Magic Box, Friday

[abitlowkey]

The shop had the longing smell of burnt plastic when Loki arrived today, forcing him to keep the door firmly open to rid the place of it. Sometimes this place could be strange even for him and yesterday was a good example of that

So, in the meanwhile, Loki was sitting on top of the counter, book open in his lap as he read. Just in case something attempted to hug him.

Ugh, dolls.

[We don't need no stinkin' OCD]

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[life_inshadow]

Tara stopped short when she came in, scrunching up her nose. "Ew, I thought I cleaned up the melted doll goop."

Not well enough, apparently.

[abitlowkey]

"Hell, Tara," Loki said, not looking up from his book just yet. "Was it you who fought them?"

[life_inshadow]

Tara nodded, then realized he couldn't see it and spoke aloud. "Yeah. Might've been an overreaction, but ... I really don't like creepy dolls."

They seemed pretty demon-y.

[abitlowkey]

"They attempted to hug me." Loki had not been pleased.

[life_inshadow]

"Me too," Tara reported. "And they called me Mama."

She shuddered. "So ... I kind of set them on fire."

[abitlowkey]

"Setting things on fire is a tried and true method of destruction," he replied cheerfully. "I locked mine in a closet."

[life_inshadow]

"Couldn't you hear them climbing around in there?" Tara asked. "or crying?"

It was possible her imagination was a little too vivid on this point.

[abitlowkey]

"Oh, yes. They were terribly loud," Loki agreed. "I tested a spellof transport to Niflheim on one."

A beat.

"Perhaps it found a monster there to be its mother. Or perished in the attempt."

[life_inshadow]

"Maybe," Tara hazarded. "That'd be ... like a really scary children's story. The kind that keeps you up all night."

[abitlowkey]

"Dolls from another realm?" And now SyFy has started production on one. Thanks, guys.

[life_inshadow]

"Talking dolls from another realm."

These details were important.

"That want to ... hug."

[abitlowkey]

Loki gave that all due consideration. "Perhaps it would be best to speak of less disturbing things."

[life_inshadow]

"Okay," Tara agreed brightly, then gave it some thought. "So ... were you a girl last weekend?"

Maybe not quite enough thought.

[cant-be-helped.livejournal.com]

Dorothy hadn't ventured out of the dorms too often, so that fine Friday was the first time she'd seen The Magic Box. Her curiosity getting the best of her, she entered the shop with a smile and eyes filled with wonderment.

She stopped, however, right inside the door.

"Are dogs allowed?" she asked, glad to see the familiar face of her roommate.

Toto was padding there, right at her feet.

[abitlowkey]

"Could they be stopped?" That was possibly a yes.

[cant-be-helped.livejournal.com]

"Stopped from doing anything bad?" Dorothy said, thinking as to what Loki meant. "Oh, absolutely. Toto never misbehaves."

At least, not since he'd stopped antagonizing Miss Gulch.

[abitlowkey]

"If he is capable of sniffing out any surviving dolls, he is welcome to stay."

[cant-be-helped.livejournal.com]

"Well, I suppose he probably can, isn't that right Toto?" She looked down at her little mutt, who barked as if he understood. The two then made their way further into the store, closer to Loki. Dorothy was just absorbing everything she could see, moving her head to try and see every nook and cranny.

"The dolls were quite scary," she agreed. "Luckily they didn't try to bother me too much, yesterday."

Toto barke

[abitlowkey]

"I shut one on the closet," Loki replied helpfully. "It ceased calling me it's mother after a while."

And a few spells.

[cant-be-helped.livejournal.com]

"So it's still in the closet?" Dorothy said, her eyebrows jumping at the thought. "Though I don't see why anything would think you're a mother."

He didn't really look much like a woman, she thought.

[abitlowkey]

IT WAS A NORSE THING.

"I haven't checked," he replied honestly. Just because it had been teleported to parts unknown.

[cant-be-helped.livejournal.com]

Dorothy shuddered. Toto barked again.

"I'll let Toto explore that," she decided. She looked around the store again. "So everything in here is magic?"

That was an exciting prospect, really.

[abitlowkey]

"Some of it is." Other things... less so.

[cant-be-helped.livejournal.com]

"I've never been in a shop like this," Dorothy said. "Can just anyone use the magic?"

That would be spectacular.

[abitlowkey]

Damn you, Whedonverse. "Perhaps in some places it is possible."