Continued from Part 1 of The Rules of Retribution.
If
it were ever disclosed, my complete profile would reveal all sorts of minority
groups, starting with my gender and race. I have been harassed on many levels
throughout my life, but I lacked the stomach to carry out revenge. This was a
blessing in disguise because retribution eventually manifested itself. Revenge
wastes our lives, but all that the universe asks of us is to be patient while
rebuilding our lives. Let's not ever get manipulated into feeling guilty for
not trusting someone who has not yet worked to earn our trust through their
actions.
CHARACTERS
in my Graphic Novel
SERPENT
represents the frailty that sees us stray from the path and often into
darkness. Big predators make the
headlines, but ordinary people are tempted to commit small-scale cheating when
shielded under anonymity. On good days we can fight off the temptation, but on
bad days when we just have lost something, our hands reach out for it while a sinking
feeling spreads inside our hearts, warning us that this is not the way to get
even with life. However, God or the universe may not mind if the gain is
minimal. So we tell ourselves.
Perhaps,
horror stories draw us in because we may slip into darkness at any time at our
own will. We may need religion or
fantasy stories, hoping they will bring us back into the light. I am too chicken to wrong individuals, but my
integrity did not always hold firm against faceless organizations. My story combines horror and fantasy, but you
will find it oddly accurate because I will not sugarcoat the truth. To myself,
I will be brutal.
GODDESS
IRIS/NEMESIS: Instead of picking
one from the existing religions, all of which I respect, I opted to represent
the universe's will via Goddess IRIS. God gave us light, and Goddess followed
it up with the sound, but as sound travels slower than light, no one knows her
existence despite benefiting from her gift, music. Something turned this once
open-book IRIS into NEMESIS, Goddess of Retribution.
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