Pit of Black Hearts Pt. 6 of 7 (Paper Entry) {Read Only, OOC Comments and Questions are Welcome}
I was feeling rather tired when I came to Sloth's lair. As much as I would like to sleep, I know that sleeping here would be dangerous. I have had no rest for nearly 20 hours and I was slowly being drained. The power of these chambers would kill a man. I should have been dead myself.
Needless to say, I had to press on. My feet were feeling heavy and I have these two left to defeat. I thought about resting in the hall and doing so would cost me more than a few hours. This test was not about my physical capacity. It's a test of my mental capacities and I had no choice. My life depended on my ability to remain conscious.
The cuts I received from the shattered mirrors were beginning to close. Odd. I don't recall healing so quickly. Then it occurred to me. If I were able to heal quickly then the fatigue would soon resolve itself in a matter of minutes. I closed my eyes and I was right. I was feeling the fatigue melt away though there was a pull for me to sleep. I was dangerously close to Sloth. I can't stop here for too long lest I succumb to the deep sleep.
With this renewed strength, I opened my eyes and pressed forward. It was a good thing I had. I felt the hands try to grip my ankles. It was time to move and swiftly. Sloth's chamber was dark and quite gloomy. It was sapping my strength as I stood. The longer I stand at the threshold, the more power the sin would have over me.
Upon a bed laid Sloth. He was wearing my PJ's. "Those are mine!" I called out to him. His dark eyes opened and he let out a yawn.
"What of it?" came his lazy response. He was nearly repulsive.
Again, what is it with these sins and their fetish for having my face?! Ugh, no matter, I had to dispatch him quickly. It's a good thing I defeated Pride and the others. Time to go to work. "Oh please. You don't scare me. You're lazy and I'm leaving," came my quick and sure response.
"So soon? You just arrived. Stay a while and keep me company," the thing purred as it stretched on the bed.
"No thanks. I have better things to do with my time than to waste it talking to you," I was certain that it would lose interest if I paid it no mind.
"Aw, it's been such a long time since your last visit. You were so easy to engage in conversation then," it said.
"I was much younger then and I'm much wiser now. I have no interest to indulge myself in conversation with the likes of you. So long," I retorted rather smartly.
It was then that his hands tried to grab at my ankles again. With quick steps, I ran like a bat out of Hell from that chamber. He yelled for me to stop and I ignored him. He eventually melded with the floor and appeared in front of me. Without hesitation, I spun around and delivered a blow to the creatures head with my foot in a quick, accurate kick. It was the first time ever that I used any martial art. I've seen it once in a Kung Fu movie. I was surprised how accurate I was.
Sloth's neck was broken and I high tailed it out of that chamber. The floor did swallow him and that was the end of Sloth. I was pumped now to take on Wrath....my final opponent and my biggest challenge. All the others were just a warm up for the one that waited for me with black eyes.