New Gods

For the record I didn't ask for any of this, I never prayed to the devil or searched out old tomes of power. I didn't have any family heirlooms that contained mysterious abilities. My family was a long line of people who just got by and weren't horrible people or really amazing good people. So I was as shocked as anyone could be when I figured out that I was 'special', that's the word I'm using for it as the others sound a little corny. Let's be honest, superheroes and villains don't exist for the usual reasons of realism, but who is to say that certain people don't have little things that set them apart from one another.

There was a really bad snowstorm one winter. That's when I was activated, for lack of a better word. Temperatures dropped to record lows, mass snowfalls and windy conditions made travel almost impossible.

No, no strange visitor came to my house, no long-winded explanation or glowing lights. I was watching tv when suddenly I got a blindingly painful headache. Enough to make me almost blackout, and when it passed it was like I had downloaded the basic gist for what was going on. I was in the bloodline of a divine being, and by being activated in this way, I would increase my divine 'parents' power by doing what they could not. Which was exist on earth. After that, the message was either garbled or I was on my own.

Yeah yeah, I know you are getting tired of me just ranting on and on, but you haven't spoken up or moved yet have you?. You haven't rolled your eyes or even nodded. Do you want to know why? Its because I didn't let you, it seems along the way of my life. I stumbled onto something, something amazing. It's like from a movie only there is no instruction manual or old wise guy to teach me. Nothing horrible happened to me in my childhood either so I have no clue where this came from. Also, no one is hunting me, yet.

I can control/influence people's thoughts, actions and desires. Actual control is difficult and takes a lot of energy. Influencing people is so much easier as nobody but crazy people think twice about the reasons for doing things or are on guard against unwanted thoughts and feelings. If I'm really amped up I can do it all without talking, but it's tiring so I speak what I want and as long as we share a language it works. Anything I do to people seems to stay for weeks or months even unless I asked them to do something utterly horrible, then the mind starts to revert. Otherwise, you wouldn't BELIEVE what people will make excuses for.

Also, I was gifted with better than average stamina and strength. For example, I was a great runner now, even if I hadn't run since high school. I was stronger but not A-list actor, underwear model muscular. As well I seemed to not feel cold anymore. First person to make a joke gets to punch themselves in the groin for two hours.

Now I can think of not a single 'Good' thing that this can be used for, so I don't bother with being a decent person. I mean cmon, life shits on all of us, and for all the good that people talk about it's a damn slippery slope to abusing it. So I started small and am working my way up to see what happens.

Why am I telling you all this?... well it can be a little lonely not being able to tell anyone about all the crazy shit I get up to, and there is no one to brag too that don't want a piece of it for themselves. So I'm talking to you, don't worry I will make you forget when it's all over so your conscience will be clear.

So yeah... where to start... I'm going to skip the embarrassing first times and whatnot as it's not really that funny and I get to pick what we talk about.

####Authors note This story will be kinda off the rails at times as I'm using it to blow off steam and using the trope of the unreliable narrator, as i think that's funny ####