Have you ever been haunted by a past lover, or at least the memories of her? A woman who's very touch sent your thoughts spinning? The memory of her whispered words can still touch the deepest parts of your mind? Have you ever longed for things that you know could never happen again because you made one of the biggest mistakes of your life? Those are the questions I have been asking myself for centuries.
Have you ever heard of Karma? That they say Karma's a bitch? Well that would be my fault...she wasn't always that way. Long ago she was a good woman, caring, thoughtful and full of passion. Now she is bitter, mean and out to kill any man that has wronged a woman. Also would be my fault. You see Karma is a powerful sorceress, unknown to me at the time. Stupid youth that I was, thought I could make any woman fall in love with me, and I did. Love them and leave them is a very old game for men to play.
Many have paid for the mistake that I have made hundreds of years ago. I plan to put an end to it, even if it means killing the woman I love.
How? You may ask. I've done a lot more than break a few hearts in my long life. I've made deals and have traded my life on more than one occasion. Not all was for the better. But I do have a few tricks up my sleeve. The one that will shock her the most is that I still live, when I should have died long ago. I wonder if for even a moment she'll be happy to see me. I doubt it, but a man can hope.
So here I sit with a beer in my hands, waiting for a man with a mirror for sale. This mirror is all I need to begin my hunt for Karma. No I don't know where she is. Hard to keep tabs on a woman with the powers of a goddess, maybe that's a bit much. Demi-goddess? Sounds more accurate I think. But with a scrying mirror I'll at least be able to watch her, I'll figure out where she is from what I see around her. Ah! Here he is now.
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Scrying mirror in hand I headed home. It will take me some time to dig out the tools I need to activate the mirror. And to recover from the blood loss that was payment. I don't normally let someone leech on me, but we both had something the other needed. Besides I must find Karma. No price at this point is too high.
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After hours of carving and preparation, I'm finally ready to find her, or at least look at her. Getting comfortable on the couch I tap the glass, my thoughts on Karma. Nothing happens for a few moments before the mirror starts to ripple beneath my finger. A fog rolls over the glass thick and heavy. The vamp said this could happen. She is very powerful and heavily wards herself. It's hard not to lose patience with the mirror, the need to shake it is almost overwhelming. But soon the surface begins to clear and the shape of a woman starts to form...a naked form.