Gods Damn You

"Here are the two assholes who have been waiting." I'll admit it wasn't my best introduction to a court of gods. For their part the court (which was made up of six gods with little placards indicating their godhood, it felt more like a city council meeting than one of powerful beings) reacted with boredom and little attention paid. The only person who seemingly cared was the Fire god who sat at the front of the room with the more extravagant position and chair (denoting her power in the council, apparently I was to learn she was effectively the only decision maker and the rest of the gods were their at her request because she needs little from them anymore).

"Approach and speak we will listen and decide if you should be annihilated." That was the god of the sea speaking, he was a short looking man who was balding, apparently sea worship had faded.

"I am here on behalf of..."

"Why didn't you annihilate me when my god died?" Valrym took over and was annoyed by his insistence in stepping up! We were there for Hanlon and not his petty bullshit! We were there for my petty bullshit err Hanlon, there for Hanlon.

"Valrym that is your name correct?" It was the Fire God speaking up, which left the other four gods to not care, like they literally just sat back apparently when she talked they stopped caring, "Valrym you were allowed to exist in the off chance people believed in your god again, they have not and we don't care enough to wipe you out. I mean does anyone care about whatever the earth god advocated?" She looked around the rest of the god's didn't seem to notice or even speak up, "There ok, I guess that's resolved right?"

"You just don't care enough to destroy me? Then why was I brought before you all those years ago?"

"I don't know Valrym I think we were bored that day? Look you want to become a problem we'll deal with you, just like we're dealing with Hanlon, which I can see by Trezlan's impatient stomping you clued him into." I was very upset Valrym had hijacked my meeting to talk about his stuff, it was upsetting I was upset.

"Yes I'd love to discuss..." I started in my speech and the giant roughly grabbed me.

"And we'd love to discuss with you about your dangerous use of necromancy and god killing, but first Mr. Lorentino we will be imprisoning you until we decided we want to have that conversation."

"YOU BASTARDS!!!" I got it off before I was drug out of the chamber and deposited in a cell, next to Hanlon, because hilarity.

"I assume this was your attempt to rescue me?" He had a smile on his face but from the look of him it was the first time in a while he was smiling.

"I was trying to defend you from the god's unjust imprisonment only to be unjustly imprisoned myself." He shrugged to himself, and thus I was imprisoned again, but the gods damned gods. Which I'll admit, is a new high for me for imprisonment.