Divine Assistance by L G Estrella

Author:L G Estrella
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00

Rabblerousers

Many of the gods had siblings although exactly what that meant could vary quite dramatically. For younger gods, it could mean having the same divine parents. For older gods, it usually meant they had either been created by the Supreme Mother and Supreme Father at the same time or were cut of much the same proverbial cloth. Perhaps the most famous siblings amongst the gods were Death and Bureaucracy – also known as Death and Taxes – but there were many others. The twins, Wisdom and Knowledge, were another famous pair of divine siblings, and they shared everything with each other from their temples and clergy to their tools.

However, few siblings evoked the same visceral terror and dread as the trio known to gods and mortals alike as Mayhem, Mischief, and Rabble. The three of them had been inadvertently – and sometimes extremely advertently – responsible for more carnage, disaster, and general chaos than almost any other god. Dealing with one of them was a nightmare, but dealing with all three of them? Hah. There was a reason that whenever they needed to be reined in, the other gods always sent either Fate or Bureaucracy.

Naturally, the mortal world was in for a bit of a shake up since all three of them had somehow managed to schedule their holidays at the same time. There was nothing quite like a bit of mayhem, mischief, and rabble to keep the world interesting.

At least, that was what the three of them thought. Everybody else? Not so much.

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Mischief liked to appear amongst mortals as a little girl with red hair and a light dusting of freckles across her cheeks. It made it so much easier to get away with things although it had led to the unfortunate belief amongst certain mortals that redheaded children were naturally mischievous and inclined toward evil. Beside her, the oldest of the three siblings, Mayhem, had taken on the appearance of a stout fellow in his mid-twenties, the sort of vigorous, young man who might make his living as a soldier or a mercenary. On the other side of Mayhem was the youngest of the siblings, Rabble. For this particular trip, Rabble had decided to don the shape of a middle-aged merchant with enough of a paunch to suggest he’d seen his fair share of success wheeling and dealing. Times were often tough in the mortal world, so only a successful merchant could afford to have an overly large belly. Thanks to some previous jaunts into the mortal world, they’d discovered that this configuration allowed them to have as much fun as possible, and these trips were all about having fun.

And wasn’t that what life was about too? What was the point of living if they weren’t going to have any fun? They might as well be dead if they couldn’t enjoy themselves now and then.

Sure, some of their fellow gods would disagree. Death could be such a stick in the mud. He was a nice guy most of the time, but he wasn’t exactly the life of the party – pun fully intended.

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