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[anathema-witch.livejournal.com]

Date: May 13 2001
Setting: Hopital wing.
Status: Private - Anathema, Gabriel, John, Loki (Is Adam and Sphix joining in? Is there anyone I forgot? Will edit later.)
Summary: Loki is told about the bone marrow transplant and Anathema and Gabriel start looking for donors. John gets a jab.




After quite a bit of research on the topic, and quite a few talks, it had been decided that the best way to treat Loki of the leukaemia was through a bone marrow transplant.

A few problems remained. One was telling Loki and getting him to agree with it. The God was stubborn as any man shaped being Anathema had ever met. Another was finding a donor that matched. Which could be hard without another God from the Norse pantheon running about, and even then it would be plain luck.

But still, there were quite a lot of people in the manor and if they were really lucky, one would be a good enough match to work with. It was just the problem of finding people who would be willing to give their marrow, and if Loki didn't want it, then there was going to be a lot more problems.

So, with much deliberation, Anathema set off to Loki's room determined to live through this day. She was going to try and convince Loki of going through with the operation.

Without it he would die. Maybe that woudl be enough of a push in the right direction. If not, Gabriel was there to help her.

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[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Loki laughed bitterly. "The only one of my children I've seen at all in centuries is Sleipnir and he's well cared for by Odin. Besides do you really think he'll give a damn about me, if we no longer share a blood connection?"

Actually Sleipnir probably would. He was no more intelligent than any other horse so the concept of exchanging a person's blood was not something that'd ever occur to him. It didn't matter, though, because the one deciding who Sleipnir associated with was Odin and there was no hiding something as big as this from him.

[anathema-witch.livejournal.com]

Anathema frowned, followed closely by letting out a long drawn sigh. "Fine. I get it. You really are weak, and you would prefer to die than live. I get it. Fine. Come on John, maybe it would be better to leave him in here on his own. Oh, and the rat...it really isn't exactly the best place for such a thing."

[dangeroushabits.livejournal.com]

For once, John was at a loss. How did you save someone who adamantly didn't want to be saved, a friend who didn't even know you were his friend? He could remind Loki about the debts he owed, but he wouldn't remember those either and had no reason to believe they actually existed. And there came a point where badgering a mate for his own good just started to get cruel.

"Look," he said finally, deciding to give it one last shot before he finally wrote Loki off as a lost cause, "you've got no reason to listen to me, so I won't blame you if you just tell me to bugger off. But I gotta tell you, Loki, if blood was the only thing that tied us to people, you'd already be dead. If it matters so much, it should be Odin standing here telling you to live, not Ana and me. And if you kick off because you wouldn't risk that bond, then it's Odin who's killed you, not the disease. Is that what you want us to tell him when he finally gets around to coming back for you?" He shrugged. "Besides, he was willing to make you his brother once, great bloody pain-in-the-arse that you are. What makes you think he wouldn't do it again?"

[leucemic-god.livejournal.com]

Now taking his rat away was just plain unfair, but then this kind of treatment wasn't unfamiliar and at least Loki hadn't bonded with the animal the way he once had with his children. Anathema wasn't Odin and she'd never be able to hurt him as much as Odin did.

John, though ... Well, at least Loki could follow the logic behind his argument. Yes, he supposed he would still have any friends he'd made in their culture, but he couldn't remember them at the moment, so how could he determine whether they could replace Odin and Sleipnir?

"Norse culture has no place for the sick and weak and that exchange of blood was a once in a lifetime opportunity. It binds Odin to me no matter what. He can't just change his mind about it, but if I show it so little respect to just throw it away, why should he offer me that chance again? It's not something you do lightly. I gave up my jotun kin by accepting that bond. By giving it up I'd be giving up my status as Aesir. Where else would I belong then? I'd be an outcast wherever I go."