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🐍 loki odinson 🐍 ([personal profile] dothelokimotion) wrote in [community profile] metaverses2022-08-21 04:12 pm

( open to all ) all the world's a stage

Who: Open to All
What: Party @ The Opherium
When: August
Where: Central City
Content Warnings: N/A



( i. here for your entertainment )
[ most people would see the strange arrivals as an imposition. and loki does to some degree. that being said, he’s more than willing to turn that problem into a business opportunity. show that he’s open and welcoming. throw in a little extra money to establish the theater as a prominent spot in this world. the doors are open, fees are reduced. and if you’re not interested in catching a play, you might want to stop by the steps where there are a few vendors selling cotton candy, ice-cream sandwiches and beer to passersby and there are a few street performers there to catch your attention, whether they’re juggling fire balls, doing magic tricks or simply playing a pianoforte on the steps of the opherium. ]

( ii. the curtain rises )
[ for this month, loki is running a bunch of shakespearean plays. hamlet, macbeth, the twelfth night . . . you name it, it’s probably running. during the intermissions, there’s an open bar for you to rub elbows with the other patrons, maybe discuss your favourite part of the play. enjoy the arts so to speak. if you catch the really late night shows, you might find that your favourite plays might . . . turn out a little differently. like the trees are real in macbeth. that the ghosts move through the audience, sending chills down your spine. but the experience is still worth it. or is it?

or perhaps, you might need some alone time after a show, wanting to catch the infamous view of the city from the opherium's balcony. the choice is yours. ]

( iii. something wicked this way comes )
[ the theater keeps up odd hours. its productions run late into the night. and sometimes, you might feel the urge to linger and explore. after all, it’s strange to hear that a god of mischief is running a theater these days. almost suspicious even! so you might be wandering the halls, ears and eyes peeled to hear anything that might be unusual.

and you might just get your wish. a ghostly murmur, the flicker of a shadow against the pane of glass, statues that seem to be unnerving with their gaze upon you . . . is there something really there or are you just imagining things? ]
makeanentrance: (Side unmasked)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-01 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[It takes him a moment to recall.]

Oh, that's right... It's strange to think of you as married.
doctopoda: (unsure)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-01 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
...is it really that odd?

[He knows the other him was a real piece of work, but - for his entire life? Otto was married for like thirty years.]
makeanentrance: (Uncertainty)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-01 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Beck shrugs.]

Just... different. Different universes, I guess.

What would be odder is if I was married.

[He chuckles nervously.]
doctopoda: (glasses)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-01 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Otto snorts a little.]

Never considered it at all?
makeanentrance: (Contemplating)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-02 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[His gaze is downward, expression partly awkward - but there is also a slightly tense anger to his next words.]

There was this one girl... We were friends when we were kids. Met her years later and... well, I thought she might have liked me but... she was playing me. She wanted some angle for a story. I was her ticket to fame.
doctopoda: (the fuck)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-02 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Otto listens quietly, actuators swaying slightly behind him. He can sympathize. Nothing exactly like that has ever happened to him; he didn't have anything material to offer anyone until well after he was already married. But pre-Rosie, it can't be said that his dating life was exactly great.]

I'm sorry that happened. You're certainly better off, not getting entangled with someone like that.
makeanentrance: (Uncertainty)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-02 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess so.

I suppose it'd be nice to have a relationship but... sometimes it's just easier to be alone, you know?
doctopoda: (desolation)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-04 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm. I'm...getting used to it, I suppose. Rosie and I met in school, and we were together for almost thirty years. I don't have much experience.

[Which is to say - no! Not easier at all! Otto's doing better these days, but he thinks half of that is simply due to not spending so much time alone anymore. Going home to an empty apartment every night was sometimes just too much.]
makeanentrance: (Beck unmasked)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-07 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Well, at least you have some friends?
doctopoda: (hello peter)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-07 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Otto smiles.]

Yes, yes. That does help a great deal. [Both the people he's met here, and - ] I had a friend from home with me when I first arrived - he vanished again some time ago, but I think I'd have had a much worse time getting used to all of this without him.
makeanentrance: (Very cautious)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-08 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Vanished? Was there any warning or reason?
doctopoda: (shame)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-08 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
None. That happens during Confluences sometimes - people will be taken again.
makeanentrance: (Very cautious)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-09 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
So we can disappear as quickly as we arrive.

Has anybody come and gone and then come back again?
doctopoda: (stony)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-09 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Not that I'm aware of. The working theory is that they go back to where they came from.

[Not "home", Norman wasn't at home yet when it happened. Of course, there's no way of proving it one way or the other, but Otto prefers to imagine they have gone back. Even if he might not ever be able to find out for certain.]
makeanentrance: (Uncertainty)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-10 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure if that's the best place to go. Maybe it's better here, in some ways.
doctopoda: (miserable)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-10 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Personally, I'd have to agree. There isn't much for me back there other than a lengthy prison sentence.

[Or just being vanished to some government black ops site? No other supervillain's ever been taken into custody before, who knows what would happen. He's being generous, anyway - he's far more certain that he'll probably get killed by his reactor, if he's dragged back there without warning.]
makeanentrance: (Side unmasked)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-10 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, prison or death is unfortunately a common thing for the likes of us.

Even if neither can really stop us for long.
doctopoda: (probably being a bitch)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-10 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
.....I'm sorry, death doesn't stop you?
makeanentrance: (Side unmasked)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-10 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
I... um... yeah. I've died. At least once for real.

But I was resurrected. Somebody didn't think my time was done.
doctopoda: (chiaroscuro)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-10 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[my guy. what the fuck.]

...I'm told I was supposed to die in my original timeline, but it never actually happened as far as I'm concerned. People in my world don't just...come back from that.
makeanentrance: (Helmet fright)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-10 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Beck's shoulders hunch up a bit and he visibly shudders, looking downward as he speaks next.]

You never know. It could have happened in your world too. I can't go into all the details... but after I died, I went to... some sort of Hell. It was everything terrible you can imagine about such a place. But the demons weren't done with me there. They sent me back and I had to... follow certain orders. I tried to get away but it's not something you can easily escape.

[He pauses a moment and continues after a wry chuckle.]

At once point they tried to convince me I had just gone insane... but I know better.
Edited 2022-09-10 05:04 (UTC)
doctopoda: (anti-recovery)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-11 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Holy shit? Several of the actuators turn to look at Beck as well, as he relates this particular story. There was a time when Otto might have thought the man insane himself, but he's seen too much magical bullshit now.]

What happened?

[at least, it sounds like the demon situation is past tense?]
makeanentrance: (No more)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-11 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
I... um...

[He appears hesitant.]

What part do you want to know more about?
doctopoda: (Default)

[personal profile] doctopoda 2022-09-11 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Are you doing better now?

[Really, anything beyond that is immaterial, in his opinion. Of course he's curious, but he's curious about a lot of things in other universes. No reason to demand explanations.]
makeanentrance: (Director)

[personal profile] makeanentrance 2022-09-11 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[That does bring a smile to Beck's face. And he nods.]

I was. After... everything, I was making my movie. I had my script and we had everything shot and were about to go into marketing and then... I found myself here. So back home... things were going pretty well.

I wish I knew if everything was still going well. I got pulled away when everything was on the up, you know? It's like somebody doesn't want me to succeed.

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