Loki had slept fitfully that night, or what passed for nighttime here, as there was really no night or day, it was more of a set schedule of waking hours and sleeping hours. The last thing that Loki wanted was for Mobius to surprise him in the morning and so he make sure to wake up early in time to wash up and get dressed. As he was doing so he heard the familiar and irritating tone of Miss Minuets pinging into existence behind him. he grit his teeth as she started her morning chime.
"Hello and good morning variant...I am here to give you a rundown on your activities for today. Agent Mobius will be in first thing this morning for your daily review. Next you are scheduled in the library with Miss Mabel's. There, you will give your apologies, after than your TVA Studies with Mobius…"
"Wait wait what was that?" Loki interrupted.
"TVA Studies with Mobius.."
"No no before that! The part with Miss Mabel?"
"Yes, your apology appointment."
Loki glared and turned away sharply from his cot. "NO…that is Not happening" he said with a hiss in his tone."
Miss Minutes just stayed there, smiling and gave a large sigh, she was programmed to sense anxiety and nervousness in variants. "Don't worry your little self about all that, your handler will be with you the entire time to insure that you do it properly."
"Thats not exactly what is worrying me you yellow faced quim" he said through his teeth.
At Loki's foul word Miss Minuets face pinged making a chime and she gave a gasp. "Rude" and then suddenly swished and dissapeared. of course Miss Minuets was going to go report this to Mobius as she really was a bit of a tattle tale.
Half and hour passed before Loki's cell opened and Mobius walked through the opening, he did not look pleased
"It's killing you, to know you have to apologize to a little old lady, hmmm? Your simply dying right now..." He crossed his arms, over his chest and stood there cocking his head a bit. Mobius was an easy going guy, but he also had his limits and his patience was running thin with Loki's attitude, he was worse than a child sometimes. "And don't think you are getting away with calling Miss Minuets name, there is a bar of soap with your name on it tonight buddy. Now what do you have to say for yourself? I'm listing"
Mobius seemed to have a way of making Loki feel much smaller than he was and he was suddenly looking down at his feet his cheeks burning. Okay, okay you have made your point Mobius." He then held his hands out to the side as if he was now being gracious. "I will apologize to Miss Mabel and won't give any more trouble about it
"Oh, I am more than certain you won't give any ounce of an issue, or argue." He then leaned in, reaching out and gripped Loki by the ear firmly. 'Because if you do, I will embarrass you in front of her...and can you guess what will happen?"
"I will be respectful, I swear it...I SWEAR it Mobius" he said squinting his eyes as his ear was being held so firmly and he was dancing on his toes almost cutely. Mobius seemed to have a certain power over him that he could not explain. After Mobius saw that Loki was going to comply and had a better attitude he let go of his ear and pointed a finger at him.
"You best believe you will, it's ridiculous that you are still throwing temper tantrums, and that I have to threaten to take you over my knee just to get you to behave decently.
Loki blushed and his ears burned, he could hardly stand being talked down this way by Mobius "I can assure you that there will be no over the knee business needed today, I will simply do as you say and make no more fuss about it, I can assure you of that...so if we can just go and get this over with" he said making a motion to leave as he really wanted to be done as the simple fact he was being forced to do this was degrading to him and his status. "He tugged at his collar now and turned away from Mobius as if expecting Mobius to follow HIM."
"Eh, wait just a darn moment kid. There isn't any just getting over it. No, you are going to do things differently now that you are in my care. It's not going to be simple, willy nilly. You play everything so casual and lackadaisical, but it's a different time young man." He then followed after him, and made a motion of the time twister, pulling Loki back.
The Varianti gasped as the time twister re-wound him back to where Mobius was and he let out a frustrated gasp, he hated the way it felt when he was jerked back it was very disorienting and he grit his teeth and jerked his head over toward to Mobius now forced to follow after him stomping his feet
"The Agent glanced back to him. "Come along, let's go visit with Miss Mabel..."
It wasn't until they reached the library and Miss Mabelss desk that Mobius took Loki by the arm and pulled him to stand in front of him and he cleared his throat to get the elderly woman's attention.
Mabel was stamping some papers, and glanced over to the Variant and the Agent walking in, and she firstly looked over to Loki, but then spoke up towards the older man. "Agent Mobius, nice to see you..." he nodded, and then pushed at Loki as if to encourage him as one would a shy child.
"Good day Miss Mabel, I'm sorry to disturb your work but my this variant has something, he would like to say to you..."
Loki could not have felt more like a small child right now with Mobius pushing him forward and expecting him to apologize. His face strained to control the feeling of absolute detestation for Mabel and he closed his eyes a moment and took a breath trying to force himself to appear charming, like he used to when he had to apologize for things back on Asguard. "My lady, it seems I owe you an apology for my behavior yesterday, I am quite sure it won't happen again and I appreciate your forgiveness" he said using a pretty standard script he used to use when forced to apologize.
Mabel looked to the variant, shocked that this was actually happening. She just gazed at Mobius who was looking back his Variant with a stern gaze and crossed arms. The timid librarian just looked back to Loki and simply nodded her head, speaking up with a smile.
"Well now, thank you young man...that was very nice of you..." She then went back to stamping the books she was checking in. Mobius then looked over to Loki, and he felt like this still wasn't really enough.
"Miss Mabel...I was wondering, if you had any work that the variant could assist you with for one week? I am sure you have something he can do..."
Loki felt irritated, that Mabel did not seem more grateful for the eloquent apology that he had given and he then held up a hand as if to silence Mobius. "Wait, wait there just a second Mobius!...I am not done here. I say there Mabel! I gave you a very complete and compelling apology and I don't feel you understand the gravity of it and I asked your forgiveness and you have not given it to me...a simple "thank you is not the proper response! I demand your forgiveness!...that is the exchange!"
Mobius was about to speak up, when Loki was making such a scene. He legit sounded like the most petulant child he had ever seen. Mabel was slightly taken aback, and shook her head a little bit, now speaking up.
"Now young man, just a moment! I accepted your apology, it was very nice and again, thank you. You wanted more from me?" She then looked over to Mobius who just groaned a bit, closing his eyes, now running his hand over his face. He was completely embarrassed, and then glanced over towards Loki, raising an eyebrow.
"Loki...please do not address Miss Mabel in this way. She has been here for a long while, and simply must have some respect..." He was still frowning at everything that was being said, and simply walked over to the variant, reaching over and grabbing him firmly by the ear, pulling it. "Come...seriously, all you had to do was apologize, and now this?"
"I WAS! I was apologizing! I did the best apology I have! she should be grateful that I lowered myself as I did and she still had not SAID she has forgiven me! that is the whole POINT of an apology and I ...OWW" he yelped as his ear was grabbed and pulled to force his head down and he gave a small whine. "Mobius I am in the right here!" he said indigently as he truly did not see that he was wrong, as he was so miserably entitled.
Mobius was finished with Loki and gave an apologetic look to Miss Mabel and gave her a swift apology himself before marching Loki out of the library giving his bottom a firm smack as he quick marched him out.
When they arrived to Loki's cell Mobius let go of his shoulder and then called the holographic clock.
"Miss Minuets, Loki will be spending the rest of the day in his cell, oversee his studies and meals." he said turning around to leave.
"What? wait Mobius...is that it? you just sending me to my room I mean cell for the rest of the day? what about training...working with you at your cubical" he said quickly spinning around to face the agent.
"No training for the remainder of the day, no working alongside me today. I think you need a little time to reflect on your actions today. You are just a little too volatile, and quite frankly, I am done putting up with your antics already, and it's not even noon. Therefore, you will stay in here. Don't worry, Miss Minutes will bring you some study material, so it's not like you aren't going to be training, it just won't me with me today."
Loki now looked genuinely upset now "W-what? no thats not fair Mobius" he said his voice breaking and he now took a few more steps toward the agent. I said I'm sorry!. I wanted to work with you today" he said now looking disappointed.
"Ah well, and I sorry too, because had you been an actual adult, and apologized to Miss Mabel then I wouldn't have had to confine you to your room. But no, you still acted out, like a little shit. I am not giving you anymore chances. Instead of giving into your attention like you so wanted, anytime you act out like a selfish asshole, I am going to punish you by taking away certain things. It's the principal really..." Mobius now headed to the door, and glanced upward at Miss Minutes. "Please keep an eye out on him?"
Lokis mouth dropped hearing this, and he clenched his fist a little bit now, Mobius had certainly pegged him and hit him right where it hurt and he stood there looking defeated, he had no argument at all for Mobius and just stood there as if he had been slapped in the face. he then took a few steps back to where his cot was and he sat down on his bed and then when Mobius left he grabbed the pillow and started to cry and scream into it with a mixture of anger and sadness. having his own personal tantrum.
Miss Minuets watched the activity of Loki and was gauging his reactions for reference for the TVA and Mobius.
"Variant? Um...I was just wondering if you were all right? You seem to be exhibiting sighs of being upset and I am simply wondering why you aren't thrashing about, and throwing an even bigger tantrum that you have in the past?"
Loki sniffled and kept his face buried int he pillow. "Of course I am upset, I wouldn't expect you to understand it, I have really screwed it up with Mobius, I couldn't even give simple apology...I self sabotage myself at every turn and I push everyone away and I am alone, and I always will be" he sobbed into the pillow sounding like he was going to hyperventilate soon.
Miss Minutes just stayed there, floating and listening to the variant. She hadn't really cared for most of the variants, in fact she really didn't care about Loki. The only thing she really care about was obeying a high up she she listened to him, as if thoughtfully but then responded back.
"Of course I don't understand what's wrong with you. All I know is that you are a variant, and you seem to enjoy messing up, so that's why you are here. If I didn't know any better, I would think you enjoy getting...spanked by Agent Mobius? Tell me something, variant. Are you doing things on purpose, to get his attention?"
Hearing this Lokis head shot up from his pillow and he glared up at the clock and he looked insulted and he shook. "How...DARE you! how...WHY why would I LIKE getting spanked by Mobius! I would never EVER do something on PURPOSE...I am...just...AS I AM...a mischievous scamp! and...and I DON"T like being made to be half naked and pressed against his lap as his hand repeatedly falls down over my bare arse!...HOW DARE YOU!" he said red faced. GET OUT!" he shouted and he grabbed his pillow and threw it at her, of course it went right through her and he then stood up and grabbed a book and threw it at her and his folder with all his training sheets and threw them at her scattering them, all over the floor, he was livid now that she had watched and listened to his private time and he was grabbing anything and everything he could and and threw it at her. "GET OUT GET OU TGET OUT! leave me ALONE!"
Miss Minutes did not respond, and when she was having things gently lobbed at her, she looked around seeing this. However, she simply nodded and disappeared in a flash, now arriving to Agent Mobius's office, where she stayed there floating. Mobius had put down his magazine, and was drinking a glass of whiskey, swirling it, now looking up at Miss Minutes.
"Status report? Is he still pouting? Or has he calmed down, and is just accepting that he simply cannot do what he wants. I am being firm, and fair, and I will be damned if he is going to continue acting like a little demigod brat."
Miss Minuets blinked a bit as if she wasn't sure how Mobius would react. "Welllll the Variant was just pouting and crying into his pillow for a while, then when I asked was guiding him through some self awareness questions he became very rageful and started to throw thing" she said and rubbed at the side of her her head. "He seemed upset hid heart and blood pressure raised and he went into full tantrum mode. I'm sorry Mobius, he seemed so calm before.
The agent sighed heavily and raised an eyebrow hearing everything that she was saying. He then cleared his throat, and stood up.
"Then he's still behaving like demigod brat he is?" Mobius then opened the drawer to his desk and then reached in, grabbing the TVA issued correctional paddle. He then looked back Miss Minutes and sighed. "All right well, it would appear he needs additional chastisement..." He then headed for the door, glancing back. "Miss Minutes, you will refrain from being a part of this punishment, got it?" He then walked out, heading down to the variant's quarters. Putting his hand onto the touch pad, it allowed him access, and he walked in. He of course, stopped short now, looking around and seeing a terrible mess. Putting his hands, on his hips, he looked to Loki who was sulking, sitting on the floor, with his legs crossed. Mobius spoke calmly but firmly
"Sooooo, care to explain this eruption?"
Loki looked as if he had worn himself out and he sat there looking spent and trying very hard to hide that he had been crying and throwing an angry tantrum. He wiped at his face looking up at the older man. "I lost my temper" he looked around at the mess. "I just wanted that…."clock" to go away and leave me alone...I will clean up the mess."
Mobius was not amused stepping further into the chaos of the room, he spoke and held up a finger to Loki to express to Loki to stop talking.
"I get that you are upset, this whole situation is new for you, and you are used to getting your own way, But you can't continue acting this way, it's only going to make things worse for you, more reform sessions" he held out the paddle and tapped it on the palm of his hand. "And I don't know about you, but that isn't something either of us want.
Loki diddnt answer his eyes staying downcast and seemed more focused on trying hard to look like he did not care about what Mobius was saying. The agent seeing this pinched his temple, closing his eyes, now reopening them. trying to change the subject to the situation at hand.
"I want to make sure you do actually clean up everything. You're not going to have a maid take care of this for you..."
Lokis eyes finally glanced to Mobius and the implement, the dreaded implement that had left him unable to sit well and he quickly looked away from it and stood up.
"I said I would clean it up" he turned around to pick up some of the papers. "I am not so spoiled that I can't clean up after myself, I have been doing that for a while now, I haven't had anyone looking after me for some time" he said and then was holding am armful of his study books. "I am not being facetious" he paused. "I am sorry, I diddn't mean to take you away from your work, or hobby reading" he said the last part with a bit of a snideness to his tone.
Mobius stayed there, still standing with his arms crossed, listening to Loki. He was still being a little snarky, but he continued watching everything, and then took strides and grabbed Loki by his arm firmly to stop him from trying to ignore him while he tried to clean.
"Thats enough, I want you to look at me when I am speaking to you." Loki stiffened a bit as Mobius tone had shifted to a sterner tone and his eyes locked with his as they stood face to face.
"You crave attention for the wrong reasons. You get yourself into trouble, and honestly Loki, I am at my wit's end with you. I tried to be a pal to you, but of course that's not something that is seeming to work with you. Soooo, that being said, the lessons you are to learn is submission.
Loki tried to pull away from Mobius's grip. "You mean subjugation, trust me I know very well what that is!"
"No you don't" the older man said his grip tightening around his wrist. "There is a big difference between subjugation and submission. Subjugation, as you have tried to enforce on people it is the act of forcing someone under your control, weather they want it or not. where as submission is the willingness to surrender control and involves trust.
There was a strange silence that passed between the two as the words hung in the air and Loki was first to break eye contact with Mobius and quickly darted his eyes to the side and his face blushed for some reason. A small smile tweaked under the agents mustache. 'That certainly got his attention' he thought and then released his grip on the man and stepped back and gave him a moment to absorb what he said before continuing.
Loki continued to avoid looking at the man, he knew Mobius had been more patient with him than anyone had in his whole life, thought he wasnt sure why, he could just be so easily erased from existence by him, and yet he was choosing to reform him and he let out a small sigh and he glanced back to the implement still in the Agents hand.
"Well…..the TVA seems to have a penchant for domestic style discipline which I think is odd, but. He then looked back at Mobiius. "Its clear that I can't continue this way or I am just go to be locked away and...I will go crazy if I have to stay here like this" he said and looked to the side. "your simplified definition of submission not with standing, I suppose I do have a choice but forgive me if I am not practiced in it."
Mobius then did something he wasn't sure of, and simply put both hands on Lokis shoulders and pulled him into a hug. and held him closely for a moment and speaking to him softly and in a parental tone. "Good boy. he paused to let those words settle before pulling back and holding loki at arms length.
" I suppose I will have to go ahead and take care of things, from now on hmm? , As for submitting...take it slow. There is practice to it, and a lot of training to become a part of it." He continued to hold Loki by the shoulders, but let go and slapped Loki's face gently. "This is what's going to happen, champ. You're going to bare your backside, and go over my knee. I am then going to give you a very, very hard spanking, where I will not stop, until you submit. Do we have an understanding young man?"
Lokis felt his heart race as Mobius spoke to him and he wasn't sure what it was about this man that made him feel the way he did about him, maybe it was because no man had ever fought for him this long and the way he commanded his attention and he felt his stomach flip flop at the mention of him submitting to him in this way
"Y-yes yes sir, " he said with his voice cracking and he swallowed again, "I...I want that Mobius..." he paused. "Fix me Mobius...I put myself fully in your capable hands. show me what it is to become submissive"
Mobius nodded his head, and then simply walked over to the bench, now sitting down and tapping his leg. He then cleared his throat speaking upward to the variant.
"All right then...come over here. And as I have asked you before, take down your pants, as well as your briefs. You are getting it on the bare, as a cold spanking." He then waited for Loki to do as he asked, and sat there, now grabbing up the implement, and holding it firmly. "I will tell you this, it's just the two of us. No worries about Miss Minutes."
For some reason that being said made Loki feel somehow better as he pushed down his slacks and orange underpants and went over the older mans lap, it felt different this time, though he wasn't sure why, he should be used to this position in fact he had been internally bragging to himself about it not being a big deal anymore, but the things Mobius had said made this feel different, he felt scared but at the same time secure and safe, he was putting himself willingly in his hands and had agreed to accept what he gave him to 'fix him' and he let out a breath. "T-thank you Mobius...I...am..uh...ready" he said though there was no way that he could be prepared for what was about to happen.
Having Loki over his lap, Mobius held him firmly and raised the implement now cracking it down, across the variant's cheeks. He was not holding back, and was making sure he was getting the swipes in perfectly, and marking up the area well enough. He knew that Loki was not going to have a good night, and would most likely sleep on his belly this evening. He continued whacking the implement down, rapidly. Loki's bottom was already getting a vibrant color, redder than before and the agent knew, that it was extremely painful, but he was not going to stop, not yet at least.
Loki didn't know what Mobius meant by a 'cold' spanking but he soon learned that it meant no warm up, hard and fast with no relenting, it took 5 smacks in for Loki to suck in sharply and soon he was not just crying up yelping in pain and soon was howling in agony as he realized that Mobius had been relatively gentle when he had used it on him the first time and his arse wiggled and he was kicking his feet now furiously and his hands now were grasping in front of him, the intensity of the pain was making it so he he felt he couldn't even think clearly and he started to plead. M-Mobius...Mooobius!"
"Hush..." He then continued, smacking the implement, marking up Loki's bottom, and now it was extremely bright red, with markings of some hues of purple. Still though, he didn't relent and made sure to get the spots evenly. However, he did stop for a moment and tilt Loki down a little, and started on his sit spots. "You were given a fair warning, that this was to happen. Take it like the god you are, and I am almost finished."
This was beyond what Loki imagined, the pain was incredible and he was left blubbering and screaming now, all the kicking in the world could not alleviate the pain and his pants and underwear were now completely kicked off flying to join the rest of the mess on the floor and his face was dipping with tears and he was gasping for breath between his cries, the couldn't imagine a public flogging to be worse than this, his cheeks felt raw and Mobius was unrelenting and seeming intent to make sure he had nothing left to sit on after this. his body was shaking with his emotional cries and he was despite the continued strikes starting to wear out , dropping his head screaming still but the fight very much gone from him.
Seeing as the variant was completely spent, Mobius then gave him a few more thwacks of the implement, and then he set it down. He then allowed Loki to lie there, for a moment. Setting a gentle hand onto his back, Mobius then took his other hand, and set it down onto the backside. He started to alleviate the pain, and by doing this, was rubbing it tenderly. Nothing was said for the moment, but he continued rubbing. After a little while, he then slowly had Loki come off of his lap, and he then had the variant kneel, between his legs. He took a handkerchief from his pocket, and started wiping away the tears.
"I just want to tell you Loki, that it's not always going to be this hard. I am not even thinking it's going to happen all the time, but if I deem it fitting that you are chastised, by my hand, or something else...it's going to happen..." He looked to Loki's face, tears streaming down it, the wetness of his cheeks. He looked so pitiful, so small, and so vulnerable. It was at that moment, Mobius reached out, gripping the side of Loki's face stroking it, he really was a lost little boy, that needed someone to take him in out of the cold, and without a second though, leaned in, and kissed his cheek.
"Thats my good boy.
Loki was a literal mess as he sat there kneeling in front of Mobius. catching his breath from crying so hard and even though the spanking was over the pain still radiated through Loki a stinging burn that he sensed would not be fading soon at all. His eyes were blurry as he he looked up at Mobius who had a light shining behind him making him appear as a sort of Valkerie and he continued to tremble, a very broken mess before his handler and the felt the hand, that was surprisingly cool on his hot face and then he felt the soft lips press against cheek, the words of comfort and affirmation, Loki did not fight it he melted into it as if it were a refreshing stream, his heart swelled and whole it did not alleviate the horrific pain on his swollen backside it refreshed him deep in his soul. Loki never wanted this moment to end, and he was overcome with the comfort. Was this the fabled "Submission" that Mobius spoke of, if it was, then he was addicted to it.