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Loki parks in Doriath for another six years. She manages to make friends with some of the people who have things to do in accelerated perception. The Men who started as babies are full grown. The spell comes along and she refreshes everyone serving as a sorcery backup on a routine basis. She visits people between stints of work; during same she does things that she doesn't have to move around much to do. Writes a memoir. Screws around with decorative illusions. Sleeps, when absolutely necessary.
She's asleep when the quake hits. But not for very long.
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purposeful_glory
"We had the worst god in the galaxy?" He shakes his head. "Well, you've earned some time to recuperate anyway."
purposeful_glory
"Mmhm."
She Allspeaks everybody who wants Allspeak. Who wants to come to Asgard once she's sussed out a complete list of would-be visitors?
She Allspeaks everybody who wants Allspeak. Who wants to come to Asgard once she's sussed out a complete list of would-be visitors?
Celegorm and Huan! And Aredhel! And Maedhros and Fingon! They're - well, Fëanor's acting as if this is normal and he's just acquired universe-bending magic so no one is actually commenting on what they are doing.
purposeful_glory
Okay! She will be back to pick them up after she has checked various other populations for interest!
Orcs? Men? Dwarves? Lúthien?
Orcs? Men? Dwarves? Lúthien?
Lots of people are interested eventually but still kind of shellshocked at the moment. Lúthien wants to go right away.
purposeful_glory
Okay, she can come back for another batch another time. At this point I only care what your father thinks about you traveling if you do, Loki tells Lúthien, do you want to ask him?
Hmm? Yeah, I know how to ask him now - and a minute later see? fine. Let's go.
purposeful_glory
And Loki brings Lúthien to the Noldor planet and collects the interested Noldor and brings everybody to Asgard. "Please be polite about mindreading, not every random passerby has had a chance to learn to keep private thoughts," she says.
Everyone agrees not to do any mindreading.
Lúthien runs up to Maedhros and gives him a hug. "I thought you died."
"I have a very clever father," he says, "he thought of something just in time."
Lúthien runs up to Maedhros and gives him a hug. "I thought you died."
"I have a very clever father," he says, "he thought of something just in time."
purposeful_glory
"It was really impressive," Loki says. "So, welcome to Asgard. Is it pretty enough?"
The Elves stop in their tracks to stare delightedly.
They would like to see the city and eat the food and meet the people who Loki cares about and also, Maedhros says, he was at one point challenged to charm Odin so he'll be attempting that.
purposeful_glory
"She's not in a really good mood at the moment," Loki says, leading the way on a circuitous sightseeing route through the city towards the palace. "She wouldn't even tell me why I'm so short."
"Perhaps she'll like me better after we've salvaged her frost giant scheme."
purposeful_glory
"For some reason it didn't seem to placate her that I figured out her plan and planned to hire an Elf diplomat to help me implement it after he's had a nice vacation. I can't imagine why."
"It might take me a few centuries to win her over," he says breezily. "She's not going to die that soon, is she?"
purposeful_glory
"Nah, probably not, if a few means a single-digit number."
"I don't think it'd be worth millennia. I am actually a little bit burned out on charming people I don't like and may take a refreshing break of only charming people I like." He smiles at Fingon. He smiles at Fingon a lot.
"Are they-" Lúthien says.
"Apparently," Celegorm says. "You would actually be the first to express disgust, if you're so inclined, Father seems to be pretending he has never met Fingon before and the rest of us are just relieved that Maedhros isn't literally perfect."
"Are they-" Lúthien says.
"Apparently," Celegorm says. "You would actually be the first to express disgust, if you're so inclined, Father seems to be pretending he has never met Fingon before and the rest of us are just relieved that Maedhros isn't literally perfect."
purposeful_glory
"There's no urgency on the frost giants. I will look through vacation planet brochures for you until I find one with a lovely honeymoon package."
Everyone stares at her. A bit incredulously.
"Did you know, Nelyo," Celegorm says, "I spent a hundred Valian Years trying to figure out why you didn't do anything about Tirion's attitudes about this sort of thing. Just sat there hoarding power like it was, itself, the point."
"Wasn't going to get anywhere without talking the Valar around. I did do what I could within that constraint."
"I am less annoyed with you about it now. It did in fact cross my mind in those hundred years of wondering that you might have something to lose. But. I figured if you did, you'd bring him home, was Father going to lecture you on what the Valar think a proper marriage is - it didn't occur to me that Father'd be furious but for another reason - so I thought you just agreed. With the laws. Or didn't think they were worth effort."
"You never said anything."
"I didn't want you to do it for me. I wanted to know if you were the kind of person who'd do it."
"Tests of character don't play well with as many secrets as we were all keeping in Tirion."
"Did you know, Nelyo," Celegorm says, "I spent a hundred Valian Years trying to figure out why you didn't do anything about Tirion's attitudes about this sort of thing. Just sat there hoarding power like it was, itself, the point."
"Wasn't going to get anywhere without talking the Valar around. I did do what I could within that constraint."
"I am less annoyed with you about it now. It did in fact cross my mind in those hundred years of wondering that you might have something to lose. But. I figured if you did, you'd bring him home, was Father going to lecture you on what the Valar think a proper marriage is - it didn't occur to me that Father'd be furious but for another reason - so I thought you just agreed. With the laws. Or didn't think they were worth effort."
"You never said anything."
"I didn't want you to do it for me. I wanted to know if you were the kind of person who'd do it."
"Tests of character don't play well with as many secrets as we were all keeping in Tirion."
"Can we even get married anymore?" Aredhel says.
purposeful_glory
"The same way everyone else can. If you really want a soul graft there's nothing actually stopping me from picking up the Aether again but it doesn't like me nearly as much as the Tesseract does and kept trying to eat my arm so I'd appreciate it if you gave the sorts of marriages that work for a million other species fair consideration before requesting it."
"Oh, I mean, I personally have zero intention of ever getting married. Dunno if I'm glad we can't,, but I was not in fact complaining."