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[mischiefsmith]

[Behold, your resident God of trickery and similar! With one hand he's pouring about a gallon of malibu into a gallon of ice cream...and with the other hand he's dicing (or more accurately stabbing) a generous pile of mistletoe with a butter knife...

...why? It's probably best if you didn't ask.]

So, question, birthdays tend to be a thing and so I find myself dying to know how you celebrate, if you have them. Are they individual endeavors is it cultural? Food is often part of the whole birthday package, yes? Although I suppose birthday fasting is not unheard of. [Not that Loki would ever fast if the ice cream is anything to go by.] And just so I do not come off as discriminatory to those who do not have birthdays, or once did but cannot remember--because lives are angst ridden and complicated that way--if you did how would you celebrate.

[He's not asking for any particular reason, obviously, it's just that he finds the minutiae of every day life fascinating.]

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[heckblazer]

[ He's just going to avoid any and all talk about birthdays, but he will screw up his nose at you and your alcohol choices. ]

Malibu's for wankers.

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[mischiefsmith]

[And Loki will point his butter knife, covered in mistletoe viscera, right at you (or the camera) in a very accusatory way.]

Are you throwing shade, John, are you casting aspersions upon my life's choices, are you knocking the spice of life that is [hold on, Loki has no idea what he's putting into his system here, he has to put down his very threatening butter knife in order to read the bottle, with a bit of a squint] strawberries and whipped cream Caribbean rum with coconut liqueur?

[Yeah, he said that out loud and he's not ashamed.]

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[ghoulking]

Food usually is, yes. But food is part of most celebrations.

As for birthday itself, well, people usually get a cake, sing "Happy Birthday" and give presents to the person in question.

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[earnedmystripes]

It's your birthday?

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Cake. [He points right at the screen.] You need cake.

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[andaway]

Personally I spend it with my family and friends, have a nice party. Both me and my mother enjoy baking so we take turns on baking my birthday cake- sometimes we end up with two. But there is no such thing as too much cake.

Is it your birthday?

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[beneathbluerafters]

You're meant to receive cake, preferably with candles in it. If you make your birthday known over the network, you'll likely receive enough cake to feed you for at least two weeks.

[heckblazer]

Maybe I am. Whassa' point of alcohol that don't taste like it?

[inmyothertights]

Are you plotting something?

[mischiefsmith]

What's the point of ice cream that tastes like alcohol. Riddle me that! [Okay, Loki concedes to your point which is why he will adjust the camera so it is focused on what is behind him. A monument of empty ice cream tubs and alcohol bottles, mostly wine bottles because Loki is a wino, but there are whiskey bottles and scotch bottles, some vodka, a dash of everclear, and some ginny juice. Let's not get started on the ice cream.] You've got me, I ran out of everything else, and I can attest to the fact that scotch and whiskey do not pair well with very berry ice cream.

[mischiefsmith]

Such catastrophic thinking! I've been a terribly good boy, not an ounce of trouble out of me, you should be very proud.

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[mischiefsmith]

That does seem like a thing on Midgard. Not that I'm opposed to cake or anything, but I'm not exactly the sort that people make cakes for...granted I have plenty of ice cream.

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[mischiefsmith]

I'm...not entirely certain how that would work in my case. I have five mothers and they are all very busy...or absent at the moment. I suppose I could take a crack at my own cake, I do need something to go with this ice cream other than liqueur. I could use some substance.

[Loki takes a long moment to think about how he wants to answer that question because it is a tricky question to answer without raising more questions.]

The uncomplicated answer to that question is: yes. Technically.

[But the true explanation would be much more complicated than that.]

video; sure, we can handwave. they've bound to have run into each other loki isn't that evasive

[mischiefsmith]

Something like that?

[Oh? Hey housemate, don't mind the ice cream and booze monument he's building in the kitchen...and all of the dead mistletoe.]

Wait...what? [Give him a second to process this.] They do say cake is traditional, you light it on fire right?

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[mischiefsmith]

Yes, we tend to food a lot where I'm from and we tend to celebrate a lot...celebrate and food...and fight.

That sounds very wholesome? Why do people sing to them, is this some kind of homage?

[inmyothertights]

Yeah, it makes me really suspicious.

By the way, we should, uh.

Probably talk?

[mischiefsmith]

We should probably talk. Now who's suspicious.

What is on your mind, or is this the appropriate way to go about talking?

[inmyothertights]

It may need to be in person. Can you come to the shop?

[mischiefsmith]

I can, I can also send a projection if you need something more immediate.

[inmyothertights]

I can pick you up?

[mischiefsmith]

Or you can do that.

[inmyothertights]

Sit back and hold on, then.

[Because suddenly Loki is in Billy's magic shop.

Hey Loki. Billy looks like he has been sleeping in his clothes a few days, and his hair is not it's usual neat hipster self.]

Hi.

[mischiefsmith]

[Show off.

This is the first time Loki has been in Billy's shop and so he pokes around a bit before turning his attention onto Billy.

Looking worse for the wear.]

You look like Hel.

[He's honest at least.]

[inmyothertights]

[The shop cat, a blue cat with an attitude problem, slinks over to smell Loki.]

She bites.

[That's the only warning he's getting. And then Billy reaches under the counter and pulls out a mason jar. In the jar is a bright light, bubbling, letting out little tentacles. It looks alive. But it's still just light. On the top of the jar is a labelmaker label reading Dorian Gray.]

So.

[He looks down at the jar.]

[mischiefsmith]

[When has Loki ever taken a warning seriously? He'll dangle his fingers in the cat's face, wiggling them and withdrawing as soon as the cat takes a swipe at him.

Hah.]

How many unusual pets are you keeping in this shop?

[Loki glances down at the jar taking in the name and the contents...Dorian Gray?]

Name looks familiar...what exactly have you been up to?

[inmyothertights]

He won't leave.

[So of course Billy feeds him.]

That's, uh.

His soul.