Völuspá

Recruitment

Once clothed and ready to act, they hugged eachother tightly and kissed, only pulling away as Kitri moved away with her hand against his cheek. "You to Hel, me to Sindr..." She breathed as Loki nodded eagerly in agreement. He couldn't help but admired her, scepter in hand once again as she smiled widely at him with a single nod. "I guess the fates really have set us up for this, no matter how much everyone has been trying to fight it." She let out just as he watched her move realms with a soft amber light as she disappeared.

Yet they both had only a vague plan on how to recruit the most powerful beings of the lower realms to unite for this task.

Loki brought himself inside of Hel's walls, right by the building housing her incredible throne. He confidently walked into her halls, the guards letting him through as he requested to speak with the queen of the dead.

Not facing any resistance from the guards, he walked into the throne room. Frigg gasped as she recognized him, rushing down the steps from her place of honor to tightly hug Loki. He smiled at this, tearing up a bit as he tightly hugged her back.

"You have no idea how incredible it is to see you again, mother." He let out sadly, and she pulled back as she heard how full of emotion his words were. He smiled at her, genuine love in his eyes. The weight of how wonderful of a mother she had been only added to the contrast of his so called parents.

Frigg was thrown off by this unfamiliar behavior though, shaking her head at him with furrowed brows. "You are here..."

"You do not belong here." Hel's voice suddenly called out as she stood, threatening and full of authority.

Frigg turned to her in shock. "Hel, of your own sibling!"

"That is not Baldur, nor Thor, nor any other kin of Odin. I can sense it." She hissed, still on edge from this unrecognizable stranger. She knew everyone's names alive and dead, so the fact that he was not know to her made her incredibly uneasy.

"I can explain..." Loki let out with a sigh as he walked toward the throne. "You are both correct."

Both women just looked at him in confusion. He gestured toward Hel as he turned to Frigg "She is not wrong, I am not dead. Yet I am currently in this realm." He then looked back to Hel as he gestured towards his mother. "Yet I am your brother, whether you recognize it or not. Are you not even slightly curious about why you do not know of me or my status of living as you can with the others, Hel?"

She still looked on edge, yet definitely curious.

"Ohh my dear sister... You erased me from your books in gratitude." Stunned silence filled the room at those words.

Hel raised an eyebrow while staring him down. "Seems this needs to be corrected immediatly then, I have done no such-" She started saying, but Loki gently cut her off.

"Good luck correcting it while not knowing my real name nor purpose here." He shot back. "I wish to show you a forgotten past and came here to try to get your support for a great cause."

He looked back over to Frigg. "I... can share this with you as well, mother, but I would really prefer not to."

"If I choose to comply and let you explain, Frigg will be here for it. Especially since she knows who you actually are." Hel stated coldly.

"Alright..." Loki said, "If you allow me to touch your arm as you try to clear your mind I can just share what I wish to show you. Too much has happened for words alone."

Hel looked suspicious, but Frigg agreed, his changed behavior already making her concerned about what it is that could have happened to make him act the way he is acting now. He seemed like a completely changed man compared to how she knew him during her life.