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Erisai stood at a secluded platform, grasping stolen blessed swords of Odin so she could make her travels to Midgard without encountering Heimdall. Having already drunk the Grimhild potion, she could feel her mind and memory slowly deteriorate. Her resolve only wavered for a moment, when she thought of the scroll she had left on her bed for Loki or one of her sisters to find.
She shook her head, forcing her mind to focus on the task at hand. In a few minutes, she may not remember her name, let alone why she had stolen blades in her possession. She steeled her resolve, readying the power of evoking, one gift of the valkyries that she was blessed with. Positioning the swords in front of her, she gathered her swirling thoughts to her destination. Midgard. The human realm.
The portal created itself in front of her, cosmic winds dancing with her hair as energy gathered. A blackened void opened to her, and she was seconds away from dropping the blades to leave this world unhindered.
"Erisai? What is this?"
Loki approached, practically screaming at her in controlled rage, the scroll she left clutched in his hand. Unfortunate for her timing.
She still lowered the blades, more carefully then intended. Her body was slowing. She needed to leave before he could have the chance to catch her.
Turning to face him, she answered, "It's too late, Loki. I've drunk the amnesia potion, and the portal is complete."
The winds grew stronger, pulling her towards the void in haste. She would only have to step back to it for it to claim her.
"Why?" he stopped, raising a hand to ward against the strengthening breeze reaching towards him. "Why would you risk yourself this way?"
"I'm nothing but a nuisance, an incapable, worthless valkyrie who can offer nothing to Odin's halls but shame. On Midgard, I'll be nothing more or less then anyone else, equal, even with my birthright to Fate. Even without my memory." Erisai responded, expression blank.
He knew this. He knew this of her. That didn't make what she was attempting any less ludicrous to his ears. But before he could try to change her mind, talk her away from the small gateway, she turned away, and stepped straight through. It closed immediately capturing her, leaving behind the stolen swords and her life at his feet.
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AN: The swords belonged to Sif, able to create portals to other worlds (mostly Asgard and Midgard), and the Grimhild potion is named after the Norse sorceress who gave a hero a potion with similar properties.
Erisai also has a special meaning, though maybe only to me and fans of the Star Ocean games (specifically the final bosses).
Let me know how much you like/hate/love it?