"So become my partner in crime Leon Silvius…
Let's destroy the gods together."
These words which were ridiculous as they sounded, resonated with Leon's rage at that moment and even he did not know whether It was his own decision or the alcohol.
He took Loki's hand and Loki pulled him up and -
THUD.
Leon turned around and saw the girl he possessed fall down.
"She's Fine, worry about her later, and just so you know, Limit your possessions to when the individual is asleep or unconscious."
"Alright" Leon nods.
"So I take it a yes that you are now in my crew to go against the gods?" Loki enquired, but Leon's attention was on the girl, seeing that Loki rolled his eyes, lifted her up, and tuck her in bed.
Leon who was dazed, snaps out of the residual feeling of drunkenness and looks at Loki.
"I am inclined to join you but I need a few answers before I make my Decision," Leon asked.
"Hey, I already vowed to tell you the truth and not harm you, aren't you asking too much?" Loki countered with a frown.
"A few Questions won't hurt you now would it, Plus you didn't vow that you'd not keep information hidden from me. I am going to ask about what you need from me in return and a Lil more" Leon offered, making Loki sigh and sit on the bed's edge.
"Ask away but limit it to 3 questions a day otherwise unknown causality issues will occur" Loki surrendered. Leon didn't understand a word he said but nodded as he considered it a win.
"Firstly, Do Everyone become ghosts since You mentioned I was a sort of astral form?"
"Okay, I'll answer that for you, No, Ghosts are not usually formed when one dies unless there was some intervention along the way spiritually.
You probably won't know but in ancient times, sages and priests used to meditate or pray for countless hours to attain a state called an astral state where one is able to bring their soul outside their body, the soul is free but the body is the anchor which prevents them from losing their way, Hence the Ghostly body is called an astral form and the technique was termed as astral projection." Loki explains with a frown and then smirks commenting.
"In your case, you probably got a lot of emotions to get sorted or scared shitless" He shrugged casually.
Leon really wanted to punch this god right in the nose right now but he held it together and asked his second question.
"You said you need my help since we have a common goal, How can a mere human like me help a god like you?"
" Excellent question indeed! Does alcohol make you smarter lad? You should drink more!
(A/N: Just kidding for the plot, don't do that)
Anyways it's best I show you my current state." He says as he then pressed his index finger onto Leon's head.
The scenery changed around Leon as the room around him Turned dark and all he could hear was….
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Deafening screams Echo throughout what looked like a cave as it trembled on every scream and at the very next moment, Leon sees an older version of Loki who has grown a long dirty beard while being bare naked with scars all around his body.
He seemed to be chained by what looked to be entrails which has rotten up with moss and make Leon looked away from that as he felt like he wanted to gag.
"hhhhiiiisss!!~" He turned towards the sound and saw a snake swirling around Loki's neck which looked like a viper that bit into Loki's cheek and then bit down onto Loki's eyeball injecting its venom as it burns his eye and he screams his lungs out!.
The snake If satisfied with the scream then proceeds to drip its venom slowly onto the healing wounds of the god disfiguring his face once more as the venom corrodes his godly skin.
"Bet they don't show this in the movies now do they. It ain't that bad, It could make an appearance in an R-rated movie if you ask me" Loki casually comments as Leon looks at the screaming Loki in horror.
"you can still make jokes even after going through all that?" Leon murmured with a hush of his breath.
"I was chained here with the intestines of my son as a punishment for a sin of my past for taking someone else's away from them… that damn snake's venom tortures me for eons, day in and day out.
Sigyn my wife used to hold a basin under the dripping venom. when the basin grows full, and she pulls it away, during which time venom drops on me causing him to writhe so violently that earthquakes occur that shake the entire earth, well back then at least, Odin and his council of nutjobs must have changed the ones in charge." He says in a venomous tone as soon as he spoke about Odin.
"So you want my help to get free?" Leon asks as he was still shaken from the screams that are echoing in his head.
"I am not going to count that as the third question, so yes,
my wife was kept away from me, my kids are either imprisoned or dead or on a neutral stance, all I got is a wildcard called Leon" Loki replies as the surroundings change back to the dorm room.
"My third question is, How do I get stronger? I don't have the Godstone with me anymore and I am a spirit without an anchor." Placing his hand on his chest and looked down.
"As of now, I am powerless to help either of us," Leon responded.
Loki smiles and pats his shoulder "Well it's easy, you will get a new living vessel, My daughter Hel is the Norse counterpart over life and death, I'll get her to pull some strings and recreate your living body as a vessel, but for that….
You need to burn your old body to ashes."