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Date: October 22, 2000
Status: Private (War, Loki, (Anathema?)) - Complete
Setting: Hospital wing
Summary: War visits Loki



War stood in the Lobby with her hands on her hips. She'd managed to walk around the Manor without seeing anybody at all, and apart from her chat with Pollution the day before, it seemed like an age since she had seen any of her friends. Trying to think back to when it had been, she suddenly remembered fragments of a conversation she'd overheard the day before when she'd been out practising in the grounds. Something about someone being in the hospital - someone who'd collapsed. She frowned, trying to remember what had been said, then remembered that they had said something about medication, and hair growing back. Surely not - Loki? She remembered that he had been looking ill, and his hair did seem to have grown back when she'd seen him at that lunch - and it would explain whyh she hadn't seen him around...

Whilst she had been thinking, her strides had carried her to the door of the hospital wing. Seeing it was shut, she knocked sharply.

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[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but you didn't get cuffed around the head for it afterwards. The crew sure had a good laugh at that."

"I can't think as well as I used to either. Can't concentrate anymore." He sighed. "Ligur should be easy, though. He's stupid and he likes virgin blood. Just hint that there is a virgin in or near the box and he'll probably run right there."

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War smirked. "You do know why I didn't get cuffed round the head, right...?"

More seriously, she said, "You don't have to be on top form all the time. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm not exactly charging round causing bloodshed at the moment - or even tactical planning. Oh, I wonder where that virgin by the box in the stables came from said loudly in the presence of Ligur - who is stupid enough to fall for it, I suspect - is not exactly a genius surprise attack. Besides, isn't the point of being in here that you get better?"

She didn't want to drag him into talking about his illness - whatever it was - if he wasn't volunteering the information, but she couldn't help being concerned.

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"You were useful to him. Could have forgotten the whole trip, if there wasn't going to be any fighting."

"A genial strategy would probably be lost on Ligur. It's got to be blunt enough that he'll get the message. And this time it doesn't work that way, War." He didn't want to explain further. He didn't like thinking about it.

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War smirked. "I suppose "useful" is one way of putting it..."

She thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, I think I might have a better plan. Isn't he rather attached to some tentacle thing he's got down in the basement?"

She chose to ignore the god's last comment, and made up her mind to ask someone else what was going on. He clearly wasn't going to talk about it, but she'd be damned if she was going to lose a friend because of something that wasn't a fight.

(Loki doesn't know Sugarplum)

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"What, he has a tentacled girlfriend? What does she see in him?" Loki couldn't believe it. He'd explored the manor. He should have known all the residents around. How could a tentacled demoness have escaped his notice?

"There you see how much I'm still worth. I didn't even know about her."

Re: (Loki doesn't know Sugarplum) - um, yes, just remembered War doesn't either. Poss. plausible:

[swords-love-me.livejournal.com]

"Girlfriend? Well, a tentacled something - I was down there looking for somewhere to exercise once and overheard someone saying something to someone - or something - else about their tentacles." She shrugged. "It didn't sound like Ligur, though, and if he'd got a monster girlfriend I'm not sure who else would want to be visiting her. I wouldn't read too much into not knowing, no one told me either. I probably should have investigated, but I keep getting distracted by work..."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"I should have, though," Loki admitted. "A grifter should know his surroundings, especially if he's planning on staying around for a while. I've been much too sloppy lately. Hiding a woman with tentacles shouldn't be easy."

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"If he does have a tentacle girlfriend, d'you think I could use her in the plan? Besides, maybe she doesn't come out much - or ever," War suggested. "I've certainly never seen her, and I think I've at least seen most people here, even if I've not actually met them, as such."

She thought for a moment, then added, "Of course, if there are people I haven't seen, I wouldn't know I haven't seen them, I suppose... ever wonder if it's only Adam who actually knows who everyone here is?"

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Do you think he might be keeping her locked into a dungeon in the basement? I did find some locked rooms there that I never bothered to look inside." He refused to admit that he'd been unable to find a way inside because he'd been too sick to turn into a cockroach. That was just too shameful. "Maybe she doesn't even like him. We'd be doing her a favour by letting her go."

"Of course, I can't let her go. I'm stuck in this bed." Damn leukemia.

"There should be a register at the reception," Loki decided. "Maybe Uriel would let you check?"

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"That's true," War said. "I had to kisk my way out of one of them when I got back in the summer." She grinned. "That was fun."

"Anyway, point is, he could well have her locked in somewhere down there. Maybe he's bribed the kitchen staff to bring her food, and that's who I heard talking about it?"

She drummed her fingernails on the arm of her chair, then exclaimed, "I've got it! If I ask Uriel whether Ligur has a .."friend".. staying, possibly in the basement, and she agrees, then I could get the Doctor to rescue her! He's got such a sense of right and wrong, I'm sure if I told him Ligur had a woman - well, female - locked up down there, he'd go to the rescue!"

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Kick her way out! Oh, and he couldn't even crawl in under the door! How he wished he could be a cockroach just one more time.

"You could just mention your suspicion to him anyway. Bet it'd send him sneaking after Ligur whether it's true or not." Loki grinned. Yes, this sounded like a nice little plot.

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"You know, I think you're right," said War slowly, grinning. "Don't suppose you happen to know off-hand where I'm likely to find him, do you?"

(You do know Ligur's on hiatus, right? And I'm not sure about Alys either.)

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Hm ... Near his box, most likely," Loki said. "And he also tends to hang around Uriel way too much. Occasionally takes this tin thing he calls a dog for a walk on the grounds and he has to eat, of course. Uriel could give you his room number, but it'd be too suspicious, if you knocked on his door. He isn't Ligur."

Yup, thought if Alys is around (not sure) we could still get Doc suspicious....

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"Ah, I'm sure I'll find him around somewhere. I generally manage to track people down when I'm trying to find them," she said, smiling at the god.

"But I think I might ask Uriel about this guest of Ligur's, see if she knows anything about it. I'll do my best, anyway - and I promise I'll keep you updated." She grinned. "Schemes are much more fun when you've got someone to share them with."

Yep, I think Alys is around sometimes. No Ligur, though.

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Loki grinned. "Like say, the first time they get into a fight?" Though he had to admit that he hadn't seen the Doctor fight much so far.

"oh yes, they definitely are." Schemes were best when hatched and executed with Odin, actually, but it was also fun to try out different partners and he hadn't plotted with War in a long time. Too bad he couldn't be part of the execution of this one.

Hm. Guess this is winding the thread up?

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War grinned back. "Something like that."

She knew Loki must be missing Odin, and if she could help a bit then that could only be a good thing. It wsan't as if it wouldn't be something she wouldn't enjoy herself.

"I'll do my best," she promised. "Ond if it doesn't work - well, we'll just have to come up with something else."

Yep, but without Uriel loki will need War's friendship a lot.

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Just remember to come back from time to time to report on your progress." This was as close to begging as Loki was willing to get. Maybe War causing chaos in the manor would give him the strength to leave the hospital wing for a bit and actually watch some of it himself, but he doubted it. Most likely it'd only relieve the headache and nausea a bit.

Well, she's not going anywhere - 'cause I'm not :)

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"Don't worry," War said, trying to make her voice as reassuring as she could. "I'm not planning to go off anywhere, and as long as I'm here I'll keep popping in to keep you amused." She looked around the room. "I can't imagine "hospital" is your favourite style of decor, so I'll do what I can to keep it firmly in the background, ok?"

*hugs* I really really hope so.

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Loki said trying to sound brave. "It's rather boring. Even the literature leaves something to be desired. Seems like all they have around here's Judeo-Christian."

*hugs back* short of a bus running me over, I'm here :)

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War thought for a moment. "Is there anything else you'd prefer? I mean - I've got my bike here, I could always get out down to libraries in London or somewhere too find other stuff if you'd rather?"

Apart from anything, it would give her a chance to get out on her bike again - it had been a while, after all.

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Something not Judeo-Christian would be a great start. If you could find some rather newer books that I'm not likely to have read, yet." He grinned at her. "Bonus points, if they've got historical facts wrong."

He could use something that'd distract him and make him laugh.

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War grinned back.

"In that case, I think it's time I got my bike out the garage and headed over to London to persue the bookshops. Alright if I head off now? If I check the bike over today, I can head off tomorrow and get them back to you."

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"Sure, just remember not to pay for anything, you hear!" Loki threatened playfully. Why was War being so good to him? Did she miss Odin and the old days as well?

The visit had exhausted him more than he thought it should have, though and once War was safely out the door he let himself sink back into his pillow to sleep.