A DAY IN THE REAL WORLD
I sat at Table with my siblings and Ciella, Concordia, Arlene and Mitsuki. We sipped some Orange Juice while eating Meatballs. Suddenly, Concordia broke the silence.
"Hey San" she asked. "Did you know that every animal has an associated Virtue?" Concordia asked.
"Of course, it's one of the many facets of Dagara Culture and it's also a prominent part of Dream Knight Culture. In fact, Ancient Dream Knights studied animals to learn and improve their fighting abilities" I said.
"So the Peristylium you founded in the game is symbolized by the Gryphon huh? That would be a combination of the Traits Of The Lion and Eagle, the Bond Of Family exhibited by Lions and the Watchfulness or Alertness exhibited by Eagles" Concordia said.
"Yeah" Ciella and I said.
"That would mean your House as the Dragon bears the Traits Of Fortitude and Omniscience" I said.
"Then Arlene's and Mitsuki's which is symbolized by the Liger which shares the Traits of both the Lion and the Tiger combines the Bond Of Family of Lions with the Ferocity and Knowledge Of Tigers" Saito said.
"And Ariel and Saito's which is the Lion Turtle combines the Bond Of Family Of Lions with the Virtues Of Longevity, Patience, Omniscience and Omnidirectional Defense of Turtles" Arlene said.
"So we all know the Traits Of The Weaver Of Calamity huh? Basically, we take the Virtues of each of the Animals that forms its body, then reverse the Virtue. The Vice then shows us what sort of Creature the Weaver Of Calamity is" Keiran said with a smirk.
"And that's leaving out the Vices of its Tails" I said with a smirk.
"Now here's an assignment, let's all assume that we've never seen or heard of the Weaver Of Calamity's Physical Traits except for the info we got from the Dream Knights. Now I want you to be honest with yourselves, what sort of animal would you think the Weaver Of Calamity's Modus Operandi aligns with?" Keiran said with a smirk.
I sipped some Tea.
"I'd say he's like a Serpent" Concordia said.
"Justify your stance" Keiran said.
"A Serpent can lie in wait for days just to land a single catch. It is an expert in blending in with its surroundings and only strikes once it is certain that the prey has fallen within its strike zone" Concordia said. "It's also very venomous. Its deadly power comes from its bite. Basically, the power of a Serpent lies in its mouth" Concordia said.
"Good point, Keiran what about you?" I asked and sipped some Tea.
"I'd say his nature is more like that of a Spider" Keiran said.
"Justify your stance" I said and sipped some Tea.
"Well, I heard of this Ancient Superstition from one of our Tribesmen that a Spider weaves its Web among the Trees and lies in wait till an insect gets caught in its Web…" Keiran said.
"Then the Weaver Of Calamity disguises himself as a beautiful faerie and advises the fly that the best way to escape the Web is to struggle…yeah, I've heard that Superstition too" I said.
"Poor fly!" Ariel exclaimed in horror.
"Yeah, the Weaver Of Calamity has basically advised it to quicken its doom. The more the fly struggles within the Web, the greater the Vibrations exerted on the Web's strings by Virtue Of Its Motion alerting that Spider Of A Weaver Of Calamity to the location of the Fly" Saito realized.
"Arlene, your turn" I said and sipped some Tea, then I picked up a Meatball and ate it.
"I'd say he's like a bull without the accompanying Virtue Of Humility. I won't justify my stance though" Arlene said.
"I sipped some Tea and ate some more Meatballs.
The conversation went on for a few more minutes.
"What of you San? What sort of animal do you think the Weaver Of Calamity's nature aligns with?" everyone asked.
"First of all, I'd like to say that each of your insights was very valuable. To me, the Weaver Of Calamity is nothing more and nothing less than a Wood Borer Insect" I said with a poker face and sipped some Tea.
"I don't get it" Concordia said.
"With those mandibles of his, he nibbles at the Support Pillars of every structure and degrades the integrity of the structure thus leading to its collapse. Every time a civilization collapses, it's because of those mandibles of his nibbling at its Support Pillars. It is not the Structure he's after, it's the integrity of the Structure he degrades. He knows very well that to cause the collapse of any structure, you don't necessarily need to destroy the entire structure. All he needs to do is identify its Support Pillars and nibble at them with his mandibles and the structure is doomed to collapse.
By Sanziri Nightbane(Junior) -The End"
I said and sipped the last of my Tea.
"Hey San! You just ate all our snacks!" the others yelled angrily.
"C-Crap! They figured it out already! G-Guys, I just remembered there's someplace else I need to be. Ta!" I said and suddenly vanished.
The me resting at home felt a sudden wave of satisfaction as the snacks eaten by my clone were transferred to my belly.
-The End?