The demon of chaos basked in glee. He'd overstepped his boundaries, however, the god's couldn't punish him this time since he'd sidestepped the code in doing so.
He hadn't committed the murder.
He hadn't lay one hand on those people.
He hadn't even rapped the red haired insane man. The kid had given it up willingly. Granted Verkur had gotten him drunk first. Surely his god could appreciate the art within that scheme.
He sat in his cave of a home. A half finished building in an area between Bayfield and Newcaster. The room was dark, the curtains drawn over the windows and the room lit only by two candles on a shelf above the mattress that sat in the corner on the floor. There was, in addition to the makeshift bed, a book case packed with books, a single wing-back chair, a pile of clothing in the corner, a half dead pillow and a single blanket on the mattress. Verkur sat in the chair, one leg swung over the arm, the opposite foot was planted in the seat, his knee in the air. One arm rested across his stomach, claws extended, the other hung down, claws just scraping the wood floor. His large leathery wings were extended and his hair let loose from it's holder, long and a little messy. He wore a pair of black jeans, unbuttoned but zipped up, and a black silk button up shirt, entirely unbuttoned, showing his grayish white skin and muscles. He was lean, not too muscular, and as mentioned, pale and almost grayish. His glowing white eyes are closed and he's not breathing. He doesn’t really need to, given he is basically dead and alive. The only sign that he is awake is that he is humming an incoherent tune.
He wondered idly at which god's attention he'd caught with his little stunt. Probably all of them, it is rather hard for the 'almighty all seeing' to overlook the chaos demon coming so close to breaking his code. But which ones had he really gotten their attention. Surly he'd snatched a moment of his god, San's, attention, since Verkur did worship him, and possibly death, because he had to deal with those souls of the ones that were dead. He wondered if maybe he'd be paid a visit by an angry god and he'd have to point out that he hadn't broken any rules. Maybe Viol would come and reprimand him, be cross with him for a while. Pity. Or maybe he would compliment his loyal worshiper. A smug smirk crossed over his lips at the thought, a break in his humming. Then it continued.
Verkur was feeling overly powerful at that moment. Cocky, even, one might say.
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Now Degla sat on a bench just outside of the Redway park. Usually he would go in but right now all of the gates were closed and locked, wrapped with bright yellow police tape. He sat there, bent forward with his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands. His long red hair was still at that impossible to deal with length, his blue eyes closed. ((OCC------->
To Murder or Not To Murder))