Inside a bar in the ninth ring of hell.
There is a crowd, yet they are silent as they keep their focus on the stage. Red eyes, blue eyes—things that, when peered into, the only thing seen was the abyss itself. On the stage sat a hound, or a creature that looked like a hound; it was made of smoke, and vapers danced in the light. Between its fingers, a cigarette burned cherry red against the black. The creature took a drag, and the cigarette burned bright and slow. It expelled out the smoke, leaving its lungs and mixing with the air.
"I wrote a story," it said, waving a hand through the cloud.
"I wrote it at a time when I thought I understood what this was about." The creature chuckled, shaking its head and taking another drag. Eyes blinking, things move, and the creature sees all closing in around getting closer to the edges of the light.
"And then I saw that I didn't. That it was more than just... well, the sex that I had made it out to be." It bowed its head, watching the ashes drift to the floor. A wave of heat rolled across the stage, and the creature winced at the smell of pure brimstone that assaulted its senses.
"For a time, I thought I could continue this story. I kept writing and writing...but I just couldn't do it. For it was not my story to tell." The spotlight flickered; it looked up, squinting and shaking its head.
"I decided no more. Let it be told by that who wrote it first." The creature looked down, noticing the cigarette had burned away to the butt.
"I have been released from the burden of free will. I have committed my Cardinal Sin."
There was no longer a bar or a stage, only eyes and the spotlight with a creature who no longer was.
"This is the end."
The light went out, and those that dwelled in the darkness with the eyes of the abyss closed in.
I suppose i should explain. I watched the most recent episode of Helluva Boss and it kind shook me a little. Not like earth shattering shook but it made me realize that there is more to the characters and the story by Vizpop that i really didn't understand. There was a plan for another part to Cardinal Sin maybe even just outright a story from it. But i don't think i could really do it justice, so I end it here. I'm thankful to those who expressed there enjoyment of the story, and Im sorry to those who thought there would be more to it. It has been a pleasure, I take my bow. And as I have started every story I end it with this.
If you but follow me...I shall release you from the burden of free will.
Sincerely yours, Olyolyoxenfreed.