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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No touchdown? Ah well... you couldn't win them all. And maybe Loki was the sort to buy plants, it was hard to tell just by looking. Not many would have pinpointed Crowley as being fond of plants.

"That's a problem."

He sniffed and leaned back away from the table.

"If its a challenge maybe they want you to use these new powers you have. Are you a sundered? Maybe you could open a portal and summon some plant seeds."

"I am, but there has to be an easier way than that to get what I need." Loki responded, before tossing the football idly back in Crowley's direction. "More likely I could Discover it." Which wasn't a bad idea...

Not nearly as quick the football slipped through Crowley's fingers to land on the grass behind him. It was easily enough retrieved.

"What's that? Like create it from thin air? I'd love to see you try."

Loki said nothing while he thought. Granted he had only just begun learning Discovery, but it was the most appropriate magic for this situation. The complication would be that he would be creating a sapient living thing, even if not a sentient one. A plant was more difficult than the basic elements.

"If I'm understanding correctly, it's less creating from thin-air than making it so it must be. Which is just semantics in one way, but two different concepts in another." It reminded him of Illusion Manipulation versus Duplicate Casting. Both seemed to be the same but were actually different.

Loki had mastered those...

Same thing! The result would have been that this baby's breath seemingly materialized from the nothing he currently had if he could manage it... Crowley didn't really care about the where's and how's of it all as magic of that sort had always been really easy for him. 'Miracles' they called it back home.

~~No comment on how difficult he was finding the magic of this world.~~

The novelty from this came from watching some one who looked very human trying to use magic they had never had before. Was it a good or a bad idea to encourage Loki to try his Discovery powers?

"Might as well get your wand and give it a go. It's probably the only way to complete this quest."

Loki hated using his wand. Wands were so...clumsy at times. "It also depends on if they mean a plant from this world or not." But he really had nothing to lose by trying. Holding up a hand, a wand appeared in his hand in a shimmer of greenish-yellow magic.

Taking a moment to sort out what syllables and sigils in Osmarius were needed for what he wanted. This would be creating a living thing, in some ways, which made it more difficult. This was forging magical energy into physical matter and being, and making it so it must be. Loki wanted to be sure he had this correct.

He was confident he could do it though. Setting what he wanted firmly in his mind, he started tracing sigils with his wand, and naming them as he did. His voice was strong, he was precise and focused...

With the last intonation and sigil traced, a sprig of baby's breath appeared on the table.

Prepared to sink down under the table if the spell had gone wrong Crowley was actually pleasantly surprised to see the sprig. It looked like baby's breath and even better it looked to be fairly healthy. Oh, it could have used a little dirt and a touch of fertilizer but it was green with white petals and now drooping leaves.

"Hey! It looks like a success!"

Crowley snagged one of those bottled waters people were always walking around with from a passing student and dropped the little sprout into it so that it wouldn't wilt away.

"Guess all that's left to do it deliver it."

"Let's hope it is this simple." Loki replied. He'd been trying to determine if the other had no confidence in him, and if so, was he surprised Loki had succeeded? And did Loki want to be insulted by that.

In the end however, it wasn't worth it to him. Yet. So he simply let his wand vanish much like how it had appeared, and held out his hand for the bottle.

"Some times the simple things are the ones people have the most trouble with."

Of course there was always the chance this wouldn't be what the Sphinx wanted but Crowley handed the make-shift vase over so Loki could find out for himself if this was the correct answer or not.

The eyebrow raised up, in annoyance with that remark. Now, Loki was irritated. The other seemed to be implying he was having trouble with this task and that grated. He was in an entirely new world with potentially different rules than what he knew, and having to adapt and survive it. Loki didn't trust that it would be that simple, just because things rarely were. If it were, he'd have done it earlier just to be done.

Still, Loki had a flower now that fulfilled the requirements, and it was preserved enough in its makeshift vase.

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."

A quest for the breath of a Flower

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