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[helpdesk_hero]

I survived for now. And met more Lokis. SO many Lokis these days.

[ikols]

I heard about them. What were they like, from your perspective?

[helpdesk_hero]

Well, one of them was VERY you, just, you know, somewhere between the kid and the you of now. Definitely more... I don't know. Is it weird to call you more 'chaotic'? The other one was another version on the older one here, but younger maybe? Hard to tell.

[ikols]

It reminds me how messed up my life is when I understand descriptions like that. Any trouble?

[helpdesk_hero]

No. Though I did learn that you and Hercules might have hooked up once? Was that a thing?

[ikols]

How about this: new rule! No discussing my exes with other mes!

[helpdesk_hero]

It wasn't like I brought it up myself intentionally. She and I were gossiping about life, she wanted the tea on relationships, and wondered why the YA weren't all a poly thing. So I updated her on things, told her about Noh-Varr and Hercules, and she offered that she didn't like the idea of Noh-Varr being with her ex.

[ikols]

Oh my god, I am such a gossip. [ Bloody Lokis!! ] What else did she spill?

[helpdesk_hero]

[Yes, he really is. All David says in response to that is a chuckle.]

That she doesn't remember if it was a lengthy romance, or just a one-off. But not much else.

[ikols]

Anything important? Not about my exes.

[helpdesk_hero]

The way you're acting just makes it seem like Lokis live on gossip about Lokis. No, she just wanted to know what was happening.

[ikols]

[ Oh, if David only knew. ]

Was she cute?

[helpdesk_hero]

[Another chuckle. Come on, Loki, you're going to do that?]

Beautiful, but in a feral sort of way. Like you but less refined?

[ikols]

I think I know which me she was.

[ Feral. Yeah, he can narrow her down a lot. ]

What was the other me like, the weirder oldie?

[helpdesk_hero]

He reminds me of the Loki tied to Sephiroth. He seemed... lost. But he'd been through other worlds like this.

[ikols]

Mental or close to, in other words.

[helpdesk_hero]

More like... wounded by the path of his life.

[Does he need to say that he feels that applies to every Loki he's ever known?]

Come over for dinner.

[ikols]

[ The snorting wheeze that gets conveys much the same sentiment. Nothing about 'wounded by the path of his life' distinguishes any Loki from another. ]

... Alright.

[helpdesk_hero]

[No, there isn't much in that statement to distinguish them. But when you come to know a Loki, to care about them, maybe you're more likely to care about making sure they have some happiness from time to time.]

I will note that the old one did seem rather baffled to think of a Loki with close friends who cares about them. You're all so hard on yourselves.

Now, any requests for what I should make?

[ikols]

[ Hmph!! Not addressing the first part (because it's right). ]

Something Billy would have liked.

[helpdesk_hero]

[Yeah... He should have checked in with Loki sooner than this with all that happened, but David won't prod that.]

Okay. I should be able to figure something out. If nothing else, I can ask Tommy.

[ikols]

They do have similar tastes.

[helpdesk_hero]

[Well that's vague and interesting.]

I really don't think that they do. But Tommy DID live with him for a while.

[ikols]

Is this an all-inclusive dinner for the whole ratpack to gather around?

[helpdesk_hero]

Hardly. You, and Tommy if he wants to stick around for it. He doesn't always.

[Relearning friendship hasn't been easy on Tommy he thinks. None of it has been easy for either of them.]