11-18-2021, 01:03 AM
Grym knew the gods gathered like cockroaches. Where there was one, there were always more, but she’d never seen so many in one place like this. Except on tv. The CDC was proud of its channeler hording.
But before she could decide just how bad this was going to go, someone came into view that was not just any god. It was like coming face to face with the god. Nikolai Brandon was the reason they were here, yet he was like a figment of the imagination. The boogeyman. Something acknowledged but nobody really thought they’d encounter.
Just like the boogeyman, Brandon would kill them all as soon as look at them. Grym was no fool.
What happened next was unlike any channeling she’d ever encountered. Her hunt for gods was quite limited, and apparently contained to rather weak souls compared to this.
Something pushed her back. Zef scrambled to her feet. “Zef, I know the tunnels well enough to know we should run! We’re dead if we stay,” she tugged at her sister Atharim’s arm. “There’s too many of them and there’s him. Another time!”
She wasn’t going to abandon Zef, but the woman surely saw reason!
But before she could decide just how bad this was going to go, someone came into view that was not just any god. It was like coming face to face with the god. Nikolai Brandon was the reason they were here, yet he was like a figment of the imagination. The boogeyman. Something acknowledged but nobody really thought they’d encounter.
Just like the boogeyman, Brandon would kill them all as soon as look at them. Grym was no fool.
What happened next was unlike any channeling she’d ever encountered. Her hunt for gods was quite limited, and apparently contained to rather weak souls compared to this.
Something pushed her back. Zef scrambled to her feet. “Zef, I know the tunnels well enough to know we should run! We’re dead if we stay,” she tugged at her sister Atharim’s arm. “There’s too many of them and there’s him. Another time!”
She wasn’t going to abandon Zef, but the woman surely saw reason!
‡‡ GRYM ‡‡