Loki- or Tom, as of late, was notenjoying himself on Midgard.
He could not see what his brother liked about this place, and the longer he stayed on that horrible planet, the more he began to hate it.
The people were all ignorant and unsocial, always tapping away at little boxes in their hands, phones, he knew.
He knew what they were, he himself had one, but he only used it to text something on occasion or to research things about Midgard.
He so rarely used it, he couldn't figure out why humans spend so much time staring at their devices.
Loki had not met with the girl he had previously met at the café, apart from that afternoon where she showed him the neighbourhood, which he supposed was kind of fun in a he found himself thinking about her a lot lately.
Melissa, a wonderfull name, a typical name for a midgardian girl.
And while he was walking, and poundering the strange human oddities, he found himself in a neighbourhood he'd never been before. He looked around, a bit bewildered and sighed. This happened all the time lately. He was lost again.
He halted for a second, his thoughts wandering off to the girl again, remembering how she offered to show him around.
He had scoffed at the idea at first.him, Loki of Jotunheim, In need of a tour guide?
He was certain he would manage perfectly alone. But, as he slowly came to realise, Odin had really taken allof his powers. Not a single spark of magic was left, so his sense of direction was not what it used to be. It used to be perfect,
but
now it was like the rest of the humans, average. If not below average, Loki had also found out he was quite the clutz without his magical grace.
He was constantly tripping over his own feet and forgetting everything, occasiobally resulting in him getting locked out of his house and having to go to his neighboor. An old woman from in her late 70's named Debra. He quite liked her too, she always
offered him cookies every time he went to visit her.
Hours passed as Loki wandered the streets, occasionally almost bumping into someone. He was deep in thought, wondering if he was ever getting home, when he actually bumped into someone.
A tinysomeone at that.
A small 'ouf' came from the person as Loki looked down and the person looked up.
Loki instantly recognised the girl as the girl from the café.
"Wow Tom! What a coincidence bumping into you, ahem, quite literally." She giggled and fixed her beanie, that had almost falled off her head.
"Yes, i suppose so." Loki agreed. It was still weird to hear her call him Tom when he was so used to being called Loki all his life.
"So how are you?" She asked with a smile, clearly trying to strike up a converstion.
Loki thought for a moment, silently deciding if he really wanted to talk to this person or he'd just ignore her and walk away.
He decided on the former, since she was one of the few people he'd met in the short time he'd been on Midgard.
Most importantly, the only one who didn't annoy the living daylights out of him.
"Quite well, what about you?" He answered.
"Oh i've been great, recently got a promotion! You're now looking at the new assistant manager." She said with a big smile.
Loki found himself smiling alongside her, sort of like a reflex. Her happines was contagious.
"So have you been able to get used to the neighbourhood?" She asked, shoving her hands in the pockets of her coat.
Loli fell silent for a moment, before shaking his head with a small laugh and looking at the ground. (*Heh heh*anyone?)
"Actually, no. I am afraid i'm rather lost at the moment, despite your excellent tour last week. Iwas just beginning to think about taking you up on your offer again. Maybe a second tour would be helpfull"
Melissa laughed and some dimplespopped up that Loki hadn't noticed before.
That's rather cute, for a Midgardian woman...
"I thought i could manage on my own, but it would seem i was terribly wrong about that." He grinned.
Melissa nodded and kept smiling, it would seem she never stopped smiling. There was always that grin on her face.
"Well, you can just pick a day, but not thursday because then i'll be at work the whole day." She said, nodding at him.
He grinned and nodded back.
"It would be nice to know my way around for a change." He replied.
"Great! is Friday okay with you?" She said, checking her wach.
Loki nodded, he couldn't think of anything he could possibly be doing on friday. He didn't have a job, friends, he didn't do anything besides wander around the city all day.
It would be nice to have some company for a change he supposed.
"Well great! I will see you on Friday then, i'll be there around three if that's okay with you."
When Loki nodded she smiled again and checked her watch a second time.
"Well then, i have to go now, those coffee beans ain't gonna order themselves! Bye Tom, See you on Friday." She said as she walked around him, going in the direction opposite of where he'd been going.
He watched her walk out of the street, turning the corner at the end and dissapearing from sight, only to realise thenthat he was still, in fact, lost. And his chance at getting home before dinner was already gone.
He sighed, and decided to just start walking again and see where his feet led him.
It couldn't possibly get any worse.