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[electro_kinetic]

If you had asked Noriko twenty-four hours ago where she thought she would be, on another plane of existence trying to worm herself into unfamiliar (and weirdly diaphanous) clothing while shouting through the door at other people would not have been her answer. But here she was, rapidly deciding that the dress made of some kind of very annoyingly clingy fabric was not at all worth the effort.

So her skinny jeans and boots it was, arms crossed over her chest because her shirt was in shreds as she opened the door. "I'm gonna need a shirt, might wanna get on that," Nori said shortly, in a tone that left no room for argument, before shutting it in the guard's face again. She still had her fans, footlong blades in steel with silk between, blunt-ended but strong.

The booming knock on the door not five minutes later made her eye the portal critically, calling out before she decided to open it. "If that's not my shirt, we're going to have some issues."

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[whosoeverholdsthishammer]

"Of course. One should always have the choice to do as one wishes with one's body. Where were you before you were brought here?" Thor felt he should ask how she ended up in that state.

It seemed unlikely it had been by accident entirely.

[electro_kinetic]

"Before here? I was parring with a professor at my school. He has claws, though he normally doesn't make a point to use them. But they caught my shirt and somewhat interrupted the fabric."

She isn't overly perturbed either way: it's not that she's very modest on a good day. She just likes to have control over when and why she's naked. "That'd be why all these little scratches are in threes."

[whosoeverholdsthishammer]

"You are a warrior, then?" He was curious even more so now.

"Ah." He pulled out a small bottle. "Frigga sent this. It is a healing cream. It should erase those scratches."

[electro_kinetic]

"Sort of unintentionally, yes. I'm actually studying electrical and C&I engineering," she says. "But when people keep trying to kill you all...things get shifted back on the priority scale."

In order to study anything she needs to not die first. But she takes the cream he offers, and after studying it a minute pulls up the hem of her shirt to apply it to the sets of scratches at weird angles across her belly and ribs. Not that she's in terrible pain from them, but the itching that'll come soon enough she could do without.

"Huh. I dunno who Frigga is, but tell them thanks."

[whosoeverholdsthishammer]

"Aye. I enjoy fighting, but for fun, not war. War is... a plague. and those who would commit it against others are nothing more than plague-bearers." Thor has opinions.

"What is C&I engineering?" He knew little of day to day Midgardian things, still, and was very curious.

"She is the queen, my mother, and the chiefmost warrior healer of Asgard. And I will be sure to tell her, though I am sure she will want to say hello herself."

[electro_kinetic]

Noriko chuckles, and sets aside the other portion of her food. She can eat in a minute. "I like sparring, because it's fun to be active. It's a necessity for me, so I may as well enjoy it, and doing all the motions alone can be boring." She shrugs.

War is what it is. She can't say she likes it but she also can't say there's never a need for it.

"C&I is control and instrumentation. Basically it's designing and maintaining machinery processes, and making sure they're working efficiently and effectively. And you could have told me you were a prince, you know. Might have wanted to lead with that."

[whosoeverholdsthishammer]

"Sometime, we should spar then." He grins, eager, now. For this is one of his favorite things.

Though he pauses as his ears and brain catch up. "Why is it a neccesity for you?" Curious concern was in his face.

At her explanation, he nods. "We have something like that. Magical Item design and maintenance." He nods. Then he laughs, cheeks a touch pink.

"In truth, it is not a thing I think on all the time."

[electro_kinetic]

She chuckles. "I'm an electrokine, I absorb energy all the time. If I don't have a way of safely getting rid of it, things get a little hairy. My brain starts firing faster than the rest of me can keep up, which is not pretty. Nor pleasant."

Nori aims not to do it all that often, if she can help it.

"Seriously? You get a title, the rest of us peons get to deal with less. You could stand to use it." She won't say he'll inherit, because that's not always the case even with primogeniture. But if his mom's the queen, then he's probably got the fancy birth certificate stuff to go with it.

[whosoeverholdsthishammer]

Thor nods. "I see. I can control lightning, but that does not sound as amazing as what you do."

"In truth, mostly, my duties are to keep the peace out in the Realms. Made harder now by the lack of Bifrost and my brother's recent actions." He sighs, rubbing his face.

"Most see me as a warrior, not nearly a Prince, in truth. And that is how I prefer it." He nods. "And most here are equals, filling roles, but not lesser."

[electro_kinetic]

Noriko shrugs. "That's part of it, honestly. I've been hit by lightning a couple times, and it's a hell of a charge." Literally. It's a joke! He can laugh.

"Nothing says I can't see you as both, though. People are multifaceted like that, though if I had to guess you'd be a pretty good warrior." There's a grin sliding across her face at that, because yes he'd be a good one she's not blind. He doesn't have the bodybuilder physique, but the thicker-set strongmen she'd take over that any day. One of them can probably physically throw her, the other...not good for much more than posing in a bikini.

[whosoeverholdsthishammer]

"True. very true." he chuckles and eyes her, and there is admiration in his gaze.

"As I saw you, you definitely look fit as any warrior, and a beautiful one at that, with or without your shirt."

[electro_kinetic]

Noriko grins. "I mean, I don't habitually do fights with my shirt off, breasts being somewhat sensitive," she laughs. "But thanks for the compliment."

[whosoeverholdsthishammer]

"I would imagine so. I am sure that sensitivity is useful in other situations, however."

He grins at her. "And you're welcome."

[electro_kinetic]

Nori laughs. "I mean, I haven't had anyone complain about it or the rest of me," she chuckles. "Small, but I like them."

[whosoeverholdsthishammer]

"Why would someone complain about perfect? You may be small, milady, but that does not change that you are beautiful, in no uncertain terms."

His words are utterly earnest, and without doubt in his eyes or voice.

[electro_kinetic]

At that she snorts, amused.

"I mean, most guys go for size," she laughs. "But nice to know I got the non-discriminating guy around here." She doesn't honestly know what to make of the compliments so early on: most people have to get used to her in one way or another before they start doing anything so positive as paying her appearance compliments. "So. Since going home isn't an option yet...got any idea where I can get something to wear that's a little less borrowed?" Her jeans are fine, mostly, but the borrowed shirt she'd like to be able to return, and she doubts that's nearly formal enough to be visiting a queen.

[whosoeverholdsthishammer]

"Most men are not always wise." he spreads his hands with an amused look.

"I do. Both I, and Isilde, Volstagg's wife, can aid you there. Both by lending you clothing, and by making it for you."

He nods. "I've got a few skills where sewing and outfit making come in, but Isilde is better than me."

[electro_kinetic]

"As long as everyone's aware I'll be needing it until I go home, I'm fine with borrowed, and I don't want to make anyone make me things. Honestly," she says. "Just, you know, there needs to be that awareness."