Voicetesting AU post-Thor Loki. Oh, pardon me, Lukas.

[remade_man]

You speak lies. Norse gods are nothing more than fairy tales. They were things told to children and foolish men and women who wanted to believe in absurdities. I am many things, but a Norse god? You could not sound more insane if you tried.

It is true I live without my memories. It took a long time to accept this, but I'm over that. I have peace with it. If be God's will I not know who I once was, then my only option it to move forward with my life. That's what I'm trying to do, you know. In case you haven't noticed, I have patients to attend to and people who are relying on me. Not to mention my father will be most displeased if you keep me from home for much longer. I have many duties I need to attend to, the least of which is indulging your flights of fantasy. There is a city crying out for help and I intend to give what I can to it.

So what if I have those strange dreams? I discussed them with my psychologist. They are nothing more than dreams. I have no family on record, indeed, no one who answered the call for my family to come forward. I have a new father, and that is all I need. He gives me medication to keep the dreams at bay, and I think that's all I need. I am not weak. I am not some child to be coddled. I can build my own future. I am my own man now, whatever you may think of me.

Whoever the Thor in my dreams is, he is naught but an illusion created by a wiped mind. You would do well to remember that.

Comments

[tinfoil_angel]

Well to be fair you're not exactly a god. People just called you and your family that. It's a misunderstanding of primitive humans and what they saw you demonstrate.

I don't think you're going to believe my next explanation though.

[remade_man]

I was never Loki. I never will be Loki. If there ever was some man named that, you're mistaking me for him, and he's long dead by now anyway given how much time has passed. There is no god but God himself.

I have an AU Loki myself, but figured that would make things too easy for Lukas here xD

[tinfoil_angel]

We can argue that back and forth sure, but right now I'm not talking about gods at all. I'm talking about alien life. People saw aliens that looked much like themselves with better technology and powers and said those beings had to be gods.

Excellent. I live to torment my characters.

[remade_man]

Aliens have never been proven to exist.

[tinfoil_angel]

Well that's true I suppose and even I can't prove that to you. I can however prove there are things above normal human capabilities.

[He pointed his hand at a nearby boulder.]

Keep your eyes on that.

[Within seconds the bolder would start cracking and breaking apart. It crumbled down until it as just a pile of small pebbles.]

Granted I could of just made it explode, but that would be a little too easy and too violent I think.

[remade_man]

I can do things beyond normal human capabilities. They are gifts from God, and I treasure them. But in no way does that prove the existance of aliens.

Poor Karl xD He never had to deal with anything like this before

[tinfoil_angel]

[Oh god. Karl is just going to face-palm from that.]

They're not gifts from god. You're not a human being. That isn't to say you weren't created by god, there is no way even I know that, but you are not from Earth.

I've never written a Christian character before, so Karl is not alone here.

[remade_man]

Prove it.

I do have one myself though in his own canon his faith was pretty well challenged

[tinfoil_angel]

Fine. Would you agree that having a biology different from that of a human's would make you not a human yourself?

[remade_man]

No. Genetic and biological anomalies occur all the time, and examinations at the medical center I stayed in found that most drugs, food and tests on me yielded near normal if above average results.

[tinfoil_angel]

Well I think there's only one thing I could do to prove it to you.

Assuming your memories aren't just entirely gone I could try to remove your amnesia. I won't do anything like that without your permission though.

[remade_man]

No. Only God can decide when I am ready to recover my lost memories, if ever. To ask you to do it would be to selfishly reclaim things that I have made peace with being without.

Is it so wrong, to start anew, and find a new place to live and thrive?

[tinfoil_angel]

No actually it's not a bad thing at all. I'm just worried about what will happen if you're not ready whenever you discover the truth for yourself.

[remade_man]

I will regain memories when I do. And my father is a psychologist. He'll help me deal with things as they come up, as they emerge. I know that it will be hard, but rushing things seems like a bad move for my mental health. I should let things happen naturally. That seems the safest course of action.

[tinfoil_angel]

That's fair enough. It's probably right too.

If you don't mind telling me, how did you discover the abilities that you have? I was personally born with mine so they grew and developed as I did.

[remade_man]

I simply felt a strange energy within me. I laid a hand on the shoulder of a sick man at my church. His injuries were healed instantly. After that I began to experiment with focusing on the energy, the strange feeling, and using it on people. I started with the homeless, and then began to help more people at my church. Those are my primary areas.

As I've been using them more, the power seems to have grown in how much I can do and how often I can do it.

[tinfoil_angel]

How has the reaction been from those who have seen it?

Also would you mind if I taught you one thing I've learned about having abilities? It's a lesson I think your church would approve of and it's very true.

[remade_man]

They have appreciated my God given gift, my ability to help others. It's been called a miracle, though I wouldn't go that far. It sounds arrogant.

Of course. Go ahead.

[tinfoil_angel]

It's definitely good to be humble about it. You have an ability, but you're still a person with your flaws.

The lesson is one I learned pretty young.

[Once again he pointed his hand, but this time at the ground an adequate distance away from them. The Earth and rock exploded up violently.]

Destruction is easy. If you developed your abilities you could do it without any effort.

[This time though he didn't just stop there, the ground would start repairing itself looking like the damage hadn't even occurred.]

Healing, creation and that sort of ability is a bit harder. It's where the challenge and value in what you do is. I could rend buildings apart by myself, but where I see value is in protecting people and helping them. For years I barely used my abilities. I saw more value in gardening. I gave people who didn't have much fresh crops to eat.

[remade_man]

I know I am. No person is without flaw, regardless of how righteous they may think they are.

[Lukas watches with careful observance, nodding quietly and taking a moment to absorb the other man's words.]

I would like to be able to make food. I want to help people. I have no desire to destroy anything, or harm anyone. That's not who I am. If I can help people, I will. I'm studying to become a doctor. Hopefully then I can use my abilities without attracting much attention.

[tinfoil_angel]

That's good then. You've learned a lot more in a shorter span of time than either myself or my friends did on handling these abilities right.

[He frowns a bit.]

Just remember that people can be scared of what they don't understand. Even people in power.

[remade_man]

I owe it to my father. He guided me through my treatment and my faith. Without him I would be utterly lost and adrift. Even with him my lack of memories sometimes clouds my ability to see things clearly.

I know. But that's why it stays within my church, to the homeless and to a medical practice where it will not look suspicious. It won't attract too much attention that way. I think I'm good, for now at least.

[tinfoil_angel]

Just be sure not to do anything rash if you feel backed into a corner. Don't be afraid to stand up for yourself, but know what you're doing when you're doing it.

I don't know your situation entirely, but a time is going to come when you're challenged by something or someone.

[remade_man]

I'll do my best. God will give me strength and guidance. I know I'll be challenged, and face tough calls. But I will do my best to act in a way that does no harm to others.

[esotericism]

Oh dear. This is certainly new. Though I'm not entirely certain Father had much to do with your memory loss, dear. I mean, he might have, he doesn't tell me everything, despite my duties. But I rather think it's more likely that something else is to blame.

[remade_man]

I have no idea what you're talking about. My father, Dr. Zlatanovich, has helped me recover immensely. If I had any other family, they have not contacted me or sought me out. I assume I had some biological father, but your wording implies we're related, which I sincerely doubt. They ran blood and DNA tests. No matches on record.

[esotericism]

Oh! No, no, no, dear, we're not related at all. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. It's just that, you know, you said that you think that God may not want you to remember. That's who I mean when I say 'Father'. It's a little silly, I expect, given that he never actually expected my brothers and I to call him that. After all, we were created simply to be obedient. But what else should one call one's creator, after all?

[ a pause. ] .. I'm rambling, aren't I? I'm sorry, I do get off on tangents..

[olympic_lion]

...Well, this is one for the record books.

Tell me, if you be not Loki, what name do you claim? It would be well to know.