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[germhating_hypochondriac]

[Eddie paces as he talks. There's a cast on his arm with the word loser written in black, with a red V written over the s to spell lover.]

Hello? Can you hear me? We're all kidnapping victims here; you guys know that right?

This nanite stuff sucks. There are tiny germ sized robots crawling around inside us! Something's gotta be powering them. They could be hanging out in our stomachs eating our food. Or they could be eating us and making tiny little holes inside our bodies. They could all build up in one place and block off the blood flowing through our arteries and our veins. Or build up in our organs, our lungs and our brains! And, our bodies are mostly water. They could be rusting inside us.

[He stops pacing and starts scratching his face with his cast-free hand]

I think I'm allergic to them! Everything's itchy. I'm gonna break out into hives!

[He starts wheezing and rubs his chest.]

I could be allergic to the tattoo too. I'm just a kid. I shouldn't have one. I think it's starting to swell up. I could have an infection. Or a blood disease. I don't trust these government people to be clean.

[The wheezing continues and his voice becomes strained with each word. He takes his inhaler out of a fanny pack and uses it, only speaking again when he's breathing is back to normal.]

How are we supposed to deal with this shit?

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[tricksterofasgard]

Well, it's fun.

[ Yes, that's the only answer he will give. ]

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[germhating_hypochondriac]

[He takes a moment to figure out how to work the private mode.]

Okay, yeah, I get it now. You're a bully and it's fun 'cause I get scared.

[No better than Henry Bowers.]

No one else is gonna react the same way.  No one's fragile like me. Weak, delicate, whatever the fuck you want to call it.

[He hates admitting it out loud.  If it keeps a bully away from Richie, it's worth it.]

So I'm the only one it'll be fun to pick on.  Everyone else'll laugh it off.

[tricksterofasgard]

[ And Loki just looks at the screen for a few moments, not saying anything.

Then he grins. ]

Oh. Don't worry. I don't discriminate like you mortals do. There are a few adult men that might very well harm me that I also like to play my games with.

[ Because that doesn't sound dubious at all. ]

[germhating_hypochondriac]

[Eddie frowns deeply, exasperated.  He never thought he'd miss the bullies back home.  At least they were predictable. He could figure them out, avoid them, help his friends out, fight when he had to.  He doesn't know what this guy wants.]

Then go play with them.  'Cause this isn't fun to me.  Fuck your games. 

[He needs his inhaler and he needs Richie more.]

[tricksterofasgard]

It's fun to me. And what can you and your little boyfriend even do to do stop me? Very little, I assure you.

[ He's just enjoying being a jerk. ]

[germhating_hypochondriac]

[Eddie rolls his eyes at that.  Same as the bullies back home, implying he and the other male losers are gay.  On his own, there's not much he can do.  With his friends, he took on a killer clown.] 

Don't be so sure about that, asshole.

[tricksterofasgard]

Give me a reason not to be so sure, little one.

[ He can totally be a killer clown if he wants to. But Loki isn't very fond of clowns himself. He has already gotten into a fight with one... ]

[germhating_hypochondriac]

Nah, I got better stuff to do. 

[He's not going to even try to find this guy on his own.] 

And by the way - I'm straight, just like the pole your mom dances on.

[tricksterofasgard]

Well, I don't. I can bother you all day.

[ And no, he doesn't really get the pole reference. But he pretends not to be too confused by that.

Just hope he doesn't look it up or he might kill you should he ever cross your path. ]

[germhating_hypochondriac]

Get a life.

[Eddie flips him off and then ends the call.]