YELLOW ▹ LOKI LAUFEYSON

eight

"Alright, I gotta head to work. You can do whatever you want, there's stuff in the fridge to make yourself food with. If you're feeling fancy, there's money in the drawer," Six points at the table next to entrance of the kitchen, "As well as some menus to some places. You can use the house phone to order, most places already know me and know where to drop off the stuff."

Loki nods, he knows he is definitely not going to call any Midgardian food place, but he appreciates the gesture.

"I'm doing the night shift so I'll probably be back by like two a.m if I'm lucky. Try not to burn the place down, yeah?" Not giving Loki a chance to answer, Six starts to walk towards the door, patting Loki on the shoulder as they walk away. "Give me a call if you need anything."

And with that, Loki is left alone. He could do lots of things, like meditate, or try to fortify his magic, but he doesn't have the energy for that. He's not hungry yet, so cooking is out of the question. So he looks around and his eye catches the pile of books he first saw when he came in. Perfect.

He crouches down and reads through the titles on the spines, trying to see if any catch his eye. They all seem interesting enough, but the one that catches his attention reads "History of Magic, as told by an outsider." That seems promising, he always wanted to see how people that don't have magic view it, and this book seems promising enough.

Walking towards the couch, Loki grabs a blanket that was draped over it and sits down. He gets comfortable, placing the warm blanket over his legs and he crosses them on top of the couch, and gets to reading.

•

"Hello, welcome to Nana's Cafe how can I– oh, it's you."

"Such pleasant greetings," Strange says, amusement lacing his voice as he walks towards the cashier where Six stood. "I need to talk to you."

"So it seems," Six mutters, "I guess. I'm due for my break anyways." Chucking off their apron, Six looks towards the back. "Joe! Man the register, I'm going on my break!" They then turn around and look at Stephen. "Can I help you with something? Coffee? Tea? Muffins? On the house."

Surprised by that, Stephen looks at Six with raised brows. "Just some lavender tea if you have some."

Six nods, typing on the screen. "Alright, go ahead and sit on the table by the window over there. I'll be there in a bit." Before Stephen could walk away, the Mage added quickly, "Be sure to, ah, add a silencing charm." The last part was said in a whisper. Stephen nods and walks away.

Watching Stephen walk alway, Six seemingly mutters to themselves, "What is it that Dumbles wants to talk about." Their magic didn't give a direct answer, only encouraging them to answer whatever Stephen asks as truthfully as they can, but to not say too much. Six scoffs at that. "Real helpful," Then, quieter, "thanks though."

Grabbing their drinks and food, Six thanks Joe and heads towards Stephen. They can see that Stephen is talking to something, but they can't hear anything. Strange must have already set the silencing charm.

"So, what is it that you wanna talk about?" Six asks as soon as they reach the table, handing Stephen his tea and a muffin. "Banana nut," They say, gesturing at the pastry.

"Thank you," Stephen says and takes a sip of his tea, sighing when the warm liquid hits his throat. It was pretty good tea. "As much as I'd like to talk about whatever you and Loki have going on, I'll leave that for later." He places the tea back on the table and leans back on the chair. "I'd like to talk about you."

"Oh?" Six says through a mouthful of muffin. They swallow and lean forward. "And what is so interesting about me that the great Sorcerer Supreme must ask?" They knew they were being a little shit, but they were on the defensive.

"Well," Stephen smirks, but there was barely concealed annoyance behind it. "As you already know, I am indeed the Sorcerer Supreme, and I defend this Earth of any mystical threat. So pardon me for being curious of a mage that suddenly appears out of nowhere with one of the most powerful and dangerous people on the planet."

Six sighs. They knew that they had to tell Stephen of their people, or rather what happened to them. The sorcerers of Kamar-Taj had been looking for them for decades, and now that they were all dispersed it was finally safe enough to tell them that indeed, they had not gone extinct. Not yet, anyway.

"I'm guessing Kamar-Taj has been hush hush about this then, or else you would have already come to some conclusions on your own."

At the mention of Kamar-Taj Stephen looks alarmed. If the mage knew about it, then it meant they were a potential threat. It wasn't often that one knew about Kamar-Taj, especially if the Kamar-Taj didn't know about you or your whereabouts.

"Relax, I don't have the numbers to storm Kamar-Taj, nor do I want to. Anyway, basically, I'm from one of the mage peoples that went MIA back in the, hm, what should I call it?" Six thinks for a bit, then shrugs, "Back in the wizarding war, basically. Our people were in great danger, our numbers decreasing so we just, shut everything out. Kamar-Taj searched high and low for us, but we were never found. Not even the Ancient One found us, but I don't think she really tried looking for us. She was always such an enigma."

Six pauses for a bit, letting Stephen process their words fully. The Sorcerer Supreme looks indifferent, but they know better. He's processing their words and how he's gonna relay the information to Kamar-Taj.

"Look," sighing, Six just crosses their arms, "I know you're gonna tell the Kamar-Taj. If you're thinking on how to tell them, just say the Pixeque people have been found, but that they are no longer united."

They stand up and grab a napkin from the table, seemingly conjuring a pen out of nowhere. Six scribbles hastily and pushes the napkin in Stephen's space. "Here, contact me if you wanna know more. I'd rather you let me know when you want to talk than show up unannounced to my work. Nice cape, by the way."

And with that, Six walks away.

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i know it's been quite some time since i updated this and i apologize. my life has been pretty hectic since i got a job lol. anyways i hope this was a good filler chapter. lmk what you think!

also fellow texans how the heck did y'all survive last week lol

-jackie💛