"what those men were saying, it was true wasn't it?"(Allie)
I nodded slowly, unsure of how she'd react.
"I...was.....still am....me."(syn)
she inched closer, stopping herself short, staying close but out of reach.
"mom, dad, what's going on?"(Julie)
I sighed, how do I explain this to her, her whole life her dad has been nothing but a weak coward, how could she accept the fact that I was a god, a god of calamity at that.
"I guess I'll start at the beginning."(syn)
I gestured over to the house, Allie giving an uneasy nod as I began to talk as we moved, heading towards our kitchen table.
"it all started seven thousand years ago when I got my system, it gave me quests, it gave me strength."(syn)
"it wasn't until a few thousand years had passed that I'd realised what I was, what I was apart of."(syn)
the girls were quiet, different emotions seemed to pass through their minds.
"what dies this have to do with anything?!"(Julie) asked, half shouting, I could understand why she'd ask that.
"back then I was so angry, so caught up in my own rage that I let myself be controlled by it, that's the reason why someone cursed me, my anger gave me power, and they wanted that power."(syn)
Julie shot up from her chair, she was angry.
"what power?! you're just a coward!"(Julie)
when I was cursed I was a coward, for fifteen long years I'd done nothing but hide behind and bend for people, truly the best punishment for someone like me.
"it was a punishment I'd deserved."(syn) I said to myself quietly, but the girls overheard.
"what do you mean punishment you deserved?"(Allie) asked, finally speaking.
"I uh, I wasn't exactly nice."(syn)
Julie didn't like that answer, storming over to my side of the table, grabbing me by the shirt.
"stop with this vague bullshit!"(Julie)
I nodded, gently removing her hands from my shirt.
"alright, I'm a god of calamity, a god who brings nothing but disaster and pain, I am the primal essence of destruction and death, killing and destroying is my nature, I'll never be the person I was with you guys."(syn)
both girls had a shocked expression, both stayed still and quiet, their minds racing.
I couldn't take their looks, I felt like I was nothing more than a monster, nothing more than an animal, which was true, I was an animal, I was primal.
I apologized to both of them, my body standing upright as I began to slowly walk from the house, my wings ripping open, my arms flapping downward as I took off into the skies.
they were better off without me, the me they knew didn't exist anymore, I was back, the true me was back.
and they shouldn't have to suffer through him, they didn't deserve that.
maybe by leaving I'd done the best thing I could do for them, ensure their safety,are sure they wouldn't have to share a home with a killing machine.
I needed something to drown out my emotions, I needed something to kill, I needed a distraction.
with scanning eyes my vision darted along the landscape, the forest tree tops giving way to my sight as creatures filled my eyes.
I ignored the weak ones, continuing my search, minutes passing and miles being travelled before I found a strong enough target.
my wings shrunk into non-existence, my body plummeting towards the unaware creature, my siphon activating at full force.
it took mere seconds for my body to crash into and through the tall creatures body, the scaled giraffe looking thing dropping limply behind me as I could now see the hole I'd created through its torso, my claws shrinking, I didn't even know I'd grown them.
with confirmation I watched its lie energy flow into me, my siphon shutting off soon after.
[+50,000 to all stats]
[minor god creature killed]
I found myself mindlessly walking to tje creatures corpse, lifting it with both hands as I allowed its blood to shower me, a feeling of normalcy washing over me as any doubting or negative thoughts seemed to waver in the force of the new feeling, vanishing completely seconds later.
a sigh of relief as I buried memories, buried emotions, my mind returning to what it once was as I felt calm once more, felt whole.
I just wish I didn't overlook how fragile the feeling was.
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Julie pov...
in a rush I gathered my bag amd a few supplies, running throughout the house to grab anything I'd need, my mother helping me as we went as fast as we could.
neither of us spoke, but we knew, we knew what we needed to do.
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Raya pov...
news of Amiras death reached my ears, my kids unaware of what had happened as I kept myself composed, not showing any signs of anything.
I was overjoyed that she was gone, but I felt horrible at the same time.
I hated myself for just how glad I was that she died slowly, I hated myself for how I reacted when I found out.
what was worse was that I hadn't been able to contact Syn in quite some time, fifteen years to be exact, it may be nothing more than a few hours compared to how long he's lived but it didn't feel right, it wasn't right how he could just up and vanish for fifteen years.
I was about to stand up and do something about that but I overheard some interesting words that stopped me.
"word is that the cursed calamity god is back, and so are his powers."(man at the bar)
my ears seemed to strain as I hoped to hear more from whoever he was talking to.
"I know, I heard he'd been living as a human with no memories for fifteen years, even had himself a wife and daughter."(another man at the bar)
"bullshit!"(man at the bar) exclaimed, apparently he didn't belive his friend.
but I did, with no memories and being human it was only natural, he'd had no idea of his past pain, so he wouldn't avoid relationships.