Greg
Emma was dead, my apartment was destroyed, Taylor was in a coma, and I feel like absolute shit. Overall though, it could've been worse. The wards were cool, there was another Pisces named Starfish around, and she was, well, cute I guess. The leader was some guy named Aegis, and I was told Clockblocker wanted to meet me.
"Greg?"
I looked up and smiled.
"Denis! I haven't seen you in years man!"
I gave him a hug.
"Yeah, I triggered after that acid trap, so the void cowboy finally beat the game."
I laughed.
"Yeah, can't count the number of times I've died, but you know I powered through, and how are you doing?"
"Great, being able to slow or speed up time for myself and others really helps. The team could always use another Pisces, the gangs play fucking rough out there you know?"
We laughed.
"Yeah, I spent the entire night running for my life with Emma and Taylor."
"Who?"
"Emma's a red head summons a pirate ship."
Denis frowned.
"She's dead, killed a whole lot of the ABB before they took her down, but you know."
I shrugged.
"She was crazy, coo-coo for coco puffs crazy."
I sighed,
"But goddamned was she hot."
"You two?"
"No, thank god no."
I smiled at him.
"Its been a really rough week man, I could use some pizza."
"The pizza here tastes like ass."
"Still hungry."
I got up and let him show me around.
"So I heard about how you got here, you saw the endbringer fight?"
"Yeah the Neverman actually fished us out of the water and saved our asses."
I yawned.
"He's pretty chill, didn't talk to us, just got us out of the water, gave us a thumbs-up, adjusted his tie and then kicked Leviathan's ass."
"Makes you glad we live in a Pact city doesn't it? My mom's car got trashed during the riots, he's going to pay for a new one."
"Sweet."
"Yeah, sometimes I worry about when the other shoe is going to drop."
I nodded.
"If he was going to pull something he would have done it years ago Denis. He's-"
I thought about the games.
"The Neverman is harsh right? but in the end I also think he's fair."
"But he's, you know."
I had to defend him he saved my life.
"He pulled me out of the ocean Denis, didn't have to do that but he did. No one was watching, no one would have cared. The other three endbringers, they're bad, all they do is take and destroy."
"And the Neverman?"
I sighed.
"I think all four of them are doing this as a game right? The other three, they destroy things and wreck our shit because it entertains them. The Neverman understands that a real game requires rules, that if you want to have fun you have to give back."
I remembered Leviathan running away.
"Really?"
"Look at Leviathan, he got his ass kicked, and now he has to hide under the water. Ziz she has to keep moving in the air, Behemoth's under the earth. They're alone, but the Neverman's got an entire city in the sky. He can go down and have a cup of coffee, and no one's going to mess with him. He has people who work with him, allies and friends."
I smiled.
"He won the game."