After Loki's last incident, he had been relatively well behaved for the next week. leaving Mobius to get some real work done leaving Loki to continue to study for his TVA testing.

As it was Mobius Now having just finished a mission out on the field all day, he groaned as he heard him temp-pad beeping. Judge Ravonna had given allowance for the variant to have his own version of a temp-pad, but it was restricted to certain things. It was mainly used for when Mobius needed to get in touch with Loki, and vice versa. Mobius had made notifications from Loki a priority. So when he noticed a dozen message waiting to be read from Loki, he glanced down scanning them worried there had been an emergency. Annoyingly they were mostly Loki letting Mobius know he was bored. And when was he going be back, and why wasn't he back yet and why hadn't he answered him. Rolling his eyes, Mobius snapped the device shut, he was going to have to remind him that the communications were for emergencies only.

Quickly finishing up He returned to the TVA grabbing the mail from the front office tucking it under his arm and headed down the hall arriving towards his office to see Loki there with his Jet Ski Magazine spinning around in his chair. Loki looked up now and he smiled and his face brightened.

"Mobius...your back! This temp-pad you gave me must be broken, I tried contacting you several times but you never answered, is there some sort of time delay between the TVA and time streams? I finished all the boring study sheets hours ago. And now that I am banned from the archives and the library I'm only allowed here and the cafeteria...the minuet glare at me when I walk the hallways...its terrible" he prattled on in a complaining tone.

Mobius cast a side glance over towards Loki. "Loki? I told you, when I gave you that Temp-pad it was for emergencies only, sending me messages that you are board is not an emergency, you having that is a privilege, don't make me have to take it away from you." He then put down his things and then waved a hand to him to signal for him to follow him. "Come on, its been a long day, lets grab a snack and I will review your homework" he said purposely using a juvenile term.

Loki pouted just a bit and eagerly followed after Mobius like an eager puppy. "I don't get why you need to review my work." he now popped at Mobiu's other side missing him so much that he was wanting all of his attention. "A snack? You mean your salad?" he said and then quickly now started to walk backwards in front of Mobius. "You know Mobius, while I was in your office all day today working on...whatever it was...I was thinking...what if next time you have to do a mission what if I was able to come along but I just promise to watch from far away, like I wait at the door drop off point or something, just to observe, anything is better than being stuck in your office all day."

Mobius just slightly stopped short, now having his full attention caught. "I beg your pardon? Seriously did you just ask me to take you on a mission? You know damn well, it's not going to happen. You only just got authorized to have a temp-pad, and now you want mission access? Come on Loki...you are asking a lot right now."

Sighing a bit, Loki knew he was asking a lot, but it was worth a try as they were now in the cafeteria he turned around now and grabbed a tray, he seemed to be more energetic than usual and he started to grab a wrapped sandwich for himself a coffee and an energy drink. "I suppose I should be grateful for that, Though to be fair its not a fully working temp-pad, it's not like I can access anything of importance on it, it's practically just a miniature library." he rattled on. "Since I am still not allowed in the Archives it's exhausting to manage while you are gone."

Mobius had grabbed his lunch, and looking over to what Loki had he just stared, wiggling his mustache. He then reached over to the energy drink, putting it back.

"Absolutely not, you already have more than enough energy right now. The coffee will suffice."

Loki frowned as the energy drink was put back but then simply waited until Mobius had paid for their meal and then switfly turned around and slipped the energy drink into his jacket pocket for later. Loki had been snitching them all day with Mobius not around as he had become quite addicted to them. Now seeing Mobius motion for him to follow him to their usual table he sat down and started into his sandwich and looked up to see Mobius eating his boring salad and he frowned feeling that familiar itch for attention, and he could sense that the man was not really paying much attention to him as he he seemed intent on his dull lettuce.

"Mobius, its insanely boring here without purpose, and you have been going on missions all week" he paused and waited for Mobius to answer, but he diddnt and looked to see him add some pepper and salt to his salad.

That that itch in Loki began to grow and he idly started to pull at the crust on his sandwich.

"It's making it very hard to stay well behaved here." He said glancing up at the agent again, still the man looked disinterested perhaps tired from the day, but that was no excuse for Loki, he wanted a reaction, he NEEDED a reaction, a rise, anything and so he tested the waters further.

"….And you know, it's tempting for me now to do something I shouldn't just to get your attention" he said in a much lower voice and glanced up Mobius holding eye contact.

Mobius continued to eat his salad, in silence but of course that was difficult when he was eating with Loki sitting across from him. It had been a long day and he just wanted finish his meal, still keeping his focus on his salad he spoke. "We have talked about this Loki, acting out to get my attention is only going to end with you getting bad attention from me and to be honest with you, I am not int he mood to deal with your antics.

Something about the way Mobius said that made Loki suddenly feel irritated (perhaps it was the over abundance of caffein in his body) and he now gave a mock frown. "Antics? riiiight!….you mean like this?" And with a flourish he pulled the energy drink he had pilfered and hidden in his pocket and now proudly and with a slight mischievous smile on his face he placed it right in the middle of the table in front of Mobius.

Mobius almost choked on his salad and could hardly believe what he had just seen, He reached out a hand grabbing the energy drink as if to see if it was real and not an illusion. and looked incredulously at Loki.

"Are you serious right now? Did you REALLY just admit you wanted attention KNOWING it was BAD attention and then have the audacity to flaunt your bad behavior in front of me!?" Mobius was almost at a loss at the brass that Loki had just shown. He slammed the energy drink slightly down onto the table, and pushed it towards the variant. "Get up, and go return this to the cashier. And tell her, you are sorry for STEALING it, because you are a sneaky, selfish Variant!"

"Come on!" Loki said holding both his hands in a half shrug to show that couldn't care less. "What harm is done!? you can pay for it! I haven't even opened it! I was just trying to prove a point here…and look no one was hurt!"

"LOKI" Mobius said raising his voice in a warning tone, something he did not do very often, unless Loki was not listening to him. "I am NOT going to repeat myself!"

Loki snatched up the can and stood up. "Fine, its an easy fix, I will just tell the cashier that I just, forgot" he said casually "FORGOT to pay for it and that I am returning it because I am a GOOD person" he said smugly with a smile looking to be pleased with himself.

Mobius knew what Loki was doing, he was practically BEGGING for attention. Well if that was what Loki wanted, then that was what Loki would get, but now how Loki expected.

"Alright, thats enough" he said now with new composure and he pulled out his temp-pad and started to tap on it. "Since it seems you want some one on one attention from me, then lets get you some one one attention with ME"

He said accenting the last word with a tap on the temp-pad and suddenly a red glowing time door appeared right behind Loki.

The Variant was clearly confused when Mobius had not stood up and grabbed him by the arm or ear or whatever he usually did when he was in trouble, but when he heard the time door suddenly open behind him he was even more confused and his expression quickly changed, it had been a long while since Mobius had brought up one of these and the color drained from his face. "Wait Mobius…I wasn't…I was just kidding, I-" but Mobius now simply stood up without another word and then firmly pushed him into the red glowing time door where Loki disappeared with faint cry of apology that was lost as the door closed and Mobius sat back down at the table to finish his salad.

Loki once pushed inside the Time Loop gasped as he had to catch himself from falling forward and he quickly looked around, he had no idea where Mobius had sent him. what terrible time in his young past had he delivered him to suffer endlessly.

But as his eyes adjusted he was even more confused and frowned. He wasn't in some place on Asguard, he was in Time Theater 12, he turned a circle wondering if he had been mistake and that this wasn't a time loop, that he had just sent him to the time theater to scare him and he gave a small chuckle now.

"That's not the way things are going to be done here Loki..." Mobius's voice spoke from the far end of the room.

Loki spun around now and looked at Mobius with confusion and then went over to him.

"Mobius? Look I am sorry about that back there, it was childish I know but-"

Mobius just continued to frown and he grabbed Loki by the arm suddenly and swiftly pushed him over the table in the center of the room.

Miss Minute's " he paused and waited for her to appear as he had activated her "Fetch me TVA approved discipline Paddle!"

"What? Mobius! wait!" he said and tried to push himself up but Mobius pushed him back down as Miss Minuets appeared

"Here you go Mobius, Do you want me to set a timer for Lokis Reform Session?"

"Yes...please go ahead and set the timer for ten minutes...You know...Loki, no hard feelings buddy. I am only doing this, because you need to settle down and stop being such a brat..."

Loki raised his head and his suddenly felt sick to his stomach, this wasn't now, this had already happened before, this was the first time that Mobius had spanked Loki, he now started to feel panic and adrenaline rise. "No NO Mobius….please…I'm sorry! please this isn't what I wanted!"

Miss Minuets chimed happily "Timer set..variant is to receive 10 minutes of reform session starting now"

Loki suddenly cried out sharply as the paddle made stinging contact over his backside, and he instantly collapsed on the table with a sob, he could not think of a worse time loop to be forced to repeat. It was Mobius and all of his attention, but it was not HIS Mobius and this had been one of the worst spankings he had received from him, and there was nothing he could do to escape it.

"Ah, Miss Minutes, he is certainly finished with this session, I do not think it needs to continue, any longer." Mobius said for the 10th time.

Loki groaned and muttered. "If only that were true" he grimaced as he was let up for only the briefest of moments before the loop restarted, thankfully there was about a 6 minuet pause for him to reflect before it started it up again, he had to be grateful he used the time to dry the tears from his face and rub at his sore cheeks, after the 5th loop he had found a strange acceptance of the situation, he had only been horrible the first three times, but after he quit resisting and fighting it he noticed that the time loop version of Mobius was not as severe with him, and in true 'Mobius' fashion was not senselessly cruel and would adjust accordingly. As long as Loki did not struggle he was allowed to keep his slacks up longer, but as soon as he resisted and fought back, the strokes were heavier and he was receiving it bare much faster.

The only thing that Loki missed was that it did not end with Mobius hugging him, he was only given a reprieve of silence like a time out before the loop restarted.

"That's not the way things are going to be done here Loki…" Mobius's voice called out as it did at the start of each loop.

Loki closed his eyes and sighed he diddnt wait to be grabbed and simply and calmly walked over to the table and willingly bent over it. "I know Mobius, I acted very childish, and I need to just settle down and stop acting like a brat."

suddenly an energy drink was crisply placed right in front of Lokis face, the break in the loop was almost jarring to him as he looked up suddenly seeing Mobius there his hand still on the can. "And after we are done you are going to return this to the cashier. And tell her, you are sorry for stealing it, because you are a sneaky, selfish Variant!" Mobius said but this time with a bit of a smile on his face.

Loki now burst into tears and pushed himself off of the table. "Mobius" he said now with a flood of tears that were not from pain but from relief at seeing the real Mobius there and he thew his arms around him to hug him and cried into his chest. "Mobius had expected that and wrapped his arms around him in a comforting hug rubbing his back.

"So, you got your fill of bad attention from me?" he said as he continued to comfort the repenting Loki.

"More like the bad Mobius, you could have at least kept the part where you hugged me at the end of each loop" Loki said sniffling now trying to compose himself.

Chucking the agent pulled Loki back to look at his face and wiped away a stray tear. "But that is good attention, and that you can only have from the real me." He said and then picked up the green energy drink and placed it in Loki's hand and gave his bottom a firm pat. "Come on now, lets finish up your task and then we can spend the rest of the evening going over your homework" he said then paused a unless of course you were lying about having finished in homework and in that case" he said pulling out his Temp-Pad.

Loki gasped and reached for Mobius to put away the device. "No, NO! I did it I swear! no more time loops!" he said with earnest.

Mobius smiled putting the device away and wrapped his arm around Loki "No more Time Loops."