forum Death to the Righteous (Closed o/o with Jaiden)

Started August 23, 2022 by @Anxietyfilledcinnamonroll group

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Gabriel gritted his teeth, moving closer to the demon. "I don't have that experience, you're right. But I do have a right to have a grudge. Those pure little angels condemned me, tried to hang me, beat me around like a ragdoll. You're not the only one, bastard demon child." He hissed. "I've had the sheer experience of watching everyone I love die at the hand of those posers. You can't speak to me about traumatic experiences, bitch. I am like this because my species made me into this. Molded me into this!" He wrapped his hands around Nyx's throat. "I have every right to talk. I know true pain. I've lived a few centuries to know." His grip tightened. He knew he would be battered by the creature, tortured, maybe even killed… but Gabriel didn't care. He hated how Nyx spoke to him. "I may be a pawn, but I will not fall by your hand. You're my pawn. You are no lord. You're a fallen soldier. Killing me will get you nowhere toward there. I have no connections to that demon."

Nyx's eyes widen, then close.

They open again, and the world twists and bends around Gabriel, Nyx's eyes cracking like glass prisms, refracting light weirdly.

"Oh, child. . . you poor, poor arrogant child. . ." they grow in a howling chorus of rage and grief, Gabriel's hands cracking and twisting, being forced to realease his neck.

"You really, truly think to challenge ME, your MASTER? You ARROGANT fool! Killing you will do WONDERS for finding my father. Killing this entire BLASTED WORLD WILL GET ME WHAT I DESIRE! YOU WILL NOT HINDER ME, YOU POMPOUS FOOL." he screams, a now taloned, scaly hand reaching out and slamming Gabriel into the ground, the ground cracking with the force of it, the earth rumbling as Nyx's anger overflows.

"I WILL BREAK YOU, RIP YOU INTO SUCH TINY SHREDS SLOWLY, SO SLOWLY THAT YOU WILL BE BEGGING ME, SCREAMING AT ME, FOR IT TO END. I WILL SHATTER EACH AND EVERY FACET OF YOUR MIND, CRACK YOUR SPIRIT LIKE AN EGG, UNRAVEL THE VERY ESSENCE OF YOUR BEING. YOU WILL WATCH THIS ALL HAPPEN, AND I WILL MAKE SURE YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO WATCH THIS PATHETIC, UNDESIRABLE PLANE OF EXISTANCE DIE WITH YOU."

Gabriel didn't think he would gain the upper hand, no. He thought he would be put down like a rabid dog with a bullet to its head. He didn't expect his surroundings to melt and twist around him. Everything recognizable had been distorted like a wonderland. He didn't look up at the demon to know everything would reflect a broken world. Gabriel had taken everything for granted, but now he felt as if trapped in a nightmare. He screamed through his teeth as bones crack in Nyx's effort to displace Gabriel's hands. "You are not my master. You are not my original master." He hissed. The world crumbled around him. In a flash, he was slammed against the ground, gasping for a desperate breath. "Killing me will not draw your "father" closer to you. I told you, I have no connections to him." Gabriel clawed at Nyx's hands, tears pricking at his eyes. "Kill me if you dare! It'll give me relief. It will give me relief from you. TEAR ME APART. LET ME WATCH YOU KILL ME. SHATTER MY FUCKING MIND! I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY!"

Nyx howls wordlessly, a clawed hand slamming down against Gabriel's chest, all his ribs ribs cracking and shattering.

"Original master or not, I AM your master! I OWN you! You will NOT question me! By destroying this world, by destroying YOU, I shall finally draw my father out, so I may RIP OUT HIS HEART AND EAT IT." he shrieks.

"I WILL NOT KILL YOU YET. Didn't I TELL YOU what would happen, CHILD? You will cower at my feet, a DOG for me to COMMAND. When I tell you 'SIT,' you will SIT. If I command you 'STAY,' you will STAY. If I command you to 'DIE,' you WILL DIE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU ARE NOTHING. WHEN I BREAK YOU, THAT IS WHEN YOU WILL WATCH EVERYTHING BURN. THEN YOU WILL DIE."

Gabriel coughed, letting out pained howls. His entire body ached with severe pain. He wanted freedom from this prison. It was hell. More than literal hell could ever be. He struggled to speak, words harshly making their presence. "You're one.. hell of a master then. I will question you in… all of your choices. It is my humanish nature." He coughed forcefully, his body shuttering from the pain. "I will not get you what you want. I am but only an insignificant warlock in their world." Gabriel’s fruitless clawing at Nyx's hand grew weaker. The pain transformed into an awful headache… he grew dizzy. He smiled, blood staining his teeth. "I will play your games, but like a dog, I will not listen all the time. Sometimes, dogs don't appease their masters. Good luck breaking something that is already broken."

"Then I will REMOVE that from you." Nyx snarls.

"All I need is the death of this world. That is all. You aren't really part of the world, but you are in it. So you must be BROKEN before I KILL you."

"So be it. But one thing I will NOT tolerate is violence against my person. Next time it happens, you won't be lucky enough to escape with minor damage. And there are many ways to break that which is broken. One way is to heal what was lost, then shatter it again." they assert.

Gabriel laughed, but it quickly turned into a pitiful whine from the pain in his chest. “Take away all you want. Take away everything that this word is made of. I’ll be waiting for you at the edge of it. I’ll make it easy for you to exterminate me…” He clutched his broken chest, the pain slowly putting him out. “As you wish.. master.. no violence against you.” He took in a shallow breath. “You call this minor damage? You broke my body.. how much further can you go?”

Nyx finally releases Gabriel, the room returning to its usual state, ignoring most of the man's statements.

All the damage that had been done to the ground and Gabriel was gone.

"Much further than you even know."

Gabriel lay on the floor despite being let go. The room might have reverted to normal and he might have been fixed, but it felt as if his chest had been crushed with a bulldozer. His limbs were sprawled out haphazardly. He whined before speaking. “Then break me as far as you can. Let’s see how deranged I can get… let’s see the shattered prices of glass.” Gabriel lifted himself onto his knees, heaving a great breath. He stood, leaning back backward and stumbling into his desk. Taking a wheezy breath, he reached for a cigarette. His hands shook dreadfully, making it ineffective to light the cigarette. At this point, his body start to collapse upon itself and he knew he need to pass out. He moved forward, swaying as he walked across the room before collapsing into his bed. Gabriel could have been mistaken as dead if it wasn’t for his obnoxious breathing.

(Ooo, okay. . .)

Ny watches Gabriel silently, not bothering to reply.

He gets an idea.

I can retrain him, if I make him different. he thinks.

There's an echoing click!

A ripple of energy flows through Gabriel's mind, erasing all memories and experiences.

Knowledge of forms of torture, of ways to kill and maim and destroy, remain, as well as all Gabriel's knowledge of his powers, though the knowledge of how he learned these things is completely erased.

He also leaves Gabriel's addiction to demon blood intact.

But now he can reshape and train the man the way he wanted.

All of Gabriel’s former years disappeared in a flash. All trauma and signs of struggle found melted away. Since some parts of his memory disappeared, the parts remaining moved to fill the holes. Gabriel would know there were holes, confusion was a cost, unfortunately. Memory was a privilege, a privilege he lost. His eyes opened wide. The blue of his irises reflected an ocean of the lost, an ocean of confusion. Did he still know he was? At least remember his name. Who was he? Gabriel sat up, staring at Nyx with wide hollow eyes consumed by sudden fear. He stayed silent, not speaking a word to the demon.

"Your name is Gabriel. And you are my thrall." Nyx smiles, looking down at Gabriel.

Gabriel nodded his head slowly, still confused about who this random demon was and how he got here. “I know my name is Gabriel..” He murmured. Not every memory had been lost, but the majority of them were lost to another timeline. Now, according to Nyx, Gabriel was under his control. That's who the random demon was. His master.

"Good, you remember that much at least." Nyx chuckles.

"Do you remember anything else?" he asks, knowing full well the answer would be a "no."

Gabriel tilted his head. Remember anything else? There were other things he should know. The holes pained him so. He shook his head no? "I don't know what you are talking about. I also remember limited things." Gabriel paused, pressing the palm of his hand to his head. "Of course I remember my name. It's important."

Nyx grins snakily.

"Good." he murmurs.

Nyx pauses. "Important, huh?"