Good weather was merely a question of the right shape and while Loki didn't have some other gods' powers over rain and sunshine he had no problem coping with either. He was hopping happily back towards the manor after a refreshing swim in the pond when he heard someone speak in a language he didn't speak, but that still sounded familiar. It had been a long time since he'd heard from Bast or Anubis, but when he looked around he was disappointed to find that it was merely Gabriel.
Gabriel holding a cat that was quite obviously not the sweet little kitten Loki had found in the Judeo-Christian's room. Had something happened to his furry friend?
Concerned Loki changed course and took a long jump towards Gabriel.
To his eternal embarrassment, Gabriel actually gasped and jumped back at the sudden amphibian attack. Somehow, he managed to hold on to Ta-Miu, who was not pleased and proceeded to make it known by digging her claws into his chest. He gasped again, the pain adding to his spiking heartbeat.
"Sshh. Please let go, little one, it's alright. I'm sorry. Sshh," he soothed her, petting her and taking deep breaths to steady his heart. The claws retracted, and she squirmed. He let her jump out of his arms and rub against his leg before sniffing at the frog that had caused this in the first place. Gabriel hoped she wouldn't eat it; the skin might be poisonous.
Ta-Miu merely sniffed the frog and then sat back, staring at it expectantly.
Gabriel frowned, taking a closer look at the frog with other senses besides sight. "You're not really a frog, are you?"
He'd frightened the cat! That hadn't been his intention, but if Gabriel had done something terrible to the grey kitten, she was most likely in danger as well. Unfortunately she didn't escape.
Gabriel blinked. "Loki?" Of course. The Norse god was a shapeshifter; he'd done some research after their encounters. " How can you really be a toad if you're, well, human-looking in your natural form?"
Ta-Miu had leapt back in surprise at the shapeshift; hiding behind Gabriel's legs, she hissed.
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Gabriel holding a cat that was quite obviously not the sweet little kitten Loki had found in the Judeo-Christian's room. Had something happened to his furry friend?
Concerned Loki changed course and took a long jump towards Gabriel.
"Ribbit!"
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"Sshh. Please let go, little one, it's alright. I'm sorry. Sshh," he soothed her, petting her and taking deep breaths to steady his heart. The claws retracted, and she squirmed. He let her jump out of his arms and rub against his leg before sniffing at the frog that had caused this in the first place. Gabriel hoped she wouldn't eat it; the skin might be poisonous.
Ta-Miu merely sniffed the frog and then sat back, staring at it expectantly.
Gabriel frowned, taking a closer look at the frog with other senses besides sight. "You're not really a frog, are you?"
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Long, elegant whiskers tickled slightly cold amphibian skin.
Loki shifted back to human shape. It was still tiring, but at least he no longer looked like he was about to collapse after every shift.
"Of course I'm really a frog," he declared. "Well, toad to be exact in this case."
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Ta-Miu had leapt back in surprise at the shapeshift; hiding behind Gabriel's legs, she hissed.
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