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[survivaltricks]

WHO: some wayward thistles and visitors!
WHERE: thistle barn
WHEN: early morning, day 6

[if you're an early riser, you may see a trio of thistles— two of them covered in blood and one of them with an arm of solid gold— stumbling back to their barn!]

[it's fine!!]

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[thistles only]

[survivaltricks]

[as soon as they make it inside, Lupin is hoisting Loki to the nearest bed, shouting as he does so]

Odin, get me a wet towel--

[shortforever]

[He does it, but he looks concerned when he comes back. Here have a towel.]

He's still...what're we gonna do?

[He's dealt with a lot before, but never anything like this. Medical stuff is beyond him.]

[literal_trainwreck]

[half-deliriously reaching over to prod at the gold arm with the good one]

[survivaltricks]

[taking the towel from Odin, immediately pressing it against a few of Loki's still oozing wounds (from the scisters. . . he has no idea what to do with that golden arm)]

[to Odin]

We have to heal him. Now that we're back in the pasture-- [it should work, right? he buts himself off and shakes his head]

Hey, Loki. We're going to heal you as best as we can. It might hurt a bit, but bear with me, okay?

[literal_trainwreck]

[looking up at him with unfocused eyes]

[cultofthesham]

What the—???

[survivaltricks]

[YES HELLO GHOSTLY TEAMMATE]

I think we found out where the demon ram lives.

[cultofthesham]

Oh. Great. Well that explains everything.

What’s wrong with him??

[ flitting over there, taking a look ]

[survivaltricks]

[holding Loki's hand while Odin does some PUNCH HEALING]

I don't know.

[keeping his tone PURPOSEFULLY EVEN but there are threads of anxious panic in there]

He was hurt by. . . something; you'll have to ask Odin about that.

And then the ram turned his arm into gold because we pissed him off.

[shortforever]

Scissor birds or whatever they're called.

[Hi he's also still bleeding from his arm thanks.]

[literal_trainwreck]

[I am a hot goddamn mess with an arm made out of gold from the elbow down, that's what]

[finalbows]

_{[ what's angel devil doing here. he touched down in the thistle barn's yard like a big jingling bird, and he quietly clicks his tongue in frustration when he sees you're here-- siiiigh, gotta ask nicely. ]}

Excuse me. I've need of one of these. _{[ turns to the fig tree he'd landed near-- reaching up to tap, tap, tap on one of the figs. ]} Might I borrow it? You'll thank me for it later if it turns out I'm right.

[shortforever]

[Odin looks immensely tired and kind of just waves at Angel nonchalantly.]

Go for it, they're pretty tasty.

[finalbows]

_{Euch, like I'm going to eat something that might have THAT in it.} Thanks much~. You'll know soon the fruits of my research.

[shortforever]

Hold on, what's that first part? About something in it?

[several hours later]

[literal_trainwreck]

[eventually, Loki comes to and crawls out of bed]

[survivaltricks]

[had tried not to hover while Loki was resting, but he's still nearby, because he probably failed a little bit]

-- you're awake.

[literal_trainwreck]

Yeah.

[a beat. what does one even say at a moment like this]

...I'm a bit thirsty...

[survivaltricks]

[what does one say indeed]

Oh-- stay there. I'll get you some water.

[shuffling off to their weird pocket dimension restroom to get a glass of water]

Re: [several hours later]

[cultofthesham]

[ there’s a tug on his blanket ]

[literal_trainwreck]

[starts slightly before realizing that it is only Jove]

...Hello.

[cultofthesham]

[ climbing up on the bed like Thing ]

Yo~ Check out my sweet new ride.

[shortforever]

[He will be the last Thistle to talk to Loki because he wants them to do their thing first, but eventually:]

...hey.

[literal_trainwreck]

[catching and returning those awkward vibes]

Hi.

[shortforever]

You, uh...I'm sure you're not doing great, but are you at least feelin' better than before?