second trick | Feb 28, late afternoon | video

[attentionwenches]

[From the looks of it, Loki is at the top of Shibusen's stairs. He's sitting cross-legged on the ground in front of the propped-up mirror, and there is an empty DeathRobbins cup sitting next to him at the edge of the shot.

The Madness wavelength really shook him. He's spent most of today thinking about Things, totally blowing off his job to wander around the park and climb up to the top of the city. Loki is visibly subdued, far from his usual chipper self. Although the ice cream did help a little. He'd heard it might.]

People of Death City...will you tell me of your families?

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[thorny]

Not in the least. It's the natural outcome for whichever of us ultimately emerges as the loser.

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[attentionwenches]

Well, you know your business best.

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[thorny]

I'd think so, yes. Thankfully she's decided to vacate this particular universe for the time being so my migraine frequency has been significantly lowered.

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[attentionwenches]

We must be grateful for small mercies. Death City is already engaged in one war; I am not sure it could survive as a battleground for two.

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[thorny]

At the very least both sides would be more fully engaged in the subwar than the one already raging above our heads.

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[attentionwenches]

What you are saying is, rather than gain one warrior, Death City would lose two.

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[thorny]

And very likely lose a significant portion of either its population or infrastructure in the ensuing collateral damage.

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[attentionwenches]

Dear me. We ARE fortunate.

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[thorny]

It's one of those rare occurrences where such a statement is completely true. I'd cherish it with all my being if I were you.

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[attentionwenches]

I will take your word for it.

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[thorny]

Your steadfast belief in the veracity of my statements is heartwarming.