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[demon-mictain.livejournal.com]

Time: September 14, 2000
Place: The Library
Status: Private (Mictain, Loki, Uriel) -- Complete
Summary: Making sure of a thing or two.


Mictain didn’t like it. He didn’t like it one bit. The god was known for tricking and lying and cheating, so he suspected he had a fairly good reason to suspect his motivations.

Normally it wouldn’t have bothered him, no matter what Loki was planning to do – he might have even found it amusing, especially if the target was one of the Heavenly Host. However, the one he was currently messing with was Uriel. And, because at the moment anything involving Uriel involved her baby as well, he wouldn’t let the god do anything like the things he was so known for.

Mictain didn’t know why he cared, really. Well, other than that the child was indeed a perfect excuse to laugh at the whole Host of Heaven and tell them to fuck off. If an archangel had a child with a Horseman, what was left of their standards? And he had Fallen for loving another angel. Well, let’s see how they would react once the brat was born. They could ignore him all they wanted, but they hardly could ignore a half-angel bastard being born to Uriel, could they?

Perhaps, he thought, he just had too little to do. He no more had to protect Raphael, and even Neville had wandered off soon after they’d come to the Manor. He suspected the imp was still around somewhere, but apparently he no more needed Mictain’s protection now that he was under Adam’s influence. Maybe he was just too used to protecting someone, and the as-of-yet unborn child was the best candidate around.

Nevertheless, the one Uriel spent most time with was Loki. And Mictain was determined to find out just what the god was after.

With this in mind, he stalked followed the god around for a moment. And then, when he was sure the god was in the library with nobody else around, he decided it was time for a confrontation.

Comments

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Even as an angel, he was dangerous

Loki tilted his head. "Dangerous, eh? I think, I might come to like him." he decided. "Once he stops threatening me, that is."

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

"He threatened you?" Uriel frowned. "Well, not that that surprises me, but he usually does have his reasons, no matter how petty they may be. You still haven't told me just what you had to do with him, anyway. I'm not about to believe he came to the library just for some leisure reading." Under her breath, she added, "Sometimes I'm not entirely sure whether he can read at all."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"I told you, he came to threaten me. He ... I think he's after the baby for some reason." Loki frowned. "He wanted me not to harm it, though, so I guess we're safe until it's born. I don't think you should let him near the little one once it arrives, though."

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

"The baby?" Uriel paled, raising a hand to her abdomen. "He -- he wouldn't --"

For a moment, she was speechless, biting her lip in anxiety. Finally, she said, "Adam wouldn't let him harm it, I'm sure of that. But -- I'll stay away from him." She closed her eyes, whispering, "I don't want my child to come to harm..."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Loki took Uriel's hand in his very gently. He hadn't meant to scare her.

"Whatever he wants the baby for, he wants it alive. No need to worry until it's born."

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

Uriel was slightly surprised but definitely grateful at Loki's comforting gesture. "...Yes. No need to worry yet." She sighed. "I just wish I wouldn't have to worry at all..."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Well, then we'll just have to find a way to get rid of Mictain whether I like him or not," Loki decided. "You mentioned Adam kicking him out?"

He didn't like the idea of being forced into any sort of contact with Adam, but, if his little sister felt threatened, it was his duty to remove the threat and it shouldn't be hard to trick that one. He'd find a way.

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

"That's what I heard," Uriel sighed. "The details aren't really clear, but... the rumour has he tried to rape Raphael. Apparently that was enough of an offense that he would be sent away."

She bit her lip. "It's just... I don't know what to think of him, really. Since he came back, he hasn't really threatened me, but I feel awkward in his presence. And although he hasn't said or done anything to that effect, I'm so worried he might do something to harm my child..."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm in no shape to turn female at the moment and I don't like being raped in male shape. I refuse to do that," Loki declared. "What other offences have people been kicked out for?"

He knew too little about the manor's rules and justice system. A mistake he wouldn't have made, if he'd been healthy.

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

For a moment, Uriel simply stared at Loki. Then, she started to laugh.

"You are impossible, Loki," she giggled. "Do you hear me? Impossible! And as far as I know, nobody else has been kicked out," she then finally managed to say. "The only real rule is that you aren't allowed to hurt others. Not too bad fighting, serious wounds, or such. You only get one warning, and then it's away with you."

She looked at Loki seriously. "Which is why you really should try to avoid fights. As far as I know, Adam doesn't really care who starts the fact if both continue with it. I don't want you kicked out; I'd be all alone then."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Loki grinned proudly at the compliment.

"Fighting, eh? I'll have to find a way to get him angry at Crowley, then," he decided. "Shouldn't be too hard to get Crowley to fight him. And don't you worry about me, little sister. I'm an expert at talking myself out of trouble."

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

"In fact, it might be more difficult than you'd think," Uriel said. "I doubt either of them wants to be thrown out. Especially not Mictain -- Lucifer has something of a grudge against him. They won't fight unless they have to -- or if they do, they must be me even worse idiots than I took either of them for. And I am sure that Crowley is not an idiot."

She then shook her head. "You may be an expert usually, but what about when you can't concentrate? What if you let something slip? And Adam is omniscient. He will know what has really happened, and no amount of lying will mislead him." She squeezed his hand. "Please, Loki, don't get involved in any fights. I -- I don't want to lose you, too."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"I'll find a way," Loki promised. "If not Crowley, I'll get Ligur. That one makes some idiots I've met seem smart."

He would have liked to reassure her. It was good to be told that he was wanted, was needed, but sometimes it just didn't seem right to lie.

"I'm a Viking. I can't not fight. It's cowardly." He wasn't sure she could even understand what that meant in his culture, nor could he properly explain it. Some things just were, like the sky being blue and Vikings fighting.

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

"Well, that is certainly true," Uriel chuckled. "I don't think it's even possible to be more stupid than Ligur is."

Her amusement faded then. "There is a difference between not fighting and picking your fights," she reminded. "And besides, aren't you best known for being able to avoid battles with your cunning? And I'm not telling you not to defend yourself if you are attacked" -- not that Loki could do much, in his current condition -- "I'm just asking you not to start any fights on purpose. It wouldn't help me much if you got Mictain kicked out by having him break your neck."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Loki shook his head. "I have to fight when challenged. It's what Vikings do. That I actually solve problems in a different way is a separate chapter. It has nothing at all to do with fighting or not fighting."

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

"Well, at least don't go around starting fights," Uriel sighed. "I doubt the others are too eager to do that, given that they hardly want to be exiled either, but... Seriously, Loki, please don't aggravate people on purpose. No matter how fun it may be. And especially not Mictain."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"I refuse to be afraid of anyone. Or to let them think I'm afraid of them."

He'd find a way to get rid of Mictain. The guy was simply too scary to leave around and who knew what his plans were for Uriel's helpless little baby.

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

Uriel sighed, frustrated. "I never told you to do either of those things," she said wearily. For a moment she wondered whether this was just a Norse thing, but then remembered Pestilence facing Mictain despite the quite obvious threat. Thus, she asked, "Are you males all so impossible?"

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Loki thought about that. He wasn't entirely sure he understood the question.

"I assure you I'm very much the same when I'm female."

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

"Does that count, though?" asked Uriel, frowning. "You're probably mentally male, no matter what you are physically, after all..." She then frowned even more. "I wonder what that makes me, though," she then said. "I've been genderless for almost all my existence, but at least now I very much think of myself as female."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"I think of myself as female when I'm female," Loki pointed out. He still didn't get what Uriel was aiming at. He'd thought that gender roles were out this century.

Well, they weren't really among the humans, but he thought they were for Judeo-Christian gods. Even if they didn't call themselves gods.

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

"You do?" Uriel blinked. "Well, that's odd. I mean, even when I was making a male effort, I didn't really think of myself as male... And if somebody like Mictain suddenly made a female effort, it would probably be quite difficult to think of them as female. I mean, physically it's clear, of course, and I'd call them her and such, but I don't think the person's true character changes. And Mictain's mindset is definitely male as far as I can tell."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"But why would having a different gender change someone's character?" Loki asked. "That's implying that males and females automatically have different completely different personalities. Like ... if a man is clever, you turn him female and he must be stupid?"

This conversation was confusing him. Either his illness was affecting his brain now, or he'd missed a vital part of what Uriel was saying. Probably the later, Loki hoped. Yes, his attention must have slipped again.

[bipolar-uriel.livejournal.com]

"I'm not saying it changes your character," Uriel sighed. That was exactly the opposite of what she was trying to say. "What I mean is -- oh, forget it." Logic had always been one of her weakest points. "I lost the point somewhere there..."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Oh good, because I'm not sure I ever got it."

Loki was usually good with logic, especially with twisting it.