strangetrip | Earning and burning calories

Jane had a lot of restless energy lately. Most of that was due to the attack at the inn as well as all the thoughts about Asgard, Sif, Thor and the Warriors three. The best way that she had of getting rid of that pent up energy was kickboxing. It allowed her to hit something and to think which was a nice combination.

There were so many question especially after talking to Tony and the possibility that the American government working with Asgard or on their own could have taken and changed her memories from Sif. The possibility was real, but with the memories and dreams that she'd had since waking up at the inn, she could also be Jane/Remy/Alice from South Africa and New York. As she told Liz, Jane wasn't sure if she wanted to Sif or Jane, but the truth was, she wanted to know. But, she also didn't want to know. It was nice to think that she had an 'exotic' background of being from Asgard and friends with the god of Thunder. That was a nicer life than a daughter of murdered Apartheid protestors and raised to be a soldier by first the government of South Africa and then by Ellen Briggs or how she was known by the FBI - Shepherd.

At the thought of how she might have been raised, her fists and leg hit the bag with added force. It wasn't long before she needed to take a break and some water. Jane reached for a towel to wipe the sweat and to reach for a bottle of water. Maybe she'd go for a swim after this.

~*~*~*~*~ By the pool~*~*~*~

After a nice workout that helped with the energy, Jane had changed into her bikini and swam a few laps. The laps had been to cool off and clear her thoughts, both of which helped. Now, she felt like a slug so instead of toweling off and going back to her room, she relaxed against the back of the lounge chair and let the sun dry her. One of the benefits of having Molly for a friend was that as soon as she sat on the lounge chair, a bottle of cold beer was delivered to her from the pool bar. She didn't even have to ask for it. It was nice. Now, if someone could just send her over a slice of pizza to go with the beer, she'd be good.

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Loki had, for the most part, avoided the pool area. He wasn't much of a swimmer, also it was possible that the experience of almost drowning as a kitten had put him off it even more. Despite that, the fact remained that cutting through the pool area was occasionally an efficient way to get from place to place.

During such cut-throughs, he didn't usually stop. This particular cut-through was an exception, though, because of the familiar-ish form in the lounge chair. The image of Sif, albeit a Sif with short hair and tattoos. Jane, who had managed to be both pleasant and interesting company. This time, he stopped, taking a seat in one of the chairs next to hers. "Good afternoon. Jane, yes?"

Buffy had been watching Jane at the bag for the last few minutes and recognized the mind elsewhere while fists pummeled look. When Jane took her break she walked over with her own bottle of water. "Hey. Nice workout."

Jane had seen him around the inn of course but she didn't know his name. It hadn't occurred to her to find out, neither did it occur to her that this was Thor's brother that he talked about.

"Yes, that's me and I'm sorry, I don't know you're name."

"Loki. You know my brother Thor, I think." He was completely certain, both because of specific mention and because Thor was Thor. Everyone in his general area would know him within a few minutes of him arriving to that general area. He was social that way. "You and I actually have met, but I was much smaller at the time and not in a position to introduce myself."

"Thanks. Got rid of some energy." Jane admitted and took a healthy swallow of her water to cool herself down.

Jane, at first, perked up and her smile grew when she realized that this was Thor's brother. That merged into confusion with his last statement. She was trying to remember meeting someone that looked like him but was smaller, like Scanlan.

"Oh you're Thor's brother, he's mentioned you a lot, but you were smaller before?" As soon as the words were out she thought back through what Thor had said about him. Before Loki could comment she said, "wait, Thor said something about practical jokes that you always played on him. Was that part of the smaller?"

"Not technically, no." Loki raised one hand, palm up, and created an illusion of his black kitten shape on it. "I was a kitten at the time, I meant." She had realized the kitten wasn't a kitten, he was sure, but there was no reason to make the logical leap that kitten equaled Loki.

"Yeah I kick like that when I have a lot on my mind, too." Buffy said even though Jane hadn't mentioned that. "I recognized it." She admitted.

"OH that was you! After I asked my friend Molly if she'd made an illusion and she said no I thought it might have been a shifter. So you do illusions, too."" At least Jane assumed it was an illusion since there was one in the palm of his hand.

"This is an illusion," Loki agreed, closing his hand and dismissing the kitten. "But the other was me. I'm a shapeshifter as well."

She looked a little sheepish, "that obvious, huh?" Jane motioned for Buffy to join her and she sank down on the floor cross legged. "I've got some stuff to work through."

"Mostly because I'm been there, done that, got the t-shirt." Buffy nodded. "If you ever want to talk, or have someone to hit..." She offered with a smile.

"You can do both?" Jane was both impressed and a little surprised. "Wow. Well I guess you would, if your brother was a god." Which meant Loki was, too. Her lips quirked. "that must take a lot of god power to get your body into the small shape of a kitten."

"Probably both." Jane chuckled. She set her water down and leaned back on her hands. "Have you met Thor?"

“Not really.” Loki paused, considering. Frigga has taught him everything she knew about illusions and mind magic, but she’d never been much of a shapeshifter. Magic had taken study and practice, talent or no, but different forms had been easy for him. “Or possibly yes, thank you. I have no idea how much power it takes, it’s just easy for me.”

"Not officially." Buffy shook her head, "but I've seen him around and I know who he is. Why? Did you guys go on a date?" She waggled her eyebrows. Because for Buffy, her kickboxing thinking usually involved guys and Dean and Thor were both hotties.

Thor Odinson was rarely a swimmer, but he was today. Dressed in a form-fitting pair of trunks, he made his way out to the pool with a towel draped over a shoulder.

As he approaches, he catches sight of Jane.

"Sif," he says, smiling broadly. He makes his approach and sits down on the edge of the side of reclining chair. He's turned towards her.

"I hope you don't mind if I join you."

Laugh lines appeared by her eyes as her smile widened. "It must be nice to have that natural talent where it comes easy, but I meant your tall body into that short kitten."

“Ah.” Loki flashed a grin. As misunderstandings went, it was harmless. “Then we’re back to ‘not really’. It’s part of the magic, an alteration in my reality rather than a strict one to one conversion of mass. I’ve been larger animals as well, same principle.”

Jane shook her head with a laugh. "No, but he thinks I might be someone from his world. I don't know if it's a look alike like Dean and Alec or if I am. The memories that I have match some of what he remembers of Sif. That's her name."

"Of course not." Jane shook her head. She liked that he called her Sif, it made it a bit more 'real' for her. "You are always welcome to join me wherever I am."

"I think I would pay good money, if I had it, to see you turn into an elephant. Especially by the bar." Jane laughed to herself. "I think there would be a few people that would think you were a drunken hallucination."

"Particularly if I was green, I imagine." Point against being Sif, in Loki's view: this woman had a delightful sense of humor. "It's entirely possible that I'd do it just for fun, on a quiet enough day."

Thor looks very pleased at the invitation.

"I've got that bow for you," he says. "Just let me know and we'll give it a go."

"Except for a few exceptions, that could be every day." Jane said with her hint of a smile. "Not that I mind the quiet, especially after the last excitement we just had."

Though the truth of it was that Jane had liked the battle and the adrenaline that came with it.

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