Loki (
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outer_divide2012-03-15 12:02 pm
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[ Loki is in a dark space, lit by flicker-firelight. The yellow light makes his green eyes seem deep enough to be black. ]
Has the art of prophecy been so lost, here? Have you learned nothing of what came before?
Oracle, tell me: for what purpose were we summoned here? What is it we are meant to save?
What must I do to walk the paths between the worlds once more?
Has the art of prophecy been so lost, here? Have you learned nothing of what came before?
Oracle, tell me: for what purpose were we summoned here? What is it we are meant to save?
What must I do to walk the paths between the worlds once more?
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He crouches before her, green eyes searching. ]
I did not awaken; I fell.
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As salvation fell. All that is salvation falls from above. All that is death falls from above.
[She reaches a shaky hand out to the voice.]
You fell between paths. You must choose.
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And what choice is it? The choice to fight or to hold myself apart?
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The center brings no change.
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Who do you speak for? Who are you?
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All that still sleep.
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And what is your name?
[ He's asking the name of the ship. ]
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How can I help you?
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[She reaches out to touch his face]
Much is broken.
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Do fix what is broken your mind need not be sound. Think outside the logic.
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You think we were summoned here?
[There's a hard edge to her tone. A sense of disquiet about her.]
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So what? You're saying I was meant to hit you with my Viper and knock you off course?
[Have a scoffing noise, Loki.]
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[She knows she's grasping, but this stuff tends to make her a little touchy.]
Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? That I was maybe destined to be some kind of metaphysical shunt?
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Fine. It was frakking destiny that we bumped into each other. The gods brought us here for some kind of higher purpose. All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again. We all have our parts to play. The gods lift up those who lift each other.
Is that what you want to hear?
[Her mother's constant hounding about destiny and being special keeps dogging her, even here.]
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[ Funny, how she'd been so insistent that he wasn't a real god -- but, then, perhaps that made sense. Perhaps in her mind, there could be no real gods, and he had mistaken her faith for deeper doubt. ]
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Why don't you tell me? Sniff it out, Loki. Tell me who I'm lying to. Aren't you the godsdamned prince of lies?
Have fun consulting with oracles. My mom did it all the time back in Delphi. All it did was fill her with dreams, delusions of-
[She bites off the rest of it, keeps it to herself. It's none of his business, anyway.]
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[ He knows all too well that this -- this is very difficult to untangle. ]
And yet, often oracles may see what we are blind enough to overlook.
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Trust me, I've learned that lesson well.
[Zak's death will forever haunt her because of the lie she'd kept. The Old Man can't stand the sight of her, either, because of it.
She forces herself to let out a breath, then scrubs at her face and combs her fingers through her hair.]
Look, I can't stop you from chasing after prophecies. I get that you need to feel that all of this is leading towards something. I just hope that whatever you end up finding is actually what you were looking for in the first place.
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I hope that it is something much stranger and more wondrous than what I am expecting.
Join me in that, if you will.
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Finally, she nods.]
Good hunting.