Name: Avarice
Gender: Female
Prompt:
In an empty space, lonely but for the whisper of the wind, stands a lone kalon. Her fur ruffles in the dark,
beautiful, glossy, a remarkable raven's-wing black giving back the moonlight in iridescent emerald and amethyst
sparks. Between her dainty paws sits a simple jar, lid clasped tight, a dirty smudge next to the exquisite lady.
A small noise echos nearby, no more than the breath of a mouse, and abruptly the scene changes. Beauty sloughs
off and a slavering beast trembles over the jar, fangs flashing and the night vibrating with her vicious growl.
Wide eyes, bloodshot and unhinged, dart here and there, seeking the source, fur raising slowly to stand on end.
The noise does not repeat itself.
The jar, so innocuous, tips to its side, the lid slides ajar and out pours light. Silvery rays stream from the jar,
lighting the kalon's haunches and tail so brightly they seem to glow like the moon itself. The growl, so loud,
ceases with a strangled yelp and the lady noses the jar upright and the lid in place, sealing off the light once
more, returning to the lonely night, silent but for the wind, empty but for a single kalon and a jar.
The light is hers, all of it, and no other may come close.
The jar is her hoard, and she would rather die alone than share her treasure.
