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<sub>Andy couldn't help but outright laugh at Loki's story with those...guards. That can't have ended well, but man... this guy was starting to really like her. A kind of mischievous sadism, he liked that... well, Andy was just sadistic period, but that didn't stop him from having an immature like for what Loki had been doing. Petty things! How fun. He'll have to watch her though so he didn't wake up being trolled.

"Okay even I can't beat that in terms of petty sadism." He grinned. "I'm starting to really like your style." He leaned his head back to look at Loki.

"Well, when my entire childhood and teenaged years were wasted, I had to get them back. Wasting everyone. I dunno if it's worth it or makes me any different, but... I feel no sympathy. Well..." He shrugged. "Except to a few people. Because they don't deserve it."</sub>

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"Pfft. They started it. They just don't know it. As far as they know though its probably just one of many trouble making urchins out in Dula." Loki shrugged. "But it was pretty funny. We went out and threw it over someones house. Can't remember who's though. Heh... good times."

Loki listened to Andy, she took off her hat and fanned herself with it casually as he spoke. She started to feel a little bad for him, being deprived a childhood and all. Even she had her childhood moments, despite most of them consisting of being told how to steal and swindle.

"You gotta do what you gotta do to get by." Loki responded. "Even I feel guilt sometimes, but its a dog eat dog world I suppose."

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<sub>The house they threw it over totally was Vladimir's. Andy chuckled again when she mentioned the swindled toilet paper and how she threw it over someone's house. He hoped it was someone who deserved it anyway. He leaned back and yawned, not really sure what else he could do now. The girls were resting, he was resting...

"I can imagine. I had those moments when taking stuff from people's ships." He paused. Loki was right. It was indeed a dog eat dog world and they had to survive. "Yeah..."

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"Hey Andy. How do you make a hormone? You don't pay her! Bwahaha-*shot*"

"Eh.... Anyway. Whats Alfya like? Is it big like Dula? Pretty?... heavily guarded?" Loki asked, beginning to get more and more curious about their destination, as she turned back to the map. She was beginning to get very excited about the notion of travelling, despite her reserved attitude before hand.

"I wonder if I can pick up lockpicks...or maybe some wiring or..." she muttered, chewing lightly on her finger as she planned her strategy.

"I know. First thing I'll do is bag as many wallets as I can for a warm up. Just to test the waters." Loki said, snapping her fingers.

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<sub>Andy gave her an amused look when she spoke up about that. Okay so Alfya didn't have that big of a navy, not many ships. Truesdale wasn't that much guarded either. He looked back at Loki when she spoke up, crossing his foot on his knee and resting his hand on his other knee.

"Alfya is a fairly busy place, full of ships mainly due to it's air force nature. The docks are quiet, usually fishermen are about. As for how guarded it is, it usually isn't guarded, however if you steal, there are penchants and they will go after you faster than in Dula."

He then smiled when she started planning out her routine. Well, she'd better be careful this time around. Andy didn't want to have to rescue her or anything!

"Just be careful, I don't want to have to save you, you know~. Unless you want that~." Okay now he's just flirting.</sub>

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Loki made mental note of the information that he gave her. She frowned at the Idea of having to become more cautious, but she supposed that was half the fun of it in the end.

Loki thought it best she hold back her pranks until she completely knew the area. She'd keep a low profile for now.

"Pfft. Me? I've never been caught in my life." Loki scoffed as he told her to be careful. She gave a cheeky grin in retaliation to Andromedas flirting.

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<sub>Andromeda put his hands behind his back. Being cautious was always a first step when it came to dealing with pretty much anything. Except Andy usually dove headfirst in Dula matters. Which might be a bit of a problem for him but he hated Dula anyway. Oh well. He smirked when she spoke up.

"There's a first time for everything, you know~." The expression on his face was rather cheeky himself. Well, it is Andy. It's usually up to him to be the flirt and confident one of the group.</sub>

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"Now how did I know you were going to say that?" Loki asked, as she turned and grinned at Andromeda. "Why don't we make a wager and see?" she said in a cocky manner, strutting up and down the room, humming to herself, not caring how arrogant she probably looked in doing so.

"Because I bet the moment I set foot in that city, the guards wont know what hit them." Loki said, clapping her hands and rubbing them together.

Her over-excitement was getting the better of her now, as she rummaged in her pockets for coin. Loki was feeling pretty confident of herself now. She wanted to show Andromeda just what she could do.

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<sub>Andromeda weaved his fingers in between one another, the fingers out straight like a spiky zipper as he brought them up to his chin. He rested it on them as his bog green eyes watched Loki carefully. She didn't understand the implications of his words, but there's another time for explanation. He gave her a cool gaze over as she spoke up.

"Hmmmn. We'll see~." He wasn't even sure the master mischief maker Loki could even pull this off. He hasn't even given the details about the air force or anything else, or even how rowdy some of them could be. It was up for her to decide, though. She's a big girl, after all.

"I don't need money in this deal..." His voice turned silky smooth, his lips thinning into a very.. interesting smile. "You can keep what you stole and are free to return to Dula if you succeed. If you fail and get caught, even one look from a guard or owner... you belong to me~."</sub>

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Loki stared at Andromeda for a moment, she blinked as she found his smile slightly off. But what wasn't off about Andromeda? She had an Idea of what to expect from the first night she had met him. (Or as far as she could remember.)

Loki stood up straight, thinking over the deal. She got to keep her profits, and return to Dula with bragging rights, or she was subjected to living a life of piracy and having to share what she got.

Either way, that didn't sound too bad a bargain. Loki put her hands on her hips and looked thoughtfully for a moment.

"Hmm... Fine. It's a deal." She said, holding out her hand to offer a handshake and seal the wager contract.

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<sub>Andy was definitely not the sanest man in the world, but probably not the most insane, sadly. For now he was just making deals with a black haired girl. He turned and stood up to look at her as she put her hands on her hips and thought about it. His expression was oddly stoic, with that strange smile fading into a just as odd half smile, that is until she stuck her hand out.

"It's a deal." His voice a bit deeper, he took his hand and shook Loki's, that is before he pulled her forward until he could wrap his other arm around her waist. He looked down at her, his face a frozen smile. He seemed to be admiring her.

"Loki, wasn't it? You are indeed a strange and beautiful young lady. Yet your name coincides with the god of mischief in Norse Mythology." Actually nobody knows what god he is of, but he is considered a trickster figure so yeah.</sub>

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Loki was expecting a handshake. Instead, she got a very unpredicted intimate embrace. She let out a surprised squeak as she got her barings, looking back and forth..

She looked up at Andromeda, and stared back with a slight hint of worry in her eyes. She gave a curt smile back to him, and laughed nervously.
"Y- mama always told me stories about him." Was the only thing she could muster up saying.

Wait, was Andromeda trying to intimidate her somehow? So she'd perhaps fail? were a few questions that ran through the theives head, but she was soon beginning to have her doubts about this.

Loki grunted, and tried to keep a straight face again.
"How he was bound with the entrails of his own son, and left to hold a bowl for a giant serpents venom for all eternity... And that one time he made his brother Thor dress as a woman."

While she spoke, she stared back unblinking, trying to show that he couldn't budge her nerve. She was going to win this.

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<sub>Poor Loki. Andromeda was usually very... intimate in his conversations. Right now he was certainly enjoying the fact that he had wrapped Loki around and it seemed to him she was unsure of what to do right now. He grinned when she seemed to look worried. Nah, he wouldn't do anything to her... yet.

"Oh relax..." He murmured to her. She'd explain how her mother used to tell her stories. Lucky girl having a nice mother. Maybe. He'd chuckle when she explained Loki.

"Andromeda is the name of a Greek figure who was chained to a rock as a sacrifice, but she was saved by Perseus and married him. She eventually got a place in the constellations by Athena."</sub>

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Loki nodded along as he explained the origins of his name.

"Bet she never made Perseus cross dress." she joked as he finished explaining about Andromeda. "Then again, the Greeks were just as bad as the Nords in some cases come to think of it."

Loki quietened down for a moment. She looked out the window and shuffled. "How long until we reach Alfya?" she asked as she subconciously drummed her fingers against whatever near surface she could find. Most likely it was the arm that he had wrapped around her waist.

"And shouldn't you be steering? I'm no expert, but I don't think my hips are the correct device used to steer an airship." She smiled cheekily up to him.

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<sub>"Probably not, but you know mythology. Such strange stories..." Andromeda spoke up, grinning. He looked pretty cheeky right now and he put all of his focus on Loki. It finally quieted down, and Andromeda had to control what strong sense of libido he had to just stop himself from going way too far. Andy would adjust one of his hands to look at his watch.

"'Bout an hour at this speed. It's a straightaway for another thirty minutes before I have to turn the ship at about 30 degrees to the west and get ready to park." He dared to lean forward to touch his lips to the corner of her mouth. "I can multitask." SURE YOU CAN, ANDY. SURE YOU CAN.</sub>