[Open] The Boys Are Back In Town

[thorndergod]

WHO: Thor, Anders, Open to any!
WHAT: An open log, gonna put up prompts for people as they come up, or people can pop a prompt in for me if they want either dude.
WHEN: Early-to-mid whatever December is
WHERE: All over the place
NOTES: None at the moment.

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[thorndergod]

He takes a slow breath. She's so young-seeming, sometimes. Her family cannot have taught her politics. When he speaks, his tone is even, gaze steady on her.

"I have not asked that you remove all traces. I asked that you remove some, and did not rescind your invitation to this place, Lady." Gods, sometimes he wishes people were more simple and straightforward. But no. He's surrounded by dramatics, and even the woman he'd found interesting has vanished. "You are stressed by the wait. I understand. But that is no reason to be short with me. I cannot change what is going on, and my hands are tied in this matter."

Another breath. "I do not like being powerless in this either. I am used to having far more resources and options present to me, and in the matter of Loki I have none. So I must wait as well, to see if my house will be irreparably damaged or if there is yet something for it. But this wait does give you something to do about the house, and it does mean that you can choose what you move."

She's shown that she can calm down when treated evenly before. Whether she'll choose to show that again, Thor can't say. He knows her a little, but right now she's half-broken. Like their house. A few months back they were four. Now they're two, and he doesn't even know what part his father played in this matter, or how to broach the subject there. Will it shatter House Asgard? Will Loki manipulate this to his benefit and Thor's loss somehow? How long has Loki known he was qunari, how had he hid it... there are far too many questions. Thor has a headache, and it shows in the way his eyes are a little pinched. There is no move he can make yet.

"I doubt the servants would be discriminating in what they move if I give the order. But as you are a guest here, and welcome here, I am giving you the options. Make of it what you will."

[coquettish_trees]

She grits her teeth, suddenly furious that Thor won't fight her. Won't push back so that she can push again, turn her uncertainty and powerlessness alchemy-like to bright burning rage. Without the force of it propelling her, she will fall like hay to the scythe of it all, and she will not, will not, will not do so. Not again. Again. How could she have been so foolish as to have opened herself to this?

But there is no part of her that wishes to close. There is only what wishes Loki to return. How pitiful she is. How vulnerable she has made herself.

Find something. Emile says, in her mind. Take back your footing. Listen to what Thor has unwittingly volunteered. Yes. Surely if she can figure it out and name it they will have no choice but to include her. What is it that Loki has done that would both damage the House and distance him? Something with Aurelius? That is when it had begun, had it not? And so she loosens herself, making it look reluctant with a touch of shame at her outburst.

"I... Forgive me. I am worried, and forget myself in it. If it will put the both of you at greater ease about the strength and unity of your House, I will do so gladly. I know you had not had cause to host the Inquisition in your home since I perhaps too blithely began to think of it as mine as well, and surely it did not go unnoticed by the others even amidst the shock of the betrayal Aurelius brought."

And she watches.