Loki sighs and grips Gungnir, allowing his consciousness to see what the Destroyer's old head would see. He's greeted by the sight of a solemn looking Thanos, in royal garb, sitting at a table, as if they're actually in a meeting with each other.
"Loki, I'm glad you heeded my call. I was getting...worried that something might have happened. You know if you ever need my guidance or my help ever again, I'm only a call away. " The Titan King expresses sincerely. Looking at the man who is the reason for his parents' condition only makes Loki's blood boil. He purses his lips and grits his teeth to keep from yelling and alerting...everyone that he's even having this conversation.
"I'm not in the mood for games, Thanos. What do you want?" Loki asks with a glare. Thanos gives a small smile.
"Games...I only wish we had time for such. They relax the soul and take a load of the mind..." His expression switches to a very serious one. "But I'm not here about games, King of Asgard. I am here not as your friend, but as the revered King of Titan with some...demands from my people." Loki scoffs. This monster thinks he can make demands of him? Of Asgard? He didn't know how much they've improved over the short time he'd been ruling so they'd be in for a rude awakening if they--
"I know how much god you've done with Asgard Loki, and it warms my heart so see it. So it is with a heavy heart that I speak these words." He inhales deeply. "Cut it out." Loki is taken aback, bewildered by the words and the tone.
"Excuse me? I--"
"No. Let me finish." Thanos commands. "I will not sit by idly as Asgard attacks my men and my planet. Nor will I allow you to try to sabotage what I worked so hard to save." Attack? What is he talking about? Thanos seems to see Loki's confusion. "So you do not know. Then perhaps...well nevertheless, I, Titan was attacked by Asgard's Prince, Thor. He did a number on my forces until I ultimately stepped in, and took him down. Out of courtesy to you, I chose not to end his life...but I will not be so courteous in the future." Loki swallows, his throat suddenly dry.
"Thor...is he...?" Loki dreads the inevitable answer that--
"No." Thanos replies with a grimace. "He managed to fight his way out of our base when I spared him. His hammer is...unique." He speaks, staring Loki in the eyes somehow. "But, knowledge of this or not, I find Asgard responsible, and a second attack, will have us be enemies. And I can say, that it would be a shame to have to annihilate that which I have built up with my own two hands. Do we have an understanding?" Loki says nothing, just barely managing to restrain his feelings of hate for this being, who would dare claim to have built up Asgard, while crippling its King and Queen.
"I'll take that as a yes. Secondly, remove the sanctions. As your friend and one who offers aid at any moment, I cannot begin to understand why you'd issue them in the first place. Perhaps a misunderstanding of sorts. Regardless, I would rather not have to...deal with them in my own way. So either remove them...or I will place my own form of sanctions until you do." Thanos says stone-faced. He then sits back and exhales, looking tired. "I don't want to fight you Loki. I only want to help you and to teach you. And if you don't remove these sanctions, I might have to teach you...another lesson." His voice darkens at the end of his threat.
"So what do you want? An apology, and the removal of sanctions? You think that logical? That you deserve such?" Loki asks, incredulous. Thanos nods, unaffected by his tone.
"I do."
Will Loki apologize for Thor's attack?
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Will Loki lift sanctions?
[] Yes
[] No
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