What does it mean to be an Oduduwa?
In the past, often the people in the world of Erenoa associated with a member of an Oduduwa found themselves pondering over this particular question.
The activities and actions displayed by every individual linked to the Oduduwa bloodline have always been considered unique.
They revered Oduduwa as Gods, ascendants who arrived from beyond to the world of Erenoa.
Several speculations have risen and died down with time, but there is one that stayed and withstood the passage of time.
The Oduduwa are perfect entities. They are the most stable like-minded people in the world!
Their bloodline traits grant them the ability to stay rational and make use of every situation to its full potential!
Adaptability?...
As simple-minded as it sounds, it should not be a cause for underestimation.
Once upon a time, humanity stood at the bottom of the food chain, hunted down by the end predators as they scoured through the dangers surrounding them.
Said race thrived amidst the tribulations and horror. They fought and persisted until finally, they brought themselves to the position of gods inhabiting the bodies of mortals!
All of that was made possible through one thing. Adaptability!!
Did humanity evolve? No, no, no. We adapted.
In every enigmatic situation and problematic circumstance, we learned to accommodate and adapt through it all. That was how we were able to survive thus far.
If evolution was the answer, we would have grown greater than where we are today and evolved to be more than the savages we are now.
But that isn't what happened. Humanity has yet to evolve, we simply adapted.
Our enemies outnumber us, what do we do? We come together and gain our strength in numbers.
Beasts are killing us, what do we do? We build walls around us to protect us from them.
The enemies are more naturally equipped than we are. What do we do? We build weapons and infantry capable of going up against opponents twice our size.
Every single time when our existence has been in danger of extinction, we adapt and overcome.
That is what it is, and what it has always been. Adaptation!
At some point in life, we are forced into a situation where we have no choice but to adapt. Irrespective of our will, we have to bear with those circumstances, and that is where it sets in.
Adaptability? It allows us to accommodate and tolerate that which we normally wouldn't.
Now imagine? An entire race whose existence is carved on the banner of adaptability.
For them, it is not a means of survival, but simply an essence that defines their very existence.
They do not exist to adapt, rather, it is the other way around. Adaptability exists solely to serve the race, to honour their existence and legacy.
Such is the brand surrounding the Oduduwa. Their logo and calling.
Through adaptable bodies, their prominence has spread throughout Erenoa. And in the days of the past, a mention of their name is a cause for chaos to be unleashed.
They are just that perfect as an entity.
Raul is simply unaware of what he is and the lengths he is capable of going as he advances through the stage of adaptability.
His bloodline traits respond to every emotion he feels. When he is in trouble and desires a way out, his body works toward that goal.
It adapts his body to the situation he is in and grants him the necessary tools to overcome it.
The same applies to when he is happy, sad and especially angry. Adaptability turns him from zero to extraordinary, from normal to abnormal.
It multiplies one's capability by several folds and lets them derive the pleasure of their current emotions to its full use.
At every turn, adaptability kicks in.
But... There is just a slight problem!
As the saying goes, with great power comes a great deal of responsibility.
In this case, with great trait is an equally great drawback attached to it.
The workings of adaptability have been explained and the application in certain areas can only be perceived as dangerous.
Imagine?...
You are happy, and that happiness gets multiplied by a thousand. No, by tens of thousands of happiness.
What happens then? Simple, that person simply becomes so overjoyed they end up being too drunk on it.
Then, what about in a case where an Oduduwa with the adaptability trait is angry, furious even? What happens then?
Rationality is invoked as toxicity sets in, and a craving akin to obsession serves as a guide to Oduduwa's way of reasoning.
With Raul, that is currently the case.
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I stood at the edge of the bridge, looking down at the express road frequented by cars going and coming.
My eyes were cold, his gaze calm with not a hint of what was going through my mind openly displayed for all to see.
Right now, I am in the most rational state of mind I could ever be in.
I wore all-black clothing with not a trace of skin to be seen. A hoodie to cover my hair with and a face mask concealing from my nose to my neck.
Only the glowing brown ducts shine brightly in the presence of the coarse sun.
I attracted a lot of attention on the pedestrian bridge I was standing on, and also a lot of attention from the people that were below, staring at me above.
They all wondered what parent left their kid with such an absurd cosplay in the middle of a busy bridge.
I Raul did not mind the attention. Rather, I ignored them all as I only had my gaze fixated on the road ahead, the one where any passerby cars would eventually have to cross below the bridge I was on.
I am here on a mission, one that I made no effort to contemplate.
"It has to end! Today!". I declared, with a determined tone and yet an expressionless gaze.