Seven Deadly Sins
By Sachi Gosetsuke
Summary: Vanity. Greed. Sloth. Gluttony. Lust. Envy. Wrath. Seven deadly sins sprouting from a simple man's desires…
Note to readers! Gluttony may be thought as a sin which one indulges on food/drinks as well as substance abuse, AND material things. Only reason why I wasn't looking roward to writing this chapter was because I didn't know what Jin could "indulge" himself in – I mean, can you see him fattening his ass?
Disclaimer: I don't own any Tekken characters or Tekken itself. I researched the seven deadly sins from various websites in order to write this story. No copyright infringement intended. The plot is 100 percent original and mine. Though the seven deadly sins is a religious sort of thing with Christians, you do not have to think of it as such. Enjoy the story.
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Fourth Sin: Gluttony
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Gluttony is the extravagant desire to consume more than which one requires.
Once people acquire a great amount of power through deadly deeds and impure actions, the mother of all sins arises: vanity.
The most deadliest sin of all…
After their pride, they begin to make excuses after excuses for even more power, more wealth, more this, that, and all…this becomes greed.
Once greed overcomes, no one will try to seek such redemption for their tainted soul…
Eventually they become indifferent, careless, having others do things for them, ignorant to their greed, and overtaken with their pride and soon they're apathetic.
Exactly what I need in order to keep him influenced, because with his sloth-like behavior, it makes it even easier to convince him to do things…
It didn't take much for Devil to have Jin do these things. If anything, he acted on his own accord, committing his own sins just like his father, and his father before him.
And just has rich people eventually do, they turn to substance abuse, drowning themselves in alcohol, turning to other powerful and wealthy men for drugs to get high with, to truly feel like they had everything they wanted, to lose themselves in a swarm of inhalants and drinks knowing that they simply could…
But Jin was no ordinary human. Devil made sure of that as well.
It must be hereditary.
Hereditary, that he had demanded a second walk-in closet that could hold nearly two huge-set bedrooms, with essential and fitting drawers and secret sliding entries; with shoji doors and tatami flooring and at the same time Western-style furnishings. Not to mention adding high-tech locks and security to safely store not his endless supply of expensive clothes, but his even more expensive, possibly more important…
Shoes.
Only after two or three months of winning the tournament and the Zaibatsu and as well as gaining access to acquire such a collection…he had already gained over a thousand pairs of priceless, rare, and only the best sneakers worldwide.
Just like his father and his grandfather, Jin had developed a sense of interest for…shoes. All kinds of shoes, mainly sneakers of course, ranging from Chuck Taylor's to Nikes, Adidas to Sketchers…and not only sport shoes but dress shoes made of the finest leather and carefully stitched thread, tailored personally just for him.
Jin just couldn't get enough if these futile items. Though futile they may be, for he owns far too many to wear them all at least once, they all cost a fortune. Yet he kept them coming anyway.
All shoes were kept neat and tidy, their tags still hanging on them inside the confines of their closet. Very few people knew about this collection of his. Some would say that had finally turned into his father, declaring war against any who defied him and his collection of shoes.
It is a peculiar fact about him that he not only secretly killed people and destroyed places, but he also collected shoes. Most people would simply shrug at this fact and never let it cross their minds anymore.
However, just like his addiction for power, this "interest," "fascination," whatever it may be; it was not a simple habit.
Obsession would be a strong word to describe it. However, the road he is on with the many sins he has made, this could only represent his liking for anything the slightest bit…interesting.
His yearning for whatever seems to have planted itself in his mind, whether it's power or sneakers, it stays there. It could be anything at all, and whatever it is he will want it, crave it, achieve it and keep it. And he will get more of it, more to fill his greed though trivial it may be.
For this is a sin, his collection for a large amount of unreasonable items. A sin that includes an excessive desire to consume more than that which he really requires. And it is only the beginning of this desire, a desire which had sprouted from his greed, and he will soon desire for something more, trifling or not, inadequate or rare, place or object, stranger…
Or friend…
Whatever the object of desire may be, he will want it and won't stop until he obtains it. And once obtained, he won't stop indulging.
This chapter was hard. Believe me.
Groan. I probably broken some invisible, non-existent rule for a collection of short stories where I clearly connected greed with gluttony, and even made gluttony sound so much like greed. Grr. Not something I wanted there. However, I did mean for this to connect to the next chapter.
Get ready the chapter which I definitely had been longing to write, in which this chapter clearly connects to as well…you guys probably have been waiting for this one the most…hehe, I probably gave it away already…