001 | Awkward Video

[deemedworthy]

[He recognizes this place for what it is, at least: a lab. Between the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier and the temporary facility that had been built up around Mjolnir in New Mexico, he's seen enough of sterile environments like these to know what they are and what they're for, though he's mildly confused about the contents of this particular lab. The camera is jostled as he fumbles with the device bearing it, giving a blurry and crooked shot of the plans, both foreign and familiar, that fill the hydroponics lab.]

These runes...

[The camera is pointed at the floor as he leans in to examine one of the nearest plantbeds, where Nordic runes have been etched. It's held steady long enough to give the viewer a clear shot of his boots.]

Health and prosperity. Someone has cared for these.

[His voice is low, uncertain; the familiar etchings aren't enough to assuage the anger he feels at being dropped, somehow, into some unknown facility against his will. No mortal prison has ever been able to contain him for long, and this, he is certain, will be no different.

He turns the camera back on himself, but clearly lacks understanding of exactly how it works, as it's not only upside-down, but also zoomed in so close that all it projects is an extreme close-up of his right eye.]

I wish to know who dares to toy with me! Whatever game is being played here, I do not find it to be funny.

Comments

[deemedworthy]

It does not seem like Loki's brand of trickery. There is no game here. Only a prison.

[He frowns.]

That is not his way.

[oldfashionedhero]

Well that's a relief.

[Steve doesn't actually look that relieved, however.]

Considering Loki is here.

[deemedworthy]

Loki.

[His expression darkens further, as though the mere mention of his brother has gone so far as to offend him.]

That is an unkind jest, friend.

[oldfashionedhero]

I didn't mean it as one.

[Steve's expression is sympathetic but serious.]

Your brother is here.

[deemedworthy]

That is impossible.

[He pauses, wondering how much he should say, before:]

My brother is dead.

[oldfashionedhero]

[Steve's brow furrows. There's no doubting the emotion on Thor's face, and yet he's seen Loki with his own eyes.

Steve shakes his head.]

He's been on the network, Thor. I think it might have been another one of his tricks.

[deemedworthy]

Network.

[He echoes the word in a way that's almost questioning, uncertain, but he can assume that Steve means the devices they are currently using to speak.]

His death-- it cannot be.

[He doesn't want it to be a trick. He wants to believe that in his final moments, Loki was once again the brother he had known.]

... if what you say is true, friend, Asgard is in grave danger.

[oldfashionedhero]

What I say is true and I think we're all in danger.