Here We Go

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Loki started to pack his bag immediately after. Of course he wouldn't be carrying it exactly with him, but in his pocket realm. Essentially a place where he kept all his possessions. When he told Persephone she had quite literally dived into his pocket. He'd laughed as he drew her out and explained that it wasn't in his pocket but just a title.
"Loki?" She'd asked earlier, hauling a huge lump of clothes in her arms. She peeked around it looking up at him as he put another shirt in his bag.
"Where can I put this at?" He couldn't help but smile at how utterly adorable she was. He held out his hand, palm up. "Here let me take it. I'll just put it with my stuff."
"Won't it get lost in all your big giant clothes?" She asks sassily.
Loki smirks, "Well I guess you'll just have to stay with them there." He picks her up with her clothes and drops her in the middle of his.
"Hmmm yes a shirt, pants and oh underwear!"
"Loki!!" She yells climbing out from under all his heavy clothes.
"Oh my, is that a tiny little person in my clothes? How in the world did you get there?" He teases and scoops her up with both hands. He brings her to his face, right in front of his nose.
So she slaps it.
"And that's for making me fear you'd suffocate me with your gigantic underwear."
Loki laughs. "You should be honored to be suffocated by a god's underwear."
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He stood ready to depart, only waiting for his small friend. She paced on his desk, the soft sound of her shoes tapping the wood. Despite him telling her that she'd be with him the whole time she was noticeably nervous. Loki walked over quietly and knelt. Persephone paused and looked up at him.
"Are you ready?" He asks
"What if he manages to kidnap me again? I know I'll be with you but I'm scared Loki." She blurts looking at him with tearful eyes.
Loki's gaze hardens and he reaches out and extends a single finger to rest under her hand.
"There is no way I will let that happen. You are under my protection."
Persephone grasps his fingertip with both hands.
"P-promise?"
Loki closed his eyes and rest his forehead near her. Persephone is confused at first but realizes he wants her to close the distance. She does. He's warm and stops her from spiraling. They stay like that for a few seconds until Loki pulls back.
"I promise."
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"So I just stay in your pocket as we go through space?" Persephone asks as her arms hold her up in Loki's pocket over the lip. His heartbeat thumps behind her back at a normal pace; reassuring her that Loki is truly not worried.
"Mhmm..." Loki says peeking around the corner watching for Heimdall. He knows he'll see him
anyway but he only needs to sneak past him once.
Loki peeks down at Persephone. Her tiny arms are strained to keep her up so she can see. He knows she won't listen if he tells her to get down so Loki gently shakes the lip, able to unlatch her grip and send her falling into the bottom. She's fine though with the surplus of pillows and blankets he put in there for her. Norns how he wished he could ride in a pocket instead of being the mule.
"Hey!" She squeaks barely audible. Loki smirks before taking off and activating the Bifrost.
His body starts to feel tingly. He cups a hand over his pocket holding his precious passenger.
Then they're off.
And then it's done.
The act of transporting between realms has never been on Loki's top five favorite activities. Mainly due to the overwhelming nausea he usually feels after doing so.
However he disregards his unease when a beating of tiny fists pounds at his chest. He's quick to scoop Persephone out and set her on the grass. The stalks he notices tower over her but he's taken aback when she falls to all fours and vomits.
Loki winces.
He'd forgotten to warn her about that.
His own nausea wears off in a few seconds and he extends his pinky to rub her back, sweeping some of her hair behind and holding it with his other hand between his fingers. For a moment he worries she may not be okay. He often forgets how fragile mortal bodies are. Not to mention two-inch mortal bodies.
He overwhelms her with his massive hands and can barely see her past them. Not the first time he's felt too big to help her.
Soon, she bats the finger holding her hair back lightly and he lets go and gives her some space.
"That was awful." She says weakly.
Loki winces, "Er my apologies... I seemed to have forgotten to mention that part." He scratches his head.
Persephone turns her head and eyes him with menace. "Mhmm," She says, starting to stand up. She takes notice now of how huge everything is. The damn grass seems like trees now.
"Are you okay little one?" Loki asks.
She nods wordlessly and inches closer to his resting hand, uneasy with how huge everything is. She'd feel better on Loki than just with him.
"Y-yeah... let's get going." She climbs into his palm without prompting. Loki watches her with worry as she lifts a leg over his fingers to get up. He hopes she isn't too overwhelmed. Before slipping her into his pocket he lifts her to his eyes.
Her tiny face is still pale and clammy. He summons a damp cloth from his pocket realm and pats her forehead. Then some water to clean the bitter taste from her mouth. All tiny objects to him; no bigger than his pinky nail. If it wasn't for his learned precision from helping Persephone these past weeks he'd surely crush them on accident.
"Better?" He asks
She nods and thanks him.
Loki slips her into his pocket and takes a moment to survey where they are. The trees are plentiful and in each direction. There's a mountain range a ways behind them that he can see. Right now they stand in a small clearing.
"Any clue where we're at bite size?" Loki asks
A few grunts sound and her head pops up.
"BFE." She says simply.
"Pardon me?" Loki says with a confused look down at her head.
"Bum fucking nowhere."
Loki rolls his eyes. "Yes, that's extremely helpful. Thank you for your input." He starts to walk and feels her tumble back down in her cozy spot after she mutters you're welcome.
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"Can't you like teleport?" Persephone asks from his shoulder. She'd gotten tired of the pocket to Loki's bewilderment. Apparently he'd been jealous of her pocket prison.
"Yes but I have to know where to go in order to do that. I have no clue where we're at now and I require that in order to get somewhere."
"Oh so you have like lame powers?" Persephone teases.
Loki pinched her front and back, pinning her between his fingers and dropping her onto his head.
"What was that? Lame powers?" He teases.
"Loki you imp! That's mean." Persephone says grabbing onto strands of hair. Loki is a tall guy by normal standards but to her he's basically a titan. She considers tying some of his hair around her waist remembering the first time she was atop his head and about fell.
"I'm sorry I can't hear tiny mortals." He says.
Persephone yanks a strand of hair earning a pained grunt from the giant. She's pleased she could actually do something. Knock his ego down a smidge.
"Alright, alright no more hair pulling I'll let you down." Loki groans
Persephone bolts away from his looming hand and tugs his hair again and giggles. He tries to grab her again but misses. She keeps doing that until she has to stop herself from falling off the side of his head. His hand snatches her, enveloping her in a gentle fist.
"You're tall." She says simply.
"Oh really? I hadn't noticed."Loki smirks.
Persephone starts to let out a yawn.
"I suppose I could rest too. Let me see what I can do." He's been walking for a couple hours now towards the mountain. That way he can get a better vantage point.
Loki starts to move his hands and there appears a  small tent.
"I didn't take you as a wilderness guy..." Persephone says.
"I'm not."
He ducks in and her breath catches in her throat. Inside isn't a tent at all. Rather a lush bedroom with a massive bed, plush chairs and even a joined bathroom.
"Oh my gosh Loki this is incredible."
He looks down and her and scoffs.
"It should be. It's one of my spells I worked on tirelessly. Took me years to perfect. Now let's get ready to go to bed."

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