Spoilers for Age of Ultron, voice-testing

[whatfollowsthunder]

Of course, I will miss my friends. I will miss Earth. This world and its people have been good to me, and I will never forget that.

And that is why I must see them defended, by any means that are within my power. The Infinity Gems are a threat that we have only begun to understand. If there is any hope of understanding them before these particular wolves are at our gates, I am the one with the best chance.

[Thor smiles. It's a very tired sort of smile. It's been a long few years, and it's only looking to get longer.] Never mind. I am growing accustomed to being far from home.

They say that I am a destroyer? Then let our future foes learn just how much.

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[tricksandmischief]

Are you not yet tired of playing the hero?

[whatfollowsthunder]

[Thor raises both eyebrows, the picture of innocent inquiry. He is long past being ruffled by Loki's barbs, especially ones so minor as these.

To say nothing of the fact that the lingering stab of loss he still feels at the thought of his brother, let alone the sight, is tempered with something else after his encounter with the waters of memory.]

Do I look to be in a gaming mood to you, Loki?

[tricksandmischief]

Indeed not. You have become far too serious.

[whatfollowsthunder]

[This does get Thor to draw back a little, as though sharply jabbed physically as well as verbally. But his expression, though wounded, also carries a note of something like pity.]

Do you really still not see why?

[tricksandmischief]

Let us say I do not, so explain it to me.

[stark_ravingmad]

I love how you talk about using your almighty powerful hammer, it just gets me going. [Sorry about Tony, Thor. He is just annoyed that he couldn't actually lift your hammer, even with his armoured arm.]

[whatfollowsthunder]

[As far as Thor is concerned, there's no need to apologize, mostly because that was one of the funniest things he's seen in months.

So he looks entirely unashamed, even to the point of giving Mjolnir a little flip, before replying:] Since you seem so determined to "solve" my almighty powerful hammer, I thought you might wish for me to continue talking about it. My mistake.

Or we could return to discussing your habit of creating metal men with the power to destroy the world.

[tricksterofasgard]

Very dramatic, Thor.

[ Though he's not going to hand over his title as Drama Queen, sorry. ]

[whatfollowsthunder]

I learned from the best, Loki.

[Loki will never be permitted to hand over his title as Drama Queen.]

At least I'm not getting knocked senseless in the middle of my dramatic speeches.

[tricksterofasgard]

No. You merely get knocked off-screen by your own team members.

[ Don't deny it. ]

You know, that is what I was missing in this new adventure of you and your friends.

[whatfollowsthunder]

Seeing me get knocked about by an army of robots was less amusing to you? [He's not denying it. It's just that he and Bruce are cool, now. Berserker rage is hardly something Thor is unfamiliar with.]

Honestly, Loki, are you ever satisfied?

[tricksterofasgard]

Ah, come on. They were hardly a challenge. Cannon fodder, in the most literal sense.

And I believe I already answered that question. Some time ago, yet I still dislike having to repeat myself, brother.

[redhourglass]

You can always come back and visit, big guy. No one said saving the universe had to be a full-time job.

[whatfollowsthunder]

[Thor can't help but sigh, at this.] I am no longer quite so certain of that. [The Earth alone has needed saving twice in as many years. Thor is happy to do so, of course, but it's still a bit much, even for a guy like him who likes a good fight.]

But I hope that I can. And I hope you all stay safe until I can.

[redhourglass]

You know us. We'll keep limping along, somehow.

( hey, if he's feeling tired, imagine how she feels. not all of them were gods (or god-like equivalents). she could understand why hawkeye was heading home for a while after this one. not that she had a home to go to. )

Won't be the same without you, though.

[whatfollowsthunder]

[It is sometimes a little hard to remember just how fragile most humans are, especially when his most frequent point of reference is either Jane or the Avengers.

But after what Wanda Maximoff showed him, well...Thor doesn't think he'll be forgetting again in a hurry.]

At least you seem to have acquired a few new allies.

What do you think of them, Natasha? [Thor tends to take people as they come and sort out any resulting problems later, which explains a lot of his relationship with his brother. For getting a read on people, he can definitely still defer to the experts.]

[redhourglass]

( she can't help it - her jaw clenches as she's reminded of the vision that wanda showed her. and how she'd used bruce. how she'd played them all. that said, she understood ending up on the wrong side.. being lied to.. maybe better than anyone.

forgiven (maybe), but not forgotten. )

I think they had more reason than most to want to help us. But having the same enemy and being allies is not quite the same thing.

( though now, after pietro's death.. )

It's hard to say.

[eyesofthebifrost]

You know that I shall watch her/them/everyone for you, and when or if you wish to return to Midgard and your companions, it is but a bridge away.

[whatfollowsthunder]

I know.

[Though he has to swallow back a shudder at the memory of those all-seeing eyes turned blind. Even then, it only serves to strengthen his resolve to see this solved.

That vision won't be Asgard's fate. He won't allow it.] The day when you aren't watching us all will be a grim one indeed, my friend.

[eyesofthebifrost]

Guarding the Bifrost has been my honor and my duty for some four-thousand Midgardian years. I will die before I give up serving Asgard as I do. You need have no fear of that.

[whatfollowsthunder]

My fear is that it may one day come to that, Heimdall. [A lot of the people in his life have been dying, as of late, so Thor hopes he can be forgiven a little anxiety.] Especially if I cannot uncover who is responsible for moving the pieces of the Infinity Gems together, outside the branches of Yggdrassil.

[changethendie]

The mortals will not forget you, Thor. How could they? You have shown them how much of a protector and hero you are countless times. Which is why that Scarlet woman's vision of Helish destruction is, as they say, "total bogus."

[whatfollowsthunder]

[Well, aren't you a totally adorable reminder of his brother who Thor still technically thinks is dead.

Hopefully this small child doesn't mind being patted on the head.]

I appreciate your faith in me, Loki. I certainly hope to prove it so.

[changethendie]

[he definitely does love pats on the head! at least, from Thor. he responds with a smile that has a much-too-conniving curl to it, but maybe he was just born with it. he's happy to see Thor, truly]

You will! You always do, no matter the universe you call your own.

[whatfollowsthunder]

And what universe do you call your own, Loki?

[It was a while ago, but Thor remembers that even when he and "his" Loki were this young, his brother didn't quite look like this child. The differences are subtle, but there.]