Divine Intervention

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He walked down the sidewalk, his glowing blue eyes occasionally looking toward the buildings as he passed them. He wasn't really doing anything, he wandered when alone, Tesa was busy with something so here he was.

Aa he neared the opening og an alley, it hit him, the familiar images and sounds, the screaming and the fire. Wanting to get away from everyone he stumbled into the alley, moving in away from prying eyes. He slid down the brick wall as the flasback tore throgh his mind.

It ended as quickly as it had came, leaving his in a cold sweat and breathing hard. So he sat there, his emotions a swirling pool of pain.

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Sarro rode atop of Grief high above the streets of the mortal city, the beast thus far proving useful in traversing the narrow streets despite his considerable height. For now he was just touring the city, seeing what it had to offer. Suddenly Grief turned its head in a different direction, seeming to fixate on a particular point.

"Hm? What is the matter Grief?" Sarro asked the beast, pearing over to try and see what he was looking at. Suddenly Grief just took off running in the direction he was looking at almost full speed, swerving through traffic and simply running over top of anything that didn't move fast enough.

"Woah! Halt! I said Halt Grief! What's gotten into you?" Sarro shouted as he shifted his position to keep himself steady. Grief scuttled at speed until he suddenly rounded a corner into an alleyway, stopping suddenly in front of something. Grief let out a low baritone wail, not unlike what one would expect to hear from a whale underwater. It loomed over a man sitting on the ground of the alley, damn, it seemed Grief was drawn to the woes of yet another sad mortal. Sarro peered over the side to see the man in the alley.

"Damn it Grief, sometimes you really know how to live up to your name." He said before yanking on the reigns to tell grief to lay down. Grief proceeded to collapse its tall stilt like legs beneath its carapace until its legs were completely hidden, now low enough to allow Sarro to disembark. Sarro leapt off the creature to stand near the man, glancing at Grief's 'face' to scold him.

"I'm terribly sorry you must be in the middle of some personal thoughts, creatures like Grief here seek ou-" Sarro stopped right in the middle of his sentence when he turned and actually looked at the young man. The hair, the eyes, his face! He was nearly the spitting image of Xeros! It was him, he'd found his reincarnation, after all these years, here he was on a random world in a completely different galaxy altogether. He needed to take this slow, it was always jarring when they re-established contact.

"By the council....anyway, as I was saying, I apologize for disturbing you. You must be feeling a lot of grief right now." he said. Aedan would probably notice that Sarro's voice sounded low and quiet, as if there was nothing to be happy about. He didn't sound angry, or dissapointed, just....depressed, as if he was in the deepest throes of despair. Sarro wore a suit of armor, one that was badly cut, scraped and dented in various places all over. The visor even seemed as though someone had tried to pry it open by force, leaving enough space to clearly see two light blue eyes. Over the armor he ware a tattered and worn hooded cloak.

"I am Sarro, God of Sorrow to the Argelion Pantheon." he said, holding out his hand to shake. He immediately started searching through the mans feelings, trying to find what was bothering him so he could try and help, for he had had much practice in consoling the saddened.
 

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In a flash is moment of grief and pain was interrupted but a strange tall creature rode by an armored figure. He looked up as the figure approached him, his armor scratched and dented with a tattered cape hanging from his shoulders.

Not wanting to be rude he rose from where he sat, he listened as the figure explained the nature of his mount but then cut himself off, Aedan raised an eyebrow at the strange figure, for some odd reason he had a tingle in the back of his mind, almost a hint of familiarity, he pushed aside this feeling.

He narrowed his eyes a bit as the figure made the correct assumption that he was going through a lot of grief, the first possibility that popped into his head was that he was a telepath, Aedan disliked having his mind read, the brainwashing and mind control he'd gone through made him a bit protective of his mind.

He shook his hand when offered, "Argelion? I've never heard of that pantheon," he knew a couple of gods and demigods personally, his girlfriend was a demigod of the Greek pantheon, "I'm Aedan Drago, and I assume you being a god of Sorrow is how you knew how I was feeling."

He sighed a bit, the flashback had been intense, it had showed his family being dragged into their home, and how he had been made to watch as the house was burnt down with them inside, he remembered seeing how his mother and sister had cried as they were dragged away and how his father had tried to fight back as they did the same to him, his emotions were very much a torrent of pain and guilt.

He shook his head trying to focus his mind, "don't mind me, I doubt you want to deal with someone else's problems," he didn't like the idea of his problems affecting others, which was ironic considering his deep desire to help and protect others, "so, are you new to Manta Carlos?"

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"I would not expect you to, the pantheon resides over a different galaxy entirely. Aedan eh, right, in truth that would be Grief here, he is what is called in my realm a grief strider, they gravitate and feed off of grief....and occasionally fish." He said, looking back at Grief. Grief let out another low wailing sound as its two shortest insectoid limbs reached over to beg at Sarro's shoulder. Sarro reached into a pouch in his tattered cloak and held a handful of jewelry of various shapes and quality.

"Here you go Grief, you've earned it for finding him." Sarro said before tossing the jewelry in front Grief. The creature manipulated the jewelry with its two large talons, causing each piece to give a very dim blue glow.

"Please, I make it my job to help others with their problems, when you've lived for 500 years, you tend to experience a lot of grief, and indeed I have experienced much, especially given my domain, I doubt a little more will hurt." He said, laying a hand on 'Aedan's' shoulder.

"You are correct, my dear friend Minna, the Goddess of Love, brought me here to try and...recover from my own source of grief."
 

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"Another galaxy?" he asked, "I have a friend who is a goddess from space as well, Malara Tor," Malara was one of his closest friends, he had been one of the first to open up to her, mainly because Aedan never judged others on their past.

He listened as the god revealed his desire to help others, not so different from Aedan's own, though Sorro seemed more focused on relieving grief while he wanted to focus on protecting and saving lives. "It's a long story, two years worth really, though the event that started it all has always bothered me the most," he didn't know why but he felt that he could trust this strange god. He shook this trust to the back of his head, he didn't know this man, why should he trust him.

He looked at him as he explained that a friend came here to help him heal, "guess were here for the same reasons, "healing.......not as easy as so many make it seem. My grandfather sent me here, he thought it was a good place to start over," he sighed at the thought of his grandfather and his disgust toward him, "I think he's right but it hasn't been easy. I have a good life, great job, amazing girlfriend, but.....sometimes I wonder if I even have a right to be here." The memory of all the innocent people he'd killed while mind controlled swirled to the surface.

"If you're healing you shouldn't take on other people's problems," there he went again, despite it being a selfless statement, it was somewhat hypocritical, after all he was suffering greatly yet was going to dedicate his life helping others.

"I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be rude," in truth Aedan was very friendly, he liked being around people despite his sometimes anti-social habits.

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"On the contrary," Sarro replied, "nothing soothes me more than to know that I have helped someone in need, and I'll bet my immortal soul that you feel the same way, you can't help but help others can you? Always off to save another from some ill fate, you probably don't rest often either do you? That would be just like you, and i'm also willing to bet you hear that often?" he said. By the council he hasn't changed a bit, there was no doubt now. He'd have to alert the council about this as soon as possible.
 

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He squinted at the god, the glow of his eyes darkening a bit, "and how would you know that?" he knew there were telepaths here, people who could read your mind, he personally hated the idea of someone looking in his head, two years of mind control had burned that belief into him.

He took a step back, though he was usually friendly he could help but become a bit defensive, "are you looking my head?" he asked maybe a bit harsher than he intended. "I don't take kindly to people messing with my mind." Despite his anger he was calm and collect, ready in case things became hostile.

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"Yes, but not to worry, I can only see the sorrow and tragedies of your life. Sorry, it is my curse, but sometimes it can also be a blessing, and besides, it comes with the job." Sarro said as he raised his hands up, doing his best to make it clear he was no threat.

"As for how I knew these things about you, well, for one it becomes rather obvious for those who pay attention to you. But the main reason is a bit more....complicated." He spoke, giving a shrug. Grief's talon nudged at Sarro's shoulder again as it begged for more rings to feed on.

"Heh, alright a few more, but because you found someone important this time." Sarro replied as he tossed the creature a few more rings. They landed in front of Grief before a dim blue glow emenated from them once more.

"Look, this is going to sound odd at the very least to you, but you and I used to know each other, in fact, we used to be close friends." he said. He had to explain this slowly, make sure to give Aedan some time for the information to sink in.
 

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He closed his eyes calmed himself, what this man was saying didn't make any sense, he would have remembered meeting this man, let alone if they were close friends. He opened his eyes, their glow shifting with his thoughts and confusion.

"I don't know you," despite that statement the god did seem familiar, he couldn't understand this familiarity, he knew for a fact that he didn't know this being, he had only met one supernatural being before he came here and that was one of the teachers.

He searched his memories trying to find a memory of who this person was, how they supposedly met before, the fact was he was too young to have had a lot of really close friends, "I'm sorry, but I've never met you, perhaps your confusing me with another person."

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"Xeros....that was your name once. You won't remember that name, you likely don't know anyone by that name, overall that name won't make sense to you. But there will be a nagging feeling, like you should know that name, yet you don't. You're probably having similar thoughts about me. Please, allow me to explain. The reason you feel these things, is because at one time they were real. Not in this lifetime, but in a previous lifetime. In this life you are Aedan, in your past life you Xeros, God of Protection. It is why you feel such a strong need to protect others, it is in your very nature." Sarro said, doing his best not to come across as overbearing or threatening.

"It is also why you feel such sorrow for all those deaths by your hands, and believe me, I know all too well that feeling. If it is any consolation, believe me, I had far less of an excuse for what I did than you do."
 
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