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crumpled up like a letter i never wrote, wondering if hope floats

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[ What Dante was looking for was a weapon. He had heard rumors that there was something in the unfamiliar city that was spiriting people away, and it sounded a lot like a demon's work, so naturally he was going to investigate. A strong enough demon was going to have a weapon worth checking out (and getting the demon away from people wouldn't hurt either). What he found wasn't a demon. It was a door, a shimmer of light in an old wall that somehow let him step through to another place. And suddenly the stories of missing people made a lot of sense, but Dante didn't know where he was. It looked like a cave, dark and made of stone on all sides, but there were parts that seemed build rather than formed. Swinging Rebellion over one shoulder, he walked the paths, searching for light other than the luminescent plants that grew in patches on the walls and floor. It took him a while before he found another person -- a tall man who looked dressed for a show in his opinion -- and Dante walked up to the stranger, sizing him up as he approached. ]

I guess I'm not the only one that got lost. You looking for a way out or just enjoying the sights?

i told u i was gonna do a thing

[spellslots]

[Sakaar is a deeply shitty planet, but it's one that presents lots of opportunities for people willing to take a few risks and get their hands dirty. Lup and Taako cover those two bases respectively, and while they didn't exactly intend to be here, they're doing their best to make it work before they find a way off the damn planet.

That mostly means a lot of scrapping, but while Lup focuses on that, Taako gets himself work as a chef for the more important people on the planet, and that gives him access to things like the arena. And the arena has places to gamble.

Taako doesn't fuck around with bets on the champion or the other fights, that's all based on how other people perform and he'd rather hold his fate in his own hands. Card games, dice, all that shit is a lot easier to mess around with, and that's exactly what he does. Most of the folks here don't seem to be very familiar with magic, meaning a few simple illusions rake him in plenty of money.

And then someone new turns up, which - fine, whatever, new people show up all the time and normally Taako doesn't give a shit, but a few days in, he realizes that the guy keeps casting the occasional glance his way, at the little illusions that Taako is casting, and he thinks:

fuck.

If new guy can see through his illusions, that's a potential problem; cheating is harshly punished and the last thing Taako needs is someone ratting him out.

So as soon as the game is over, he extracts himself from the table despite complaints (they want a chance to win their money back) and makes his way over to Loki, doing his best to look casual.]

Can I buy you a drink, darling?

[It's an offer of more than that, but he's not about to outright ask what it'll cost for Loki to keep silent about the cheating.]

[stefanged]

[ The library isn't the most exciting place.

At least, it isn't supposed to be the most exciting place around. Stefan likes ducking in and browsing the shelves for something he hasn't read before - knowledge is power, and honestly, sometimes a good book takes his mind off his troubles. But there's a guy in the nonfiction aisle; someone he's never seen before, and Stefan's been here long enough to know he's new.

He pauses, weighing his options. He could wait, let this guy get his book, and move later. Or he could interrupt.

. . .

Well, time and tide wait for no man, especially no vampire, so Stefan decides on the latter. ]

Um, excuse me. [ He gestures towards the shelf behind the stranger. ] I was just gonna nab the book behind you?

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No one ever believed him. Space was nothin' but a damn cesspool of danger and irritation. And with the track record of the Enterprise and danger... well, he said goin' and investigating anomalies planet side was a bad idea. Not that Jim ever listened to a damn thing he said. "It'll be fun, he said." Snorting irritatedly, lines furrowed his brow as he tried to get a good look at the world around him.

"Guess we're not in Kansas anymore." Sighing with a bitter sound, he took a moment in the silence to get his bearings. The planet, though class M, seemed to be ravaged by technology. Unstable technology that seemed to have come apart at the seems cause hell, it was a ghost town. And this place? This place looked like the inside of a really big ship or space station. Whatever the case may be. The metal walls were a dead give away, if not for the stark view of space through a small window to one side of the hall. Definitely not the Enterprise either.

Making a soft clicking sound of annoyance, he turned on his communicator and figured it was worth a try. "McCoy to Enterprise." But the dooming silence left him very still, hazel eyes boring into the object in his hand. "That's just great..."

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For once? Stephen wasn't even looking for trouble. He'd repaired another of the Sanctum's doors, and knowing the realm beyond it? Had decided to invite Loki to come with him to check in and ensure that it was still intact after everything that had happened, that none of the Empirikul troops had snuck through to do this place harm. And even without that risk, it was still a place that Stephen enjoyed, a place of wild magic and impossibilities the sort that always served to remind him why he liked magic so much in the first place. And he hoped that Loki would enjoy it as well.

At least that was the plan, which of course went straight to hell when the pair were ambushed. Not by the Inquisitors fanatics thankfully, these things were too dark, too burly, teeth and claws and scales instead of stark whites and cold technology. Not from around here either, he could all but taste the displacement. But for now that was the least of their worries, not with the aggressive attack, or the rather hungry way the pair were being eyed as the creatures did their best to slice the pair open.

Luckily, while the creatures were powerful, they weren't the most intelligent, relying instead on strength, speed, and numbers to keep an advantage. But between Loki and Stephen, they had enough magic to fend the creatures off, which given the spines the beasts sported, made keeping them at arm's length a prudent choice.

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I already said I have no such ability. Honestly, when did you get so . . . stupidly affectionate? It's starting to make me worry.