Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Loki and Thor Shovel Snow

James looked at Grandpa McMahon, being very careful not to show any expression on his face at all. He then looked over at his brother, Terry, who was literally bounding with excitement at "finding" a job so easily. Shoveling the walks in front of a breakfast dinner, a steakhouse, a coffee shop and the town newspaper might have qualified as "real jobs" if all four weren’t' family businesses. The McMahon Pack wasn't huge like the Hancocks Pack and they may not be rolling in the dough like the Waynes, but what they did have was power, in the form of owning four of the town's most prosperous privately-owned businesses.


And despite the family owning four businesses, James and his twin were going to be... shoveling walks. For Talbies, too, not US currency. James pondered again the irony of wolf genetics, that two absolutely polar-opposite individuals could have come from the same litter of pups. Not that they were a litter, exactly. There were only the two of them, after all. But Terry was a McMahon through and through. Big, strong, athletic, charming… basically Thor to James’ Loki. Thor picked fights while Loki warned him off and used his head.

Wait, James thought with a slight smile. Just wait! This shoveling thing could be a good thing. If he was Loki and Terry was Thor… And Loki was always tricking Thor into helping him punk others…

James grinned at his grandfather. “Yeah, Granddad, we’d love to lend a hand with the snow removal in exchange for a little spending money.” He tried—but not too hard—to look innocent when his grandfather shot him a hard, disbelieving look. No point trying to lie to a wily old wolf like Granddad; wolves could smell dishonesty a mile away and he, Loki—er, James—was not known for being a squeaky clean choirboy. Terry noticed Granddad’s face, looked at James and the grinned as well.

“Yep,” Terry said with twinkling eyes, knowing full-well the brains of the pair had just come up with a fantastic idea for getting into trouble. James was totally Emo to his surfer dude, but Terry loved action in all forms. When his smaller, dark-haired twin brother got that look on his face, it meant there was soon to be all kinds of mischief, trouble—and fun!—coming down the pipe line in no time at all.

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Vern stood back and shook his head in disbelief. He should have known those two were up to something. James—or Loki, as he’d taken to calling himself—was so full of piss and vinegar when he wanted to be at times. And Terry, who had started calling himself Thor after James pointed out how they were like the mythical brothers, was always perfectly willing to do whatever his little brother said they should do because it always ended in mischief. But this? Vern really wasn’t sure what to make of this…


From in front of Java Joe's:













From in front of the Guts & Butts Gazette:





                                 

From in  front of Ellie's Dinner:


                                      At this rate, Vern wasn't sure he really wanted to keep driving toward his steakhouse...

13 comments:

Pat C. said...

As long as they don't run into Hulk Hogan. "Puny wolves."

Those pictures are priceless! Especially the outhouse.

Who's their father? Do Nick and Mooney have another brother or sister? Or a past we don't know about?

Rebecca Gillan said...

No idea, my muse didn't fill in that much detail. We know Vern has been mated at least twice, once to Ellie and once to Nick and Mooney's mother. Who's to say he only had the two wives, though?

Rebecca Gillan said...

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, maybe Mooney does have an interesting past. We know he was a serious tail-chaser before Marissa managed to make him sit and heal...

Savanna Kougar said...

Fun Flash, Rebecca!

Yeah, Pat's questions were mine. Thanks for answering. Those pics are priceless. That outhouse is the best, though! Wonder how much the shifter kidlets are liking these snow sculptures?

Are Loki and Thor planning to have more such adventures in The Peak?

Rebecca Gillan said...

They are now. I spent a good portion of this evening revising Witch's Moon to include them. Mooney is even more "interesting" than he was before! Glad I hadn't gone ahead and self-pub'd it yet!

Savanna Kougar said...

Cool! the muse works in strange and mysterious ways sometimes.

Since our regular blog hop is doing New Years, which is good... however, are you up for a Christmas or Winter blog hop, if we can find a good one to be part of?

Serena Shay said...

Oh man, those pics are awesome! Plus, James and Terry are priceless...they definitely remind me of their uncles. hehe

Hey, I bet they're familiar with the Nude Purple Fairy, contemporaries even. Geez, watch out Talbot's Peak if they ever strike together. ;D

Rebecca Gillan said...

Yep, James/Loki is a shoe-in for his Uncle Nick and Terry's a blond version of their dad, Mooney, that's for sure! (I finally decided they were Mooney's kids, btw. Marissa was not thrilled when Mooney's ex dumped them on her...)

Pat C. said...

Now I want to know about Mooney's ex.

Rebecca Gillan said...

Basically, she's a femwolf who hooked up with Mooney to try to get to Nick back when they were in highschool. Zeva ran her off, but not before Mooney "started something." She doesn't want James and Terry but wasn't willing to let a pack of bachelors raise her pups. So the moment she hears that Mooney has a mate, she drops them off at the coffee shop with a duffel of clothes each.

Right now, I'm working on a chapter of Lex keeping an eye on them (they are ten years old but undisciplined because their mom never bothered to raise them, just throw food at them from time to time) while Marissa is trying to find out how a cat-fight with Maggie made her the mother of wolf pups.

Rebecca Gillan said...

I think Lex has found himself a couple new minions and may have inspired the boys calling themselves Loki and Thor after they was the movie "Thor". (because he's a demi-god and all and is teaching the boys "stuff.")

Dang, I'm having fun with this new plot angle!

Savanna Kougar said...

Oh no, Lex teaching them, no wonder!

Pat C. said...

I wondered after seeing the concepts "Lex" and "babysitting" in the same sentence, but of course he'd turn it to his advantage. He's Lex.

I'm reserving my copy now.