#tricksterintime

Scott Lang looked over the five files on the table before him, eyebrows furrowed and gears in his brain whirling at top speed.

Three of the files had information about some of the top thieves in the business: crackmen and con artists rolled into one, they loved to get their hands on big and expensive things. Or just money. Either way, they were good at what they did.

The fourth file consisted of information on someone who seemed to deal in magic, somewhere between Doc Strange and Thor brand of magic. Point is, he wasn’t some dude with a top hat, he was the real deal. And he’s decided to tag team with the three thieves to go after anything they wanted.

What they wanted apparently was what the last file was about. Which unfortunately was just a picture of it and the brief understatement typed out beside it: magical, alien artifact. “Thanks, SHIELD,” Scott muttered under his breath. “Super helpful.”

And guess who was asked to retrieve said “magical, alien artifact” from three top thieves and a magical being? Ant-Man.

But even Ant-Man knew when a solo mission wasn’t gonna cut it. He needed help. He needed magical help. First in figuring out what was actually stolen and what it could do, and then next getting the artifact back. The question was who to ask?

Scott had an idea, but he had no idea how to actually reach Loki. It wasn’t like he could say Loki’s name three times and boom! There he was…right?

((Bonus points if they both happen. Almost back to back. Loki is still growing fond of Scott but still wary of having a friend like that, so he still treats Scott like Loki had been previously.

And then maybe like a half an hour later, someone else disrespects Scott, and Loki smiles the smile and pulls out the knives.

And Scott’s like what just happened?

And I am here for this.))

Okay ants! You know what to do!

It looks like he's presenting nothing, an empty palm that he dramatically places onto the table, god of jokes and all. He vanishes. Later, the time delayed stolen particle kicks in and an enormous ant shaped child's birthday cake envelops the surface.

After Loki left (with a confused, hesitant “Thank you?” from Scott), Scott walked out of the room to take care of other things.

When he returned to the table, he was merely passing by. At first, he didn’t even pay attention to the large cake on the table, but once his brain registered there was something on the table, Scott quickly backpedaled and found the large ant shaped cake.

“Woah!” He breathed out the exclamation as his surprise gave way to understanding. Why the lil sneak.

Bruce Banner is one of the kindest, most intelligent cool people I’ve ever met. He’s strong, and I’m talking physically (when he goes green anyway), mentally, and emotionally. He’s someone you want in your corner, and he’s someone you want to reciprocate and be in his corner too. I really respect Bruce.

I mean, the guy gave me some of his tacos unprompted because he’s just that nice.

Wow! Positivity times 3?! That’s a lot of positivity. That’s definitely some math I can get behind *laughs*

Thank you guys so much! I want you all to know that you’re the best, and I’m really glad to know you!

--- "shit, you wouldn't even need the pentagram with the rest of that. pretty sure this would summon me regardless. that's gonna be a tough one to top."

⛧ Tell me three items you would put in a pentagram to summon my muse! ⛧

Thank you, Pirate! 😁