I stood and stared at the machine. " What will this do?" i asked into the void.
/ it will decide what perks you get and what you reincarnate into/ The Reaper answered. I looked closely at the slot machine. It's covered in curvy and jagged letters that I couldn't understand. It had three rings that would spin if i pulled the lever. One red that had images of things on it ranging from an beetle to a human image. The middle was white and bore more wierd letters. And last but not least the green ring.
It had symbols that looked like they belonged to the elements. A flame, a water drop, wind waves, a mountain, and two seperate dots. one was white in the middle and the other completely black.
I slowly reached toward the lever my hand shaking a little. " I hope i don't get a crappy reincarnation." I pleaded in my heart. I finally grasped it, and with it my resolve.
with as much strength as i had I yanked that lever. The rings began to spin at a near blinding speed. The images all blurred and mixed. The machine began to glow red. Soon the rings slowed. The Red ring stopped on what I saw was a lizard. The white stopped on a strange symbol that was held inside a circle. And the green one stopped on the flame symbol.
/ Ohhhhhh. I haven't seen a Salamander of flame in a long time. Been a millenia if i recall. You have quite a bit of luck on you to get that one. Not to mention your bloodline perk. Gluttony ./
" Salamander, Fire element, GLUTTONY ! What does this even mean!" I shouted.... The voice sighed. / It means you'll become an extremely powerful fire elemental with the ability to gain power and perks depending on what you eat. If you eat a powerful thing, you gain some of its power. Since you're a flame elemental anything you burn is technically turned into food..... still with me/ " Y-yeah" I said. He continued. / the only thing is that where you're going salamanders of any kind are viewed as near inept, most don't survive. The rest is up to you. Have fun in your next life. (chuckle) Oh and try not to die. I'd prefer not to see you for a while//
I hear a whistling noise like steam pouring out of a kettle and quickly turn toward the sound. The machine behind me bursts into flames and the images and symbols that were chosen leap from the rings and soar to my chest. " It Burns!" I scream. The feeling of agonizing pain, the burning, itching sensation as the symbols engrave themselves onto my chest. Suddenly a sensation like my body was being stabbed by thousands of needles covers me. Scales begin to grow out of my skin and I begin to shrink at an insane speed. My bones groan and my hair falls out being replaced by red and gold scaley horns. My body shines like a small sun. I grow small black claws instead of nails. My face extends till I have a lizards maw filled with white razor sharp teeth. My eyes become slits surrounded by an iris like a rainbow coated in gold powder.
Then almost like a mother embracing a child an egg forms around my lizard form, its color that of gold with crimson veins in the shape of flames. And finally I descend into a deep slumber grateful for the escape from the pain and cursing that damned reaper for not giving me a warning.