LIF Harmony Rising part 2
[At the entrance of the Community College, a news anchor and his team are covering the story about what has unfolded. Crowds of students are walking out of the auditorium as the anchorman speaks.]
Anchorman: This was the sight earlier today as Nobel Prize Winner Victor Sentorini was expecting a welcoming speech in his honor. What he got, however was a musical insult from a local convict/drunk who goes by the alias Master Shake. A student named Jonesy Garcia was to originally give the welcoming speech. This was interrupted by Shake who proceeded to kick Jonesy off the stage and talked about his time in prison and ho
Luck.
Luck means everything in the desert.
When the gods make your well dry up and you spend a week on a half-ration of water, it’s unlucky. When heartroot bursts from the ground in your camp and you have something to eat, it’s luck.
When you become a witch doctor of your tribe, it’s luck.
When you can heal a filly dying from a scorpion bite, it’s luck.
It’s because you are blessed by the gods.
So what if you’re about to get sacrificed to the same gods you’ve been serving for past four-and-ten summers?
I spent my whole life tipping the balance of luck. Cooking potions to cur