#mobius.

❛⠀yeah, maybe ... ❜ although the hesitancy in his voice is obvious.

sure, he— he'd be the last person who thinks finding any attempt to get to loki would be a waste of time, because it wouldn't be, even if mobius has now been inadvertently dragged into a few intergalatic missions with mighty thor. which, you know, has its own perks: he doesn't spend most of his time moping around anymore, or at least, that's what b-15 would've called it as. mobius doesn't... doesn't think he's moping though.

he's missing them, maybe. he thinks about them. he grieves. but it's not ... moping. though he can understand how it might look like that.

which is why jane might've come here when mobius has spent the last twenty minutes just staring at the stars. he knows, logically, that isn't exactly where loki is. no, loki — his loki, the loki he knew — is in another separate space altogether. the holder of all universes; the tree with which that keeps every timeline alive. quite literally. and mobius is so damn proud of him for that, but also angry. and upset. and... and sad. maybe he shouldn't be, but— but he is.

❛⠀just ... sometimes i wonder ... if he— ❜ if they thought of me, mobius doesn't continue with. ❛⠀maybe he didn't want to be found, you know ? ❜

— how is he.

alright, by the way, i'm 100% interpreting mobius post-finale to be absolutely miserable and devastating and him losing loki is akin to a death, or when you have someone you love going missing.

mobius has gone absolute dysfunctional: yes, he may look ... a bit calm, a bit quiet, almost like normal, but that's not really his standard state of being. if anyone had dared look closer, you'd notice he's lost his appetite, his past interest doesn't interest him anymore, and he's... deeper in his thoughts, and not all of them good.

— where is he going.

so brad once said he's a 'nowhere man', which i think applies to mobius now more than ever. he doesn't feel purposeful at the tva — not with loki's loss hanging over his shoulder — and he cannot fit into his life as don on the sacred timeline, because it's not his life, but it's the closest thing he has to a tangible connection which is why he hangs around there the first early weeks of him leaving the tva.

now, speaking of the tva, i'd like to think they didn't fully retire mobius. i think, for my interpretation, they put him as a reserved agent. he's not technically active, but he's not retired from his position. b-15 gave him compensation in form of any currency he requires, and he's equipped with a tempad in case "he changes his mind". why i put him as a reserved agent is because i do think mobius' insight to the upcoming war is vital. he's an analyst, and he's a damn good one at that. b-15 would've been coming to meet him for advice. thus, the inactive status.

so yes, now mobius is aimless. and he'll be aimless for quite some time. i think he tries reaching out to loki plenty — praying for them, rather — but it's futile, isn't it. and any attempt of mobius trying to speak to another variant of loki almost always ends in failure e.g. mobius just not being able to hold his part of the conversation and walking away. ( this is crucial : it means he doesn't want just some version of loki. he wants the loki he knew. )

eventually, he's distraught enough that he would've gone and ask for advice from frigga, whom he thinks is the closest he could ask about loki's power. if it's possible to get to loki. of course, not even frigga could help him right ? which devastates him further.

this is around the time he finally signs himself up for an anonymous group grief therapy. mobius always introduces himself the same way, that his name is mobius. that he's lost a friend. he always implies that this is a "special friend", and that they've "fought together" and that that friend have gone on a special mission of his own, which mobius has no idea about, and he doesn't know if that friend will ever be back.

from the group therapy, mobius finally — finally — has the courage to "settle down", but ... it's more of a project than anything, building a house. he chooses a serene lake to build it next to, near an area where it's almost always cold. and in the house, he has a room decorated specifically for loki. "it's for when he'll be back," he would tell b-15, who purses her lips, and nods unconvincingly.

but of course, the house doesn't feel like a house. it's just a place for him to put some of his books, to lay down, to shower and eat. it's an empty spot.

— where can you find mobius now.

it's years now, and while mobius is slightly stabilised, he's still very much quiet. keeps things to himself. he still prays and talks to loki. he visits frigga to discuss his books with; he visits new asgards as a tourist a couple of times. ( they have a museum there dedicated to loki. )

sometimes he goes to intergalatic ( or on earth ) bars, just nurses himself a hard liquor.

he does go to his group therapy still, though it's grown lesser now as he thinks he's "getting better".

he visits libraries. he reads tons of books ( he's still a time agent, so he still knows every language on the timeline ). and that's it.

— outro.

Subject is aggravated by happiness. Would check out.

“No, no, we can’t.”

Mobius is this close to electrocuting the scumbag for what it’s all having to come to, and his own enjoyment. Thumb bolted to his belt right against the pruner, he leans into what would be Willy Wonka’s share of the table if equal distribution existed here.