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[thebigguy]

This would have been a lot easier on you if you had just started the application weeks ago like you planned. At least then the movie would be fresh in your mind.

[There's a pause, as if he's contemplating something.]

I'm also not as excited as you are about this whole steampunk idea. Stark's the one that's good with gadgets.

That doesn't mean I can't make any myself. I just don't want to. I guess it'll be fun to watch Tony suffer though.

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[slays]

Wow. Schadenfreude. There's a sunny new way to look at getting dumped into the biggest trainwreck of mystical mishaps to date.

[thebigguy]

Trust me, Tony's definition of suffering is probably even more lax than mine.

[slays]

That might be a disclaimer you should include, y'know, sooner. Being that Anatole's all big on the freakiness and monsters.

[thebigguy]

I guess part of me should feel right at home.

[slays]

Because you're ... a big purveyor of freaks and monsters?

[thebigguy]

Big being the key word.

[slays]

... I. Um. Well, thank you. For that information. But, I wasn't actually -- Um. Curious. Not even vaguely, in fact.

[thebigguy]

You asked.

[slay]

Actually, really didn't. But noted.

[thebigguy]

... What are we talking about?

[slay]

... Not the same thing, as it's becoming increasingly apparent.

[kingofwishes]

At least you seem more easygoing than some of these. I've never seen such a lot of high-strung egoes than I've seen around here. So many crying about not getting what they want... So childish.

[thebigguy]

[There's a quick, entertained nod before his reply.]

I'm nothing if not easygoing.

[kingofwishes]

Compared to some of these, you're a peach.

[Of course, he was perfectly aware of the layers of meaning in his words and he enjoyed every last one.]

[thebigguy]

A peach isn't exactly the fruit I would go with. After all I'm not quite as fuzzy.

[kingofwishes]

Yet you don't protest to sweet and juicy?

[Now this was banter. This was fun. The Goblin King was grinning in that slightly wild way of his, eagerly anticipating the answer.]

[thebigguy]

Honestly, I've never tried myself. I'm probably more of an apple. Thick-skinned with a tough core.

[kingofwishes]

Mm, not my favourite, apples, but at least you didn't say something ridiculous. Like durian.

[thebigguy]

I was considering grapes, with how many of me this mun person says there are lately.

[kingofwishes]

Mm, it is true that I've seen a few of your face around, but that can only be expected. There are worlds atop worlds and each of us has to come from somewhere. [And something of an odd thought, really. He'd yet to meet one of himself besides the one he saw in the mirror each day.]

[thebigguy]

Just... don't tell my other half the part about worlds atop worlds. It won't be pretty.

[kingofwishes]

[And that made one brow lift curiously.] And why is that? Pardon my curiosity but this I don't quite understand.

[thebigguy]

Let's just say I may end up on top of the world. Worlds, I guess.

[kingofwishes]

An odd way to put it. And full of paradox. After all, in worlds atop worlds, that means that he wouldn't exactly be alone.

[thebigguy]

Thankfully you haven't met the guy.

[kingofwishes]

And he hasn't met me. [He bowed - half-bowed, really - most politely.] Jareth, the Goblin King.

[thebigguy]

[He pauses, staring and wringing his hands for a second.]

Bruce Banner, a scientist.

[kingofwishes]

I see that I've set you slightly aback. [It was satisfying to do that, in a rather smug way.]

[thebigguy]

Yeah, well... I kind of know a few gods. It was only a matter of time before I met any Goblin Kings.

[kingofwishes]

There is only one Goblin King. I can at least assure you of that.

[thebigguy]

Doesn't that go against the whole "worlds atop worlds" theory?

[kingofwishes]

Not really. There are pantheons of gods in each world. The Norse, the Greek, the Roman, the Judeo-Christian, the Hindu, the Egyptian, and then there are all of the nature gods and spirits in the tribal African cultures, so many -- but there is only one Goblin King. In another world, certainly, there may be another Goblin King, but there is only ever one per world.

[He wasn't all frills and sparkles.]

[thebigguy]

Maybe you're just not looking hard enough.

[kingofwishes]

Why would I want to look harder? I see enough of myself in the mirror.

[abominatrix]

I'm sure you'll find a way.