Plans Of A Trickster

Entry 87:

Linus Ozias POV:

In my previous life, I enjoyed stories of mythology, wonder, drama, comedy, and the parallels between life and fantasy.

So, as I stand before the all-father himself, I can feel the weight of centuries just by looking at him as I can sense his power and wisdom behind the perversion and the carefree attitude.

This was a god that stabbed himself with a spear and hung himself on the world tree for a week to gain knowledge of the nine realms and the world itself. While this world may not have primordial runes like the nasuverse, he must have something close to it.

"I have been informed of possible interference from the Khaos Brigade and give my services to uncovering their plot, Lord Odin." As I say this, Odin smiles before rising from his throne.

"I thank you, Young Angel, and hope your stay in Asgard is fruitful as these last couple of months have been worrisome, and it seems there is more to you than meets the eye." He chuckles at his own unintended pun, but before he leaves, he announces one thing: "Oh, also, you are free to use my assistant as your guide while you're here. Please help her lighten up."

The Valkyrie sighs, seemingly expecting this type of behavior, as she walks up to me and says, "I apologize for his nonchalance, and if you will follow me, I will lead you to your residence, although I would do advise that you avoid Thor and his brother Vidar as those two are easy going but will both wish to fight you." 

I give her a nod, and she smiles at me and she leads me out of the palace. And after a couple of minutes of walking, we arrive at a decently nice building reminiscent of a main house in a large camping area.

I will still have to check for any magical bugs, but I will wait for the Valkyrie to leave as well. I would hope for her services; I do not trust her, and my tastes aside, logic must come first, sadly.

I invite her inside for a meal, which she accepts, and after 30 minutes, I prepare some smoked salmon for us. I give her her portion, which she thanks me for, and she eats her first bite.

And let's just say having higher than planetary level cooking skills really shows as she almost knocked herself out with the pleasure.

After allowing her to recover, she looks almost suicidal from embarrassment as she asks, "How was it possible I have eaten food from various mythologies before, and none of them have tasted as good as that, not even close?"

I just smile and give her a slight shrug, which slightly infuriates her, but she continues to eat, and it reminds me of that little clip of that otter eating watermelon while seemingly hating it but continuing to do it.

After she finishes the meal, she thanks me, and I offer to host her again while I'm here, which she accepts almost too eagerly and even asks that I visit her grandmother to give her some recipes.

I agree as I would also like to meet her grandmother as she sounds like a genius in runic magic as well as history relating to Asgard.

"Thank you for eating with me, Lady Rossweisse as I understand you may have other duties." She then smiles and says, "It is no bother, Lord Anakim, as this has been a nice experience. embarrassment aside, while I have such an important position, I am not very well respected amongst my peers."

My look of confusion must have said enough that she continued, "While I may be a direct servant to Odin, the other Valkyries spend their days training and dealing with the various fire and frost Giants that prowl around our borders while also looking for sites of Fenrir and the World Serpent."

I then take her hand and say, "We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and while they may fight, there are others that are required to do other work." I then motion to the outside.

  "Because while we may have warriors, we also need people to stay behind to run everything and act as a vanguard because if the warriors fall, who is left?" I then stare her in the eyes while stating, "Your role is important. You are a kind and intelligent woman, Lady Rossweisse, and know we all have doubts, even myself."

After a few minutes of comfortable silence, the Valkyrie then says, "Rossweisse, you can call me Rossweisse." I smile and say, "Then you may call me Anakim, Rossweisse, and now we are not strangers."

She then stands up and leaves while wishing me good night, and I return with the same, and she flies off to return to the palace. I then check the house for bugs or runes, which surprisingly are none, while combing the place for any surveillance tech.

Again, I find none that does speak volumes about Asgard's confidence, and while none of the people here are stupid, they are a lot blunter, and in all honesty, it's because of that Loki is known as a trickster god.

Speaking of our resident trickster, god, let us see where he is. Ah, yes, it seems like he is currently in the Dimensional Gap. Let's hear what he's saying, shall we?

[ Do you have confidence in this plan, little god?] A fiery voice states, which I believe is Surtur.

[Of course, even with the Angel present, he shall fall to our might.] The giant then laughs before stating [Our might? I do not see you fighting on the battlefield, little god.]

[Well, I have my own role in this, and so do you, Surtur, and do not worry, Odin will fall, and the Angel will rue the day he insulted me!] Loki says as Surtur chuckles at the god.

[Your pride is your undoing, little god. Never underestimate the Heavenly Host as I met what they call God, and to this day, his light shines in my nightmares.] Loki scoffs at this and teleports away, but I have a part of what I need.

Now, I know he is working with Fire Giants, but this plan he has, what is it? From what I've seen, the wards do not have any holes, and none of the guards seem like they would follow a trickster god.

Loki's confidence cannot be without reason, as I know he already has access to Fenrir and his sons and the world serpent, if not a copy.

"What is your plan, little god?" I ask myself as I comb through the footage.

(I hope you all are enjoying the current chapters as I'm trying to deviate my story from the original, and we've already seen such changes such as Asia remaining with the church and the main protagonist never having to deal with being killed by a fallen angel on a date in addition to the capture of Diadora Astaroth and the information of the Khaos Brigade coming out earlier.)