[ WP ] You wake up one morning to find that you are banned by God from life for `` cheating . ''

**Demigod series** 
 
 **3\. Banned** 
 
 `` Yeah laugh it up, fucktard, this is all your fault.'' 
 
 Wiping his eyes, and apparently barely able to suppress another bout of laughter, C looked at me. `` He actually banned you? No joke?'' 
 
 `` Would I be looking like this if he did n't?'' 
 
 `` I suppose not,'' C said, `` Wait, how are you even here? You sure He does n't know? I mean, looking like-'' he waved a hand in the air `` -whatever this is, should help, but He *is* supposed to be all-knowing and all that.'' 
 
 `` Called in a favor, tricked a few Watchers, the usual. He really is n't all that he's made out to be, you know. Thought you'd have that figured out by now.'' 
 
 `` Well, I figured that some of the weird stuff was exaggerated, but all the classics are true, right? I find it hard to believe that you could walk among the living without him knowing, no matter how well-hidden.'' 
 
 `` Honesty, there is n't that big of a difference between him and the others.'' 
 
 `` You're telling me that God, The God, is not omnipotent, omnipresent and all-knowing?'' 
 
 `` Well he's capable, certainly, he can be in more places at the same time than anyone, and you're not gon na beat him at a game of Trivia. But omni this, omni that? More like omni gullible. Tell you what, you know how they say that the greatest trick that uncle Lucius ever pulled was convincing the world he does n't exist?'' 
 
 `` Of course.'' 
 
 `` The greatest trick that God ever pulled was convincing the world he's better than them.'' 
 
 `` What are you saying?'' 
 
 `` I'm not saying anything, just that, you know... He's not all-knowing. Or all-seeing, for that matter.'' I gestured at myself, `` Case in point.'' 
 
 `` So when dad said I could n't steal Lil' Jim back because He would know instantly that I'd been in His room...?'' 
 
 I shrugged apologetically, `` Dad never liked Lil' Jim, bro.'' 
 
 C was silent for a while, for a few seconds he looked angry. Then, as I knew he would, he got a mischievous glint in his eyes. `` Excuse me, brother, but I have a pet to rescue. Good luck with getting the ban lifted!'' 
 
 I smiled at him as he slowly faded from view, `` You go get Jimmy, I'll be fine.'' I took out my phone and held three, as I let my body revert back to my usual form and my smile slowly morphed into a smirk, `` Oh, I'll be more than fine. James? Yeah, he totally bought it.'' 

