Lies on top of Lies ch. 1

Me and my bestest friend, Vendetta, sit in the car as we wait to get dropped off at Comic-Con. Our costumes were pretty identical, yet different. After lots of... 'conversation' we came to the agreement that Vendetta would be Loki, and I would be female-Loki.

Vendetta was dressed as a more casual Loki. She had on a green scarf, a black wife beater, and slightly skinny jeans. She slicked her hair back and got a necklace with a tesseract cube as the charm. Other than her costume, she wore her usual black framed glasses and a small backpack holding all our stuff.

Me? I might've overdone it.... I had on a green dress that went above my knees with a gold belt hanging loosely onto my waist. I also had on a gold cape and black, knee-high boots. After lots of decieding, I get the fem-Loki helmet instead of the original one. Then I went the extra step and got a plastic scepter. I cut it down smaller so I wouldn't have issues holding it, but otherwise, it was left unchanged.

"So, who are you two suppose to be again?" My mom asks, a look of confusion on her face as she parks the car.

The two of us get out and stretch from being in the car for so long. It was madness.

"I'm Loki." Vendetta announces, throwing her arms up in the air.

I stand next to her and throw my own hands up, "And I'm Fem-Loki!"

"And we are... the Rulers of Asgard!" We shout.

My mom gives me a warning look to calm down, "I'll be back at 10, alright?" She gets back in the car and drives away.

I snicker at the few people giving us looks for yelling. Vendetta laughs and leads the way to the convention center. We stand in the rather short line(compared to the registration line) to pick up our badges and booklet. We walk around aimlessly for a few minutes before going up to the second floor to check out what they had.

"Alright, this thingy here." I wave the booklet in the air. "Says, basically put, all this stuff in this area is for buying."

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

"Okay."

I do a full 360 turn, looking for something that pops out to me. I pout my lip out at the various closed doors and lines.

"Hey, Andy." Vendetta pokes me in the belly.

I curl up and laugh, backing away some. My full name is Andrea, but I don't really like it. It sounds so.... Unlike me. So I shortened it to Andy.

"Yeah?" I look up at my taller friend.

"Let's go in here," She points to a room with a big '2' marking it. "It says there's a bunch of panels in there."

"I wonder if those cool Nekomimi people are here."

We venture into the panel room and look at the various comics, some anime, plushie and poster stands. I stop at one that was majority Batman and Spiderman, contemplating if I should buy one of the little bookmarks. I deciede against it and keep walking.

"Look! It's a yaoi booth!" I rush forward and go all fangirl on it. There were comics and manga, that I would've bought if they were in English. I end up buying a cute hoodie with the words 'Yaoi Fangirl' written on the front. I put it in the backpack for later and follow Vendetta.

"I saw the Marvel panel somewhere over here," Vendetta announces. "Look, there's Thor! Let's go ask him!"

"Allow me." I clear my throat, walking calmly up to the lost-looking Thor cosplayer. If I didn't know better, I'd say he was the actual actor... Chris something. "Hello, Thor."

"Brother! I have found you!" The Thor-cosplayer forces me into a bone crushing hug. "But you've turned yourself into a woman!"

"Um. Yeah. No more hugs." I wriggle helplessly, decieding to call out for my friend. "Vendetta!"

"Thor, put me down!" Vendetta stomps over. "You hug too hard!"

Thor drops me and I crumple to the ground, gasping for air. Vendetta helps me up.

"Next time, you ask for directions." I cough.

I find myself surronded by Avenger cosplayers, all of them looking like the actors. Captain America takes a step towards the two of us.

"Turn yourself in, and we'll spare you." He insturcts.

"...What?" Vendetta stares at him.

"Ya know, there's a such thing as being in too much character." I clutch my ribs as I climb to my feet. "We don't want any problems.... Gimme my scepter."  I reclaim my scepter from Vendetta and wave it around dramatically.

Oddly enough, the cosplayers duck out the way. I shrug and walk away, bent on finding the Marvel booth myself so I could get Loki to sign my poster.... And Clint.... And Tony.... Oh, and Thor too.

"That.... Was weird." Vendetta comments.

"I know right?"

I grin as I find the Marvel booth, but it seemed abandoned. I walk up to it and look around curiously.

"Don't get hugged again." Vendetta warns. "I won't save you."

"Psh, I don't need your saving." I scoff. "Unless the hug's coming from Thor. I'll need a whole army then."

"Oh wow."

I cross my arms and pout, unable to find anyone. Not even a sign that said 'Out to Lunch' or something like that. I kick a chair over and turn around to see......

"Alright. Is that the actor or a really good cosplayer?" I point so Vendetta could see.