(Immediately After the Kidnapping)

[ngm_adults]

Kristoff arrived precisely on time for his sister's next lesson, being careful not to trigger any Avengers security protocols as he waited in the appropriate point and rang the doorbell.

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[lil_hulk]

Ooh. This was problematic. Though hopefully with this one being more Doom-like, he wouldn't lose his backbone like Vincent had been recently. Jay expected cold, precise vengeance speech from Kristoff. Though sometimes his expectations were off.

He cleared his throat. "There might be a problem with that. Please come in. So we don't have a scene on the street..."

Jay stepped out of the way to let the smaller man inside the building.

[ngm_adults]

Kristoff's eyes narrow as he comes in. That was ominous. Recent events lead to his first theory. "If Vincent's reckless behavior has endangered her in any way, I will be taking her home."

[lil_hulk]

"Nooo, not Vincent for once." Jay closed the door behind Kristoff. He pressed his massive fingertips together to figure out how to phrase this. So, he did an info dump. Right there. On the entry hall floor.

"And you can't really be taking her home because Loki showed up and kidnapped her. I tried to stop him, but one surprised Hulk doesn't quite cut it against a mostly prepared Norse god of trickery."

[ngm_adults]

And Kristoff's face goes from concerned to stone. "Loki," he says quietly. "Unless you have any indication of where he took her or his intentions, Wingfoot, I will not waste either of our time further," he says, steel in his voice. "I will assure you, however, that Vincent will not be permitted to use this house as a child-care establishment again. When our sister is recovered, she will be properly looked after."

[lil_hulk]

"I think Asgard. We gotta check the security footage of when he grabbed her. If he didn't mess with it. As for why, who ever knows what's going on with a trickster?" He shrugged his big shoulders.

"Now if it was Coyote, I could have a better sense. But Asgard is Greek to me."

He glanced over his shoulder to make sure Roxstar was not coming in to kick his butt for that.

[ngm_adults]

Unamused, Kristoff hands the man his card. "Please let me know if you discover anything more. Do excuse me." And he'll leave, dialing Vincent.

[vincent_amora]

Vincent raises a hand to ask Miss Pryde to please wait while he answers his phone. "Vincent Amorason speaking."

[ngm_adults]

"I will not waste time unnecessarily. We will find Audhild, and when we bring her home, we will bring her home. Father will not make the mistake of leaving her in the care of the Avengers again."

[vincent_amora]

"Wh-" Vincent hesitates for the length of a blink, before he expands his mystical senses. Audhild was not in the Mansion.

She was not outside it.

"Do not move." He says to Kristoff, as he hangs up the phone, giving a betrayed look to Pryde before he teleports to his... to Kristoff, whatever he is. He does his best to draw himself up, even if he still has to tilt his head to meet the older man's gaze. "We will find Audhild, and I will not make the mistake of leaving her in the care of the Avengers again. That discussion is shelved. What do we know of her disappearance?"

[ngm_adults]

Kristoff keeps it simple. "Loki. I have adequate magical resources at the consulate." Even if he could barely use them himself.

[vincent_amora]

"I have no trouble believing that you do." Vincent replies, being businesslike enough not to bring up that he knows that.

His face twists as he contemplates what Loki's involvement means. He finally looks to Jay. "Let Iron Man and the others know that I'll be stopping by the Latverian consulate. Once I assess what is there, I'll return here for any other supplies and to confer with anyone I can use their assistance. My sister is being brought home."

Wherever that may turn out to be.