Poem: "Hello, Lokitty" (Part 2 of 5)
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ysabetwordsmithThis poem is a Marvelverse crossover with Schrodinger's Heroes, and ties in with the Schrodinger's Hulk fiction series listed on the crossover page. It was partly inspired by some prompts from siliconshaman during the October 1, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. I'm dividing the poem into parts because, yes, it's the size of a story; I do that sometimes.
Read Part 1. Skip to Part 4, Part 5.
"Hello, Lokitty" Part 2
"I'm sorry Bruce," said Alex.
"I can't do that yet.
There's been some kind of incursion
and it caused this as a side effect.
It will take me a while to sort out.
Just relax and enjoy yourself."
"This is not relaxing,"
Bruce said. "I need to stay calm.
Bad things happen otherwise."
Ash stroked her hand down his back.
Bruce arched into the touch.
"Oh," he said. "Oh, that feels so good.
Do that some morrrre ..."
His voice trailed off into a purr,
and he flopped down on Ash's lap.
"Crisis averted,"
Ash said smugly.
Bruce kneaded her thigh
with just a hint of claw.
"I think we may need some backup,"
said Kay, and put in a call
to Dusty and her mercenaries.
The rest of the morning passed quietly, though,
and Bruce was astonished at how much
he enjoyed being a cat.
Then the Teflon Tesseract
began to do something new and stranger.
It went from being the size of a county
to the size of a Rubik's cube.
Bruce stared in dismay
at the small mirrored block,
seeing himself reflected in it.
"I am Loki of Asgard," said a sly voice,
"and I come burdened with glorious purpose.
Give me the Tesseract."
Bruce put his paws on it. "Loki ..."
This is not the Tesseract you're looking for.
Move along."
Loki frowned.
The silvery cube
did look different than the one
he remembered seeing before.
Perhaps it was not the object
that he sought after all.
He opened his mind
and searched for the mystical signature.
It was ... everywhere ...
spread out like fog
in long looping tracks
across the countryside.
Loki sighed, and began
to search on foot.
Surely he would come to
something that looked more familiar.
What he found instead
was his new ally
perched atop a cube
of plain beige fabric.
The mystical signature in the room
was doing things that Loki
had never imagined, let alone seen,
and he said so in a rather plaintive tone.
"Loki, this is a tesseract.
Quit blithering and help me program it,"
said the white cat.
* * *
Notes:
Cats purr for many reasons. It can be voluntary or involuntary. In this series, I'm taking advantage of the tremendously hedonistic nature of cats to render the characters vulnerable to sheer physical pleasure in ways that they aren't while in human form. Shapeshifting can be very disconcerting that way.
Kneading is a carryover from nursing as kittens. Some cats are always gentle or always rough with it. Particularly savvy cats may be gentle when pleased, but use claws when annoyed.
Loki's introduction comes from The Avengers:
Loki: "I am Loki, of Asgard. And I am burdened with glorious purpose."
Bruce's remark about the Tesseract is paraphrased from Star Wars. I tend to write Bruce as a geek.
Obi-Wan: "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
The quote has made it into everyday language use as seen in the Urban Dictionary reference.
[To be continued in Part 3 ...]
siliconshaman during the October 1, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. I'm dividing the poem into parts because, yes, it's the size of a story; I do that sometimes.Read Part 1. Skip to Part 4, Part 5.
"Hello, Lokitty" Part 2
"I'm sorry Bruce," said Alex.
"I can't do that yet.
There's been some kind of incursion
and it caused this as a side effect.
It will take me a while to sort out.
Just relax and enjoy yourself."
"This is not relaxing,"
Bruce said. "I need to stay calm.
Bad things happen otherwise."
Ash stroked her hand down his back.
Bruce arched into the touch.
"Oh," he said. "Oh, that feels so good.
Do that some morrrre ..."
His voice trailed off into a purr,
and he flopped down on Ash's lap.
"Crisis averted,"
Ash said smugly.
Bruce kneaded her thigh
with just a hint of claw.
"I think we may need some backup,"
said Kay, and put in a call
to Dusty and her mercenaries.
The rest of the morning passed quietly, though,
and Bruce was astonished at how much
he enjoyed being a cat.
Then the Teflon Tesseract
began to do something new and stranger.
It went from being the size of a county
to the size of a Rubik's cube.
Bruce stared in dismay
at the small mirrored block,
seeing himself reflected in it.
"I am Loki of Asgard," said a sly voice,
"and I come burdened with glorious purpose.
Give me the Tesseract."
Bruce put his paws on it. "Loki ..."
This is not the Tesseract you're looking for.
Move along."
Loki frowned.
The silvery cube
did look different than the one
he remembered seeing before.
Perhaps it was not the object
that he sought after all.
He opened his mind
and searched for the mystical signature.
It was ... everywhere ...
spread out like fog
in long looping tracks
across the countryside.
Loki sighed, and began
to search on foot.
Surely he would come to
something that looked more familiar.
What he found instead
was his new ally
perched atop a cube
of plain beige fabric.
The mystical signature in the room
was doing things that Loki
had never imagined, let alone seen,
and he said so in a rather plaintive tone.
"Loki, this is a tesseract.
Quit blithering and help me program it,"
said the white cat.
* * *
Notes:
Cats purr for many reasons. It can be voluntary or involuntary. In this series, I'm taking advantage of the tremendously hedonistic nature of cats to render the characters vulnerable to sheer physical pleasure in ways that they aren't while in human form. Shapeshifting can be very disconcerting that way.
Kneading is a carryover from nursing as kittens. Some cats are always gentle or always rough with it. Particularly savvy cats may be gentle when pleased, but use claws when annoyed.
Loki's introduction comes from The Avengers:
Loki: "I am Loki, of Asgard. And I am burdened with glorious purpose."
Bruce's remark about the Tesseract is paraphrased from Star Wars. I tend to write Bruce as a geek.
Obi-Wan: "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
The quote has made it into everyday language use as seen in the Urban Dictionary reference.
[To be continued in Part 3 ...]
(no subject)
Date: 2013-12-27 01:17 pm (UTC)"I can't do that yet.
Read this in Hal's Voice. "I'm sorry, Dave..."
Intrigued by the kitty.
Also, I like your Loki. Have you had requests for ageplay Loki?
Thoughts
Date: 2014-01-02 04:46 am (UTC)"I can't do that yet.
Read this in Hal's Voice. "I'm sorry, Dave..." <<
*laugh* Yeah, that's a good one. The time Hal infiltrated the Tef, though, Ash kicked his ass.
JARVIS has been known to use psycho-AI quotes like that when he's really pissed at someone. He can be scary when he sets his mind to it.
>> Intrigued by the kitty. <<
Yay! I have fun with the cat motifs in this series.
>> Also, I like your Loki. <<
That's good to hear. He needs affection, poor guy. He's starving to death and doesn't even know it.
>> Have you had requests for ageplay Loki? <<
All the time! Lots of people want to see Thor and Loki that way. It's something I hope to have time for eventually. Cleaning up after Odin's A+ parenting is going to take a lot of work.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-12-27 08:34 pm (UTC)I've met many a cat who would reward irritation with a gentle prickle, only to follow up with pain if the annoyance didn't go away.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-12-28 05:40 am (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2014-01-02 04:40 am (UTC)I tend to imagine Bruce as having a great deal of dexterity, usually gentle, but with an edge if pushed just right.
>> I've met many a cat who would reward irritation with a gentle prickle, only to follow up with pain if the annoyance didn't go away. <<
Same here. That's exactly what I was aiming for.
(no subject)
Date: 2019-09-27 12:16 am (UTC)Well ...
Date: 2019-09-27 01:24 am (UTC)Re: Well ...
Date: 2019-09-27 01:37 am (UTC)