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[theban_sphinx]

Time: March 4, 2003
Place: A bus and Tadfield Manor
Status: Public (The Sphinx, Loki) - Complete
Summary: The Sphinx stops for lunch

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[leucemic_god]

"I'll take the chips and salad then," Loki informed the waiter and slid into the seat across from the stranger as if he'd been invited. "And some vegetables to go with it. Whichever you have on hand will be fine."

"Not much of a fan of the greens?" he asked once the waiter had left their table. "You should try then occasionally, they're good for you."

He wasn't sure who or what this woman was. She didn't quite feel like a human or a god. His curiosity had probably gotten him into more trouble in his long life than his pranks, but then how dangerous could it be to get to know this new guest?

[theban_sphinx]

“I’m not a rabbit”, the Sphinx said. “I don’t eat rabbit food.” The man set her senses off. Not a human… maybe he was the one who had been stalking her?

“But what would you care about my eating habits? I don’t know you. Have you been here for long?”

[leucemic_god]

"No, but you are human, or appear to be at least," Loki explained. "Humans are omnivorous and therefore need the rabbit food as well as the wolf food."

"Just passing on some good advice I got from a doctor once. It's served me well, so I suppose it will be good for others, too." He considered for a moment whether to introduce himself or just answer the actual question, then settled for the later. He still didn't know who she was, so why should he give her the advantage? "A couple of days. They offered me a free room, so I thought I might as well stay for awhile."

[theban_sphinx]

“Appearances can be deceitful”, the Sphinx said, but relaxed a bit. Whether the man was telling the truth should be easy enough to check, and if he had indeed been here for a little while, he was certainly not here because of her.

“Free rooms, you said? Well, that’s interesting. Is the food here any good?”

[leucemic_god]

So, now she wasn't even going to tell him the answer? Well, that wasn't done.

"Oh no," Loki laughed. "Not until you prove I was wrong." He leaned forward challengingly. "Show me."

[theban_sphinx]

The demand got the Sphinx glaring again. Then she pulled back and had to smile.

“I like you”, she said, “so I take that as a joke. And, perhaps at some point, I will. Someday when I’m not wearing my favourite dress.” And someday when the waiter was not watching her, as well. It wouldn’t do to forget something like that.

The Sphinx took a last sip of her drink and stood up. “I think that for now, though, the lunch is done. Unless you have something else in mind…?”

[leucemic_god]

"Oh, I wouldn't mind you taking off the dress at all," Loki said with a wink.

He wasn't really serious, but thought he was putting on a good show. There'd been times when he would have seriously tried to make a pass whether he found female attractive or not, but since his treatment. Well, she could have been the most attractive woman in the world and Loki would probably have turned her down. It might be cowardly not to want to think of the possible side effects of the therapy, but Loki just didn't want to know.

[theban_sphinx]

“Of course you wouldn’t”, the Sphinx said. She walked to the restaurant door, but glanced back just before leaving and smiled. “However, you might mind getting your throat full of claws.” With that, she left to find herself a room.