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kierthos ([personal profile] kierthos) wrote2005-04-15 07:42 am

fiction

i'm hiding today. demons are hunting me. many of them. but they won't find me. i hide too well. i know the safe places in the subway and in the dark places. we don't get demons down in the dark places. they don't like it there. maybe it reminds them of hell. they like staying on earth and doing evil. they don't like hell.

they don't like my knife either. it's not the same one that saint peter first gave me. one day i woke up and this one was there instead. it's bigger. it's got writing on it i can't read. but when i met saint peter again, he said he gave it to me for killing so many demons. he said i was very good at it. i like saint peter. he hasn't lied to me. not like the demons. all demons lie to me. they say they won't hurt me. that they know a safe place where it's warm and where i can get food. they lie. sure, it's warn in hell, but they will hurt me. they have hurt me. but i got better.

i killed two demons yesterday, but a third one got away. he saw me, and he saw the knife, and he ran. he was scared. he got the police to come after me. the police don't believe in god. it makes it easier for the demons to corrupt them. i pray to god and saint peter every night and every morning. sometimes, down in the dark, i can't tell if it's morning or not when i wake up, but i pray anyway.

i know it's night now. it's safer at night now. there are bigger demons out at night, but it's still safer. the night-demons aren't afraid of me yet, because i haven't killed any of them. i've only killed day-demons so far. night demons are bigger, but they're slower and stupider. i'm going to kill one tonight before i meet saint peter. i know i'm meeting saint peter tonight. i just know. maybe at the old church, or maybe on the way back to the dark place where i hide. i'll turn a corner and he'll be there. maybe he'll have a demon that he needs me to kill. maybe he'll send me to kill a demon, instead of me just going out and looking for them. i haven't failed saint peter yet. i don't want to.

it's time to go.
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author's note: yes, it's the same man from here.

[identity profile] the-corruption.livejournal.com 2005-04-15 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
That... almost... sounds... like...

an In Nomine RGP fanfic???

Dare I even hope...

Someone else on the planet even remembers that game?

[identity profile] kierthos.livejournal.com 2005-04-15 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Remember it? I've played it.

It's not intended as an In Nomine fanfic, though, but I don't doubt that my having played the game and read several of the sourcebooks, even if it was a couple of years ago, had some influence on the story creation.

I could easily see the main character as a Soldier of God. Possibly delusional, but hey, being in touch with the forces of the Almighty might just do that.

[identity profile] tribalwynds.livejournal.com 2005-04-15 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh!Oh! I remember that one...Then it goes pooftah and we get WW Demon the Fallen instead. Not that I'm bashing it, I just never got around to playing it. In Nomine looked really good, sometimes I see used copies pop up from time at the green dragon in charleston, just never picked it up since I'm hunting for Earthdawn materials.

:)

[identity profile] tribalwynds.livejournal.com 2005-04-15 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for posting the fiction. I've always enjoyed your writting. It brought up memories of the demon hopping human hosts in Fallen. Take care :)

Re: :)

[identity profile] kierthos.livejournal.com 2005-04-15 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, I've seen clips of that movie, but never the entire thing.

Re: :)

[identity profile] tribalwynds.livejournal.com 2005-04-15 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd like it. It's a good one to rent. The ending was well done, IMHO

[identity profile] have-you-seen.livejournal.com 2005-04-26 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn, figures. I don't read for a couple of days and you finally post a story. I likes it, but I do love your style always.