Test of The Coin
He had made it good in the world. Top of his class when it came to business, but now he was running. Running through the rain to get away. So weak: he thought. Trying to push away the tears. Every time! Every time he opened his heart to someone it managed to get broke. The tears kept running as he did. He was trying to get away from memories that kept rolling in his head about every time he opened his cold exterior to let someone in. From when he was young to now, it never failed, it was always trampled. Now the only ones that knew how see beyond his facade, they weren't there. He was alone and it was starting to get to him. It was hard admitting he needed any one. To go back, seemed like it would just give away what he called a weakness. Even though it was his decision to go away. He felt like it was them tearing away his insides. He wanted to make his heart stop hurting, stop racing, to just plain stop. If not stop that he wanted to control the tears that gave him away. When he had finally succeeded he found himself standing against a tree staring into the bark. With the rain trying to comfort him.
"Sage Date!" A voice demanded.
"Date! Turn around and face me!"
Sage found his composure and did what he was told. Showing the side he was so good at performing. Hoping it would chase away the annoyance that was bothering him.
"It's time for you to face up, Sage! Beholder of Halo, Are you still worthy!" The man said throwing the coin to him, before he could answer or respond otherwise.
"I challenge you! I cast in front of you a coin.
A coin of: Discipline and Order, loyalty, past, future and death.
Your life lays with in this coin. I challenge you. Can you tell me the loyalties of discipline and order? Discipline and order are nothing with out loyalties. Can you tell me that is true? Can you look back on your past and tell me… that every thing you've done is correct? When all that has been accomplished was done out of, discipline, order and loyalty. Like a child being told to play outside. I challenge you! Can you tell me how many times you played in the rain? I challenge you to toss this coin. Then tell me this one answer.
When you sat in the rain… was it loyalty, discipline and order that gave you company?
I challenge you. Your life lays with in this coin."
Sage took one look at the coin presented to him and threw it back as hard as he could and told the man:
"I think you can see your answer in front of you!" Sage said with tears cutting the rain.