Mid-morning chats

Night was confused at his surroundings at first. It took him a few minutes to remember where he was. When he was fully awake and changed, he went to the bathroom and then proceeded downstairs to the kitchen. He cursed quietly when he finally realized that the sun hadn't even come up! The clock rang at seven, and Night was bored. He heard someone come down the stairs and head in his general direction. It was Yamino.


"Mornin' Yamino-san!" said Night in a semi-cheerful voice.

"What the…you scared me for a minute there, Night! I'm not used to having someone wake up earlier than me in the morning!" laughed Yamino after he got over the fright Night had given him.

"Where's Loki?"

"Master Loki tends to sleep in."

"Want me to wake him up while you prepare breakfast?" joked Night.

"I wouldn't mind if you did, actually. Just try not to scare Master Loki like you did me!" laughed Yamino.

"I'll try, but I won't make any promises on that!"


While Night headed back upstairs he spotted a metal bucket out in the open. That was when he had a very evil and sneaky trick worthy of the Trickster god himself! (Watch out Loki, your rival has come to wake you up!)

He crept into Loki's room and silently opened the door. He noticed that he didn't need to be so quiet, as Loki slept like a log. He prepared to let loose his devious prank. And the reaction he got would startle Yamino and Loki!

"AAARGH! WHO THREW WATER ON ME?!" roared Loki in shock and fury.

"Good…Morning…to…you…too!" said Night between laughs.

"Why I outta…!" said Loki angrily.

"Master Loki are you…" said Yamino as he rushed into the room. He failed to finish his sentence as he saw the bucket in Night's hand and Loki sopping wet!

"Sorry Yamino, I just couldn't resist!" said Night laughing.

Loki had finally calmed down from the initial shock of the cold water waking him up to look at Night and gave him one of his own evil grins.

"I have to admit Night, that was a good mischief-making trick!" said Loki grinning.

"Yamino said I could wake you up, and when I saw the bucket I couldn't help myself!" said Night, returning the mischievous grin.

"Master Loki we should get you out of those wet clothes…" said Yamino.


Night waited at the table while Loki got dressed and came down. He sat in his usual spot and looked at his new houseguest.

"I must admit, that was the first time someone's pulled a trick on me!" Loki laughed.

"If I hadn't seen the bucket then I probably wouldn't have done it."

"You have a natural knack for creating mischief, I'll give you that," replied Loki.

Yamino came in with breakfast and all talking ceased as they ate their meal. Loki went up to the study and Night followed him. Yamino stayed downstairs to do dishes.


"I think now's a good time to finish that talk we had last night, wouldn't you agree?" asked Loki.

"What do you want to know?"

"How did you cut the lights in the museum?"

"They didn't think to put a firewall on their programming so I hacked into it. It was a piece of cake for me."

"How were you able to sense the evil magic inside the art piece?"

"Back home me and my cousin steal enchanted or cursed artwork to seal it. My cousin has quite the reputation as a Phantom Thief."

"Why did you leave home?"

"Family problems. My dad and I couldn't get along so I left before my sanity snapped."

"So far you're making sense. Continue," said Loki.

"I'm guessing that you're wondering why I choose you out of all the other gods…"

"That has crossed my mind…"

"It's because you and I are so alike. I enjoy tricking people and I often act mischievous. My favorite element is fire and I always try to help people," replied Night.

"You're starting to scare me now…" said Loki.