2nd Night [video/action]

[mythbuster]

[Without any fuss at all, a small, nicely engraved sign appears outside of House 21. Translated, it reads: Little Bird Detective Agency.

Who knows if Odin can even see him here, but orders are orders, so Loki will continue to seek out evil spirits living among humans. He'd been hoping to get home before this, but he can't ignore his job forever...

But he's not really expecting requests to start flooding in, so Loki goes about business as usual. In the morning, he'll be hanging around the plaza and feeding some crows... They make much better company than pigeons, after all. And they can talk here, which is all the better! ... Though today in particular, he'll be sitting rather quietly with one perched on his head.

Around noon, he'll be in the bakery, staring at the selection of sweets with a bit of glaze to his eye. In the afternoon, he'll be cheerfully carrying an overly large cake back to the house. It's clearly too big for him to eat by himself, but it's okay if he has people to share it with, right? Never mind if it's difficult to maneuver around anything that might come his way...

In the evening, he'll feel a bit talkative.]

What did people do for entertainment back in your world? It's much too quiet around here. [He has yet to go through any experiments, so his life here has been dull thus far.]

Back in mine, lots of people liked to watch "television" on a "television set". Simply, it's an electric-powered box that can receive moving images broadcast through radio signals. People would be able to watch shows and get the news in their homes with it.

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[queenly-valiant.livejournal.com]

I've heard about televisions, but I've never seen any back home. We did listen to the radio, though. [Most of the time it was news about the war.]

And in Narnia there were banquets and stories and dancing and all sorts of wonderful things.

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

We could use more sorts of wonderful things around here. What kind of place was this Narnia?

[queenly-valiant.livejournal.com]

[That assumption would be correct. 1944, to be exact.]

Narnia? Oh, it's beautiful. There are so many wonderful creatures and people there, and the air is sweeter and the stars shine brighter and. . . just, everything. I wish I could show you.

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

Wonderful creatures, hm? Not like the kind of creatures you see around here?

[queenly-valiant.livejournal.com]

Well, a little. Most animals could talk, but they weren't so. . . [disappointingly air-headed]silly as ones here. And there were naiads and dryads and gryphons and dwarfs and centaurs and fauns too.

[doubleppk]

OH! Mine too!

And there were plays and theater, and video games and arcades, and tons of vehicles to race, helicopters to fly, museums to visit -- all sorts of great stuff!

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

Not exactly the types of things you can do over here, are they?

[doubleppk]

[Extremely so. Don't even get her started on all the travel and sports.]

Exactly! [Huffs.] It's such a pain. They don't even have dance clubs or something fun like that. Or waterslides. And no one wants to make them because apparently that's too frivolous or something. [You can just HEAR the pout in her voice.]

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

I don't know about the waterslide, but you could probably set up a dance club if you wanted to.

[doubleppk]

[And she hasn't even mentioned the windsurfing, sky diving, and hang gliding she does there in Luceti yet!]

Practically no one here cares about dancing. And those that care about music aren't even into rock. This place is so strange like that. [Sigh, sigh, pout.]

[action]

[emp3thy]

[There's one person quietly eying the sign when Loki makes it home again. It's not a customer, though.]

[action]

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

♪ Hmm hmm hmm~

Good afternoon, Minato-nii!

[action]

[emp3thy]

Afternoon...

[he's still looking at the sign, but then he turns and notices the cake. Tiny kid with a huge cake...] Need help?

[action]

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

Just with the door. Could you get it for me?

[action]

[emp3thy]

[he's not sure that's all that's needed, but... he's carried the cake this far. So he obliges and moves to open the door.]

[falenandawn]

[And Frey's out taking a short walk today. He's still recovering from injures, but he's fit enough to go out, at least.

He winds up in the bakery, wondering if he should pick up something. He hasn't had sweets in a while and maybe Lym might like some cake....]

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

Hnnnggh...

[falenandawn]

[He notices the poor kid reaching ineffectively up to a shelf, and walks over with a smile. Must be tough being so short.] Do you need help?

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[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

Maybe a bi--

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

--t.

[falenandawn]

[....? Is there something on his face?] Which one were you looking at? I can get it for you.

/CRASHES INTO ;; onee-san is not late at all!!

[arcanaxxii.livejournal.com]

'Afternoon, Loki! Where'd you get a hold of that?

onee-san is never late, nor is she early!

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

Ah, Minako-nee. From the bakery! It seemed like a waste to leave it there. Do you want some?

she taught you well ♥

[arcanaxxii.livejournal.com]

It's not your birthday, is it?

she's the best! ♥ ... /secretly resents

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

Hm? No. Why do you ask?