Alimentazione, O Perdita Di Esso
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Category:
Gravitation › General
Rating:
Adult
Chapters:
13
Views:
1,555
Reviews:
4
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
Disclaimer:
I do not own Gravitation, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Sphinx
He’d read once about a mythical creature that asked people riddles. Even then, when he’d been really young, he’d wondered if the monster would be able to answer a riddle as quickly as he asked one. They would have to be good at them, wouldn’t they? And the creature—did it make its riddles up? Because if so, then they must be one of the most clever beings to ever exist; they could create so many puzzles—for they supposedly never repeated one—and trick anyone who crossed their path.
But the creatures must be truly noble, because if one solves their riddle, the monster lets them by; if not—death. Cruel rules, yes, but ones they themselves would always abide by. They showed honor.
It was a mythical creature, though. Mythical, fantastical, make-believe. A wondrous animal, but not a real one. However, if all rumors and all stereotypes had one thing in common, perhaps myths and legends shared the characteristic. Rumors and stereotypes were always based on some sort of reality—maybe myths and legends were, too. He didn’t believe that the creature was an exaggerated form of a real animal or animal mix—but he thought that, just maybe, its traits and personality were inspired by a human. After all, it’s head was a woman’s… and women were puzzling creatures who, when given a wrong response, could bite your head off.
But no. There was another creature who showed every attribute. Honor to abide by his own brutal rules—yes, though the cruelty of the decrees often convinced unknowing persons into believing the being itself was wicked. And the puzzles—perhaps in this area the existent creature was supreme. It created not just puzzles, but trials and tricks; it could convince its prey to give the wrong solution, just to devour it. But the question remained about both beings—unanswered, and perhaps unanswerable, despite the now-grown man’s begging curiosity.
Did the tricksters of both forms resolve as well as they raised?
No, Sphinxes did not exist; but Tohma did, and K wanted to lay the childhood query to rest.
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AN:
As is probably already apparent, I’m ignoring the other characters; later, the main cast might get some appearances, but for my purposes Judy (K’s wife, for those who haven’t read the manga) and Michael (his son) are nonexistent, and Mika will have nothing to do with Tohma; I don’t feel like explaining both of the relationships away, especially K’s; the kid part can get confusing, and it doesn’t fit in with the drabble’s prompts.
Tell me what you think!
But the creatures must be truly noble, because if one solves their riddle, the monster lets them by; if not—death. Cruel rules, yes, but ones they themselves would always abide by. They showed honor.
It was a mythical creature, though. Mythical, fantastical, make-believe. A wondrous animal, but not a real one. However, if all rumors and all stereotypes had one thing in common, perhaps myths and legends shared the characteristic. Rumors and stereotypes were always based on some sort of reality—maybe myths and legends were, too. He didn’t believe that the creature was an exaggerated form of a real animal or animal mix—but he thought that, just maybe, its traits and personality were inspired by a human. After all, it’s head was a woman’s… and women were puzzling creatures who, when given a wrong response, could bite your head off.
But no. There was another creature who showed every attribute. Honor to abide by his own brutal rules—yes, though the cruelty of the decrees often convinced unknowing persons into believing the being itself was wicked. And the puzzles—perhaps in this area the existent creature was supreme. It created not just puzzles, but trials and tricks; it could convince its prey to give the wrong solution, just to devour it. But the question remained about both beings—unanswered, and perhaps unanswerable, despite the now-grown man’s begging curiosity.
Did the tricksters of both forms resolve as well as they raised?
No, Sphinxes did not exist; but Tohma did, and K wanted to lay the childhood query to rest.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AN:
As is probably already apparent, I’m ignoring the other characters; later, the main cast might get some appearances, but for my purposes Judy (K’s wife, for those who haven’t read the manga) and Michael (his son) are nonexistent, and Mika will have nothing to do with Tohma; I don’t feel like explaining both of the relationships away, especially K’s; the kid part can get confusing, and it doesn’t fit in with the drabble’s prompts.
Tell me what you think!