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[wrathfulkhan]

[Gene turns on the feed and is about to speak. He opens his mouth to say something, and then, quite suddenly - there is a large amount of snow coating his hair. And half the inside of his suite. Among the snow is a vast collection of random junk, including some Angry Birds robots and other things people may recognize as once belonging to an absentee trickster god.

Also there's a bloodhound. A bloodhound which is rolling around in the snow and saying indistinct things about entrails and murder. Standard stuff, really, for a bloodhound.

Gene closes his mouth, whatever he was about to say forgotten in the wake of this new fuckery. He looks back, taking in the scene behind him for a good five seconds, and turns back to the camera, his face a mask of utter, dangerous calm.]

Loki...

[He takes a deep breath. The mask of calm shatters when he yells:]

...what the fuck?!

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[definingfuture]

Looks like you've won the lottery.

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[wrathfulkhan]

Weird sort of lottery.

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[definingfuture]

You got it from a weird guy. I'd say that it's pretty fitting.

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[wrathfulkhan]

The weird guy can come take it off my hands any time now. This isn't funny.

[Okay, maybe it'd be a little funny if it happened to anyone else. But the Mandarin is not mocked, dammit!]

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[definingfuture]

It just means he likes you. Cats bring home dead mice, and he wanted to give you some presents.

What you should do is set out food and then loudly declare that he can't have any.

[See how helpful he is?]

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[wrathfulkhan]

See, I can't tell if you're being serious or messing with me. [WHICH IS WORRYING. His Stark doesn't have a poker face.] Because, knowing him, that honestly might work.

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[definingfuture]

I back all of my ideas completely. [His ability to sound natural when he's full of shit is one of his finest traits.]

You don't have to be suspicious just because it's coming from me, you know. Also, he probably gets more of a kick out of this when you yell. Or was that the point?

[Is this some strange tsundere bro love game?]

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[wrathfulkhan]

[Gene invented the strange tsundere bro love game, and buddy, this ain't it.]

I'm suspicious in general, because since this was timed while I was making a network post, it seems he's set this up for everyone to have a laugh at my expense.

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[definingfuture]

You think I'm laughing?

[Tony's pretty sure they just have a tsundere broship. With the amount Loki seems to like teasing Gene.]

I'm just offering my opinion. If you want to get the better of him, you should keep the stuff and refuse to give it back.

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[wrathfulkhan]

You think that might work?

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[definingfuture]

I think he dropped that stuff on you knowing you would react to it. Doesn't hurt to keep it if he gave it to you. It serves him right.

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[wrathfulkhan]

Huh. You might have a point.

[And that's as much of an admission that you're right that you're going to get, Stark. Treasure it.]

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[definingfuture]

[Hah. He's always right. Okay, mostly always. Probably.

The point is he doesn't need validation! He's totally being smug over the connection now.]

If you set his stuff on fire, just make sure you do it publicly.

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[wrathfulkhan]

If I set his stuff on fire, I'll use the dog to start the blaze.

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[definingfuture]

That's a dog? [It's a murderous sounding pet, that's for sure.]

Huh. Well, I guess it does seem like your kind of companion.

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[wrathfulkhan]

What's that supposed to mean?

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[definingfuture]

Neither of you are going to win an award for most smiles in the city. Maybe Loki has the right idea.

video; sorry he has permanent bitchface, tony

[wrathfulkhan]

So what if I don't go around looking like I'm on Prozac? This is just my face. This is just how my face looks.

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[definingfuture]

That's unfortunate. Have you ever tried smiling once in awhile? It might actually throw him off.

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[wrathfulkhan]

[Deadpan:] People find it unsettling when I smile.

[It's a total lie, but people who knew him probably would find it unsettling to see him smile.]

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[definingfuture]

Why? Do you give them creepy stalker smiles?

[He's only teasing Gene a little bit. Tony doesn't know him well enough to really think much of him other than he's a grumpy kid that knows Loki, but that doesn't stop him from trying to heckle a reaction out of him.]

Maybe you just need more practice.

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[wrathfulkhan]

[Gene smirks, which is usually about as close as he gets.]

Not exactly. But it's a rare sight. And there's not much to practice about around here.

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[definingfuture]

No wonder he likes you. [Yeah. Totally creepy.]

All these people around and you have no one to practice on? Come on. You're just not looking.

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[wrathfulkhan]

There's a demon dog from the pits of hell setting all my stuff on fire.

I don't have too much to be happy about.

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[definingfuture]

Maybe you can train it?

[Or not. But he's also not being eaten by said demon dog, so Tony doesn't have to rescue him and can default to jokes.]