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3) sphinxes without secrets -- an Edwardian AU which starts out pointlessly fluffy -- Loki exchanging witty repartee with various ladies -- but then descends into dark political machinations and a power struggle which may or may not involve questions of Empire, in which Loki must go up against his once-friend Odin and the Norn sisters, with only his faithful manservant Yamino and young suffragette Mayura (Loki is often bored of high society and thus interacts with the hoi polloi as well) by his side. at some point, there is a trip to Egypt and an encounter with both Loki's old flame and his mysterious doppelgänger.