A Slice of Pizza
Short Story
By: Gustavo Simmons
A
long time ago, there were seven beings who were manifestations of the inner
darkest emotions of humanity. Intangible beings, who had the ability to
manipulate the emotions of beings… at the end, these beings were sent to the
mortal plane to live an existence of life and death because of the sins the
committed and the sins they turned.
Lust,
Wrath, Pride, Gluttony, Envy, Greed and Sloth were among us, among humanity.
The cycle came every 90 years; all of them would live and die on the same day
and time, the only exception was that all they were going to be born on
different locations around the world but after 20 years of living they would
gather on one random place and live near of the same city or country.
That
was the mythos of the Seven, a mythos that everyone over time forgot. Yet, two
of them were eating a pizza on the outskirts of Tampa, Florida.
It
was a Sunday, January the 6th of 2002. They didn’t have a name; but
they were old friends and brothers, part of the cabal. Two of the they, Pride
and Wrath were sitting as they did for eons. On this life, Pride was born in
North Carolina, while Wrath was born in Colombia. They look as they could be
related but their flesh was far away from being related. Pride was tall and
skinny, he had many tattoos based on Star Wars and The Legend of Zelda; Wrath
was short and stubby, almost physically inept. Yet, they were two of the most
powerful beings in the universe, each of them able to manipulate emotions and
life beyond death.
“It’s
been a while my brother, how did you discovered this place?”
“Cappy’s?
I used to come here when I was younger on this life. Probably one of the best
pizzerias in Tampa”
“I
see” Said Wrath while eating a slice of cheese.
“Do
you think the population will accept the new order in world?”
“No,
they will revolt again. It will happen a similar scenario that repeats itself
every 110 years”
“Explain
yourself” Said Pride.
“Franz
Ferdinand, Kennedy, just to name a few. Humanity, even in some way we are part
of it, it always finds a way to go forward, we as beings who are able to exist
beyond death, beings who are agents that manipulate humanity to achieve certain
future, we can’t control them, we can’t even control the outcomes” Replied
Wrath while cleaning his mouth.
“You are right, much of the time, we can only
sit down and enjoy this show while we eat pizza. I wonder what is on the news
right now?”
“Who
knows, but I heard there is a bloody protest on Washington D.C. and Ereshkigal
is having a feast of souls right now”
Wrath
just simply smiled.
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