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Date: 05 May, evening
Location: Outside
Status: Public (Loki, Murdoc)
Summary: Playing with fire on the grounds

Loki got comfortable on the front steps, ready to entertain himself through another sleepless night. He still forewent sleep, not wishing or willing to face the dreams that waited for him.

He teased a small flame out of the stone and started moving it across the step in circles and patterns.

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"How far North?"

A smile stole onto Murdoc's face. He liked games, and this was promising to become one.

"Far North", Loki said. "Iceland, if you like. What about you?"

"Around here," Murdoc said, his British accent growing stronger. "I actually grew up not too far from this place."

"What, in Tadfield?" Loki asked. "Then why are you staying at a hotel? Or what's your definition of "not too far"?"

"I have no living family," Murdoc admitted. "I just needed a place to start my retirement, and this seemed as good a place as any and better than most."

"The last of your line, are you?" Loki said. "Most of my family is currently a little... indisposed."

"As in, not on speaking terms with you?" Murdoc asked with a grin.

"Some imprisoned, some exiled, and my wife might get in a lot of trouble if she were to contact me," Loki said. "I guess I could visit my daughter, but the place where she lives isn't exactly..." he hesitated, "hospitable."

"Sounds like quite the illustrious familiy," Murdoc pointed out. "I used to have a sister. She died in a skiing accident a few years back. Now it's just me."

"Sometimes I wish it was just me," Loki said. "It would make things that much easier."

"It can be very lonely," Murdoc said. "Sometimes it'd be nice to have someone who's just... family, you know?"

"It's been a long, long time since I felt that way," Loki admitted. "A very long time. If you don't have family, no one can kill them or use them against you."

Murdoc nodded.

"I know how that is. I still wish I had her back."

"What happened to her? I mean, you said a skiing accident, but - how? Avalanche?"

Murdoc nodded. "I guess so. I only had second-hand information. I learned about the whole thing long after the fact."

Loki nodded understandingly. "Same with me when they imprisoned my son. I wasn't in the area any by the time I learned of it, it was too late to do anything."

"My money started coming back," Murdoc said. "See, I'd been supporting her secretly for years. So when it stopped going through I started to investigate about the why."

"Why secretly?" Loki asked.

He wasn't even sure if he was really interested in hearing the story, but there was the chance that it'd be entertaining.

"Didn't want my employer to know she was there, didn't want her to know what it was I earned my money with," Murdoc said. "Can we change the subject?"

"Sure," Loki said. He spun up another tiny cyclon of fire and set it to spinning around them, up and down the stairs. "What do you think of," he gestured, "this place? Did you met the proprietress?"

"Oh yes," Murdoc said. "I did. She seems quite the nice lady. So is the girl she has manning the reception desk. She sure knows how to pick good staff."

"I haven't tried connecting with that one yet," Loki said. "Come to think of it, maybe I should do that sometime soon. She's a pretty one..."

"Only if you don't mind sharing," Murdoc told him with a wide grin on his face.

"Me? Mind?" Loki laughed. "I always share. Really. I'm generous. But she might be otherwise inclined..."

"Kirby? Otherwise inclined?" Murdoc laughed out loud. "One thing's certain: Kirby is not going to be 'otherwise inclined' if you offer her some carnal pleasure. Quite the opposite."

He chuckled again. The idea of Kirby Mitchell practicing anything along the lines of monogamy was really nothing short of a joke.

"Is that so?" Loki asked with a grin.

"Well, then... I think I'll be looking for her!"

"You do that," Murdoc said as he got up. "I'll see you around, I trust?"

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