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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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[literal_trainwreck]

[staring down at the arm with slowly dawning horror]

[shortforever]

[Oh he dislikes this. He dislikes it so much.]

Do you, uh, if you want, Jove could possess you. So you don't experience it.

[You know.

Cutting his arm off.]

[survivaltricks]

[LUPIN ALSO DISLIKES THIS]

[but he doesn't think that's a bad idea, and he looks over at Loki for his answer]

[literal_trainwreck]

I... I'm not afraid of a little pain.

[I mean. he is, and in the poor shape he's in he's not doing a good job of hiding it]

[shortforever]

[...]

I'm not gonna ask him to do it if you don't want it, I get wanting to keep your body to yourself. But you look terrified.

[survivaltricks]

[oh dear. calling Loki out on being afraid is--]

[he cuts in very quickly]

It's your choice, Loki.

[literal_trainwreck]

[peers down at the hand one more time, trying and failing to move his fingers. When he speaks again, his tone is one of exhaustion and defeat]

... Let's just get it over with. If Jove wants to take over so badly, let him.

[shortforever]

[Well, okay then. He looks over to Jove now.]

1/2

[cultofthesham]

Alright, boys. Let’s turn that frown-

[cultofthesham]

Upside down!

[ it is immediately and starkly obvious that Jove is now in control. Even if not for the big red spots on his cheeks, everything about Loki’s expression and posture is suddenly Not Loki. ]

1/2

[survivaltricks]

[. . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[UNSURE IF LIKE]

[survivaltricks]

[but it's for a good cause ssssso]

[to Odin]

We'll need a tourniquet.

1/2

[shortforever]

[Oh it's unsettling to be sure.]

[shortforever]

[But on the subject of tourniquets, he just. Holds up his hands.]

It's a little trickier than what I normally do, but I can do it.

[cultofthesham]

[ clonks his hand up on whatever they’re using as a table ]

Cuff me.

[survivaltricks]

[to Odin]

With your powers?

[well. . . if gravity works, then Lupin will accept it. he nods, and then takes a step back, summoning a being with a very sharp weapon to hang out behind him until the time comes]

Tell me when you're ready.

[cultofthesham]

[ makes an impressed whistle, and gives a “let’s go” hand motion ]

[shortforever]

[Yyyyyyikes

But Odin knows this has to happen, so he crouches down to put his hands on Joki's shoulder, right above where the gold stops. It is indeed a bit tricky, but he's applying gravitational pressure right in that spot to stop the blood flow.]

[survivaltricks]

[it's atypical, but Lupin has to trust Odin, doesn't he? just as much as he has to trust himself to be able to do this. for Loki's sake]

[a small exhale. he closes his eyes, steeling himself for what is about to happen. . . before he opens them again and twists his expression into something determined]

[and with that]

[Ongyo-Ki's blade swings down hard and sharp, neatly severing the golden part of the arm from the fleshy part]

[IT'S UP TO U ODIN TO STOP ANY BLEEDING. AND MAYBE DO A HEAL]

[shortforever]

[Luckily the level 30 limit doesn't interfere with how much force he needs to stop blood. It's pretty gruesome but it does the job, for now.]

You got something to cover it up? I'm gonna have to let go eventually.

[cultofthesham]

[ I mean, it’s not fun, but having it not actually be His Arm and being able to turn off pain helps a lot. A lot. ]

Hooooh. Clean.

[survivaltricks]

[Ongyo-Ki vanishes in an instant, and Lupin grabs for that wet towel, wrapping it around the stump to stave off any blood that does leak out when Odin releases the gravity tourniquet]

-- okay.

Let go, and give him a solid punch in the shoulder.

[hopefully, a good heal will close the wound before any potential bleeding out can occur]

[shortforever]

[He'll let go with his hand but the ability is still holding onto Loki's arm. He's going to give it a couple punches to get the healing going before he let's go with his ability.]

[cultofthesham]

[ SOMEHOW THAT IS WORSE THAN THE CUTTING ]

Ow, damn it!

[shortforever]

Just put up with it, I'm almost done.

[PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH okay he's going to look at how well healed up it is.]