♞ two :: i remember falling, i remember marching, like a one man army

[violenthearted]

[It's some fabulously obscene hour of the morning when Erik bullies into life fires up his network gadget and sets it on the counter in his kitchen to use as an impromptu webcam. His kitchen and living room are attached, so through the monitor one can see not only the front window with its curtains open, but the viva-la-whathehell going on below it.

Erik himself is leaning against the window and smoking, dressed from the day before like he hasn't been to sleep, and contemplating the unfolding scene with acerbic dispassion.]

Your City suffers from a poorly organized case of Revolution, it appears. [Capital letter audible.] Are we soldiering bravely on toward anything in particular, or have we lost one too many games of Risk?

[He smokes. Acerbically, or one of those other synonyms for 'dry' his typist is running through like Kleenex.]

Circumstances being what they are, this does strike me as the ideal time to mention I'm advertising my services as a locksmith. A profession coincidentally also often dealing with securities.

[Wouldn't it be comically inaccurate if this gave anybody the impression Erik was against bloody revolution as a means of affecting change.]

Comments

[violenthearted]

....

[Fine.]

Aren't you meant to be attaching at least one Loki to some sort of tree?

[He hasn't read much Norse mythology, because god, REASONS.]

[friggmagnet]

[You've probably read at much myth as Axl has to be honest.]

It was a snake cave I think? And that was the first Odin and I'd rather not get to that point. Sometimes they can be talked to.

[violenthearted]

Your pantheon's never struck me as much for diplomacy. But maybe that was the first one.

[Why is there a second.]

[friggmagnet]

[Third actually.]

Yeah they're like super into killing each other all the time and shit.

[violenthearted]

[Erik doesn't know that, and no one should tell him. Invariably this means someone will.]

If you'll permit my saying so I've always imagined Odin to be less--well. Less of a bloke.

[He borrowed that word from Charles, isn't it pretty?]

[friggmagnet]

[It's a very apt descriptor in Axl's case.]

Yeah. People say that. Just don't ask me when I'm losing my eye, yeah?

[violenthearted]

[Erik has been to that part of the world, due to having been like, everywhere. Just like Johnny Cash.]

It's a compliment. I've never been very fond of the original tales.

[friggmagnet]

Oh. Cheers, mate.