So far, Lovecraft barely spoke a word to the other gods. Instead, he hovered over a table piled high with cakes, cookies, && other desserts, the only saving grace in a meeting full of near strangers. The poorest representation of the Sea God's family && capabilities in his own opinion, yet he'd still allowed his father to goad him into attending in their name. Truthfully, Lovecraft wanted as little as possible to do with his relatives after they'd left him to rot when he was created, but he'd still been unable to speak against his father. Almost as if his mouth had been muzzled & his hands tied.
When he'd been announced to the waiting group as making his first appearance as his father's child, all the stares, the murmurs had made Lovecraft's skin itch down to the muscle. He knew what he (&& a few choice other gods) were considered. Modeled after the eldest, the most otherworldly gods, but considered the most unappealing && the least worthy of worship. Though he presented himself as human, dressed in long seafoam robes && a jagged crown of shells upon his head, long dark hair braided && decorated with even more shells, he was far from it, tentacles undulating underneath his skin.
Uncomfortable as he was, the feeling only grew as a somehow familiar god approached him, power absolutely emanating from his very existence. He stood about half a head shorter than Lovecraft, with mostly emerald hair && purple eyes that looked much like a goats. His dark boots were thigh high && his tops had gap in the center to show off his chest. Something about him felt mocking, almost insulting && there was a dangerous, yet playful, glint in his eyes that made Lovecraft's nose wrinkle.
Oh, he knew who exactly this 'stranger' was. Everyone had heard the stories, or gossip rather, about this person, from eating a woman's heart to relentlessly exchanging harsh words with fellow gods to his sadistic love of violence. Lovecraft hadn't ever seen his face, but he still recognized him.
❝ Loki, the God of Mischief... ❞ Hardly a greeting, but Lovecraft had never been good as socializing with other gods. Even with his natural curiosity && magnetic attraction to the other, he could hardly bear his presence. But...Lovecraft was there to represent his father Poseidon, Llŷr, or Nodes, whatever they knew him as, && as much as his dislike for them ran deep as the abyss from which he came, he feared disappointing them.
❝ To what do I owe the...pleasure, ❞ Obviously, he was there for some every-millenia meeting, but why choose the person that clearly was in no mood to speak?