Tranquility [Scrap]
Oct 23, 2012 17:44:12 GMT -8
Post by Gentlemanne on Oct 23, 2012 17:44:12 GMT -8
[/justify][/font]''Here I shall rest, it seems."
I smirked as I uttered those bitter, painful words, the tear that rolled down my cheek punctuating my fall from grace. It had been such a long time coming, this release; Erebus had sought to claim me and my power and ultimately, the power of nature. But I would not allow it-- no, for as long as I drew breath, I aimed to preserve and help nurture nature. ''KILL YOURSELF? BAH, I'M IN YOUR HEAD, SEIDOU. I KNOW YOU BETTER THAN ANYBODY, YOU ARE TOO PROUD TO END IT, YOU INSUFFERABLE FOOL." Screeched that shrill voice, the painful ringing merely a chorus to my triumphant moment.
''Who are you to choose, Erebus? I am the God, here."
I muttered as I knelt before a large, bountiful tree, the aged bark and long dried sap an adequate tombstone. It was humble and tranquil, a contrast to my destiny. Perhaps this was what my true purpose was, in the end? The decomposition of my body would serve to feed nature-- so in the end, I was helping it prosper, right? No, not really, but I knew that I had to reassure myself somehow; deny the failures I had committed. And as I sunk the kunai I grasped into my stomach, I felt that voice in the back of my head spark up again, the incessant screaming and pleading enough to make me smirk.
''FOOL, YOU HAD ENDLESS POTENTIAL. YOU COULD HAVE HERALDED IN A NEW AGE OF MANKIND, WHY DO YOU JUST THROW IT AWAY LIKE GARBAGE?!"
''Wh--.. Who do you think.. you are? A God.. doesn't need direct--.. tion."
I whispered quietly as I collapsed in front of the tree before me, my fleeting moments of life spent reminiscing about my family and the wrongs I had committed. In the end, I couldn't serve my country or my people as I had hoped. I couldn't bring about a time of peace or love, instead, all I had left behind was a corpse; a gift to nature.
