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I die.
My eyes open to the light of an epiphany.
I look around, void of life is the barren lands I find myself in.
I look within, null is the existence of my soul.
I am alive...
I am dead...
I am...
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Magic... It exists.
It is the very manifestation of our raw emotions and thoughts, only limited my our souls.
Our soul, is made up of pure mana, it is our true self, our real bodies, the house of our personalities, our personality...
Ask around, what controls your body? Where are your emotions? Where are your emotions?
Most who understand your question will say say that your brain lets you have a personality, that your brain is a vessel for your person.
Ah, I digress yet again.
Magic...
The product of emotions and intent, fueled by mana.
If one were to will it so, one can very easily end the world with a thought.
Luckily, for us, no one has every willed it so.
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Our world, large.
Our space, infinite.
Our minds, limited.
Our souls, unique.
I am an aspect, a primal aspect.
One of seven, the king who dreams of wisdom, Sloth.
I am...
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The kingdom is in disarray, news of the discovery of a primal aspect has spread far and wide like a thunderstorm striking all over the ocean.
The king has summoned us, the grand magi of the Nomel Kingdom.
- Esteemed magi... what shall we do about the primal aspect? - King
- Since times long past, primal aspects have been left alone for fear of great calamity. - Red robed magus
- But it has been said that if one were to absorb a primal aspect, it will allow one to become ageless and attain powers based on the aspect, and as we all know, all the primal aspects’ powers can take down kingdoms. I believe that we should head out and confront the aspect. - Blue robed magus
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- But the aspect can only be absorbed by one who is int tune with the aspect, and anyone that can resonate so strongly with the aspect cannot be someone who acts for the benefit of the kingdom! Whats more is that we have to first kill the primal aspect! And should i remind you of the tragedy that befell the empire of Nelom’retaw?! - Red robed magus
The other magi join in on the debate whether to stay our hands or to act on the primal aspect most easily to be resonant with, Greed.
- SILENCE! Since the six of you cannot decide, lets have Restal decide. - King
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[Restal]
All eyes fall on me and my white robed figure.
I close my eyes.
I inhale.
I speak.
- “Stay your hand from the Primals and cower before their might, as unlikely as they may seem, they are the our doom, and we who choose to remain ignorant, their harbingers.”. That was a quote from the writings of the only survivor from Nelom’retaw, the last magus of light before me. I believe that we should consider ourselves fortunate that it was not Gluttony or we would never have had time to have this meeting in the first place. What say we stay our collective hand from the boiling kettle? - I
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[Sloth]
... Lost
The lands around me, unfamiliar.
- Ah... The mana is much more dense here. - I
I in a crater, in a forest.
I am being watched.
The stares, the intent behind.
But none near me.
Farsight?
No... Maybe a monocular.
The ground, is warm, comfortable...
I should let those watching know...
- You better leave before I wake or you can face my wrath... - I
I manipulate the air to throw my voice over to all who stare.
I sit.
I sleep.