Mercenaries of the Gods: Chronicle One - Stories

Revealed in the Light

The glow of the embers fade into the ash while the dark of the sky fades. Eyes locked on Robert, Morothoth continues "...and that was about three weeks ago." 

Visibly upset by the story, Robert raises his hand. "Hold on a minute. You all sacrificed Zaidu to kill Tiamat? That doesn't seem right, even if turned out to be a traitor." 

Morothoth gives Robert a sinister grin. "Right and wrong are subjective. Besides, we are not good entities. We do what we must. Even if that means sacrificing an unknowing pawn to our cause." 

As Robert gazes at Morothoth while he tries to create a rebuttal, Kadlin glances at the horizon and looks back to Robert. "Ya should stand up Robert. Suns almost up an ya about to change an it's much better ta da it standin, trust me." 

Worry fills his face as Robert leaps to his feet. He glances at Morothoth, concerned about what's about to happen, but all the dragon does is smile. Before anyone says another word, they all watch as the wall of light races towards them. The warm rays of sun strike Robert and his body slowly begins to glow white. He levitates several inches into the air and his glowing form pulsates and ripples. Rays of white light shoot from his eyes and fingers, and golden wings erupt from his back. His sudden transformation ends and he falls to ground as the glow of his body fades. After taking a moment to collect himself, he slowly rises to his feet, standing not as Robert, but as Zaidu. His white eyes look over the other five as he gives them a dirty look. "I'm a solar entity and the sun reveals who I am. Of course." 

As the other chuckle, Morothoth says with a smart smirk "You are correct Zaidu. A simple, and amusing, way to accomplish the reveal." 

Still smiling, Zaidu sighs. "And I wasn't a traitor. I did exactly what you guys told me to do." 

"Fuck yeah, we did! And it worked like a charm." Alan says as he runs his fingers over Kadlin. 

With a huff, Zaidu shakes his head. "And you taught me how to make a resurrection point on the mortal coil, so when I die here, I reincarnate there. Then I die there and return here." 

Kadlin give him a huge grin. "Course we did. Can't just leave ya ta get deleted by Tiamat. An I'm glad ya pulled it off. Not all da it right tha first time. Last guy we showed that trick ta is still stuck in a reincarnation cycle." 

Zaidu glares at them all. "And you guys are all jerks who like to pull pranks on entities that you call friends!" 

With a chuckle, Thrack rises to his feet. "Your words are wise and true young Zaidu. One must find fun in this world the best they can." Everyone else stands. Alan puts his hand around Kadlin's waist, and her tail returns the favor. Rina sucks down the last gulp of Wallace Gold Brew and casually tosses the bottle into the woods. Thrack gives a stretch before casting a spell that makes the beanbag chairs vanish. 

"You didn't tell me how much it would suck reincarnating!" Zaidu snaps as Morothoth inhales what is left of the embers. 

"Course we fucking didn't." Rina pulls out a bottle from inside her, quickly pops the top and takes a gulp. "If your bitch ass knew, you would of fucking chickened out if we told you that cause reincarnation is fucking worse than being a sodomy practice dummy in Hel but at least it made your fucking common better!" 

Zaidu's glowing white eyes flash in annoyance as the odd party all walk away from the fire circle. "You guys are sadistic creatures! Plus, you messed up parts of the story bad. Alan didn't scare me in the bar near as much as he said. My common wasn't nearly as bad as you say. The fight with Tiamat went completely different that you said. Now I think of it, most of what you said was wrong." Rina passes him the bottle and he takes a quick gulp. "I remember it like this..."