On the Wings of Hope : Prose

Mystical weapon, according to legends possessed by beings infecting (hurting, inspiring?) human beings with a feeling of love. By tradition such beings are called amurs (cupids) – and that’s not a surprise, because France in 13-16^th centuries was sort of an example and light beacon of Middle Age epoch. If we are to trust the anatomic researches of contemporaries, cupids resemble small angelic children with white wings, playful smile and cheerful nature. The process of transformation of small children into angelic cupids is still not thoroughly studied, however there are assumptions that exactly the opposite transformation sometimes takes place during education of cupids in rough and silly human families. By their very nature cupids are very playful, peaceful and even slightly prankish, they adore to peep at potential lovers and at times very skillfully use bows with arrows of sympathy and love, granted to them from the very birth.

It’s necessary to notice that arrows of cupids not only do not cause any harm to the wounded Souls, but instead fill them with inspiration, joy of life and happiness about which many of them so often forget in a vain and unnecessary crush of route of lives. Evil tongues say that all this occurs because tips of their arrows are covered with special love poison, bringing anesthetizing effect at the moment of wound, however, as soon as its action comes to an end … Generally, those trusting evil tongues as a rule don’t even receiver a slightest portion of attention from cupids. And considering those who don’t mind being wounded and revived, can be noticed by cupids often in the least expected for them moment. Possessing a sufficient sharpness of an eye and accuracy of their small palms, cupids tend to nevertheless miss sometimes and wound those people, who, apparently, shouldn’t be. But, on the other arrow, the ways of cupids are truly inscrutable, right?

Staff Of Wisdom

Simple and plain in appearance weapon, not inspiring any considerable awe into the hearts of uninitiated (unlike the same effects of “Hammer Of Half-Truth And Lie” or “Axe Of Anger”), but potentially possessing great mystical properties. Traditionally and deservedly it was considered as an attribute of grown wise men (we ask you not to confuse these ones with those grown experienced, for not every experience leads to the growth of wisdom), helping them moving through life, leaning on it from time to time.

It’s hard to call the one carrying the staff of wisdom as a warrior in full sense of the word, because, as we all know, the true warrior wins a fight without battle, and wisdom of its bearers allows them to evade from useless verbal and ideological fights, however blows of the master of staff are as a rule bring a solid stunning effect, for rather often they strike either cinciput, eyebrow on an eye of the opponent. Masters of this weapon during the process of transformation of own Soul, often called as enlightenment, are able to give their weapon true magical powers (thunder or repentance, lightning of understanding, fireball of inspiration), making it as of such one of the most terrible arms, causing panic and havoc in ranks of whole armies of their sleeping through their lives opponents.

Horseshoe Of Good Luck

And how did it manage to come through? Well, all right, let it be the. Those are Middle Age, after all…

02.05.2012

When a veil falls

He was the president of the country.

A large technologically developed state. Military technology, natural resources – everything was in plenty. The newest bacteriological weapon, keeping in awe all neighbors – he has even published a decree of its “authorized” usage in the begun war with frontline democratic “state”.

Democratic … damned fools ! Pathetic liberals, benefactors of people ! No, they simply didn’t know the force of absolute power. Total dictatorship, complete control over every word and even thought of each inhabitant of your country … a feast for a whim ! All scientific minds, mobilized into development of even more frightening and horrific types of arms … Single-handed decision-making, a will to execute and pardon … Daily hymns, sung to you in each house, each apartment … of course ! – because the punishment for those found guilty is death – instant and painful death under the concentrated plasma stream.

There were no dissatisfied ones … or at least those, trying to openly declare it … Psychogenerators, scattered near borders of this country, did their job right – now he is free to force people think how he desires. Mental waves of total variety, last invention of psychophysics – and human is under your full control. Cause either elation, either hysterics, either unlimited aggression in which, being armed with newest “gizmos” of military technology, human became almost universal machine of destruction …

He could do everything. And he enjoyed it.