At the door of Stark Tower

[justakidfrombrklyn]

He doesn't really have a phone anymore, at least not one that isn't a burner on the end of it's life, and that phone never had the number he needed in it, so he didn't call ahead. Instead, he's just there, heading for the front desk to see if perhaps, just maybe, he has a friend here. Or at least an ally.

"Steve Rogers for Tony Stark, please?"

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[godofbadideas]

There's a voice somewhere behind him, not far from the front door.

"Whoops, wrong universe."

It might sound a bit... familiar. And not necessarily in a good way.

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Which has him spinning, the shield pulled off of his back and held up almost immediate--

Okay. Not who he was expecting.

What?

[godofbadideas]

Loki holds his hands up in a pacifying gesture; see, he's not holding anything!

"Whatever I did, I didn't do it. Like I said, wrong universe. I'll just... see myself out. Find a nice quiet spot to... get my bearings."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Steve isn't having anything of it.

"Wrong universe? Which one were you trying to end up in?"

He's hoping JARVIS has noticed the alien just outside the door.

[godofbadideas]

"I doubt you'd know it," Loki hedges, taking half a step back. "It's the one without any shrimp."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Steve can't help rolling his eyes.

"Right. No shrimp. And why were you headed there anyway?"

[godofbadideas]

"To see if it actually existed, of course. Why else would anyone go to a universe without shrimp?"

None of the other Avengers have shown up yet, which might be good, but which is also making him unreasonably nervous.

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Steve just... sighs.

"What do you want here then, because you're still here."

[godofbadideas]

"Er, nothing?" Which is the truth, though he somehow doubts Captain America will believe him.

"Though I'm kind of morbidly curious now about what Other Me did."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Considering they're in New York and reconstruction is still in the midst of happening, he gestures behind Loki out into the city at large.

"Take a gander for yourself."

[godofbadideas]

He turns a little, still keeping the good Captain in his peripheral vision. And swallows. It's rather a lot of destruction, though not as bad as it could be... Though yes, he can tell there's been a lot of reconstruction...

"It looks like Other Me threw one Hel of a temper-tantrum," he observes, turning back to Captain America.

Naturally, that's when he hears the sound of repulsor powered flight behind him.

[actuallyhasaheart]

"Are you fucking kidding me."

Tony lands, and, really? Loki? As if they haven't had enough trouble lately?

[justakidfrombrklyn]

But despite the fact that Steve's been nothing but hostile, Tony's approach actually makes him hold up a hand.

"He's saying he's from a different dimension. A different Loki."

[he_that_stands_it_now]

Definitely not a good way. In fact, there is a little red dot centered right on his chest within a couple of seconds.

[godofbadideas]

Lovely. Of course. Loki raises his hands a little, fingers spread, looking back along the path traced by the laser.

"I was just leaving."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Steve turns around, blinking, because someone said something and he's not sure who.

[he_that_stands_it_now]

Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes holds tight to the hook gun and waits for the cord to pull Loki Laufeyson up to his particular building top.

[godofbadideas]

Okay, he can live with that. Loki grins, and gives a cheeky wave to Captain America, before riding the line up like it was his own idea.

[he_that_stands_it_now]

Which is why there's a punch to the face aimed at him as he actually makes it TO the building top.

[godofbadideas]

Good thing Loki has the reflexes - and expectation of attack - to neatly dodge, and land on the roof.

"Hey! What did I ever do to you?"

[he_that_stands_it_now]

Mr. Barnes didn't so much answer as gesture towards the destruction of New York City.

"Wasn't going to give you the chance to do it to anything else."

Anyone else.

[godofbadideas]

Keeping one eye on-- yeah, he's pretty sure it's this universe's version of Bucky Barnes-- Loki takes a quick glance at the mess. Pales a little, and swallows.

"Ah, you're mistaking me for someone else?"

[he_that_stands_it_now]

Barnes has a gun trained on him, held in a metal hand visible only in flashes from beneath a jacket and a glove.

"Is your name Loki of Asgard or is it?"

[godofbadideas]

For a second, Loki considers giving one of his other names, but he's trying to turn over a new leaf, and really, denying one's own name isn't a very good idea.

"Yes, but I'm not the Loki you think I am. I think." He's ready with a magical shield anyway, because he's pretty sure he just asked to be shot.

[he_that_stands_it_now]

"Then I need you to explain, right now, what you're doing and what interest you have in the Avengers."

In Steve Rogers. Loki can read between the lines. He lives there.