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Even Loki’s nerves were getting rattled by that point, with Morgan’s persistant questioning. He tried to focus instead on the food as it cooked but looked up as Runa whispered to him. His eyebrows furrowed and he stole a glance over his shoulder at Raja.

Sabrina leaped from Runa’s shoulder, once they were close to the counter, and scampered across to the plate of raw meat that sat near the sink.

Kiba looked at her said," but the sword aura says it wants to be with me." Damocles looked at Catori and asked," do you understand what is going on?"

Every muscle in Loki’s body tensed as Raja suddenly slammed his hand on the table. He remained tense throughout Raja’s explanation, his back turned to the others. As the cruelties of Moran were expounded to Morgan and Runa, Loki’s fingers gripped the utensil more tightly, and the flames that licked at the food began to rise. Part of him desired the destruction of Moran along with Asgard, and it wasn’t the first time. It was… unbelievably tempting. The trickster continued preparing the meal in stark silence. What could be said to all of that? Everything he thought to say seemed hollow and meaningless. It was easier to refrain from commenting.

Aurora shook her head as she walked. “You’ve already proven that you’re irresponsible with it. I think it needs to be locked up, so it can’t hurt anyone.” She wondered if Kiba might have been lying about the sword wanting to stay with him. Then again… He was the one to have found and retrieved it. Regardless, she was deeply uncomfortable with the situation.

Catori responded with a forced out breath of air that somehow sounded sarcastic. She followed up with one shake of her head, as she didn’t particularly know either.

Hannah sighed. That was one of my last packs of gummy worms, too! The jerk… He could have used something else. Shaking her head, the girl with navy, violet and teal hair turned and started back to the RV, which sat about a mile through the woods. On her way, she plotted her revenge. She was no longer afraid of the forest as she had been since arriving. With her memories back, everything was familiar to her and she felt completely at home. However, all of that changed when she came upon a strange, oddly colorful beast. The girl instantly froze. Hannah gazed up at Trouble with a mixture of awe and caution. There was no easy way of telling how dangerous the unknown creature was.

Loki only spoke up when Runa asked her question. “Believe me, I have considered it…” He murmured darkly. It was bad enough when he’d lived on the dreadful planet, but after hearing from Raja what had occurred in his absence, that desire to destroy the Moranian Council grew even stronger. Nevertheless, there was a reason why he couldn’t do that. It wasn’t impossible to succeed, considering the size of his growing armies, but doing so would be a mission of self-destruction. As badly as he hated those people, he despised Odin even more. Asgard was his primary focus. He knew with whichever one he chose to war against, it wouldn’t be a battle that he’d survive.

Trouble looked back at the creature with curiosity, nostrils flaring as she picked up the scent. Her back spikes flared up, standing straight up now, unsure if the creature was a threat despite being so small. She tilted her head for a minute, then suddenly moved forward towards it, trying to get a better smell. Her paws were almost as large as this creature was small!

“We’ll see.” Aurora shot over her shoulder, disappearing around the corner of a hallway. She always hated venturing down to the armory. It was dark, the air was stale, and it just had a bad feeling. Perhaps some sort of negative aura? She wasn’t entirely sure.

Hannah stood perfectly still, tensing up, as the unknown animal sniffed toward her. “Wh-what a-are you? S-some kind of… dragon?” As the thing advanced, the girl took two small steps back, her neck craned up as she stared in wonder at Trouble. She didn’t feel as though she were in any real danger but her instincts screamed otherwise.

Although Loki did not recognize the name, it wasn’t hard to determine whom Raja was referring to. At least now he had a name to one of the people he despised. He glanced over his back as Runa asked Raja a question. The food was nearly ready, and he couldn’t think of anyhing to add to the conversation.

Loki suppressed a shudder as Raja described what the Council Head was capable of. He removed the last of the food from off the fire and turned, listening in anticipation for what the man looked like. Even if he couldn’t wage war against him, himself, there were other things he could possibly do.

As Loki was currently not making a conscious effort to peer into anyone’s mind, he didn’t realize the reason for the uttered word. “Yes?” He withdrew four plates from another cabinet and set them on the table, then went back for the Moranian inspired dish he’d just finished cooking. Sabrina chirped at Loki when he passed, as though asking for permission to eat the uncooked meat he’d left on the counter. The trickster nodded his head once and the creature hungrily tore into the morsels.

Even with the descriptions that Alice gave of a bustling city, it did little to assuage Skaldi’s innate curiosity. They tried to picture what a ‘city’ looked and sounded like. The child hoped to be able to visit something like it one day. As for now, there was not much chance of that happening. “The steps go from the ground to the roof.” Skaldi lacked much in the way of education, and didn’t know how to count past a certain number. They had no idea how many stairs there were, or even what a ‘flight of stairs’ were, if she were to ask. (Poor kid. The future version of Skaldi will know more, and get to live in a city though, and it’s being RP’d in a different RP that’s like a sister to this one.)

(bloodrosepelt: Aurora is going to try to hide it from him, but do you want me to have it so that he is able to follow and see? Or she could hide it, and he could find it later with his aura vision. If he did that, then she might not know he’s found it, and wouldn’t go hide it again. If she knows that he knows where the armory is, she’ll just hide it somewhere else. She really doesn’t want him to have it. XD)

I think the aura vision would work best, you could have D.G. distract him at the moment)

(kaboom)

Loki appeared thoughtful as he set the last dish upon the table. “I never gave it much consideration before, as I had never gotten a close look at the Council’s Head… However… if what you say of his power is true, that would certainly make some sense… It would also explain Moran’s uncomfortably close relationship with Asgard…” The last statement was muttered more quietly than the rest, a clear scowl forming with it.

(kk, sounds good!)

Using her elven speed, Aurora vanished around a corner in an instant. It was nearly impossible to keep up with her when she was moving at her top speed. As she disappeared, her duplicate appeared there in the hallway, in the form of a cleverly disguised DG.

Hannah took two brave steps forward as the colorful behemoth lie down on the grass. Cautiously, she extended a hand toward Trouble’s snout, but stopped short of it when the tail brushed against her, tickling a little. A wide grin spread over the girl’s face. “Can you talk?” All sorts of ideas came to mind now, including keeping the thing as some kind of pet. I could even use her as a guard for my RV, so nobody sets it on fire. She thought with a snicker.

Trouble tilted her head, then gently leaned forward so her long nose rested against the creature's paw. Trouble let out a cooing noise, then put her nose under the creature, scooping it up onto her face. She stood up slowly, bringing her head around towards her back, and gently shaking the creature onto it. She seemed to have a natural groove between her shoulders, as if she was made to carry people. She continued looking at the creature over her shoulder, curious.

"Only you can believe all is lost but I know with time, nothing is lost."

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"Not everyone can step the boundaries of time like you."

  Raja sighed, "Now would actually be a great time to have access to the record hall." He mutter and decided to explain before questions were asked, "The record hall has Moran's history. It's only accessible by council members and the select few in charge of caring for the records. Technology doesn't work in the hall either because it's actually within a time anomaly."