Malthus: *puts his hands in the air and lava pillars emerge from his hands* AWAKEN ZOEFLARE!
The volcano produces a lot of smoke and eventually a burst of fire comes out, followed by a phoenix flying out of it while screaming.
Zoeflare: I CAN STILL FLYYYYY!!!
Motomo: Talking animals? Pfft, what an original story.
Zoeflare: *dramatically lands in front of Malthus with her wings spread* IVE BEEN ASLEEP FOR OVER A DECADE! So what's up Malthus, why did you call me? Who needs to suffer the wrath of ZOEFLARE AND HER HOT FLAMES?
Malthus: Zoeflare, I'd like you to meet someone.
Zoeflare: *begins looking at Motomo* Interesting... He looks like he just washed up here!
Motomo: Yea literally yesterday.
Zoeflare: *lifts up motomos shirt with her wing* JESUS CHRIST THIS GUY HAS A LOT OF SCARS! HOW MANY FIGHTS YA BEEN IN BOY?
Motomo: Hey can you not?
Zoeflare: Come on, lighten up! So Malthus who is this human?
Malthus: You see Zoe,
Zoeflare: ZOE FLARE! F L A R E! DONT FORGET THAT PART!
Malthus: It's shorter to say, and saves time. So anyway, Motomo has sins.
Zoeflare: SINS? WOAH WAIT ARE THEY AT IT AGAIN? ALRIGHT PRIDE IM GONNA SHOVE MY BEAK UP YOUR-
Malthus: Hold on, wait. Yes, Pride deceived us. He is plotting something, and I don't like it. I am helping redeem Motomo of his sins.
Motomo: I mean I don't understand. I'm really good at fighting.
Malthus: You are a good fighter,
Motomo: *smug smile*
Malthus: But having 3 sins as personality traits is enough for them to take advantage of you. If we help you, you have potential. Zoeflare, with us 3 and the virtues, we will defeat the sins.
Zoeflare: WOO ITS TIME FOR SOME SIN BUTTKICKERY! And where exactly do we need to go?
Malthus: We gotta teach Motomo some magic.
Motomo: Finally we get to it!
Zoeflare: Maybe some patience as well? *smirk*
Later, in a field...
Malthus: Alright young man, for your magic to occur, you need a spell book. In a spell book, spells will be written down.
Motomo: So I just write them down and...
Malthus: No. They will appear over time, through effort and dedication. You can also find materials to craft them.
Motomo: Wait a second, you didn't use a spellbook earlier...
Malthus: Oh I stored it in my back. I memorise my spells after decades of research. Most young wizards and witches hold spellbooks. Now, I must add, you can only use the spell book bound to you.
Motomo: Alright, where do I get it...
Malthus: I've got some spares. Here, take this *tosses him a spell book that's completely empty* and write your first and last name on it.
Motomo: Alright. *writes down Motomo Nuka*
The book suddenly changes colour, from plain white to red.
Motomo: Aha! It knew my favourite colour! So...
Zoeflare: Don't worry bud I got ya covered. *plucks one of her fire feathers* Here's a material to help your fire out! Open the book!
Motomo: *opens it*
Zoeflare: Now place my pretty little feather on the pages and SHUT THE BOOK NICE AND TIGHT!
Motomo: *shuts it and reopens it* Cool, some fire spells are here! And a wind spell...
Malthus: Excellent! Now try it out. Put your mind on the spell name, and then follow the instruction. Try using a fireball.
Motomo: *looks at the book, then forms a fist, before opening it aggressively and shooting a fireball*
Zoeflare: THATS A SPICY FIREBALL!
Malthus: Well done.
Meanwhile with the virtues...
Humility: *watching from above* Malthus is training someone to follow in his footsteps. I like this.
Chastity: He's got potential, he rejected lust!
Patience: I can give him time, his wrath will go...
Kindness: Hey, when can we meet him?
Humility: It would be wise to meet him soon. Kindness, Temperance and Diligence, please descend to central village.
Diligence: What we doing?
Humility: People need your help. Help them with anything they can. Me, Charity and Patience have special tasks...
Charity: I understand.
Humility: Chastity... You can choose either option.
Chastity: I'll come with you guys!
Charity: Great! Lets help!
Humility: Apparently, the sins will be launching an attack on dragon valley, where lots of dragons live. They could brainwash the dragons, which isn't good... So, are we ready?
Charity: Yes!
Patience: Sure.
Chastity: Ready.
The virtues descend onto land, and head to dragon valley. Meanwhile, with the sins...
Pride: All 6 of us are going to dragon valley, right now. Kill ANYONE who tries to stop us. Capture EVERY dragon there is.
Envy: Finally, some work.
Wrath: AND SINCE YA KILLED SLOTH... WHY DONT WE KILL ONE OF THE VIRTUES?
Gluttony: Hey Pride, can I eat dragon eggs?
Pride: No.
Greed: Yea Gluttony you IDIOT! We need those eggs so we can corrupt them and deal more destruction.
Lust: Any dragon tamers?
Pride: WE are the dragon tamers. Except we're not befriending them. Do anything to keep those lizards in line.
Wrath: CAN WE JUST FUCKING GO ALREADY?
Pride: Yes...
YOU ARE READING
Rethilor: A War of Sins and Virtues
FantasyMotomo, a 25 year old adventurer, crashes his ship in sea, and is washed on shore. He finds himself on the sacred island of rethilor, a place of great fantasy, location of the temple of heaven and dungeon of hell, also home of the 7 heavenly virtues...
