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[realitywarped]

[Loki's face is deliberately turned to the side, showing off the clear scar under one eye, making it very obvious. He's never been grateful for that scar before, and it chafes a little to have to be pleased about it now- but at least it makes his face his.]

Ah- I'm sure there's probably an official way to do this, but alas, I have little idea of how this usually works for mortals. Gods don't often get to quit their roles in my world. We are what we are, usually...

[He tails off, face carefully neutral. As he always is when he's feeling anything particularly strongly, he's getting overly wordy again, and he knows he has to curtail himself.]

But that doesn't apply to jobs, does it? So- I quit. You'll need a new head chef, although the routine should be more or less set by now. I doubt my staying in the role will contribute much to stability or feelings of security amongst the crew, when I share a name with someone else so very publicly denounced.

[His mouth twists up in something not much like a smile at all, expression a little bitter and wry.]

I'd hate to give someone cause to be uncomfortable, after all.

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[seeingscarlet]

[Sorry Loki, you've got friends and this is one obviously concerned Wanda. She was afraid Daisy's "warning" was going to cause unintended backlash.]

What will you do now?

[That seems like a safe place to start. And if he ends up shoved into something awful she is having words with someone.]

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[realitywarped]

Who knows? Demote myself to merely the baker for the cafe, perhaps. The fun part, without the stress of trying to feed a few hundred people three times a day. And at least if people distrust me, they don't have to eat the cookies.

[And because Wanda is a friend, she gets a little more honesty from him.]

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[freiheiten]

Why not stay in your job? You have the power to starve whoever gives you trouble.

[He doesn't know the kid, but he does know that the woman was in the wrong.]

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[chaostic]

You realize this is the opposite of productive, yes?

[ Cue Loki's disapproval, Levi. Don't screw more things up for 616. That's rude. ]

[realitywarped]

Not all of them. There's a contingent of inorganic life aboard, after all. And besides, it certainly won't make things less strained when everyone else realises that, will it?

[And also besides, he doesn't. It's not like he serves the meals individually, or has any power to prevent anyone from eating, after all.]

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[twelveminutesolder]

Then who will make töltött káposzta?

[ Which is to say: he doesn't care if you have the same name as the apparently dangerous Loki, he recognizes yo'ure someone else just like how Peter is a different version of him, and all he wants is delicious cabbage rolls. ]

[realitywarped]

Any of the current assistant chefs, I should think. Or anyone else you ask. It isn't as if the kitchen is off-limits during the times meal preparation isn't happening.

Besides, I can't make them either. I haven't seen a cabbage since... well, before the Ingress, at least.

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[notglitching]

Glitched.

[realitywarped]

Cryptic and unhelpful as always, I see! :-D Help me extrapolate your meaning, if you would. I'm glitched, or the situation is glitched, or you're glitched?

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[allyisun]

You mean I have to convince someone else into keeping the All You've Got stocked with baked goods? Shit, man.

...Want a job at the cafe?

[realitywarped]

Perhaps not, although are you sure you still want me to do that? I might be a dangerous murderer, after all.

[He can always just take over the kitchens late at night and just do the baking then, after all. And he quite enjoys that bit of the job, usually.]

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[arcreact]

[ He can't say he particularly gives a shit about Loki - any Loki - but he's watching these multiverse shenanigans closely, and as a matter of academic curiosity... ]

are people actually giving you a hard time, or is this knee-jerk?
i don't know you, but most everyone i saw seemed ready to leap to your defense

[realitywarped]

Does it matter? :-/ I do get a choice, and my choice is to leave before anything does happen.

[It wouldn't be the first time people have been suspicious of him before he's even done anything, after all.]

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[pushed]

Have you considered an exciting career in sanitation? Because I would not be one bit uncomfortable.

[realitywarped]

...That sounds like the least exciting career I can imagine, actually. And no. Once was enough, thank you.

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[bosswald]

[So there is another Loki here. She feels a little bad for this one, feeling that he has to make some sort of awkward announcement to the general public.]

Or, instead of quitting, you can just give food poisoning to the people who actually give you grief over what your name is.

[It's a joke! Honestly.]

[realitywarped]

I could, or I could perhaps avoid dealing with people who feel a little strange after lunch not deciding I've poisoned them and hunting me down.

[Besides, he doesn't like his job. Might as well have a nice visible reason to quit, right?]

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[takeitslow]

You should't have to leave your job just because some asshole went nuts accusing people. You not caused any trouble the whole time I've been here, you're not the problem here. She is.

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[realitywarped]

Ah, but most likely she isn't wrong about her accusations. And in that case, I'd as soon have it made very clear that there are two of us, and take myself out of any position that makes me easily found- or easily impersonated.

[He folds his arms across his chest.]

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[accidentalqueen]

[ I'd hate to give someone cause to be uncomfortable, he says. Queens don't get to say "bullshit", but if she weren't queen, she might be tempted to say it. ]

I understand her act was upsetting to many. Yet if the resemblance ends at the name, isn't this an excessively melodramatic response?

[ Even though Medusa figures that it probably doesn't end there. Still, aren't they all just becoming more familiar with the idea of alternate universes daily? ]

[realitywarped]

I recognise your hair, so you should certainly recognise my name. We may even be from the same starting world, in which case you should no doubt remember my name has... implications. But even if I'm not that Loki either, I know full well that doesn't stop people from blaming me for those crimes.

[He gives Medusa a look, eyebrow raised.]

I like surviving, and I like not being in a position where people can find me easily, should they get the wrong impression.

[That... and he is pretty melodramatic.]

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[that_cost]

Why let the assholes win that easily?

[ She's wondering. She has her own ways of dealing with people, but this guy seems affected by someone's bullshit and she doesn't think that's very fair. ]

Just out of curiosity. I don't know you from Adam, but why let someone take that much control over how you live and what you do, based on the behavior of someone you happen to share a name with??

[realitywarped]

I don't know if you've noticed, but this ship controls how we live and what we do to begin with. I didn't volunteer for my task, after all. It was assigned.

[And he'd been okay with it when it was all of twenty people he was cooking for, but now it's more like a production line than cooking.]

Besides, it wouldn't be the first time someone's decided I'm responsible for the things another Loki did.

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[linefacingforever]

You're... quitting?

[ This person doesn't know him, and Yu never saw him before, but he couldn't help but be a little surprised by the announcement. He recovered himself after a moment, giving him an apologetic look. ]

Sorry... I just arrived. I was assigned as one of your assistants.

[realitywarped]

Well, then, congratulations. There's a chance to be promoted, if you want it.

[He shrugs. Sorry, new guy, but he kind of got shoved in the role and now someone else can get shoved in it instead.]

[heart_breaking]

... You're not allowed to quit.

Just name everyone in the kitchen Loki, too. People will get over it.

[realitywarped]

Oh? Why not? It's only a job, after all.

[He tips his head to one side, curious. He's not sure why Chara should care- unless it's the cookies.]

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[meyneth]

Loki, I doubt that this is necessary...

[for example, Fiora hasn't even heard about whatever it is he's talking about.]

People aren't so stupid that they'll judge you for sharing a name with someone, you know?

[realitywarped]

It's more than a name, you know. He's what I might have been, in a different world.

[They are both Loki- although Loki would argue he's the more real one of them. He certainly seems to have been the more active of them, if the other Loki's only killed dozens.]

Besides, don't you want to be head chef? The job is open, now.