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"[color=red]-so the next thing I know, I'm on the Bifrost,[/color]" Thor drunkenly pantomimed the Rainbow Bridge punching between realities, "[color=red]Zwoop! And then I'm here. No family, no home, and,[/color]" he belched loudly, and the bartender refilled his outstretched mug, "[color=red]And no money.[/color]" The bartender had let him start a tab, which Thor was immensely grateful for, and the barkeep regretted doing so as soon as Thor had drained his first keg. Still, he continued to serve Thor as he seemed to be handling a lethal amount of alcohol just fine, and his Armani suit suggested they could recoup the funds from him once he reconciled with his parents back wherever he came from.

"[color=black]What a bastard.[/color]" Said the man to Thor's right, who had been listening to his sob story and gently massaging Thor's muscular arm all the while. "[color=black]If your father doesn't appreciate you for who you are, then you don't owe him the time of day.[/color]"

The bartender added, "[color=0072bc]I never got on with my old man, neither. He kicked me out at fifteen, I never looked back. I think you're better off, kid.[/color]" He patted Thor warmly on the cheek, and the God of Thunder merely smiled sadly.

"[color=white]Is Bifrost a boat or a plane?[/color]" The man on Thor's opposite side asked

"[color=red]It's a,[/color]" Thor wracked his inebriated brains trying to think of how to possibly describe the Bifrost to these mortals. After a noticeable pause, he made a vague gesture with his hands, saying, "[color=ed1c24]Well, you know.[/color]"

"[color=black]Don't you have any other family? Besides your brother that ripped you off, I mean.[/color]"

"[color=ed1c24]Not really.[/color]" Thor replied, "[color=ed1c24]Father made my older sister, Hela, regent of Niflheim when I was just a kid, and I haven't seen her since.[/color]" A small epiphany occurred to Thor, as he began to notice the common theme between his banishment to Midgard, and Hela "ruling" over Niflheim. He wondered if all of Asgard had been told that Thor was now regent of Midgard, and if that had been his father's true intention.

It was at that moment that another man entered the bar, and Thor spared a sideways glance to see who it was. Some mortal, he reckoned, staring at one of those devices that all the other Midgardians never seemed to look up from, even as they were walking around. Thor didn't pay the man any mind at first, but then he called out into the bar, telling them his name was Bruce Banner, and saying that everyone but Thor should leave. Much to Thor's amazement, they all obeyed him, some of them hurrying away like the man was death itself. Thor stayed in his seat and drained what was in his mug, before calling out to the departing men, "[color=ed1c24]Thank you! You're all very kind. Carlo, don't forget to tell your husband hello for me![/color]"

The stranger, this Bruce Banner, stepped around the bar and poured Thor another drink, which he accepted gratefully. This guy couldn't be all bad, he figured. However, what he had to say next was very intriguing to the exiled prince. "[color=2A9300]My planet,[/color]" the man had said, a very curious choice of words. Thor stared at him for a few moments, trying to puzzle things out, knocking back another few pints of this thin, watery Earth-beer as he did so. It helped him think.

Once the mug was empty again, Thor belched loudly again before saying, "[color=ed1c24]You must be some new god of the Earth, huh?[/color]" He said, rising unsteadily to his feet. God or not, Thor towered over Bruce, his arms twice as thick around as Banner's throat. "[color=ed1c24]Emboldened by the absence of this world's true masters. 'While the cat's away, the mice will play.' No more of that, your rulers have returned. The Allfather conquered this world when you and I were just motes of cosmic stardust, my [i]-hic-[/i] tiny friend. As regent of Midgard, I'd be more than happy to conquer it for him again if I need to[/color]."