Obey me: Before I Met You

Before I Met You: Mammon (1)

     What comes to mind when greed is mentioned? Is it a dragon which hordes it’s gold in a dark cave? Is it a large corporation which scams the weak for their own monetary gain? Or is it someone who doesn’t work for their wealth yet refused to redistribute it?
 

   As strange as it might be, he wasn’t like that at all. For the avatar of greed it may seem like his severe lack of funds is a joke. But to stop and realize that he plays well into his role can only take a moment of your time. He is a thief. He has poor money management and he constantly makes impulsive decisions. As the avatar of greed, the only joke is that karma follows him around the most.

     He is unlucky. He can come across a large mountain of wealth, but what of the debts he has made before then? His desperate need to make more money as fast as he possibly can has driven him into a vicious cycle that he can never hope to escape from. However, he wasn’t like this in the beginning.

     In the celestial realm, he was like gold in a pile of silver. To have him by your side would bring you good luck for the day. He would provide good fortune for all without asking for anything in return. A gifted good luck charm for all. He was second to the morning star as he was just as selfless yet twice more innocent.

     When he fell, his luck had graciously followed. It was because of him that he and his brothers were able to pick themselves up and survive their first years together. His luck was o-so gracious. With nothing much to stop his curiosity, he explored all he wanted with the overabundance of wealth he was graced with. Because of his luck it had given him a reason to become more selfish. Soon it would all run out. It wasn’t going to stay forever.

     He wasn’t sure of it at first so he started with himself. He sold small items that he had no more use for and it provided him just enough to buy the thing he wanted. But there was so much more he wanted to buy. He learned and soon began to adapt to his surroundings, his sin loaning itself nicely to aid him in his tricks and cheats.

     Luck had been replaced with its opposite as decades went by. The games he played to buy one thing set him back five times the price of it. He soon went into debt filtering money through false promises and karma would not be kind to this thief. He was to remain unlucky and karma would follow him for as long as he lives.