If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks...

[coldsong]

It's customary to have a Wake after the subject thereof dies. Even Loki knows that. But this is a special occasion. Ego-death is coming to his alternate, and the idea of letting him go off to perish alone, uncertain he will even be mourned, is too dark a proposition even for a flawed and callous person to contemplate.

That, and this Loki has been in a melancholy mood since speaking to the spirit of Frigga. He anticipates a dark choice of his own, sooner or later, and where the fates will send him after that, he can't know. Maybe oblivion, although even at that rate there may be worse places.

What's important right now is that no one dies unremembered. And honestly, any excuse for mischief a party. The first text rolls out to Harley, an innocent enough invitation to join them for milkshakes. Cricket is next, because it occurs to him that Cricket has plenty of liquor, which is good for a reckless celebration.

Things snowball from there.

As long as they don't destroy too much property, they'll call the night a success.

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[pirateangelbaby]

Thor's already damn near forgotten why they were quibbling over who gets to be who anyway. He doesn't know anything about the characters either, but Loki plays a far more convincing woman than he ever will, and no, that time with the wedding does not count because they were both in dresses, thank you very much.

He staggers a little at the shove, stumbling in the direction of the stage, and throws a hand out behind him in an attempt to grab at Loki and pull him along, whether he's following or not. This is exciting! When was the last time they had this much fun at a party? It's probably been centuries. Maybe Asgard could have benefited from more karaoke and less mindnumbingly boring speeches. (Sorry, Father.)

"Me, look bad? Impossible," he laughs. "Any way you can sing, I'll sing it better." What? Loki wasn't the only one skimming the lyrics just now.

[coldsong]

Loki begs to differ. The time with the wedding dress absolutely counts. Although even at that rate, Loki probably fit a traditional feminine ideal better, dolled up as Thor's handmaiden.

He was already following Thor to the stage, but when he's grabbed he doesn't resist or even grumble, caught up in Thor's mood. He's laughing a little, needing a moment to steady himself on stage. It's a good thing there are two microphones, or they might end up tussling over possession of the one, even if objectively neither needs one to be heard. Thor can be way louder, but Loki is not incapable of projecting.

And his musical education has been well-managed by Frigga. It behooves a prince to have some courtly manners, particularly a prince that's better built for diplomacy than battle. He was taught extensively, and wasn't shy of using his skill and charm at diplomatic functions. Someone no doubt had some sort of amusing comment about him allowing himself to be paraded around like a trained pet, but that joke would not have been uttered around any of the royal family themselves.

"Oh, really? I can sing anything better than you," he fires back at Thor with sparkling eyes. One would almost think they planned that as a segue from the way the music starts up right after.

No one performs improv like the sons of Odin?