exsilium | The Revenge of the Christmas Sweater Adoption (VIDEO & TEXT)

[the camera shifts beneath the hands of an amateur as it's set on a flat surface. it's on a bit of an angle, but the position is acceptable. Loki skitters back eagerly, peering into the camera and then waving his hands in show. as he scoots back it's apparent some awful fashion travesty has happened, because he's wearing a terrible Christmas sweater, complete with a big bow pulled over his Asgardian robes. it goes down to his knees.]

It's been an exciting few weeks now, hasn't it? Hello again, Exsilium! I've come to give the gift of Christmas Spirit, marketing gimmicks aside, of course! [he takes a few steps backward as he faces the camera, holding a hand to his chin.] Why, what could be done to spread the cheer of the Yule holiday? With everything that's happened, it does get a bit depressing here ... right in the center of a self-defeating winter full of abominable beasts that wish for nothing more then our untimely demises. And there's still time travel to think about! And our impending existential crises! Terrible, right?

[he holds up a finger suddenly.] Yet I bring Yuletide cheer to brighten all. Surprise! Nothing so extreme as coal in socks and indefinitely kept cakes of fruit, but something more humble in its ageless practice! The ugly Christmas sweater! [he suddenly steps aside and there is a very festive looking red and green pile of awful, terrible, but very warm looking ugly Christmas sweaters. the mass has to at least be up to his shoulder, and there are all different kinds. but is where he got all these fugly knit novelties really a question that anyone wants to ask?] I'm opening requests to lend everyone some spirit! Please make them below so they can all be filled in a timely fashion, all formality, of course. No need to crowd, there's plenty for everyone. All requests can picked up promptly.

Jolly exclamations of ho ho ho and stuff!

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UGLY YULE KNIT THREADS ADOPTION FORM
(1) Your name (or your unknowing buddy's name), of course, and the sweater you wish to adopt.
(2) Tell me of your intended sweater schemes. How will it aid you on endeavor to spread holiday cheer?
(3) Very fashion!
(4) Are you a super hero (Peter Parker)? Put your name (not Peter Parker) here!

( OOC: go ahead and pick a sweater, he has a load of them. you don't have to fill out the form or anything if you want one! just go ahead and reply however you want. obviously come put them on people who will not put them on themselves. )

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I don't see the point you're ... uh, trying to make. At all.

I don't believe you.

You don't even know me. And if you did, you'd realize this was actually really uncool, no matter which way things fall, because some things can be handled without putting it all out there.

[there's a thoughtful pause, then he says, quietly.]

Sorry. Every time I'd speak to you of it you'd find a fairly lame excuse. If I've already figured it out, I would hope that your secret not go unchecked among those that know that you don't know know! ...If you get what I mean.

So you outed my secret because I was too obvious in private conversations between the two of us?

Conversations that had no reason to take place with anyone else.

Because you're the only one with the same face as a guy who started World War III in my world.

But clearly, I needed your help.

You were a bit obvious everywhere. I've not simply seen the conversations between us but those sorts of conversations kinda sorta everywhere! And even if I were to confront you, as I had, you used your omissive abilities to get around it. I'm aware of how that works!

[stop!]

This isn't starting any wars! There's already a war and it isn't my fault! [really, somehow it isn't his fault.] There are many superheroes here that would be in need of your aid! We may need your aid! That's what we're called here for, eh? I know you've the ability to rise to the occasion, if I know of you or not, you've dropped enough to make me believe that.

And you wanna know what all those other people didn't do?

This. I don't need to be open about it to save people's lives. That's not why I do it. I do it because I want to protect people. So you goading me into it isn't necessary.

[He huffs.]

I should've known. You are Loki.

Edited 2013-12-27 00:56 (UTC)

But you don't need to save lives all by yourself.

I was trying to help!

What—where did I say I was doing anything alone?

By not telling anyone.

Look, if it was obvious to me someone else probably figured it out already. If they come after people you love—and really, they might, maybe!—but we're here to help too! I couldn't think of any other way.

I like you and I don't want anything to happen, but there are plenty of superheroes here, too.

You really don't get it, do you?

It's not about who I have or haven't told. It's about what I'm doing. And I've been looking at machinery, I saved people while zombies were around, and everything in between, really. I even got the stupid lights back on when people thought a mutiny was the best idea to save this world. Which I, uh, still don't get, even if they're good people.

I don't need to be nudged in the right direction. I know what I'm doing.

I didn't know I had to give Loki my resume to prove it. Just—ugh, stop.

Edited 2013-12-27 01:36 (UTC)

It's not about that.

[there's a brief pause and then he sort of deflates, he looks kind of pouty.]

I don't need you to prove anything. I just want to help.

Stop with all the Loki stuff.

Edited 2013-12-27 01:41 (UTC)

Help someone who's actually asking for it.

[He's not responding to the rest. He cuts the conversation off there on his end.]

Hey, Peter—!

[puff puff puff. ugh.]

Hey.

[It's meant to catch attention rather than being a greeting.]

People have secrets for a reason, you don't get to decide if they should be outed.

[she's greeted by a glance over his shoulder (still totally dressed in that sweater), and a slightly resigned expression.]

It really was a terrible secret. If someone aside from me hasn't figured it out already.

I wanted to help! It's the only way I knew how to help.

Doesn't matter if it's terrible or not, it's still not up to you.

[The only reason she's keeping her tone even is because Loki's a kid.]

You should have talked to him privately. Superheroes have secret identities to keep people safe, including themselves, you could be messing with that.

[actually, he sounds genuinely curious.]

There are many superheroes here without secret identities, I didn't think it was this big of a deal. What if the superheroes want to all get together? What if he's all alone? Isn't that more dangerous?

[NOW HE MESSED UP AND EVERYONE'S YELLING. you are all very confusing and he is Asgardian.]

Our situations could be different from his, or we decided to take a risk he isn't willing to - which there's nothing wrong with - but just because it works for someone else, doesn't mean it'll work for him.

And he isn't alone. You're assuming that he hasn't shared anything privately, or that we couldn't find other ways to get into contact with someone we wanted to find.

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