[Child adventures!] Ancient times

[st_ratagem]

They weren’t actually supposed to be outside of the palace grounds. Father and Mother both agreed, nine was too young, and Thor had only just started arms training. But Thor had wanted to ‘test his courage’ and apparently that didn’t just mean ‘leave the palace’, it had meant ‘leave the palace, take a skiff, go to island ruin with a door in it, far enough away that you could barely see the spires’.

It was exciting, yes! Still Loki was in trouble much more often than Thor, and he was deeply complicit in the escape thanks to a lot of illusions, was still nervous. Mostly about being blamed if something went wrong. “Did one of the guards tell you about this place?”

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[st_ormbreaker]

"I found it in a very old book inside of father's library," Thor says, practically bursting with pride. "There's supposed to be some ancient treasure here, it just didn't say what kind."

Part of him hoped that he'd bring it back and his father would be extremely proud of him for taking the initiative and braving whatever trials awaited him. But another part knew that there was a definite possibility that his father would be cross that they'd left the palace grounds without getting permission. Thor was prepared for both possibilities.

"Don't be afraid," he tells Loki, just in case he is. "I'm going to protect us both!"