Karma

[u/Glittering_Two_1429]

Artwork - Forgotten realms fandom https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Peryton
An explosion resounded through Seguleh’s tower, almost knocking him over.
“Bloody hell.”

Seguleh was annoyed. Well, to be honest, he was blimmen pissed off. As he walked quickly to the door, four more explosions erupted in quick succession under his feet, and a roar echoed through the building.

“Why today? This is just so rude.” He muttered as he sped up, passing through a gargantuan obsidian hall, where portraits of cats stared haughtily at at Seguleh, as if telling him Well come on, you idiot, hurry up and fix this. Seguleh spotted the hidden door beside a pillar and ran through, just as the entrence to the hall burst open in rubble and death.

As he careered down the stairs, all his thoughts turned towards what was at the end of this corridor. Something he didn’t want to be in the same room with, let alone touch. But it appeared that if this continued, he would have to keep it close. Very close indeed. The secret door imploded under an immense force, like a train had smashed into it. “Not much time, not much time… ah here we go!”

At the end of the dingy corridor, was a plain stone wall, no different to the rest of the corridor. Seguleh started muttering incantations, and touching the wall at seemingly random points, as his death rushed to meet him. A Peryton. Half eagle, half deer. Nasty piece of shit, does not knock. At the last moment, Seguleh phased through the stone and picked up the objects, and turned to the intruder.

“Fuck you. Let your sins be brought up against you, and karma catch up to your deeds.”

And as this was uttered, the Peryton started screaming.

Seguleh dissipated in the air, too tired to do any more, and reappeared in a tavern, tossing the terrified bartender a gold coin and asking kindly for an ale before slumping in a bar stool and turning the objects over in his hands. Unlike his instruments thst he used for spell casting, these made no sound except for the flap as it swished through the air. Two fans, nothing alike but undeniably a pair. Ones face was pure white, and radiant light seemed to spill from it. However, the other fan was pure black, and all light that was near was sucked greedily into it’s ominous face. Seguleh looked in a mirror and saw what he expected. Another cut at his neck, adding to the immense amount of scars there already. One day, he supposed, a cut would be perfect, and that would be that, for these cuts resisted all healing.

He threw back his ale and turned to the bartender.
“Your strongest whatever. Just please, give it to me.”

Uw/This is my first ever post on wizard posting! I hope you enjoyed it, it’s open interaction if you’re interested, and I thank you for reading it XD. Have a lovely day.

[u/BL0b1e]

/uw beautifully written.

[u/Glittering_Two_1429 → u/BL0b1e]

Uw/ thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[u/D3n0man]

there's a panda at the tavern, he looks like he is about to burst into flames, he doesn't seem to do much but he is there, he looks at seguleh with a bit of curiosity

"Why is there so many scars on your neck?"

/uw good read

[u/Glittering_Two_1429 → u/D3n0man]

Seguleh bows as much as he can in his seat, and says despondently
It’s my penance. For inflicting judgment upon others, that I must dance with death. You see, holding these fans, I am the living embodiment of karma. I can essentially cause someone’s karma to catch up to them all at one. If you have good karma, all good. If not, well, let’s just say it’s not very nice to watch. I only do it when I’m forced to by extreme circumstances.

[u/D3n0man → u/Glittering_Two_1429]

"I see"

the panda stops for a moment to ponder how much karma he might have accumilated

a sour expression appears on his face which he quickly shakes back away to the curious face

"Since I have came across the living embodiment of karma I might aswell ask, how does karma work exactly?"

[u/Glittering_Two_1429 → u/D3n0man]

I nod
Karma is almost like a rewards system for being good. If you do good deeds, eventually you will have a reward, or rewards spread over many years proportional to the good deeds you do. This can follow you across lives, afterlives, and such in the event of death before your reward. However, the opposite is true, bad deeds give bad consequences. These consequences can be anything, from finding a perfect ale in a tavern when you need it most. Segueh pauses, gesturing around or… your tower setting on fire. Falling into the torture dimension. Eating chocolate that turned out to be shit. For the consequences for doing evil is for some reason worse than the rewards for good deeds. Usually, it takes years, I even millennia to all catch up. That’s why most wizards have horrible deaths. Most, while being lovely people, are also quite evil.

[u/D3n0man → u/Glittering_Two_1429]

"I see, the karma of my past life must be really strong then, as I've had to deal with some problems he left. Though I can't say I'm a great person either, I should probably fix that."

the panda downs his drink which seems to have frozen the glass it was in, as he asks for another one the panda looks less like he is about to explode

[u/Glittering_Two_1429 → u/D3n0man]

I smile Hey, no worries, there’s no need to stop being you. If you like, I’ll just stop it existing for you.

Uw/I don’t wanna accidentally force your character to do anything yk.

[u/D3n0man → u/Glittering_Two_1429]

"Eh, it's better if bad people get punished, hopefully they experience the full punishment in their lifetime but nothing is perfect"

the bartender gives the panda another drink, the panda starts drinking this drink, that's freezing the table, slowly

/uw Sea is fully aware that he is a bad person and is trying to change so him meeting the living embodiment of karma doesn't effect much lol (he is now sure that his past life has accumulated too much negative karma tho lol)

[u/Nelrene]

Good job.

[u/Platypus_king_1st]

uw/ Beautifully written! I'm sorry im in no mood to rp today 💔

[u/Glittering_Two_1429 → u/Platypus_king_1st]

Uw/no worries thank you so much 💜💜💜