diatu | A quest for the breath of a Flower

Who: Loki of Asgard and YOU!
What: Loki has been set a scavenger hunt quest by the Sphinx.
Where: Around Anastara
When: Before he goes on a pub-crawl with Rosh. ~~Because y'all don't need a hungover God of Mischief doing adventures, funny as that is.~~
Warnings: Potential language? Definite shenanigans.

Well, Loki knew the answer to the riddle. Finding an example of it would be more difficult. Was there a flower on Anastara that was known as "name" Breath? Could he find Baby's breath here? Loki honestly wasn't sure, but he was going to do it anyways.

As much as he was loathe to, Loki also knew he'd need people more familiar with Anastara than him to try and help. So, since people here seemed to actually be willing to work with him, he'll seek out those who had been friendly for aid.

Diatu Library
There was still so much to learn, but Loki had a more specific purpose this time than just browsing. First stop would be the school Library, to see if there was any lore about flora that had 'breath' in it's proper name or folk name. Currently he's up on a ladder, tall form stretched up and looking through more obscure flora taxonomies and herbiaries.

Dragonfire Library
Whatever he couldn't find in the school Library, he was sure he'd find leads in the Dragonfire Library. Even if he didn't, Loki'd planned on checking out the Dragonfire Library anyways. He appreciated Isabel's warning; this visit he planned to be on the up and up, given his goal. But it wouldn't hurt to do some scouting and learn more about the library while he was there...

"The Backwater" Tavern
The last place, beyond just walking around to explore the green areas of the island, that Loki went to was "The Backwater" tavern in the third ring. Because the 'common' folk as it were, often knew just as much about folk medicine and names as anyone else. If there was a flower or herb with 'breath' in its name or lore, he was hoping for a lead here.

While there, he's not opposed to joining in some singing and drinking. Loki has a fine enough voice, and while not letting himself get drunk yet, he'll certainly accept a drink or three.

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Loki moves his attention from scanning the shelves to looking down. And seems utterly unsurprised to find a duck. A talking duck no less. So he just gives a blink, mutters a "Soon" and goes back to perusing the shelf. It's another moment before he finds a book that looks promising; tucking it under his arm, he has a loose grip on the sides of the ladder. Planting his feet against the rails, he slides down it the quick way, rather than climbing down it properly. Just because he can.

As it is he still towers over Della at 6'2".

"Oh, hello!"

Princess Celestia was also interested in works on the topmost shelves today. Of course, she didn't need a ladder -- her wings served just fine, sweeping wide beats to keep her hovering in midair in precisely the sort of way that emphasized just how absurd the physics of winged horse flight was.

"Am I in your way?"

Loki smiled on seeing her, offering a bow of his head. "Lady Celestia." A rare sign of respect from him. "Not precisely no. I'm still looking for what might be useful, rather than a specific title."

He was out there asking people for help with the task that could imply he was having trouble with it, though that hadn't been the intention. Crowley had only been saying that some times people miss the obvious answer. But, Loki had his flower now and a new paper football had been constructed from a blank page. So they both had what they needed.

"Is that seriously all you're going to do?" Loki asked, watching as Crowley constructed a new paper football. "You could just find something else."

He looked up from his little football craft with one eyebrow cocked in confusion.

"What else?"

Loki shrugged, then crossed his arms. "Seems like a waste of good paper. Or like you could find something more exciting to do."

"What makes you think I'm not working on something?"

Maybe because he was surrounded by little bits of paper and the remnants of paper footballs? Nah! There was some serious thinking going on here.

"Fair enough. Far be it from me to distract you." Loki turned, ready to leave the other to his game. "Just try to not destroy the books."

"Can't."

Crowley sighed before turning back to his game.

"Some one I know has dibs on them."

Aziraphale would have his ears if he so much as smudged one of those books so they would be perfectly safe.

"Good luck with the questing."

Hendrik paused and thought. "So it is more of a riddle then." Well straight forward wouldn't be something from a fabled mythical creature, so he nodded at Loki. "I will see what I can find in some of the other books here, just in case."

And he started doing just that.

Well, that was helpful. Loki smiled to himself, with only a hint of slyness to it. No harm in accepting someone's aid who was so eager to give it, after all. So for now, while the other went to do some research on his behalf, Loki went back to his own search.

"Which book, I can look at the lower shelves for you if you'd like." It kinda defeated the purpose of why Yugi himself was here in the first place, but hey it's a better way for someone to find what they need quicker, right?

That was almost a pity. She appreciated the gesture, but at the same time, hearing her name without accolade or title attached was proving surprisingly pleasant. Still, not a flick of that thought crossed her face.

"Oh, all knowledge is useful. Just for different purposes."

"I agree. But if I don't focus then I'll spend all of my time wandering down various pathways and accomplish nothing. Hence, my trying to focus on a specific usefulness right now."

"And what is that specific one, if I may ask?" Though Celestia liked the wandering-paths route, possibly because she so rarely got to take it.

So many helpful people here... Loki didn't trust it. Much like how some people knew of him, and yet seemed to like him anyways. Loki didn't trust that either. He'd been through too much over the last few years where kindness had turned false repeatedly.

But that didn't mean he wouldn't play the friendly charmer now. Work with others, especially when he had no reason not to right now and it furthered his goals. Letting a smile come to his face, a genuine too at how eager the other was to help. "I was looking for titles that might list folklore or names of flowers native to this world."

"I spoke to the sphinx, and while I answered her riddle capably, she requires a physical example of the answer. So I'm trying to find out if it exists on this world, or if I'll have to conjure it myself, or find something similar."

"Are you look for names of flowers for a reason or just a case of being curious?" Which would be 100% understandable honestly, but Yugi goes to start looking at the spines pulling out some books that might have some form of connection, but as of yet he couldn't be certain about.

"The sphinx requires a physical answer to her riddle." Loki said simply, going back to his own browsing along the spines. "I answered capably enough, but apparently proof is needed."

"Oh, a riddle? Do tell!" This definitely intrigued her.

"She seeks the breath of a flower. I'm sorely tempted to give her a jar of Carbon Dioxide, not that she'd be able to see or smell it." For all intents it would look like an empty jar, if Loki did that.

But he knew his stories--and that wasn't how these things often worked.

He'd found a dictionary on flowers but started looking in the 'b' section first. And while he loved to read on the road such as he had with the Luminary, that reading was for himself. Jasper had fostered a love of learning and reading on him.

However, this was research and while he'd done that here before, helping felt good though he wasn't sure quite how well it would all sort of turn out.

Loki gave it a few more minutes, before he sought the other out. "It occurs to me, that if you know what plant I'm thinking of, you might know if there's anything similar here. We should start with that."

So Loki held up a hand, and let an illusion form in his palm of a sprig of baby's breath.

The pony frowned slightly. "That's a terribly mundane response, if you'll forgive the criticism. In a world of magic, I think it must be either terribly allegorical or terribly literal, if not both."

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