-[z] Train: The expectations haven't changed
--[z] With your mother, DC 40 Intrigue, DC 15 Martial
Intrigue Roll: 91+7=98
A great success!
Martial Roll: 75+5=80
An outstanding success!
It wasn't too difficult to convince Mother to help train Loki. A few hints there that he couldn't learn from the current trainer. A hint there that he was maybe too small or too weak to learn the standard Asgardian style. And finally, some whining about Thor specifically blocking him from training due to his big brother complex and...Loki was in.
And once he was in, Loki made the most of it. Watching vigilantly as his mother, the queen, showed him her forms, her technique, on how to wield a sword, as well as an introduction into daggers. Loki, being the bright child that he is, is able to copy the forms to an almost perfect level and replicate everything in an instant. Frigga can't help but to smile at her son's progress, a smile that is different than the warm, loving smile she gives him as a mother. This smile was one from Frigga, the trainer. She was proud of Loki as a fighter, and not just as a son.
Intrigue +1
Sword 4/5
Daggers 1/5
Martial +.5
-[z] Attempt to cozy up to the trainer so that he can give you more advanced lessons. DC 45
Roll: 70+6=76
A good success!
Attacking his problem from all angles, Loki opts to get his trainer in on the action as well. It takes months of hard work, but various questions and increased interest and the...vast improvement in ability that Loki shows (unbeknownst to the trainer, it is from Frigga's training) all add up to the trainer taking Loki's talks, his woes, his probes of private lessons, more advanced instruction, pretty well.
Loki could tell, all he had to do was push one more time, and those advanced lessons were his.
Asking for Advanced Lessons from the Trainer is now a possible action.
-[z] Ask Father if he could help you personally with further tutelage on how to run a kingdom. DC 70
Roll: 53+8=61
A bare failure.
Unfortunately, Father was not so easy to figure out. Loki thought he was proud of Loki's increased interest in running things and in his increased responsibilities but...Father still refused him. It wasn't stern or anything of that nature it was just...no. He was still busy, too busy to spend time teaching Loki, but maybe another time. Yes...another time...
-[z] Pull another prank! You've got the taste for it now!
--[z] On Thor. DC 25
Roll: 61+7=68
A great success!
It was time...time for Loki to finally complete his masterpiece of a prank on Thor. Megathor had...calmed down a lot since being caught by Mother last year. No longer did he cut innocent girl's hair, claiming to scalp them for his collection, and...no longer did he even have a collection. No, now Megathor cut the hair of those he defeated in battle. Loki's not sure if Mother knew of the continued defiance of Thor or...Megathor but he didn't care, not at the moment. Loki himself could and would take care of Megathor, one way or another.
This time, the prank is less about getting Thor in trouble, but about making Thor scared and paranoid. To have him experience what his victims experienced and give him a true lesson in empathy and compassion.
And so it happens. When Thor is sleeping, Loki pounces. Quietly and with finesse, Loki sneaks into his room and carefully cuts his beautiful golden locks. With a sinister smile. Loki leaves, locks in hand, leaving his brother to wake up at dawn, feeling something wrong, and to mourn his carefully tended locks. He could hear his brother swear his revenge against whatever dastardly being has done this to him, but Loki wasn't quite so worried. He hadn't been caught. Yet.
If Loki (successfully) pranks Thor again, he completes a prank trilogy/set and gets a trait. And might increase his intrigue.
If Loki (successfully) pranks someone else, he still might get a (different) trait and might still increase his intrigue.
-[z] Try to become the absolute top of your class DC 40
Roll: 60+7.5=67.5
A success!
Once focused, Loki could do anything. He knew that, the instructor knew that, his mother knew that. Only those poor souls in his class did. Not. Know.
And because of this crucial lack of knowledge, Loki soars past them all, with diligence and intellect, and claims his spot as the number one student in his class, as well as other classes. An honor student would be putting it lightly. No, Loki is now top dog. And his instructor takes notice, Loki is proud to admit. Like his trainer, Loki is sure that with a push, he could get advanced lessons with his current performance. Unlike the trainer, Loki has impressed the instructor far more than any other student, and might be able to secure her as an instructor, as a mentor in the future.
Loki can ask for Advanced Schooling/Lessons as an action
Loki can ask the Instructor to become his Learning Mentor as an action
-[z] Ask Frigga if she could help you understand/control your new power (magic)
Loki has discovered magic. He was...is over the moon with feelings of joy and happiness, and cannot wait to test his abilities of enchantment. However he realizes that there are greater, more experienced minds than him in the kingdom...and one of them was his mother, the greatest sorceress in the nine realms.
And so, Loki approached her tentatively, and she saw through him, instantly asking if something was wrong.
"Wrong? No. I..." Loki gulps as he tries to word this carefully. "Mother I have...discovered something deep inside of me. Something that may be powerful, but...difficult to control." Loki starts, sounding nothing like the 8 year old that he is. Frigga looks on worried at her youngest son, and Loki can only tilt his head in confusion. What was she thinking exactly? Loki racked his brain but couldn't figure anything out. So he just got on with it. "Mother, I've discovered my magic."
With that, Frigga's eyes open wide and Loki can almost swear he hears her mutter something akin to "thank the gods', but he's not sure. She recovers quickly however and envelops her baby boy in a loving hug.
"Oh Loki. Of course I will help you." 'That's what she's here for' are the unspoken words. And Loki accepts them, like he accepts her hug. And her help.
Ask Mother to help with Loki's Magic is now a possible action.
