The Shinigami (Two Weeks Ago)
Hell is all I can see here.
Want to know the funny thing? I didn't have to be there in person. I never have to be. The mind and eyes of another tell me everything I need to know. Shows me every twisted vision I have to see.
Humid wend flowed past me, my stomach churned uncomfortably as an ungodly scent drifted past my nostrils, into my lungs. The heat on the back of my neck was explained as raging fires danced before me.
And I saw them. THEM. Burrowing through the streets... rotten bastards..
And it all ended as soon as a bullet cascaded through my ribs. Everything went black, my senses gone dull.
The one I saw this horrid vision through died.
But I lived to take it all in.
I saw the carnage that went down that night. It's Gothic City, happens every other Tuesday, right? Another terrorist attack on that cesspit was normal. I don't even know how it's still standing after all this.
It SICKENED me.
I wanted nothing more than to stop it, but what was I going to do?! I'm just a telepath, a clairvoyant! Looking into people's heads to perfect my powers! I HATE sitting here, watching all this blow over, watching a terrorist walk free because every other costumed vigilante or task force are too useless to stop it all! What can I do, I have no power to intervene, to stop it all, to save lives, to bring down evil!
Or... do I?
It's a crazy thought. I can use my telepathy to look into people's heads... but can I do more?
Should I do more?
What if... what if I could change what's in people's heads, to alter people's fate through their mentality? What if I could... save people's lives by eliminating those whom would do harm? What if I could cast judgement with my telepathy, instead of being a bystander just watching it all. Do I have that kind of authority?
Could I even succeed?
Yes... yes, I can't watch anymore. I'm done hearing all these reports on the news about another killing, about another terrorist assault, about another freaking bit of dreadful news about this country, this world, sinking lower and lower into the abyss.
I have these powers... maybe I can put them to better use. From the background, doing what all the others can't. I have to! Things have to change! And I... I can change it. This world can't really on costumed fools or private factions and groups to save it.
People need to know that there is a chance, that there is hope. And those dragging this world down further?
They need to know that they can and will be punished, by things they can't even see. Can't even comprehend.
Justice has to be given, a different way. A better way. My way.
OOC:
Introducing... the Shinigami. My telepathic Light-Yagami archetype that I made a few months ago and never got around to using. A brief little prelude I came up with rather quickly. Hope you enjoyed!
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