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.

Comments

[smartass_captain]

It wouldn't be so strange if he was talking to someone from Viatorus' time, back in the 2000s or the like but Jim's often found a lot of the tech in Adia's world to be comparable or more advanced than his own. It's a stark reminder of how fortunate his time is, for all it's many many faults.

And then Caspar all but confirms the image Jim's starting to get about the state of affairs. Caspar who is, just by his existence, something that his world and time couldn't even fathom how to replicate. The differences between worlds never cease to amaze him.

"You'll walk forward together though. That's important." For the Cylons to continue to exist, it's gotta be critical for it Jim figures. Everyone's got to learn how to change together.