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Day 15 - Ancient History
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"Bunch of opulent assholes!"
Sitting atop one of the highest pillars with your legs dangling over the side, you stretch your arm out and pull at the clouds that conceal Omnipotence City from the rest of the galaxy. Some of the clouds separate from the rest and with a swirl of your fingers, they wrap around the star that gives this City of Gods and Goddesses its light. You can hear the cries of dismay from down below where the various celestial beings were celebrating Aphrodite's birthday..... that stuck up bitch!!
"Oooo, look at me! I'm so pretty!" You say mockingly, fluttering your lashes before gagging, "Uh, what a whore! What do they see in her?"
"A pretty face and an easy lay."
You jolt, almost toppling over the side. Your heart pounds in your chest from the scare as you snarl, "LOKI!"
Deep velvety laughter fills the air as the Asgardian God of Mischief joins you at the edge. With more grace then any man, god or mortal should have, he folds down and sits next to you before dangling his long legs over the edge. Loki is one of the few gods you can stand to be around for long. Most of them are so full of themselves, acting like they are SO special. What none of them realized is that being a god in a city full of gods doesn't make you special... it makes you ordinary.
"You nearly scared me right over the edge!" You grumble, glaring at the one god you would call a friend.
Loki grins at you, "Well, that would have certainly wrecked the party more then your clouds did."
You can't help but snort as the corner of your mouth curls upwards, "True." You scrunch your nose up and in a false falsetto whine, "Zeusy-poo!! There's a dead body in my cake!! My party is ruined!!"
Loki laughs at your dead-on impression of Aphrodite before dropping his voice to match Zeus, "How Dare They! Someone revive that corpse so that I may smite them! Don't fret, Dite-darling. I'll have the kitchen whip you up an even bigger birthday cake!"
You laugh so hard you wrap your arms around your ribs and gasp, "Stop! It hurts to breath!"
Grinning widely, Loki enjoys the sight of you smiling and laughing, "Now, tell me. What has my favorite Olympian pouting all the way up here?"
Taking a deep breath, you frown down at the party still going strong below even with the cloudy sky, "Zeus summoned me earlier today."
Loki's frown matches your own, "And what pray tell did that pompous windbag want? I thought he learned his lesson that last time he tried to seduce you."
A nasty grin appears on your face at the memory of the only time Zeus tried to get under your skirt. You promptly turned yourself into a praying mantis and told him you'd only do it if he did the same. Turns out the prospect of having his head devoured during sex was a turn off for the old horndog.
"No, he kept his hands to himself." You say as the grin fades into a frown, "He informed me that I'm not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. He called me a trouble maker and banned me from going."
You ball up your fists and growl, "Of course I'm a trouble maker! I'm Eris, Goddess of Chaos! It's what I do! I cause chaos!"
Loki stays silent, letting you wind yourself up.
"Does he get angry with Ares when he drips blood everywhere? No! Does he yell at Poseidon when he floods the place in a fit of rage? NO!! But I play a couple harmless pranks and suddenly I can't go to the biggest party Omnipotence City has seen in centuries!!!"
With a sigh, you slump over having vented your anger. Loki reaches out and wraps an arm around your shoulders before pulling you over to lean against him. The two of you sit for a moment, just listening to the wind and faint sounds of revelry down below.
"You should go." Loki brakes the silence. You look up at him like he's crazy but he just raises an eyebrow, "You are the Goddess of Chaos..... and last time I checked chaos knows no rules. It listens to no one. It does what it wants and you dear Eris are its embodiment."
Your eyes light up and a grin appears on your face, "Yeah, I am!"
A grin matching yours splits Loki's face, "And I am the embodiment of mischief. Between the two of us.... we can make this a wedding they will talk about for centuries to come!"
A giggle bubbles up out of you followed by more laughter. Loki answers with a chuckle of his own before both of you are laughing loud enough for the whole of Omnipotence City to hear.
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Sitting on the roof of the palace with the city burning below, you mutter to your companion, "Well.... that escalated."
As another building goes up in flames and the screams of the dying reach your ears, Loki nods his head, "Indeed."
You fall into silence as the Greek army pillages the palace and carry off the cities riches. Loki leans over to bump your shoulder with his, "It was a great party though."
You can't help but snicker, "Yeah. I loved it when Athena tried to strangle Hera."
Loki chuckles, "And when Aphrodite dumped a whole pitcher of wine on Demeter's head?"
You giggle at the memory of every Olympian goddess at each other's throats, fighting over the golden apple you dropped onto the table proclaiming it was for the fairest one. Your giggles fade away, replaced with a pout as the fire below spreads, consuming more and more of the city, "They're going to blame me for this. Even though Zeus is the one that involved the mortals..... and Aphrodite is the one that bribed that prince with a woman she already knew was married!"
"True." Loki sighs before shrugging, "But don't worry about it. In a few years memories will fade, the land will reclaim the city and no one will remember a place called Troy."
"Yeah." You say leaning against Loki's shoulder, "It's not like anyone's gonna write a book about it or anything. Right?"
"Right." Loki chuckles, before leaning into you.
Side by side, Chaos and Mischief enjoy each others company as they watch the world burn.
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