❝ Temptation is irrelevant ❞

[thedevilsaid]

{ if your will is strong enough }
💮 open post for matthias 💮

accidentally-on-purpose ⛧ counting compulsion ⛧ historical option ⛧ overflow ⛧ wildcard

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The historical option

[thedevilsaid]

Matthias is a very minor sort of demon. Minor in that his isn’t a name one would find in any books on demonology. All for the best, given how superstitious humans and their ilk can be. And for such a minor thing as himself, a creature who feeds on the guilt and sin of others, well, he doesn’t need to be some big shot, does he? Even without him and his kind whispering in the ear of humanity, they make enough of their own troubles to keep the sin-eaters well-fed.

There aren’t many of them in this part of the world. Not yet, anyway. Perhaps, in some future when travel is faster, there might be more. But for now, Matthias hasn’t seen one of his own breed in solid centuries. All the better for him. It leaves this particular region of this particular peninsula all to Matthias.

He’s not some kind of natural predator. That’s why it’s always been easier for him to nudge others into committing those little sins, encouraging them to do those small things they find taboo than go hunting. He doesn’t go hungry most of the time. But recently, he’s caught a whiff of something... absolutely delectable. Something that sends him out searching for the source of that delicious guilt. Oh, sure, he could sense it from afar, but it always tastes better up close and personal.