God on the Run

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“God on the Run” is a novelette published on Patreon in 2023. Evan has been on the run a long while and has just hit new bottoms. Mitu has been on the bottom a long while, and longs to go on the run.

## Warning

“God on the Run” contains explicit violence, explicit expletives, economic discontent, heresy, toxic masculinity, monsters, jerks, vampires, wrath, party fouls, breaking and entering, murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, punching, kicking, elbowing, fantasy depictions of the occult and witchcraft, portrayals of divine and demonic matters bearing little or no resemblance to religious canon, and discharge of firearms within city limits.

## Synopsis

Evan had been hired to perform a risky repossession of a muscle car. When he was caught he was beaten and thrown into a cellar, with his captors intent on killing him later. There he encountered Mitu, an entrapped otherwordly being. Together, they set out to escape. To do so, Mitu empowered Evan with several supernatural powers, instantly making him into a capable and powerful Practitioner.

## Appearances

### Characters

* Evan Murphy, a young man just the right side of the law
* Mike, muscle
* Donny, muscle
* Frank
* Christian Miller, a celebrity-athlete-influncer and asshole
* Anatole
* Mitu, a goddess of sorts
* Cornelius (mentioned only)
* various unnamed guards and a vampire

### Locations & organizations

* Los Angeles
	+ A mansion in Hollywood Hills
	+ Griffith Park

## Continuity

The story is set in the world of Good Intentions but is unconnected to the main storylines.

Mitu had been held captive and dormant by Cornelius for three hundred years. Anatole claimed her after Cornelius’s death, together with other belongings. That places the story sometime after *Natural Consequences*.⁠ Later revelations about the Special Task Force make it likely that it is placed sometime after *Past Due*.⁠

## Theories

“God on the Run” opens up many questions.

Is Frank a corrupt cop or an infiltrator? A cop on an undercover infiltration mission wouldn’t carry a badge, and while some crimes probably can be excused during infiltration missions, murder is probably not one of them.

Donny noted a “glow” around Evan. Was that be Heaven’s light or something else? It can be assumed that the ability to perceive that glow was given to Donny and other guards by Anatole.

What type of being is Anatole? Mitu knows about jinn and demons, but did not identify Anatole as either.

What type of being is Mitu, and what is her relation to the angels? This covers both their respective nature and Mitu’s relation with Heaven. And why do angels drive other groups of “gods” away or view them as a threat? Compare Rachel’s reaction to Jason’s thoughts about angels and Hell, or Lorelei’s words about “Heaven’s whole scheme”.⁠⁠

## Trivia

The story might be partially inspired by the 1984 film Repo Man, which also features a young man in Los Angeles who is down on his luck, repossesses cars, and encounters alien or supernatural beings while doing so.

## Publication history

“God on the Run” was published on Elliott Kay’s Patreon on March 3, 2023.

## References

1. ↑  *Natural Consequences*, chapter 7
2. ↑ “Constellations”
3. ↑  *Natural Consequences*, chapter 9
4. ↑  *Natural Consequences*, chapter 10