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Entry tags:

loki,
uriel

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Time: July 13, 2000
Place: Lobby
Status: Public (Complete)
Summary: Loki is forced to go begging.

Loki waited until he was sure that most of the manor’s inhabitants had gone to lunch before he snuck down into the lobby hoping to find it empty. It was bad enough that he’d been reduced to having to ask Uriel for money. The last thing he wanted was somebody to see him doing it.

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"Lets try without math then." Loki shrugged. He could deal with different approaches. And he'd read enough satanic bibles by now to have an idea of the vocabulary Uriel was used to: "The government has said: Thou shalt not make your own money."

She didn't want to replace him? Yeah, right.

Even if that were true it wasn't a matter of what anyone wanted. If she was there and strong and healthy and Loki was weak and sick and no fun at all Odin would simply start doing everything with her and leaving Loki behind. After a while Odin would simply forget there had ever been a Loki.

Maybe it was a good thing. He didn't want Odin to be left all alone after he died, but he didn't know what he'd do without him while he was still alive.

And when he was healthy again? Where'd she gotten that crazy idea?

Oh right, he'd put that into her head himself. He had told her that he was okay and that his medicines were making him better after all.

"Maybe we should just stick with the lying for now. It'd be better, if I could show you what the tricks look like properly. I might show you one or two, if I feel up to it." Right now his hands were shaking from weakness.

"I didn't make any money of my own," Uriel said. "I gave it all to you, didn't I? So it isn't mine." She still felt kind of confused -- why would such a thing be forbidden? -- but decided to play along for now. Loki definitely didn't seem to mind her doing it, though.

"Yeah -- lying will be fine for now. I should probably try to get it down properly before I even think about learning anything else."

A thought entered her mind and refused to leave. Thus, she smiled and looked over Loki's shoulder into the otherwise empty lobby. "Oh, hi, Adam!" she said to the thin air. "Can I help you somehow?"

That, she thought, Loki might even fall for. He'd probably be too startled to notice the signs of dishonesty in her.

Loki gave Uriel a condescending glare. "Pathetic," he declared, but quickly collected the rest of the money anyway. "I saw that one coming miles away."

"Too bad." Uriel shrugged, smiling. "I'll try again when you're too tired to keep your eyes open, then." She then grinned at him. "Was there anything else you wanted, or were just trying to annoy the Heaven out of me?"

"Nah, that'll be all," Loki smirked at her. "Thanks for the nice forgery and don't get worried, if you don't see me tomorrow. I'll be in the hospital all day."

Halfway to the stairs he turned around once more. "And keep practising. Even you have to get it someday."

Uriel grinned at him. "I will. Even if it's not for any reason other than finally tricking you." She didn't even dream of tricking Odin. Loki she might actually manage.

As she watched Loki walking away, however, her smile faded away. "But I will worry," she whispered to herself. "I can't help but worry."

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