Night 1, Midnight

[12npcs]

[Something begins to tick, coming from all around you at once. It gains in volume slowly, first something just at the edge of your hearing and then rises up above even the conversations.

A first, awkward, off-key note is struck, and then another. The tone is delicate and disjointed, as if a melody was torn out of the middle and played on just the few last keys...




You begin to feel tired. In fact, some of you might begin to feel really, really tired.]


((OOC: goodnight groddle Lullaby posting! The super sleepy is up to you whether you want to play out or not, it is otherwise random and doesn't happen with the same severity ever night, unless you want it to.))

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[beeductionist]

[ whoa, teetering on his feet all of a sudden ]

... Curious.

[direstnews]

And sudden.

[Yaaaawns hugely.]

[beeductionist]

It's affecting Norse godlings as well?

[direstnews]

Perhaps it's some manner of spell.

[Rubs at his face.]

[beeductionist]

Normally not a possibility I'd consider, but it is an unusual circumstance.

[ yawns again ]

[direstnews]

Not so terribly unusual.

[Leaning against one of the clockwork people.]

[beeductionist]

You have experience, I trust?

[direstnews]

A vast array.

[Yaaaawn.]

What sort did you have in mind, particularly?

[beeductionist]

I'd rather you tell me.

[direstnews]

Only because you know I... [Yaaawn.] ...would claim the mystery defense were you to ply me with an overabundance of questions.

[beeductionist]

[ innocent shrug ]

Precisely the right amount of questions.

[direstnews]

For the questioner, perhaps.

[Waggles his fingers.]

But if you must know. [Yawns more widely than before.] It's a rare span of days that sees no one attempting to see me brought low with an unpleasant magic of some variety or another.

[beeductionist]

Because you are Loki.

[direstnews]

Ah.

[Pause.]

An answer for an answer.

[beeductionist]

Not really. While I can imagine the havoc Loki has caused in the past, you seem unusually harmless.

[direstnews]

Imagine it only? [Blinks slowly, fighting sleep.] Or are the tales told in your Midgard, as well?

[beeductionist]

Plenty of tales, but they're all the stuff of legend and culture.

You aren't referring to that, are you?

[direstnews]

I'd rather you tell me.

[beeductionist]

If someone like yourself showed up in New York claiming to be Loki, the god of mischief, you'd be met with quite a bit of disbelief. Perhaps someone taking you to a mental institution, but no one actively seeking revenge on you.

[direstnews]

Has there been anyone of the sort?

[He yawns again, and rubs at his face.]

[beeductionist]

I'm sure we've had a few.

[direstnews]

But none... [He waves a hand, vaguely. The lullaby seems to really be getting to him.]

...none of any credibility.

[beeductionist]

Precisely. Which still includes you ... [ yyyyyawn ] somewhat.

[direstnews]

Am I meant to be flattered or vexed?

[beeductionist]

Challenged, perhaps. You believe yourself to be sincere, that much is certain, but you've not demonstrated anything approaching divinity.