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[theban-sphinx.livejournal.com]

Time: May 6th, 2001
Status: Private, Sphix, Loki, (Anathema and/or Gabriel, if they want to)
Setting: The hospital wing
Summary: Sphix goes to see Loki



Sphix sneaked up the stairs, ready to flee at any sign of the inspector. The route to the hospital had never seemed quite as long, and twice she was about to turn back and just go, leave this place and her acquaintances behind. The reasons for her detour in the hospital still stood, however, and besides, he was just one inspector. While one never knew with humans, not for certain, changes were she would win any direct confrontation. As far as she knew, the police in this country wasn't in the habit of carrying guns.

The sphinx opened Loki's door, careful to make as little noise as possible, and slipped into the room. Once in, she suddenly didn't know what to say. She rarely had any reason for farewells, anyway. She nodded at the god, hand still on the door handle. This had to be quick.

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[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

There was the familiar sound of his door opening and Loki looked up. A woman stood there, hand on the handle, looking unsure. Had she walked through the wrong door maybe and was now wondering whether to apologise or just walk out?

Loki was bored, though. A visitor promised entertainment. He did not want her to go.

"Hello," he greeted in the first language that came to mind, which just happened to be an old variant of Icelandic. "You look familiar."

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"Are you trying to be funny? I'm not understanding a word", Sphix said. She stepped away from the door, closer to the god. "I came to say good bye. For what it's worth."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Loki realised. "I speak several languages and I didn't even know it. Why are you going?"

If she'd come to say good bye, she must know him, he thought. But he didn't know her and that was a real pity. He wished he had the chance to get to know her.

"Are you going far away? Will you be back soon?" Maybe he could go visit her, if he ever got better, or maybe she'd visit him again when she returned.

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Sphix scowled at Loki.

"Your mind is still messed up, isn't it? Why, they couldn't even let you die in peace." She shook her head. "I don't know how far I will go. Somewhere else, in any case. The police is here, and I do not wish to deal with them."

"We won't be seeing again. By the time I could contact you, you will already be dead."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

His mind was mixed up? Well, that could explain why he couldn't remember anything.

"Who's they?" Perhaps he ought to take measures to protect himself from them? But would he remember that long enough to go through with it? "What is the police? Is it a bad thing?"

He didn't have any memories of the police, though there were some emotions connected to the word, rater contradictory emotions. Did he like or fear the police?

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"You can't even remember that?" Sphix grimaced. "Why am I bothering with this?" She was certainly going to get nothing out of this, seeing how she was about to leave and all that. She continued, anyway. "Anathema, Loki. Anathema Device. That irritating little mortal was behind it. She and two others. One of them was called... John, I think. John Constantine, that was it... And the last one I remember very well. They called him Bill. A mortal, with red hair and a wand. Why, he thinks I'm some sort of animal instead of a person. The insolence! You wouldn't want to meet any of them, Loki. Not after what they did to you." Sphix leaned closer and hissed at Loki's face. "Maybe you should write it down. If they didn't rob you of the knowledge of letters as well."

"And the police... They are people who go after you and lock you up for no good reason. Put you in shackles. Kill you, even, if you give them the opportunity." She shook her head. "Like they knew how these things work! They know nothing, and yet, they think they can impose their rules and morals on everyone, no matter who they are."

[anathema-witch.livejournal.com]

Anathema had been sleeping. That wasn't unusual, she was human and needed sleep after all, bu tit was unusual to wake up at the desk. She looked around and wonderd if Gabriel was about or if he was in his room.

She heard voices coming from Loki's room, and one of them, a female,seemed rather agitated and had said her name.

Standign up, she hurried over and peeked inside. It was the sphinx. Ah, that explained the agitation then.

"Hello? Soemone call my name?" she asked. You never know in this place, she may have been imagining it.

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

This one seemed familiar. Loki was pretty sure that he'd seen her before and that she'd seemed nice enough, but then he didn't know either of these women.

"You messed up my mind?" he asked her in a slightly lost and pleading tone. What was he supposed to do, if she denied it? How could he tell who to trust?

And that police stuff? It sounded really scary. If such people were here, it might be better to leave, but where could one go, if one kept forgetting things? He'd probably forget where he was headed long before he got there.

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Aanthema shifted from foot to foot. "Your mind got a bit...jumbled after a spell that was meant to fix something else. The curse was lifted, which means that the spell worked, but there were unfortunate side effects. The likelihood that this memory loss is temporary is very high, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. You'll be fine."

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"Likelihood?" Loki yelped. "What do you mean likelihood? You don't even know for sure? I want my memory back now! I don't even remember my friends and she," He nodded at Sphix since he didn't remember her name. "Says there's some danger here that I don't even know how to recognise."

Okay, he was scared. Was it okay to be scared? Some vague memory hinted that maybe it wasn't, but he couldn't remember why and that scared him even more.

[anathema-witch.livejournal.com]

"I mean that it will probably go away in its own time. No need to push it Loki, or it could get worse."

Well, she doubted it could really get any worse than it was, but pushing things was never a good idea, especially when it came to someone's mind.

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

"But those police people sound dangerous!" Loki whined. "What if they come here and attack me? I won't remember they're dangerous or how to defend myself!"

Is this thread closed? I thought that Shpinx would reply, sorry.

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Anathema stared blankly at him. "Police? What police?"

I was supposed to answer, but I couldn't decide what Sphix should do.

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"What police?" the sphinx repeated. "What police! Why, the sort of police who go about locking people up for no good reason. Is there any other kind?" She glared at Anathema. "I would have thought you, of all people, could puzzle it out. But, as it happens, I don't have time for this sort of things right now. Farewell, both of you."¨

Sphix flashed both the god and the mortal a quick smile and left, slamming the door shut after her. She felt a slight tinge of sadness when she headed towards the nearest window. There was no point in procrastinating any longer, though; she had to go, disappear before the officer found her.

At least for now.