When night came

“...and I was in the darkness so darkness I became.”

[holyisthenameofmyruthlessaxe]

The Black Unicorn: Sequelae by Audre Lorde

[exmpxsakura]

misunderstanding;

@akbulxmp | continued from [ here ]

Min was acutely aware that his new supervisor was, technically, his father. He had simply chosen, as soon as he heard about this unsettling development, to not acknowledge it. As far as he was concerned, he had watched his dad die years ago. He did not want or need some sperm donor trying to act like a father now, when he was a whole-ass adult. No thanks. Hard pass.

So, he had walked into Akbul’s office to complain like he was any other asshole god that he had a bone to pick. At least he was fairly sure this one wouldn’t be quite as violent as Ares. Probably. Then again, maybe this is where he had gotten his own violent streak from.

He was nearly done ranting about how unfair it was that they didn’t have access to some kind of weapon when they sometimes had to deal with unruly gods when Akbul looked him dead in the face and said he didn’t understand- but it sounded more like he just hadn’t been listening. Weirdly, he almost sounded confused. Or maybe surprised? Maybe Akbul was just straight-up stupid. Most of the gods seemed to be, in his experience.

“I think you took me a little too literally,” he commented with an exaggerated roll of his eyes. “Do you need me to talk slower? Or were you ignoring me on purpose?”

[akbulxmp]

‘Brat...’

... was the only thing Akbul could think of after hearing Min’s ‘questions’. It is not that he could blame the boy for his bold behaviour, since he didn’t even know about his existence, nor the way he had grown up. Nevertheless, it was not the wisest way to talk to the boss, nor a god. Seems like Akbul has still a lot to do to teach this boy some manners, 

Even though Akbul is wearing his sun glasses as always, his raised eyebrow is clearly visible and should reveal his innermost thoughts to the younger man. He is not amused to say the least, so he lets some time pass before he answers with a firm voice. 

“Do you even know who you are talking to?” 

An ambiguous question, he knows, but one on purpose. Akbul is curious if the boy knows about their relation beyond their employment relationship. He shakes his head a little, not even giving Min a chance to answer as he stops the boy with a way of his hand. “Forget it...” Akbul couln’t tell if he was afraid of the answer or just didn’t want to start a fight at the very beginning. Anyway, Akbul has no idea how to deal with this situation. 

“Just repeat what you’ve just said.” 

Lets start with finding out what the boy were just ranting about... 

[stellarflex]

[exmposiris]

[ a thousand lifetimes ]

@akbulxmp 

[exmposiris]

continued from here:

(…) Akbul couldn’t deny that he was happy to see his friend again, but as always it was only a matter of time before Osiris said something that left Akbul feel deeply embarrassed.

“ I can wait a thousand lifetimes for you. “

Cloaking the two of them in his shadows to hide his red cheeks he mumbles “ Cheesy, Osiris, cheesy…” Maybe he should have better asked someone else if he could crash at their place… Why does he always end up in such embarrassing situations?

to say that it’s a surprise to find the god of darkness at his door is an understatement for sure. it had been months without the mayan god’s presence on the island, and osiris can’t say anything other than that he’s missed him. for a few long moments all he could do was just stare and then he wrapped akbul up in a big, excited hug, that he hasn’t ended quite just yet.

“akbul,” he says, and as always the name rolls from his lips with warmth and affection - one could perhaps even call it love. as one of the few people tall enough to rival his own height, akbul is someone he loves hugging and so he does not even attempt to pull away, especially not because akbul isn’t trying to get rid of him. “you’ve been gone too long,” he scolds without letting go, and then sighs deeply as he tucks his face away in the crook of the mayan god’s neck.

“it’s okay, though. i can wait a thousand lifetimes for you.”

the world goes absolutely dark around them, which he can tell even with his eyes closed, and he breathes out a smile, simply nuzzles a bit closer into the mayan god’s neck and holds him a bit tighter, not caring in the slightest what exactly akbul is hiding within the darkness - maybe it’s the fact that osiris is a big ball of clinginess. that’s fine, he doesn’t need the world to know how much he’s missed doing this, as long as akbul knows. he’s called cheesy as well, but he doesn’t care about that either - isn’t it long known already?

“only for you,” he chimes back playfully, and then finally straightens up a little, letting his hands slide down the other god’s shoulders in the darkness so he can take hold of his hand and pull him along to inside the apartment, closing the door behind them and then blindly feeling for the guest slippers in his shoe closet, putting them down in front of the other god - or at least that’s where he’s aiming at.

“come in, let’s sit, tell me where you’ve been. let me go close the curtains.” he lets go of akbul’s hand only then and steps away towards his living room. a few steps and he’s out of the darkness, swiftly making his way around his entire apartment to close all the curtains and block as much of the light coming in as he can. once he’s done, he turns back around, eyes hoping to find akbul again so he can take his friend in and just beam the brightest smile at him in existence. “it’s so good to see you!”

[akbulxmp]

“only for you.” 

Osiris` words are followed by another roll of Akbul`s eyes and he`d like to hit back, but after all he is here to ask for a favor, so he swallows the words. Akbul looks down on the slippers for a few seconds before he decides to slip in and scurries into his friend´s apartment hidden by his shadows. A small smile flashes over his lips as Osiris closes the curtains, a gesture of friendship to Akbul, and speaking with a soft voice he scratches his neck while standing in the midle of the room, somehow lost - as always. 

“Business... had things to do...” 

Akbul shrugs a little, not really wanting to talk about the topic for reasons. 

“Good to see you, too.” 

HIs eyes drift around the room a little lost in thoughts as they stop at the sight of the couch. He heard Osiris´ invitation to sit down, but first he wanted to clear up his question. 

“I´ve just returned and my room isn`t ready yet... Can I sleep on your couch for one or two days?” 

Akbul has no idea why this question was so hard to ask, since they are friends. It seems the time away from the Island made him more socially inadaptable than ever before. 

[promptfairy]

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add context   &   change gendered language to your needs .   happy roleplaying !!

“   great .  just  fucking  great .   ” “   any  ideas  on  how  to  get  us  out  of  this  mess ??   ” “   this  is  the  last  time  i  go  anywhere  with  you .   ” “   haven’t  you  done  enough  already ??   ” “   don’t  worry ,   i  have  a  plan .   ” “   well ,   that  didn’t  work .   any  plan  c ,   genius ??   ” “   you  know ,   i  genuinely  don’t  think  this  could  get  any  worse .   ” “   how  did  you  manage  to  do  everything   incorrectly ??   ” “   this  is  wrong .   all  of  this  is  wrong .   ” “   looks  like  we’re  stuck  here .   ” “   admit  it ;   you  have  no  idea  where  you’re  going ,   do  you ??   ” “   we’re  completely  lost .   ” “   of  all  the  people  in  the  world  i  could  end  up  stuck  with  …   ” “   well .   was   this   your  idea  of  a  fun  vacation ??   ” “   how  is  the  tank  almost  empty ??   i  thought  you  said  you  got  gas  before  we  left !!   ” “   there’s  a  gas  station   five  miles  /   eight   kilometers   from  here .   we’re  just  gonna  have  to  push  the  car  there .   ” “   the  good  news  is ,   i  found  someone  who  i  think  can  help  us .   the  bad  news  is ,   i  don’t  think  they  speak   [ language ] .   ” “   thank  god ,   it’s  about  time  you  showed  up  to  help !!   ” “   could  you  run  any  fucking  slower ?!   ” “   i  can’t  get  any  signal  out  here .   ” “   someone  stole  my  fucking  wallet .   ” “   we  are  below  rock  bottom  right  now .   we’re ,  like ,  in  hell .   ” “   are  you  really  just  going  to  leave  me  here ??   ” “   okay ,   you  being  dramatic  is  not  going  to  help  us  find  a  way  to  fix  this .   ” “   are  you  bleeding ??   ” “   i’ll  try  to  find  us  somewhere  to  spend  the  night .   ” “   i  don’t  know  what  to  do !!   i’m  not  a  doctor !!   ” “   of  course  this  happens  to  me .  i  can’t  even  be  surprised .   ” “   i  can’t  walk  …  you’re  gonna  have  to  carry  me .   ” “   things  could  always  be  worse .   at  least  you  don’t  have  flesh - eating  bacteria ,   right ??   ” “   don’t  panic ,   but  i’m  pretty  sure  we’re  being  followed .   ” “   maybe  some  music  will  help  you  calm  down .   ” “   my  glasses  are  broken  …   ” “   i  didn’t  have  enough  rocks  to  write  out   ‘ help ’   so  i  just  spelled  out  ‘ hell ’ .   ” “   maybe  we  can  play  a  game  to  pass  the  time  until  someone  notices  we’re  missing .   ” “   okay ,   i  swear  this  is  not  what  it  looks  like .   ” “   there’s  a  killer  storm  going  on  outside ,   so   unless  you  want  to  disappear  under  mysterious  circumstances ,   i  suggest  you  get  comfortable .   ” “   how  long  was  i  out ??   ” “   well ,   at  least  i’m  trapped  here  with  you .   ”

[akbulxmp]

“ things must be catastrophic if you’re calling me at this hour. ”

Things were catastrophic. So catastrophic that Akbul would like to storm out of his safe apartment in the midday sun. But yet the sun was his biggest problem, after all he was a deity of night and darkness. The sun was an insuperable barrier. There was no time, he couldn't wait till sunset. He came to a conclusion for now as he grabbed his phone to deal a well-known number.

"things must be catastrophic if you're calling me at this hour."

A sigh slipped out of his mouth and there were a moment of silence before Akbul answered the female voice on phone. "Hecate..." Again a short moment of silence he culdn't believe himself what he was about to ask or to do. "How good are your sun protection spells?"

[akbulxmp]

“ don’t say it. ”

Akbul definitely had to speak to Ares about his job specification as the head of security, since Ares bothered him way too often with secretary-like tasks, that he was not responsible for – such as sending him on errands like right now. The Pits was no place, that Akbul would enter on his own, since he could never understand people, who were entertained by brute force, nor did he take a liking to betting.

The gym looked and smelled exactly as expected and with a slight shiver in disgust running down his spine, Akbul hurried at a smart pace to the office, where he expected Hel to be. The sooner he can deal with the task, the sooner he can leave this place again. The woman, he detected, had that certain vibe, or you could also say aura, that Akbul did know all too well of deities, who are related to death or underworld, so he assumed she must be Hel, even though he never met her in person before.

Without hesitation he was about to tell her what brought him here as he was interrupted by her sharp voice before he could even say a single word.

" don't say it. "

For quite a moment Akbul stopped dead in his tracks, mouth still half open, somewhat perplexed and wondering what had just happened. He didn't even know how Hell did know about what he was just about to say. Has Hel telepathy abilities? After realising that he still didn't say a word, nor did Hel, Akbul cleared his throat, ready for a second attempt. "Don't say ... what?" he asked a little sheepishly.

Why was social interaction always this complicated?!

[iyeolie]

― your coffee-making skills aren’t at all like your skills in the or

[akbulxmp]

“ don’t pretend like you understand. “

Akbul didn't have to pretend. He didn't understand, nor what's going on. The island had one surprise after another in store for the god of darkness and one seemed to be more disturbing than another. First day back at work he came to know that his new boss was no less than Ares and Akbul couldn't help thinking that Ares meant more trouble for Babylon than any other person could cause...

Whatever the case may be, it seemed that the calm days in Babylon were over – at least for Akbul – and as if this wasn't enough the biggest surprise were given to Akbul as he checked personnel data of his subordinate security guards. He checked Min's profile over and over again but couldn't believe it. How could he not know about one of his children? Why didn't anyone tell him about his son?

Before he could really think about how it could happen that he missed one of his children, no other than Min entered the office to rant about something, but Akbul wasn't even able to listen since all he could do was to stare at this boy, trying to see any familiar features in the boy's face that remembers him of the woman he had met in the past. But there was nothing, his memories weren't helping him.

After a moment he came to back to his mind, realising he didn't hear a word of what the boy in front of him just have said except for the last.

"don't pretend like you understand."

" I don't. ...", he stammered out. Akbul's voice was full of astonishment and he cleared his throat while adjusting his sunglasses before he speaks again, eyes still fixed on the boy's face. "I don't understand. What did you just say?"

[akbulxmp]

“ i can wait a thousand lifetimes for you. “

To nobody's surprise the god of darkness despise light. At Christmas time it is even worse because of all the fairy lights of Christmas decorations all over town – or to be precise all over the world – and it only got worse over the last decades. So the best Akbul could do at this dreadful time was to hide at the darkest place he knew – Xibalba.

He had left Mount Phoenix only a few months ago and it still amazed him how the human world – and also MP – can change within a short time. After his arrival he came to realise that MP's administration work fast when it comes to vacate a flat – even of a god – so it'll take a day or two to get a new apartmet with his stored belongings furnished.

The only problem was that it was in the early hours of morning and close to sunrise, which means that Akbul needed a place to hide from the sun. That is how it came that he found himself standing in front of Osiris' door with a clinging egyptian god around his neck. He wasn't even able to finish his sentence to explain why he was here before Osiris was ... well,as always... a little overexcited, childish and clingy, but he expected that kind of reaction from Osiris. After all this is how he knows the other and even got fond of.

Akbul couldn't deny that he was happy to see his friend again, but as always it was only a matter of time before Osiris said something that left Akbul feel deeply embarrassed.

“ I can wait a thousand lifetimes for you. “

Cloaking the two of them in his shadows to hide his red cheeks he mumbles " Cheesy, Osiris, cheesy..." Maybe he should have better asked someone else if he could crash at their place... Why does he always end up in such embarrassing situations?

[soulprompts]

emotionally intense prompts.

idk my dudes i started listening to the etern.als theme music and now i have these things. bon appetit!

“ i’d follow you to the ends of the universe, if you asked me to. ”

“ how bad is it this time? ”

“ we’re the only thing standing between this world and its destruction. ”

“ we could stop all of this… with just a thought/flick of my wrist. “

“ fair?! how is any of this fair?! “

“ do you truly believe that anything so little as a rule, or a law, might have stopped me from protecting you? “

“ we have to fight. ”

“ we’re not giving up. ”

“ you. i’ll always and endlessly fight for you. “

“ i can wait a thousand lifetimes for you. “

“ we’ve had a pretty good life. but maybe normalcy is a thing we’re meant to protect, rather than enjoy. ”

“ i don’t know if i can protect you any longer. “

“ we’ve seen what they’re capable of. now we need to retaliate. “

“ if only the world knew what we do for them… ”

“ i’m sick and tired of being the one who has to make the sacrifices! ”

“ haven’t we lost enough? ”

“ i’m tired. beyond tired… i am exhausted from the endless fighting. ”

“ things must be catastrophic if you’re calling me at this hour. ”

“ this is what we’ve been waiting for. ”

“ i’d follow you to the bitter end; as i always have. ”

“ the time has come. ”

“ this is what we’ve been waiting for. ”

“ i thought we had more time.  i regret to confess… it appears that i was wrong. ”

“ don’t let them control you, eh? ”

“ you’re better than this. ”

“ everything’s about to change… ”

“ do you truly think so little of me? ”

“ careful… you’ve never had to fight me before. ”

“ we need to leave. ”

“ we’re a good team, you know. “

“ look around you. do you still truly see no reason for us to fight? “

“ we’re family. we don’t turn our backs on each other. “

“ it’s too late! let’s go! ”

“ it wasn’t your fault… ”

“ why are you doing this?! ”

“ i’m sorry… “

“ perhaps i don’t say it enough, but… i’d like you to know that i’m always here, if you ever wanted to talk. ”

“ you/they will always be worth fighting for. ”

“ don’t pretend like you understand. “

“ tell me how i can fix this… ”

“ don’t say it. ”

“ they’re not worth saving. ”

“ i am a god. you… you’re nothing. “

“ well. for whatever it’s worth, it’s been a pleasure fighting alongside you. ”

[onceuponamusing]

People don’t get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don’t stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it.

Stephen King, Carrie (via onceuponamusing)

[the-mist]

[akbulxmp]

It’s been a while...

starter for @mposiris

Akbul couldn’t tell how long he is already standing in front of Osiris’ door. It’s been a while... a long while to be honest and when he thinks about the last time the two of them had seen each other, he only hesitates more to ring the doorbell. Their fight were serious and nothing what time will heal. It’s not really that he regrets his actions, since Osiris pushed his buttons so well this day, that he was asking for it. Though Akbul didn’t expect that Osiris would become so ‘quiet’. No surprise visits, he stopped to keep on pestering on Akbul and Akbul couldn’t help but thinking it would only be like this for a couple of days before the Egyptian god wasn’t able to hold himself back any longer. But time goes by and no Osiris was within sight. 

As matters now stand, Akbul isn’t even sure if Osiris would be ‘happy’ to see him. He already wanted to visit the other god a few days before, when he had heard about the difficulties, Osiris had to overcome, from Phobetor. It was his first instict to go to the Egyptian god to ask him how he is doing, but he feared he wouldn’t be welcome and as if Phobetor could sense all of this struggle with himself, he was sending Akbul on errands today, with one stop at Osiris’s door. It gave Akbul the perfect pretext to face the other god again, but yet he hesitates. 

A heavy sigh slips past Akbul’s lips and he tilts his head back for a little while, closing his eyes to focus his thinking on the upcoming meeting before he rings the doorbell while massaging one of his temples. 

[akbulxmp]

“ don’t look at me like that. ”

A loud and annoyed sigh left Akbul's mouth. He didn't even care to hide his mood. It is rare for him to be in a bad temper, since he is usually self-composed and always keeps his cool, but lately things didn't work well in any and every possible way and that had a huge impact on his mood. He couldn't even count the times he heard that sentence 'Don't look at me like that' or something like that and he is tired. Tired of trying to understand or to care about his facial expressions. Social interaction is still a big mystery to him and right now he can't be bothered to deal with it, even though the woman in front of him seems to be a god and it'd not be quite wise to meet her with a snub, but who said he is a wise man? After slightly wrinkling his nose, he talks back to her before he passes by the woman to 'ditch' her.

"Then don't look at me. Problem solved."

[akbulxmp]

“ don’t look at me like that. ”

"Like what? ..."

There is a big question mark written all over Akbul's face. Sitting on his friends huge couch while listening to Tohil's talking about his day at work, Akbul kept a straight face... or at least he was thinking he did so, but Tohil's statement about his look indicates something else entirely. It is true, that it wasn't easy to follow Tohil's drift now and then, but mostly because Akbul's mind has been preoccupied lately. In summery he listened to most what Tohil was talking about, even though he thought that his friend has a small propensity to exaggerate.

" I don't know what you mean..." He mumbles under his breath before he takes a small sip of his beer a little embarrassed, trying to change the subject by asking if the other is also hungry and if they should order food.

[adlcrz]

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