Don't Think Of It As Lying

When you need to get a hold of an all powerful being its actually quite difficult. Sure people pray to gods all the time, but they don't actually expect a response. They expect the god to just do what they want in general and not expect to have to give that god anything in return (sacrifices either personal or otherwise have gone out of style, I mean sure sometimes people will use some blood magic here and there, but no one is killing anyone for the gods anymore, which is sad and also good because wow killing someone else for your worship, kind of a dick move, please ignore my hypocritical stance with regards to necromancy because that's not worship its survival, completely different). All of that aside what it meant was when I wanted to ask the observer a question it was impossible to even find a way to begin to ask it something.

I tried painting, but he didn't appear in the painting. I tried asking him to arrive, but he apparently doesn't just show up when you ask. It made me wonder if I even had to find out anything about the death magic problem, or if there was a death magic problem! I even said as much and that got the dumb observers attention. Apparently asking for help means shit, talking like they don't matter, and suddenly powerful entities can't show up fast enough. In a way it was like my none existent dating life.

"You sure you want to go this route of ignoring my request?"

"You sure you want to lie to me about your request! Either I'm dangerous or the death magic isn't!" Yes this was Hanlon's theory, but you know it seemed right. The observer clapped, he clapped like a sarcastic ass when he knows he's been caught.

"Very good Mr. Lorentino you clued in, or were clued in most likely." He paused like to think for a moment, "Right Hanlon, of course he would clue you into my lie, yes I lied you are extremely dangerous and the existence of your harmful application of death magic is causing me problems, there feel better you're all the closer to your annihilation."

"No?"

"Good, as to why I didn't tell you that to start, because I wanted you to identify the source of the problem and not try and destroy me like you are no doubt attempting to formulate right now in your limited dirt creature mind." I was in fact thinking of things I could do to kill the observer.

"So what do you want me to do?"

"Preferably die and take the death magic with you, but I know that's not something that you'll agree to, instead I would like you to find the source of it like I asked you to, and before you hold your hand up and say you don't know how to do that, you know how to do that, you have the ability to track magic you just refuse to because you don't want to actually do what I told you to." I tried to say something back but he was gone. I tell you dealing with all powerful beings is a lot like dealing with an annoying neighbor, you have to be nice because you share a space, but man alive you wish you could murder them and hide them in a swamp somewhere...