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]

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?"

[lokiofsassgaard]

The expression she gets in response is rather telling. "Is there a difference?" Loki asks.

[dejah_thoris]

The sharpness fades from her expression, and she smiles. Politely.

"Well, yes. One is learning to walk, the other is learning to fly. Both useful, under the right circumstances."

[lokiofsassgaard]

Loki points to her sketchbook. "Well, I'd like to learn to do that. Anything else would be a bonus."

[dejah_thoris]

"If you're taking naughty stick figures to the next level, you want figure drawing as well as portraiture."

The corner of her mouth curls into a smirk as she says it.

[lokiofsassgaard]

Loki doesn't even bother to look embarrassed.

"That cold be fun," he says.

[dejah_thoris]

"It can," she agrees. She flips the page over, and draws a few rudimentary stick figures, these with actual proportion and rough anatomical features. "It starts simple. And then, the rest is practice practice practice."

She turns the page around and shows him two very intimately entwined stick figures. Nothing more than rated PG, but the impression is very clear.

[lokiofsassgaard]

"That's still way better than anything I can do," says Loki, pointing down at the sketchbook. "Leagues better."

[dejah_thoris]

She turns it back and tilts her head, frowning.

"I've never had a student before. I'm not sure I could teach you, actually."