Ophion

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Octavian Rogue/Assassin "Quote" Conniving • • Trait »━━━━━━━━━━━›

Mortals of every realm crave longevity and immortality and will give anything to acquire more time. The siblings of death wield the knowledge of how, when, and where one dies (including all possibilities), but it comes at a price. ‹━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━«

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A pale rose thrives in the shelter of a looming bonsai.
Unless it is tended carefully the blooms may yet grow numerous
enough to block sunlight from reaching the maple's leaves.

how long does it take to drain
the blood of mortals and replace
each drop with gold ichor?
how likely is it for the old soul
to survive?

the first stage of grieving is denial,
but you are long past that.
bargaining, yes, pleading, please,
anything to just
let this nightmare end--

devils’ kisses at crossroads
never include the full
contract. demons don’t like
letting you read the fine
print.

maybe
if you beat hard enough
against your own
bones, you can finally break
free of your prison.

silence rings with the aftermath
of your pleas.

~AlienJack

Shining columns rise //
Over thunderous cloud of ash //
Bristling with divine wrath.
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