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[techygoddess]

Skuld closed her eyes a moment, disconnecting mentally from Banpei, she knew it was dangerous enough to use her magic around Loki, no, Liam, she had to keep thinking of him as Liam or she'd screw up her own plans... But the magic, she had to keep clamped down as much as possible, she didn't want to alert Thor where she was at the moment.  Not with her current company.

Opening her bedroom door she padded to the kitchen hoping there was still ice cream.  She needed something to eat at least.  Banpei alerted her something was off in the area, someone who shouldn't be on Midgard. 

No, I won't have this plan ruined because someone got curious, I swear if it's one of Odin's I'm going to beat some sense into them...  She thought as she made her way down the hall, glad she had thought about changing from her PJ's before leaving her room, though really a baby doll dress to a potential fight, you'd think the Norn would have thought that out a little better.

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[ihasanarmy]

Liam had fallen asleep on the couch instead of in the basement where he normally crashed. He was a bit too tall for the little couch so his legs were hanging over the side of the couch and one of the throw pillows was laid over his chest with his arm over it as if he were cuddling something now there.

Loki himself would never sleep in such a small space but this persona built between his mind and Skuld's influenced didn't mind the cramped space at all. Though the blond curls looked pretty cute against the colored pillows of the couch.

[techygoddess]

Skuld caught the sight and almost giggled, last thing she wanted to do was wake him. If he was here instead of the guest room he had chosen, then he was beyond tired.

She knew all too well how that felt. She focused on the magic she had felt. It was closer, within the block, but not quite there. I can always let him think I went to the bakery for bagels right? She let herself out of the house being as quiet as possible, scanning the area to see if she could pinpoint the magic she felt. It wasn't Midgard magic, she knew that much right off the bat, this had a chill about it...

[hospitable_hel]

This part of Midgard was unfamiliar to Hel, but she had a rough idea of where she was going. Even with her glamour intact, she looked out of place; it was not safe for ordinary mortal girls to be wandering the streets at night.

Everyone believed Loki to be dead when he had vanished and yet she had not claimed him. He was hardly Valhalla-material so she could only assume that he had survived. After some dowsing and interrogation, she had come upon an area which carried traces of his presence. As she turns a corner, she sees a familiar figure peeping at her from outside a door.

"Wait Skuld," she calls, putting her hands out lest the Norn slams the door shut. She draws closer but stays well away from the building and whispers,"I just want to hear your side of the story."

She could tell Loki was inside. Skuld must have had a reason for keeping him all this time, he was hardly amicable company. Hel keeps her glamour up, appearing as an ordinary fair-skinned brunette.

[techygoddess]

She bit her lip a moment when she heard the voice, she knew who she was at least.

"Hel, keep your voice down please. I don't want him to overhear." She locked the door staying outside, wasting a little glamour to hide the two of them from prying eyes. "Take it they're still looking for him back home? I pulled him from battle, they do not need to know." She closed her eyes a moment trying to think just how to word things.

"I did it to prevent him from causing more damage, he doesn't know who he is, nor does he know who I am other than what I have told him. Maybe if he doesn't remember it'll pause things longer." She rubbed her arm. "I know I should tell them, but I can't okay? Not until I'm sure things will be fine, his thread's a jumbled mess still."

[hospitable_hel]

She considers Skuld's words. "Well, I am glad to hear he's forgotten everything," she confesses. "At least that should put an end to his delusions of grandeur, for now."

A part of her wants to go inside and see Loki but perhaps it was too soon. She hardly saw him as things were and, when they did spend any length of time together, he drove her mad but he was family. "You know I am no friend of the All-Father, Skuld. I am sure Loki is happier this way, I would not want all that bitterness to come flooding back to him. This makes things so much simpler," she whispers.

[techygoddess]

"That's what I'm hoping... the senseless fighting... I'm past sick of it. And with Urd and Verthandi not paying attention, I have to do something right?"

"I might be able to remind him of you if you want. He knows of Thor as Teddy, Baldir as Robbert. I have not mentioned All-Father, nor many others."

[hospitable_hel]

"What would we do without the Nornir and their lateral thinking? You don't need to tell him I'm his daughter, that just complicates things. Say I am Helen," she suggests. The mortal name was close enough to her own that she would be able to remember it.

"We'll say I'm your friend, or cousin, whatever explains my visiting you. I can keep my glamour up if he's only used to mortal appearances."

[techygoddess]

"Well I know someone would have destroyed everything by now." She nodded a little. "I can do that. How about this afternoon? I can introduce you to him. It might help him, you're probably one of the only ones I would trust to see him right now. I don't want his real memories to return." Skuld's actually worried about the backlash and hoping that easing him back in might prevent him from trying to kick her ass for it later, she already knows she'll have to deal with Odin and she won't even start to imagine what she'll have to do to fall back into Thor's good graces after this.

[hospitable_hel]

"Anytime. I am always looking for excuses to leave Niflheim. Midgard is one of the few places I can go relatively unnoticed," she admits. Hel was usually well-behaved among mortals, certainly more so than other gods.

She is glad Skuld trusts her, not many did. She indicates towards the door, "He hasn't been giving you too much trouble, has he?"

[techygoddess]

"He's been behaving actually. I was debating moving him further from Thor's companions here on Midgard, but... I'm pretty sure I try my magic on anyone at the airport it would be traced. Keeping him off the radar has been... tiring lately. I have been gone from the well too long this time, but I don't dare risk it now."

[hospitable_hel]

"However have you managed to keep him entertained, and hidden?" she asks in wonder. "Even with limited magic at your disposal, you must have disguised him to some extent. If I remember correctly, he doesn't like being cooped up for very long."

That was the Loki she knew of course, this persona of his may have been entirely different. For all Hel knew, he could be under the impression that he is just a mortal.

[techygoddess]

"Used Mortal means to disguise him some. And we leave this place often, I keep him from areas of the city, but there's still a lot to explore when you think you don't have magic." Skuld did smile brightly. "I've done all I could to make him believe he's of Midgard. The backlash may be well worth it if this does not stick. I just need to keep him off Thor's radar for now."

[hospitable_hel]

She beams,"I will try my best not to laugh upon meeting Loki, if that is still his name?" The last time she had seen him, he believed mortals to be lower than the dirt under his feet. For some reason that just made it all the more hilarious, that he should now think himself one of them. Hel had a sadistic streak, to be sure. On the other hand, Loki was long overdue for a lesson in humility; this was good for him.

She can see why Thor would be drawn to Midgard, if not for his brother then for his lady friend and mortal allies."I can help distract Thor, I've been too quiet of late. A few Hrimthursar and undead warriors should keep him busy, should I let them stray into Asgard."

[techygoddess]

"Liam, I had to think quickly and thought he would take that better than Mikey." Seeing the smirk Skuld grinned. "Take it you like the lesson? If I don't get attacked for it when he remembers who he is it'll be a miracle."

"Right now I think he should stay on Midgard, in case I can't handle your father. He'll be able to help prevent too much bloodshed."

[hospitable_hel]

"I think the name, 'Mikey' could have only resulted in further punishment." she says, nodding sagely.

"I'm sure Teddy will be able to restrain him. I will do my best to help but, outside of Niflheim, I don't have especially impressive abilities."

[techygoddess]

"And I do? My magic wanes, and my visions... Only about a minute into the future. I will admit I've resorted to some trickery now to stay hidden. I will not go back home to be Odin's pet. Nor will I allow your father to destroy it nor here."

[hospitable_hel]

She rubs the back of her neck, "I'm sure you have good reasons of your own for staying in hiding with him. Ideally I'd have you prevent his memories from coming back altogether."

"Have any of them returned yet?" she asks warily.

[techygoddess]

"If I knew I could pull it off with out Urd and Verthandi assisting I would wipe his memories completely. I was just lucky enough that Hulk's attack on him managed to muddle him this much. I did not expect it, but of course I could not resist seeing where it would go."

She shook her head. "Nay, at least as far as I know. I'm always scanning, to make sure, but he is harder to read with the two personalities, means there's two threads woven together."

[hospitable_hel]

"It is amazing, that a hard knock to the head should accomplish things that even magic could not."

Hopefully Liam's personality was less difficult than the original, "He was already complicated to begin with."