Trapped in heaven ~ lokius

Chapter 2- Mobius

Loki's point of view:

We began to stroll down a dirt path, passing tall trees that swayed in the wind. The man was waffling on about something when a small house came into view. It looked quite quirky and you could see smoke coming from the chimney.

He kept on rambling until I interrupted him, "Are you sure your wife will be happy about me just crashing in? She doesn't know me. You barely know me." I said.

He chuckled lightly, his head tilting back as he rested his hand on his chest in amusement, "Wife?" He laughed again. "Your a funny man, Mr...." He paused trying to rattle his brain for a name I had not given him.

"Loki." I told him.

He nodded and held out his hand, "Mobius." He told me. I shook his hand. "So, Loki? Like all that Norse mythology?" He asked.

I nodded, "Child of two history nerds." I told him. "Where does Mobius come from?" I asked.

Mobius shrugged, "Ever heard of August Ferdinand Möbius?" He asked. I shook my head. "Didnt think so. He invented the 'Mobius strip'. Its a two dimensional surface with only one side." He told me. "Far more boring than yours."

I shrugged, "I would say its quite interesting. Just like you. So I suppose it suits you." I looked ahead.

"Interesting?" He stopped and turned to look at me. "What do you mean interesting?" He asked in an offended tone.

"Well you are letting a stranger into your home who said they were a time traveller. One, you believed it and two you are trusting them." I explained picking up the pace of the walk again.

"I didn't believe you. I saw it with my own eyes." He corrected me, "You appeared out of nowhere. For example, some glowing figure walks down from the clouds, looks at me and says 'im Jesus', I think thats pretty concrete evidence."

"That is... a weird analogy." I mumbled, "Like I said interesting."

He rolled his eyes and we con tied the walk gradually approaching the porch. He pulled a key out of his pocket and filled around with it mumbling 'god dam fault lock' until the door staggered open. He waltzed inside and shouted, "Honey I'm home!"

He paused and then laughed, looking at me, "Sorry. What you said earlier was quite amusing."

I forced an awkward laugh as I walked through the threshold closing the door behind me.

I gazed around the open living room, seeing a navy an awful flower patterned sofa, a wooden coffee table and a floor lamp. There was an old dusty bookshelf that, under the weight of the books, looked close to collapsing.

On my left was the kitchen. An open room that had tiles on the floor instead of the wood and stained counter tops. A large white fridge (which was covered in magnets) and oven took up majority of the space.

I walked curiously through into the kitchen, Mobius took notice and followed. I gazed at the fridge and at all the magnets all pictures, drawings or sculptures of foreign countries.

Mobius stood next to me, taking them all in to, "I get each one from all my travels." He told me. He pointed at one on the top left, "That was the first one to my collection. I got it in Scotland when I was eighteen." He reminisced. He turned from the fridge to look at me, "Do you travel?"

I raised an eyebrow, "I have been to Scotland when James the sixth was ruling it."

He folded his arms, "Okay. No need to brag. Not all of us can be time travellers." He rolled his eyes and laughed.

He walked through into the living room and sat down on his sofa. I continued to wonder around the living room.

"Have you got a bag of stuff in your car?" He asked.

I shook my head, "No. Why would I?" I asked.

He twisted his body around to look at me, "So you could prepare for situation like this!" He scolded me. "Okay so tomorrow we will have to go clothes shopping." He noted to himself. "How much money do you think you'll need to repair the car?" He asked.

I paused as I thought, "At least five hundred." I sighed making my way over to him and sitting down next to him.

He nodded, "Okay, we'll also have to get you a job then." The noted to himself again.

"Im not going to be here for long, why do I need all of this?" I asked impatiently.

"Your going to have to get at least five hundred dollars from being a waiter. Thats the only job in this town that will hire you without ID. They are going out of business. That is going to take a while." He told me, "Besides your not staying in my house with the same smelly clothes on, no way."

I rolled my eyes, "I suppose your right."

He jumped and leaned into me, "What's time travelling like?" He asked intrigued. "Are you a solo traveller? Do you work for someone?" He enthused.

"I work for a company." I said plainly, "We go around and make sure that events that need to happen, happen." I said.

"What happens if they don't happen?" He asked.

I was getting sick of all the questions but I couldn't blame him. If I were in his position I would do the same, "The universe tears itself apart from the inside out." I told him.

"Really?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Nah, the corse of the rest of the world changes though and it can result in even worse events." I said.

"So were you going to go and make sure something happened?" He asked.

"No actually. My manager just told me to explore." I said as I leaned back on the sofa. "Never usually happens, no exploring for me though, here I am. Trapped."

"You wont be here for too long don't worry." Mobius said. "Want some dinner?"

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