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Avery was perched on a building, looming over his hometown, or what was left of it. Would you look at that? All of what I used to know, now covered in ash and debris. Perhaps I should never have left. But he knew very well that even if he had stayed, what could he do to stop this?
At least as a deity he could hope to survive. Perhaps guide someone to safety. God, could he at least help someone, just anyone. That's what he gave up his humanity for after all. Was there even a God to listen to him? Was anyone truly in control?
So many questions and not a single answer.
He heard someone step onto the roof of the building, with the familiar light footsteps and fast pace, he knew exactly who it was.
Dimitri, his best friend for the past 300 years or so.
“I thought I would find you here, I've been looking for you everywhere, what are you doing? The council-” He stopped when he looked down at whatever still remained of the small norwegian town. “Well I can see why you were here now.” The smaller man had sat down beside him. Dimitri was also a deity, so he could change his appearance however he wished, although he was teased for his height, he never changed it because it was “too unnatural”.
I guess everything was unnatural these days, perhaps it was for the best. Something to cling on to the humanity they once had.
“Anything you wanna talk to me about, buddy?”
“...”
“Come on, talk to me”
“Why did we do this? What did we do to deserve this?”
“What do you mean?”
Avery sighed and looked over the few snow covered trees that had been spared. “Well, when we had both ‘achieved’ our higher being status I thought we would finally be left alone and not have to worry as much about anything anymore. I guess we can't even rest well in death, can we?”
“Aw come on, we aren’t actually dead are we?” said Dimitri, just trying to lighten the mood. “We killed ourselves to get this far.” replied Avery. He would have had a wistful look in his eyes if he still had them. Now they were just pools of empty void, literally as they had black liquid constantly streaming from them. I guess they contrasted well against his pale skin and long, platinum hair. “Well, I guess we aren't truly dead, If we were, then why do I still fear death?”
Dimitri wrapped his arm around his friend reassuringly, but did not say much reassurance. “Well I guess it's ironic that we stand for life and death but don’t have much experience in both, never having actually died, but we never had much of a life.” The sun was about setting now, leaving the sky a soft purple, pink, and orange. Dimitri leaned more into Avery’s shoulder. “Do you ever wish we hadn’t taken that opportunity” asked the smaller deity. Avery shifted his head towards him. “You know? To stay human and actually live our lives?” Dimitri had looked down in thought, but then looked back up again. “Well I guess so, if we did we wouldn't be alive and we wouldn't witness whatever the hell is happening.”
“Ironic that death is the only thing we fear now, isn’t it?” said Dimitri, now turning to his more or less, ‘true form’, as he reverted back to his shadowy self, quite literally. “I hope that we are chosen to help run this ‘new world’, I'm pretty sure that's what they are calling it.” Avery turned his head down at the shadow “ I can already see what’s going to happen, when most all man made things will be destroyed, and the world will go dark.” “Yeah and all the humans will also die off right?” questioned Dimitri. “Well yes, and that means we will probably die not too long after.”
“I honestly hope we do, I wouldn’t like to be in a world with no life and is pitch black, It’s not worth living for. I would miss the light, I wouldn't mind looking at the sun again, or looking at you.” Avery laughed and said “You like looking at me?” “Well anyone would, you are a very handsome guy.” Replied Dimitri
The silence had overcome the two now. Who knows what they were thinking at this time.
Avery had turned to look at Dimitri, looking into his blank, white eyes “Well I like looking at you too, I don’t think ill be able to look at you for much longer, since you are like a shadow. And Avery was right about that, Dimitri’s cloak had faded into dark tendrils, and his face was shrouded in mystery, only being able to see his glowing white eyes, a true contrast to Avery.
“Well, whatever happens, we'll go through it together, right?” Avery reached his clawed hand to his friend. Dimitri took it. “Just like old times.”
The sun had set by now, most likely for the last time.