my life as a buddy movie | period 2 | wednesday | june 24

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Loki knew it was the last day of class and, while he'd thought of treating the class to something, he decided against it because he was a damn lazy bastard and he got up too late to actually get anything. The class had been handwavily notified to meet in the Danger Shop just to make things easier.

"So, it's the last class," he said from his spot at the front of the room, "and you've all survived. Not that there was a chance you wouldn't but still, it's good to see. I don't really have anything planned for your final exam because it's hard to test your skills in working together subjectively. So, you get off easy."

Well, not that easy.

"That doesn't mean you can fucking leave or anything, oh no," he continued. "You're still stuck with doing something, you're just not going to get graded on it. Since you've been working together all term, today, you get to work against each other. Today, you're going to joust! So, have fun and thanks for coming to class every week. Hope you learned something and if you didn't, it was your fucking fault and not mine."

Always displacing blame.

"Hope to see a few of you next semester." Like he'd be giving up a sweet teaching gig.

[ocd is up and class is ready to go!]

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He found his eyes on that sapphire rather than her, eyes watching the light play against it.

"Family heirloom?"

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"Not quite," she admitted, glancing up at him carefully.

"He and my dad don't exactly get along. Didn't, I mean."

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"Mm hm." He kept his eyes on that sapphire for a moment or two longer before looking at her. "That's one of a kind, isn't it?"

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She almost told him that she couldn't say for certain, that she didn't know what it was or what it could be, but after a moment she just nodded.

She was reasonably sure, considering how he'd worn it, that it had been something personal to Beelzebub. The fact that it'd shrunk from the fist-sized jewel down to it's current state, well, she had no idea what it meant. But definitely one of a kind.

"Let's just say he didn't part with it willingly," Fiona said after a moment, figuring that if her teacher had something to say about it, well, best to get it over with.

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"But he parted with it," he said, sounding almost serious for the first time in a long time. "And now you have it. Carrying on a family legacy?"

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"He parted with a few things."

The necklace. His head. His power. She'd only been responsible for two out of three, but all the same.

"I'm just keeping that side of my heritage in mind," she told him honestly.

Re: chat | stare | take notes [BM 06/24]

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"Are you now?" he asked, watching her steadily. "By wearing a necklace? Seems kind of...materialistic."

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She shook her head.

"Nothing like that. It's just a reminder that they're there. I'm currently staying with my mother's family, but my dad came to visit this weekend. I was thinking of him, so I wore it."

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"And where's your dad from?" Loki asked carefully, keeping the subject light. "Somewhere foreign?"

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"I don't know," she admitted, and it was the truth. Then she gave him a flat look.

"If you have a question, professor, just ask it. I won't lie."

She'd dismiss or avoid or distract or not bring things up, but she wouldn't outright lie. She was tired of lies, sick of not knowing who she was supposed to be on such a basic level.

And something about Loki had always itched at the back of her brain.

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"What you're wearing can't be bought in some fucking store," Loki said, looking down at it again. "I don't think I've seen it before but I feel like I should have. Now, why the hell is that? What kind if thing is that?"

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"It was taken from an Infernal being," she said quietly, not particularly interested in sharing the information to all and sundry but as she'd told him, she would not lie about it.

"My dad called him Beal."

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"Beal," he said, amazingly getting the lack of wanting to share this with everyone so moving closer to keep it quiet. "Short for something else, isn't it?"

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She shrugged.

"Pretty sure. We saw a 'Beelzebub' in the Mythica," she told him, "but it's not like we had the time to do introductions. Lord of All That Flies would make sense, though."

He'd attacked with insects at one point.

Re: chat | stare | take notes [BM 06/24]

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"And you're...related to him?" Loki asked slowly, watching her with more interest now.

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"He said he was cousins with my father," she told Loki with a nod.

"Not our uncle. He was clear on that. But I also don't think he liked Dad much."

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"So, you know Infernal beings," Loki said, leaning a hand on her desk quietly. "You didn't just meet them at the local corner store, either. They don't tend to hang out there. If they're above fucking ground, it's not to bum around."

Ignore the fact that he'd been bumming around Wisconsin. Different circumstances.

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She almost pipped up that her father had been living as a bum outside their apartment in an alley for most of their lives, stealing pizza from the dumpster... but it just didn't seem appropriate. It also wasn't fair to her father.

"They're family," she told him plainly.

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"Family," he repeated. "I've probably met a few of them, then. But, they're not my family."

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"Have you met Louis?" she asked very very carefully.

"He's been, um, indisposed for about sixteen years."

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"Not recently," he said, matching her careful tone. "I met a lackey of his recently. Annoying little fucker who craved central air and destruction."

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"Dad probably didn't know you were here then," she said, looking up at Loki, "or he might have stopped to say hello. He came for the convention."

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"Mmm." Loki shook his head. "You guessed what I am yet?" She seemed intelligent and, well, she'd been around people who probably knew his type.

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"You make my brain itch," she told him honestly. It was a 'yes'.

"Are you... no, you've been here since before my birthday this year. Just kind of happened. This going to be a problem?"

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"I'm fallen," he said even if he hated admitting that shit. Stupid fucking Bartleby. "Problem, no. Just be glad you didn't catch me a few centuries ago. I was a lot different."

And working for a vengeful God.

"Unless you're going to make it a problem."