The dance with the devil might last forever

I spoke with Aisha for a while longer before excusing myself.

I told her that I had some things to do, she tried to keep me a bit longer but I really did have things to do today. Life was going to go on whether I got to my things or not, but I preferred to get these things done within the time I had already set for myself. If I didn't I wasn't sure if I would, I was a bit forgetful at times.

Either way, it was afternoon by the time that I existed the arcade. I had entered roughly and hour or two ago, so I had made rather good time all things considered. The text being written in the sky was getting closer and closer to completion, and it was raining of all things. Well, I had places to be and a little rain wasn't going to stop me.

Though, I did admit, that it set the ambiance rather well.

I walked a bit aimlessly for awhile, I didn't have to attend to my business right away of course. My excuse had really been more to get away from Aisha, she always was able to tell when I was up to something and more annoying was the fact she could get me to tell her if she was persistent. We hadn't been friends for long, a bit less than a year really, but she knew me decently well already.

A part of me wanted to kill her for that.

I spot a figure in an alley-way as I'm walking.

It's a little girl of all things. She looks a bit frantic, and much more stressed than a girl her age should be. I gotta wonder why though? Thinking for a bit, I decide to stick my nose in this business, memories from both the Angel and the Baphomet telling me that it's good idea. They also tell me that there's a bank robbery going on sometime soon. I'm not going to go out of my way to fix that though.

Each step I take echoes loud enough to gain the attention of the little girl.

"Do you need some help?"

She looks at me for a moment, she seems terrified, and then nods.

My lips curl as my eyes deaden.

"I see, then let me take care of this then."

I step forward and a beam of light sears right through my skull.
I drop to the ground motionless, smile still plastered on my face.

The girl is trembling, but she's still looking at me. Am I really that terrifying to little kids? That's really a shame, I used to really like little kids. Or maybe I'd liked it when they looked up to me for doing all the things they'd be capable of doing when they were older? Well, I could think about that at a later date, there were things to do after all.

"We've got the kid, prepping for extraction now." Mook General states as he quickly grabs up the kid, her eyes still trained on me. I feel like I should know why she's doing that.

A large screw is quickly sent straight through Mook General's stomach. Before he even has a chance to react, another pierces through the side of his face opposite to the shoulder he has the girl on. I catch her as she drops, her face a bit green at all the gore.

"̶̷̟̺͂̊ͩ̈̀̄̿̐̂͠L͔̻̣̘̼̙̈͗̚a̿ͬ̌͏̭̳̥̹̥̪͡ş̵̗̻̞ͣ́ͭ̇͐̌ͅe̹̳͌ͮr̼͎̤̉̍ͤ͊̌̍̉͟s̴̢̞̠͈͎̤̹ͪ̂̔̌̐̿ͮ͘,̵̛̹̼̦̺͌͒͋̀̊ͦ͡ ̵͕̦̌̿ͯ͛̉̽̂̏ͩ͢ȓ̹̙͚̗͉͒̈́͆͗ͣ̕͞e̸̗̲̯̪͂̀å͍̠̫̍̈͋̔́l̶̘͚͚͓̫̔ͯ͜ḻ̢̞̳͈͙͕͉ͪ̏̒̆ͅy̜͕̖̹͙̾͑ͦͯ̉͑̕ͅ ̡͉͚ͧͪ͗͡͠o͓̭̠͍ͦͯͥ̿̈́͊̀̃ͅr̸̨̟̦͂̓̿i͎̣ͬ͘g̵̈̓͟͏̖̜ǐ̵̬̼̖͔̜̬͕́͐̓̊̇͛͗ͤń̙̦̗̓̆͐ͪ̂ͪ̒͞ͅa̾̾͛͑҉̦͕́͘l̻͙͖̞̿̉̂̑ͦ͒̅̀͟.̵̫̹̜̮̲̯̱̽ͪͧ̽̅̈͆͡ ͚̆̽͢͡T͒͛ͧ̊͡͏̼͈̦̫̰ͅo̟̪̻̰̳̼̲̩̾̽̔̋͐̎̕o̴̧̖͕̞͍͖͈ͪ͆̿̎̀ ̎ͭ̎ͯ̅̋͐̓҉̡͕̞̬̦̠̪̦b͇̉͐̽ͥ͌̏͜͡ͅa̓͊͊ͣ͑ͭͬͧ̒҉̩̩͖̝͡͝d̢̧̳͓̳̗̖̟͎̞̰͆̉̅ ̝̻̐̿̑́͆̓̒̀̀i̓͏̞̜̰̥͖ͅt̨̺͍͙̘͖͛̿͗̀'̖̤̀̓͢š̽͛҉̛͈̯̖̟̫̹͖̭̖ ̱͉̲̖͈̪̞ͧͨͤ̋͡ư̶̘͉̞̳̬͕̋̌͐ͬś̴͈̫́́͝ęͭͨͦ͒̽͌̽͏̖̻͓͔l͕̝̮̬̖̦̎ͬ̋̌ͨ̇ͅe̶̟̲͕̥͈͓͚̹̐̂̀̿͑s̨̖̫͆̀̽̇̏ͣ͒͜s̫̪͙̰̩̄͂ͧ͞ ̸̶̭̯̃̾a̬͔̦̺̲ͭͤf̸͔̯̣͗ͯ̃͗͢t̷̯̺̬̂̐e̙̳͊ͥ͊̅́̓ͨ̚͢r̴̤͚̱̫͕̥ͤ̆͝͝ ͍̩̤̩ͬͥ̄̅̆̉̀̚͜͡ǎ̜̥̳͙͇̂ͥͨ̂ͮ͜͞l͉̜͙̬̠͓̅͊ḷ̨̬̞̭̹̣̖̀̔ͧ.̠̳ͬ̿ͬͨ̓̐͒̂͜͝"̵̶͔͉͇͈͔̜̭̼̂̊͐̈̓ͫ

The remaining mooks look towards where I had been "dead" and then where there boss was. Of course, unlike rational idiots, they decided that more dakka would solve the problem in front of them. Lasers shot all through-out my body, piercing gaping holes in my body as I slowly walked towards them. I could see the panic in their faces as they tried to stop my advance, any damage they did faded away as soon as it was made after all.

I could taste their fear, and it tasted disgusting.

I decide to end this game now.

Screws of all different shapes and sizes appear from the ground impaling them in various places. Some stab holes large enough for the unfortunate victim to watch their intestines fall out as they die, others simply die instantly as limbs are torn off their body or their hearts is speared clean through. It's a literal forest of nails, hehehe.

I admire it for a second, and then focus in on the fact that someone's trying to ruin my fun.

I could feel the world trying to collapse itself like it was some sort of simulation, I'm sure that someone was trying to do something very stupid right about now. Well, I wasn't going to let that happen, as much as this world wasn't real, I disliked those who thought they could play around with the lives of others so easily. They were the type of people I liked to crush the most.

It was as simple as breathing for me to reject their ability.

They were stuck with the decision they made.

Just like any other normal human being.

I go over to the little girl after getting rid of the gore forest behind me, and crouched down in front of her face. She was still a bit shell-shocked, but it was understandable. It had to be tough to run away from that many pedophiles after all. I wipe the splatter of blood on her face off, and pat her on the head before going on my merry way.

Good deed done for the day.

I kick a puppy on my way home to balance it all out.

Don't judge me.

Or do.

I don't care.

I walk past the bank as I head home, there's an inky pool of darkness surrounding it and there are some heroes waiting outside of it. I've already done my good deed for the day so I make sure to walk around it, it'll resolve itself. Probably. Well, at the very least it won't get any worse.

Anyways, I go home for the day.

I'm not surprised when I see the lady of fortune in my house, I am annoyed however that she was apparently playing the co-op game we'd been playing by herself. I knew she had to have known that was going to bother me, she wasn't completely reliant on her stupid power after all.

I make my annoyance known by plucking her in the forehead as I go next to her.

"What'd I say about going ahead, and no I don't care whether the story's really good or if you're just grinding so we can get through the game easier."

The way she looks at me is pitiable.

Why are those with the most strength always the most ill-adjusted to society?

5 days until the end of the world