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My Self-Summary

Back home, I'm a noble, the son of a Margrave, but for most of my life I've been a knight and a soldier. I'm mostly just looking for a good time and people who are open-minded enough to enjoy it with me, maybe try out some new things. There's a lot here I've never gotten to experience and I'm interested in changing that.



Outside of that, I'm a connoisseur of fine food and fine teas. I enjoy cooking, gardening, horseback riding, chess, and discussing a wide variety of topics, whether it's art, fiction, theoretical ideals, or more esoteric topics.

My Future Plans

Enjoying myself to the fullest here. Making conections and meeting new people. Experiencing all this place has to offer and finding those interested in exploring it with me.

My Talents

Varied and many. I had a robust interest in pursuing pleasures of all sorts back home and I hope to keep expanding that knowledge and skillset here.

Favorite Books, Movies, Music, and Food

I enjoy books on a variety of topics, but I've never seen a movie. Plays and operas are far more common in my world and a comparible form of entertainment. I like a wide variety of dishes and have a fondness for trying new dishes from distant places. I have a fondness for spices and rich flavors.

My Ideal Partner

I'm very adaptable and tend to adjust to whoever I'm with, making this a very broad category, since I have a varied taste in companions as well, depending on my mood. I find people interesting and like as many varieties here as I do in my favorite dishes.

Height 6'1 Body Type broad and muscular Smokes only when casting fire spells Drinks yes Drugs only healer prescribed Sign ...Gemini? Apparently?? Education Garreg Mach Officer's Academy Occupation Noble Paladin Income ... Children dear goddess no Pets Felix Horses Hobbies Reading, cooking, chess, tea, horseback riding, hiking. not dying.

art credit: one. two. three. four. five.

01. WINE OR BEER

both, depends on the atmosphere

.02 CLOWNS OR MIMES

neither

.03 SHOWER OR BATH

yes

.04 PIRATES OR NINJAS

what does this even mean??? and what's a nija?

.05 TITS OR ASS

yes

.06 COFFEE OR TEA

tea, although coffee is interesting, i will have to try more of it

.07 SPICY OR SWEET

spicy

.08 SUMMER OR WINTER

both have their fine qualities

.09 LEATHER OR LACE

depends on who's wearing it. some people are just very much one or the other.

10. ROUGH SEX OR GENTLE SEX

yes

Personality Type
Campaigner: ENFP-A

ENERGY

79%

Extraverted

MIND

55%

Intuitive

NATURE

61%

Feeling

TACTICS

61%

Prospecting

IDENTITY

61%

Assertive

personality test. art credit.

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[abit_ofboth]

[Loki thinks war is always complicated. It is something he was born into, something that changed his whole life. How different could things have been if Jotunheim and Asgard had never become foes? If his people had won? If Odin hadn’t found and taken him home? The possibilities were endless.]

I suppose that is true for any conflict. Though I can see how it would change a lot if the people responsible in part for that conflict are removed from the scenario. I would suppose it would depend on if they are from the same branch as you are, if it affects you specifically. Or if they are variants from another line. I do hope it means all is well in your homeland for as long as they are here. [Again, so many possibilities and more every second as more and more people make different decisions and branch off further and further… Loki shakes his head as if to clear it, returning his attention to the man across from him.]

I do not believe I have ever come across magic divided quite like that. Or rather, referred to in that way. I would have to say I would fall more into your Faith category, though I am able to use magic offensively as well, most of what I do is to trick my opponents so I can manipulate the situation. I don’t always use my magic when in direct battle.

So tell me, what kind of magic can you employ?

[philancer]

[ Sylvain blinks for a moment, confused, because he'd gotten lost about halfway through that answer. ]

...Branch? [ What are variants and a line of what? ] But thank you, I hope that as well.

[ At least the magic part he knows enough about to explain. Or at least bluff his way through it enough to make it seem that way. He wasn't a full-blown mage by any stretch of the imagination, although he had employed quite a bit of it when armored up as a dark knight on the battlefield. ]

I have a basic grasp of healing magic - mostly from necessity on the battlefield or helping my healer friends when they were short on hands or overwhelmed. But mostly I wielded a lot of elemental spells. Fire was my specialty, apparently I had an affinity for it. [ Which had surprised him as well as his professors. Then again, he'd always purposefully downplayed a lot about himself at the Academy. ]

[abit_ofboth]

[Loki takes a deep breath and sighs. He might appear annoyed, but he’s not upset with Sylvain. He’s simply not used to having to explain himself so much. He really needs to come up with a simplistic and generic description of what he does just so he doesn’t keep running into this situation.]

I am sorry, please ignore me when I go on such rants. I get a little caught up in what I was taken away from and forget most are not aware of what I am talking about.

[He’s relieved when the conversation merely stays on magic use after that. Just to have someone that believes magic exists and has some working knowledge of it makes Loki happy right now.]

Elemental spells? I have some abilities concerning that. I do enjoy the usefulness of fire, but I actually have natural abilities with ice. It is less about my magical affinity and more about my physiology, but it works out about the same in results. Is there anything of yours you can show me? Or are they all meant for the battle field? [Loki wants to see something, but he also doesn’t think accidentally burning down the tea house is a great plan either. They have all the tea!]

[philancer]

[ If only Sylvain realized Fodlan and all it’s paths were just the sort of thing Loki would recognize. Not that he knows there’s different paths himself, of course, but that confusion is sure to come up eventually.

As for the magic…

He makes a face for a moment, contemplating what he can do. ]

The fire magic is too volatile for in here, unfortunately. A healing spell would be simple enough, though. Although you’d probably feel it more than see it.

[ But he stretches out his hand across the table anyway, palm up, waiting and letting Loki decide if he was alright with that or not. ]

[abit_ofboth]

[Perhaps one day this topic of conversation would come up for them again at a time when Loki is more willing to explain, though he doubts it will matter. It really is rather complicated and he doesn’t expect anyone to understand. Not that they need to.

Loki can’t help the slight look of disappointment when his initial thought proves correct. It would seem abilities concerning fire were dangerous no matter where you are from.] I suspected as much, but I thought I might ask anyway.

[As Sylvain holds out his hand, Loki doesn’t have to think twice. Of course he wants to feel it. He stretches out his hand in return and places it in Sylvain’s rather large one. He watches the other man’s face, trying to read him as he waits to see what happens next.]

[philancer]

[ Sylvain might actually find it pretty fascinating - if unfortunately too accurate, if those from his home start comparing notes and timelines anytime soon. They can table it for another day, perhaps.

But relieved he can at least show the man something - since flinging around fireballs and opening up lava rifts inside seemed to be a very bad idea, in his mind - he lets his fingers curl about Loki’s wrist as he closes his eyes to focus.

Reason magic, he’s found - especially the elemental branches - always seemed to react more strongly to surges of emotion, or adrenaline. At least when he was using it. Perhaps it was the chaotic nature of their composition or maybe he’d just spent more time calling on it on the battlefield rather than practicing it in a classroom setting. It always came stronger for him when tension was high.

Faith magic, on the other hand, always came easier when he could quiet his mind and calm his body. It didn’t come as naturally to him as his fire magic, but he’d honed it all the same. Mostly to help Mercedes or Annette triage the wounded after a battle. He couldn’t do much, but he could keep many alive long enough for a true healer to get to them and sometimes those extra minutes were just enough.

Now, though, he reaches for that well of power and coaxes it through his body and into the other man, using their shared contact as a connection point to funnel it through. His fire magic was often like loosing an arrow or heaving his spear, but Faith magic was more like tipping a cup just enough to let a trickle of much-needed water over the edge.

He’s not sure what it would feel like to Loki, but to him, it had always started as a warm rush of sensation beneath the surface, followed by a cool tingling in its wake. Since Loki isn’t actually wounded or ill right now, he doesn’t release it into the man with a specific direction in mind, so instead the magic will wash through him like a balm, easing whatever it finds in its path instead. ]

[abit_ofboth]

[There was a certainly level of anticipation running through Loki as Sylvain gripped his wrist. The warmth of his hand against Loki’s cool skin feels exaggerated in the moment, but also thoroughly pleasant. It’s been so long since he’s felt someone else’s magic, and he’s all sorts of excited about it. Even just recently he’s started to expand his own abilities, and really, with the TVA not allowing his powers for so long feeling any sort of magic, whether his own or someone else’s, gave him a shiver of joy.

At first, Loki keeps his eyes on Sylvain, watching as he clearly starts to call on his magic, examining his face for any sign of what it must be like for him. Loki wants to know everything, how his magic works, what it feels like for him, but then there’s a tingling, starting where their skin meets and Loki finds his eyes drifting down towards the hand at his wrist. It’s warm, warmer than Sylvain’s hand, but not unpleasant. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.

Soon, Loki can feel it running over his own body. He closes his eyes without realizing it, wholly entranced by the feeling as it meets with his own magic causing a calmness in his mind that Loki doesn’t believe he’s ever felt before. He’s always been rather chaotic, even if he presents as calm on the surface. He’s always been able to hide his true feelings. Well, almost always. Definitely when it comes to people who don’t know him, but he’s completely unable to contain the pure joy he feels right now. His whole body relaxes, slumping slightly as his breathing because deep and calm. It’s almost as if he’s asleep while fully aware of everything going on around them.

Loki has never experienced healing magic before, he has his own innate ability to heal rather quickly and even when he was injured, he never trusted anyone to do anything for him. Now he’s starting to see the error of his ways.]

[philancer]

[ It’s only when he begins to feel his magic trickling back to him that he releases the spell, relaxes the call on his magic and lets it flow back to rest within him once more.

He’d watched the way the other man seemed to relax beneath the wash of the spell - which was impressive, since Sylvain hadn’t actually realized he wasn’t relaxed until he saw the change wash over him.

And while he lets go of the spell, he doesn’t let go of the man’s hand for the moment, letting him savor whatever it is he’s experiencing for as long as he likes. He’s just relieved it worked so well, apparently. ]

[abit_ofboth]

[As the magic begins to retreat, Loki starts to become more attentive. He never lost consciousness or anything, but now he feels as if he’s just awoken from a wonderfully deep sleep. His eyes blink open and he smiles across at Sylvain.]

I think that might be something that is handy for people who have trouble sleeping. It was quite pleasant and relaxing.

[Like having a massage or soaking in a hot tub, but even better. Loki places a hand over Sylvain’s where it meets his wrist and smiles.]

Thank you for showing me that.

[philancer]

Huh, I’ve never really tried it with insomnia before.

[ He gives a thoughtful hum at that, making note of it, even as he gives the man’s hand a light squeeze and offers him a playful wink. ]

You certainly seem more relaxed now, at least. You’re welcome. I’m glad it helped, whether it needed to or not. I wasn’t sure it would even work, outside of my world, but hey, nothing exploded or burst into flame, so it looks like we’re all still safe.

[ …he’s teasing. Probably. ]

[abit_ofboth]

I can see how that might have been missed, if you are used to using it during battle. I find that sleep is the last thing people are worried about during war.

[Of course, it is something that people direly need during such times, but he also knows well that it isn’t something that people think of when worried about further attacks.]

You know, I did not think I needed it, but I do believe I was wrong about that.

[Loki huffs out a small laugh.] That is almost a shame. I wonder what the fire code is for a place like this? Do you think if the hotels was destroyed by fire, they would let us all go?

[Now it’s Loki’s turn to be mostly joking. He knows it’s not worth the possible loss of life, but the idea of getting out of here by any means necessary is one that crosses his mind fairly regularly.]

Anyway, thank you. It really did help. I have not felt this relaxed in… well in a very long time. I would like to repay you somehow, if you wish. Is there anything you need?

[philancer]

Unlikely. But it’s a thought if things here get more dire than they currently are. We could probably try and use it out in the jungle, as long as we were careful not to ignite any of the plantlife?

[ It was still indoors, but barely, with all those huge trees and multiple levels and… he honestly doesn’t know how things like that work in here, but it’s worth a try if Loki really is that interested? Worse comes to worse there are creeks and waterfalls aplenty in there, if something did ignite?

But he waves off that offer with a friendly smile, shaking his head. ] It really was no trouble. And it’s good to know it works here, I suppose, so you’ve already helped me in return. I’m just glad it helped.

It’s nice, to be able to use magic for more than just battle, and the wounds wrought from it…

[abit_ofboth]

Yes, I suppose caution is the name of the game with these things. [Even if it was a rather new one for Loki to be playing. Really, this place is lucky they grabbed him from the time the did. Not all that long ago he would’ve been more than willing to burn this place to the ground if he thought it would get him out of here.]

You know, if you wanted to test your fire abilities here, I have abilities with ice. I am sure I could put out anything you manage to set alight. Though I still think you are right. If it is something you are tempted to try, we should find a place that is less likely to cause a lot of damage. We wouldn’t want to incur the wrath of our captors.

[Loki smiles at that and relaxes back in his seat. He’s actually having quite a pleasant time, even if he hadn’t just been made to relax.]

Well then, you are quite welcome. We should do this again sometime. I mean, you do not need to use your powers on me every time, but I am enjoying myself even beyond that.