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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[hybriddino]

The Indoraptor was drawn by the scent of food. Not meat-food, but where he smells food there's people. So the dinosaur comes to the place, sure that he'll draw attention to himself but not caring. Both Lokis are his friends, and the powerful black dinosaur wants to look after his friends more than he wants to eat.

Hello. He scribbles on his whiteboard. Can dinosaurs drink?

[coldsong]

He is greeted by a cheerful trill from Loki, who is a little too drunk to speak proper velociraptor, but remembers the noises, at least.

"Can they? Absolutely," he says in English, then. "Should they? I honestly could not say, but trying is the best way to find out, I imagine. Go slow."

What on earth will they do with a drunk dinosaur? Well, they'll cross that bridge if/when they come to it.

[hybriddino]

Hello, Loki! The dinosaur is happy to use his own language in conversation. How are you?

The Indoraptor recognizes the trill well enough and gives a trill in return.

Where can I find a beer? At least that's what he thinks they're called. He's never encountered alcohol before...

[coldsong]

That works! Indoraptor can speak his own language, Loki will default to English, and they will meet in the middle that way.

"Beer? Are you sure that's what you want? What flavors do you like? Do you ever eat fruit for the taste?"

Loki is going to play sommelier here. You can have your beer, friend, but he'll provide other options, too.