[EP] Community service for some reason

[st_ratagem]

That morning, Loki had finally gotten around to the piece of paper he'd been handed along with his room key, and... well, it was definitely interesting. Apparently not checking in for two weeks in favor of scouting the Inn as a kitten meant that he'd been involuntarily assigned to 'community service' in the infirmary.

It was ridiculous. He wasn't a healer. Oh, his mother Frigga his mother had tried to teach him healing magic, and the theory had been easy enough, but barring one or two minor successes healing his brother of minor injuries, the practical had always escaped him. Eventually his mother had removed healing from his lessons, and not long after that Loki himself had stopped trying.

It was ridiculous.

It didn't matter, though, where he did his reading and thinking, and at least waving vaguely in the direction of being productive would probably very slightly soothe the fears of anyone who thought he, for example, made a habit out of flinging people out of windows. (He'd only done that once. It wasn't a habit.)

Therefore he swung by the library, relieved it of all the medical texts a quick rummage presented, hauled the books to the clininc, and staked out a desk area more or less out of the way. As nearly as he could tell, anyway; regardless, a small wall made of books hopefully separated him nicely from anyone looking for help.

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Re: Liz/Loki

[st_hotflashes]

"Confined, I guess, is probably an accurate term." She offered him a small smile. He felt weirdly familiar, but she wondered if that was simply because he and Thor were brothers.

"Do you, um. Is this where you want to be? The clinic, I mean."

Re: Liz/Loki

[st_ratagem]

"I can read and think anywhere, so it doesn't matter too much." Barring periodic interruptions, the clinic was quiet without being silent, as well: always a bonus. "On the whole I'm likely neutral about it."

Re: Liz/Loki

[st_hotflashes]

He reminded her a little of Michael with his stand-offishness.

"Well... it'll be nice to have a new face here once in a while." Liz planned to bring him something from the bakery next time. She didn't know why, but she felt the need to try and make him happy. "I'll let you go back to reading now... It was nice to meet you."

Re: Liz/Loki

[st_ratagem]

Loki waved a little, internally noting that that reflexive niceness was probably something else to work on. Not necessarily get rid of, but... channel into something useful to Liz rather than useful to whoever Liz was dealing with. And yes, he went back to reading. "I'm sure it was."