November 26, 2019

Kiera is in her room, the guest bedroom, staring at a spider on the wall

A purple cat is sitting on Kiera’s windowsill, its tail knocking against the glass rhythmically.

They turn to look at it and scoot over, opening the window. "Hi, kitty!!"

It meows at her and jumps inside the room.

Kiera closes the window and extends a hand for it to smell.

It sniffs their hand, rubbing against them.

They pet it! "I've never seen a purple cat before.... what a special little guy"

"𝐖𝐡𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮!" It said, its voice sounding like it’s being played through a 1950’s radio.

Kiera fucking SCREAMS.

The cat screams back.

Kiera scoots away from it. "HOW DID YOU TALK???”

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬!" The cat said, stepping away from her.

"AM I HIGH????"

"𝐍𝐨, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐝!"

"A GOD???" She asks, terrified.

"𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬!" The cat transforms into a skinny white man with medium-length black hair and wearing a suit in a poof of purple smoke. He sits on the edge of her bed.

Kiera screams more.

The god screams back in an offended tone.

Kiera stops screaming. “ARE YOU GONNA HURT ME??"

"𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲!"

"Oh-" They say, trying to calm down. "S-so why are you here?"

"𝐓𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲! 𝐈'𝐦 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝!" He lays back on her bed, arms folded behind his head.

Kiera nods. "O-oh- okay- s-so a God wants to hang out with m-me??"

"𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮! 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬!"

"I-I have?" Kiera asks, tilting their head.

"𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐲! 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐈, 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!"

"Oh, really? You'd do that for me?" They ask curiously.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐨? 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝?"

"Gods never helped me before...." They say, looking down.

"𝐖𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞?"

"That's a good point..." They pause. "Wanna see a cool rock?"

"𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞!"

They take out the rock and show it to him.

"𝐎𝐨𝐡! 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭! 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭?"

"On the ground somewhere," They say, blushing a little bit and taking out a few knives. "Here are some of my knives,"

"𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥! 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐭?"

They nod! "Please,"

Fenrir pulls out a purple, shiny dagger from his pocket and shows it to Kiera. "𝐁𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩!"

They marvel at it. "It's gorgeous...."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮!" Fenrir grinned widely, his pointed teeth gleaming with joy before he put the blade into his mouth and bit down on it, still laying down on the bed. "WHY ARE YOU BITING IT!" Kiera asks in horror.

Fenrir gnaws on it. "𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝!"

Kiera pauses. "Now I wanna try.."

Fenrir manifests a dull version of the blade and gives it to Kiera.

They GNAW on it.

He GNAWS on his!

Gnaw buddies. After a bit, they let go. "So... why me? And how will you help me?"

"𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞!"

"Who's your friend?" They tilt their head curiously.

"𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐲!" He smiles, taking the dagger out of his mouth and slipping it into his pocket.

Kiera nods. "Oh! You guys are friends? Also, what's your name?"

"𝐎𝐡, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞! 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐮𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮!" He extends a hand out for Kiera to shake.

Kiera takes it! "I'm Kiera, nice to meet you too!"

Fenrir shook her hand, soon sitting up and turning to face Kiera. ”𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝." A vine boom is heard in the distance.

Kiera stares at them. "Really?"

"𝐌𝐡𝐦𝐦!" Fenrir smiles. "𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨!"

Kiera blinks and looks down at the knife, messing with it. "Sucks.”

"𝐈'𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞!"

They shiver at the thought. "Yikes….wanna see all my knives?”

"𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞!"

They start showing Fenrir ALL their knives. Like every time you think it's done another comes out of their jacket. Like a clown car.