Mask Or Menace - IC Contact Post

[helpdesk_hero]

This is David Alleyne, I'm not available at the moment.
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[tricksterofasgard]

The last time we... Communicated.

[ Actually, he's always rude to some degree. But there usually is a purpose behind that behavior. ]

Please tell me I do not have to reiterate this further.

[helpdesk_hero]

Wait, that wasn’t just...? Wow Loki, I thought we were just having fun. Memes tend to be an amusing way for humans to communicate and are more often than not fun.

[tricksterofasgard]

You thought I was jesting?

[ Cat memes are serious business, David. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

I thought we were both communicating in a legitimate while still amusing manner. That the sentiments were felt to some degree, but not so deeply as to hurt feelings.

We're still friends Loki.

[tricksterofasgard]

[ Ouch. ]

Is that what we are, though? Friends?

[ The list of people who would willingly consider a friendship with Loki is a short one. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

It is. And I'm a little too stubborn to get pushed away easily. It's a Midgardian thing.

It's especially A David Alleyne thing.

[tricksterofasgard]

I am uncertain how to feel about that.

[ Which isn't a lie. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

That's a perfectly fair life choice. Or life necessity. Just go with your gut?

[tricksterofasgard]

You may not appreciate me doing that, David. You see, my gut isn't interested in having this conversation. At all. My gut would very likely rather see everyone around here dead. I loathe this. Rationally, I loathe this. Because I know - in my head - that this is wrong. That I didn't simply despise all other beings to such a degree before.

Do you see my problem?

[helpdesk_hero]

I don’t know. Perhaps I have more faith in your potential to make the right choice in the end than you are.

[tricksterofasgard]

Faith?

You are making fun of me now.

[ This was a bad decision after all, was it? ]

[helpdesk_hero]

No, Loki. I'm really not. I guess that word choice wasn't the best given the whole perception of what you were in the history of Midgard. But it's true. That's... I guess it was always my other super power. I believe in people. Sometimes when they don't deserve it. Sometimes when they do and they don't know it themselves.

I mean, you didn't kill the clown.

[tricksterofasgard]

...I would have liked to, though.

[helpdesk_hero]

I know. But the choosing not to is a step.

Listen, I'm still willing to be your friend. And your Escape Room rival. And you're still invited to dinner if you want it. Otherwise, know that you haven't offended me yet.

[tricksterofasgard]

Yet, huh?

[ David, he really doesn’t get you. For now he will have to give in. ]

.....fine. I will consider attending your gathering.

[helpdesk_hero]

[Yeah, he's known even worse people than you, Loki. Undoubtedly.]

You don't have to. The goal is... It's to be thankful that we're alive.

[tricksterofasgard]

That... May be a valid reason to be grateful. I will see whether I feel thankful or not. Until then-

[ He pauses. ]

Thank you, David.

[ Not awaiting a reaction, Loki ends the connection there. ]