Loki and Dejah

[mm_z]

Norse gods don't all live on Asgardia. A few of them live in New York.

And none of those Norse gods actually look like Norse gods. This particular one likes to hang out in expensive coffee shops and use their wifi to play World of Warcraft on his laptop.

He's not wearing his mail or horns today, but instead a rather ironic I ♥ Asgardia shirt. (He doesn't. He really, really doesn't.)

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[dejah_thoris]

She turns the page back around and glances between it and him. "Hmm."

She doesn't erase and make the change, instead, flipping the page and starting again. Her entire demeanor becomes a bit more intent.

"You into art at all?"

[lokiofsassgaard]

"I like art that's good," he says. "I have a Jackson Pollock at home."

He watches her draw, eager to see the results of this new sketch.

"Do you just draw, or do you do other mediums as well?"

[dejah_thoris]

It takes her a moment to respond. She blinks a few times and seems to visibly change gears to speak to him.

"I started out in mixed media, back when I was in LA. But I changed to oils four years ago. Haven't looked back."

[lokiofsassgaard]

"I'd like to see that some time," Loki says. "I can draw stick figures, and that's it. Stick figures doing obscene things."

And he looks rather pleased with even that.

[dejah_thoris]

Dejah's smirk grows, even as she doesn't look up.

"A marketable skill, indeed." She focuses on the sketch for another few strokes of the pencil. "You know the Boiler Room Gallery, up on 9th?"

[lokiofsassgaard]

"No, but I'm sure I could find it," Loki says.

He pulls out his phone and does the intelligent thing and Googles it.

"Have you got an installation there?"

[dejah_thoris]

He Googles it, and the major show going on right now has her face splashed all over it.

"You could say that," she says, distracted now, adding the last few lines to the portrait. "Here, how's this one?"

Again, she spins the sketchbook toward him.

[lokiofsassgaard]

"Wow," he says, looking at some of the pieces displayed on the site.

Loki looks up at the new sketch and nods appreciatively.

"Yep, that is me," he says. His attention makes its way back to his phone, and he may be adopting the sort of expression one wears when wondering if something is for sale.

[dejah_thoris]

He'll see a combination of old world techniques mixed with modern subjects, and a use of color and texture that certainly hails back to her mixed media influences. And the prices indicate that someone thinks she's doing something right.

She turns the sketch back, frowns, and keeps going. This one isn't done yet.

"You should drop by sometime. It's better in person."

[lokiofsassgaard]

"I think I will," Loki says.

But he's being rude, so he puts his phone away again.

"So, that J in your name? Which language is that from, because it can go about... five ways, I think."

[dejah_thoris]

Dejah laughs, bites her lip, shakes her head a little. "DAY-zha. It's -- a long story."

One published early in the century. Her dad was a huge fan.

[lokiofsassgaard]

Loki smirks. "It can't possibly be longer than mine. Call a kid Loki, and the story goes back centuries."

[dejah_thoris]

That gets her to look up from the page, her eyebrows raised.

"That is a heavy name to carry around. Mine's just an Edgar Rice Burroughs tribute."

[lokiofsassgaard]

Loki shrugs. "It does mean I get away with a bit more than I probably should. 'Oh, no, it's just Loki being Loki.'"

Rather like people get suspicious when he's not misbehaving.

[dejah_thoris]

"Well, I suppose there's an upside to that. If you want to look at it that way."

Her expression becomes more intent, and her hand is moving slower on the page.

[lokiofsassgaard]

Loki chuckles easily.

"It's a very good way to look at it," he agrees. "If I'd been called Thor, everyone would expect me to much more well-behaved, and where's the fun in that?"

He seems to reconsider this at the last moment.

"No, actually, he gets away with even more than I do, somehow."

[dejah_thoris]

An eyebrow flicks upward.

"You have a relative named Thor?"

[lokiofsassgaard]

"Big strapping blond chap. Last I heard, he was dating a woman called Sif."

The smirk on Loki's face does suggest that every word of it is, in fact, a massive lie.

[dejah_thoris]

Dejah snickers, and goes right back to drawing.

"So what do you do for a living? If I might be so bold."

[lokiofsassgaard]

"I work for my mother. She's a politician in Oklahoma, but I hate Oklahoma, so I live here instead."

It's actually the truth. In a way.

[dejah_thoris]

"Family business, hmm? Sounds like it's never dull."

[lokiofsassgaard]

"It's interesting enough," says Loki. He points at Dejah's sketchbook. "How long have you been doing this? In general, I mean. Not this specific drawing, obviously."

[dejah_thoris]

Her brow furrows at the question. "Art? Always, I suppose. As long as I can remember."

[lokiofsassgaard]

"Do you think you could teach me?" Loki asks.

Who knows? It might be a useful skill to have.

[dejah_thoris]

That makes the pencil stop.

She looks up at him, a sharp expression on her face. "You want me to teach you art? Or --" She waggles the pencil between her fingers, "to draw? Which?"