`` HERMES [Audition Post]

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I am Hermes, some know me as the god of messages, or flight, or the god of thieves; I am all of these things. I was the only one around at this time, unless you counted the souls of the dead, which I could see. I was the 'herdsman' of the dead, a title given to me by Hades. Artemis had done a splendid job with the moon, and like always, I was stood staring at it; The silver glitter of the moon was reflected onto my black orbs, and I closed my eyes before I stretched my neck out.

As the day grew as old as the ache in my heart, more shadows pirouetted and twirled about my face like blackened ballerinas, both graceful and nightmarish. I wondered how long it had been since light had touched this hollow; even in the flames of summer sun this place simmered silken shreds of winter’s frost on its walls and in the pockets in the chipped, striped wallpaper. I had an odd fondness for abandoned places like this, as if on some level they were connected because long ago their families – their foundations – had slipped out from under them, leaving them to do nothing but crumble without the support there to hold them up.

I knew what it was like to be slowly falling apart on the inside when all those I had loved had left me alone on the outside. As if my despair had become physical, the shadows’ shades grew bottomless, causing my faith in being found to wither away like a daisy unable to grasp even the smallest bit of nourishment, the white petals falling at an empty and lifeless pace.

My hope was as fragile as glass, tinkling unmusically and scattering as it dropped from my bone-tired grip and onto the hard and formidable floors below. I felt as if everything I owned had been crafted by fragile glass, and each time the I let something go, it cracked and splintered.

I had not seen another God, or Goddess, for a few days, and usually I would not be bothered, but with the darkness slowly creeping up on me; I wanted a simple chat, just something to keep the darkness from my heart; Anything would do. A quick glance around, and I snorted loudly, was I not supposed to have anything to do today?

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*please change your name to hermes you can put your ooc name in brackets [ ]