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[dark_ages]

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE...

Or pick one from the options below, for inspiration ✨

CAUGHT IN THE RAIN

NURSED BACK TO HEALTH

MORNING AFTER

SOMEONE'S IN MY BED

SPACE ADVENTURE

COFFEESHOP AU

CAMPING TRIP

LAUNDROMAT

PICTURE PROMPT

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[dark_ages]

Travel around. Which may not sound so different from this, to be fair, but it's less drifting, and more... mission-based.

[dothelokimotion]

Surely there's more to it than that.

[dark_ages]

Sure. Some scientific exploration, diplomatic missions, peacekeeping, first contact situations on occasion. We're mapping new sections of the galaxy, so it often involves a little bit of everything.

[dothelokimotion]

[ well, that definitely can be tedious, but it is scientific work which loki somewhat appreciates. ]

Tell me the strangest thing you've encountered.

[dark_ages]

[ Leonard chuckles, taking a small sip from his glass. ]

Hell, didn't want to ask a tougher question, did you? I don't know... once we visited a planet where a section of it had the gravity all out of whack. There was a waterfall with the water running up rather than coming down.

[dothelokimotion]

It didn't seem right so early on.

[ but that was interesting. ]

What were you doing there? Exploring?

[dark_ages]

A little diplomatic work, a little scientific exploration. It was an interesting phenomenon, we wanted to document it, and hopefully be able to help the natives understand why it was happening, and if it was a sign of something possibly dangerous to them.

[dothelokimotion]

[ he shakes his head. he had a healthy dose of wanderlust, but even loki wouldn't wander the cosmos so boldly. ]

It seems like a lonely life.

[dark_ages]

[ Leonard huffs at that. ]

Kind of hard to feel lonely when you're traveling with a crew of hundreds.

[dothelokimotion]

Perhaps.

Though I think you can still feel lonely even when you're surrounded by people.

[dark_ages]

[ Leonard tilts his head, brow raised and nodding in agreement. ]

True. But not in my case, I don't think... I've felt lonely sometimes, in the past, [ He admits. ] But I have friends on board the Enterprise. People close to me, important people. They're like family. With them around, I don't feel so lonely anymore.

[dothelokimotion]

[ like family. for loki, it is a strange thing to comprehend but not unheard of. he takes a sip of his wine. ]

I only ever traveled with my brother and his friends. Sometimes alone.

[dark_ages]

[ He watches Loki over his own glass. ]

Now that sounds lonely.

[dothelokimotion]

[ he shrugs. ]

Company was difficult to find.

[dark_ages]

Well, you've got plenty of company around here. How's that been for you?

[ Weird, Leonard wonders? Being alone for a while sometimes makes it harder to get used to having people around. ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki contemplates his answer, sloshing the wine back and forth in his glass. ]

I suppose we can't afford to be picky when we're all stuck together.

[dark_ages]

[ Leonard snorts at that, shaking his head and knocking back his drink. ]

Mm, I'm delighted that I got to meet you, too.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki chuckles at that. ]

Delighted? You have a way with words.

[dark_ages]

Yeah, I get that all the time.

[ He grins back briefly, filling up his glass again. ]

Always thought you had more of a silver tongue, yourself.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki smiles. ]

Is that an invitation?

[dark_ages]

[ He raises one eyebrow, then the other, looking him up and down. ]

An invitation to what?

[dothelokimotion]

To display my silvertongue for you, of course.

[dark_ages]

Well, it wasn't my intention— but now you've left me curious.

[dothelokimotion]

[ he leans forward with a smirk. ]

Then I should indulge your curiosity.

[dark_ages]

[ Leonard squints a little. He feels like he's definitely missing something, some turn that this conversation took, and now he's a little lost. ]

Are we still speakin' about the same definition of 'silver tongue'?