midgardian woman. That thought leaves Loki scratching his head until he decides that imprisoning Odin is a good start at rebuilding his life.
The trickster allows himself a moment to breathe as he sees the moon set and watches as the sun begins to rise when he hears a knock at his door. He wonder who it could be as it is far too light too be the knock of Thor. It is in that moment that he allows his curiosity get the better of him. "Yes!" He says loudly before seeing his young Midgardian shadow fly through his door appearing to be quite self-conscience until she opens her mouth.
"WOW. Nice digs dude. You know there are more colors than green, black and gold right?" She ask as she looks for him. "Duly noted." Loki replies as he comes out of the shadows causing her to jump. "You scared the shit out of me. Why'd you do that?" She voices as she crosses her arms then gives him a false pissed off look. "You do realize it's a good thing I know Midgardian expressions otherwise I would've thought you had truly defecated yourself." He informs her with mirth before pointing to himself while continuing, "God of Mischief."
"What?" Darcy ask as she walks away to look at things on his desk. "You asked me why I'd do that... I answered your question." He tells her while thinking that she is going to cause him great vexation or a series of good laughs later. Meanwhile Darcy takes it upon herself to walk up to his desk and grab one of the many sketchpads she sees and begins to thumb through it. "These are really good." She tells him as she takes a moment to really look at one of the sketches then continues, "So... You're like Thor's adorable geeky little bro huh?" Darcy looks away from him for a second allowing herself to feel embarrassed. "Smooth Darcy guys totally wanna be called adorable." She then rushes to continue before Loki could speak, "I mean hotter geeky little bro." She finds herself feeling embarrassment hit her again but keeps talking. "So I'm guessing its jocks vs geeks here to huh? Not that I've been here long enough to know anything about this place but that's so the vibe I'm getting. Am I wrong?" She finishes as she still feels embarrassed and thinks. "Stupid brain why did you just let me tell Loki he was hot?"
She looks at him with his unreadable and gorgeous face which Loki allows her some time to do as she thinks. The trickster chooses to remain silent to see if she has any more incoherent thoughts to share. "Ok you're creepin` me out but I guess I just creeped you out so... We're good on the creeping out thing. I mean I did just tell you you're hot. And I just did it again, so yeah I think I'm just gonna go before you decide to kill me or have me killed or whatever it is kings do." Loki remains stoic while he watches her begin to walk away. Then without warning he grabs her arm just hard enough to keep her in place. "You interest me a great deal mortal. I have no inclination to kill that which causes great interest. You know enough of me to fear me and yet you are either honest with or insolent to me. You are a curious mortal... I like that." The dark king offers her a genuine smirk which he knew made her lust for him consume her as he lets go of her arm then continues, "You think me attractive over Thor. You might want to watch yourself with that. I will use it against you whenever and however I see fit. And yes I suppose `jock vs geek` is as good an assessment as any since we don't have such terms.
"What can I say? I'm honest to a fault. You know that filter that everybody has that tells them what to or not to say? Well either mine is broken or I don't have one." She pauses then hands him the sketchpad she didn't mean to take with her."Anyway I'm not blind. I can see why most women would like Thor I mean he's all muscly and all... Not that you don't have muscles or anything, it just I'm not into the whole jock thing. Nope give me a dark-haired geek and I'm happy." She concludes still embarrassing herself. "You're honesty is refreshing mortal most are far too smart to be so with me." With that Darcy smacks him hard on the arm, "I'm not stupid! And my name is Darcy not Mortal!" It was in that moment that she realizes what she has done. "Stupid brain, why did you just let me slap Loki?" She thinks while also being surprised that Loki merely laughs at her slapping him.
"Far enough Ms. Lewis." He replies with mirth. "Just Darcy... Please?" She suddenly begins to think coming to see the God of Mischief was a bad idea. "Very well. Darcy. Now tell me... Have you come to merely go through my things and ogle me?" Loki ask mischievously. "Oh yeah, about that... I kinda heard Thor and Jane saying `good morning` if you know what I mean. Honestly who would've thought the walls in a castle would be so thin. If it's not too much to ask... I'd like a room away from Thor's." She watches as he ponders his reply. "Yes I know what you mean and I don't want to think about that." He answers with a grimace. "The sleeping arrangement however... I'm afraid there's nothing that can be done about that." He lies with the return of his stoic expression. "You can stay in my old chambers unless... You wish to stay in here with me." He says seductively while closing the distance between them to test her limits. "Don't think about how close he is. Don't think about how good he smells. Don't take him up on his offer. Damnit brain stop letting me think about him like this..." Darcy thinks while realizing she is spending too much time being quiet because Loki is just looking at her waiting for a response. "Oh, right... I think I remember hearing that once you became king you upgraded to this room and had them remodeled? Well anyway the room I'm in is nice but could you just like I don't know... Enchant my room so I can't hear... You know..." She ask feeling both annoyed and oddly aroused then notices that Loki is giving her a knowing smirk. "No, no, no, no, no, no... Don't do this! Don't think about how sexy he looks with THAT smirk. Stop it brain; stop it NOW!"
"I do believe I can manage a simple enchantment on Thor's chambers so you can sleep. I wouldn't want your chambers to be soundproof just encase something were to... Happen." Loki says keeping his seductive tone. "Thanks... Add why would anything happen to me in my chambers?" Darcy ask keeping the real questions her brain wanted her to ask him to herself. "Oh I don't know. Most-likely nothing but one never knows." Loki watches as Darcy clearly starts to lose it right in front of him. "I see... Well it's been nice but I think I'm gonna go find some breakfast, that Volstagg dude was telling how awesome the breakfast is here and since I'm up I might as well try some." She says only half lying. Knowing there is more going on than she is admitting to Loki allows her to get to the door before he speaks. "Oh and Darcy... Thanks for all those lovely mental images." With all kinds of frustration pulsing through her Darcy leaves the God of Mischief where he stands.
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Loki is sitting on his throne when Thor comes waltzing into the throne room. "So you are capable of parting from your Lady Jane." Loki voices with mirth. "I am in no mood for your jest Loki!" Thor booms as he raises Mjolnir toward his brother. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. It is not wise to threaten your king." With that Thor lets out a thunderous laugh. "Who said I was wise?" Thor replies knowing his brother would remember his words. Loki laughs. "Did you not just say you are in no mood for a jest?"Loki scoffs knowingly. "Well.. Perhaps a short jest before we get started causes no harm." Thor replies allowing his laugh to fade.
"Right...Very well enquirer what you must." Loki replies waiting for Thor's laughable inquiries. "Why have you imprisoned our father?" Thor ask the very question Loki expected him to. "Your father... Not mine." Loki reveals vexed that that had to come up. "What of Frigga? Was she not your mother to then?" Thor ask taking him aback. "Yes... She was!" Loki yelled as he rose from the throne. "Yes she was brother and though you told her otherwise she knew you loved her." Thor studies Loki before continuing. "Why did you imprison Odin?" Thor demands.. "Because. He was no different from any other criminal other than the fact that he had a throne to hide behind and every being in the nine realms feared him. He kidnapped me as a baby, lied to me, cast me out and then he tells me the only reason he doesn't sentence me to death is because of Frigga. Now tell me of your last conversation with the All-Father and tell me you don't think him a criminal." Loki all but shouts knowingly. "He spoke of losing as many of our warriors lives as necessary to win. I asked him what made him different from Malekith." Thor answers with sorrow.
"And his response..." Loki ask knowingly while watching as the Mighty Thor drops his hammer. "He said the difference was he was going to win... But how do you know about these words, you were in your cell." Thor questions in surprise. "A guard told me. Now answer my question. Do you think him a criminal?" Once again he watches Thor as he begins to finally come undone. "You are right Loki... He is a criminal. I don't agree with you based on one conversation but on a few of his judgments during out war with the Dark Elves. " Knowing he has Thor right where he wants him, Loki ask, "Kneel. Claim loyalty to me and I will give you what you need.." With that Thor kneels before Loki allowing a new season to officially come to Asgard.