la vie en rose.

“Good,” Ellie said someone was on her side here. “And I promise to be careful and return in one piece,” Ellie said knowing that wasn’t something she could Guarantee but she’d do her very best. After all, Ellie wanted to return in one piece just as much as everyone else wanted her to so she had no plans on being overly wreckless, just wreckless enough to get her on board. “Is there any way you can turn me invisible or something just long enough for me to follow them and sneak on board?” She asked kind of wishing they had the invisibility cloak right now. Though with everything else she’d discovered since she met Thor she wouldnt be shocked if there was something.

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“Yes a disguise would be smart,” Loki said before quickly turning himself into lady Sif. “How about this?” He said smiling at his brother. “Or maybe I should look more like this,” he said turning into Ellie figuring the guards wouldn’t find it weird for Thor to be with his girlfriend. “Or should I turn into one of your new friends? Like The Captain perhaps,” he asked wondering what the best one would be. He understood why Thor thought it would be smart for him to not look like himself, but honestly they were both two smart men and Loki had spent years getting around the palace looking like himself with no one noticing for years he was pretty sure he could do it now too. “Let’s just go,”

"That's all I ask." Sigyn said, knowing that her friend couldn't exactly ensure something like that, but the promise alone was enough for her. She smiled when her friend ask if she could make her invisible and she nodded. "My magic's been a bit on the fritz lately, which I'm convinced is because of the little one, but a bit of invisibility is something I think I can manage." A bit of invisibility wasn’t overly complex, so she knew she could manage that rather easily. Once they were just down the corridor from where the ship was located, she pulled her friend into a quick hug before stepping back and with a wave of her hand, Ellie disappeared before her very eyes. “Not as convenient as an invisibility cloak, but I can’t see you, so it definitely worked.” She said quietly as to not draw any unwanted attention to them. “Be careful.” She reminded her friend one last time before she headed back to her chambers, figuring she’d catch up on a bit of reading or something to keep herself busy and not thinking about three people she cared about being in harm’s way without her there to help.

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Thor rolled his eyes when his brother first turned into Sif and then Ellie. “I won’t think twice about hurting you in either of those forms.” He said. He figured having his brother disguise himself in case they ran into anyone on the way to the ship would be a good thing, but his brother was just proving to annoy him and do everything that he could to push the god of thunder’s buttons. “Enough, Loki.” He said when his brother suggested that maybe he should turn into Captain Rogers instead. Before he could say anything else, he pushed his brother up against one of the stone pillars just as two guards walked by. “Just keep your mouth shut, forget I made the suggestion and keep walking.” He said as he turned to start walking again once the guards had gotten far enough away from them. “Oh, I almost forgot.” He placed a pair of cuffs over his brother’s wrists. “Sigyn may trust you, brother, but I still do not.”

Ellie hugged her friend back before smiling as Sigyn helped her out. “I’ll be careful I promise,” Ellie said before she ran off in the direction of the ship glad it hadn’t taken off yet and actually unaware of how long she’d be invisible but at least it had worked so far and hopefully it would last long enough for it to be to late for Thor to kick her off. She knew that she was being wreckless and he’d upset with her but in her defense Ellie wanted to help and if she couldn’t help in battle why would she able to help him rule? She knew he and Loki were going to get vengeance for their mom, but she was sure the people of Asgard also wanted that, it was their queen who’d been murdered after all. And in a way Ellie felt like she owed it to the people of Asgard to help. Plus if the people didn’t think she could handle herself in battle why would they trust her to rule. And then what would happen if in the future Asgard was attacked? How would they trust her to protect them if she just sat back and did nothing.

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Loki rolled his eyes. “Thanks brother. Knew you had something up your sleeve.” Loki said laughing a little. “I know you don’t trust me, we’ve been over this. But I’m ready to get out of here and get some revenge from mother and then be done with that stupid prision cell. It’s been too long since I’ve been out in the world,” He said even though it hadn’t really been that long. But all the time he’d spent in that stupid cell was starting to drive him a little mad. And he had no plans of ever going back to it. “So tell me again what the plan is? Because I mean surely someone is going to see us driving this huge ship and try to stop us. So how were actually going to get off Asgard in this this i don’t understand,” Loki said once they’d arrived that the ship and he saw what it looked like. There was no way they’d get about unnoticed in that thing.

[I'm going to hold off on Sigyn for now]

"What's wrong, brother? I thought you liked tricks." Thor said as he continued on to the ship. Although they had a common enemy in this instance, Thor still couldn't help being overly cautious around his brother. He was not going to fall victim to Loki's tricks and illusions anymore. He had on more than one occasion, and that was not happening ever again. He simply wouldn't allow it to happen. "You clearly underestimate me brother, and you ask far too many questions. Have a little faith, with both of our efforts we will make it off Asgard, I can assure you of that much." He said as they reached the ship. He stepped on and began looking around to see how to turn it on, one thing that he hadn't thought about ahead of time.

[ sounds like a plan. ]
“I love tricks brother. I’m just shocked that you have some is all,” Loki said actually shocked that Thor had pulled one over on him like he had, and Loki felt like he should’ve seen it coming. “Well this is just great you can’t even work the thing. And maybe you should try touching the buttons gently,” he said rolling his eyes again. He could not believe that he’d agreed to this now because clearly Thor hadn't thought everything through. Loki just hoped the rest of the plan went better than this part was going.

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Ellie had sneaked onto the ship and ducked down to hide even though she was invisible for the time being. And she held her breath for a moment when Thor and Loki walked onto the ship. She did not want to be caught until after they’d taken off and there wasn’t any going back. So hopefully it worked out that way. She couldn’t help but roll her eyes at the boys though when they started trying to work the spaceship. In that moment it was so easy to tell they were brothers because they sounded like siblings.

@ Epiphany.
“You’re not the only one who has tricks up their sleeve, brother.” Thor said with a slight roll of his eyes at Loki’s words. He started pressing buttons, trying to figure out which one started the ship. “I am pressing gently!!” He said sharply, beginning to wonder if bringing his brother along was such a good idea. He was already aggravated, and yet his brother had only been out of his cell maybe half an hour now. This was clearly going to be an interesting and eventful day. And he didn’t realize just how eventful it was about to get.

“Clearly,” Loki said rolling his eyes again. “And what about that is gently?” Loki asked shaking his head. “Do you even know what that word means,” he asked sighing as this was going to be an interesting night. “Here let me do it,” he said right as the ship started and they started taking off. And when they took off Loki knew it was going to get real. That was also when he happened to glance around the ship and happened to see a brunette that wasn’t Jane clealy hiding, but he couldn’t see her very well and he couldn’t help but sigh. He knew she was becoming visible again and given she was mortal he knew she didn’t turn herself invisible which meant that Sigyn had. And he also knew Thor was going to lose it shortly when he saw her, but really he wanted nothing to do with that. Though if he did tell Thor maybe his brother would be less mad at him.

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Ellie bit her lip when for a split second her eyes locked with Loki’s and she knew that he’d seen her, but he hadn’t said anything thankfully. Not that it changed anything. She was still on the ship when Thor had told her not to go and the closer it got to him finding out the more nervous she got. But at the end of the day this was something that she had to do and she hoped that he’d eventually understand that.

"For once in your life, Loki, would you refrain from making snide comments?" Thor said as the ship took off. He hit a few of the palace columns in the process, still sort of trying to figure out how exactly to fly the ship, he hadn't exactly really ever piloted a spaceship before, but he was learning quickly. He thought so anyway. "Not a word, brother." He said, though he was somewhat surprised when he saw that his brother seemed to be glancing towards the back of the ship, obviously distracted by whatever he had seen. He didn't get a chance to look for himself though because, well, now he was being tailed by who he was certain were palace guards in aircrafts of their own. And then he noticed Jane pass out. "Jane!" He said with obvious concern. "I'm okay..." The brunette mumbled.

“No. I live for making side comments to annoy you,” Loki said with a somewhat smug smile. And at first he wasn’t sure which girl said she was fine but then he saw that it was Jane and he sighed again. Loki didn’t know why he cared so much about Ellie, maybe because she was friends with Sigyn and he didn’t want Sigyn to lose them both, even though Loki was planning on being fine and just faking his death. So he was still debating on what to do, and then he realized he didn’t have to tell him because Ellie was pretty visable again, and it was way to late to take her back now. “Uh Thor, I think you have a visitor,” he said shrugging his shoulders unsure of what might happen.

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Ellie fell back against the wall when the ship took off and then lost her balance again when they hit a couple of pillars, and she sighed when it was obvious even to her that Sigyns magic was wearing off, and then she sighed again when Loki made the comment and she knew it was over for her. So she bit her before she smiled and waved at Thor. “Please don’t be mad, but I had to tag along,” she said really hoping maybe he could hold off on being upset with her until later, like after they’d taken care of the Dark Elves.

Thor clenched his jaw. He didn't even have to look at his brother to see the smug expression on his face. He hoped that he didn't plan on this commentary the entire time, of course, his brother didn't know that Fandral was meeting them further out with a much smaller ship. Thor had to get them far enough outside of the main city though, and that was proving to be rather difficult with his brother's comments and dealing with trying to drive the damn ship while being followed and shot at. He was about to snap at his brother for the next comment when he realized what was said and looked to where his brother was looking. Ellie. "How can I not be mad when I asked you to stay back at the palace for your own safety?" He turned the ship so that they didn't hit into any buildings, though he narrowly missed one. "Not a word." He shot his brother a look before attempting to speed up to lose the other ships as he looked back to Ellie. "In fact, I don't even think mad covers how I feel right now, Ellie."

Loki bit his lip and looked away from his brother and Ellie who were clearly having a fight. It actually made him a little uncomfortable to watch this. He may have made jokes a lot about Thor or he'd made snide comments about things, however, Loki didn't like to argue with Sigyn in front of people, and he didn't want to intrude. Of course, he knew that Thor wasn't exactly one to argue in front of people either so he was sure that this was likely to get shut down, either way though, he didn't want to watch or listen in to their conversation at all because while he may have had moments where he was a total ass, he was all around a pretty nice guy, or at least he liked to belive he was.

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"Okay, well you can be mad at me then but this is my damn decision," Ellie said sighing and running her finger through her hair. She didn't know what exactly Thor's plan was from here but it was too late for her to go back now so he was just going to have to get over it. "Did you really expect me to stay behind at the palace? Because in what world would I actually do that? We're supposed to be a team, and I need you to trust that I can go out into battle with you and help you save the day. I'm not just a mortal who might get hurt. One day, if you want me to be your queen and rule with you, then do you expect the people to trust me if I'm not willing to give up everything for them? And I'm not saying that I'm going to be reckless and do something to get myself killed, I'm simply saying that this is what people do for their kingdoms they go into battle and deal with the consequences. So tell me what your plan is and we can talk about how mad you are later,"

"You're not going to be reckless? What you did right now was reckless, Ellie! You snuck onto the ship! There's a reason why I didn't want you here!" Thor exclaimed. He couldn't believe that she had snuck onto the ship when he had asked her to stay on Asgard for her own safety. He knew she could probably hold her own pretty well, but she was still mortal, and simply wouldn't allow her to risk her life for this. Clearly, his attempts had been futile though. "You want to know the plan?" He didn't say anything else as he simply shoved her out of the ship before turning to Loki who looked shocked and maybe a bit horrified by what he had just done. "Grab Jane, and let's go, brother." He said before jumping out of the ship himself.

Loki had not seen it coming. He could easily tell that his brother was angry at Ellie for sneaking onto the ship and risking her life for this. He’d apparently told her not too, and with every right. This is how Loki would’ve felt too if this were Sigyn. He didn’t think it would be quite this intense though since his voice wasn’t quite as booming, but then Loki saw his brother simply shove the woman he loved out of the moving ship which was actually terrifying to witness. “Um,” but before he could comment or even had time to really process what happened Thor basically demanded he grab Jane and follow as he jumped out the ship himself. “Yes, because this is entirely safe,” he said to himself as Thor was already out of the ship. And Loki planning to go along with the plan grabbed Jane before also jumping into the ship below them. All he could wonder what what had he gotten himself into?

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To say Ellie was shocked that Thor just pushed her out of a moving spaceship was an understatement. At first she screamed a little freaked out that she just falling but when she fell into the other ship she groaned a little and rubbed her neck. “What the hell,” she said right before she was joined by Thor and soon Loki and Jane as well. “Thanks for the warning, and I wouldn’t have had to sneak onto the ship if you would’ve just let me come in the first place,” she said a little taken off guard mostly because she hadn’t expected him to do something like push her, and she knew he was mad at her but still. “You could at least wait until after the battle to yell at me if that’s what you want do to,” Ellie said pretty sure he should be more worried about defeating the Dark Elves than her.

Thor knew that maybe just pushing Ellie out of the ship without telling her there was another one below was probably a little bit harsh, but he was beyond pissed off right now, and she wanted in on the plan and, well, that was part of the plan. "You wanted to be part of the plan, this was part of the plan." Was all Thor said to her, choosing not to say anything else and instead speaking to Fandral who had flown the ship out to this point for them. "Thank you, friend." He said. He knew that not talking to Ellie right now was immature, but he couldn't believe she had just lied to him like she had. They were supposed to trust one another, and right now he didn't know if he could trust her or not.

Loki honestly wanted no part of the bickering going on between his brother and Ellie, so he’d simply listened and was now simply standing in the ship with them and Jane waiting to see what else his brother had planned. Because clearly Thor hadn’t told him everything when they’d talked this all through, and for once Thor wasn’t mad at him most and was actually just letting Loki be so he was going to try and just enjoy that while he could. Even if this wasn’t the best time to be happy that Thor was ignoring him he was just going to go with it.

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Ellie couldn’t hold back her eye roll but she didn’t reply. If that’s how Thor wanted to be then fine. She wouldn’t talk to him either. Honestly, it was probably best anyways given they were both a little mad right now and there were more important things at hand than fighting one another. So Ellie just took a seat in the boat and decided to just go with his plan and that was it.

Thor knew that if he spoke to her, he'd probably say something that he'd regret later on. He was just so angry at her right now, so he turned to his brother instead who knew the rest of the plan from here on out. "Do as you promised, and take us to your secret passageway." He said, allowing his brother to pilot the smaller ship. Part of the reason why he'd asked his brother to go with him was because he knew of ways to get out of Asgard that others did not. He only hoped that his brother would keep up his end of the deal and would actually take them where they needed to go, so he supposed that, in a way, he was actually trusting his brother.

Loki nodded his head before he took control of the ship so he could lead them through the secret passage way and off of Asgard. “You can trust me, I’ll get us off of Asgard and we’ll get the revenge that we both seek,” Loki said quickly taking the boat closer and closer to a rather tight sliver of space between the mountains. It was a little rocky at first, and he knew that everyone would’ve liked something else he was sure, but this was the best way. So he ignored everyone else in the ship not wanting their looks or words to distract him. “Well that was a little bumpier than I was expecting. It’s because this ship is a little larger than what I’m use to,” Loki said as they finally landed the ship on somewhat sturdy and flat ground.

[ I’m going skip Ellie until the fighting starts ]

Thor watched as his brother took control of the ship, though he became a bit concerned when they started flying closer towards mountains. Like straight towards them. "Loki, are you mad?" Thor exclaimed, though his brother seemed unphased as they flew between a rather small space in between the mountains and moments later they were on Svartalfheim. Once the shipped had landed, he looked to his brother. "We stick to the plan." He said, grabbing Mjolnir as he got off of the ship. "I need you to go with whatever happens." He told Ellie, not to give the explanation of the plan to her right now or else it would give away the fact that Loki wasn't actually betraying him and all that.

“We stick to the plan,” Loki said nodding his head before he jumped out of the ship and began to follow Thor since his brother was the one who knew where he was going. “I will,” Ellie said nodding her head and following also. She hadn’t come along to not listen to him. Thor was the one with the plan, he was the one she trusted here, and so of course she was going to listen, even if she’d hadn’t since she was there and he had just pushed her off of a moving ship without any warning. Ellie did trust Thor and she had every intention of doing what he told her from here on out.

Thor jumped off the ship, knowing it wouldn't be long before they reached Malekith or they were confronted by some of the dark elves. Once they did, he knew that was when the plan was to go into full affect. Loki was going to "betray" him and claim that he didn't care if Agard burned and that he had brought the ether straight to them. They'd trick Malekith into thinking that he could have it and turn back on him at the last second. It was a dangerous and risky plan, but if all went well, then they would hopefully be successful.