Loki waited four months. Long enough to be August 17th 2015, again. Loki appeared in the room 14 minutes after his initial departure. Joy is not there but Agent Sparta is standing puzzled and dumbstruck blinking.  Loki snaps his fingers and the statue tumbles down similar to wood being chipped away by an axe. By the interior of the statue's cut off parts it is indeed wood.

"Where is Joy?" Loki asks.

 "She left," Agent Sparta said. "She does not want to be searched for until Feb 1st, 2017."

"Is that all she said?" Loki asks.

"Yes, that is," Agent Sparta said.

Loki turns away puzzled.

"Why would she leave me?" Loki said, turning away sulking.

February 1st, 2017.

A very specific date.

"I dunno," Agent Sparta said.

Loki came to a realization.

"Joy made another deal with Boblion," Loki said, feeling hurt. "Behind my back."

But when could she have placed such a deal?

"Babylon is far away," Agent Sparta said.

"Boblion is...Closer," Loki said, stepping on  a bracelet. Loki lowers down towards the floor then picks up the bracelet with a cracked in half locket. His boot had broken several  of the keychains attached to the bracelet. Loki fixes it using magic straightening. "Excuse me, but you have a mess to clean."

Loki goes out the door putting the bracelet into hi