When he walked down into the bar, he quickly took note of the fact that Anders, Ty, and Olaf were already sitting there seemingly waiting for him to wake up and go downstairs. He didn't even question how they managed to get in, because the door never seemed to be locked even when he clearly remembered locking it himself. Ty and Anders didn't look up at him, because they had their focus on some photo albums sitting in front of them. They both muttered and pointed to pictures with interest, and even let out a few laughs at particular ones that probably had some amusing scenes in them. Mike just walked past the duo and directed his attention to Olaf, who grinned at him while taking a sip of his drink.
"See? I could make a good babysitter. They haven't even punched each other." He seemed very proud of this.
"Can I ask what they're doing exactly? They just seem to be pouring over photo albums. And not familiar ones too, I know the ones we have." Mike said, staring at his two younger brothers.
At that moment, Ty looked up from the books and actually noticed Mike was there with them. He quickly tapped Anders on the shoulder. "He's awake."
Anders beamed at him. "Oh! Hey Mike! Quick question, have you had any weird dreams about someone who isn't you?" Straight to the point.
Mike stared blankly at Anders. "Uhh...Why exactly do you want to know?"
"Because we're trying to figure out more about past god incarnations. Olaf already helped us figure out our own." Ty nodded to the photo albums. "After some asking around we've managed to get photo albums of our previous incarnations. Apparently according to Olaf the memories can span all the way back from when the gods were still powerful, but the memories that are more likely to show up are the ones from before us."
Ty beckoned to Mike to come closer and then showed him a picture of a young man with white-blond hair surrounded by dogs. "This is Keir. He was Hodr before me. He really seemed to like the snow, definitely more than I do now. But he seems to live alone too, which makes me wonder about him because the family that he has that's still alive say that they don't really know much about him. Not like Anders' past incarnation."
Anders showed him a picture of a shorter man with mousy brown hair and glasses. "He was a nurse. He was really good with people apparently. Half of this photo album is full of thank you cards that he got from people that he helped treat." Anders said as he flipped through the album. "So really Mike. Have you had any strange dreams about your guy?"
"Well, yes. And I guess it's his fault that I tended to avoid using my own powers." Mike said after a moment of thinking. "They weren't exactly glamorous. Nothing but gambling and drinking and then falling over in an alleyway. That's usually when I'd wake up. I really didn't want to become that kind of man, so I toned down on my powers." Mike shrugged. "And I'd assume that Olaf would recognize who he was, since he seems to know everyone else's." His gaze turned to his grandfather.
He nodded. "Ah yes, Ivan. He was quite the heavy drinker. Gambler too. Saw in the newspapers that he went to jail a fair few times because they thought he would cheat. They'd never actually find something to prove it, but they'd just chuck him in anyways for some other charge. He was a right fuck-up, to put it bluntly. Mike is much, much better with his powers than that guy was. Or at least he is now." Olaf winked at Mike.
Mike frowned, because he was always trying to forget that time from when he had just gotten his godpowers and had abused them so much that he had barely even remembered that he had brothers that he needed to take care of. At least he wasn't Ivan. Mike preferred not being in jail, and being more in control of his well-being. He sighed and looked around at his family. "So we've found out about my past god incarnation. Who exactly does that leave?"
"Axl. And Olaf too, if he's willing to share those details with us." Ty said.
"I suppose I'd have to. But we'll save mine for last, to make it more interesting. But you already know a bit about a past Odin don't you?"
Mike nodded. "From what you told us when Axl became Odin. Mainly just about how he ignored the quest for Frigg in favor of living his own life, and ended up getting some of his family killed."
Olaf nodded. "Yep, that's the one." He grinned. "So let's go get Axl, so we can finish these lovely stories up."