“Do you want revenge?” I offer this many times, call me cruel or whatnot. The offer still stand. I offer you new life, let’s not be bound by the chains of hatred and live a glorious life! There’s a thing called karma and it pays twofold. Watch as you victim wallow in despair, and become jealous of your new spirit held high. Watch as they beg you to come back to their lives. That’s where you truly know, you won. -- Anon Guest
They come to me with broken souls. They come to me with shattered hearts. I call to those who bear wounds that none others can see. I bring them a chance. I know how they are hurt.
I was once betrayed to the point where both my heart and soul were broken at once. I was made immortal by the last before me who vowed eternal revenge. What they never tell you about eternity is that it grinds you down. You want eternity to end. It doesn't, and that's the pain of it.
I need someone who wants eternal revenge but not caring about the consequences even when warned, like I was. They can take my immortality, and my gifts, and let me finally age and die with a peaceful heart. They can discover, over the passing eons, exactly how wearing it is to have eternal vengeance. This one, currently in my palace between the seconds, is not the one who will inherit.
"I don't really want vengeance. I want justice," says the heart-wounded in my court.
"Eternal justice?" I hoped. Maybe there would be another way to pass on a mantle.
"If justice isn't eternal, then I have a different argument with another entity," said the heart-wounded. "While I want my ex to suffer, I want them to suffer consequences. I don't want them to die. They won't suffer if they die."
Okay. This could be very interesting anyway. "Do you want them to live forever?" Oh, I was so hungry for company that I could tolerate one who broke hearts for the rest of my eternity in suffering.
"A nice, long lifetime will be enough. Everything they do. Every choice they make, coming back to roost on their shoulders and be heavy when they do. I want him to feel it when they make a choice for others and think they can continue to skate by. I want them to feel it for the rest of their lives."
Oh, it was almost delicious. "Your ex will not be allowed to end themself. They will not be murdered. They will have all their bad decisions come back to haunt them. For as long as they naturally live. But what of you? Do you want to know?"
"No. I just want to know that it's happening without knowing what is happening in detail. They are no longer a part of my life and will stay that way."
Jealousy. Deep, deep, abiding and enduring jealousy. "Oh, if only I had been a fraction as wise as you are..."
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