forum Broken Dreams and Haunting Memories// Closed!// 16+

Started September 19, 2020 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

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“You took the last one, I’m assuming?” He asked, mostly rhetorically because if Astral hadn’t then who did.

"It's in the workroom," Astral said, nodding.

“Good.” He replied. He’d keep that in mind to tell Alec. He fell back into silence, waiting to see if Astral had more questions.

Astral fell quiet for a moment, looking down for that time.
"Who was buried in that grave Simon visits?" He finally asked.

He inhaled sharply before simply replying. “That’s for Simon to talk about, not me.” He knew how much Evan had mattered to Simon.

"Alright, then…" Astral let out a breath, shaking his head some.

Emile was glad the god didn’t push it. Emile knew Evan was still a very sensitive topic for Simon, and that he preferred not to talk about it, especially to people like Astral.

"Is there anything important I need to know?" Astral finally asked, leaning his head back.

“About that particular subject or just in general?” He asked for clarification, looking over at him.

"Both," Astral admitted. He looked back over as well, hands still in his lap.

“Well about that particular subject…you may just have to accept that he’ll never want to tell you about it. It’s something that brought him a lot of pain. He almost failed out of high school from the trauma and grief.” He said. But even as he explained this, he figured the god would go looking for answers at some point anyway.

"I see…" Astral would check. Eventually. He wouldn't ask, of course; he'd check Simon's memories directly. He didn't want to upset Simon by asking.

“For just in general….I don’t think there’s really too much. Or at least nothing you probably wouldn’t have figured out already. The poor kid has a hell of a lot of triggers though, that’s for sure.” He let out a sad sigh.

"Yeah, he does…" And more, probably, from the things Simon has done. This sad, really…

“Anything else you want to know?” He asked, trying to move the conversation out of the sadness zone.

"What's your connection to Simon?" Astral finally asked, tilting his head.

“He accidentally summoned me when he was little. One of those dumb incantation things that kids dare each other to do. This was back when he lived in a big group home, and a few of the older kids dared him to do it. They thought that for sure I’d kill him and that was just…so awful to me. Simon of course had no idea that that’s what they wanted. He was such a sweet, trusting kid. And I guess I just decided that I wanted to take care of him as best I could. I went everywhere with him for awhile. No one could see me but him. All of the adults thought I was just his imaginary friend so it wasn’t a problem. But he eventually got to the age where I couldn’t do that anymore..” the story of course wasn’t completely true. Or at least, he wasn’t the one who’d experienced it. It’d been Alec that’d found Simon, and kept him company throughout his childhood. But Emile had heard the story enough times to retell it as his own.

Astral shook his head some.
"Kids… So, what religion you a part of, then? Christianity?" The god shifted some in his seat, tilting his head again. He didn't doubt Emile, of course, he didn't have much reason to.

“Unfortunately yeah.” He replied, rolling his eyes. “They’re a bunch of superstitious pricks- at least the humans are. Some of the angels are alright but a lot of them are dicks.” He had plenty of reasons to dislike the religion honestly.

"Oh don't I know it," Astral said with a quiet snort. He shook his head, sighing.
"You know how many worshipers I've lost to those assholes and the 'monogamy' bullshit?"

“That sounds annoying.” He replied. Though if they’d stopped worshiping Astral, they’d probably be better off.

"Very. The less people worship, the weaker we gods get, and the weaker we get, the closer we are to us and every soul tied to us disappearing." Astral let out a low breath.

“Well that’s very much not good.” He said, more thinking about how Simon would be affected than the actual god himself.

"Not at all," Astral agreed. "Especially since claimed don't count as worshippers, we rely on people on Earth. Their numbers are dwindling, though…" It worried Astral.

“Eh don’t worry about it, you’ll probably be fine. A lot of the more traditional religions are dwindling in popularity at the moment, so some of those people might find their way to you.” He reassured. He had no idea what would happen to Simon’s soul if Astral really did disappear.