Tales of Two brothers II ( life after death)

WHAT NOW ??

The brothers looked at each other  .... both were thinking the same thing...." shit what now" they both said at the same time .
They were both standing there dripping wet (not using magic or or much by way of demon means to deposit their brothers remains in the trench to avoid leaving a marker as to where they have been or to where to find Abyzmals body parts , tho Chamuel did mention the head cage had a low grade anti perception filter in the unlikely event someone stumbled upon it way down here ;which should last for centuries but will degrade over time ).
Raskal fishes a  sea creature out of his pocket and drops it unceremoniously into the waves gently lapping at their feet, Dizmal peels a some seaweed off Raskal and lets out an uncharacteristic chuckle despite himself.
"I don't why you're laughing you look like a sea monster , like from those books you used to read me stories from , when I was little " ... "HEY , .. Dizzy they aren't real are they?...the sea monsters , I mean !?."
Dizmal hissed and chuckled at the same time ,"don't be silly , just silly human fairytales , from a book I was given by an odd woman in a red hood , no ....the only monster in that ocean is Abyzmal", ...... "come on , Iam going to need to feed soon , we must get going".
" where we going to go?..... "What will we do ?."

"Well Raskal we cant go home , we have broken our own rules , you know that , we cant take out one of our own without sanction from and elder or higher up "
With a kind  of sigh , Raskal nods in acknowledgement. "I know , I fucked everything up , Its my fault , everyone  will know that, you COULD still go home Dizzy ", 'It was me that actually did the deed , not you , by the time we finished the deed everyone had fucked off " ..... he trailed off and looked at the floor .
"NO ....no , lets face it neither of us are popular  nor will we be missed , and we did complete the deed together ..., no , we will stick together little brother , we are in this together .......just try not to shit me too much eh?!  Dizmals attempt at humour  to try to put Razzy mind at ease , raised barely a weak smile .
Right well for now we may as well go hide out with a human I frequent to feed and read with .....he's dying ...hopefully not dead yet , we can hide there for a bit, he has no family , not many friends (probably already dead from the plague) and decide what to do from there".
So they set off , quietly and unassuming like humans, ( except mostly slip by unnoticed as they  mostly don't register in the physical realm without intention or demonic power) but for the time being they need to get by without magic or demonic means and keeping to the shadows till Dizmal has had time to think of how to avoid detection on a larger scale , it's not that most humans could see them anyway unless they are close to death and the veil is thinning( your average untainted human isn't endowed with the level of corruption and immoral filth a soul requires to perceive what a demon perceives let alone their existence ) also other creatures or just purely perceptive beings ( or humans endowed with specials gifts like the seer ) but mainly they were avoiding the scouting party of demons /acolytes and assorted humans , who have yet to discover the fate of their master .
"I've never really 'lived' in the human world before , I don't know how , I think we have a lot to learn brother "
"Well like I said , Raz we shall go to Edgars abode , and we shall see what's what's , learn what we can , stay for as long as possible , as I have no desire to hide in a cave like a bug, at least there should be a fire , there  are books and wine and that's a start "
"What do we need wine for , we have no need of it Dizzy"
No , no we don't, but a good book by the fire , and a glass of wine sure beats sitting in a cold damp cave "..... and with a stuck up look on his face ,"there are some things in the human world that aren't half bad and a good book and a good wine is one ."
They approached the big old home ( in slight disrepair ) in which Edgar rented a personal suite, it was quite self contained ,there were 2 rooms 'the study' it contained bookcases filled with books a huge mahogany desk, a piano and a sofa and chairs and lovely old fire place ( where he would occasionally heat a kettle for coffee and to warm left over food from meals the lovely Lily would bring him everyday ) as they approached the courtyard they realised it was abuzz with activity and human everyday life , Dizmal wasn't quite ready for all the buzz just yet , he just wanted time to think in peace and solitude .

"Oh this won't do , won't do at all , we shall have to come back later when there isn't anyone hovering about his suite, I know a place we will go , where I can think and I think you should enjoy the festivities , ...BUT and it's a big BUT ...for now you can only  watch ok ?! " , there will be plenty of time for exploring ......seems all we have is time" and with that Dizmal let out a kind of hisss .
Raskal nodded , and felt Dizmals hand on his shoulder and instead of standing near the entrance to the courtyard , they found themselves sitting on the the roof of an old building . Over looking a marketplace , full of colour and activity , music and minstrels .....Raskal was agog at all the activity below on the street he hadn't seen so much going on in one place before ( sure he'd been to celebrations and around music and dancing but this was buzzing with activity )

Raskal was like little kid his eyes were darting all over the place his attention was taken temporarily away from their dilemma,
And the predicament in which they found themselves, to the sights and sound of the activity in the busy marketplace .
Dizmal saw the excitement on Raskals face and a wry smile passed briefly his lips , and he slowly withdrew into his own tortured thoughts and for him the sights and sounds of the marketplace faded and  the recent events .....that dark deed done replayed over and over in his tortured thoughts, just knowing they WILL haunt his dreams for many years to come.

.....to be continued

*(Abyzmal, Raskal and Dizmal a names and concepts and appearance are @infernumasylum property and remain his creation.
This is merely fanfic so doesn't follow closely his lore or that of religion or demonology either ......just waffling , a bunch of words thrown together to amuse myself with ....enjoy or scroll on 😎💙❤️🎭