I spoke to the devil on my way to Worm and he said everything would be fine
I hummed as I walked down the street.
There was a fire nearby, I could smell the smoke.
"Ooh," Bending down I grabbed at the shiny object that caught my eye. "A quarter? Nice."
The sound of frantic yelling, yelling telling me to get away from here like I was in some sort of danger or something. Odd. I keep walking, the fire and the smoke were a tad annoying, I could feel my skin burn and blister as my lungs ached from the smoke. Not horrible, but more than annoying enough that I felt the need to do something about it. I reached my hand out to the air and waved it.
"G̨̧͊̇̑̿́̆͂̈̇ͧ̒̃ͦ̏ͤ͊̀͜҉҉͓̪̰̰̘̪̙ỏ̶͗͆̔̆̐͒̂̊̓̉̈́͟͞͡͏̪̙͔͉̪͎ ͈̖̣̮̪̙̣̬̝̟̜̥̰̣̜̙̯̏ͤͪ͂ͦ̿ͫ̆̎ͮ̀͐̔̔̈́ͅaͣͯ̇̏̓ͦ̇ͦ̋͑̇ͮͦ̊̇̑̐͝҉̻̠̺̦̞̣̯̼͇̼͈͘͟͝ẉ̸͎͓̗̅͒̿͌ͤͦ̿͂̊̈́ͬ͊͒͐̽̈́ͨͪ̃͜͜͠a̴̹̠͈̪͍̩̠̠͉͔̝͎̟̟͊̄ͥ́̈́̽̑̐͛͌̄ͯ̿̑̈́̐͠͞͠ͅy̧͈͎͍͍͇͙̦̝͉̬̟̗̻̫̝̙͇̝͌ͪ̓͗͋̈̏̈́̄̊ͣ̚͘͜ ."
My skin smoothed, the smoke disappeared, the fire stopped existing.
I whistled a jaunty tune as I walked down the street, happy that those annoyances were no longer bothering me. Why couldn't this place be a bit more peaceful? A fight between two characters with powers was really just a dick-measuring contest, I mean what did it matter if one of them might be needed in the future? It was all just a cruel joke. The punchline was that it didn't really matter in the end, none of it does.
The sounds of fighting behind my back slowly dying down as I get further and further away, it was already out of my hands to begin with but I made sure that the girl wouldn't die. The sum total of all good and evil was a stupid thing, but I wasn't just an asshole in the end. Even if it was all just fiction in the end, so long as I have the will to care it's worth doing the little things. Right?
I walk home and go to sleep.
I wake up to the Baphomet staring at me.
I stare back.
It's eyes are judging me.
Mine are doing the same.
I blink.
It's gone.
Getting out of bed, I get ready for the day ahead of me. Stepping in the shower, I feel the eyes on me as I wash myself. That thing's a creepy pervert, I mean who stares at a person as they try and clean themselves of the filth that they accumulated from the previous day. I mean, I'm not all that charming or anything, actually rather plain looking to be honest. Just your typical looks really, black hair and slightly pale skin with a bit of a lanky figure. I suppose my eyes are odd though, who would've thought purple eyes would stand out?
Stepping out the shower, I dry off as a I hum a tune I heard a long time ago. Just two chords I think, a tune on the piano overlaid with a sort of rainy sound in the background. Of course, I can't make the rain sounds, not normally anyways. It would be far too much effort to do something like that, I can't be bothered with it right now.
I had school to go to after all.
Grabbing an apple from out of my fridge, I rinse it and then step out the door of my small apartment.
"I'm leaving." I say to the empty place I call home.
No one replies, as usual.
School is a fun affair as always.
The teachers prattle on about things I either know already, or things that I don't care about. Portraits crowd around me and I make sure to keep the polite smile on my face as I talk to them, it'd be impolite to act outwardly as if they didn't exist. Emma seemed to really be into me, I don't really care for the why. I'd be sure to laugh at her as I introduce her to the cruelness that is the real world, but only for a little while. It'd be rude other wise.
It was odd to see the main character.
She wasn't very pretty, nor ugly either, just rather plain. I could see how she was a hit for some and a strike for others, she didn't take great care in her overall appearance besides her hair, but underneath it all I could see something. Maybe she would meet some nice guy that could see past her flaws and insecurities, one that didn't die or something. She looked at me with an odd look in her eyes, like I was some sort of oddity. My lips curled slightly as I smiled back.
The girls crowded around Emma took notice of that, so did Sophia and Emma. The first looked at the latter and quickly decided that they would side with her to stay relevant, the second looked on with indifference, the latter decided that she would teach the main character a lesson. Poor girl never caught a break, I suppose. The world was just out to make her some sort of punching bag wasn't it? I guess I'll change things then. My lips curled slightly as I smiled back.
"̸̛̗͈̹͖͓̥̮̱̗͊ͤͬͨ̿ͩ̏̓̐̃̐ͪ̑̓͝ͅͅA̵̢͍̩̪̬͚̦̰͔̮̼̣̗̦ͦ͌͐ͪ̿̋ͯ̔ͦ͗ͥ̎ͤ̍ͬͨ͐͒ͅg̴̛͍̜̻͈̝̖̜̹̝̮̔̒̀͂̏͛ͦͧͧͬ̇͗ͥ̍̽͟͝ą̸̧͓̮͍̜̘̖̻̞̝̗̱̦̙̰̈̔͑͌ͦ̇͟͝ͅi̳̱̤͍̯̙͙̠ͧ̔ͥ̏̊̀ͨͬ̔͊̊ͩ̆̚̚̕͘n̶̴̙̖̮̦͍̳̗̫͉̖̜̭̮͔̤͚̣̩ͤ̀͊ͬ̍̑͆ͯ̅̌͒͟͝͝.̴̷͖̲̪͙͈̘̻̖̬̟̘ͫͧ͆ͨ̽ͣͮ̿̔̅̉̀́͞"̷̷̨̡̖̬̗͚̻̖̅͗͗ͣ
None of them saw me smile at her now. I don't know if she feels good about it or not, I don't really care either. I made a promise to myself to do at least one good deed a day, that way I wouldn't lose touch with myself. At first I cared, but as time passed it's become harder to force myself to do it, what does it even matter when everything around you is all just mere fiction in the end? I force myself to pay attention in class lest I decide to just end it all now.
I dislike such thoughts, its cowardly.
Class ends uneventfully, I only just barely remember to listen to whatever work the teacher decides is important enough to force children to do. I'll do it whenever I feel like, me and the main character had different classes next. I could change that, but I didn't really find any real reason that I needed to do so. Unless necessary, I didn't do extra unless I got something out of it. There was nothing to be gained from being a creepy stalker who monitors someones life completely.
Half-way through the day I fake a sickness, something that's easy when you have the weakest body in the entire world. I planned to test something, it was a sort of way to find out whether I would indeed continue to live as I did… or if I could actually go and do something worth my time in this world. It would be better that doing what I had been doing for the years I had been alive so far.
I spoke to the Baphomet before I left and he told me everything would be fine.
An hour later I find myself sitting on a roof, a singular apple in my hand as I wait patiently for insinuation to occur. I take a bite, it's a bit juicy I think to myself, I don't have apples often so I really enjoy the taste. I stole it from some kid who was trying to have a bite to eat in the middle of a headache, in return I disposed of the guys following her. Who knew pedophiles were a problem in Brockton Bay? I found it slightly odd how the little girl looked at me, she seemed scared.
It was soon after that I heard footsteps down below in the alley.
That was test one complete, I could indeed outmaneuver a Thinker.
"So, wanna make a bet if Bug-girl is gonna show up in costume or not?"
"She will." I chime in before anyone can speak.
Their reactions are instant. A darkness quickly envelops the alley, it disappears just as quickly. My body twitches a bit, it stops after I focus on it for a moment. Sarah Livsey stares at me in fright, her power must be feeding her some info, I reject it's ability to do so. She takes a step back as I'm sure she realizes the situation they're in.
"What you crave will soon be yours," I walk forward as my lips curl in a friendly smile, "But what I crave is already mine."
There are no exits.
The world ends in 9 days.