Closed RP w/ Bruce

[you_have_heart]

Pain. Pain and loss, these were the only thing Loki was registering. The All-Father had thought he was taking pity on his adopted son when he stripped him of his magic and cast him here, many Aesir agreed. Many agreed and thought it was to lenient of the All-Father. So to appease them he had ordered his mouth sewn shut. Only an act of pure mercy and compassion could remove them. He had not been stripped of his voice, but any vocalization vibrated the strings and caused him more pain.

Some thought it was still to merciful, even as he lay on the floor of the grand hall, humiliated and bleeding, but the All-Father did no more before casting him back down to Earth.

So there he lay, in a dark, dirty alley somewhere in a large city, still in pain and bleeding, wondering when a mortal would come by, realize who he was, and kill him on the spot. The All-Father thought to teach his younger son the same lesson his older had learned among the mortals but he knew different. He would either be killed on sight or found by SHIELD.

At this point he didn't know which he preferred.

Comments

[aggravated]

When he was sure the anesthesia has taken its toll, he went to work. He cut each string until it was nearly at the skin, then went to get hot water from the room's small bathroom. He made it as hot as he dared, then came back. "Lay back so I can leave this towel until the dried blood, scabbing, and everything else softens up."

[you_have_heart]

He did as he was told. Now that he was laying down and his lips were not in pain and he was laying down he found it was very hard to not fall back asleep. The warm rag on his face only served to relax him even more.

[aggravated]

Bruce worked slow and steady once he had the debris softened up from around the wounds. Carefully he worked each strand out, then patched each one up with tediously placed droplets of suture glue. This was torture, to have this done to a man, not justice or safety. They had managed with a muzzle that also dampened Loki's magic, made from some material from Asgard, so the Asgardians could have done the same.

But how had Loki escaped from them?

[you_have_heart]

With all of the numbing in him he felt nothing. It started wearing off towards the end of the doctor's procedure, but he was almost done, so Loki did not say anything.

[aggravated]

When Loki was finally free of his tortured bindings, Bruce put aside his implements and flexed his fingers. It still looked ugly and would for a long time, but it was well covered, sealed against further infection, and it would heal.

With how still Loki was and the evenness of his breathing, Bruce thought he was asleep.

[you_have_heart]

He was teetering on the brink of sleep, but he was conscious enough to register when Bruce was finished. He briefly opened his eyes long enough to whisper his thanks again before drifting off to sleep.

He didn't wake till around 6 pm the following day.